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OMB Control No: 0648-0358	ICR Reference No: 201610-0648-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201604-0648-013
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Southeast Region Vessel and Gear Identification Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/02/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/18/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2018	03/31/2018	03/31/2018
Responses	439,888	0	438,768
Time Burden (Hours)	50,687	0	50,575
Cost Burden (Dollars)	670,901	0	668,021

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires persons with permitted fishing vessels to mark their vessel and fishing gear with the official identification number or another form of approved identification. A vessel's official number, under most regulations, is required to be displayed on the port and starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, and weather deck. The marking of fishing gear is also valuable in actions concerning damage, loss, and civil proceedings. Fishing gear marking requirements apply to coral aquacultured live rock, golden crab traps, mackerel gillnet floats, spiny lobster traps, buoy gear, and sea bass pots. These vessel and fishing gear markings provide law enforcement personnel with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea processing, and other related activities to ascertain whether the vessel's observed activities and fishing gear are in accordance with those authorized for that vessel. This revision, per [RIN 0648-BD78], would modify the gear marking requirements for sea bass pot gear in the South Atlantic. The purpose of this proposed rule is to reduce the adverse socioeconomic impacts from the current seasonal black sea bass pot gear prohibition while continuing to protect Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed whales in the South Atlantic.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BD78	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 95893	12/29/2016

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Southeast Region Gear Identification Requirements
Southeast Region Vessel Identification Requirements

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	439,888	438,768	1,120
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	50,687	50,575	112
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	670,901	668,021	2,880

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Program Change: The proposed rule to implement Regulatory Amendment 16 would revise the gear marking requirements for fishermen using pots to harvest black sea bass in the South Atlantic, as explained under Question 1. If NMFS implements the proposed rule for Regulatory Amendment 16, the total responses would increase by 1,120, the total burden to the public is estimated to increase by 112 hours, and costs would increase by $2,880 annually.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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: Adam Bailey 808 944-2248

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