Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 201507-0648-014
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201308-0648-008
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms
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OIRA Conclusion Action: Withdrawn and continue	Conclusion Date: 08/04/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/27/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2016	07/31/2016	07/31/2016
Responses	157,406	0	157,406
Time Burden (Hours)	16,704	0	16,704
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,110,068	0	2,110,068

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Abstract: Per RIN 0648-BB40, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a change to the OMB Control No. 0648-0202 Family of Forms to remove the requirement for vessels to report vessel baseline tonnages when filling out the application for Vessel Replacement, Upgrade, and Confirmation of Permit History. In addition, NMFS is proposing to remove the one-time upgrade limit for vessels, thus eliminating the need for a separate vessel upgrade process. Implementing these measures would reduce the administrative burden to permit holders, leading to increased profits for the regulated community. Removing tonnages from vessel baselines may also simplify or eliminate the need for a permit holder to hire a naval architect to determine and document tonnage if it was not previously established. NMFS estimates the resulting average cost savings of as much as $375 per survey, and we estimate that half of all requests require a survey. Also, we are removing the one-time limit on upgrades, so that there is no longer a need for vessels owners to send in an RUPH form to reflect when they have upgraded their vessel. Currently, if a vessel owner upgrades his engine horse power from 300 to 330 HP, for example, he would need to send us the RUPH form and declare that an upgrade has occurred. Under the new measures, vessel owners will be able to upgrade multiple times within the 20% limit. Therefore, we are removing "Upgrades" from the RUPH form.

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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:
	77 FR 67792	11/14/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 25058	04/29/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 44

IC Title Form No. Form Name Foreign fishing vessels arrival/departure from EEZ notification VMS notification for coordination of monitored landing event, pre DAS credit request for cancelled trip Vessel owner single-letter option NA Mailing option change request form LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21 NA LOA request form Fishing activity and catch reporting for research permits, via VMS Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemption Good Samaritan DAS credits NA DAS credit form Declared out of fishery VMS reporting Skate Bait Exemption Gulf of Maine: rolling closed area charter/party and Georges Bank transiting exemptions Atlantic Herring VMS Reporting - Limited Access Vessels - Declaration Surfclam and Ocean Quahog VMS Reporting - Activity Declaration DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form NA DAS Credit Request Form Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions State Waters Sea Scallop Exemption Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters Exemptions State Quota Transfers Lobster Area 5 Waiver Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags NA Lobster Trap Tag Request Form GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs NA VMS Certification of Installation Raised Footrope Trawl Whitiing Fishery Exemption (Sept 1 - Dec 31) Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption Herring vessel request for transfer at sea LOA Herring Carrier LOA request Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) NA Application for veesel replacement, upgrade and confirmation of permit history - tracked changes Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal NA Dealer Permit Application Form - Initial and Renewal VMS installation, proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 40 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling for 632 vessels per year NA VMS Certification of Activation VMS Power Down Exemption NA VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale NA DAS credit request form LOA for WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Exemption Certificate Summer Flounder Small-Mesh Exemption Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags NA Gillnet Tag Order Form Vessel permit application and renewal NA, NA Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial and renewal ,   Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal Midwater Trawl Exemption Request GOM Cod Landing Limit Exemption Herring VMS catch report Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration Purse Seine Exemption Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal NA Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)

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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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Program changes; We estimate that the removal of GRT and NT and the one-time upgrade will reduce the need for surveys and the time involved in preparing a vessel replacement application by 50 percent. Therefore, this change will reduce the cost burden on the industry by $12,750 (34 total fewer surveys) and 139 burden hours per year. The estimated times to prepare a vessel replacement application and retention history would be 1.5 each, rather than 3, hours, for a total of 140 hours; 23 vessels would require vessel specification verification surveys and 11.5 (12) would require unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) surveys, for a total of $13,125. ROCIS will also show adjustments from the 2013 extension, reflecting the decrease from 600 estimated RUPH requests to 93. These adjustments result in decreases of 607 responses, 1,710 hours and $146,897 in costs.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $849,765

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: Travis Ford 978 281-9233

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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: 07/27/2015

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