National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement Cooperative Enforcement Program Partner Survey of Need (FY2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act Report)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
CEP Partner Survey Form and Instruction	New
OLE Request (Mancini) for Emergency Approval of IC 4-27-2020.pdf Supplementary Document	2022-04-28
0648-CEP Supporting Statement Part A.docx Supporting Statement A	2022-04-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
253127	CEP Partner Survey Form and Instruction	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202204-0648-008
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No: 0648-CEPS
Title: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement Cooperative Enforcement Program Partner Survey of Need (FY2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act Report)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 05/06/2022
Date Submitted to OIRA: 05/03/2022

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	6 Months From Approved
Responses	29	0
Time Burden (Hours)	58	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) has been directed to report on its Cooperative Enforcement Program partner needs. However, the Office of Law Enforcement does not track its partner agencies’ internal policies and procedures related to the recruitment, retention, and training of its officers or impacts from agencies’ capacity to perform as requested by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (117th Congress (2021-2022)). To acquire, analyze, and submit this information in a final report to Congress, the Office of Law Enforcement will need to deliver an electronic survey to its twenty-nine (29) partner agencies requesting the information identified by Congress: shortages of trained personnel, maintaining maritime domain awareness, formal operational agreements with other Federal law enforcement agencies, access to advanced technological enforcement tools, and other issues as warranted.

Emergency Justfication: Congress directed National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement to “[…] document and report to the Committees on the needs of its partner State and territorial law enforcement agencies, in particular with regard to shortages of trained personnel, maintaining maritime domain awareness, formal operational agreements with other Federal law enforcement agencies, access to advanced technological enforcement tools, and other issues as warranted,” within 180 days of the enacting of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (117th Congress (2021-2022)) (the Act). The Act was enacted on March 9, 2022; the final report must be submitted to Congress on September 5, 2022. The Office of Law Enforcement must draft the survey questions; deploy the survey; collect survey answers; evaluate the answers; synthesize responses from twenty-nine (29) state and territorial partner agencies; perform the review, edits, and finalization of the report; and submit the final report into the review and approval process before submitting the mandatory report to Congress on September 5, 2022.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 44 USC 3501-3520
  

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

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
CEP Partner Survey	NA	CEP Partner Survey

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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	29	0	0	29	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	58	0	0	58	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	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: New collection due to need to complete mandatory Congressional report by September. ICR will be discontinued after initial outreach.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,914

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.     No

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.     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? 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: 05/03/2022

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