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OMB Control No: 0648-0318	ICR Reference No: 201707-0648-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201703-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Observer Program
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: 08/08/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/27/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2018	12/31/2018	12/31/2018
Responses	11,963	0	9,491
Time Burden (Hours)	10,476	0	2,658
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,658	0	597

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	11,963	9,491	1,574	898
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,476	2,658	7,590	228
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,658	597	2,061	0

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: Adjustments NMFS adjusts upward the number of respondents using ODDS to log fishing trips and the number of fishing trips (responses) being logged each year based on the most recently available data (2015). Program Change This action will allow vessels in the partial coverage category to carry an EM system in lieu of observer coverage for the purposes of collecting catch information for fisheries management. The three reporting requirements below increase the reporting/recordkeeping costs. 1) The vessel owner must request to be placed in the EM selection pool and to be removed from the EM selection pool annually using ODDS. 2) Vessels in the EM selection pool will need to submit a VMP to NMFS annually, and will be provided an opportunity for an administrative appeal if NMFS does not approve the VMP. 3) At the end of each trip selected for EM coverage, the hard drives must be shipped to NMFS. These program changes do not result in an increase in the number of respondents, but do increase the number of responses and total burden hours.

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