Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program Form and Instruction	Unchanged
VMS daily catch reports Form	Unchanged
VMS activation confirmation responses, time and cost, and cost of purchase, maintenance and automated polling Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors Form	Modified
160325_0605_justification_BF62_v1.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2016-04-19

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
205823	Northwest Atlantic FIsheries Organization (NAFO_ reporting requirements transf from 0648-0202	Unchanged
205821	Submission of proposed special access program (SAP)	Unchanged
205820	Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program Form and Instruction	Unchanged
191357	Trip start and end hails	Unchanged
191356	NE Fishery Observer Notification	Unchanged
191354	At-Sea monitoring and reporting requirements - notifications and database requirements and monitoring costs	Unchanged
191339	Catch reporting requirements: US/Canada Area and CA II SAPs, Closed Area I SAP and Regular B Program	Unchanged
191337	VMS daily catch reports Form	Unchanged
191336	Area and DAS Declaration - groundfish vessels fishing under any NE Multispecies DAS	Unchanged
191335	VMS activation confirmation responses, time and cost, and cost of purchase, maintenance and automated polling Form and Instruction	Unchanged
191334	Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors Form	Modified
191333	Notification of ejection from sector	Unchanged
191332	Monitoring system (database) for discards, sector manager weekly catch reports and annual reports	Unchanged
191331	Monitoring and Reporting Service Providers Application and response to denial	Unchanged
191330	Sector operations plan and annual membership list updates	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0605	ICR Reference No: 201604-0648-011
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201510-0648-005
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16
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: 04/19/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/19/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2019	01/31/2019	01/31/2019
Responses	158,047	0	158,047
Time Burden (Hours)	38,812	0	38,812
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,455,674	0	4,455,674

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Abstract: This is a request for extension of the emergency revision of OMB Control No. 0648-0605, the Information Collection for Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP), in conjunction with Final Rule 0648-BE75, as well as revision and extension of the entire collection. This revision and extension incorporates a number of revisions to this form family since the last submission, including the emergency revisions to this form family done in conjunction with Final Rule 0648-BE75, updates to burden estimate for the at-sea monitoring program requirement, and removal of the dockside monitoring requirements. Framework Adjustment 55 to the NE Multispecies FMP proposes to allow a sector to transfer, or re-allocate, eastern GB cod ACE to the Western U.S./Canada Area. This measure is intended to increase flexibility for sector vessels and provide additional fishing opportunities. This measure will also help achieve optimum yield in the fishery by preventing the Western U.S./Canada Area from being closed prematurely before a sector has harvested its entire allocation. To implement this measure, NMFS is requesting a change to the 0648-0605 information collection to add a new entry field to the ACE transfer request form to allow a sector to indicate how many pounds of eastern GB cod ACE it intends to convert to western GB cod ACE. This change is necessary to allow a sector to apply for a GB cod ACE conversion in order to increase fishing opportunities in the Western U.S./Canada Area.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 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:
	80 FR 29634	05/22/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 63748	10/21/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 15

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Trip start and end hails
Catch reporting requirements: US/Canada Area and CA II SAPs, Closed Area I SAP and Regular B Program
Notification of ejection from sector
NE Fishery Observer Notification
Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program	NA	Days at Sea Transfer Request
Area and DAS Declaration - groundfish vessels fishing under any NE Multispecies DAS
Northwest Atlantic FIsheries Organization (NAFO_ reporting requirements transf from 0648-0202
Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors	NA	Application to transfer annual catch entitlement between sectors
VMS activation confirmation responses, time and cost, and cost of purchase, maintenance and automated polling	NA	VMS Certification of Activation
Monitoring and Reporting Service Providers Application and response to denial
Monitoring system (database) for discards, sector manager weekly catch reports and annual reports
Submission of proposed special access program (SAP)
VMS daily catch reports	NA	Multispecies catch report
Sector operations plan and annual membership list updates
At-Sea monitoring and reporting requirements - notifications and database requirements and monitoring costs

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ICR Summary 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	158,047	158,047	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	38,812	38,812	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,455,674	4,455,674	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 Changes While NMFS has funded the sampling cost for at-sea monitors in all previous fishing years since the inception of the sector management program, we are in the process of transitioning to industry funding for at-sea monitoring. We expect the transition to industry-funded ASM should happen sometime during the 2015 fishing year, likely after December 2015. Therefore, the cost that industry pays to service providers for monitoring, estimated at $710 per sea day for 5,312 seadays, is now included in this information collection. Total: $3,771.520. NAFO burden estimates were not fully characterized in previous renewals, and are accurately described here. Fifty responses, 84 hours and $30,846 were added. Net total program changes: An increase of 50 responses, 84 hours and $3,802,866. Adjustments: The dockside monitoring program was removed in Framework 48 (RIN 0658-BC27; 78 FR 26118, May 3, 2013). All of the burden, responses and costs related to this program were eliminated in May 2013 but this was not reflected in the applicable ICR. Responses, hours and costs removed as a correction: 215,315, 30,574 and $102,498. Total net reductions due to adjustments, including the above: 1,525,631, 42,398 and $3,644,730.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,866,648

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: 04/19/2016

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