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OMB Control No: 0648-0318	ICR Reference No: 202406-0648-016
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202306-0648-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: North Pacific Observer Program
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: 09/04/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/25/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2025
Responses	115,324	0	111,193
Time Burden (Hours)	22,770	0	15,961
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,940	0	1,702

Abstract: This is a resubmission with the final rule, of a request by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, for extension and revision of this currently approved information collection. This collection is revised due to the final rule to implement electronic monitoring (EM) for pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels and tender vessels delivering pollock to shoreside processors or stationary floating processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska (RIN 0648-BM40). This action is intended to improve salmon accounting, reduce monitoring costs, and improve the quality of monitoring data. This collection is revised to add requirements for vessels in the trawl EM category, four new collection instruments, and increase submission methods for observer provider requirements. The name of the collection instrument “Request to be placed in or removed from the electronic monitoring selection pool” is changed to “Request to be placed in or removed from electronic monitoring” because it will include the trawl EM category. From the proposed rule to the final rule, in response to comments NMFS clarified a regulation for the EM hardware service provider permit and added to what must be included in the Trawl EM Incentive Plan Agreement Annual Report; updated public burden statements on forms; and updated hourly wage rates in question #12 to use the most current rates. This final rule also affects OMB Control Numbers -0213, -0330, -0515, and -0711. NMFS is submitting separate requests to revise these collections. OMB Control Number 0648-0815 is being merged into this collection and will be discontinued upon issuance of the final rule.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 194 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 16 USC 1801 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BM40	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 60796	07/29/2024

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 New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	115,324	111,193	3,181	12	938
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,770	15,961	5,879	1	929
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,940	1,702	1,735	0	1,503

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Merging OMB Control Number 0648-0815 into this collection adds 6 BSAI pot catcher/processors as respondents for the this collection, which resulted in an increase to the total annual responses and burden hours. Due to the rule, an IC was renamed because it will include any vessels in electronic monitoring. NMFS estimates an additional 113 respondents will request electronic monitoring due to the rule, which increases the total annual responses and burden hours. 5 new collection instruments were added by this rule ( 1 IC was not reflected in previous ROCIS IC list Added in ROCIS to mirror the total # of ICs listed. ).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $83,414

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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