Alaska Region BSAI Crab Permits

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Annual application for crab IFQ permit	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Crab transfer of QS to designated beneficiary	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for North or South Regional Exemption	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
WAG exemption application	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for Converted CPO Quota Share and CPO IFQ	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application for transfer of crab QS or PQS	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Application for Transfer of Crab IPQ	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application for transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for transfer of crab IFQ	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application to become an ECCO	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for federal crab vessel permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for an Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Application for Crab IPQ permit	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
0514 Amd31 crab 022015 chg req (1).docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2015-02-25	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
4624	Annual application for crab IFQ permit	Form and Instruction	Modified
211752	ECCO annual report (transferred from OMB Control No. 0648-0570)	Instruction	Unchanged
211750	Crab transfer of QS to designated beneficiary	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
202224	Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report (Response Report)	Instruction	Unchanged
202223	CDQ notification of community representative	Instruction	Unchanged
202222	Annual North or South Regional Delivery Exemption Report	Instruction	Unchanged
202220	Application for North or South Regional Exemption	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
194557	WAG exemption application	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
192675	Application for Converted CPO Quota Share and CPO IFQ	Form and Instruction	Modified
186433	Application for transfer of crab QS or PQS	Form and Instruction	Modified
186432	Application for Transfer of Crab IPQ	Form and Instruction	Modified
183531	Appeal of denial of any application		Unchanged
183529	Right of first refusal waivers	Instruction	Unchanged
183528	Right of first refusal contracts	Instruction	Unchanged
183526	Application for transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives	Form and Instruction	Modified
183525	Application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
183524	Application for transfer of crab IFQ	Form and Instruction	Modified
183523	Application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer	Form and Instruction	Modified
183522	Application to become an ECCO	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
183521	Application for federal crab vessel permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
183520	Application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
183519	Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
183518	Application for an Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit	Form and Instruction	Modified
183517	Application for Crab IPQ permit	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0514	ICR Reference No: 201502-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201405-0648-010
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region BSAI Crab Permits
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: 02/27/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/25/2015
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2017	07/31/2017	07/31/2017
Responses	1,472	0	1,472
Time Burden (Hours)	1,621	0	1,621
Cost Burden (Dollars)	8,135	0	8,135

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Abstract: RIN 0648-BA61 establishes an earlier deadline (from August 1 to June 15) for filing annual IFQ, individual processing quota (IPQ), and crab harvesting cooperative IFQ applications, which would increase the amount of time during which NMFS would suspend the processing of IFQ and IPQ transfer applications . Dates are changed on 9 forms. This request is submitted with the draft final rule.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j) 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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 4450	01/28/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 34718	06/18/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 24

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
CDQ notification of community representative
Annual North or South Regional Delivery Exemption Report
Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report (Response Report)
Application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit	NA	Application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit
Application for transfer of crab IFQ	NA	Transfer of Crab IFQ
Application for Converted CPO Quota Share and CPO IFQ	NA	Application for Converted CPO Quota Share and CPO IFQ
WAG exemption application	NA	Application for Annual Exemption from Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements
Application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer	NA	Application to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer
Application for transfer of crab QS or PQS	NA	Transfer of crab QS or PQS
Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit	NA	Application for Registered Crab Receiver Permit
Application for transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives	NA	Transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives
Right of first refusal contracts
Right of first refusal waivers
Application for Crab IPQ permit	NA	Application for crab IPQ permit
Application for an Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit	NA	Application for Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit
Application for federal crab vessel permit	NA	Application for federal crab vessel permit
Application to become an ECCO	NA	Application to become an ECCO
Application for North or South Regional Exemption	NA	Application for exemption from CR Crab Regional Delivery Requirements
Crab transfer of QS to designated beneficiary	NA	Transfer of QS to beneficiary
ECCO annual report (transferred from OMB Control No. 0648-0570)
Application for Transfer of Crab IPQ	NA	Transfer of Crab IPQ
Application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO	NA	Application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO
Annual application for crab IFQ permit	NA	Application for Crab IFQ permit
Appeal of denial of any application

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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	1,472	1,472	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,621	1,621	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	8,135	8,135	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: Program Change ECCO Annual Report (moved from OMB Control No. 0648-0570) an increase of 1 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 0 an increase of 4 hours, 4 instead of 0 an increase of $148 personnel costs, $148 instead of $0 an increase of $1 miscellaneous costs, $1 instead of $0 Adjustments Application for IFQ permit an increase of 46 respondents and responses, 196 instead of 150 an increase of 115 hours burden, 490 instead of 375 an increase of $142 miscellaneous costs, $363 instead of $221   Application for IPQ permit an increase of 5 respondents and responses, 105 instead of 100 an increase of 13 hours burden, 263 instead of 250 an increase of $3,481 personnel costs, $9,731 instead of $6,250 an increase of $37 miscellaneous costs, $86 instead of $49 Application for cooperative IFQ permit a decrease of 6 respondents and responses, 10 instead of 16 a decrease of 15 hours burden, 25 instead of 40 a decrease of $36 misc costs, $17 instead of $53 Application for converted CPO QS & CPO IFQ an increase of $24 personnel costs, $74 instead of $50 Application for crab IFQ hired master permit a decrease of 1,473 respondents and responses, 141 instead of 1,614 a decrease of 516 hours burden, 49 instead of 565 a decrease of $3,552 miscellaneous costs, $111 instead of $3,663 Application for Federal crab vessel permit a decrease of 13 respondents and responses, 114 instead of 127 a decrease of 4 hours burden, 40 instead of 44 a decrease of $46 miscellaneous costs, $229 instead of $275 Application for WAG exemption a decrease of $15 miscellaneous costs, $37 instead of $52 Application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer a decrease of 48 respondents and responses, 15 instead of 63 a decrease of 96 hours burden, 30 instead of 126 a decrease of $87 miscellaneous costs, $24 instead of $111 Application to transfer crab QS or PQS a decrease of 127 respondents and responses, 126 instead of 253 a decrease of 254 hours burden, 252 instead of 506 a decrease of $751 miscellaneous costs, $882 instead of $131 ($131 was approved cost, but should have been $2,783; notary cost was not included in this IC's total. Application to transfer crab IFQ a decrease of $8 miscellaneous costs, $28 instead of $36 Application to transfer crab IPQ an increase of 69 respondents and responses, 106 instead of 37 an increase of 101 hours, 155 instead of 54 an increase of $23 miscellaneous costs, $63 instead of 40 Application for inter-cooperative transfer a decrease of 1 respondent, 10 instead of 11 a decrease of 55 responses, 550 instead of 605 an increase of 54 hours, 65 instead of 11 (also, correction, previous hours should have been 60, miscalculated) a decrease of $4 miscellaneous costs, $101 instead of $105 Application to become an ECCO an increase of $6 miscellaneous costs, $7 instead of $1 Application to transfer QS/IFQ to/from an ECCO a decrease of $4 miscellaneous costs, $7 instead of $11 ROFR Contracts Correction: $6,000 for contractor was included in, but not added into total of, last approved submission. Same cost for this submission.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,155

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: 02/25/2015

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