Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability

No forms / supporting documents in this ICR. Check IC Document Collections.

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
200589	Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement		Unchanged
180255	Application for Quota Share		Unchanged
180141	Appeals		Unchanged
180140	Annual Cooperative Report		Modified
180136	Application for transfer of cooperative quota		Unchanged
180135	Application to transfer quota share		Unchanged
180134	Application for limited access fishery		Unchanged
180133	Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit		Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0565	ICR Reference No: 201301-0648-007
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201209-0648-013
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 01/28/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/25/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2015
Responses	67	0	67
Time Burden (Hours)	161	0	159
Cost Burden (Dollars)	532	0	182

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Abstract: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI), Amendment 80 allocated several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, established a limited access privilege program, and facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector (hereinafter the "Program"). This action would remove the groundfish retention standard (GRS) program. National Marines Fisheries Service (NMFS) discovered that the regulatory methodology used to calculate compliance with and to enforce the GRS program require the sector to retain groundfish at a rate well above that considered by the Council or that implemented by NMFS. Monitoring and enforcement of the GRS have proven far more complex, challenging, and potentially costly than anticipated by NMFS. This action is necessary because the circumstances that justified the GRS rates have changed. This action is intended to mitigate higher than expected compliance costs of the GRS borne by the Amendment 80 sector. Furthermore, this action is needed to mitigate management and enforcement costs that were not foreseen when the regulation was promulgated.

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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-BA93	Final or interim final rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 8

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement	NA
Application for Quota Share	NA
Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit	NA
Application to transfer quota share	NA
Appeals
Application for transfer of cooperative quota	NA
Application for limited access fishery	NA
Annual Cooperative Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	67	67	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	161	159	0	2	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	532	182	0	350	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: NMFS makes a program change to this collection that would change the source of information formerly collected through eLandings to information reported in the existing annual cooperative report. In addition, a third-party audit of groundfish retention calculations is added to the cooperative report, which changes the total miscellaneous costs. Amend 80 Cooperative Report an increase of 2 burden hours, 27 hr instead of 25 hr an increase of $50 personnel cost, $ 675 instead of $ 625 an increase of $350 miscellaneous cost, $351 instead of $1.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,100

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: 01/25/2013

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