NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program

ICR 201611-0648-005

OMB: 0648-0445

Federal Form Document

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Document
Name
Status
Form
Unchanged
Supporting Statement A
2016-11-04
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
0648-0445 201611-0648-005
Historical Active 201603-0648-011
DOC/NOAA
NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/04/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 11/04/2016
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
11/30/2017 11/30/2017 11/30/2017
83 0 46
130 0 87
67,793 0 185,743

A VMS transmitter automatically determines the vessel’s position several times per hour using a Global Positioning System satellite. A communications service provider receives the transmission and relays it to NOAA Fisheries Office for Enforcement. The VMS transmitters are designed to be tamper-resistant and automatic. In most cases, the vessel owner is unaware of exactly when the unit is transmitting and is unable to alter the signal or the time of transmission. The VMS unit is passive and automatic, requiring no reporting effort of the vessel operator. This action would add VMS requirements for vessels operating in a GOA IFQ regulatory area and using longline pot gear to fish IFQ sablefish and IFQ halibut. A vessel’s VMS transmitter must be transmitting when the vessel leaves port in the GOA IFQ sablefish longline pot fishery. The vessel operator must receive a VMS confirmation number before fishing for sablefish in the GOA IFQ regulatory areas with longline pot gear.

US Code: 16 USC 773-773k Name of Law: Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982
   PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  
None

0648-BF42 Final or interim final rulemaking 81 FR 95435 12/28/2016

No

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
VMS maintenance, plus costs for installation and communication
VMS check-in report NA VMS check-in

  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 83 46 0 37 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 130 87 0 43 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 67,793 185,743 0 45,020 -162,970 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
VMS Operation (includes installation, transmission, and maintenance) an increase of 20 respondents, 63 instead of 43 an increase of 37 responses, 83 instead of 46 an increase of 43 hours, 130 instead of 87. an increase of capital costs, $18,533 instead of 0. an increase of miscellaneous costs, $49,140 instead of $33,540 (would have been correct previous cost). VMS Check-in report. an increase of 17 respondents and responses, 20 instead of 3 an increase of 3 hr burden, 4 hr instead of 1 hr an increase of $123 personnel costs, $148 instead of $25 an increase of $102 miscellaneous costs, $120 instead of $18 Program Adjustment: VMS Operation (includes installation, transmission, and maintenance) Correction of per unit transmission costs from $4,570 to $780.

$148
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.
11/04/2016


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