Northeast Multispecies Reporting Requirements

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Electronic Monitoring Program Requirements Form	Unchanged
DAS downgrade request Form	Modified
DAS Leasing Request Form Form	Unchanged
Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program Form and Instruction	Modified
Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors Form	Unchanged
0648-0605 Justification for Change.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2023-08-17

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
252253	Daily observer catch report information	Modified
252251	Electronic Monitoring Program Requirements Form	Unchanged
235473	VMS Trip Catch Reports - one day or less trips	Unchanged
223886	DAS downgrade request Form	Modified
223885	DAS Leasing Request Form Form	Unchanged
205823	Northwest Atlantic FIsheries Organization (NAFO_ reporting requirements transf from 0648-0202	Unchanged
205821	Submission of proposed special access program (SAP)	Unchanged
205820	Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program Form and Instruction	Modified
191357	Trip start and end hails	Modified
191356	NE Fishery Observer Notification	Unchanged
191354	At-Sea monitoring and reporting requirements - notifications and database requirements and monitoring costs Instruction	Modified
191339	Catch reporting requirements: US/Canada Area and CA II SAPs, Closed Area I SAP and Regular B Program	Modified
191337	VMS daily catch reports average 5 day length trips Instruction	Modified
191336	Area and DAS Declaration - groundfish vessels fishing under any NE Multispecies DAS	Unchanged
191334	Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors Form	Unchanged
191333	Notification of ejection from sector	Unchanged
191332	Monitoring system (database) for discards, sector manager weekly catch reports and annual reports	Unchanged
191331	Monitoring and Reporting Service Providers Application and response to denial	Modified
191330	Sector operations plan and annual membership list updates	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0605	ICR Reference No: 202308-0648-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-0648-010
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Multispecies Reporting Requirements
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/18/2023

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2026	08/31/2026
Responses	247,935	198,731
Time Burden (Hours)	78,139	61,863
Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,686,072	4,882,042

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Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requests OMB merge the 0648-0800 temporary information collection into the recently approved 0648-0605 information collection, Northeast Multispecies Reporting Requirements. Due to the concurrent timing of the rulemaking for 0648-BK17 and the timing of the renewal of the collection of information 0648-0605, Northeast Multispecies Reporting Requirements, a temporary collection was created for the rule-related collection. This request seeks to merge the new temporary collection (0648-0800) with 0648-0605 now that all actions have been resolved. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) promulgated a rule (0648-BK17) in 2022 to add a dockside monitoring requirement for vessels electing to use maximized retention electronic monitoring (MREM) to meet the existing monitoring requirement. Notice was provided to the public in both the proposed rule (87 FR 11014) and final rule (87 FR75852) of the creation of a temporary collection for the collection of dockside monitoring service provider requirements that would be merged into 0648-0605 upon resolution of the extension to 0648-0605 and the approval of the final rule package in 0648-0800. The merging of these collections would add 49,204 responses, 16,276 burden hours, and $2,805,888 in miscellaneous costs to 0648-0605.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 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:
	86 FR 71624	12/17/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 16460	03/23/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 19

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Area and DAS Declaration - groundfish vessels fishing under any NE Multispecies DAS
At-Sea monitoring and reporting requirements - notifications and database requirements and monitoring costs
Catch reporting requirements: US/Canada Area and CA II SAPs, Closed Area I SAP and Regular B Program
DAS Leasing Request Form	NA	DAS Leasing Request Form
DAS downgrade request	NA	DAS Leasing Downgrade Form
Daily observer catch report information
Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program	NA	DAS Transfer Form
Electronic Monitoring Program Requirements	NA	Electronic Monitoring Equipment Reimbursement Request
Monitoring and Reporting Service Providers Application and response to denial
Monitoring system (database) for discards, sector manager weekly catch reports and annual reports
NE Fishery Observer Notification
Northwest Atlantic FIsheries Organization (NAFO_ reporting requirements transf from 0648-0202
Notification of ejection from sector
Sector operations plan and annual membership list updates
Submission of proposed special access program (SAP)
Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors	NA	ACE Transfer Conversion Form
Trip start and end hails
VMS Trip Catch Reports - one day or less trips
VMS daily catch reports average 5 day length trips

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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	247,935	198,731	0	0	49,204	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	78,139	61,863	0	0	16,276	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,686,072	4,882,042	0	0	2,804,030	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: The merging of these collections would add 49,204 responses, 16,276 burden hours, and $2,805,888 in miscellaneous costs to 0648-0605. Some Costs per Response were updated due to previous administrative error. This results in a reduction of $1.858 in miscellaneous costs.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,199,660

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: 08/18/2023

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