West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Observer/catch provider permits and appeals Form	Unchanged
At sea daily weight reporting (printing included) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping Form	Unchanged
0619 SS (BF39) resub 031516.doc Supporting Statement A	2016-03-16

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
219310	At sea scales - fault log	Unchanged
219309	At sea scales - calibration log	Unchanged
219308	At sea scales - audit trail	Unchanged
208762	Observer/catch provider permits and appeals Form	Unchanged
194271	At sea daily weight reporting (printing included) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
194270	At-sea daily scale testing (includes printing)	Unchanged
194269	First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping Form	Unchanged
194268	Shorebased scale reports including printing	Unchanged
194267	Shorebased scales - inseason testing	Unchanged
194266	Catch monitoring plans - inspectiion following submission	Unchanged
194265	catch monitoring plans	Unchanged
194263	Catch monitor qualifications and appeals	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0619	ICR Reference No: 201603-0648-010
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/05/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/16/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2018	04/30/2018	04/30/2018
Responses	7,449	0	6,297
Time Burden (Hours)	1,826	0	1,808
Cost Burden (Dollars)	14,628	0	14,571

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Abstract: As part of its fishery management responsibilities, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects information to determine the amount and type of catch taken by fishing vessels. This collection supports monitoring requirements including electronic fish tickets and scale test requirements for first receivers in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery's shorebased individual fishery quota (IFQ) program; and mothership and catcher/processors in the at-sea whiting fisheries. The collection also supports permits for businesses that provide certified observer and certified catch monitor services. The respondents are principally shorebased first receivers, catch monitor and observer service providers, mothership processors, and catcher/processors which are companies/partnerships. This request is for revision to the current collection for the West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program, related to RIN 0648-BF39. The scale requirements for mothership vessels and catcher/processor vessels are being revised to: require the use of updated scale technology, require enhanced daily scale testing for flow scales, and require the use of video to monitor the flow scale and the area around the flow scale. Action is being taken to ensure that scales used for the catch share program provide precise and accurate catch estimates and to reduce the likelihood that vessels will under report harvests.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq 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:
0648-BF39	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 27006	05/05/2016

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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: 12

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
At sea scales - audit trail
Catch monitor qualifications and appeals
catch monitoring plans
Catch monitoring plans - inspectiion following submission
Shorebased scales - inseason testing
Shorebased scale reports including printing
First receivers: Electronic fish tickets including hardware costs, plus disposition recordkeeping	NA	E-ticket (screen shots)
At-sea daily scale testing (includes printing)
At sea daily weight reporting (printing included)	NA	Record of daily flow scale test
Observer/catch provider permits and appeals	NA	Observer/catch monitor provider permit application
At sea scales - calibration log
At sea scales - fault log

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	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	7,449	6,297	0	1,152	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,826	1,808	0	18	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	14,628	14,571	0	57	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Program Change: This new requirement adds 1,152 responses and 18 hours annually. The increase is due to the addition of the at-sea audit trail, calibration log, and fault log.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $14,628

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

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? Uncollected

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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: 03/16/2016

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