Burden Calculations

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Overview

Sheet1
Fed Gov Cost

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Sheet 1: Sheet1

	Registration - 107.503	Total Respondents	Annual Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Annual Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Annual Salary Cost	Annual Burden Cost
	Cargo Tank Manufacturers	145	24	1	24	20	8	$76.54	$616.61	$0
	Repair Facilities	195	33	1	33	20	11	$76.54	$829.23	$0
	Design Certifying Engineers & Registered Inspectors	6,660	1,110	1	1110	20	370	$76.54	$28,321.52	$0
	Total for Reporting	7,000	1,167	3	1,167	60.00	389	$229.63	$29,767.37	$0
	Registration - 107.504		Number of Respondents	Responses per Registration	Total Annual Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Annual Salary Cost	Annual Burden Cost
	Recordkeeping		117	1	117	15	29	$76.54	$2,238.93	$0
	Updating a Cargo Tank Registration - 107.503		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Reporting		145	1	145	15	36	$76.54	$2,774.74	$0.00
	Design Certificates for Prototypes - 178.320(b)		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Hours per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Reporting		55	1	55	2.5	138	$76.54	$10,524.89	$0.00
	Design Certificates for Prototypes - 178.320(b)		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Recordkeeping		7	1	7	15	2	$76.54	$133.95	$0.00
	Manufacture's Data Reports or Certificate and Related Papers - 178.345-15		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Reporting		145	48	6,960	30	3480.00	$76.54	$266,375.40	$0.00
	Manufacture's Data Reports or Certificate and Related Papers - 178.345-15		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Recordkeeping		700	1	700	15	175.00	$76.54	$13,395.31	$0.00
	Completion of Manufacturers Data Report - 178.337-18		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	New Cargo Tanks		145	33	4,785	30	2393	$76.54	$183,133	0.00
	Remanufactured Cargo Tanks		145	7	1,015	30	508	$76.54	$38,846	0.00
	Total for Reporting		290		5,800		2900.00		$221,979.50	0.00
	Completion of Manufacturers Data Report - 178.337-18, 178.338-19		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Recordkeeping		145	4	580	15	145.00	$76.54	$11,098.98	0.00
	Cargo Tank Repair/Modification Reports - 180.417		Number of Respondents	Responses per Carrier	Number of Responses	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Reporting		195	77	15,015	5	1251	$76.54	$95,776.50	0.00
	Testing and Inpsection of Cargo Tanks - 180.407(d)	Cargo Tank Owners	Average Number of Cargo Tanks in Fleet	Total Number of Cargo Tanks	Percentage of Cargo Tanks Tested Annually	Number of Cargo Tanks Tested	Minutes per Response	Annual Burden Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost	Annual Burden Costs
	Visual Inspections	1,654	74	123,000	20%	24,600	30.00	12,300	$76.54	$941,498	$0
	External Visual Inpections	1,654	74	123,000	100%	123,000	30.00	61,500	$76.54	$4,707,492	$0
	Total for Reporting	3,308				147,600		73,800	153.09	$5,648,989.89	$0
		Cargo Tank Owners	Responses per Respondent	Reponses	Time per response (Hours)	Burden Hours	Salary Cost Per Hour	Total Salary Cost
	Cargo tank owner to provide paperwork to the Registered Inspector for lining inspection - 180.407(f)(2)	1,333	60	79980	0.08333	6664.73	$76.54	$510,150
		Cargo Tank Inspectors	Responses per Respondent	Reponses	Time per response (Hours)	Burden Hours	Salary Cost Per Hour	Total Salary Cost
	Cargo tank inspector to mark the cargo tank with their registration number - 180.415(b)	3,400	61	207400	0.08333	17282.64	$76.54	$1,322,894
	HM-265 NPRM Burden Increase	4,733		287,380		23,947	153
		Total Number of Respondents	Total Number of Annual Responses	Total Annual Burden Hours	Total Annual Salary Costs	Total Annual Burden Costs
		11,007	465,526	106,292.00	$8,136,099	$0
	Occupation labor rates based on 2023 Occupational and Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for “Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (17-2111)” https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172111.htm. The hourly mean wage for this occupation ($52.28) 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).	$52.28	68%	$76.54

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Sheet 2: Fed Gov Cost

		Number of Submissions	Minutes per Registration	Annual Hours	Salary Cost per Hour	Total Salary Cost
	Review of Cargo Tank Registration Statements	1,167	30	583	$72.74	$42,430
	FMCSA Inspections	120,000	45	90,000	$72.74	$6,546,413
	Total					$6,588,843
Based on the 2021 salary table (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/DCB_h.pdf) the hourly mean wage for a GS-13 in 2021 is $49.68. The hourly salary 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).	$49.68	68%	$72.74