Expanded Vessel Monitoring System Requirement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
VMS purchase, installation, maintenance, activation checklist and position transmission costs Form and Instruction	Unchanged
0573 change Justification 102710.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2010-10-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
45264	VMS Declaration Reports Other-worksheet before call-in	Modified
45263	VMS Exemption Reports	Unchanged
45247	VMS purchase, installation, maintenance, activation checklist and position transmission costs Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0573	ICR Reference No: 201010-0648-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200907-0648-005
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Expanded Vessel Monitoring System Requirement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/24/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/29/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2010	12/31/2010	12/31/2010
Responses	15,975	0	15,975
Time Burden (Hours)	8,581	0	8,581
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,900,250	0	2,900,250

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Abstract: Under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, a Vessel Monitoring Program was initiated in 2004, and expanded in 2007. One component of this program is declaration reporting, for confirmation of a specific gear category. Declaration reports are submitted to the NMFS Office of Law Enforcement by telephone and are valid until revised by the vessel operator. Vessel operators making declaration reports receive a confirmation number that verifies that the reporting requirements were satisfied. After a vessel has made a declaration report to NMFS and has been confirmed for a specific gear category, it cannot fish with any gear other than a gear type that has been declared for the vessel. If a vessel operator intends to use the vessel to fish in a different fishing category, a new declaration report must be submitted to revise the old declaration report. This request is to make minor changes to the declaration reports under OMB Control No. 0648-0573: The requested change will modify the description of three limited entry declaration codes, and add five additional limited entry declaration codes. Changes to the declarations codes are listed below. • 10 -Limited entry fixed gear, not including shorebased IFQ • 11 -Limited entry groundfish non-trawl, shorebased IFQ • 20 -Limited entry midwater trawl, non-whiting shorebased IFQ • 21 -Limited entry midwater trawl, Pacific whiting shorebased IFQ • 22 - Limited entry midwater trawl, Pacific whiting catcher/processor sector • 23 -Limited entry midwater trawl, Pacific whiting mothership sector (catcher vessel or mothership) • 30 -Limited entry bottom trawl, shorebased IFQ, not including demersal trawl • 31 -Limited entry demersal trawl, shorebased IFQ These changes are related to the pending final rule titled, Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendments 20 and 21; Trawl Rationalization Program; Program Components Final Rule (RIN 0648-AY68). These changes provide additional options for the respondents; no additional responses, burden hours, or costs are expected as a result of the changes.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AU08	Final or interim final rulemaking	72 FR 44469	08/08/2007

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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: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
VMS Declaration Reports
VMS Exemption Reports
VMS purchase, installation, maintenance, activation checklist and position transmission costs	NA	Activation instructions, form and worksheet

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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	15,975	15,975	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,581	8,581	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,900,250	2,900,250	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In the merger of the two collections, there were fewer respondents overall, based on updated estimates. NOTE: the numbers showing as change due to agency discretion are due to correction of procedure: VMS automatic transmissions are not to be counted as burden, which we were formerly doing. Our only option was to remove this IC. There was no other way of recombining ICs and still coming out with 4, as there are only three actual types of responses in this collection: installation/activation reports, exemption reports and declaration reports.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $374,333

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: 10/29/2010

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