EEBA Supplementary Document

SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT

Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus

OMB No. 2130-NEW

TABLE – Paperwork Requirements and Corresponding Estimates (Program Changes)

CFR Section	Respondent Universe	Total Annual Responses	Average Time per Response	Total Annual Burden Hours
227.15-- Waivers	200 Railroads	13 waiver requests	16 hours	208 hours
227.201 – Designations	200 Railroads	700 designation	3 minutes	35 hours
227.203 – EEBA Selection Criteria – EEBA Adequacy Justification documents	200 Railroads	67 written justifications	2 hours	134 hours
227.205 – Copies of EEBA Instructions	200 Railroads	26,250 instr. copies	3 minutes	1,313 hours
227.207 – Pre-trip and Periodic EEBA Inspections/Records – Records of EEBA Returns, Maintenance, Repairs/Replacements	200 Railroads 200 Railroads	73,000 insp./ records 233 records	1 minute 5 minutes	1,217 hours 19 hours
227.209 – Employee Instruction on EEBA – Initial Training – Periodic/Refresher Training – Records of Initial Training – Records of Periodic Training	200 Railroads 200 Railroads 200 Railroads 200 Railroads	70,000 tr. employees 23,333 tr. employees 70,000 records 23,333 records	2 hours 15 minutes 5 minutes 2 minutes	140,000 hours 5,833 hours 5,833 hours 778 hours
227.211 – General EEBA Implementation Program	200 Railroads	67 programs	80 hours	5,360 hours
227.213 – Notification to Railroad of EEBA Failure/Use Incidents	200 Railroads	100 notification	1 minute	2 hours
227.215 – Recordkeeping -Electronic Recordkeeping Systems	18 Railroads	18 modified electronic recordkeeping systems	120 hours	2,160 hours

Note: Total estimated burden amounts to 162,892 hours, and total estimated responses amount to 287,114. Since this is a new collection of information, these are all program changes by definition.

Total estimated costs to respondents amount to $226,000. Again, since this is a new collection of information, the costs to respondents are program changes.