National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) established the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program as a catch
share program for nine crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands (BSAI), and assigned quota share (QS) to persons
and processor quota share (PQS) to processors based on their
historic participation in one or more of these nine crab fisheries
during a specific period. The CR Program components include QS
allocation, PQS allocation, individual fishing quota (IFQ)
issuance, and individual processing quota (IPQ) issuance, quota
transfers, use caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections for
Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, arbitration system,
monitoring, economic data collection, and cost recovery fee
collection. NMFS issues a proposed rule (RIN 0648-BE98)to implement
Amendment 44 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs and a regulatory amendment
that would modify regulations governing the CR Program. With this
action, a ROFR may continue with the current ROFR holder or a new
ROFR holder when PQS is transferred and requires PQS holders to
make specific certifications regarding ROFR contracts when annually
applying for IPQ and when transferring PQS that are subject to a
ROFR. In addition, the crab harvesting cooperatives must list the
name of each member of the cooperative in its application for IFQ
rather than provide NMFS with copies of each member’s IFQ
application. These actions are necessary to improve available
information concerning transfer and use of PQS and IPQ subject to a
ROFR, thereby enhancing the ability of eligible crab communities to
retain their historical processing interests in the BSAI crab
fisheries, and to improve the administration of the CR
Program.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j) Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
♦ Changed postage cost from
$0.40 to $0.49 for letter and from $0.90 to $0.98 for first class.
Application for IFQ permit an increase of 307 respondents and
responses, 498 instead of 191 an increase of 767 hours burden, 1245
instead of 478 an increase of $28,379 personnel costs, $46,065
instead of $17,686 an increase of $853 miscellaneous costs, $1,186
instead of $333 Application for IPQ permit a decrease of 76
respondents and responses, 29 instead of 105 a decrease of 152
hours burden, 58 instead of 210 a decrease of $5,624 personnel
costs, $2,146 instead of $7,770 an increase of $58 miscellaneous
costs, $28 instead of $86 Application for Annual Crab Harvesting
Cooperative IFQ Permit a decrease of 1 respondent and response, 9
instead of 10 an increase in the individual burden hours, 15
instead of 2.5 an increase of 110 hours burden, 135 instead of 25
an increase of $7,400 personnel costs, $8,325 instead of $925 a
decrease of $6 miscellaneous costs, $11 instead of $17 Application
for Registered Crab Receiver a decrease of 19 respondents and
responses, 53 instead of 72 a decrease of 9 hours burden, 27
instead of 36 a decrease of $351 personnel costs, $981 instead of
$1,332 a decrease of $42 miscellaneous costs, $131 instead of $173
Application for Crab IFQ Hired Master a decrease of 1,545
respondents and responses, 69 instead of 1,614 an increase in the
individual burden hour, 1 hour instead of 21 minutes a decrease of
496 hours burden, 69 instead of 565 a decrease of $18,352 personnel
costs, $2,553 instead of $20,905 a decrease of $3,508 miscellaneous
costs, $155 instead of $3,663 Application for Federal Crab Vessel
Permit an increase of 21 respondents and responses, 103 instead of
72 an increase of 11 hours burden, 36 instead of 25 an increase of
$409 personnel costs, $1,334 instead of $925 an increase of $45
miscellaneous costs, $140 instead of $95 Application to transfer
crab QS an increase of 4 respondents and responses, 130 instead of
126 an increase of 8 hours burden, 260 instead of 252 an increase
of $296 personnel costs, $9,620 instead of $9,324 an increase of $5
miscellaneous costs, $857 instead of $882 Application to transfer
crab PQS a decrease of 97 respondents and responses, 29 instead of
126 a decrease of 136 hours burden, 116 instead of 252 a decrease
of $5,032 personnel costs, $4,292 instead of $9,324 a decrease of
$500 miscellaneous costs, $382 instead of $882 Application to
transfer cooperative IFQ a decrease of 385 responses, 165 instead
of 550 a decrease of 51 hours burden, 14 instead of 65 a decrease
of $1,898 personnel costs, $507 instead of $2,405 a decrease of $42
miscellaneous costs, $32 instead of $74 Application to transfer
crab IPQ a decrease of 76 responses, 30 instead of 106 a decrease
of 123 hours burden, 32 instead of 155 a decrease of $4,569
personnel costs, $1,166 instead of $5,735 a decrease of $59
miscellaneous costs, $7 instead of $66 Application for Eligibility
to Receive Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer a decrease of 2,662
responses, 66 instead of 2,728 a decrease of 4,424 hours burden,
132 instead of 4,556 hr a decrease of $163,688 personnel costs,
$4,884 instead of $168,572 a decrease of $7,243 miscellaneous
costs, $217 instead of $7,460 Application for North or South region
exemption from delivery requirements an increase of 17 respondents
and responses, 20 instead of 3 an increase of 340 hours burden, 400
instead of 60 an increase of $25,500 personnel costs, $30,000
instead of $4,500 an increase of $30 miscellaneous costs, $35
instead of $5 Net adjustments: Decrease of 4,458 responses,
decrease of 4,719 hours, decrease of $146,681 personnel costs, and
decrease of $10,511 miscellaneous costs.
$18,250
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Keeley Kent 907
586-7210
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.
Annual application for crab IFQ permit
0514 30d FRN 051117_21981.pdf
0514 SS 050517.docx
Annual application for crab IFQ permit