Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale Form	Unchanged
Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Vessel permit application and renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags Form	Unchanged
LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21 Form and Instruction	New
Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form Form	Unchanged
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form	Unchanged
Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs Form	Unchanged
VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling Form	Unchanged
Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program Form and Instruction	Unchanged
NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged
VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels Form	Unchanged
0648-0202-SCOQ-LOA_Change Request_SS_rev.doc Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2012-11-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
45066	Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption	Unchanged
45065	Raised Footrope Trawl Whitiing Fishery Exemption (Sept 1 - Dec 31)	Unchanged
45010	DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale Form	Unchanged
45006	Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification	Unchanged
45005	Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions	Unchanged
45002	Purse Seine Exemption	Unchanged
45001	Summer Flounder Small-Mesh Exemption	Unchanged
44999	LOA for WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Exemption Certificate	Unchanged
44993	Midwater Trawl Exemption Request	Unchanged
44992	Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement	Unchanged
44987	Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
44967	Vessel permit application and renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
37290	Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags Form	Unchanged
204755	LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21 Form and Instruction	New
202004	NAFO fishing recordkeeping	Unchanged
201706	Vessel owner single-letter option Form and Instruction	Unchanged
201274	VMS notification for coordination of monitored landing event, pre DAS credit request for cancelled trip	Unchanged
201272	DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form Form	Unchanged
200256	Herring Carrier LOA request	Unchanged
200244	Herring vessel request for transfer at sea LOA	Unchanged
198744	Herring VMS catch report	Unchanged
195996	LOA for declaring that a vessel intends to fish south of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area	Unchanged
192992	Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration	Unchanged
191299	State Quota Transfers	Unchanged
191297	Lobster Area 5 Waiver	Unchanged
191296	Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags Form	Unchanged
191295	Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea	Unchanged
191294	GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption	Unchanged
191293	NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)	Unchanged
191292	State Waters Sea Scallop Exemption	Unchanged
191291	SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters Exemptions	Unchanged
191265	Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
189958	Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration	Unchanged
188860	Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs Form	Unchanged
188859	Foreign fishing vessels arrival/departure from EEZ notification	Unchanged
188173	VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling Form	Unchanged
180187	Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal Form and Instruction	Unchanged
179106	NE Multispecies Proposed Sector Allocation	Unchanged
179100	Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration - Groundfish vessels fishhing under an NE Multispecies DAS	Unchanged
179098	NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program Form and Instruction	Unchanged
179097	NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption Form	Unchanged
179096	Expedited submission of proposed SAPs	Unchanged
179095	VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels Form	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0202	ICR Reference No: 201211-0648-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201204-0648-008
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: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/29/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/28/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2013	04/30/2013	04/30/2013
Responses	210,138	0	210,091
Time Burden (Hours)	29,644	0	29,640
Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,273,429	0	6,273,429

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Abstract: Participants in the marine fishing industry, including vessel owners, vessel operators, and fish dealers, who wish to participate in regulated Northeast Regional fisheries must apply for, and obtain, permits. Persons obtaining permits may also be subject to notification, tagging, and other requirements. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a change to the 0648-0202 family of forms to add a requirement to obtain a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to participate in the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fishery in the re-opened Georges Bank (GB) Closed Area.

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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:
	Final or interim final rulemaking	76 FR 30265	05/25/2011

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 31689	07/02/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 61656	11/25/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 43

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
DAS for cancelled trip with new DAS request form	NA	DAS Credit Request Form
Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions
Expedited submission of proposed SAPs
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, NA	Lobster Trap Tag Request Form ,   Lobster trap tag replacement request form
GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption
Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration
Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs	NA	VMS Certification of Installation
NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program	NA	Application to Permanently Transfer NE Multispecies Days at Sea
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
Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration - Groundfish vessels fishhing under an NE Multispecies DAS
NE Multispecies Proposed Sector Allocation
Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal	NA, NA	Dealer Permit Application Form - Renewal ,   Federal Northeast Seafood Dealer -Initial Dealer Permit Application
VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling	NA	VMS Certification of Activation
NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption	NA	VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form
VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels	NA	VMS call-in addition of question about landing an extra monkfish
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, NA	Gillnet Tag Order Form ,   Gillnet Tag Replcement Form
Vessel permit application and renewal	NA, NA	Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial ,   Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal
Midwater Trawl Exemption Request
LOA for declaring that a vessel intends to fish south of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area
Herring VMS catch report
Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration
Purse Seine Exemption
Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal	NA, NA	Vessel Operator Application - Renewal ,   Vessel operator permit application - initial
Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification
Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement
NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)
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
NAFO fishing recordkeeping
LOA for reopened section of Georges Bank, per FR 0648-BC21	NA	LOA request form

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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	210,138	210,091	0	47	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	29,644	29,640	0	4	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,273,429	6,273,429	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The request for the new LOA adds a total of 47 responses and 4 hours to this collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,150,250

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

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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: 11/28/2012

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