Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request Form and Instruction	Unchanged
RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Unchanged
DAS Credits: Good Samaritan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Automated VMS Polling, Operation & Maintenance Fees Form and Instruction	Unchanged
VMS Power Down Exemption Form and Instruction	Unchanged
0648-0202 Supporting Statement Part A with BI77 changes highlighted.docx Supporting Statement A	2020-04-09

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
45066	Exemption: Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size	Unchanged
45065	Exemption: Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery (Sept 1 - Dec 31)	Unchanged
45010	DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request Form and Instruction	Unchanged
45005	Exemption: Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish	Unchanged
45002	Exemption: Purse Seine	Unchanged
45001	Exemption: Summer Flounder Small-Mesh	Unchanged
44999	Exemption: WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Certificate	Unchanged
44993	Exemption: Midwater Trawl	Unchanged
44992	VMS Reporting: Herring vessels	Unchanged
44987	RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
44967	Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal Instruction	Unchanged
37290	Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Unchanged
237431	Exemptions: Surf Clam/Quahog GB Closed Area	Unchanged
237415	Exemptions: GSC HMA Clam / Mussel Dredge Exemption Areas	Unchanged
237414	Exemptions: Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Transfer at Sea	Unchanged
237412	Exemptions: White and Red Hake Transfer at Sea	Unchanged
222297	VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication	Unchanged
222272	VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report	Unchanged
222270	VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports	Unchanged
208338	VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)	Unchanged
206396	Exemption: Skate Bait	Unchanged
206395	Exemptions: GOM: Rolling Closed Area Charter/Party and Georges Bank Transiting	Unchanged
206393	VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery	Unchanged
206392	DAS Credits: Good Samaritan Form and Instruction	Unchanged
206373	VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration	Unchanged
201706	Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
201272	DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip Form and Instruction	Unchanged
200256	Exemption: Herring Carrier	Unchanged
200244	Exemption: Herring vessel request for transfer at sea	Unchanged
195996	Exemption: GOM Cod Landing Limit	Unchanged
192992	VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment	Unchanged
191299	State Quota Transfers	Unchanged
191297	Lobster Area 5 Waiver	Unchanged
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form and Instruction	Unchanged
191295	Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea	Unchanged
191293	Exemption: NAFO Regulatory Area Request	Unchanged
191291	Exemption: SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters	Unchanged
191265	Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
188859	VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity	Unchanged
188173	VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Automated VMS Polling, Operation & Maintenance Fees Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180187	Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection Instruction	Unchanged
179097	VMS Power Down Exemption Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 202004-0648-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202004-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/21/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/14/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2022	10/31/2022	10/31/2022
Responses	14,479,296	0	14,479,296
Time Burden (Hours)	20,018	0	20,018
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,306,166	0	2,306,166

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Abstract: This request is for a revision of a currently approved information collection pursuant to RIN 0648-BI77. NMFS proposes to implement the New England Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Clam Dredge Exemption Framework Adjustment to its Fishery Management Plans. The proposed action is intended to establish areas within the Great South Channel Habitat Management Area where vessels could fish for Atlantic surfclams or mussels with dredge gear, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2. This action is necessary in order for the fishing industry to access part of the surfclam and mussel resource within the Habitat Management Area. The number of responses, burden hours, and burden costs for the requirements imposed by RIN 0648-BI77 were included in the renewal/revision package submitted to OMB in August 2019. Therefore, there are no adjustments for this rule-related revision.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BI77	Final or interim final rulemaking	85 FR 29870	05/19/2020

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 42

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal	N/A	Vessel Permit Application 2020
Exemptions: White and Red Hake Transfer at Sea
Exemption: Midwater Trawl
Exemption: GOM Cod Landing Limit
Exemptions: GSC HMA Clam / Mussel Dredge Exemption Areas
VMS Reporting: Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea Declaration and Adjustment
Exemption: Purse Seine
Gillnet Tags and Designations	N/A, N/A	Additional or Lost Gillnet Tag Order Form ,   Gillnet Tag Order Form
Exemption: Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery (Sept 1 - Dec 31)
Exemption: Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size
Exemption: Herring vessel request for transfer at sea
Exemption: Herring Carrier
RPH Application: Replacement/CPH, permit history retention, vessel specification verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)	N/A	Application for Vessel Replacement or Confirmation of Permit History
Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection	N/A	Intitial Dealer Permit Application Form 2020
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Automated VMS Polling, Operation & Maintenance Fees	N/A	VMS Certification Form
VMS Power Down Exemption	N/A	VMS Power Down Exemption Request
DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request	N/A	DAS Credit Form
Exemption: WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Certificate
Exemption: Summer Flounder Small-Mesh
Exemptions: Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Transfer at Sea
Exemptions: Surf Clam/Quahog GB Closed Area
Exemption: Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish
Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea
Exemption: SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters
State Quota Transfers
Lobster Area 5 Waiver
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags	N/A	2019 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form
VMS Reporting: Atlantic mackerel and longfin squid declaration, catch report and pre-landing notfication
VMS Reporting: Atlantic Sea Scallop Declaration, Prelanding Notification, Catch report
VMS Reporting: Northeast Multispecies declaration, trip start and end hails and catch reports
Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal	N/A	Operator Permit Application 2020
VMS Reporting: Herring vessels
Exemption: NAFO Regulatory Area Request
VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity
Vessel owner single-letter option	NA	Mailing option change request form
VMS Reporting: Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, (start and end trip hails, end trip contains report)
DAS Credits: Good Samaritan	N/A	DAS Credit Form
VMS Reporting: Declared out of fishery
Exemptions: GOM: Rolling Closed Area Charter/Party and Georges Bank Transiting
Exemption: Skate Bait
VMS Reporting: Surfclam and Ocean Quahog - Activity Declaration
DAS Credits: Cancelled Trip	N/A	DAS Credit Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

	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	14,479,296	14,479,296	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	20,018	20,018	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,306,166	2,306,166	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $912,923

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 04/14/2020

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