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OMB Control No: 0648-0663	ICR Reference No: 202403-0648-011
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202212-0648-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northwest Region, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery: Trawl Rationalization Cost Recovery 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: 07/18/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/08/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, NOAA should continue doing outreach to receive comments from persons outside the agency to receive comments related to the burden estimates, clarity and utility of the forms. In the next submission for information collection request review and approval NOAA should provide evidence of a proactive outreach approach used to receive feedback from no less than three (3) persons outside the agency who are familiar with this collection. The response to Question 8 should include the comments received and the agency responses.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	580	0	580
Time Burden (Hours)	580	0	580
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This request is for a revision to a currently approved information collection. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) authorizes and requires that the Secretary of Commerce maintain a cost recovery program to recover the management, data collection and analysis, and enforcement costs of the limited access privilege programs, such as the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (Trawl Program). Cost recovery fees may not exceed three percent of the ex-vessel value. The Trawl Program cost recovery program requires fish sellers to submit fees to fish buyers who then submit those fees to NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Fish buyers must also submit information to NMFS on the volume and value of harvested groundfish when submitting the fees. Information is collected from monthly and annual payment transactions and reports as well as non-payment documents when necessary. This revision would add the applicable fish ticket number to each IFQ Pay.Gov payment transaction.The information collected is used to track the payment of cost recovery fees, reconcile cost recovery payments with landings data from other sources, calculate average ex-vessel values, and, if necessary, help in the resolution of non-payment issues. This program is authorized under the Pacific coast groundfish fishery regulations, trawl rationalization cost recovery program at 50 CFR 660.115.

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:
	88 FR 57102	08/22/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 23986	04/05/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Failure to Pay Report
Mothership Coop Annual Report	N/A
Trawl Rationalization Cost Recovery Fee Collection Reports (IFQ,MS,C/P)	N/A, N/A, N/A	, ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	580	580
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	580	580
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,027

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: Christopher Biegle 206 526-4656

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