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Appendix A: Affected Population by Regulatory Requirement
Regulation
Description of Requirement
Requires lifesaving equipment – wearable
personal flotation devices (PFDs), immersion
or exposure suits, ring life buoys, life floats,
(1) Marking of Lifesaving Equipment buoyant apparatus, auxiliary craft, and
(§28.135)
EPIRBs – to be marked with the name of the
vessel, and as specified in Table 28.135, in
§28.135. Wearable PFDs have further
specifications.
Affected Population
Number of Affected
Vessels per year
All new commercial fishing
vessels – both
documented &
undocumented.
3,754
Requires all documented commercial fishing
vessels to have emergency instructions
All new documented
(2) Emergency Instructions (§28.265) “posted in conspicuous locations accessible to
fishing vessels.
the crew”, the exception being vessels that
operate with less than 4 people on board.
99
Requires that acceptance letters be issued by
All applicants for the
(3) Acceptance Letter for Instructors
the Coast Guard to qualified instructors and
acceptance letters.
and Course Curricula (§28.275)
for accepted course curricula.
100
(4) Letter of Certification for Training Each documented fishing vessel is required to
All new trainers certified by
have a qualified person conduct the required
in Drills and Safety Orientation
the qualified instructors.
training in accordance with §28.270.
(§28.270)
100
(5) Letter of Attestation for Stability
Evaluation (§28.505)
Requires the owner to select a qualified
individual to perform tests and calculations to
evaluate vessel stability after major alterations
Fishing vessels with
have been made to a vessel. This is
specifications described in
applicable to fishing vessels that are 79 feet or
previous column, and that
greater, have no load line requirements, and
undergo major alterations.
were built after 9/15/1991. These test results
and calculations must be maintained on board
as a letter of attestation.
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(6) Stability Instructions (§28.530)
Requires each new commercial fishing vessel
and each fishing vessel that undergoes major
All new fishing vessels
alterations (all must be 79 feet or greater, hav
and ones undergoing
no load line requirements and were built after
major alterations, with
9/15/91) to be provided with sufficient stability
specifications described in
information in a readily usable form to allow
previous column.
the master or individual in charge to determine
the conditions of loading and operations.
102
(7) Uninspected Fish Processing
Vessel Exam (§28.710)
Requires all uninspected fish processing
vessels to be examined every two years for
compliance with the regulations. The
examination must be conducted by the
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) or by a
similarly qualified organization.
101
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All existing uninspected
fish processing vessels.
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Regulation
Description of Requirement
Requires that fish processing vessels built
after, or that underwent a major conversion
(8) Uninspected Fish Processing
completed after, July 27, 1990, must be
Vessel Certification of Classification classed by the ABS or a similarly qualified
(§28.720)
organization. And the vessel must have on
board a certificate of class issued by the
organization.
Affected Population
All new fish processing
vessels.
Number of Affected
Vessels per year
2
(9) Exemption Letter Requirement
(§28.60)
Requires that an exemption letter be carried o
Approximately 0.5% of all
board each vessel that has been granted an
fishing vessels.
exemption from a part of the regulations.
375
(10) Citizenship Waiver (§28.910)
Provides relief from requirement that no more
than 25% of the total number of unlicensed
All commercial fishing
seamen on a U.S. documented vessel may be
vessels opting to apply for
aliens lawfully admitted to the United States
waiver.
under the Immigration and Nationality Act of
1952.
91
(11) Documentation of Equipment
(§28.140)
All commercial fishing
Requires the keeping of records of equipment
vessels that operate
maintenance and drills/instructions in safety
beyond three nautical
logbook.
miles of the baseline.
Requires the vessel to have a dockside
(12) Dockside Examination Certificate
examination every five years and carry a
of Completion (§28.201)*
certificate of completion.
All commercial fishing
vessels that operate
beyond three nautical
miles without an existing
valid decal.
36,115
23,221
*Of the 36,115 vessels, 12,894 vessels currently have valid decals and we assume that these vessels would continue to undergo examinatio
in the absence of the Interim Rule, and are therefore not accounted for in terms of costs. The remaining 23,221 vessels are required to
undergo examinations and so would incur an additional collection of information burden.
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Appendix B: Total Estyimated Annual Burden on Industry
Response
Frequency
Requirement
Burden Hours/
Response
(Hours)
Annual
Duration
Number
of
Vessels
Wage
Rate
Number of
Total
Responses Number of
per year
Responses
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden
Total
Annual
Cost
Burden
(1) Marking of Lifesaving Equipment (§28.135)
One-time
1.00
1.00
3,754
$76
1
3,754
3,754
$285,304
(2) Emergency Instructions (§28.265)
One-time
3.00
3.00
99
$76
1
99
297
$22,572
(3) Acceptance Letter for Instructors and Course
Curricula (§28.275)
Acceptance letter
valid for 5 years
1.10
1.10
100
$76
1
100
110
$8,360
(4) Letter of Certification for Training in Drills and
Safety Orientation (§28.270)
One-time
0.10
0.10
100
$76
1
100
10
$760
(5) Letter of Attestation for Stability Evaluation
(§28.505)
Each Occurrence
1.00
1.00
5
$76
1
5
5
$380
(6) Stability Instructions (§28.530)
One-time
10.00
10.00
102
$60
1
102
1,020
$61,200
(7) Uninspected Fish Processing Vessel Exam
(§28.710)
Biennnial
2.00
2.00
101
$66
1
101
202
$13,332
(8) Uninspected Fish Processing Vessel Certification
of Classification (§28.720)
One-time
1.00
1.00
2
$76
1
2
2
$152
(9) Exemption Letter Requirement (§28.60)
Each Request
1.00
1.00
375
$76
1
375
375
$28,500
(10) Citizenship Waiver (§28.910)
Each Request
9.25
9.25
91
$45
1
91
842
$37,879
(11) Documentation of Equipment (§28.140)
Varies
0.40
0.40
36,115
$45
1
36,115
14,446
$650,070
(12) Dockside Examination Certificate of Completion
(§28.201)
Once over the first
three years
0.25
0.25
23,221
$45
1
23,221
5,805
$261,236
-
-
40,844
-
-
64,065
26,868
$1,369,745
Total
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NOTE--Number of respondents equals the number of vessels in rows (1) - (11).
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Appendix C: Estimated Annual Federal Government Cost
Requirement
Response Frequency
(3) Acceptance Letter for Instructors and Course
Curricula (§28.275)
(9) Exemption Letter Requirement (§28.60)
(10) Citizenship Waiver (§28.910)
(12) Dockside Examination Certificate of Completion
(§28.201)
Total
Hours /
Response
Annual
Duration
Number
of
Vessels
Wage
Rate
Number of
Total
Responses Number of
Responses
per year
Total
Annual
Hours
Total
Annual
Costs
Each Application
Review
Each Request Review
1.50
1.50
100
$61
1
100
150
$9,150
5.00
5.00
375
$79
1
375
1,875
$148,125
Each Approved Request
0.10
0.10
300
$56
1
300
30
$1,680
3.00
3.00
91
$79
1
91
273
$21,567
0.25
0.25
23,221
$66
1
23,221
5,805
$383,147
-
-
-
-
-
24,087
8,133
$563,669
Each Application
Review
Each Certification
Issued
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| File Title | 1625-0061_SS_r0_2015_calc-sheet.xls |
| Author | DADuPont |
| File Modified | 2016-04-22 |
| File Created | 2015-02-27 |