Resubmission with final rule: Due to a
timing conflict, this action would create a new, temporary
collection for the IFQ Buyer Report as it relates to Amendment 86
to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 76 to the Gulf of Alaska FMP.
Amendments 86 and 76 would add a funding and deployment system for
observer coverage (see OMB Control No. 0648-0318) to the existing
Alaska Observer Program and amend existing observer coverage
requirements for vessels and processing plants. The new funding and
deployment system would allow the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) to determine when and where to deploy observers according to
management and conservation needs, with funds provided through a
system of fees based on the ex-vessel value of groundfish and
halibut in fisheries covered by the new system; this information is
provided on the IFQ Buyer Report. NMFS collects IFQ cost recovery
fees at the end of a year to recover costs incurred by the agency
for IFQ program management in that same year.
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
This is a new program, which
will be merged into OMB Control No. 0648-0398 after OMB
clearance.
$775
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907
586-7008
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.