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OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 202410-0648-019
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-0648-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
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: 05/13/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/29/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2025
Responses	149,828	0	149,782
Time Burden (Hours)	19,973	0	19,835
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,447,074	0	1,442,797

Abstract: This request is for a revision of a currently approved information collection. This revision is being requested in support of the final rule to implement Framework Adjustment 16 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. Framework 16 proposes adding a vessel hold baseline requirement for limited access Illex squid vessels in order to cap fishing power and limit expansion of effort in the fishery. In order to comply with this requirement, limited access Illex squid permit holders will need to submit certified vessel hold capacity measurements to NMFS approximately 12 months after implementation of the rule, and vessel hold capacity measurements will be required on all subsequent vessel permit applications and RPH applications for limited access Illex squid vessels. This action will also clarify an existing requirement for limited access Illex squid permit holders to submit daily reports via vessel monitoring system (VMS) to better verify catch in this fishery. The burden hours and cost associated with daily VMS reporting in the Illex squid fishery were already calculated and approved through previous actions; therefore, this clarification does not need additional approval through the PRA. Additionally, this action will require Illex and longfin squid vessels to declare their primary annual vessel processing type in order to assist stock assessment scientists in calculating catch per unit effort (CPUE). This information will be collected through the use of existing vessel permit applications and there will be negligible additional burden and no cost; therefore, this requirement also does not need additional approval through the PRA.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BN02	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 85885	10/29/2024

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 Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	149,828	149,782	46
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,973	19,835	138
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,447,074	1,442,797	4,277

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: Pursuant to final rule BN02, a new requirement was added that cause changes to both our responses and time burden. A new requirement for limited access Illex squid vessels to establish a volumetric hold baseline is being implemented. This requirement is being implemented in order to cap fishing power and restrict future increases in capacity in the Illex squid fishery. A vessel’s certified hold measurement will be used to establish its volumetric hold baseline (similar to the standard horsepower and length baseline measures required for all federally permitted vessels in the Greater Atlantic Region). This change will affect 46 vessels that do not already have this vessels specification because of their Tier 1 or Tier 2 Atlantic mackerel permit requirements. This new baseline requirements is the reason for the change to this collection of information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $900,152

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: Aimee Ahles 978 281-9373 aimee.ahles@noaa.gov

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