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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0648-0605	ICR Reference No: 201812-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201610-0648-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16
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 with change	Conclusion Date: 05/14/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/30/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2019
Responses	150,989	0	158,649
Time Burden (Hours)	34,973	0	38,864
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,193,181	0	4,456,029

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	150,989	158,649	8,740	-16,400
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	34,973	38,864	-503	-3,388
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,193,181	4,456,029	3,489,770	-3,752,618

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The DAS Leasing Program was merged into this collection in October 2016. Burden estimates of the remaining provisions have been updated based on the newest available information. This extension request includes the increase in the number of sectors (up to 20, from 17), and the reduction of the total number of limited access Northeast multispecies permits down to 1,334. It decreases the number of trips that would likely be covered by an at-sea monitoring observer, based on recent data. It increases the number of vessels that could potentially fish under the NAFO fishery from 2 to 5, and removes the cost to the Federal government for training NAFO observers, as the government does not provide that training. The estimates for catch reporting requirements for Special Access Programs was reduced to reflect current use of those programs. Net total adjustments: A decrease of 7,072 responses, a decrease of 3,388 hours, and a decrease of $262,849.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,451,465

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: Liz Sullivan 978 282-8493