Supporting Statement

for

Marine Transportation System Recovery (MTSR) Essential Elements of
Information and Facility Status

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COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS:  Instruction, CG-11410 and CG-11410A

A.  Justification  

1.  Circumstances that make the collection of information necessary.  

33 U.S.C. §1225, 46 U.S.C. §70103, and 50 U.S.C. §191 require the
Coast Guard to take action to prevent damage to, or the destruction of,
bridges, other structures, on or in navigable waters or shore area
adjacent; to minimize damage from and respond to a transportation
security incident; and to safeguard against destruction of vessels,
harbors, ports and waterfront facilities in the United States and all
territorial waters during a national emergency.  To be prepared to
execute these missions, U.S. Coast Guard policy requires Sector
Commanders to develop Essential Elements of Information regarding the
Marine Transportation System (MTS) within their Captain of the Port
Zones.  This form is used to capture data on facilities, vessels, and
shared transportation i9nfrastructure prior to a port disruption to be
able to characterize the port in its normal fully functioning condition.
 Following a port disruption, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to gather
information on the status of the MTS using the MTSR Facility Status
sheet to compare the pre-disruption condition to the post-disruption
condition.

2.  Purpose of the information collection.  

This information may be sent in electronically or mailed to the U.S.
Coast Guard Marine Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU) to
establish the normal fully functioning condition of a port prior to a
port condition to the disrupted port condition, enabling the MTSRU to
assist in prioritizing recovery efforts, and gauge the effectiveness of
the response.  Gathering essential elements of information before a port
disruption enables the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a normal port
condition baseline.  Then, following a port disruption, the port’s
condition can be measured against the normal baseline to provide
critical input to those federal, state, and local response organizations
that are engaging in restoring the port to its pre-disruption condition.
 

3.  Consideration of the use of improved technology.  

CG-11410 and CG-11410A may involve the use of email, fax, direct
uploading to a website or other courier service.  If approved, the
industry may use any of these means to pass information to the MTSRU.

4.  Efforts to identify duplication.  

This information is not normally available requiring a form requesting
the information.

5.  Methods to minimize the burden to small businesses if involved.  

This information collection does not have an impact on small businesses
or other small entities.  

6.  Consequences to the Federal program if collection were not done or
conducted less frequently.  

Without accurate baseline data, following a port disruption the U.S.
Coast Guard would not be able to provide the best recommendations for
prioritizing recovery efforts or gauging the effectiveness of federal,
state, local, and contracted response efforts.  

7.  Special collection circumstances.  

This information collection is conducted in a manner consistent with the
guidelines in 5 CFR 1320(d)(2).  

8.  Consultation.  

A 60-day Notice will be published in the Federal Register to obtain
public comment on this collection.  

9.  Provide any payment or gift to respondents.  

The U.S. Coast Guard does not provide payment or gifts to respondents in
exchange for a benefit sought.  

10.  Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents. 


There are no assurances of confidentiality provided to the respondents
for this information collection.  

11.  Additional justification for any questions of a sensitive nature.  

There are no questions of sensitive language.  

12.  Estimates of annual hour and cost burdens to respondents.  

The estimated annual number of respondents is 6,000.  

The estimated annual number of responses is 6,000.  

The estimated annual hour burden is 2,250 hours.  

The estimated annual cost burden is $45,000.  

The manager of the facility or vessel could answer these questions
without resorting to an internal records search.  There is no annual
collection of data.  The MTSR Essential Elements of Information (EEI) is
collected from the approximately 3,000 respondents one time.  The MTSR
Facility Status information is only used following a significant port
disruption.  Significant port disruptions do not occur every year so the
3,000 respondents is a gross estimate over time.  The last significant
disruption occurred in 2012 following Hurricane Sandy.  It is estimated
that less than 200 facility Status sheets would have been filled out
following that event.  Since 2012, no significant disruptions have
occurred requiring the use of the Facility Status sheet.  It is
estimated that over the 10 year life of this form, less than 3,000
Facility Status sheets will be completed. 

Type of Respondent	Form Name /

Form Number	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Total
Annual No. of Responses	Avg. Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Annual
Burden (in hours)	Avg. Hourly Wage Rate	Total Annual Respondent Cost

Maritime Industry	CG-11410	3000	1	

3000	.5	1500	20	

$30,000

Maritime Industry	CG-11410.A	3000	1	

3000	.25	750	

20	

$15,000

Total

6000



2250

$45,000



13.  Estimates of annualized capital and start-up costs.  

There are no recordkeeping, capital, start-up or maintenance costs
associated with this information collection.  

14.  Estimates of annualized Federal Government costs.  

The estimated one-time Federal Government cost is $135,000.  We estimate
that it will take .75 hour by a GS-12 to review and process each
submission.  The wage rate for a GS-12 is $29 to $38 per hour according
to GSA wage schedules.

	Hours	Wage Rate	One-time Cost

6000	.75	4500	$30	$135,000



15.  Explain the reasons for change in burden.  

This is a new collection. 

16.  Plans for tabulation, statistical analysis and publication.  

This information collection will not be published for statistical
purposes.  

17.  Approval for not explaining the expiration date for OMB approval.  

The Coast Guard will display the expiration date for OMB approval of
this information collection.  

18.  Exception to the certification statement.  

The Coast Guard does not request an exception to the certification of
this information collection.  

B.  Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods  

This collection does not employ statistical methods.

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