Burden Calculations

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Overview

Ongoing Annual Burden
Federal Government Cost

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Sheet 1: Ongoing Annual Burden

Total Annual Respondents	Total Annual Responses	Total Burden Hours	Total Out of Pocket Burden Cost	Total Salary Cost
2,574	4,773	34,758	$0	$3,076,087
OSRP
Maintenance - Part 130, Subpart C	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Class I Railroads	7	1	7	162	1,134	$0	$88.51	$100,370
Class II Railroads	11	1	11	54	594	$0	$88.51	$52,575
Class III Railroads	55	1	55	36	1,980	$0	$88.51	$175,250
Submission - Part 130, Subpart C	Respondents	Frequency of Submission (Years)	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Reporting	73	5	0.2	14.6	0.5	7.30	$0	$45.92	$335.22
INCIDENT REPORTING
Incident Reporting for Flammable Liquids by Rail - 171.16	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Reporting	17	1	17	2	34	$0	$88.51	$3,009
SAMPLING AND TESTING PLAN
Sampling and Testing Plan - 173.41	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Reporting	1,801	1	1,801	10	18,010	$0	$88.51	$1,594,065
ROUTING
Collection by Line Segment - 174.310(a)(1); Part 172, Subpart I	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Class II Railroads	10	1	10	40	400	$0	$88.51	$35,404
Class III Railroads	160	1	160	40	6,400	$0	$88.51	$566,464
Security Analysis - 174.310(a)(1); Part 172, Subpart I	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Class II Railroads	10	5	50	16	800	$0	$88.51	$70,808
Class III Railroads	160	2	320	8	2,560	$0	$88.51	$226,586
Alternative Routing Security Analysis - 174.310(a)(1); Part 172, Subpart I	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Class II Railroads	10	4	40	12	480	$0	$88.51	$42,485
Class III Railroads	64	0.5	32	4	128	$0	$88.51	$11,329
TANK CAR RETROFITTING
Retrofitting Progress - 174.310(a)(5)	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Minutes per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Reporting	50	1	50	30	25	$0	$88.51	$2,213
NOTIFICATION PLANS
Maintenance - 174.312	Respondents	Monthly Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Reporting	73	2.5	2,190	1	2,190	$0	$88.51	$193,837
DOT Request - 174.312	Respondents	Annual Responses per Respondent	Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Burden Cost	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
Recordkeeping (Enforcment request for documents)	73	0.21	15.33	1	15	$0	$88.51	$1,357
		OES Mean Hourly Wage	Compensation Percentage	Adjusted Mean Hourly Wage
Senior Salary	Occupation labor rates based on 2020 Occupational and Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for “General and Operations Managers (11-1021).” https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes111021.htm The hourly mean wage for this occupation ($60.45) is adjusted to reflect the total costs of employee compensation based on the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Summary, which indicates that wages for civilian workers are 68.3 percent of total compensation (total wage = wage rate/wage % of total compensation).	$60.45	68.30%	$88.51
Administrative Salary	Occupation labor rates based on 2020 Occupational and Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for “Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (43-6011).” https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes436011.htm The hourly mean wage for this occupation ($31.36) is adjusted to reflect the total costs of employee compensation based on the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Summary, which indicates that wages for civilian workers are 68.3 percent of total compensation (total wage = wage rate/wage % of total compensation).	$31.36	68.30%	$45.92
Rail Transportation Worker	Occupation labor rates based on 2020 Occupational and Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for “Rail Transportation Worker, all other (53-4099).” https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes534099.htm The hourly mean wage for this occupation ($26.28) is adjusted to reflect the total costs of employee compensation based on the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Summary, which indicates that wages for civilian workers are 68.3 percent of total compensation (total wage = wage rate/wage % of total compensation).	$26.28	68.30%	$38.48

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Sheet 2: Federal Government Cost

		Total Enforcement Hours	Salary + Fringe and Overhead Per Hour	Total Salary Cost
		416	$67.79	$28,200
		Number of FTE	Salary + Fringe and Overhead	Total Salary Cost
	Year 1	4	$167,192.19	$668,769
	Year 2	1	$167,192.19	$167,192
Cost to review and approve OSRPs, PHMSA used annual wage data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to estimate wages for its staff at the 2021 General Schedule (GS) level 14, step 1, wage class for the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia metropolitan area. In accordance with the OMB Circular No. A-76 (M-07-02; 2006), PHMSA included a load factor of 36.45 percent for the Federal wage to account for fringe benefits.	$122,530	36.45%	$167,192.19
Cost to enforcement, PHMSA used hourly wage data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to estimate wages for its staff at the 2021 General Schedule (GS) level 13, step 1, wage class for the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia metropolitan area. In accordance with the OMB Circular No. A-76 (M-07-02; 2006), PHMSA included a load factor of 36.45 percent for the Federal wage to account for fringe benefits.	$49.68	36.45%	$67.79
			Total	$195,392