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OMB Control No: 0648-0636	ICR Reference No: 202409-0648-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202106-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Social and Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in Commercial Fisheries
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/12/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	1,353	250
Time Burden (Hours)	338	83
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS or NOAA Fisheries) is requesting an extension and revision to this standard information collection. The proposed revisions would do the following to the currently approved information collection. 1. Expand the scope from New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico commercial fisheries to Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial fisheries; 2. Change the title from “Socio-Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Commercial Fisheries” to “Social and-Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in Commercial Fisheries”; 3. Replace the survey instrument that OMB approved in 2021, which included a few region specific questions, with region specific survey instruments that NMFS produced by eliminating the few irrelevant questions for each region, adding a few region-specific questions, rewording a few questions to make them region-specific and/or OMB compliant, and giving each survey a region-specific name. 4. Adjust the burden and government cost estimates to account for those changes and a revised estimate of the burden minutes per response; and 5. Extend it for three years. Under the revised information collection, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) will conduct the survey for the New England and Mid-Atlantic fisheries; the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) will conduct the survey for the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands fisheries; the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) will jointly conduct the survey for the West Coast fisheries; and the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) will conduct the survey for the Pacific Islands fisheries. Each Fisheries Science Center will conduct a social and economic survey of hired captains and crew once in the following three years for its commercial fisheries.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 4321 et seq Name of Law: National Environmental Policy Act
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:
	89 FR 38110	05/07/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 74215	09/12/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,353	250	1,103
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	338	83	255
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: Adjustment to the burden of this information collection would result from the following: 1) expanding the scope from New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico commercial fisheries to Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial fisheries and 2) replacing the survey instrument that OMB approved in 2021, which included a few region specific questions, with region specific survey instruments that NMFS produced by eliminating the few irrelevant questions for each region, adding a few region-specific questions, rewording a few questions to make them region-specific, and giving each survey a region-specific name. Those changes increased both the estimated numbers of respondents and responses. The decrease in the estimated minutes per response more than offset the expansion in scope and the estimated burden hours decreased insignificantly. However, due to using a higher hourly wage rate, the estimated total wage burden increased

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $453,779

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. No

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: Joe Terry 949 229-2125 joe.terry@noaa.gov

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