The agency must
take greater care in completing the Form 83-I. In general, a permit
or license is a benefit provided by the Federal government, so this
collection should be considered required to obtain a benefit rather
than mandatory and its primary purpose is as a application for
benefit. In addition, the agency should not request a three year
approval for emergency reviews; the PRA authorizes a maximum of six
months for emergency reviews.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2005
09/30/2005
810
0
0
1,209
0
0
41,000
0
0
Participants in the
Federally-regulated charter/headboat fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico are required to obtain Federal
permits under the existing permit moratorium program. NOAA needs
information from the applications and associated data collections
to identify fishing vessels/dealers/ participants, to properly
manage the fisheries, and to generate fishery-specific data. Under
an emergency rule, additional collection is needed to allow proper
issuance of permits and prevent futher economic harm in the Gulf of
Mexico charter/ headboat fishery.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.