Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16

OMB Control No: 0648-0605	ICR Reference No: 201208-0648-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201004-0648-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/24/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/20/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2013	03/31/2013	03/31/2013
Responses	383,448	0	383,448
Time Burden (Hours)	78,608	0	78,608
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,484,888	0	3,477,978

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Abstract: Submission of trip start and trip end hails were first required in Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. Hails were developed to facilitate the deployment of dockside monitors to vessels selected for coverage and to inform the sector managers and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) when vessels would be landing. The dockside monitoring program assists with the monitoring and validation of landings and discards as an input to monitoring the utilization of annual catch entitlements (ACEs). Hails, among many other requirements, were approved for collection under OMB Control Number 0648-0605. NMFS is requesting a change to this information collection, to add questions for fishermen to indicate, 1) if they are carrying an observer on board and, 2) whether they would be fishing exclusively in the Gulf of Maine, offshore, or on a trip targeting a particular stock, such as redfish.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AW72	Not associated with rulemaking	75 FR 18262	04/09/2010

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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: 16

IC Title Form No. Form Name Transfer of Annual Catch Entitlement between Sectors NA Application to transfer annual catch entitlement between sectors VMS activation confirmation responses, time and cost, and cost of purchase, maintenance and automated polling NA VMS Certification of Activation Monitoring and Reporting Service Providers Application and response to denial Monitoring system (database) for discards, sector manager weekly catch reports and annual reports Dealer requirements NE Fishery Observer Notification Notification of ejection from sector At-sea provider reporting requirements VMS trip catch reports Sector operations plan and NEPA analysis Dockside Monitoring Reporting Requirements At-Sea monitoring and reporting requirements - notifications and database requirements Dockside Monitoring and Reporting Requirements - hails, notirfications and database entry Area and DAS Declaration - groundfish vessels fishing under any NE Multispecies DAS Catch reporting requirements: US/Canada Area and CA II SAPs, Closed Area I SAP and Regular B Program Restricted Gear Area LOA and VMS Declaration

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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	383,448	383,448	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	78,608	78,608	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,484,888	3,477,978	0	6,910	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: $1,763,826

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Allison Murphy 9782819122

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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: 08/20/2012

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