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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0648-0016	ICR Reference No: 201608-0648-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201312-0648-013
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Southeast Region Logbook Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/15/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/16/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2019	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2016
Responses	120,076	0	111,831
Time Burden (Hours)	17,038	0	15,946
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	13,050

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	120,076	111,831	30	8,215
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	17,038	15,946	0	1,092
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	13,050	0	-13,050

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: The difference between the current inventory of 15,945 and the new estimated burden hours of 17,038 is a net difference of 1,093 hours or approximately 6%. The number of annual burden hours is mainly driven by the number of fishing trips made by the fisherman each year. Seasonal differences are always noticed because many factors such as weather, fuel cost, dock side fish prices, fish migration patterns, the number of fisherman with active permits, and seasonal closures can influence how many fishing trip take place annually. Averages have been used to determine annual estimates. For the headboat logbook, the average response time has been corrected from 10 minutes overall to 10 minutes for a complete report and 2 minutes for a no-fishing report. The Colombian Treaty Waters collection has not been active for the past three years; therefore we are removing its burden for this submission. Previously, one of the logbooks required postage from the respondents, but now all are paid for by NMFS. This reduces the recordkeeping/reporting costs from $13,050 to $0.