West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Observer/catch provider permits and appeals	Form	Modified	Available
At sea daily weight reporting (printing included)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping	Form	Removed	Available
0619 30d FRN pub 042018_17533.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-04-20	Available
0619 FRN pub 110917_52040.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-04-20	Available
0619 rev_ext SS 042718_v2.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-06-12	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
219310	At sea scales - fault log		Modified
219309	At sea scales - calibration log		Modified
219308	At sea scales - audit trail		Unchanged
208762	Observer/catch provider permits and appeals	Form	Modified
194271	At sea daily weight reporting (printing included)	Form and Instruction	Modified
194270	At-sea daily scale testing (includes printing)		Unchanged
194269	First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping	Form	Removed
194268	Shorebased scale reports including printing		Removed
194267	Shorebased scales - inseason testing		Removed
194266	Catch monitoring plans - inspectiion following submission		Removed
194265	catch monitoring plans		Removed
194263	Catch monitor qualifications and appeals		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0619	ICR Reference No: 201804-0648-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-0648-010
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/12/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/20/2018
Terms of Clearance: 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.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2018
Responses	2,169	0	7,449
Time Burden (Hours)	447	0	1,826
Cost Burden (Dollars)	153	0	14,628

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Abstract: 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.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq 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:
	82 FR 52040	11/09/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 17533	04/20/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 7

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Catch monitoring plans - inspectiion following submission
catch monitoring plans
Shorebased scales - inseason testing
First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping	NA	E-ticket (screen shots)
Shorebased scale reports including printing
At sea scales - audit trail
Catch monitor qualifications and appeals
At-sea daily scale testing (includes printing)
At sea daily weight reporting (printing included)	NA	Record of daily flow scale test
Observer/catch provider permits and appeals	NA	Observer/catch monitor provider permit application
At sea scales - calibration log
At sea scales - fault log

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list 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	2,169	7,449	0	-5,272	-8	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	447	1,826	0	-1,364	-15	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	153	14,628	0	-14,460	-15	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: 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.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $14,853

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

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: 04/20/2018

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