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OMB Control No: 0648-0711	ICR Reference No: 202306-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202301-0648-010
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Cost Recovery and Fee Programs
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: 09/05/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/09/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2025
Responses	1,919	0	1,909
Time Burden (Hours)	96	0	82
Cost Burden (Dollars)	895	0	895

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Regional Office (NMFS AKR), requests revision of this currently approved information collection that contains requirements for the NMFS Alaska Region cost recovery fee programs and the observer coverage fee program. This information collection is revised due to a final rule (RIN 0648-BL08) to implement Amendment 122 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, which establishes a new limited access privilege program, the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program (PCTC Program). Due to this rule, this collection is revised to add the cost recovery fee for the PCTC cost recovery program and that PCTC Program processors must submit a Pacific cod Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report. The PCTC cost recovery fee increases the total respondents, responses, and burden for this collection. No change results from the requirement for PCTC Program processors to submit a Pacific cod Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report because all processors expected to be part of this program already submit this report. Separate from the rule, this revision increases the estimated burden per response for the Rockfish Program cost recovery fee because industry indicated the previous estimate was too low.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 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-BL08	Final or interim final rulemaking	88 FR 53704	08/08/2023

Federal Register Notices & Comments
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	1,919	1,909	10	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	96	82	0	14
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	895	895	0	0

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Due to the final rule (0648-BL08), this collection has been revised to add requirements for the new PCTC cost recovery program. The new PCTC Program cost recovery fee increases the total respondents, responses, and burden for this collection. NMFS estimates 10 PCTC Program cooperatives will form, and the cooperative representative will be responsible for submitting the cost recovery fee payment. The requirement for PCTC Program processors to submit a Pacific cod Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report does not change the respondents, responses, or burden for this collection because all the processors expected to be part of this program already submit this report.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $18,500

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? No

Agency Contact: Gabrielle Aberle 907 586-7356

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