Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
DAS Credit Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Application for Vessel Replacement or Confirmation of Permit History	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Vessel Permit Application 2020	Form	Unchanged	Available
Gillnet Tag Order Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Additional or Lost Gillnet Tag Order Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
DAS Credit Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Mailing option change request form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
DAS Credit Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
2019 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Operator Permit Application 2020	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
VMS Certification Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Intitial Dealer Permit Application Form 2020	Form	Unchanged	Available
VMS Power Down Exemption Request	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
0648-0202 Supporting Statement Part A with BI77 changes highlighted.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2020-04-09	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
45066	Exemption: Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size		Unchanged
45065	Exemption: Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery (Sept 1 - Dec 31)		Unchanged
45010	DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	DAS Credit Form
45005	Exemption: Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish		Unchanged
45002	Exemption: Purse Seine		Unchanged
45001	Exemption: Summer Flounder Small-Mesh		Unchanged
44999	Exemption: WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Certificate		Unchanged
44993	Exemption: Midwater Trawl		Unchanged
44992	VMS Reporting: Herring vessels		Unchanged
44987	RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Application for Vessel Replacement or Confirmation of Permit History
44967	Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal	Form	Unchanged	Vessel Permit Application 2020
44967	Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal	Instruction	Unchanged
37290	Gillnet Tags and Designations	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Gillnet Tag Order Form
37290	Gillnet Tags and Designations	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Additional or Lost Gillnet Tag Order Form
237431	Exemptions: Surf Clam/Quahog GB Closed Area		Unchanged
237415	Exemptions: GSC HMA Clam / Mussel Dredge Exemption Areas		Unchanged
237414	Exemptions: Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Transfer at Sea		Unchanged
237412	Exemptions: White and Red Hake Transfer at Sea		Unchanged
222297	VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication		Unchanged
222272	VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report		Unchanged
222270	VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports		Unchanged
208338	VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)		Unchanged
206396	Exemption: Skate Bait		Unchanged
206395	Exemptions: GOM: Rolling Closed Area Charter/Party and Georges Bank Transiting		Unchanged
206393	VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery		Unchanged
206392	DAS Credits: Good Samaritan	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	DAS Credit Form
206373	VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration		Unchanged
201706	Vessel owner single-letter option	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Mailing option change request form
201272	DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	DAS Credit Form
200256	Exemption: Herring Carrier		Unchanged
200244	Exemption: Herring vessel request for transfer at sea		Unchanged
195996	Exemption: GOM Cod Landing Limit		Unchanged
192992	VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment		Unchanged
191299	State Quota Transfers		Unchanged
191297	Lobster Area 5 Waiver		Unchanged
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	2019 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form
191295	Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea		Unchanged
191293	Exemption: NAFO Regulatory Area Request		Unchanged
191291	Exemption: SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters		Unchanged
191265	Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Operator Permit Application 2020
188859	VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity		Unchanged
188173	VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Automated VMS Polling, Operation & Maintenance Fees	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	VMS Certification Form
180187	Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection	Form	Unchanged	Intitial Dealer Permit Application Form 2020
180187	Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection	Instruction	Unchanged
179097	VMS Power Down Exemption	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	VMS Power Down Exemption Request

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 202004-0648-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202004-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
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: 05/21/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/14/2020
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2022	10/31/2022	10/31/2022
Responses	14,479,296	0	14,479,296
Time Burden (Hours)	20,018	0	20,018
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,306,166	0	2,306,166

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Abstract: This request is for a revision of a currently approved information collection pursuant to RIN 0648-BI77. NMFS proposes to implement the New England Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Clam Dredge Exemption Framework Adjustment to its Fishery Management Plans. The proposed action is intended to establish areas within the Great South Channel Habitat Management Area where vessels could fish for Atlantic surfclams or mussels with dredge gear, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2. This action is necessary in order for the fishing industry to access part of the surfclam and mussel resource within the Habitat Management Area. The number of responses, burden hours, and burden costs for the requirements imposed by RIN 0648-BI77 were included in the renewal/revision package submitted to OMB in August 2019. Therefore, there are no adjustments for this rule-related revision.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BI77	Final or interim final rulemaking	85 FR 29870	05/19/2020

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 42

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea
DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request	N/A	DAS Credit Form
DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip	N/A	DAS Credit Form
DAS Credits: Good Samaritan	N/A	DAS Credit Form
Exemption: Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish
Exemption: GOM Cod Landing Limit
Exemption: Herring Carrier
Exemption: Herring vessel request for transfer at sea
Exemption: Midwater Trawl
Exemption: Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size
Exemption: NAFO Regulatory Area Request
Exemption: Purse Seine
Exemption: Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery (Sept 1 - Dec 31)
Exemption: SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters
Exemption: Skate Bait
Exemption: Summer Flounder Small-Mesh
Exemption: WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Certificate
Exemptions: GOM: Rolling Closed Area Charter/Party and Georges Bank Transiting
Exemptions: GSC HMA Clam / Mussel Dredge Exemption Areas
Exemptions: Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Transfer at Sea
Exemptions: Surf Clam/Quahog GB Closed Area
Exemptions: White and Red Hake Transfer at Sea
Gillnet Tags and Designations	N/A, N/A	Additional or Lost Gillnet Tag Order Form ,   Gillnet Tag Order Form
Lobster Area 5 Waiver
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	N/A	2019 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form
Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection	N/A	Intitial Dealer Permit Application Form 2020
Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal	N/A	Operator Permit Application 2020
Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal	N/A	Vessel Permit Application 2020
RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	N/A	Application for Vessel Replacement or Confirmation of Permit History
State Quota Transfers
VMS Power Down Exemption	N/A	VMS Power Down Exemption Request
VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report
VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication
VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery
VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)
VMS Reporting: Herring vessels
VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment
VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports
VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration
VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Automated VMS Polling, Operation & Maintenance Fees	N/A	VMS Certification Form
Vessel owner single-letter option	NA	Mailing option change request form

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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	14,479,296	14,479,296	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	20,018	20,018	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,306,166	2,306,166	0	0	0	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $912,923

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? No

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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: 04/14/2020

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