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OMB Control No: 1014-0017	ICR Reference No: 201807-1014-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201509-1014-003
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BSEE	Agency Tracking No: 1014-0017 SEMS '18
Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart S, Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 11/08/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/07/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2018
Responses	686	0	2,381,721
Time Burden (Hours)	1,487,634	0	2,238,164
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,259,727	0	5,220,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	686	2,381,721	-2,381,035
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,487,634	2,238,164	-750,530
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,259,727	5,220,000	-1,960,273

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The current OMB inventory for this collection includes 2,238,164 burden hours. In this submission, we are requesting a total of 1,487,634 hours. This represents an adjustment decrease of 750,530 hours. This adjustment decrease is a result of industry, specifically the respondents listed in A.8, supplying us with information that shows a reduced regulatory burden in terms of burden hours. For example as the BSEE SEMS requirements become well known, they become engrained in standard business practices that companies tell us have become customary and usual; reducing the regulator-imposed burden of SEMS. The current OMB non-hour cost burden inventory is $5,220,000. In this submission, we are requesting a total of $3,259,727. This represents an adjustment decrease of $1,960,273. The decrease is due to two factors: a reduction in the number of companies subject to the SEMS regulation and therefore SEMS auditing, and the market for outside audit services remaining competitive keeping the per audit cost near their historic rates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $882,512

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: K. Nicole Mason 703 787-1605 nicole.mason@bsee.gov