NMFS Northeast Region manages the Atlantic sea scallop (scallop) fishery of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the East Coast under the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The regulations implementing the FMP are at 50 CFR part 648. To successfully implement and administer parts of the FMP, OMB Control No. 0648-0491 includes the following information collections:
1. Vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements for occasional scallop vessels that wish to participate in the access area program;
2. VMS requirements for general category 1B scallop vessels. Category 1B vessels are authorized to land up to 400 lb of scallops;
3. Access area broken trip notification requirements;
4. Access area trip exchange application procedures;
5. Increased VMS polling frequency to one-half hour from one hour.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 479 104
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reuthorization Act of 2006
The collection, after completion of the mergers described above, showed an estimated total of 5,611 hours and $716,000. In preparing this renewal request, burden and cost increases associated with adjustments (mainly increase of fleet size) since approval of the several Framework Adjustments, and the decrease in burden and cost for the original requirements under OMB Control No.: 0648-0491 were included. Only these changes accounted for since the last approved merger (of OMB Control No.: 0648-0416 into this collection) are shown on the 83-I and are counted as adjustments: a net increase in burden of 2,338 hours and $413,000.
NOTE: program change due to agency discretion - these figures result from removing the "lumped" IC moved into ROCIS by OMB, and replacing it with several ICs.
$44,330
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Ryan Silva 978 281-9326
No
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.
Broken trip adjustment and access area trip exchange
0491 ss ren 052107.pdf
Atlantic Sea Scallops Amendment 10 Data Collection