NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Daily records from hopper scale test Form and Instruction	Modified
Notification of Pacific cod freezer longline monitoring option Form and Instruction	Modified
Catch monitoring plan addendum Form and Instruction	Modified
Catch monitoring plan Form and Instruction	Modified
Records of daily flow scale tests Form and Instruction	Modified
Inspection requests (observer sampling station, video bin monitoring, and at-sea scales) Form and Instruction	Modified
0648-0330 30day 85 FR 71060_20201106.pdf Supplementary Document	2020-11-06
0648-0330 Supporting Statement A.docx Supporting Statement A	2020-10-30
0648-0330 60-day 85 FR 36566 2020-0617.pdf Supplementary Document	2020-10-19

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
244194	Video Monitoring System (maintenance)	New
237671	Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Annual Maintenance	Modified
237670	Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Initial	Modified
237669	Video Monitoring System: Halibut Deck Sorting - Initial Year	Modified
228241	CMP printed record from scale	Modified
228239	At- sea scales - maintenance	Modified
228238	Scale type evaluations	Modified
212065	Printed output hopper scale, audit trail Instruction	Modified
212064	Printed output hopper scale, catch wt Instruction	Modified
212063	Printed output flow scale, fault log Instruction	Modified
212062	Printed output flow scale, calibration log Instruction	Modified
212054	Printed output flow scale, audit trail Instruction	Modified
212053	Daily records from hopper scale test Form and Instruction	Modified
202815	Notification of Pacific cod freezer longline monitoring option Form and Instruction	Modified
194353	CMCP Observer notification of CDQ, pollock and rockfish delivery Instruction	Modified
194352	Video monitoring	Modified
194351	CMCP printed record from scale Instruction	Modified
194350	Catch monitoring and control plan Instruction	Modified
194348	Catch monitoring plan addendum Form and Instruction	Modified
194347	Catch monitoring plan Form and Instruction	Modified
180087	Printed output of flow scale, catch weight Instruction	Modified
180086	Records of daily flow scale tests Form and Instruction	Modified
180085	Notify observer of flow scale tests Instruction	Modified
180071	Inspection requests (observer sampling station, video bin monitoring, and at-sea scales) Form and Instruction	Modified
180070	Catch monitor and control plan addendum Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0330	ICR Reference No: 202010-0648-005
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201909-0648-003
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/06/2020

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2021
Responses	46,037	48,154
Time Burden (Hours)	4,198	10,110
Cost Burden (Dollars)	694,088	812,371

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Abstract: The At-Sea Scales Program provides catch accounting methods that are more precise and verifiable at the level of the individual haul and less dependent on estimates generated by at-sea observers. This program is necessary due to the large-scale catch share programs that require NMFS to provide verifiable and defensible estimates of quota harvest. This program includes all trawl catcher/processors participating in the catch share programs in Alaska waters. This program also includes freezer longliners participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) Pacific cod fisheries. Shoreside processors participating in catch share programs have many of the same catch accounting and monitoring goals. However, differences require unique monitoring tools to obtain precise and verifiable catch amounts for quota management. Because of the wide variations in factory layout, a performance-based catch monitoring system is more appropriate for shoreside processors than a type approval process used for at-sea scales. Catch Monitoring and Control Plans (CMCPs) and Crab Monitoring Plans (CMPs) are submitted by the representative from the shoreside processor and approved by NMFS. CMCPs and CMPs detail a series of performance based standards set out in regulation that ensure that all delivered catch can be effectively monitored. These information collections provide the benefits of allowing vessels to fully harvest the total allowable catch in a catch share program while ensuring these fisheries can be adequately monitored.

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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:
	85 FR 36566	06/17/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 71060	11/06/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 25

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Video Monitoring System (maintenance)
Printed output flow scale, calibration log
Video monitoring
CMCP Observer notification of CDQ, pollock and rockfish delivery
Printed output of flow scale, catch weight
Notification of Pacific cod freezer longline monitoring option	NA	Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring Option
CMCP printed record from scale
Catch monitor and control plan addendum
Inspection requests (observer sampling station, video bin monitoring, and at-sea scales)	NA	Inspection Request
Records of daily flow scale tests	NA	Record of daily flow scale tests
CMP printed record from scale
Catch monitoring plan	NA	Crab Catch Monitoring Plan template
Printed output flow scale, fault log
Printed output hopper scale, catch wt
Catch monitoring plan addendum	NA	Catch monitoring plan template
Catch monitoring and control plan
Printed output hopper scale, audit trail
Printed output flow scale, audit trail
Daily records from hopper scale test	NA	Daily records from hopper scale test
Notify observer of flow scale tests
Video Monitoring System: Halibut Deck Sorting - Initial Year
Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Initial
Scale type evaluations
At- sea scales - maintenance
Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Annual Maintenance

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	46,037	48,154	0	0	-2,117	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,198	10,110	0	0	-5,912	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	694,088	812,371	0	0	-118,283	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: Adjustments to the respondents and responses reflect the most current data and have resulted in changes to the total burden hours, labor costs, and miscellaneous costs. Additional reasons for adjustments are noted in the tables in the Supporting Statement. In the Supporting Statement for the previous renewal, the maintenance for Video Monitoring Systems (non-halibut deck sorting) and Video Monitoring Systems - Halibut were reported jointly, which resulted in some duplication. These items were split in this current renewal in order to increase clarity.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $187,867

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: 11/06/2020

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