This collection describes the steps
involved and the procedure for: evaluating scales prior to NMFS
approval for use, inspecting and testing approved scales onboard
vessels, recordkeeping and audit trails, coordinating with onboard
and onshore observers, and providing NMFS with a catch monitoring
plan for crab, offshore groundfish, and inshore groundfish. This
action adds the Amendment 80 Program to this collection. The
Amendment 80 Program primarily would allocate several Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl groundfish
fisheries among fishing sectors, and facilitate the formation of
harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (AFA)
trawl catcher/processor sector. The Program would establish a
limited access privilege program for the non-AFA trawl
catcher/processor sector.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 479 104 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
(There are also decreases, as
noted below, but ROCIS did not check the "decreases" checkbox):
This action is a program change, adding burden and costs. Two
catcher/processors are added to this collection, because of
participation in the Amendment 80 Quota Shares Fisheries Program.
The added 199 responses, 70 hours, and $4,241 in operation and
maintenance costs reflect the addition of these two respondents
under existing information collections. There are capital costs of
$83,592 for additional at-sea scales, additional observer sampling
station equipment, additional printers for at-sea scales, and for
the video recording system. This action also contains program
adjustments: The number of catcher/processors currently affected by
this collections requirements is amended from 57 to 51, based on a
list of actual participant names, rather than agency estimates.
This reduces the current burden by 15,147 responses and 2,446
hours. Operations and maintenance costs are reduced by $5,399.
Capital costs are reduced by $58,092. The observer sampling station
inspection request form is changed to become two forms, the second
one being the bin monitoring inspection request form, in total
collecting essentially the same information as requested in one
form. The time requirement for each form is 2 hours each, adding 4
hours (and 1 response) for each of the already participating 51
vessels: 51 responses and 2 x 2 x 51 = 208 hours (the burden for
the two new vessels is included in the program change increases
above). Net changes: reductions of 14,897 responses, 2,168 hours
and $1,158 in operations and maintenance costs and an increase of
$25,500 in capital costs.
$21,706
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907
586-7008
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.
Catcher/processor observer sampling station: purchase (2 vessels) and annual inspection request form
0330 ss rev 053007.pdf
NMFS Alaska Region Scale & Catch Weighing Requirements for Scale Manufacturers, Inshore Processors and Registered Crab Receivers