NMFS Alaskan Region American Fisheries Act Reports

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Application for an Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and List of IPA Participants (from 0648-0608)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
0401 Justification for Change (BE05) 031715.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2015-03-17	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
214180	AFA Annual Catcher vessel Intercoop report	Instruction	Unchanged
214179	AFA Catcher Vessel Intercoop Agreement	Instruction	Unchanged
214174	AFA cooperative contract	Instruction	Modified
196986	Chinook Salmon IPA Annual Report	Instruction	Unchanged
196985	Application for an Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and List of IPA Participants (from 0648-0608)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
196984	Non-chinook ICA Annual Report	Instruction	Unchanged
179749	Catcher Vessel Cooperative Pollock Catch report	Instruction	Unchanged
179747	AFA Annual Cooperative Report	Instruction	Unchanged
179745	Non-chinook bycatch reduction intercooperative agreement revisions	Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0401	ICR Reference No: 201503-0648-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201411-0648-012
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NMFS Alaskan Region American Fisheries Act Reports
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: 03/18/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/18/2015
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2018	01/31/2018	01/31/2018
Responses	32	0	32
Time Burden (Hours)	411	0	411
Cost Burden (Dollars)	93	0	93

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Abstract: The cooperative management structure, originally implemented by the American Fisheries Act (AFA), has shifted more of the monitoring and enforcement burden to the cooperatives and their members; and has allowed NMFS to manage the BSAI pollock fishery more precisely. With the flexibility provided by cooperatives, vessels are able to individually (and in aggregate) come very close to harvesting exactly the amount of pollock they were allocated. Allocations of pollock and other species have allowed the AFA fleet the ability to spread their effort in time and space to accommodate Steller Sea Lion conservation measures. This information collection is revised by adding to the Cooperative Contract the obligation for the American Fisheries Act (AFA) cooperative members to ensure full payment of cost recovery fees established by an associated rule (RIN 0648-BE05). This requirement is intended to encourage and facilitate coordination among AFA cooperative members for the timely and complete payment of fees.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act
   US Code: 16 USC 1851 Name of Law: American Fisheries Act
  

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 35150	06/19/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 73881	12/12/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 9

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
AFA Catcher Vessel Intercoop Agreement
AFA cooperative contract
AFA Annual Catcher vessel Intercoop report
Non-chinook bycatch reduction intercooperative agreement revisions
AFA Annual Cooperative Report
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Pollock Catch report
Non-chinook ICA Annual Report
Application for an Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and List of IPA Participants (from 0648-0608)	NA	IPA Application
Chinook Salmon IPA Annual 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	32	32	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	411	411	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	93	93	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: Adjustments are made in this collection: personnel costs are changed from $25/hr to $37/hr and in two cases, from $150 to $165. Chinook IPA a decrease of 1 respondent, 1 instead of 2 a decrease of 3 responses, 1 instead of 4 a decrease of 120 hours, 40 instead of 160 hr a decrease of $17,400 personnel costs, $6,600 instead of $24,000 Chinook IPA Annual Report an increase of 1 respondent and response, 3 instead of 2 an increase of 50 hours, 90 instead of 40 hr an increase of $13,350 personnel costs, $14,850 instead of $1,500 an increase of $9 miscellaneous costs, $14 instead of $5 Non-Chinook ICA revisions The previously named Salmon Bycatch Reduction ICA was replaced by this IC, but had been left in the collection in error; that burden of 40 hours was removed. Also, the Non-Chinook ICA full burden was reduced from 40 hours to 1 hour, as no new ICs are now being added, only revisions made. Non-Chinook ICA Annual Report an increase of 4 hours, 8 instead of 4 hr an increase of $500 personnel costs, $600 instead of $100 AFA Coop Annual Report a decrease of 3 respondents and responses, 8 instead of 11 a decrease of 24 hours, 64 instead of 88 hr a decrease of $8,400 personnel costs, $4,800 instead of $13,200 an increase of $6 miscellaneous costs, $24 instead of $18 Annual Coop Pollock Catch Report a decrease of 3 respondents, 8 instead of 11 a decrease of 124 responses, 8 instead of 132 an increase of 53 hours, 64 instead of 11 hr an increase of $4,525 personnel costs, $4,800 instead of $275 an increase of $7 miscellaneous costs, $24 instead of $17 AFA Cooperative Contract – dropped at some point, now corrected by re-including an increase of 8 respondents and responses, 8 instead of 0 an increase of 64 hours, 64 instead of 0 an increase of $4,800 personnel costs, $4,800 instead of 0 an increase of $24 miscellaneous costs, $24 instead of 0 Program Changes AFA Catcher Vessel Intercoop Agreement [NEW] an increase of 1 respondent and response, 1 instead of 0 an increase of 40 hours, 40 instead of 0 hr an increase of $6,000 personnel costs, $6,000 instead of 0 an increase of $1 miscellaneous costs, $1 instead of 0 AFA Catcher Vessel Intercoop Report [NEW] an increase of 1 respondent and response, 1 instead of 0 an increase of 40 hours, 40 instead of 0 hr an increase of $3,000 personnel costs, $3,000 instead of 0 an increase of $1 miscellaneous costs, $1 instead of 0 Agent for Service of Process [REMOVED] a decrease of 11 respondents and responses, 0 instead of 11 a decrease of 1 hour, 0 instead of 1 a decrease of $25 personnel costs, 0 instead of $25 a decrease of $1 miscellaneous costs, $0 instead of 1

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,546

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: 03/18/2015

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