NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Scale type evaluation Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Catcher/processor bin monitoring inspection request form Form	Unchanged
Catcher/processor observer sampling station annual inspection request form Form	Unchanged
Inspection request, at-sea scales Form	Unchanged
0330 Chg Req_AX97 eLandings_071211.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2011-07-26

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
4279	Scale type evaluation Form and Instruction	Unchanged
194353	Observer notification of CDQ, pollock and rockfish delivery	Unchanged
194352	Electronic bin monitoring system	Unchanged
194351	Shoreside or SFP inseason scale tests, printed records from State of Alaska scale	Unchanged
194350	Catch monitoring and control plan for shoreside processors aned stationary floating processors	Unchanged
194349	CMP inspection request	Unchanged
194348	Catch monitoring plan addendum	Unchanged
194347	Crab catch monitoring plan	Unchanged
180087	Catcher/processor printed output of at-sea scales	Unchanged
180086	Catcher/processor records of daily scale tests	Unchanged
180085	Catcher/processor observer notification of scale tests	Unchanged
180084	Catcher/processor bin monitoring inspection request form Form	Unchanged
180075	CMCP inspection request	Unchanged
180073	Catcher/processor observer sampling station annual inspection request form Form	Unchanged
180071	Inspection request, at-sea scales Form	Unchanged
180070	Catch monitor and control plan addendum	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0330	ICR Reference No: 201109-0648-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201008-0648-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
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: 09/27/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/27/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2014	01/31/2014	01/31/2014
Responses	23,650	0	23,650
Time Burden (Hours)	6,548	0	6,548
Cost Burden (Dollars)	116,164	0	116,164

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Abstract: This collection describes the steps involved and the procedure for evaluating scales prior to National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approval for use, inspecting and testing approved scales onboard vessels, recordkeeping and audit trails, coordinating with onboard and onshore observers, and providing NMFS with a catch monitoring plan for crab, offshore groundfish, and inshore groundfish. This change request is to reinstate regulations that were inadvertently removed in a previous final rule about locations where the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will conduct scale inspections (associated with a proposed rule, RIN 0648-AX97). There are no changes to forms or to burden or cost.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Final or interim final rulemaking	76 FR 40628	07/11/2011

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 9157	03/01/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 52507	08/26/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 16

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Catch monitor and control plan addendum
Scale type evaluation	NA, NA, NA	Scale type evaluation - belt scale form ,   Scale type evaluation - automatic hopper scales ,   Scale type evaluation - platform hanging scales
Catcher/processor observer notification of scale tests
Inspection request, at-sea scales	NA	Inspection request - at-sea scales
Catcher/processor records of daily scale tests
CMCP inspection request
Catcher/processor observer sampling station annual inspection request form	NA	Inspection request for observer sampling station
Electronic bin monitoring system
Observer notification of CDQ, pollock and rockfish delivery
Crab catch monitoring plan
Catch monitoring plan addendum
CMP inspection request
Catch monitoring and control plan for shoreside processors aned stationary floating processors
Shoreside or SFP inseason scale tests, printed records from State of Alaska scale
Catcher/processor printed output of at-sea scales
Catcher/processor bin monitoring inspection request form	NA	Inspection request for electronic bin monitoring system

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ICR Summary 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	23,650	23,650	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,548	6,548	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	116,164	116,164	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 contains program adjustments which update, and in some cases, correct this existing collection. In addition, numbers are adjusted to reflect actual values in some cases, e.g., number of respondents and frequency of responses. There is a decrease of 52 respondents. Responses have increased by a net of 14,345. The net increase in hours is 1,339. The total cost has decreased by a net of $512,340: operational and maintenance costs have increased by a net of 62,533 and capital costs have decreased by a net of $574,873 (previous capital costs have expired; there is a new cost of $2,500).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $11,975

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]? No

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: 07/26/2011

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