NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
08/30/2024
06/25/2024
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2027
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2026
46,715
0
46,035
4,401
0
4,190
684,787
0
684,422
This is a resubmission with the final rule, of a request by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, for revision of this currently approved information collection.
This collection is revised due to the final rule to implement electronic monitoring for pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels and tender vessels delivering pollock to shoreside processors or stationary floating processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska (RIN 0648-BM40). This action is intended to improve salmon accounting, reduce monitoring costs, and improve the quality of monitoring data.
This collection is revised because this rule requires shoreside and stationary floating processors to have an approved Catch Monitoring and Control Plan (CMCP) in place before receiving deliveries from catcher vessels and tender vessels participating in the trawl EM category. This increases the respondents for the CMCP annual submission and printed report. With this revision, NMFS added a template that a processer may use to develop their CMCP. Minor editorial and formatting changes were made to this template from the proposed rule to the final rule. The hourly wage rate in the response to question #12 was updated to use the most current rate available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This final rule also affects information collection requirements approved under OMB Control Numbers -0213, -0318, -0515, and -0711. NMFS is submitting separate requests to revise these collections.
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq.
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
US Code: 16 USC 1801 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Program change: NMFS estimates the rule adds 5 respondents to this collection, which increases the total annual responses and burden hours.The revision due to the rule increases the respondents, which increases the total labor costs. Adjustment: Labor costs were adjusted to use the most current BLS hourly wage rate.
$373,819
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Gabrielle Aberle 907 586-7356
Reginfo record details
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.
Daily Scale Tests: Record of Daily Hopper Scale Tests
0648-0330 (BM40) rev Supporting Statement A.docx
Video Monitoring System (maintenance)