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OMB Control No: 0648-0619	ICR Reference No: 201804-0648-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-0648-010
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting 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: 06/12/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/20/2018
Terms of Clearance: OMB notes that the Electronic Fish Ticket information previously included in this collection is being moved to OMB Control Number 0648-0738 and two information collections previously associated with the catch monitoring plan and an additional two previously associated with Shorebased Scales are being moved to OMB Control Number 0648-0620.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2018
Responses	2,169	0	7,449
Time Burden (Hours)	447	0	1,826
Cost Burden (Dollars)	153	0	14,628

Abstract: As part of its fishery management responsibilities, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects information to determine the amount and type of catch taken by fishing vessels. This collection supports monitoring requirements including electronic fish tickets and scale test requirements for first receivers in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery's shorebased individual fishery quota (IFQ) program; and mothership and catcher/processors in the at-sea whiting fisheries. The collection also supports permits for businesses that provide certified observer and certified catch monitor services. The respondents are principally shorebased first receivers, catch monitor and observer service providers, mothership processors, and catcher/processors which are companies/partnerships. This submission is a revision because information collections for electronic fish ticket reporting are being removed from this packaged and placed into package OMB Control Number 0648-0738 to consolidate electronic fish ticket information collections.

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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 52040	11/09/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 17533	04/20/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,169	7,449	-5,272	-8
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	447	1,826	-1,364	-15
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	153	14,628	-14,460	-15

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: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Program Changes: As part of this revision/extension, NMFS is removing 4 elements of this information collection and placing them in another existing collecting, OMB Control Number 0648- 0620, so that they are grouped with similar requirements. These elements are: the preparation and submission of catch monitoring plans by first receivers, the inspections that are required as part of the catch monitoring plans, the in-season testing of shorebased scales for first receivers, and the printed reports that occur as part of the in-season testing for first receivers. The burden estimates in this package have been adjusted accordingly: 2,640 responses, 960 hours and $360 have been, and smaller amounts have been removed from -0619 and smaller burden and cost have been added to OMB Control Number 0648- 0620, as -0620 had previously been adjusted for a smaller than originally estimated number of first receivers, 45 rather than 80.. Additionally, NMFS is removing 2 elements of this information collection and placing them in OMB Control Number 0648-0738, so that information collections for electronic fish ticket reporting for West Coast Region groundfish fisheries are grouped together. Therefore, 2,632 responses and 404 hours have been added to OMB Control Number 0648-0738. No recordkeeping/reporting costs were moved to OMB Control Number 0648-0738, as the efish ticket submissions that are already part of this collection do not have a cost beyond the usual business requirements (use of a computer and the internet). Formerly, these responses were counted as $1 each.n the last submission, the cost per efish ticket was $5.36, totaling $14,100. This would have been removed due to the transfer, but is also not being applied in OMB Control No. 0648-0738, making such submissions in line with the $0 costs in OMB Control No. 0648-0738 and other such collections. . Adjustments: There are now fewer new provider applications – now only one new and five renewal applications. Previously there were nine new applications, at 10 hours each, and now only one new one and five renewals. This removes 30 hours. There are five fewer sets of catch monitor applications, removing 5 hours. Times for calibration logs and fault logs have been adjusted upward, changing the total burden for the former from 6 to 13 and the latter, from 6 to 19. This adds a total of 20 hours. Thus, there is a net decrease of 15 hours in adjustments.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $14,853

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: Matthew Dunlap 206 526-6119

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