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OMB Control No: 0648-0353	ICR Reference No: 202409-0648-007
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202302-0648-005
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 12/12/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/23/2024
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2026	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2026
Responses	6,480	0	6,480
Time Burden (Hours)	3,240	0	3,240
Cost Burden (Dollars)	89,500	0	89,500

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, requests revision and extension of this currently approved information collection, which contains the gear identification requirements for the groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska. This information collection is necessary to facilitate enforcement of fishery regulations. This information collection is revised due to the proposed rule to allow the use of longline pot gear and add an exception to the 9-inch tunnel opening requirement for pot gear when directed fishing for Greenland turbot in the Bering Sea subarea for holders of License Limitation Program groundfish licenses that are endorsed for non-trawl gear (RIN 0648-BM77). This proposed rule is necessary to improve efficiency, provide economic benefits for the hook-and-line catcher/processer subsector, and minimize potential fishery interactions with killer whales. This collection is revised because the rule would amend the requirement for vessels marking longline pot gear. This revision increases the number of respondents for Longline Pot Gear Marker Buoys, which increases the total annual responses, burden hours, and costs for this information collection. This proposed rule would also affect information collection requirements approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0515. NMFS is submitting a separate request to revise this collection.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BM77	Proposed rulemaking	89 FR 84514	10/23/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Groundfish Hook-and-Line Marker Buoys
Longline Pot Gear Marker Buoys

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This proposed rule (RIN 0648-BM77) would amend the requirement for marking longline pot gear to include vessels in the Bering Sea Greenland turbot fishery. This would increase the respondents for marking longline pot gear, which increases the total annual responses, burden hours, and costs for this collection. The labor costs have been adjusted to use the most current hourly wage rate available from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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. 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. No

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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