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Information Collection Request

Southeast Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Related Requirements

ICR 202408-0648-010 · OMB 0648-0544 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Supporting Statement A
2024-08-28
Supplementary Document
2024-08-28
Supplementary Document
2024-08-28
Supplementary Document
2024-08-28
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
4658
Modified
270499
New
189198
Modified
189197 Modified
189195 Modified
ICR Details
0648-0544 202408-0648-010
Received in OIRA 202204-0648-006
DOC/NOAA
Southeast Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Related Requirements
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 08/29/2024
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 07/31/2026
13,580 14,380
2,618 2,628
457,571 517,991
The NMFS, Office of Law Enforcement, Southeast Enforcement Division is submitting this request for a revision and an extension of a currently approved information collection. Pursuant to proposed rule 0648-BM98, the changes proposed to this collection are the elimination of the current paper-based “Vessel Monitoring System Mobile Transceiver Unit (MTU) Power-Down Exemption Request for Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery” to be replaced with an online form submission. The online form also includes the addition of two data elements; the email address of the submitter, and an option for the submitter to identify themselves as the “permit holder” or “vessel operator.” Additionally, the change proposes to eliminate the current requirement for vessel owners to submit the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Installation and Activation Certification for the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico form. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (South Atlantic Council) to prepare and amend fishery management plans (FMP) for any fishery in Federal waters under their respective jurisdictions. NMFS and the Gulf Council manage the reef fish fishery in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) under the FMP for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Reef Fish FMP). NMFS and the South Atlantic Council manage the fishery for rock shrimp in the South Atlantic under the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery in the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP). The FMPs and the implementing regulations contain several specific management areas where fishing is restricted; enforcement for which is most effectively conducted using VMS technology. The information collected on the soon-to-be-eliminated ‘‘Vessel Monitoring System Installation and Activation Certification for the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico’’ form provides NMFS assurance that vessels are compliant with the requirements to install and activate an approved VMS unit. The requirement for vessel owners to install a VMS unit properly will remain in regulation, but there is little utility to requiring vessel owners to submit a form attesting to their compliance. Accordingly, we no longer seek to require that documentation. Information collected on the current ‘‘Vessel Monitoring System Mobile Transceiver Unit (MTU) Power-Down Exemption Request for Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery’’ form and online “Power Down Exemption Request form” provide information that allows NMFS to exempt a vessel from the VMS reporting requirement under specific criteria. Information collected in fishing activity declarations is used to identify fishing activities, necessary for law enforcement operational planning, so law enforcement will know in real time, with what fishing activities the vessels are engaged.
PL: Pub.L. 194 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  
None
0648-BM98 Proposed rulemaking 89 FR 51295 06/17/2024
No
  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 13,580 14,380 0 0 -800 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 2,618 2,628 0 0 -10 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 457,571 517,991 0 0 -60,420 0
No
No
The proposed amendment (rule 0648- BM98) would eliminate the Installation and Activation Certification /Checklist requirement for the Gulf reef fish vessels, which were the majority of respondents. This IC previously combined the Installation & Activation / Checklist with the Purchase and Physical Installation of a VMS. The new IC is being broken out for increased granularity. The reduced number of respondents results in a reduction of the labor and miscellaneous costs. The replacing of froms from paper to online also decreased burded, cost, and responses.
$416,500
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Carolyn Sramek 727 824-5346
  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.
08/29/2024