Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Catcher vessel trawl gear logbook form and instructions	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Product transfer report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Product transfer report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Product transfer report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Buying station report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
U.S. Vessel Activity Report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Shoreside processor check-in/check-out report and instructions	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Mothership or catcher processor check-in/check-out report and instructions	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
IERS mothership dcpl	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
IERS Catcher/processor longline DCPL	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Catcher/processor trawl gear Electronic logbook	Form	Modified	Available
IERS Catcher/processor trawl dcpl	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Catcher vessel longline or potgear logbook form and instructions	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
0213 Amend91 chg justification v2 - 072210.pdf	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2010-07-22	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
4109	Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Catcher vessel trawl gear logbook form and instructions
186379	Product Transfer Report ((Processors and Registered Crab Receivers)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Product transfer report
186378	Product transfer report (Operators or Managers for non-IFQ groundfish)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Product transfer report
186377	Product transfer report (Registered Buyers for IFQ actions)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Product transfer report
186376	Buying Station Report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Buying station report
186375	Vessel Activity Report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	U.S. Vessel Activity Report
186372	Shoreside processor Check-in/out Report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Shoreside processor check-in/check-out report and instructions
186371	Mothership or Catcher/processor Check-in/out Report	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Mothership or catcher processor check-in/check-out report and instructions
186369	Mothership DCPL	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	IERS mothership dcpl
186368	Catcher/processor longline and pot gear DCPL	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	IERS Catcher/processor longline DCPL
186367	Catcher/processor trawl gear daily cumulative production logbooks	Form	Modified	Catcher/processor trawl gear Electronic logbook
186367	Catcher/processor trawl gear daily cumulative production logbooks	Form and Instruction	Modified	IERS Catcher/processor trawl dcpl
186366	Catcher vessel, longline or pot gear DFL	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Catcher vessel longline or potgear logbook form and instructions

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0213	ICR Reference No: 201007-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200811-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/05/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/22/2010
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2012	01/31/2012	01/31/2012
Responses	89,265	0	89,265
Time Burden (Hours)	39,871	0	39,871
Cost Burden (Dollars)	134,701	0	134,701

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Abstract: This collection-of-information affords an increasingly more efficient and accurate database for monitoring and management of the groundfish fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone in the waters off Alaska for purposes of conservation of the fisheries as well as for the enforcement of fisheries regulations. Parts of this collection are also used by the fishermen recording catch information on the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries, and the Individual Fishing Quota Program for Pacific halibut. The final rule for Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (RIN 0648-AX89) requires operators of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) trawl catcher/processors to use the ELB. In the ELB, the operator must enter processor identification information and catch-by-haul information. This change request is also to add the prohibited species discard or disposition data for all salmon species, previously counted under OMB Control No. 0648-0515, and to submit this data through the ELB. Essentially, the ELBs would become an additional component to eLandings. NMFS does not expect this change in format to increase the cost or burden of providing information (the salmon reporting is part of a larger report, and consists of a few seconds each, with less than a hour of increased total burden). In fact, NMFS expects that the ease of using the ELB may actually reduce the actual time of data entry.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AT91	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 55368	09/24/2008

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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: 12

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Buying Station Report	NA	Buying station report
Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook	NA	Catcher vessel trawl gear logbook form and instructions
Catcher vessel, longline or pot gear DFL	NA	Catcher vessel longline or potgear logbook form and instructions
Catcher/processor longline and pot gear DCPL	NA	IERS Catcher/processor longline DCPL
Catcher/processor trawl gear daily cumulative production logbooks	NA, NA	IERS Catcher/processor trawl dcpl ,   Catcher/processor trawl gear Electronic logbook
Mothership DCPL	NA	IERS mothership dcpl
Mothership or Catcher/processor Check-in/out Report	NA	Mothership or catcher processor check-in/check-out report and instructions
Product Transfer Report ((Processors and Registered Crab Receivers)	NA	Product transfer report
Product transfer report (Operators or Managers for non-IFQ groundfish)	NA	Product transfer report
Product transfer report (Registered Buyers for IFQ actions)	NA	Product transfer report
Shoreside processor Check-in/out Report	NA	Shoreside processor check-in/check-out report and instructions
Vessel Activity Report	NA	U.S. Vessel Activity Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	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	89,265	89,265	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	39,871	39,871	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	134,701	134,701	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This action revises use of some of the logbooks and forms due to regulatory effectiveness of an electronic data system, eLandings (see OMB 0648-0515). The shoreside processor DCPL is removed. The mothership and catcher/processor DCPLs are now partially completed in conjunction with eLandings, but time per response remains the same, based on partial duplication of information 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. In addition, frequency of responses for DCPLs is corrected based on current regulatory requirements

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $167,648

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]? No

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)? No

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: 07/22/2010

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