Individual Fishing Quotas for
Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the Alaska Fisheries
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/28/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2021
10,995
8,923
11,236
4,588
46,895
21,471
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Offiice, requests extension and revision of
this currently approved information collection that contains the
requirements for the Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual
Fishing Quota Program (IFQ Program). This information collection
contains the forms used by participants in the IFQ Program to apply
for, renew, or replace permits; transfer or lease IFQ and quota
share (QS); determine compliance with IFQ program requirements; and
designate a beneficiary for a QS holder. Two of the permit
applications are also used by participants in the Western Alaska
Community Development Quota Program. This information collection
also contains annual reports and other collections submitted by
telephone or other methods and that do not have forms. This
information collection is necessary to manage the IFQ Program and
is required to manage commercial halibut and sablefish fishing
under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Halibut Act, and under
regulations at 50 CFR parts 300 and 679. This information is used
to identify and authorize participants in the halibut and sablefish
fisheries, to track and transfer quota share, to limit transfers to
authorized participants, and to monitor quota share balances and
harvest in these fisheries. Several revisions are made to this
collection. The emergency version of the Application for Temporary
Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ), which
was approved under an emergency approval (OMB Control No.
0648-0795), is added for use during emergency situations. Two forms
are revised to remove information that is not needed. The
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ by Self Sweep-up is revised to
remove the notary certification, and the Application for
Eligibility to Receive QS/IFQ is revised to no longer collect
social security numbers. The Application for Eligibility to Receive
QS/IFQ and Application for Transfer of QS are revised to collect
the NMFS ID number to improved identification.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
The respondents and responses
have been adjusted to reflect the most current data available.
Additionally, many individual collections were updated to identify
that multiple parties (e.g., transferor and transferee) are both
respondents and have burden hours associated with their response.
Also, a new form was added to this collection, which adds 650
responses and 2,600 burden hours. Costs were increased to account
for cost of living increases.
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No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Gabrielle Aberle 907
586-7356
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.
Application for Eligibility to Receive QS / IFQ by Transfer
0648-0272 30 day 86 FR 28760_20210528.pdf
0648-0272 Supporting Statement A.docx
Application for Eligibility to Receive QS / IFQ by Transfer