View Information Collection Request (ICR) Package

OMB Control No: 0648-0665	ICR Reference No: 201403-0648-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201402-0648-009
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/18/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/13/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2016	02/29/2016	02/29/2016
Responses	203	0	203
Time Burden (Hours)	1,908	0	1,908
Cost Burden (Dollars)	683	0	683

Abstract: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Amendment 102 would create a Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program in International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) halibut regulatory area 4B and sablefish Aleutian Islands regulatory area similar to the existing CQE Program in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This program would allow an eligible community to establish a designated non-profit organization as a CQE to purchase halibut catcher vessel quota share (QS) assigned to Area 4B, and sablefish QS assigned to the Aleutian Islands. The CQE is the holder of the QS and would assign the resulting annual halibut and sablefish IFQ to participants according to defined CQE Program provisions. This program structure creates a permanent asset for the community to use by promoting community access to QS to generate participation in, and fishery revenues from, the commercial halibut and sablefish fisheries. Change request for Application for Transfer between IFQ and GAF (Guided Angler Fish) by a Community Quota Entity (CQE) is revised by reformatting and revising instructions for greater clarity, removing the requirement for notary because it is not necessary, and removing a question whether the fees for the transferor and transferee were paid which also is not necessary because this information is available through other data submission.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BD03	Not associated with rulemaking	79 FR 8870	02/14/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	203	203
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,908	1,908
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	683	683

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Program Change: A new information collection is created by adding the Aleutian Islands to the CQE Program. Adding one new CQE to the CQE Program makes 32 in total. Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE This application is filed only once by the CQE. Previous CQE applications are not listed. A decrease of 6 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 7 A decrease of 1,200 hr burden, 200 hr instead of 1,400 hr A decrease of $18,000 personnel costs, $30,000 instead of $210,000 A decrease of $48 miscellaneous costs, $8 instead of $56 Application to Transfer QS-IFQ to or from a CQE An increase of 11 respondents, 32 instead of 21 An increase of 22 responses, 64 instead of 42 An increase of 44 hr burden, 128 hr instead of 84 hr An increase of $2,636 personnel costs, $4,736 instead of $2,100 An increase of $147 miscellaneous costs, $384 instead of $237 Application for a CQE to transfer IFQ to an eligible community resident or non-resident (NEW) An increase of 10 respondents and responses, 10 instead of 0 An increase of 20 hr burden, 20 hr instead of 0 hr An increase of $740 personnel costs, $740 instead of $0 An increase of $6 miscellaneous costs, $6 instead of $0 CQE Annual Report An increase of 1 respondent and response, 32 instead of 31 An increase of 40 hr burden, 1,280 hr instead of 1,240 hr An increase of $1,480 personnel costs, $47,360 instead of $45,880 An increase of $3 miscellaneous costs, $102 instead of $99 Adjustments (correction to a previously erroneous low count of annual reports) CQE Annual Report An increase of 7 respondents and responses, 31 instead of 24 An increase of 280 hours, 1,240 instead of 960. An increase of $10,360 personnel costs, $45,880 instead of $35,520 An increase of $76 miscellaneous costs, $99 instead of 23. Application for a Community Charter Halibut Permit A decrease in costs of $89, $21 instead of $110.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $8,453

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008

View ICR - OIRA Conclusion