Application NMFS-Authorized Distributor Prohibited Species Donation Program

OMB Control No. 0648-0316, Expiration Date: 10/31/2024

Revised: 08/24/2020

Application

NMFS-Authorized
Distributor
Prohibited Species Donation
Program

U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries
Service, Alaska Region
Post Office Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7465
Telephone: 907-586-7228

The authorized prohibited species in the Prohibited Species Donation Program (PSD) are:
♦ Salmon
♦ Pacific halibut delivered by catcher vessels using trawl gear to shoreside processors and stationary
floating processors.
An applicant seeking to become an authorized distributor must provide the Regional Administrator with the
following information to the above address. A PSD permit issued for salmon or halibut remains in effect for
a 3-year period after the selection notice is published in the Federal Register unless suspended or revoked.
Proof of Applicant’s

Description

Documentation
List

Copy

Signed statement

Tax-exempt status
Ability to obtain and maintain adequate funding for the distribution of PSD fish
Ability to take full responsibility for the documentation and disposition of PSD fish,
including sufficient liability insurance to cover public interests relating to the
quality of fish distributed for human consumption
Arrangements for processing, shipping, storing, and transporting donated fish and
an estimate of the associated costs
Expertise in providing for the distribution of food product from remote Alaskan
locations to hunger relief agencies, food bank networks, or food bank distributors,
including arrangements for transportation, distribution costs, and product quality
control
Operating budget that is adequate to ensure that PSD fish are distributed to hunger
relief agencies, food bank networks, or food bank distributors and that the fish will
be maintained in a manner fit for human consumption
Quality control criteria for vessels, processors, hunger relief agencies, food bank
networks, and food bank distributors
Number of vessels and processors that the applicant is capable of administering
effectively
Support from cold storage and transportation facilities
All vessels, processors, food bank networks, and food bank distributors in the PSD
Program. The list must include:
Vessel’s Federal Fisheries Permit number or
Processor's Federal Processor Permit number
Name of the vessel owner or responsible operator or
Name of the processor owner or plant manager
Business telephone number and business fax number
Signature of the vessel owner or responsible operator or
Signature of processor owner or plant manager
Locations where fish must be delivered by participating vessels and processors
Applicant's articles of incorporation and bylaws. Purpose must include providing
food resources to hunger relief agencies, food bank networks, or food bank
distributors
From the applicant and all persons listed, who would conduct activities pursuant to
the PSD permit waiving any and all claims against the United States and its agents
and employees for any liability for personal injury, death, sickness, damage to
property directly or indirectly due to activities conducted under the PSD
Application for PSD Permit
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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number
for this information collection is 0648-0316. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection.
Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 50 hours per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are required to obtain benefits pursuant
to 50 CFR part 679 and section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801, et seq.). Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including
suggestions for reducing this burden to NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, Attn: Assistant
Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (Attn: Records Officer).
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Purpose: The PSD Program allows permitted seafood processors to retain salmon and halibut bycatch for distribution to
economically disadvantaged individuals through tax exempt hunger relief organizations. A PSD permit authorizes taxexempt organizations to distribute salmon and halibut to hunger relief agencies, food bank networks, or food bank
distributors, and that permit must be renewed every three years. An organization seeking to distribute salmon bycatch and
halibut bycatch under the PSD Program must submit an application to become a PSD distributor.
Routine Uses: The Department will use this information to identify fishery participants and evaluate the qualifications of
the applicants. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a), to be
shared within NMFS offices, in order to coordinate monitoring and management of sustainability of fisheries and protected
resources, as well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine Fisheries Commissions and International Organizations.
Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of
Records Notice COMMERCE/NOAA-19, Permits and Registrations for the United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is required to obtain a permit to distribute salmon bycatch and halibut bycatch
under the PSD Program.
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Application for PSD Permit
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