diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
index db9549f76e..dd3997a4b0 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
 import UserLookup from 'wherehows-web/services/user-lookup';
 import CurrentUser from 'wherehows-web/services/current-user';
 import { IOwner } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/owners';
-import { ownerAlreadyExists, confirmOwner, updateOwner } from 'wherehows-web/constants/datasets/owner';
-import { isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed, OwnerSource, OwnerType } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
+import {
+  ownerAlreadyExists,
+  confirmOwner,
+  updateOwner,
+  minRequiredConfirmedOwners
+} from 'wherehows-web/constants/datasets/owner';
+import {
+  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed,
+  OwnerSource,
+  OwnerType,
+  validConfirmedOwners
+} from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
 import Notifications, { NotificationEvent } from 'wherehows-web/services/notifications';
 
 /**
@@ -79,6 +89,15 @@ export default class DatasetAuthors extends Component {
     return isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed(get(this, 'confirmedOwners'));
   });
 
+  /**
+   * Counts the number of valid confirmed owners needed to make changes to the dataset
+   * @type {ComputedProperty<number>}
+   * @memberof DatasetAuthors
+   */
+  ownersRequiredCount: ComputedProperty<number> = computed('confirmedOwners.[]', function(this: DatasetAuthors) {
+    return minRequiredConfirmedOwners - validConfirmedOwners(get(this, 'confirmedOwners')).length;
+  });
+
   /**
    * Lists the owners that have be confirmed view the client ui
    * @type {ComputedProperty<Array<IOwner>>}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
index a97b746af1..114e8bf2fd 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ function updateOwner<K extends keyof IOwner>(
  * Sets the `confirmedBy` attribute to the currently logged in user
  * @param {IOwner} owner the owner to be updated
  * @param {string} confirmedBy the userName of the confirming user
- * @returns {(Array<IOwner> | void)}
+ * @returns {IOwner.confirmedBy}
  */
-const confirmOwner = (owner: IOwner, confirmedBy: string): null | string =>
+const confirmOwner = (owner: IOwner, confirmedBy: string): IOwner['confirmedBy'] =>
   set(owner, 'confirmedBy', confirmedBy || null);
 /**
  * Defines the default properties for a newly created IOwner instance
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-author/_dataset-author.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-author/_dataset-author.scss
index 7e4ecabb19..23aa697ac2 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-author/_dataset-author.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-author/_dataset-author.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ $owner-list-issue-color: set-color(red, maroonflush);
     font-size: 20px;
     font-weight: fw(normal, 4);
   }
+
+  &__required-count {
+    height: item-spacing(4);
+  }
 }
 
 .dataset-author-record {
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-authors.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-authors.hbs
index 71a9030041..8cc725ad5c 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-authors.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-authors.hbs
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
   </div>
 </section>
 
-{{#if requiredMinNotConfirmed}}
+<p class="dataset-author__required-count">
+  {{#if requiredMinNotConfirmed}}
 
-  <p>
-    Add <strong>at least {{sub 2 confirmedOwners.length}}</strong> confirmed owner(s) with ID Type - <code>USER</code>
+    Add <strong>at least {{ownersRequiredCount}}</strong> owner(s) with ID Type - <code>USER</code>
     and Owner Type - <code>Owner</code>
-  </p>
 
-{{/if}}
+  {{/if}}
+</p>
 
 <section class="dataset-author">
   <header>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       </h2>
 
       <p class="dataset-author__byline">
-        These are dataset ownership records, suggested based information derived from the source metadata.
+        These are dataset ownership records, suggested based on information derived from the source metadata.
       </p>
     </header>
 
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/typings/ember-concurrency.d.ts b/wherehows-web/app/typings/ember-concurrency.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de0d70dfd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/typings/ember-concurrency.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+declare module 'ember-concurrency' {
+  export function timeout(delay: number): Promise<void>;
+  import ComputedProperty from '@ember/object/computed';
+  import RSVP from 'rsvp';
+
+  export enum TaskInstanceState {
+    Dropped = 'dropped',
+    Canceled = 'canceled',
+    Finished = 'finished',
+    Running = 'running',
+    Waiting = 'waiting'
+  }
+
+  export interface TaskProperty<T> extends ComputedProperty<T> {
+    cancelOn(eventNames: string[]): this;
+    debug(): this;
+    drop(): this;
+    enqueue(): this;
+    group(groupPath: string): this;
+    keepLatest(): this;
+    maxConcurrency(n: number): this;
+    on(eventNames: string[]): this;
+    restartable(): this;
+  }
+
+  export interface TaskInstance<T> extends PromiseLike<T> {
+    readonly error?: any;
+    readonly hasStarted: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isCanceled: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isDropped: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isError: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isFinished: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isRunning: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly isSuccessful: ComputedProperty<boolean>;
+    readonly state: ComputedProperty<TaskInstanceState>;
+    readonly value?: T;
+    cancel(): void;
+    catch: () => RSVP.Promise<any>;
+    finally: () => RSVP.Promise<any>;
+    then<TResult1 = T, TResult2 = never>(
+      onfulfilled?: ((value: T) => TResult1 | RSVP.Promise<TResult1>) | undefined | null,
+      onrejected?: ((reason: any) => TResult2 | PromiseLike<TResult2>) | undefined | null
+    ): RSVP.Promise<TResult1 | TResult2>;
+  }
+
+  export enum TaskState {
+    Running = 'running',
+    Queued = 'queued',
+    Idle = 'idle'
+  }
+
+  type Task<T, P> = TaskProperty<T> &
+    ComputedProperty<{ perform: P }> & {
+      readonly isIdle: boolean;
+      readonly isQueued: boolean;
+      readonly isRunning: boolean;
+      readonly last?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastCanceled?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastComplete?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastErrored?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastIncomplete?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastPerformed?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastRunning?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly lastSuccessful?: TaskInstance<T>;
+      readonly performCount: number;
+      readonly state: TaskState;
+      cancelAll(): void;
+    };
+
+  export function task<T, A>(generatorFn: (a: A) => Iterator<T>): Task<T, (a: A) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+
+  export function task<T, A1, A2>(
+    generatorFn: (a1: A1, a2: A2) => Iterator<T>
+  ): Task<T, (a1: A1, a2: A2) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+
+  export function task<T, A1, A2, A3>(
+    generatorFn: (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3) => Iterator<T>
+  ): Task<T, (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+
+  export function task<T, A1, A2, A3, A4>(
+    generatorFn: (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4) => Iterator<T>
+  ): Task<T, (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+
+  export function task<T, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5>(
+    generatorFn: (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4, a5: A5) => Iterator<T>
+  ): Task<T, (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4, a5: A5) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+
+  export function task<T, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6>(
+    generatorFn: (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4, a6: A6) => Iterator<T>
+  ): Task<T, (a1: A1, a2: A2, a3: A3, a4: A4, a5: A5, a6: A6) => TaskInstance<T>>;
+}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/typings/untyped-js-module.d.ts b/wherehows-web/app/typings/untyped-js-module.d.ts
index d7b9ef5257..8ef543215b 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/typings/untyped-js-module.d.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/typings/untyped-js-module.d.ts
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@ declare module 'wherehows-web/utils/datasets/compliance-policy';
 
 declare module 'ember-cli-mirage';
 
-declare module 'ember-concurrency' {
-  class TaskInstance {}
-  class TaskProperty {
-    perform(...args: Array<any>): TaskInstance;
-    on(): this;
-    cancelOn(eventNames: string): this;
-    debug(): this;
-    drop(): this;
-    restartable(): this;
-    enqueue(): this;
-    keepLatest(): this;
-    performs(): this;
-    maxConcurrency(n: number): this;
-  }
-  export function task(...args: Array<any>): TaskProperty;
-  export function timeout(delay: number): Promise<void>;
-}
-
 // https://github.com/ember-cli/ember-fetch/issues/72
 // TS assumes the mapping btw ES modules and CJS modules is 1:1
 // However, `ember-fetch` is the module name, but it's imported with `fetch`
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
index 9f43f4a7ec..1a053086c9 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { getJSON, postJSON } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/fetcher';
 /**
  * Defines a string enum for valid owner types
  */
-export enum OwnerIdType {
+enum OwnerIdType {
   User = 'USER',
   Group = 'GROUP'
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export enum OwnerIdType {
  * Defines the string enum for the OwnerType attribute
  * @type {string}
  */
-export enum OwnerType {
+enum OwnerType {
   Owner = 'Owner',
   Consumer = 'Consumer',
   Delegate = 'Delegate',
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ export enum OwnerType {
 /**
  * Accepted string values for the namespace of a user
  */
-export enum OwnerUrnNamespace {
+enum OwnerUrnNamespace {
   corpUser = 'urn:li:corpuser',
   groupUser = 'urn:li:corpGroup'
 }
 
-export enum OwnerSource {
+enum OwnerSource {
   Scm = 'SCM',
   Nuage = 'NUAGE',
   Sos = 'SOS',
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const partyEntitiesUrl = `${ApiRoot}/party/entities`;
  * @param {number} id the dataset Id
  * @return {Promise<Array<IOwner>>} the current list of dataset owners
  */
-export const readDatasetOwners = async (id: number): Promise<Array<IOwner>> => {
+const readDatasetOwners = async (id: number): Promise<Array<IOwner>> => {
   const { owners = [], status, msg } = await getJSON<IOwnerResponse>({ url: datasetOwnersUrlById(id) });
   if (status === ApiStatus.OK) {
     return owners.map(owner => ({
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const readDatasetOwners = async (id: number): Promise<Array<IOwner>> => {
  * @param {Array<IOwner>} updatedOwners the updated list of owners for this dataset
  * @return {Promise<IOwnerPostResponse>}
  */
-export const updateDatasetOwners = async (
+const updateDatasetOwners = async (
   id: number,
   csrfToken: string,
   updatedOwners: Array<IOwner>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export const updateDatasetOwners = async (
  * Requests party entities and if the response status is OK, resolves with an array of entities
  * @return {Promise<Array<IPartyEntity>>}
  */
-export const readPartyEntities = async (): Promise<Array<IPartyEntity>> => {
+const readPartyEntities = async (): Promise<Array<IPartyEntity>> => {
   const { status, userEntities = [], msg } = await getJSON<IPartyEntityResponse>({ url: partyEntitiesUrl });
   return status === ApiStatus.OK ? userEntities : Promise.reject(msg);
 };
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export const readPartyEntities = async (): Promise<Array<IPartyEntity>> => {
  * userEntitiesSource property is also lazy evaluated and cached for app lifetime.
  * @type {() => Promise<IPartyProps>}
  */
-export const getUserEntities: () => Promise<IPartyProps> = (() => {
+const getUserEntities: () => Promise<IPartyProps> = (() => {
   /**
    * Memoized reference to the resolved value of a previous invocation to curried function in getUserEntities
    * @type {{result: IPartyProps | null}}
@@ -177,18 +177,40 @@ export const getUserEntities: () => Promise<IPartyProps> = (() => {
  * @param {Array<IPartyEntity>} partyEntities
  * @return {IUserEntityMap}
  */
-export const readPartyEntitiesMap = (partyEntities: Array<IPartyEntity>): IUserEntityMap =>
+const readPartyEntitiesMap = (partyEntities: Array<IPartyEntity>): IUserEntityMap =>
   partyEntities.reduce(
     (map: { [label: string]: string }, { label, displayName }: IPartyEntity) => ((map[label] = displayName), map),
     {}
   );
 
+/**
+ * Filters out a list of valid confirmed owners in a list of owners
+ * @param {Array<IOwner>} [owners=[]] the owners to filter
+ * @returns {Array<IOwner>}
+ */
+const validConfirmedOwners = (owners: Array<IOwner> = []): Array<IOwner> =>
+  owners.filter(
+    ({ confirmedBy, type, idType }) => confirmedBy && type === OwnerType.Owner && idType === OwnerIdType.User
+  );
+
 /**
  * Checks that the required minimum number of confirmed users is met with the type Owner and idType User
  * @param {Array<IOwner>} owners the list of owners to check
  * @return {boolean}
  */
-export const isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed = (owners: Array<IOwner> = []): boolean =>
-  owners.filter(
-    ({ confirmedBy, type, idType }) => confirmedBy && type === OwnerType.Owner && idType === OwnerIdType.User
-  ).length < minRequiredConfirmed;
+const isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed = (owners: Array<IOwner> = []): boolean =>
+  validConfirmedOwners(owners).length < minRequiredConfirmed;
+
+export {
+  validConfirmedOwners,
+  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed,
+  readDatasetOwners,
+  readPartyEntities,
+  readPartyEntitiesMap,
+  getUserEntities,
+  updateDatasetOwners,
+  OwnerIdType,
+  OwnerType,
+  OwnerUrnNamespace,
+  OwnerSource
+};