Participants in the
federally-regulated fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic are
required to obtain Federal permits under the existing permit
program for the specific fishery management plans of each region.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) needs information from
the applications and associated data collections to identify
fishing vessels, dealers, and participants, as well as properly
manage the fisheries and generate fishery-related data. To clarify
and reorganize the small business and organization certification
instructions and section on the respective forms, we have included
the instructions that apply to all applicants directly in the small
business and organization certification section of the forms.
Conversely, we moved the instructions regarding affiliation, which
only affect a minority of applicants with complex ownership
relationships, to the main instructions for the form. In addition,
some instructions were moved from the top of small business and
organization certification section directly into the flow diagram
to improve comprehension of the diagram and how to correctly fill
out the questions included therein. We also added check boxes for
the “yes or no” questions in the flow diagram per requests received
from the applicants, as the lack of such was creating confusion
about how to proceed through the diagram. In addition, we clarified
that each applicant only has to answer the questions associated
with one of the seven boxes in the flow diagram, as some applicants
mistakenly thought they had to answer all questions associated with
all seven boxes. We also more clearly indicate at what point an
applicant has completed the section and explicitly state which
section of the form to proceed to when they have completed the
small business and organization certification section. We also
clarified that crew on fishing vessels are not considered
“employees” and should not be included in the applicant’s
employment estimate when such an estimate is needed to complete
that section of the form.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303A Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Program changes are proposed to
add approximately 228 hours to the annual time burden. NMFS
proposes revisions to several information collections under OMB
Control Number 0648-0205 to enhance the information collected on
several federal permit application forms for economic analysis, for
purposes of notifying respondents, and to clarify instructions and
requirements, as described in Question 1. These proposed revisions
will increase the annual time burden for respondents due to
additional information collected from respondents, as well as the
additional corresponding instructions as explained herein.
Adjustments are proposed to add a net of 9 hours to the annual time
burden. NMFS has adjusted annual estimates of respondents,
responses, burden hours, and costs to respondents, based on
analysis and updates to these elements, as well as feedback from
affected respondents. Twenty-seven of those hours are due to
inclusion of three small collections that had been inadvertently
not included at some point: Permit holder change of information,
request for duplicate permits or cards, and application to
consolidate reef fish permits. NMFS estimates that under the
collection of information in OMB Control No. 0648-0205: • The
number of annual respondents would decrease from 13,909 to 10,311,
and • The number of annual responses would decrease from 16,639 to
11,745.
$526,725
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Adam Bailey 808
944-2248
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.
Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters Vessel Permit Application
0205 SER Permit Family of Forms Change Request Justification final.docx
Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters Vessel Permit Application