OMB notes that
the Electronic Fish Ticket information previously included in this
collection is being moved to OMB Control Number 0648-0738 and two
information collections previously associated with the catch
monitoring plan and an additional two previously associated with
Shorebased Scales are being moved to OMB Control Number
0648-0620.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2021
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2018
2,169
0
7,449
447
0
1,826
153
0
14,628
As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
collects information to determine the amount and type of catch
taken by fishing vessels. This collection supports monitoring
requirements including electronic fish tickets and scale test
requirements for first receivers in the Pacific Coast groundfish
fishery's shorebased individual fishery quota (IFQ) program; and
mothership and catcher/processors in the at-sea whiting fisheries.
The collection also supports permits for businesses that provide
certified observer and certified catch monitor services. The
respondents are principally shorebased first receivers, catch
monitor and observer service providers, mothership processors, and
catcher/processors which are companies/partnerships. This
submission is a revision because information collections for
electronic fish ticket reporting are being removed from this
packaged and placed into package OMB Control Number 0648-0738 to
consolidate electronic fish ticket information
collections.
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Program Changes: As part of
this revision/extension, NMFS is removing 4 elements of this
information collection and placing them in another existing
collecting, OMB Control Number 0648- 0620, so that they are grouped
with similar requirements. These elements are: the preparation and
submission of catch monitoring plans by first receivers, the
inspections that are required as part of the catch monitoring
plans, the in-season testing of shorebased scales for first
receivers, and the printed reports that occur as part of the
in-season testing for first receivers. The burden estimates in this
package have been adjusted accordingly: 2,640 responses, 960 hours
and $360 have been, and smaller amounts have been removed from
-0619 and smaller burden and cost have been added to OMB Control
Number 0648- 0620, as -0620 had previously been adjusted for a
smaller than originally estimated number of first receivers, 45
rather than 80.. Additionally, NMFS is removing 2 elements of this
information collection and placing them in OMB Control Number
0648-0738, so that information collections for electronic fish
ticket reporting for West Coast Region groundfish fisheries are
grouped together. Therefore, 2,632 responses and 404 hours have
been added to OMB Control Number 0648-0738. No
recordkeeping/reporting costs were moved to OMB Control Number
0648-0738, as the efish ticket submissions that are already part of
this collection do not have a cost beyond the usual business
requirements (use of a computer and the internet). Formerly, these
responses were counted as $1 each.n the last submission, the cost
per efish ticket was $5.36, totaling $14,100. This would have been
removed due to the transfer, but is also not being applied in OMB
Control No. 0648-0738, making such submissions in line with the $0
costs in OMB Control No. 0648-0738 and other such collections. .
Adjustments: There are now fewer new provider applications – now
only one new and five renewal applications. Previously there were
nine new applications, at 10 hours each, and now only one new one
and five renewals. This removes 30 hours. There are five fewer sets
of catch monitor applications, removing 5 hours. Times for
calibration logs and fault logs have been adjusted upward, changing
the total burden for the former from 6 to 13 and the latter, from 6
to 19. This adds a total of 20 hours. Thus, there is a net decrease
of 15 hours in adjustments.
$14,853
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Matthew Dunlap 206
526-6119
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.
Observer/catch provider permits and appeals
0619 30d FRN pub 042018_17533.pdf
0619 rev_ext SS 042718_v2.docx
At sea scales - fault log