| 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 |
$3,256,502 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oil Spill Response Plans (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 |
$93.70 |
$106,256 |
|
|
|
|
| Class II Railroads |
11 |
1 |
11 |
54 |
594 |
$0 |
$93.70 |
$55,658 |
|
|
|
|
| Class III Railroads |
55 |
1 |
55 |
36 |
1,980 |
$0 |
$93.70 |
$185,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$54.25 |
$396.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$3,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$1,687,537 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$37,480 |
|
|
|
|
| Class III Railroads |
160 |
1 |
160 |
40 |
6,400 |
$0 |
$93.70 |
$599,680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$74,960 |
|
|
|
|
| Class III Railroads |
160 |
2 |
320 |
8 |
2,560 |
$0 |
$93.70 |
$239,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$44,976 |
|
|
|
|
| Class III Railroads |
64 |
0.5 |
32 |
4 |
128 |
$0 |
$93.70 |
$11,994 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$2,343 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$205,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$93.70 |
$1,436 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OES Mean Hourly Wage |
Compensation Percentage |
Adjusted Mean Hourly Wage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Senior Salary |
Occupation labor rates based on 2024 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 ($62.18) 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). |
$64.00 |
68.30% |
$93.70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Administrative Salary |
Occupation labor rates based on 2024 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 ($35.42) 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). |
$37.05 |
68.30% |
$54.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rail Transportation Worker |
Occupation labor rates based on 2024 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 ($24.39) 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). |
$25.72 |
68.30% |
$37.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Enforcement Hours |
Salary + Fringe and Overhead Per Hour |
Total Salary Cost |
|
|
416 |
$79.10 |
$32,906 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of FTE |
Salary + Fringe and Overhead |
Total Salary Cost |
|
Year 1 |
4 |
$194,424.88 |
$777,699.50 |
|
Year 2 |
1 |
$194,424.88 |
$194,424.88 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 2025 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. |
$142,488 |
36.45% |
$194,424.88 |
|
| Cost to enforcement, PHMSA used hourly wage data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to estimate wages for its staff at the 2025 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. |
$57.97 |
36.45% |
$79.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
$227,331 |