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	Modified
Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Modified
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	Modified
VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Satellite Operation Plan Form and Instruction	Modified
VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged
0648-0202 30day 86 FR 62793_20211112.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-12
0648-0202 Supporting Statement Part A 2021-1105.docx Supporting Statement A	2021-11-05
0648-0202 60-day 86 FR 35493 2021-0706.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-05

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
45066	Exemption: Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size	Removed
45065	Exemption: Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery (Sept 1 - Dec 31)	Removed
45010	DAS Credit: Standing By Entangled Whale - notification and request Form and Instruction	Unchanged
45005	Exemption: Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish	Removed
45002	Exemption: Purse Seine	Removed
45001	Exemption: Summer Flounder Small-Mesh	Removed
44999	Exemption: WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Certificate	Removed
44993	Exemption: Midwater Trawl	Removed
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	Modified
44967	Permit Requirements - Vessel Permit Initial Application and Renewal Instruction	Modified
37290	Gillnet Tags and Designations Form and Instruction	Modified
250189	Exemption Programs Authorized for Federal Permit Holders	New
250187	FishOnline Account Other-Screenshots	New
237431	Exemptions: Surf Clam/Quahog GB Closed Area	Removed
237415	Exemptions: GSC HMA Clam / Mussel Dredge Exemption Areas	Removed
237414	Exemptions: Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Transfer at Sea	Removed
237412	Exemptions: White and Red Hake Transfer at Sea	Removed
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	Removed
206395	Exemptions: GOM: Rolling Closed Area Charter/Party and Georges Bank Transiting	Removed
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	Removed
200244	Exemption: Herring vessel request for transfer at sea	Removed
195996	Exemption: GOM Cod Landing Limit	Removed
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	Removed
191291	Exemption: SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters	Removed
191265	Permit Requirements - Operator Initial Permit Application and Renewal Form and Instruction	Modified
188859	VMS for Canadian Herring Transport Vessels: Emails for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity	Unchanged
188173	VMS: Installation, Proof of Installation, Satellite Operation Plan Form and Instruction	Modified
180187	Permit Requirements - Dealer Initial Permit and Renewal & E-mail Collection Instruction	Modified
179097	VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 202111-0648-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202006-0648-006
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	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/16/2021

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2022
Responses	149,782	14,479,496
Time Burden (Hours)	19,835	20,168
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,442,797	2,306,276

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Abstract: This request is for a revision and extension of a currently approved information collection. Initial vessel permits, initial operator permits, initial dealer permits, vessel permit renewals, operator permit renewals, dealer permit renewals, Letter of Authorization (LOA), and gillnet tag certificates have been moved to an online system (FishOnline) and paper versions have been removed. Postage costs for associated permit renewals and LOA have been removed as a result of this change. Email and account information requirements have been added for the above applications. Also, automatic VMS polling has been removed from this collection as there is no burden on the vessel captain or crew for this activity.

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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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 35493	07/06/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 62793	11/12/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 26

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

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	149,782	14,479,496	0	-14,330,194	480	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,835	20,168	0	-1,056	723	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,442,797	2,306,276	0	-863,479	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Implementation of a new FishOnline application and removal of automated VMS polling resulted in program changes. Adjustment: Correction of burden due to errors in previous submissions.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $900,152

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: 11/16/2021

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