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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules TABLE 1ESTIMATED COST BREAKDOWN
Task
Wireless 3,715

On-site Reviews
Communications Site Management Plans
Program Oversight and Management Salary, benefits, and overhead costs
Staff training
Access

$2,799,215.35
435,984.69

$0.00
0.00

$2,799,215.35
435,984.69

$753.49
117.36

1,542,616.60
108,960.95
300,000000

184,366.56
13,022.52
0.00

1,726,983.16
121,983.47
300,000.00

415.24
29.33
80.75

Total

5,186,777.59

197,389.08

5,384,166.67

1,396.17

1,400 rounded
444.57

400 rounded
Total Share for Wireless Authorizations $5,186,777.59/3715
Total Share for Fiber Optic Cable Authorizations $197,389.08/444.

To determine the two annual programmatic administrative fees, the Agency first estimated the total annual programmatic administrative costs for its communications use program, including the costs of on-site reviews of authorized communications sites, preparation of communications site management plans, hiring and training personnel for the communications use program, land use fee billing and collection, and obtaining or improving access to communications sites. Those costs were then allocated between communications use authorizations for wireless uses and communications use authorizations for fiber optic cable. The total costs for each authorization type was then prorated to divide the total equally among all communications use authorizations of each type: 3,715
wireless authorizations and 444 fiber optic authorizations. As shown in Table 1 above and explained in further detail below, fiber optic cable authorizations are not allocated the costs of on-site reviews of communications sites, preparation of communications site management plans, or obtaining or improving access to communications sites because those costs are not incurred in connection with those authorizations. All other annual programmatic administrative costs were allocated to communications use authorizations for wireless uses and fiber optic cable.

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On-Site Reviews Annual costs of on-site reviews of communications sites were allocated only to communications use authorizations for wireless uses. This is because wireless use authorizations involve installation, operation, and maintenance of above-ground communications facilities such as towers, which require annual on-site reviews. However, fiber optic cable authorizations typically do not require on-site reviews because fiber optic cable
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is buried or co-located on other infrastructure, such as a utility line.
The total annual estimated cost of onsite reviews of communications sites on NFS lands is approximately $2,800,000.
The estimate of $2,800,000 is based on the cost to conduct an annual on-site review of each of the 1,367
communications sites on NFS lands, including:
Reviewing any pertinent information related to communications sites and authorized uses;
Notifying and coordinating with communications use authorization holders regarding on-site reviews;
Traveling to and from communications sites;
Conducting on-site reviews, including gathering data for development and implementation of the communications site management plans governing all communications uses at each site and ensuring that technical and administrative requirements for management of each site are being met to provide for compatibility of communications uses;
Documenting and approving maintenance activities;
Preparing a report and any followup correspondence; and Entering data into the Special Uses Data System and conducting any needed follow-up.
On average, this work is conducted by a General Schedule GS-11, step 1, employee at a daily rate of $326. The daily rate was based on the yearly salary in 2019 for a GS11, step 1, employee of $62,236, plus estimated employee benefits e.g., health insurance and retirement benefits of $22,764, or $85,000 per year. The daily rate was calculated by dividing the yearly salary and benefits of $85,000 by 2,087 hours per year the divisor used by the Office of Personnel Management to compute federal employees cost-to-government hourly rate and multiplying the quotient of $40.73 per hour by 8 hours, a typical workday, which equals
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4,159 wireless & fiber optic cable.
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$325.84, or $326 rounded to the nearest dollar. On-site reviews of authorized communications uses take approximately 2.125 days to complete, or $692.75 for employee salary, plus $60.74 for vehicle expenses 2 days of vehicle use at $11.87 per day and an estimated 100 miles driven at $0.37 per mile, for a total estimated cost of $753.49 annually per authorization. The total annual estimated cost of $2,800,000 for on-site reviews of communications sites was determined by multiplying the annual estimated cost of $753.49 per authorization by 3,715, the total number of communications use authorizations for wireless uses, rounded.
Communications Site Management Plans Similar to the cost of on-site reviews, annual costs of development, approval, and maintenance of communications site management plans were also allocated only to communications use authorizations for wireless uses.
Wireless use authorizations are subject to a communications site management plan to facilitate orderly development of communications sites, ensure authorized uses are compatible, and provide for a safe and high-quality communications environment. Fiber optic cable authorizations do not need a communications site management plan because fiber optic cable is buried or co-located on other infrastructure and cannot cause interference concerns.
For development, approval, and maintenance of communications site management plans, the Agency estimated a total annual programmatic administrative cost of $436,000. This estimate was based on the cost of completing or updating 137
communications site management plans per year, given that there are 1,367
communications sites on NFS lands and standard Agency practice requires communications site management plans to be updated every 10 years to keep
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