Electronic Monitoring and Vessel Monitoring Systems for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Temporary Data Collection
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule
08/23/2023
05/05/2023
OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an
approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a
new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory.
For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number
provided. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval
at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed
rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement
of the next ICR—which is to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage—a description of how
the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on
maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
This is a request for a new collection of information pursuant to Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Amendment 15) and associated rulemaking, or RIN 0648-BI10. Amendment 15 would establish two pelagic longline (PLL) monitoring areas, in which PLL vessels that are approved to fish will be required to report interactions with select bycatch species by set via their vessel monitoring system (VMS) units. Additionally, vessel owners would need to pay for and arrange for 100-percent video review of sets from trips that occur wholly or in part in monitoring areas. Amendment 15 would also bring the HMS Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program in line with National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Procedure 04-1150-02 “Cost Allocation in Electronic Monitoring Programs for Federally Managed Fisheries” which outlines guidance and directives for EM cost allocation framework between fishery participants and the Agency. Primarily, the cost allocation policy requires fishery participants to take on responsibility for EM sampling costs, which have previously been covered by the Agency, and Amendment 15 would implement this requirement in the HMS EM Program. To mitigate the economic impact of this cost shift to the PLL fleet, NMFS is also establishing a vendor certification process to encourage additional EM vendors to enter the market, and decrease costs through competition and by leveraging the existing infrastructure of vendors already providing video services to other fisheries.
This temporary collection is being created due to timing conflicts with OMB Control Number 0648-0372, which will come up for renewal before the final rule for Amendment 15 is anticipated to be published. Once 0648-0372 is renewed and the Amendment 15 final rule information collection is approved, NMFS will submit a request to merge this temporary collection into 0648-0372.
US Code:
16 USC 971
Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975
Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Amendment 15) and associated rulemaking, or RIN 0648-BI10. Amendment 15 would establish two pelagic longline (PLL) monitoring areas, in which PLL vessels that are approved to fish will be required to report interactions with select bycatch species by set via their vessel monitoring system (VMS) units. Additionally, vessel owners would need to pay for and arrange for 100-percent video review of sets from trips that occur wholly or in part in monitoring areas. Amendment 15 would also bring the HMS Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program in line with National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Procedure 04-1150-02 “Cost Allocation in Electronic Monitoring Programs for Federally Managed Fisheries” which outlines guidance and directives for EM cost allocation framework between fishery participants and the Agency.
$136,847
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Clifford Hutt 301 427-8588
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.
05/05/2023
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0648-EMST Supporting Statement Part A_BI10_0372temp.docx
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