Alaska Quota Cost Recovery Programs

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Observer coverage fee payment Form	New
Value & Volume Report Form	Modified
Cost Recovery Fee Payment Form	Modified
0711 30d FRN pub121918_65155.pdf Supplementary Document	2018-12-21
0711 60d FRN pub 080218_37796.pdf Supplementary Document	2018-12-21
0711 supporting statement 04-16-2019 REVISED 3 AT.doc Supporting Statement A	2019-04-22

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
234621	Observer coverage fee payment Form	New
214364	Appeals re incomplete fee payment Instruction	Modified
214362	Value & Volume Report Form	Modified
214361	Cost Recovery Fee Payment Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0711	ICR Reference No: 201812-0648-011
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-0648-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Quota Cost Recovery Programs
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/23/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/21/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2022	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2019
Responses	2,171	0	2,370
Time Burden (Hours)	97	0	43
Cost Burden (Dollars)	516	0	416

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Abstract: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act both authorizes and requires the collection of cost recovery fees for Limited Access Privilege (LAP) programs and CDQ programs. Alaska currently has three cost recovery programs in place for LAP program fisheries off Alaska's coast - Halibut and Sablefish IFQ Program, Rockfish Program, and the Crab Rationalization Program. With this action, additional cost recovery fees would be collected from the American Fisheries Act cooperatives, the Aleut Corporation, Amendment 80 cooperatives, and six Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes three methods for collecting and aggregating volume and value data to calculate standard prices: (1) Implement data collection using two new volume and value reports to calculate standard prices for all fishery species other than halibut and pollock; (2) Use data already collected under the IFQ Buyer Report to calculate standard prices for halibut; and (3) Use data already collected under the Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) to calculate standard prices for pollock. For vessels that qualify, this action would allow small catcher/processors to forgo full observer coverage and operate with less expensive partial observer coverage, should they choose to do so. The catcher/processors eligible for partial coverage under this action are engaged primarily in the hook-and-line and Pacific cod and sablefish fisheries.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 37796	08/02/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 65155	12/19/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Cost Recovery Fee Payment	NA, NA, NA	IFQ permit holder fee submission form ,   RCR fee submission form ,   eFISH cost recovery
Appeals re incomplete fee payment
Value & Volume Report	NA, NA	Volume and value report ,   Volume and value report
Observer coverage fee payment	NA	eFISH observer fee payment

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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	2,171	2,370	0	107	-306	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	97	43	0	2	52	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	516	416	0	0	100	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Three temporary collections have been merged into this renewal for 0648-0711. Two resulted in changes to this collection: • Merging 0648-0727 revises the payment methods for the cost recovery fees. o Additionally, in previous supporting statements, the observer coverage fee was included with the summary of the cost recovery fee programs. The observer coverage fee has been separated out in this renewal because it is not a cost recovery fee program. This changed the presentation of the data but did not affect the collection totals. • Merging 0648-0758 adds one new respondent, the RQE. The RQE is responsible for paying all cost recovery fees on its annual recreational fishing quota. • No changes resulted from merging the third collection (0648-0764), which requires a CDQ group to pay an IFQ cost recovery fee on its landings of halibut IFQ received by transfer under the IFQ Program. CDQ groups may receive halibut IFQ by transfer only in years of extremely low halibut commercial catch limits, and this is not expected over the next three years.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $52

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? 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: 12/21/2018

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