NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program

ICR 201710-0648-003

OMB: 0648-0445

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form
Modified
Supporting Statement A
2017-10-06
Supplementary Document
2017-10-06
Supplementary Document
2017-10-06
ICR Details
0648-0445 201710-0648-003
Historical Active 201611-0648-005
DOC/NOAA
NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 12/29/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/06/2017
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2020 36 Months From Approved 12/31/2017
1,529 0 83
5,101 0 130
2,398,768 0 67,793

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

Not associated with rulemaking

  82 FR 26062 06/06/2017
82 FR 46770 10/06/2017
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 1,529 83 0 0 1,446 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 5,101 130 0 0 4,971 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 2,398,768 67,793 0 0 2,330,975 0
No
No
Program adjustments are due to the difference between previous and current respondents and responses. This extension adjusts upward the number of respondents by 261*, using the most recently available permit data (2017) and has adjusted upward the cost estimates for inflation. Costs in this submission reflect that the allocated reimbursement for VMS purchase has already been used for this period. NMFS has also responded to public comment in adjusting burden hours upward as well as adding burden hours and technician costs for VMS unit failure troubleshooting that was identified in public comments and not previously tabulated. Also, a major cost correction: previously, technician costs for installation and maintenance were not included. * The previous ICR (1/17) had 63 unduplicated respondents. The sponsor for that ICR has since retired so we cannot trace what happened. The apparent degree of change related to this discrepancy is greater than in reality.

$76,960
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Scott Miller 907 586-7416

  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.
10/06/2017


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