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OMB Control No: 0648-0590	ICR Reference No: 201802-0648-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201709-0648-009
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/04/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/09/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2020	01/31/2020	01/31/2020
Responses	96	0	324
Time Burden (Hours)	22	0	44
Cost Burden (Dollars)	48	0	45

Abstract: Federally permitted fishing vessels participating in the tilefish individual transferable quota (ITQ) fisheries in the Northeast Region are subject to certain information collection requirements in order for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to process IFQ Allocation applications, monitor IFQ share accumulation, process IFQ transfers, collect cost recovery, and monitor landings data. This revision would eliminate the current requirement for vessels to report tilefish fishing trips through an interactive voice response (IVR) phone system. In addition, the burden estimate for the cost recovery program is updated to reflect the actual operation of that program. These changes would reduce the public reporting burden. Forms have not changed except for adding Privacy Act Statements.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 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-BF85	Final or interim final rulemaking	83 FR 10803	03/13/2018

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

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Fees/Cost recovery
IFQ Allocation Acquisition (Ownership Cap)	NA
IFQ Allocation Permit	NA
IFQ Permanent & Temporary Transferability	NA
IFQ additional reporting

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	96	324	-228	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22	44	-8	-14
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	48	45	0	3

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Program Change: This modification would remove the IVR reporting requirement. Tilefish IFQ vessels are currently required to report each trip within 48 hours of landing through our IVR system. This reporting requirement predates electronic dealer reporting in our region, to a time when IVR provided timely landing reports to track quota use. Improvements in dealer-reported landings and other data streams have rendered this IVR report obsolete, and the data is no longer used to monitor quotas. Framework Adjustment 2 to the Tilefish FMP (RIN 0648-BF86) would remove this unnecessary reporting requirement. This change removes a total of 228 responses and 8 hours from the estimated public reporting burden. This is a resubmission with the draft final rule. Adjustments: There were updates to the estimation of the burden for Fees and Cost Recovery to reflect the performance of the Tilefish IFQ program. Previous burden estimates were set before the Tilefish IFQ program payment system was created, and the Alaska Region’s Alaska Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program Requirements (OMB Control No. 0648-0398) was used as a proxy for the Tilefish IFQ program. The Alaska collection estimated 2 hours per respondent. The new estimate is 1 hour per respondent, resulting in a reduction of 12 hours in the total public reporting burden. In addition, the average permit burden per year has been adjusted from 6 hours to 4 hours (reduction of 2 hours). Public recordkeeping and reporting costs were updated to reflect changes in first-class U.S. postage. There are 84 responses that have recordkeeping/reporting costs. Adding $0.04 to $0.45 results in $3.36 increase in costs (rounded to $3 over the three ICs).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $522

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

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: Douglas Potts 978 281-9341

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