This revision is requested to implement survey design improvements that have been developed by MRIP, as well as to eliminate several collections that were either created for short-term testing of alternative designs or will now be covered in other information collections under this OMB Control No. or by state collections. NOTE: In order to make detailed burden changes, the original information collection that had been imported when ROCIS was set up, has been disaggregated - up to this point, it had been unchanged, and only additions had been made, and removal of some of those additions. Thus, all the ICs after the first two new ones - MRIP and new APAIS - are surveys that were left from the original aggregation.
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Pub.L. 194 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
The net decrease of 308,537 unduplicated respondents, net decrease of 372,579 responses and net increase of 10,193 hours is the result of the following program changes:
1) Implementing the Recreational Fishing Mail Survey resulted in an increase of 223,992 respondents and responses and 37,332 hours.
2) Implementing a revised Access-Point Angler Intercept Survey resulted in an increase of 111,000 respondents and responses and 8,325 hours.
3) Adjusting the burden for several ICs that are being phased out.
4) Removing several ICs that are no longer applicable or have been incorporated into other ICs.
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.
Gulf of Mexico Subregion survey