Seafood Inspection and Certification Requirements

ICR 201808-0648-002

OMB: 0648-0266

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0648-0266 201808-0648-002
Active 201506-0648-013
DOC/NOAA
Seafood Inspection and Certification Requirements
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 10/19/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/08/2018
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2021 36 Months From Approved 10/31/2018
8,200 0 13,497
3,138 0 19,728
1,273,470 0 6,936,000

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) operates a voluntary fee-for-service seafood inspection program (Program) under the authorities of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, and Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970. The regulations for the Program are contained in 50 CFR Part 260. The program offers inspection grading and certification services, including the use of official quality grade marks which indicate that specific products have been Federally inspected. Those wishing to participate in the program must request the services and submit specific compliance information.

US Code: 7 USC 38 Name of Law: Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 as amended
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  83 FR 9843 03/08/2018
83 FR 39079 08/08/2018
No

  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 8,200 13,497 0 0 -5,297 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 3,138 19,728 0 0 -16,590 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 1,273,470 6,936,000 0 0 -5,662,530 0
No
No
The Seafood Inspection Program has implemented a shift from end product inspection to a systems based approach to food safety and quality. Our program users no longer are required to provide information on an inspection by inspection basis; alternatively, information is gathered at the system level during periodic HACCP audits. Completing fewer inspections also resulted in fewer appeal inspections. In addition, the program completed development and implementation of an online Seafood Inspection Services Portal (SISP) which is now the primary source for gathering information and providing response to program users. SISP has reduced the time burden for both program users and providers. The combined impact of a shift from product inspection to system auditing and the full implementation of our automated online system for document needs and information gathering is demonstrated in the numbers below. Burden Adjustments: IC 2015 responses 2015 hours 2018 responses 2018 hours Inspection requests 9625 (at 5 min per) 802 3676 (at 5 min per) 306 Appeals 62 (at 5 min per) 5 10 (at 30 min* per) 5 Contract completion 220 (at 5 min per) 18 57 (at 1 hour* per) 57 Label and specification submission 3245 (at 30 minutes per) 1623 200 (at 30 minutes per) 100 HACCP application**– new respondents 60 (at 60 hours per) 3600 57 (at 10 hours per) 570 HACCP application** – current respondents 285 (at 48 hours per) 13680 1050 x 4 responses - 4200 responses (at 30 minutes per) 2100 TOTALS 13,497 19,728 8,200 3,138 * These are currently documented response times, per survey of regional administrators on responses and time for completion. **NOAA SIP has a completely developed online portal that works as the primary point of information gathering from industry. This system is not only much more streamlined than the previous mail/fax method it also has the added feature of reuse values which allows for industry to prepare forms in a fraction of the time it took previously. Previously a single page form would have required an estimated 30-45 minutes to complete and then fax or mail; with the webform, the estimate is 5-10 minutes or even less if they are able to use the reuse values option. This would be available depending upon the form they are filing.

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No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jennifer Olsen 301 427-8332

  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.
08/08/2018


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