The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
implemented a trawl rationalization program, a catch share program,
for the Pacific coast groundfish fishery's trawl fleet in January
2011. The forms in this collection support permit and license
issuance necessary for program implementation.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
There are net decreases of 309
responses, 236 hours, and $3,490 in costs. Program Change: There
is a decrease of $930 in costs due to the elimination of notary
requirements for several forms. Adjustments: The reason for these
decreases is several-fold. First, as the program evolves, we are
better able to estimate the number of responses based on past data.
We greatly overestimated the number of responses for several
collections because we simply had not ever collected the
information before (at the time of our last extension) and were not
sure how many responses we would receive. For instance, we thought
QS percent transfers would occur way more frequently, but based on
transfer data have seen that’s not the case. Second, we
overestimated the time it takes users to make QP transfers, and
updated the estimate from 8 to 5 minutes based on feedback from
industry. Since QP transfers are what we receive the most responses
for in this collection, it had a big impact. Part of the reason for
this decrease is that as time has gone on, users have become much
more comfortable with the online system, and as they make
transactions frequently they’ve learned to be more confident and
take less time for review or less time to call the permit office to
ask questions. We also had overestimated copy costs slightly with
the last submission, and updated those based on the number of pages
of each form with this submission. We also minimized duplication
for MS and MS/CV permit owners who had previously submitted
ownership interest forms for the same company, which slightly
decreased the time and cost estimates. Total adjustments: Decreases
of 309 responses, 236 hours and $2,560 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
$700,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Melissa Hooper 206
526-4357
No
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:
(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;
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.
Quota share abandonment requests
0620 FRN 061016_37575.pdf
0620 Supporting Statement 101316.docx
Quota share abandonment requests