Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Preliminnary A80 Cooperative Flatfish Exchange Report	Form	Removed	Available
Flatfish Exchange Application	Form	Modified	Available
Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for Quota Share	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for transfer of cooperative quota	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application to transfer quota share	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for limited access fishery	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
0565 rev flatflex 091014.ss.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2014-09-10	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
209937	Preliminnary A80 Cooperative Flatfish Exchange Report	Form	Removed
209936	Flatfish Exchange Application	Form	Modified
200589	Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180255	Application for Quota Share	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180141	Appeals		Unchanged
180140	Annual Cooperative Report		Unchanged
180136	Application for transfer of cooperative quota	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180135	Application to transfer quota share	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180134	Application for limited access fishery	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180133	Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0565	ICR Reference No: 201409-0648-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201401-0648-004
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: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/05/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/23/2014
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2016	10/31/2015	01/31/2016
Responses	96	0	67
Time Burden (Hours)	204	0	161
Cost Burden (Dollars)	544	0	532

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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 is intended to mitigate the environmental, market, and operational variability that prevents the sectors from achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield (OY) from the BSAI groundfish fisheries. This action would establish a process for the Amendment 80 Program (A80) cooperatives and Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups to exchange Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) reserve of flathead sole, rock sole, and yellowfin sole for an equivalent amount of available quota share (QS). Each year the Council would establish an ABC surplus amount for the three flatfish species -- the difference between the ABC and the total allowable catch (TAC). In addition, this action would allow each A80 cooperative and CDQ group to request that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) initiate up to three flatfish exchanges per year to maximize catch, retention, and utilization of target species while maintaining the catch of target and not-target species below catch limits. The use of the ABC exchange mechanism is entirely voluntary on the part of all affected entities. If an entity chooses to make an exchange, it will need to follow the exchange procedure.

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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-BD23	Final or interim final rulemaking	79 FR 56671	09/23/2014

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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: 9

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement	NA	Application to replace Amandemtn 80 Vessel
Application for Quota Share	NA	Amendment 80 Application for Quota Share
Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit	NA	Amendment 80 cooperative permit and cooperative quota application
Application to transfer quota share	NA	Application to transfer Amendment 80 Quota Shares
Appeals
Application for transfer of cooperative quota	NA	Intercooperative transfer of Amendment 80 quota
Application for limited access fishery	NA	Application for Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery Permit
Annual Cooperative Report
Flatfish Exchange Application	NA	Flatfish Exchange Applicatrion
Preliminnary A80 Cooperative Flatfish Exchange Report	NA	Preliminary flatflex exchange report

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	96	67	0	24	5	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	204	161	0	12	31	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	544	532	0	2	10	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: Program Change: A new information collection is created by adding the Flatfish Exchange Application to the Amendment 80 Program, adding 24 responses, 12 hours and $2 in miscellaneous costs. Flatfish Exchange Application [NEW] An increase of 8 respondents, 8 instead of 0 (6 CDQ groups + 2 cooperatives) An increase of 24 responses, 24 instead of 0 An increase of 12 hr burden, 12 hr instead of 0 hr An increase of $444 personnel costs, $444 instead of $0 An increase of $2 miscellaneous costs, $2 instead of $0 Adjustments: Adjustments are made to the number of respondents, cost of postage, and personnel hourly wage. A net of 5 responses and 31 hours was added, and there was a net increase in miscellaneous costs of $10. A80 Annual Cooperative Report An increase of 1 respondent and response, 2 instead of 1 An increase of 23 hr burden, 50 hr instead of 27 hr An increase of $850 personnel costs, $1,850 instead of $1,000 An increase of $36 miscellaneous costs, $387 instead of $351 Application for Inter-cooperative Amend80 Transfer An increase of 1 respondent and response, 2 instead of 1 An increase of 2 hr burden, 4 hr instead of 2 hr An increase of $98 personnel costs, $148 instead of $50 Application for Amend80 QS [one-time request] A decrease of 27 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 28 A decrease of 54 hr burden, 2 hr instead of 56 hr A decrease of $1,326 personnel costs, $74 instead of $1,400 A decrease of $112 miscellaneous costs, $2 instead of $114 Application for Amend80 Cooperative and CQ An increase of 1 respondent and response, 2 instead of 1 An increase of 2 hr burden, 4 hr instead of 2 hr An increase of $98 personnel costs, $148 instead of $50 An increase of $7 miscellaneous costs, $9 instead of $2 Application for Amend80 Limited Access Permit An increase of $192 personnel costs, $592 instead of $400 An increase of $3 miscellaneous costs, $26 instead of $23 Application to Transfer Amend80 QS An increase of 3 respondents and responses, 28 instead of 25 An increase of 6 hr burden, 56 hr instead of 50 hr An increase of $822 personnel costs, $2.072 instead of $1,250 An increase of $23 miscellaneous costs, $58 instead of $35 Application for Amend80 Vessel Replacement An increase of 26 respondents and responses, 28 instead of 2 An increase of 52 hr burden, 56 hr instead of 4 hr An increase of $822 personnel costs, $2,072 instead of $1,250 An increase of $52 miscellaneous costs, $58 instead of $6 Amend80 Appeals Letter An increase of $48 personnel costs, $148 instead of $100.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,183

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: 09/23/2014

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