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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules VI. Regulatory Analyses We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes and Executive orders related to rulemaking.
A summary of our analyses based on these statutes or Executive orders follows.
A. Regulatory Planning and Review Executive Orders 12866 Regulatory Planning and Review and 13563
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review direct agencies to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity. Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility.
The Office of Management and Budget OMB has not designated this proposed rule a significant regulatory action under section 3f of Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, OMB has not reviewed it. A summary of the proposed rules impacts are presented below and a more detailed discussion on the estimated cost savings of this rule follows.
As discussed earlier in the preamble, this proposed rule would provide applicants for an MMC endorsement as master of towing vessels limited or
mate pilot of towing vessels on inland waters or Western Rivers routes the option to take a modified basic firefighting course instead of the basic firefighting course. Specifically, this firefighting course would eliminate training on firefighting equipment that is not required to be carried on towing vessels operating on inland waters or Western Rivers routes. Because the modified firefighting course is expected to be shorter in duration and lower in cost than a basic firefighting course, we anticipate eligible mariners will take the modified course. The Coast Guard requests comments on this assumption.
We estimate that this proposed rule would result in a 10-year net cost savings of $835,225, or $118,917
annualized, in 2020 dollars, discounted at 7 percent. The annual cost savings for mariners is approximately $123,598 in undiscounted 2020 dollars from the second year onward. The savings would stem from reduced hours spent in training and reduced tuition for firefighting training necessary for an endorsement as master or mate pilot of towing vessels on inland waters or Western Rivers routes.14
We estimate that this proposed rule would result in a one-time cost to course providers to develop a modified basic firefighting course and submit the course to the Coast Guard for approval.
There would also be a one-time cost to the Government resulting from Coast Guard employees reviewing and approving these new courses. Under
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existing 46 CFR 10.402d and f, there will be ongoing costs to both the course providers and the government every 5
years to renew the modified basic firefighting course. We anticipate course providers that offer the modified basic firefighting course to also continue to provide a basic firefighting course because these courses would serve additional markets. We request comment on whether course providers that plan to offer a modified basic firefighting course would continue to offer a basic firefighting course.
In the first year, we estimate the costs in 2020 dollars to industry would be $8,444 and the cost to the Government would be $15,988. These costs would not recur after the first year, but there would be ongoing costs for renewal of course approvals every 5 years resulting in costs to industry of $1,044 and costs to the Government of $14,029. The 10year net cost savings would be $835,225, or $118,917 annualized, in 2020 dollars, discounted at 7 percent.
We do not estimate that there would be any reduction in safety or benefits between the current basic firefighting training and a modified firefighting training, as the modified training would be better suited for the equipment common to the relevant towing vessels.
Table 1 summarizes these results. In the following subsections, we describe the changes, the affected population, the potential costs, the potential cost savings, and the qualitative benefits in further detail.

TABLE 1SUMMARY OF THE NPRM
Category
Summary
Applicability

Update 46 CFR part 11 in order to permit a modified basic firefighting course for national endorsements as master and mate pilot of towing vessels on inland waters or Western Rivers routes.
An estimated 23 course providers and 381 applicants for master or mate pilot towing vessels would take a modified firefighting course in order to qualify for their endorsement. This is a one-time training requirement for mariners.
One-time Costs: $8,444; Recurring Costs: $1,044 every 5 years.
One-time Costs: $15,988; Recurring Costs: $14,029 every 5 years.
10-year: $868,103.
Annualized: $123,598.
Firefighting courses that are more tailored to the credential endorsement.

Affected Population
Costs to Industry $, 7% discount rate
Costs to the Government $, 7% discount rate Cost Savings $, 7% discount rate
Qualitative Benefits

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Description of Regulatory Changes This proposed rule would result in two changes that would have potential costs and potential cost savings. First, course providers would have the opportunity to develop a modified
firefighting course and submit the course to the Coast Guard for approval.
Consequently, this proposed rule would initially result in costs to course providers for developing the course, and to the government for reviewing and approving the modified basic
firefighting courses. Second, applicants would likely experience cost savings by taking shorter and less costly modified basic firefighting courses rather than the longer basic firefighting courses. The Coast Guard requests comments on all aspects of this analysis and in particular
14 Operating on the Great Lakes is treated separately from operating on inland waters or Western Rivers. Routes on the Great Lakes would require the same firefighting training as near-coastal routes.

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