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SUPPORTING STATEMENT
GEAR-MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN
OMB CONTROL NO. 0648-0364

A.

JUSTIFICATION

This request is for a renewal of this information collection.
1. Explain the circumstances that make the collection of information necessary.
The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) was developed under section 118 of
the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to reduce the mortality and serious injury
(bycatch) of endangered North Atlantic right whales, humpback whales, and fin whales caught
incidentally in U.S. fishing gear. Multiple commercial fisheries throughout the ranges (Maine to
Florida) of these stocks are known to cause incidental mortality and serious injury at levels that
exceed these stock=s potential biological removal (PBR) levels. Under the MMPA, take
reduction plans (TRP) are required to reduce, within six months of implementation, the
incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals taken in the course of commercial
fishing operations to levels below a stock=s PBR. Within five years of implementation, TRP are
required to reduce incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals to insignificant
levels approaching a zero mortality and serious injury rate taking into account the economics of
the fishery, the availability of existing technology, and existing State or regional fishery
management plans. For Northern right whales (right whales) PBR has been defined as zero.
In 1996, pursuant to section 118 of the MMPA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
established and convened an Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT) to assist
in the development of the ALWTRP. During this process, the ALWTRT provided NMFS with
recommended measures designed to reduce serious injury and mortality to right, humpback, and
fin whales from incidental interactions with commercial fishing gear. To address the continued
entanglement of large whales in commercial fishing gear, NMFS has reconvened the ALWTRT
several times and has recently modified the ALWTRP (0648-AS01 (72FR57103), with
amendments to 50CFR229, 50CFR635 and 50CFR648), to include additional measures to reduce
serious injury and mortality from entanglement. One of these modifications requires marking
fishing gear to collect important information on the type of gear involved in the incidental
mortality and serious injury of entangled whales. Specifically, fishers are required to mark
surface buoys to identify the vessel registration number, vessel documentation number, Federal
permit number, or whatever positive identification marking is required by the vessel=s home port
state. All fisheries regulated by the ALWTRP are required to use the gear marking scheme of
one or two 4" mark(s) midway along the buoy line. The Southeastern United States (U.S.)
Atlantic shark gillnet fishery is required to mark only buoy lines greater than 4 ft (1.2 m) in
length.

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2. Explain how, by whom, how frequently, and for what purpose the information will be
used. If the information collected will be disseminated to the public or used to support
information that will be disseminated to the public, then explain how the collection
complies with all applicable Information Quality Guidelines.
Gear-marking requirements assist NMFS in obtaining detailed information about which fisheries
or specific parts of fishing gear are responsible for the incidental mortality and serious injury of
right, humpback, and fin whales. Generally, only a portion of gear is recovered from an
entangled whale and it is almost impossible to link that portion of gear to a particular fishery.
Therefore, requiring fishermen to mark surface buoys and the buoy line will provide NMFS with
an additional source of information, which could then be used to determine the gear responsible
for and the location of the entanglement event. Furthermore, information tracing incidental
mortality and serious injury of marine mammals back to specific gear types, gear parts, locations,
and fishermen assists NMFS and the ALWTRT in focusing future management measures on
specific problem areas and issues, which may avoid unnecessarily regulating fisheries with
overly broad measures. Gear marking will not reduce bycatch in and of itself, but is expected to
facilitate monitoring of entanglement rates and assist in designing future bycatch reduction
measures. The frequency of information use is primarily correlated with the occurrence of
entangled whales and/or the recovery of entangled gear.
NMFS has implemented the gear-marking requirements in as simple a manner as possible and as
compatibly with other state or federal fishery management plans and TRP as possible. NMFS
developed the final gear-marking requirements with the assistance of its fishing industry liaisons,
feedback from ALWTRT members, and public comments received on a proposed rule. Because
fishery-related mortality has been difficult to determine and assess, gear-marking requirements
may not only assist in obtaining valuable gear interaction information from future entanglement
events, but may also be a useful tool for measuring compliance.
The information collected will be disseminated to the public or used to support publicly
disseminated information. As explained in the preceding paragraphs, the information gathered
has utility. NMFS will retain control over the information and safeguard it from improper
access, modification, and destruction, consistent with National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) standards for confidentiality, privacy, and electronic information. See
response to Question 10 of this Supporting Statement for more information on confidentiality
and privacy. The information collection is designed to yield data that meet all applicable
information quality guidelines. Prior to dissemination, the information will be subjected to
quality control measures and a pre-dissemination review pursuant to Section 515 of Public Law
106-554.
3. Describe whether, and to what extent, the collection of information involves the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological techniques or other forms of
information technology.
There is no use of automated or electronic or other technological techniques associated with the
gear-marking scheme.

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4. Describe efforts to identify duplication.
Presently, gear marking (trap/pots, gillnets, and associated surface gear) is required under several
Federal and state fishery management plans. NMFS’s requirement complements existing
Federal or state fishery management plans and TRP.
5. If the collection of information involves small businesses or other small entities, describe
the methods used to minimize burden.
The gear marking requirements affect gillnet and trap/pot fisheries in various ALWTRP
management areas in state and federal waters from Maine through Florida. The most recent
information collection (2008) affected the following regulated fisheries: Cape Cod Bay
Restricted Area lobster and gillnet fisheries; Great South Channel lobster and gillnet fisheries;
Stellwagen Bank/Jeffreys Ledge Restricted Area lobster and gillnet fisheries; Northern
Nearshore lobster fishery; Southern Nearshore lobster fishery; Offshore lobster fishery; Other
Northeast gillnet fishery; Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Shark Gillnet fishery; Northern Inshore and
Lobster Management Area (LMA) 6 lobster trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic blue crab trap/pot
fisheries; Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries targeting crab (red, Jonah, and rock), hagfish,
finfish (black sea bass, scup, tautog, cod, haddock, pollock, redfish, and white hake),
conch/whelk, and shrimp; Northeast driftnet; Northeast anchored float gillnet; Mid/SouthAtlantic gillnet; and Southeast Atlantic gillnet.
All these fisheries are composed almost entirely of small businesses. NMFS minimized the
burden on fishermen by evaluating the existing state/federal gear-marking requirements and
developing non-duplicative regulations that allows for the continued use of the previously
required state and federal marking requirements without promulgating new requirements where
they previously existed. For example, the majority of fishermen already marks their buoys with
their vessel or permit number; therefore, NMFS assumes that this requirement placed no
additional burden on fishermen.
6. Describe the consequences to the Federal program or policy activities if the collection is
not conducted or is conducted less frequently.
The current gear-marking requirements are designed to help NMFS improve the quality of
information concerning the taking of endangered right, humpback, and fin whales incidental to
commercial fishing operations. Specifically, information collected through gear marking assists
NMFS and the ALWTRT identify the type of and general location of commercial fisheries that
interact with federally protected marine mammals and may result in mortality and serious injury.
Accordingly, this information will be used to tailor management measures to reduce the risk of
mortality and serious injury of marine mammal incidentals to commercial fishing operations.
Without the information provided by the final gear-marking requirements regarding where
entanglements occur and what type of gear is involved, future management measures may be
overly broad and affect more individuals than necessary. Therefore, knowing which geographic
areas and fisheries pose the greatest risk to large whales will minimize the economic impact to
fishermen while maximizing the benefits for these species.
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7. Explain any special circumstances that require the collection to be conducted in a
manner inconsistent with OMB guidelines.
There are no special circumstances that would require the collection of information to be
conducted in a manner inconsistent with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines.
8. Provide information on the PRA Federal Register Notice that solicited public comments
on the information collection prior to this submission. Summarize the public comments
received in response to that notice and describe the actions taken by the agency in response
to those comments. Describe the efforts to consult with persons outside the agency to
obtain their views on the availability of data, frequency of collection, the clarity of
instructions and recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting format (if any), and on the data
elements to be recorded, disclosed, or reported.
A Federal Register Notice published on October 9, 2008 (73 FR 59605) solicited public
comment. No comments were received.
9. Explain any decisions to provide payments or gifts to respondents, other than
remuneration of contractors or grantees.
There is no provision to provide any payment or gift to participants.
10. Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents and the basis for
assurance in statute, regulation, or agency policy.
Information collected from the gear is considered confidential by NMFS, in accordance with
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Section 402b; 50 CFR 229.11,
Confidential fisheries data; and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100 - Protection of
Confidential Fisheries Statistics. The agency will not release this information in any format that
could allow the public to identify any fisherman individually. Assurance of confidentiality was
contained in initial outreach materials before the final rule implementing this collection became
effective.
11. Provide additional justification for any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
Not applicable.
12. Provide an estimate in hours of the burden of the collection of information.
The labor and materials burden associated with the gear marking requirements is based on the
number of marks each vessel would need to install.

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The methodology used to estimate labor and material costs is presented in Attachment A. This
spreadsheet shows slightly higher costs for those vessels newly affected by the new 2007 gear
marking requirements, as some of the newly affected vessels will still be in the process of
completing their marking for all gear during 2009.
The average annualized number of required marks over all vessel classes is 28.8 (29), times an
average of 5 minutes per mark, which results in 2.34 (2) hours per vessel.
The estimated number of vessels affected by the gear marking provisions is 4,270. The
annualized number of responses is 122,848. The average annual hourly burden is 10,235.
13. Provide an estimate of the total annual cost burden to the respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection (excluding the value of the burden hours in Question 12
above).
Over three years, the average reporting cost burden (for materials) for affected vessels is $ 2.62
per year. The annual cost burden is estimated $6,755.
14. Provide estimates of annualized cost to the Federal government.
These gear-marking requirements are not expected to have any annualized costs to the Federal
government.
15. Explain the reasons for any program changes or adjustments.
There are adjustments both to burden and cost: a decrease in burden from 16,975 to 10, 235, a
difference of 6,740 and a decrease in cost from $11,203 to $6,755, a difference of $4,448. These
decreases are because the first year of implementation of the new gear marking requirements
approved in 2007 – in which higher burden and costs were incurred by new respondents’ all
having to mark their gear within the same short implementation period – has been completed.
However, as some of the newly affected vessels are still in the process of completing their gear
marking during the first few months after the implementation year, the burden and cost for these
vessels is estimated to be slightly higher for 2009.
16. For collections whose results will be published, outline the plans for tabulation and
publication.
There are no plans to publish the results of this collection per se. Information about gear and
areas involved in entanglements might be published as part of some broader report or analysis,
such as regularly published Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports. No information on the
identity of individual fishers, if available, will be published. Any such broader report or analysis
will be subject to quality control measures and pre-dissemination review pursuant to Section 515
of Public Law 106-554 prior to dissemination.

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17. If seeking approval to not display the expiration date for OMB approval of the
information collection, explain the reasons why display would be inappropriate.
Not applicable.
18. Explain each exception to the certification statement identified in Item 19 of the
OMB 83-I.
There are no exceptions.

B.

COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS

The collection of information does not employ statistical methods.

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ATTACHMENT A: CONSOLIDATED BURDEN TABLE - GEAR-MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN (ALWTRP)
A

Estimated
Number of
Affected Vessels

B

Number of
Marks Per
Model Vessel

C

Year 1
Responses

D

Annual
Responses in
Years 2 & 3

E

Responses in
Years 2 & 3
Combined

F

TOTAL
Responses Years
1-3 Combined

G

Year 1 Cost
Burden

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

TOTAL Time
Annual Time Time Burden in Burden in
TOTAL Cost
Cost Burden in
Annual Cost
Years 1-3
Burden in
Years 2 & 3
Burden in Years Years 2 & 3 Burden in Years1-3 Year 1 Time
Combined
Years 2 & 3
Combined
Combined
2&3
(hours)
(hours)
(hours)
Combined
Burden (hours)

Estimated Burden for Vessels Newly Required to Mark Gear Under the ALWTRP
5

Lobster

Gillnet

OTP

SUBTOTAL
Per Vessel Average

160

776

194

388

1,165

$42.71

$10.68

$21.35

$64.06

64.7

16.2

32.4

97.1

4

93

343

86

171

514

$18.86

$4.71

$9.43

$28.29

28.6

7.1

14.3

42.9

74

300

22,194

5,548

11,097

33,291

$1,220.66

$305.16

$610.33

$1,830.98

1,849.5

462.4

924.7

2,774.2

74

60

4,439

1,110

2,219

6,658

$244.13

$61.03

$122.07

$366.20

369.9

92.5

184.9

554.8

75

300

22,369

5,592

11,184

33,553

$1,230.28

$307.57

$615.14

$1,845.43

1,864.1

466.0

932.0

2,796.1

75

60

4,474

1,118

2,237

6,711

$246.06

$61.51

$123.03

$369.09

372.8

93.2

186.4

559.2

2

60

140

47

93

233

$7.70

$2.57

$5.13

$12.83

11.7

3.9

7.8

4

60

247

82

165

412

$13.58

$4.53

$9.06

$22.64

20.6

6.9

13.7

34.3

552

300

165,590

41,398

82,795

248,386

$9,107.47

$2,276.87

$4,553.74

$13,661.21

13,799.2

3,449.8

6,899.6

20,698.8

552

60

33,118

8,280

16,559

49,677

$1,821.49

$455.37

$910.75

$2,732.24

2,759.8

690.0

1,379.9

4,139.8

78
78

300
60

23,373
4,675

5,843
1,169

11,686
2,337

35,059
7,012

$1,285.49
$257.10

$321.37
$64.27

$642.75
$128.55

$1,928.24
$385.65

1,947.7

486.9

973.9

2,921.6

389.5

97.4

194.8

584.3

564

12

6,510

2,170

4,340

10,850

$358.06

$119.35

$238.71

$596.77

542.5

180.8

361.7

904.2

42

12

486

162

324

810

$26.75

$8.92

$17.83

$44.58

40.5

13.5

27.0

1

12

6

2

4

10

$0.32

$0.11

$0.21

$0.53

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.8

77

9

683

228

455

1,138

$37.57

$12.52

$25.04

$62.61

56.9

19.0

37.9

94.9

9

12

102

34

68

169

$2.80

$0.93

$1.86

$4.66

4.2

1.4

2.8

7.1

19.4

67.5

3
1

4
4

12
4

4
1

8
3

20
7

$0.66
$0.22

$0.22
$0.07

$0.44
$0.15

$1.10
$0.37

1.0

0.3

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.6

2

50

110

28

55

166

$6.07

$1.52

$3.04

$9.11

9.2

2.3

4.6

13.8

<1

150

50

13

25

75

$2.75

$0.69

$1.38

$4.13

4.2

1.0

2.1

6.3

1.7

2

25

42

11

21

64

$2.33

$0.58

$1.17

$3.50

3.5

0.9

1.8

<1

75

25

6

13

38

$1.38

$0.34

$0.69

$2.06

2.1

0.5

1.0

3.1

2

50

116

29

58

174

$6.36

$1.59

$3.18

$9.55

9.6

2.4

4.8

14.5

2

83

190

48

95

286

$10.48

$2.62

$5.24

$15.71

15.9

4.0

7.9

23.8

$5.24

5.3

4

50

190

48

95

286

$10.48

$2.62

$15.71

15.9

24

100

2,362

590

1,181

3,543

$129.90

$32.48

$64.95

$194.86

196.8

49.2

98.4

295.2

133

50

6,639

1,660

3,319

9,958

$365.14

$91.29

$182.57

$547.71

553.2

138.3

276.6

829.9

53

4.0

7.9

23.8

150

8,008

2,002

4,004

12,011

$440.41

$110.10

$220.21

$660.62

667.3

166.8

333.6

1,000.9

26

50

1,294

324

647

1,941

$71.18

$17.79

$35.59

$106.77

107.8

27.0

53.9

161.8

1

50

33

8

17

50

$1.83

$0.46

$0.92

$2.75

2.8

0.7

1.4

1

83

42

10

21

63

$2.29

$0.57

$1.15

$3.44

3.5

0.9

1.7

5.2

8

25

195

49

98

293

$10.74

$2.69

$5.37

$16.11

16.3

4.1

8.1

24.4

2

75

156

39

78

234

$8.59

$2.15

$4.30

$12.89

13.0

3.3

6.5

19.5

2

50

75

19

38

113

$6.23

6.3

1.6

3.1

9.4

2

42

83

21

42

125

$4.58

$1.15

$2.29

$6.88

6.9

1.7

3.5

10.4

2

25

58

15

29

88

$3.21

$0.80

$1.60

$4.81

4.9

1.2

2.4

7.3

4

50

200

50

100

300

$11.00

$2.75

$5.50

$16.50

16.7

4.2

8.3

25.0

<1

50

7

2

4

11

$0.39

$0.10

$0.20

$0.59

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.9

1

50

33

8

17

50

$1.83

$0.46

$0.92

$2.75

2.8

0.7

1.4

4.2

1

100

50

13

25

75

$2.75

$0.69

$1.38

$4.13

4.2

1.0

2.1

6.3

<1

50

17

6

11

28

$0.93

$0.31

$0.62

$1.56

1.4

0.5

0.9

2.4

<1

22

8

3

5

13

$0.41

$0.14

$0.28

$0.69

0.6

0.2

0.4

1.0

<1

22

4

1

2

7

$0.24

$0.06

$0.12

$0.36

0.4

0.1

0.2

<1

22

8

2

4

11

$0.41

$0.10

$0.21

$0.62

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.9

6

50

289

96

192

481

$15.88

$5.29

$10.58

$26.46

24.1

8.0

16.0

40.1

3

150

488

163

325

813

$26.81

$8.94

$17.88

$44.69

40.6

13.5

27.1

67.7

2

22

41

14

27

68

$2.23

$0.74

$1.49

$3.72

3.4

1.1

2.3

5.6

2

83

167

56

111

278

$9.17

$3.06

$6.11

$15.28

13.9

4.6

9.3

23.1

2

8

12

4

8

20

$0.66

$0.22

$0.44

$1.10

1.0

0.3

0.7

1.7

1

50

42

14

28

69

$2.29

$0.76

$1.53

$3.82

3.5

1.2

2.3

5.8

2

8

12

4

8

20

$0.66

$0.22

$0.44

$1.10

1.0

0.3

0.7

1.7

<1

25

4

1

3

7

$0.23

$0.08

$0.16

$0.39

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.6

<1

22

3

1

2

5

$0.17

$0.06

$0.12

$0.29

0.3

0.1

0.2

<1

22

3

1

2

5

$0.17

$0.06

$0.12

$0.29

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.4

2

50

100

33

67

167

$5.50

$1.83

$3.67

$9.17

8.3

2.8

5.6

13.9

<1

50

51

13

25

76

$2.80

$0.70

$1.40

$4.20

4.2

1.1

2.1

<1

150

38

9

19

56

$2.06

$0.52

$1.03

$3.09

3.1

0.8

1.6

4.7

1

83

83

21

42

125

$4.58

$1.15

$2.29

$6.88

6.9

1.7

3.5

10.4

46

50

2,300

575

1,150

3,450

$126.50

$31.63

$63.25

$189.75

191.7

47.9

95.8

287.5

46

110

5,059

1,265

2,529

7,588

$278.24

$69.56

$139.12

$417.36

421.6

105.4

210.8

632.4

39

150

5,775

1,444

2,888

8,663

$317.63

$79.41

$158.81

$476.44

481.3

120.3

240.6

721.9

5
2

103
50

543
88

136
22

271
44

814
131

$29.84
$4.81

$7.46
$1.20

$14.92
$2.41

$44.76
$7.22

45.2

11.3

22.6

7.3

1.8

3.6

10.9

324,633
120

81,939
30

163,879
61

488,512
181

$17,852.01
$6.61

$4,505.73
$1.67

$9,011.47
$3.34

$26,863.48
$9.95

27,048.5

6,826.9

13,653.7

40,702.2

10.0

2.5

5.1

15.1

119.1

2,699

$4.15

$1.04

$2.08

4.2

0.6

0.4

6.4

67.8

Estimated Burden for Vessels Currently Required to Mark Gear under the ALWTRP

Lobster Current

Gillnet Current

20

93

476

476

953

1,429

$26.20

$52.40

$78.61

39.7

39.7

79.4

6

93

146

146

292

439

$8.04

$8.04

$16.08

$24.12

12.2

12.2

24.4

10

93

227

227

454

681

$12.49

$26.20

$12.49

$24.97

$37.46

18.9

18.9

37.8

56.8

200

93

4,676

4,676

9,353

14,029

$257.21

$257.21

$514.41

$771.62

389.7

389.7

779.4

1,169.1

4

93

83

83

166

249

$4.57

$4.57

$9.15

$13.72

6.9

6.9

13.9

20.8

36.5

395

93

9,216

9,216

18,432

27,648

$506.88

$506.88

$1,013.76

$1,520.64

768.0

768.0

1,536.0

2,304.0

68

300

5,126

5,126

10,252

15,379

$281.94

$281.94

$563.89

$845.83

427.2

427.2

854.4

1,281.6

170.9

256.3

68

60

1,025

1,025

2,050

3,076

$56.39

$56.39

$112.78

$169.17

85.4

85.4

52

300

3,907

3,907

7,814

11,721

$214.89

$214.89

$429.78

$644.67

325.6

325.6

651.2

976.8

52

60

781

781

1,563

2,344

$42.98

$42.98

$85.96

$128.93

65.1

65.1

130.2

195.4

2

60

36

36

71

107

$1.96

$1.96

$3.92

$5.89

3.0

3.0

5.9

8.9

<1

60

8

8

16

25

$0.45

$0.45

$0.91

$1.36

0.7

0.7

1.4

2.1

4

60

83

83

167

250

$4.59

$4.59

$9.18

$13.77

7.0

7.0

13.9

20.9

146

60

2,921

2,921

5,843

8,764

$160.68

$160.68

$321.36

$482.03

243.5

243.5

486.9

730.4

83

93

1,929

1,929

3,858

5,787

$106.09

$106.09

$212.19

$318.28

160.7

160.7

321.5

482.2

5

300

341

341

682

1,023

$18.76

$18.76

$37.52

$56.29

28.4

28.4

56.9

5

60

68

68

136

205

$3.75

$3.75

$7.50

$11.26

5.7

5.7

11.4

17.1

98
98

300
60

7,387
1,477

7,387
1,477

14,775
2,955

22,162
4,432

$406.31
$81.26

$406.31
$81.26

$812.62
$162.52

$1,218.93
$243.79

615.6

615.6

1,231.2

1,846.9

123.1

123.1

246.2

369.4

1

12

2

2

5

7

$0.13

$0.13

$0.27

$0.40

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

3

12

10

10

20

29

$0.54

$0.54

$1.08

$1.62

0.8

0.8

1.6

2.5

9

12

36

36

71

107

$1.96

$1.96

$3.93

$5.89

3.0

3.0

5.9

8.9

4

12

15

15

30

45

$0.82

$0.82

$1.64

$2.45

1.2

1.2

2.5

3.7

6

12

25

25

50

76

$1.39

$1.39

$2.78

$4.17

2.1

2.1

4.2

4

12

15

15

30

45

$0.83

$0.83

$1.66

$2.50

1.3

1.3

2.5

3.8

168

12

655

655

1,311

1,966

$36.05

$36.05

$72.10

$108.16

54.6

54.6

109.2

163.9

9

12

34

34

68

102

$0.93

$0.93

$1.86

$2.80

1.4

1.4

2.8

4.2

51
<1

12
12

SUBTOTAL
Per Vessel Average

1,571

TOTAL

4,270

Per Vessel Average

85.3

6.3

198
1

198
1

395
2

593
3

$10.86
$0.05

$10.86
$0.05

$21.73
$0.11

$32.59
$0.16

16.5
0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

40,908
26

40,908
26

81,817
52

122,725
78

$2,249.02
$1.43

$2,249.02
$1.43

$4,498.05
$2.86

$6,747.07
$4.30

3,408

3,408

6,815

10,223

2.2

2.2

4.3

6.5

365,541

122,848

245,695

611,237

$20,101.04

$6,754.76

$13,509.52

$33,610.56

30,456.1

10,234.5

20,469.0

50,925.1

86

29

58

143

$4.71

$1.58

$3.16

$7.87

7.1

2.4

4.8

11.9

Total Affected
Vessels

Total Affected
Vessels 20092011

Notes:
Sums and products may not total due to rounding.
The Year 1 cost burden represents the immediate cost of marking all buoy lines, which is required within six months of publication of the rule.
Years 2 and 3 represent the second and third years after the publication of the final rule.

Newly Affected
Currently
Vessels
Affected Vessels

Annualized number of responses over three years (Column F divided by 3)
162,837

40,908

203,745

122,848

13,567

3,408

16,975

10,234.50

$8,954

$2,249

$11,203

Annualized number of rule-related hours over three years (Column N total divided by 3)
Annualized number of rule-related recordkeeping costs over three years (Column J total divided by 3)
$6,755

16.5

32.9

49.4