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OMB Control No: 1625-0015	ICR Reference No: 201201-1625-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200804-1625-005
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCG	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Bridge Permit Application Guide (BPAG)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/11/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/29/2012
Terms of Clearance: OMB reminds Coast Guard that the control number and its expiration date should be displayed on all instruction materials related to this information collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2013
Responses	92	0	65
Time Burden (Hours)	10,760	0	3,315
Cost Burden (Dollars)	14,450	0	0

Abstract: The U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Bridge Administration requires information obtained from the BPAG to evaluate navigational and environmental impacts of proposed bridge projects that cross the navigable waters of the U.S. Respondents include public and private bridge owners.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 33 USC 401 Name of Law: Navigation and Navigable Waters

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 61369	10/04/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 78289	12/16/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Bridge Permit Application Guide (BPAG)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	92	65	27
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,760	3,315	7,445
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	14,450	0	14,450

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: In June 2009, the Coast Guard Bridge Program conducted an internal workload management audit to better determine program output. This caused no additional public burden and due to this agency estimate the Coast Guard was able to better determine the actual burden hours and separate those burden hours into new low and high impact project categories. Total public burden hours of the Bridge Permit Program were an estimated 3,315 in FY 08. Actual public burden hours for FY 08 was 3,672, an increase of 357 burden hours using old calculation methods. There was no change to the information being collected; however, due to the internal workload management audit, the previous average number of 51 hours per response is no longer applicable. The new low and high impact projects categories more accurately capture the hours of response. Using the information from the audit it has been determined that it now requires 62 hours per response for low impact projects and 141 hours per response for high impact projects. This was the first year that the burden hours were broken out into low and high impact so there is no historical data available to show the adjustments for low and high impact projects. Total public burden hours for FY 11 are estimated at 10,760. Having adjusted the calculations, from this point on the Program anticipates typical changes in burden which are normally attributed to the number of bridge permit applications received, increased complexity of bridge projects and their impacts on the environment, as well as increases in the complexity of environmental laws. Depending upon the foregoing, future public burden hours may remain the same, increase or decrease. While historical data for FY 09 and FY 10 showed relatively moderate growth, FY 11 experienced a substantial increase in burden hours due to the previously mentioned documentation of work (25 work-in-progress applications) that has never before been captured. This agency estimate also identified a substantial increase in the estimated annualized cost to the Federal Government since the last OMB approval period. The cost estimates provided in section 14 above utilize the hourly workload estimates identified in the audit which were previously grossly underestimated. The ICR has been updated to capture the cost per respondent in ROCIS; the annual cost burden was not captured in the previous submission.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,129,503

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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: J. Christopher Jaufmann 202 372-1512

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