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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
In tables 14 and 15, we show the cost savings to facilities that maintain required documentation at marine transfer areas in electronic format.90
These savings stem from assembling fewer Operations Manuals and Emergency Manuals.91 According to Coast Guard SMEs, a facility typically has two marine transfer areas. Each facility is currently required to keep a copy of their manuals at each marine transfer area in printed format, as the regulations that established this requirement were published before it was commonly accepted practice or even possible to access electronic records in a portable fashion.

Coast Guard SMEs projected that LNG/LHG facilities have a 50-percent likelihood of storing their manuals and amendments in electronic format at marine transfer areas, and MTR facilities have a 20-percent likelihood of storing them electronically.
The reason these percentages are low is because the adoption of electronic documents at these areas requires a facility to already be equipped to access electronic documentation at marine transfer areas.92 The cost of purchasing the new IT equipment for these purposes greatly offsets the cost savings from using electronic documentation, as facilities must have the necessary IT

infrastructure in place to experience the cost savings. As LNG/LHG facilities are typically more capital-intensive and modernized in terms of IT infrastructure than MTR facilities, they are more likely to use electronic documentation.
As stated previously, the costs to assemble manuals and amendments for LNG/LHG facilities was $9.50 and $1.69
each.93 Additionally, we have estimated the affected population for LNG/LHG facilities at 18 for manuals and 42 for amendments.94 Multiplying these numbers with an average of two marine transfer areas per facility resulted in the annual production cost savings figures shown in table 14.

TABLE 14ANNUAL LNG/LHG FACILITY PRODUCTION COST SAVINGS FOR MARINE TRANSFER AREAS
Instances of documents per year
Electronic document use at marine transfer areas %

Marine transfer areas per facility
Manuals
Amendments

18
42

50
50

2
2

$9.50
1.69

$171.00
70.98

Total

241.98

Marine transfer area cost savings:

As stated previously, we estimated the costs to assemble manuals and amendments, for MTR facilities, at $16.21 and $2.42 each.95 We have also
estimated the affected population at 261
manuals and 442 amendments for MTR
facilities.96 Multiplying these numbers with an average of two marine transfer
Production costs each
Annual production costs savings
areas per facility resulted in the annual production cost savings figures shown in table 15.

TABLE 15ANNUAL MTR FACILITY PRODUCTION COST SAVINGS FOR MARINE TRANSFER AREAS
Instances of documents per year
Electronic document use at marine transfer areas %

Marine transfer areas per facility
Manuals
Amendments

261
442

20
20

2
2

$16.21
2.42

$1,692.32
427.86

Total

2,120.18

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Marine transfer area cost savings:

Production costs each
Annual production costs savings
Cost Savings From Placing Electronic Versions of Operations Manuals at Marine Transfer Areas In tables 16 and 17, we show the labor cost savings to facilities that choose to retain electronic documents instead of printed documents at marine transfer areas. According to Coast Guard SMEs, normally a PIC or someone with a
similar background would place the printed copies at a facilitys marine transfer areas. Coast Guard SMEs estimated that it takes an hour to perform this function, due to the size of the facilities. The occupation best corresponding to the role of a PIC in the BLS occupational code series is First Line Supervisors of Production and
Operating Workers Occupational Code 511011, under NAICS 325000
Chemical Manufacturing.97 We found the mean wage for this occupation to be $36.07.98 We estimated the loaded wage rate to be $54.47.99
Using the estimated loaded labor rate of $54.47 per hour, multiplied by the affected populations discussed
90 This electronic documentation will be accessed via a device such as an electronic tablet.
91 LNG/LHG facilities must have Operations Manuals and Emergency Manuals at these locations, and MTR facilities have Operations Manuals only.
92 For example, through Wi-Fi or hardwire connection.
93 See tables 5 and 6 and the discussions accompanying them.
94 See discussion under the Affected Population section of this RA.

95 See tables 7 and 8 and the discussions accompanying them.
96 See discussion under the Affected Population section of this RA.
97 There is no comparable BLS occupational code 511011 under the BLSs NAICS 483000 Water Transportation.
98 May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 325000, https www.bls.gov/oes/2020/
May/naics3_325000.htm, downloaded April 16, 2021.

99 We estimated the loaded rate by accessing the latest available Bureau of Labor Statistics Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release USDL210437, March 18, 2021 https
www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf, referenced April 18, 2021, table 5, page 9. According to this document, for the production, transportation and material moving industry, benefits were $10.92 per hour while wages were $21.36 for a ratio of benefits to wages of 51 percent. $36.07 + $36.07
0.51 = $18.40 = $54.47.

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