In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2027
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2025
115,324
0
111,193
22,770
0
15,961
4,940
0
1,702
This is a resubmission with the final rule, of a request by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, for extension and revision of this currently approved information collection.
This collection is revised due to the final rule to implement electronic monitoring (EM) 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 to add requirements for vessels in the trawl EM category, four new collection instruments, and increase submission methods for observer provider requirements. The name of the collection instrument âRequest to be placed in or removed from the electronic monitoring selection poolâ is changed to âRequest to be placed in or removed from electronic monitoringâ because it will include the trawl EM category.
From the proposed rule to the final rule, in response to comments NMFS clarified a regulation for the EM hardware service provider permit and added to what must be included in the Trawl EM Incentive Plan Agreement Annual Report; updated public burden statements on forms; and updated hourly wage rates in question #12 to use the most current rates.
This final rule also affects OMB Control Numbers -0213, -0330, -0515, and -0711. NMFS is submitting separate requests to revise these collections.
OMB Control Number 0648-0815 is being merged into this collection and will be discontinued upon issuance of the final rule.
PL:
Pub.L. 194 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
US Code: 16 USC 1801 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Merging OMB Control Number 0648-0815 into this collection adds 6 BSAI pot catcher/processors as respondents for the this collection, which resulted in an increase to the total annual responses and burden hours. Due to the rule, an IC was renamed because it will include any vessels in electronic monitoring. NMFS estimates an additional 113 respondents will request electronic monitoring due to the rule, which increases the total annual responses and burden hours. 5 new collection instruments were added by this rule ( 1 IC was not reflected in previous ROCIS IC list Added in ROCIS to mirror the total # of ICs listed. ).
$83,414
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.
Landing Notice for EM Pollock Trawl Offloads
0648-0318 (BM40) ext-rev Supporting Statement A_FR.docx
NMFS Alaska Region Observer Providers - Candidate College Transcripts