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Information Collection Request

Surfclam /Ocean Quahog Individual Transfer Quota (ITQ) Administration

ICR 202204-0648-003 · OMB 0648-0240 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Application to Shuck Surf Clams/Ocean Quahogs at Sea Form and Instruction Modified Repair queued
ITQ Ownership Form - renewal Form and Instruction Modified Repair queued
ITQ Ownership Form - new entrant Form and Instruction Modified Missing upstream
ITQ permit application Form and Instruction Modified Missing upstream
ITQ Transfer Request Form Form and Instruction Modified Repair queued
0648-0240 30day 87 FR 24102_20220422.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2022-04-22 Repair queued
0648-0240 Supporting Statement Part A.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2022-04-18 Repair queued
0648-0240 60-day 87 FR 3088 2022-0120.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2022-04-18 Repair queued
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
4155 Application to Shuck Surf Clams/Ocean Quahogs at Sea Form and Instruction Modified
212456 ITQ Ownership Form - renewal Form and Instruction Modified
212455 ITQ Ownership Form - new entrant Form and Instruction Modified
212454 ITQ permit application Form and Instruction Modified
204960 Protocol - provide notification prior to unloading Instruction Modified
204959 Protocol - Create and maintain a written onboard lot segregation plan Instruction Modified
204958 Protocol - compile and submit laboratory test results Instruction Modified
204957 Protocol - maintain and submit harvest records Instruction Modified
204956 Protocol - submission of concurrence from state of landing Instruction Modified
186876 ITQ Transfer Request Form Form and Instruction Modified
ICR Details
0648-0240 202204-0648-003
Received in OIRA 201812-0648-005
DOC/NOAA
Surfclam /Ocean Quahog Individual Transfer Quota (ITQ) Administration
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 04/22/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 05/31/2022
5,059 7,276
1,642 2,472
111,193 111,756
This is a request for an extension to a currently approved information collection. Federally permitted fishing vessels participating in the Atlantic surfclam or ocean quahog individual transferable quota (ITQ) fishery in the Northeast Region of the U.S. are subject to certain information collection requirements in order for NMFS to process requests for the transfer of surfclam or ocean quahog quota shares or authorization to shuck surfclams or ocean quahogs at sea.
PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act as amended in 2006
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  87 FR 3088 01/20/2022
87 FR 24102 04/22/2022
No
  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 5,059 7,276 0 0 -2,217 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,642 2,472 0 0 -830 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 111,193 111,756 0 0 -563 0
No
No
Adjustments to the number of respondents were made based on information from the past 3 years, as was the number of responses per IC. The costs were updated to account for an increase in postage, but the overall was reduced due to a decrease in the number of respondents/responses.
$3,743
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Douglas Potts 978 281-9341
  No
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.
04/22/2022