West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Electronic Monitoring Program

ICR 201907-0648-009

OMB: 0648-0785

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0648-0785 201907-0648-009
Historical Active
DOC/NOAA
West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Electronic Monitoring Program
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Emergency 10/24/2019
Approved without change 11/27/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/24/2019
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
05/31/2020 6 Months From Approved
5,689 0 0
6,463 0 0
1,715,044 0 0

NMFS issues this final rule to implement an electronic monitoring (EM) program for two sectors of the limited entry trawl fishery, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The action allows catcher vessels in the Pacific whiting fishery and fixed gear vessels in the shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fishery to use EM in place of observers to meet the requirements of the Trawl Rationalization Program for 100-percent at-sea observer coverage. This action is necessary to increase operational flexibility and reduce monitoring costs for vessels in the trawl fishery by providing an alternative to observers. Data from the EM program will be used to debit discards of IFQ species from IFQs and mothership cooperative allocations. Through this action, NMFS has also approved and is implementing the following measures: An application process for interested vessel owners; performance standards for EM systems; requirements for vessel operators; a permitting process and standards for EM service providers; and, requirements for processors (first receivers) for receiving and disposing of prohibited and protected species from EM trips.
Due to a series of unpreventable circumstances, the ICR package was not entered into ROCIS until after the Final Rule had published. Therefore, as required by ROCIS, we are requesting an emergency review.

US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Reauthorization Act
  
None

0648-BF52 Final or interim final rulemaking 84 FR 31146 06/28/2019

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 5,689 0 0 5,689 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 6,463 0 0 6,463 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 1,715,044 0 0 1,715,044 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
This is a new program.

$167,878
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Melissa Hooper 206 526-4357

  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.
10/24/2019


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