0703_0006_ Supporting Statement A Final

Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships 0703-0006

1. Need for the Information Collection

Facilities available for the construction or repair of ships data collection is used for determining and assessing shipyard capabilities for ship construction and repair for Maritime and U.S. Navy ships. The responsibilities for data collection relative to shipbuilding capabilities were initially assigned by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (as amended) to the Department of Transportation and eventually the Maritime Administration (MARAD). Under Title 46 U.S.C, Shipping, MARAD in conjunction with the Secretary of the Navy shall at least once each year survey the existing privately owned shipyards capable of merchant ship construction to determine whether their capacity for merchant ship construction, including facilities and skilled personnel, provides an adequate mobilization base at strategic points for purposes of national defense and national emergency. Title 46 U.S.C states that this collection of information will be conducted with the advice of and in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy.

2. Use of the Information

The Standard Form 17, Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships, is designed to be sent to businesses in the shipbuilding and repair industry (NAICS 33661). This collection of information is a broad based request designed to go out to the majority of the shipbuilding industrial base. This request for information is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), intended to help measure the capabilities and capacities of the U.S. Shipbuilding Industrial Base.

MARAD is the primary agency responsible for performing this annual collection of information and shares the results with the U.S. Navy. MARAD, with input from the U.S. Navy, identifies the private U.S. shipyards to be solicited and populates the forms and associated materials for the collection of information and then sends the SF-17 packages out to the shipyards along with a timeline for completion. If respondents choose to respond, they may respond via e-mail, or by regular mail. The agency disclosure notice is listed on top of the form so when the survey process is complete MARAD can provide NAVSEA with copies of all the returned data. MARAD and NAVSEA will then process this data individually.

MARAD and NAVSEA have databases designed to store and utilize the collected information. The collected information’s end uses are varied, but primarily provides a critical data set used in report development for various U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Congress and the Department of Defense. NAVSEA Headquarters utilizes the data for conducting Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA), Agreement for Boat repair (ABR) and Pre-Award Surveys. The data is also used by the NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO) and by NAVSEA shipbuilding program offices to perform industrial base assessments to determine the capability of private shipyards to perform U.S. Navy new construction and ship repair work.

MARAD uses the SF-17 data to conduct industrial capability analysis and to respond to frequent requests for shipyard facility data from various concerns, both public and private. MARAD also uses the SF-17 data to provide critical input in determining which facilities will be used during the reactivation of the reserve fleets maintained by MARAD and the U.S. Navy. This data is also utilized to assess individual shipyard capabilities as well as measuring increases or declines in shipbuilding and repair capabilities.

The overall purpose of this collection of information is to provide MARAD and the U.S. Navy with both an economic and national defense large scale view of the U.S. Industrial Shipbuilding and Repair Base.

3. Use of Information Technology

The respondent will use SF 17 Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships. MARAD will use e-mail to send the form which is a fillable PDF. The respondent will use either e-mail, regular mail or fax to return the SF 17. 80% of respondents reply via e-mail and the remaining 20% will mail it in. MARAD makes every effort to allow for maximum use of IT to ease the burden and cost to the respondent.

4. Non-duplication

The information obtained through this collection is unique and is not already available for use or adaptation from another cleared source.

5. Burden on Small Businesses

This information collection does not impose a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses or entities.

6. Less Frequent Collection

Collection of data cannot be done less frequently. The Merchant Marine act of 1936, as amended, requires an annual survey be conducted. No other information source provides a comprehensive listing of private sector shipyard construction, repair capabilities and limitations including launch ways, dry docks, piers, shops, cranes and workforce, among other items, that can provide a comprehensive data set to help maintain an up to date measurement of the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.

7. Paperwork Reduction Act Guidelines

This collection of information does not require collection to be conducted in a manner inconsistent with the guidelines delineated in 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).

8. Consultation and Public Comments

Part A: PUBLIC NOTICE

A 60-Day Federal Register Notice for the collection published on 4, OCT 2016. The 60-Day FRN citation is 81 FR 68408.

A 30-Day Federal Register Notice for the collection published on 4, MAY12 2017. The 30-Day FRN citation is 82 FR 22129.

No comments were received during the 60-Day Comment Period.

Part B: CONSULTATION

No additional consultation apart from soliciting public comments through the 60-Day Federal Register Noticed was conducted for this submission.

9. Gifts or Payment

No payments or gifts are being offered to respondents as an incentive to participate in the collection.

10. Confidentiality

The data is considered “Business Sensitive” and is stored in locked file cabinets. This information is kept indefinitely. Information no longer used is disposed of in accordance with agency policy regarding the disposition of sensitive material.

A Privacy Act Statement is not required for this collection because we are not requesting individuals to furnish personal information for a system of records.

A System of Record Notice (SORN) is not required for this collection because records are not retrievable by PII.

A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is not required for this collection because PII is not being collected electronically.

The Agency Disclosure Notice is located on the form.

11. Sensitive Questions

No questions considered sensitive are being asked in this collection.

12. Respondent Burden and its Labor Costs

a. Estimation of Respondent Burden

1. Standard Form 17, Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships

a. Number of Respondents: 200

b. Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1

c. Number of Total Annual Responses: 200

d. Response Time: 4 hours

e. Respondent Burden Hours:800 hrs

2. Total Submission Burden

a. Total Number of Respondents :200

b. Total Number of Annual Responses: 200

c. Total Respondent Burden Hours :800 hrs

b. Labor Cost of Respondent Burden

1. Standard Form 17, Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships

a. Number of Total Annual Responses: 200

b. Response Time: 4 hrs

c. Respondent Hourly Wage: $31.87

d. Labor Burden per Response :$127.48

e. Total Labor Burden:$25,496

2. Overall Labor Burden

a. Total Number of Annual Responses: 200

b. Total Labor Burden: $25,496

The Respondent hourly wage was determined by using the Department of Labor Wage Website (http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/index.htm)

13. Respondent Costs Other Than Burden Hour Costs

The only other costs other than burden hour costs are cost of mailing which is $1.64. Estimates for the number of respondents mailing replies is 20% . Total cost to respondents is $65.60.

14. Cost to the Federal Government

a. Labor Cost to the Federal Government

1. Standard Form 17, Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships

a. Number of Total Annual Responses: 200

b. Processing Time per Response: 4 hrs

c. Hourly Wage of Worker(s) Processing Responses : $47.10

d. Cost to Process Each Response : $188.40

e. Total Cost to Process Responses: $37,680

2. Overall Labor Burden to Federal Government

a. Total Number of Annual Responses: 200

b. Total Labor Burden: $37,680

b. Operational and Maintenance Costs

1. Equipment: $0

2. Printing: $4,845

3. Postage: $0

4. Software Purchases: $0

5. Licensing Costs: $0

6. Other: $17,943

g. Total:$22,788

1. Total Operational and Maintenance Costs: $22,788

2. Total Labor Cost to the Federal Government: $37,680

3. Total Cost to the Federal Government:$60,468

The hourly wage of workers was determined by using the Office of Personnel Management Salary and Wages General Schedule Pay Scale Website (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2017/general-schedule/)

15. Reasons for Change in Burden

This is a renewal, with change, of a previously approved collection that has expired. The burden was underestimated during the last iteration of this collection and the increase is to account for that underestimation.

16. Publication of Results

The results of this information collection will not be published.

17. Non-Display of OMB Expiration Date

We are not seeking approval to omit the display of the expiration date of the OMB approval on the collection instrument.

18. Exceptions to “Certification for Paperwork Reduction Submissions”

We are not requesting any exemptions to the provisions stated in 5 CFR 1320.9.