West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Electronic Monitoring Program

ICR 202102-0648-009

OMB: 0648-0785

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0648-0785 202102-0648-009
Received in OIRA 202005-0648-006
DOC/NOAA
West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Electronic Monitoring Program
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 03/01/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 08/31/2023
11,316 11,315
5,123 5,120
1,722,070 1,721,903

This request is for revision and extension of a current information collection. As part of its fishery management responsibilities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implemented a trawl rationalization (catch share) program for the Pacific coast groundfish fishery's trawl fleet, which requires 100 percent monitoring. Implementing an electronic monitoring (EM) program for catcher vessels in the mothership and shore-based sectors can supplement, and potentially replace, observer coverage. The collection supports the certification and data requirements for EM service providers and vessel owners necessary for program implementation and compliance. The action under RIN 0648-BH70 would change existing collection requirements for OMB 0648-0785 as follows: Adds an electronic monitoring (EM) reporting requirement for vessels using non-whiting midwater trawl and bottom trawl; increases the EM hard drive submission deadlines and handling requirements from 24 hours within beginning of the offload to 72 hours within beginning of the offload; requires submission deadlines for technical assistance reports by EM service providers; and adds a self-enforcing agreement as part of initial and final EM permit application package (will add time burden to completing this form).

US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Reauthorization Act
  
None

0648-BH70 Proposed rulemaking 87 FR 11382 03/01/2022

No

  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 11,316 11,315 0 1 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 5,123 5,120 0 3 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 1,722,070 1,721,903 0 33 134 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
Addition of Self-Enforcing Agreement IC pursuant to RIN 0648-BH70. A change to the annual cost burden ($134) is a result of an administrative correction to the Vessel Owner Requirements and is not a result of a change to the information collection.

$219,507
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Melissa Hooper 206 526-4357

  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.
03/01/2022


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