Alaska Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)

ICR 201709-0648-010

OMB: 0648-0515

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Form and Instruction
Removed
Form
Removed
Supplementary Document
2017-09-27
Supplementary Document
2017-09-27
Supporting Statement A
2017-09-27
ICR Details
0648-0515 201709-0648-010
Historical Active 201609-0648-010
DOC/NOAA
Alaska Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 11/30/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 09/27/2017
NMFS is looking into a simple checkbox option to electronically capture production days where there were no deliveries in order to minimize the amount of time spent filling out and submitting the report. The agency will consider making this modification prior to the next collection renewal.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
11/30/2020 36 Months From Approved 11/30/2017
61,660 0 73,171
22,849 0 16,865
5,649 0 2,870

As part of its fishery management responsibilities, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires vessels and processors participating in Federally managed groundfish and crab fisheries off Alaska to provide information on catch, production, effort, and other information necessary for conservation and management of the fisheries. This action would extend an existing collection, the Alaska Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS). The IERS is a fisheries data collection system that enables the management of commercial fisheries off Alaska and is supported through a partnership among NMFS, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The IERS consists of three main components (eLandings, seaLandings, and tLandings) and provides the Alaska fishing industry with a consolidated, electronic means of reporting commercial fish and shellfish information to multiple management agencies.

PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  82 FR 26061 06/06/2017
82 FR 44994 09/27/2017
No

  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 61,660 73,171 0 0 -11,511 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 22,849 16,865 0 0 5,984 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 5,649 2,870 0 0 2,779 0
No
No
Adjustments to the forms: In response to comment, NMFS adjusted field titles on the Manual Landing Report for Halibut & Sablefish IFQ/CDQ and added more space to make it easier for users to enter the information. Adjustments to respondents, responses, and cost: eLandings registration • Decrease of 2 respondents and responses, 17 instead of 19 • Decrease of 0.8 hours burden, 4.3 hours instead of 5 hours • Decrease of $28 personnel costs, $157 instead of $185 Landing Reports • Increase of 95 respondents, 252 instead of 157 • Decrease of 1,911 responses, 19,883 instead of 21,794 • In response to public comment: o Increase of 50 minutes to the time to complete Registered Crab Receiver and Registered Buyer Landing Reports, 60 minutes instead of 10 minutes. o Increase of 20 minutes to the time to complete Shoreside Processor Landing Report, 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes. • Increase of 8,214.7 hours burden, 11,921.7 instead of 3,707 • Increase of $303,943 personnel costs, $441,102 instead of $137,159 Production Reports • Decrease of 116 respondents, 130 instead of 246 • Increase of 2,572 responses, 28,498 instead of 25,926 • Increase of 765.2 hours burden, 7,607.2 hours instead of 6,842 hours • Increase of $28,311 personnel costs, $281,465 instead of $253,154 Electronic Logbooks • Decrease of 63 respondents, 77 instead of 140 • Decrease of 12,170 responses, 13,262 instead of 25,432 • Decrease of 2,995.5 hours burden, 3,315.5 hours instead of 6,311 hours • Decrease of $110,834 personnel costs, $122,674 instead of $233,507 Miscellaneous costs • Total estimated miscellaneous costs for the collection are $5,638.75, which increased from $2,870. • There was also an adjustment to remove $7,200 in training costs that had been included in error in the previous submission’s supporting statement, although not in the ROCIS submission.

$922,776
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jennifer Mondragon 907 586-7010

  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.
09/27/2017


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