Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
DAS credit request form	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
Application for veesel replacement, upgrade and confirmation of permit history	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Gillnet Tag Replcement Form	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
Gillnet Tag Order Form	Form	Unchanged	Available
LOA request form	Form and Instruction	New	Available
Mailing option change request form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
DAS Credit Request Form	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
Lobster trap tag replacement request form	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
Lobster Trap Tag Request Form	Form	Unchanged	Available
Vessel operator permit application - initial	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Vessel Operator Application - Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
VMS Certification of Installation	Form	Unchanged	Available
VMS Certification of Activation	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
Federal Northeast Seafood Dealer -Initial Dealer Permit Application	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Dealer Permit Application Form - Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Application to Permanently Transfer NE Multispecies Days at Sea	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
VMS call-in addition of question about landing an extra monkfish	Form	Unchanged	Repair queued
0648-0202-SCOQ-LOA_Change Request_SS_rev.doc	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2012-11-28	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
45066	Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption		Unchanged
45065	Raised Footrope Trawl Whitiing Fishery Exemption (Sept 1 - Dec 31)		Unchanged
45010	DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale	Form	Unchanged	DAS credit request form
45006	Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification		Unchanged
45005	Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions		Unchanged
45002	Purse Seine Exemption		Unchanged
45001	Summer Flounder Small-Mesh Exemption		Unchanged
44999	LOA for WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Exemption Certificate		Unchanged
44993	Midwater Trawl Exemption Request		Unchanged
44992	Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement		Unchanged
44987	Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Application for veesel replacement, upgrade and confirmation of permit history
44967	Vessel permit application and renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal
44967	Vessel permit application and renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial
37290	Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags	Form	Unchanged	Gillnet Tag Replcement Form
37290	Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags	Form	Unchanged	Gillnet Tag Order Form
204755	LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21	Other-certificate	New
204755	LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21	Form and Instruction	New	LOA request form
202004	NAFO fishing recordkeeping		Unchanged
201706	Vessel owner single-letter option	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Mailing option change request form
201274	VMS notification for coordination of monitored landing event, pre DAS credit request for cancelled trip		Unchanged
201272	DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form	Form	Unchanged	DAS Credit Request Form
200256	Herring Carrier LOA request		Unchanged
200244	Herring vessel request for transfer at sea LOA		Unchanged
198744	Herring VMS catch report		Unchanged
195996	LOA for declaring that a vessel intends to fish south of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area		Unchanged
192992	Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration		Unchanged
191299	State Quota Transfers		Unchanged
191297	Lobster Area 5 Waiver		Unchanged
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	Form	Unchanged	Lobster trap tag replacement request form
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	Form	Unchanged	Lobster Trap Tag Request Form
191295	Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea		Unchanged
191294	GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption		Unchanged
191293	NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)		Unchanged
191292	State Waters Sea Scallop Exemption		Unchanged
191291	SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters Exemptions		Unchanged
191265	Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Vessel operator permit application - initial
191265	Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Vessel Operator Application - Renewal
189958	Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration		Unchanged
188860	Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs	Form	Unchanged	VMS Certification of Installation
188859	Foreign fishing vessels arrival/departure from EEZ notification		Unchanged
188173	VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling	Form	Unchanged	VMS Certification of Activation
180187	Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Federal Northeast Seafood Dealer -Initial Dealer Permit Application
180187	Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Dealer Permit Application Form - Renewal
179106	NE Multispecies Proposed Sector Allocation		Unchanged
179100	Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration - Groundfish vessels fishhing under an NE Multispecies DAS		Unchanged
179098	NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Application to Permanently Transfer NE Multispecies Days at Sea
179097	NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption	Form	Unchanged	VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form
179096	Expedited submission of proposed SAPs		Unchanged
179095	VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels	Form	Unchanged	VMS call-in addition of question about landing an extra monkfish

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 201211-0648-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201204-0648-008
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Region Permit 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: 11/29/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/28/2012
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2013	04/30/2013	04/30/2013
Responses	210,138	0	210,091
Time Burden (Hours)	29,644	0	29,640
Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,273,429	0	6,273,429

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Abstract: Participants in the marine fishing industry, including vessel owners, vessel operators, and fish dealers, who wish to participate in regulated Northeast Regional fisheries must apply for, and obtain, permits. Persons obtaining permits may also be subject to notification, tagging, and other requirements. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a change to the 0648-0202 family of forms to add a requirement to obtain a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to participate in the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fishery in the re-opened Georges Bank (GB) Closed Area.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation 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 30265	05/25/2011

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 31689	07/02/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 61656	11/25/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 43

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration
Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea
Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions
DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale	NA	DAS credit request form
DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form	NA	DAS Credit Request Form
Expedited submission of proposed SAPs
Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs	NA	VMS Certification of Installation
Foreign fishing vessels arrival/departure from EEZ notification
GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption
Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags	NA, NA	Gillnet Tag Order Form ,   Gillnet Tag Replcement Form
Herring Carrier LOA request
Herring VMS catch report
Herring vessel request for transfer at sea LOA
Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement
LOA for WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Exemption Certificate
LOA for declaring that a vessel intends to fish south of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area
LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21	NA	LOA request form
Lobster Area 5 Waiver
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	NA, NA	Lobster Trap Tag Request Form ,   Lobster trap tag replacement request form
Midwater Trawl Exemption Request
Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration
Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption
Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration - Groundfish vessels fishhing under an NE Multispecies DAS
NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)
NAFO fishing recordkeeping
NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program	NA	Application to Permanently Transfer NE Multispecies Days at Sea
NE Multispecies Proposed Sector Allocation
NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption	NA	VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form
Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal	NA, NA	Dealer Permit Application Form - Renewal ,   Federal Northeast Seafood Dealer -Initial Dealer Permit Application
Purse Seine Exemption
Raised Footrope Trawl Whitiing Fishery Exemption (Sept 1 - Dec 31)
Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	NA	Application for veesel replacement, upgrade and confirmation of permit history
SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters Exemptions
State Quota Transfers
State Waters Sea Scallop Exemption
Summer Flounder Small-Mesh Exemption
VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling	NA	VMS Certification of Activation
VMS notification for coordination of monitored landing event, pre DAS credit request for cancelled trip
VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels	NA	VMS call-in addition of question about landing an extra monkfish
Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal	NA, NA	Vessel Operator Application - Renewal ,   Vessel operator permit application - initial
Vessel owner single-letter option	NA	Mailing option change request form
Vessel permit application and renewal	NA, NA	Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial ,   Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal
Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification

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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	210,138	210,091	0	47	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	29,644	29,640	0	4	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,273,429	6,273,429	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The request for the new LOA adds a total of 47 responses and 4 hours to this collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,150,250

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: 11/28/2012

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