Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
0213 ss rev 110207_no comments.pdf Supporting Statement A	2007-11-02

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
4109	Shoreside Processor DCPL	Unchanged
182483	Product Transfer Report - Processors and RCRs for CR Crab	Unchanged
182482	Product Transfer Report - Nonregistered Buyers	Unchanged
182481	Product Transfer Reports - Registered Buyers	Unchanged
182480	Buying Station Report	Unchanged
182479	Vessel Activity Report	Unchanged
182477	Shoreside Processor check-in/check-out report	Unchanged
182476	Mothership or Catcher/Processor check-in/check-out report	Unchanged
182475	Catcher vessel longline and potgear DFL	Unchanged
182474	Catcher vessel trawl gear DFL	Unchanged
182473	Catcher/processor longline or pot gear DCPL	Unchanged
182472	Catcher/Processor Trawl Gear DCPL	Unchanged
182471	Mothership DCPL	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0213	ICR Reference No: 200711-0648-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200702-0648-014
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Logbook 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: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 11/20/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/05/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2008	09/30/2008	10/31/2008
Responses	83,050	0	92,342
Time Burden (Hours)	35,504	0	38,990
Cost Burden (Dollars)	160,364	0	187,000

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Abstract: NMFS Alaska Region provides free logbooks for harvesters (daily fishing logbooks, or DFLs) and processors (daily cumulative production logbooks, or DCPLs) to record groundfish information. The longline or pot gear logbooks for catcher vessels and catcher/processors also may be used to record Pacific halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota information as well as crab rationalization program information. This statement is a request for revision of this collection to incorporate the increased use of electronic reporting systems which gradually are replacing the use of paper logbooks and to note certain forms that are removed due to replacement by electronic systems.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 479 104 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AT91	Proposed rulemaking	72 FR 35748	06/29/2007

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 13

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Shoreside Processor DCPL
Product Transfer Report - Processors and RCRs for CR Crab
Catcher vessel longline and potgear DFL
Catcher/Processor Trawl Gear DCPL
Buying Station Report
Mothership or Catcher/Processor check-in/check-out report
Shoreside Processor check-in/check-out report
Catcher/processor longline or pot gear DCPL
Catcher vessel trawl gear DFL
Mothership DCPL
Vessel Activity Report
Product Transfer Report - Nonregistered Buyers
Product Transfer Reports - Registered Buyers

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	83,050	92,342	0	-9,292	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	35,504	38,990	0	-3,486	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	160,364	187,000	0	-26,636	0	0

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This revision introduces electronic versions of the logbooks that will eventually replace paper logbooks. The shoreside processor DCPL is removed as the primary data collection format for groundfish and IFQ fisheries. The mothership and catcher/processor DCPLs are now partially completed in conjunction with eLandings. Mothership cumulative fish tickets are removed from this collection, because eLandings creates fish tickets as part of the normal procedure. The daily production report and weekly production report are removed, because eLandings also creates daily production reports as part of the normal procedure. For only one IC has the burden increased, as some vessels were shifted to that recordkeeping method.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $162,590

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 11/05/2007

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