Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request Form and Instruction	Unchanged
RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Modified
Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Unchanged
DAS Credits: Good Samaritan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Satellite Operation Plan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged
0648-0202 SUPPORTING STATEMENT Part A 2025-0728 PR BN23.docx Supporting Statement A	2025-08-06
SORN - COMMERCE-NOAA-19.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-07-29
NOAA4100 PIA 2025-0410 - 1.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-07-29
EO 12131.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-10-28
EO 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review).pdf Supplementary Document	2024-10-28
The Regulatory Flexibility Act – Office of Advocacy.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-10-28
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - 2007 Blue Book.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-10-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
45010	DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request Form and Instruction	Unchanged
44992	VMS Reporting: Herring vessels	Unchanged
44987	RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Modified
44967	Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal Instruction	Unchanged
37290	Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Unchanged
250189	Exemption Programs Authorized for Federal Permit Holders	Modified
250187	FishOnline Account Other-Screenshots	Unchanged
222297	VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication	Unchanged
222272	VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report	Unchanged
222270	VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports	Unchanged
208338	VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)	Unchanged
206393	VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery	Unchanged
206392	DAS Credits: Good Samaritan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
206373	VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration	Unchanged
201706	Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
201272	DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip Form and Instruction	Unchanged
192992	VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment	Unchanged
191299	State Quota Transfers	Unchanged
191297	Lobster Area 5 Waiver	Unchanged
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form and Instruction	Unchanged
191295	Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea	Unchanged
191265	Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
188859	VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity	Unchanged
188173	VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Satellite Operation Plan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180187	Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection Instruction	Unchanged
179097	VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 202507-0648-012
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202410-0648-019
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/09/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2028
Responses	149,826	149,828
Time Burden (Hours)	19,973	19,973
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,460,047	1,447,074

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Abstract: This request seeks a revision and extension to NOAA information collection 0648-0202. This proposed rule pursuant to RIN 0648-BN23 would remove the regulation requiring vessels not using a vessel monitoring system (VMS) to request a letter of authorization to be exempt from the Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod landing limits when fishing outside of the GOM cod stock area, which will no longer exist. The removal of this regulation would remove eliminate approximately two (2) responses and 10 minutes of burden time annually.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BN23	Proposed rulemaking	90 FR 56836	12/08/2025

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 26

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea
DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request	N/A	DAS Credit Form
DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip	N/A	DAS Credit Form
DAS Credits: Good Samaritan	N/A	DAS Credit Form
Exemption Programs Authorized for Federal Permit Holders
FishOnline Account
Gillnet Tags and Designations	N/A, N/A	Additional or Lost Gillnet Tag Order Form ,   Gillnet Tag Order Form
Lobster Area 5 Waiver
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	N/A	2019 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form
Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection	N/A	Intitial Dealer Permit Application Form 2020
Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal	N/A	Operator Permit Application 2020
Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal	N/A	Vessel Permit Application 2020
RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	N/A, N/A	Application for Vessel Replacement or Confirmation of Permit History ,   Permit Application for Vessels Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Greater Atlantic Region
State Quota Transfers
VMS Power Down Exemption	N/A	VMS Power Down Exemption Request
VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report
VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication
VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery
VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)
VMS Reporting: Herring vessels
VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment
VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports
VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration
VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Satellite Operation Plan	N/A	VMS Certification Form
Vessel owner single-letter option	NA	Mailing option change request form

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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	149,826	149,828	0	-2	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,973	19,973	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,460,047	1,447,074	0	0	12,973	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:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $900,152

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: 12/09/2025

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