99-26790. Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55721-55722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26790]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Existing 
Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Local Union 
Report (EEO-3).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
(EEOC) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of the existing information 
collection listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
December 13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Frances M. Hart, Executive 
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507. As a 
convenience to commentators, the Executive Secretariat will accept 
comments transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. The telephone 
number of the FAX receiver is [phone]. (This is not a toll-free 
number.) Only comments of six or fewer

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pages will be accepted via FAX transmittal. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. Receipt of FAX 
transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the sender may 
request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive Secretariat 
staff at [phone] (voice) or [phone] (TDD). (These are not 
toll-free telephone numbers.) Copies of comments submitted by the 
public will be available to review at the Commission's library, Room 
6502, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507 between the hours of 9:30 
and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joachim Neckere, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L Street, NW, Room 9222, 
Washington, DC 20507, [phone] (voice) or [phone] (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission solicits public comment to 
enable it to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Collection Title: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
    OMB Number: 3046-0006.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Referral local unions with 100 or more members.
    Description of Affected Public: Referral local unions and 
independent or unaffiliated referral unions and similar labor 
organizations.
    Responses: 3,000.
    Reporting Hours: 3,000 (4,500 hours including recordkeeping).
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Federal Cost: $43,500.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers, employment 
agencies, and labor organizations to make and keep records relevant to 
a determination of whether unlawful employment practices have or are 
being committed and to make reports therefrom as required by the EEOC. 
Accordingly, the EEOC has issued regulations which set forth the 
reporting requirement for various kinds of labor organizations--
Referral local unions with 100 or more have been required to submit 
EEO-3 reports since 1967 (biennially since 1985). The individual 
reports are confidential.
    EEO-3 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of 
discrimination against referral local unions. In addition, the data are 
used to support EEOC decisions and conciliations, and for research. 
Pursuant to section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, EEO-3 data are also shared with 86 State and Local 
Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) and other government 
agencies.
    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this information 
collection is minimal. The estimated number of respondents included in 
the annual EEO-3 survey is 3,000 referral local unions. Since each 
union files one EEO-3 report, the number responses is 3,000. The total 
biennial reporting burden is estimated to be 3,000 hours, and total 
biennial reporting and recordkeeping burden is 4,500 hours.
    This is an average burden estimate and is based on a long history 
of reporting experience. The burden is dependent on the size of the 
referral local union and on the number of referrals made by the union 
during the reporting period. Smaller unions may well take under an hour 
to complete the report. Over the years, the Commission has reduced the 
reporting and record keeping burden by eliminating all local unions 
with fewer than 100 members, by requiring record keeping for a two 
month period only, by changing the data collection instrument, and by 
changing the frequency of the data collection from an annual to a 
biennial basis. Further reductions, such as filing by diskette or 
magnetic tape, have been less successful because referral local unions 
appear less likely to have computerized record keeping and reporting 
capabilities.

    Dated: October 6, 1999.

    For the Commission.
Ida L. Castro,
Chairwoman.
[FR Doc. 99-26790 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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