National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab. The Crab Rationalization Program (Program) allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. This collection-of-information addresses the permits, transfers, and cost recovery procedures for the Program. This request is to add the option of online transfers to the Program, for: 1) transfer of IFQ between cooperatives, 2) transfer of IFQ and 3) transfer of IPQ. In addition, the Application for Transfer of Crab Quota Share/Individual Fishing Quota (QS/IFQ) or Processor Quota Shares/Individual Processing Quota (PQS/IPQ) is removed and replaced by three separate applications, because each of the quota type transfers is submitted differently and contains different information.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j)
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
Program changes: 1) provide the option to submit quota transfers online for Crab IFQ, IPQ and inter-cooperative transfer of IFQ; 2) remove the Application for transfer of Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ and separate it into three applications, because each of the quota type transfers is submitted differently and contains different information; 3) remove the notarization requirement for transfers of Crab IFQ and Crab IPQ.
There is an overall increase of 31 hours. A net increase of 180 hours is due to the removal of the transfer of Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ form and replacement by the three following it below, but the shorter average response time for transfer of Crab IPQ saves 16 hours; that is, simply adding these three forms, with no online transfer option for Crab IPQ transfer, would have added 196 hours. A decrease of 149 hours is due to the addition of online submission for the inter-cooperative transfer of IFQ.
Removing the notarization requirement for Crab IFQ and IPQ decreases miscellaneous costs by $2,920. Allowing online transfer for the inter-cooperative transfer of IFQ decreases
miscellaneous costs by $1,765. Adding $48 for the Crab QS/PQS transfer results in a net decrease of $4,637.
Details of Program Changes:
Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ; this form is removed.
a decrease of 400 respondents and responses, 0 instead of 400
a decrease of 800 hr burden, 0 hr instead of 800 hr
a decrease of $20,000 personnel costs, $0 instead of $20,000
a decrease of $4,572 miscellaneous costs, $0 instead of $4,572
Application for Transfer of Crab QS or PQS; this form is added. This form must be notarized and may be submitted only by mail or courier.
an increase of 93 respondents and responses, 93 instead of 0
an increase of 186 hr burden, 186 hr instead of 0 hr
an increase of $4,650 personnel costs, $4,650 instead of $0
an increase of $48 miscellaneous costs, $48 instead of $0
Application for Transfer of Crab IFQ; this form is added. This form may be submitted by mail, fax, or courier.
an increase of 373 respondents and responses, 373 instead of 0
an increase of 746 hr burden, 746 hr instead of 0 hr
an increase of $18,650 personnel costs, $18,650 instead of $0
an increase of $1,605 miscellaneous costs, $1,605 instead of $0
Application for Transfer of Crab IPQ; this form is added. This form may now be submitted online, as well as by fax, by mail, or by courier.
an increase of 24 respondents, 24 instead of 0
an increase of 32 responses, 32 instead of 0
an increase of 48 hr burden, 48 hr instead of 0 hr
an increase of $1,200 personnel costs, $1,200 instead of $0
an increase of $47 miscellaneous costs, $47 instead of $0
Application for Inter-Cooperative Transfer of IFQ. This form may now be submitted online, as well as by fax, by mail, or by courier.
a decrease of 140 respondents, 19 instead of 159 (this is a correction based on permit counts)
an increase of 2 responses, 161 instead of 159
a decrease of 149 hr burden, 169 hr instead of 318 hr
a decrease of $3,725 personnel costs, $4,225 instead of $7,950
a decrease of $1,765 miscellaneous costs, $52 instead of $1,817.
$21,364
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
Reginfo record details
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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:
(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.
Application for Crab IFQ/IPQ permit
0514 ss rev resub 100809.pdf
Annual application for crab IFQ permit