Change justification for removal of lobster checkboxes from Fed Fisheries Permit Form

JUSTIFICATION FOR CHANGE
PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION PERMIT FAMILY OF FORMS
OMB CONTROL NO. 0648-0490
The check boxes for applying for lobster permits on the Western Pacific (WP) Federal Fisheries
Permit application form under OMB Control No. 0648-0490 were removed because the recently
approved Western Pacific Crustacean Permit application form under Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control No. 0648-0586 replaces the 0648-0490 form for those fisheries. No new
fields for collection were added to the WP Federal Fisheries Permit application form.
Explanatory text was added to this form, directing applicants to the appropriate forms for
Western Pacific Crustacean or Northern Mariana Islands Bottomfish permits (OMB Control No.
0648-0584).
The burden for completing the WP Federal Fisheries Permit application form will not change.
The burden for crustacean and bottomfish permits has already been accounted for under OMB
Control No. 0648-0586 and 0648-0584, respectively.