[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11764]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed revision collection of OFCCP
Recordkeeping/Reporting: Construction.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before July 15, 1996. The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
* Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 219-7601 (this is not a toll-free number), fax 202-219-6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs enforces E.O.
11246, which prohibits employment discrimination because of race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin, and requires affirmative
action to ensure that persons are treated without regard to these
prohibited factors. The Order applies to Federal contractors and
subcontractors and to federally assisted construction contractors who
have contracts exceeding $10,000. In addition, OFCCP enforces Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which applies to Federal
contractors and subcontractors with a contract exceeding $10,000, and
the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, which
applies to Federal contractors and subcontractors with a contract of
$10,000 or more.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks to revise this information
collection. This revision is the result of the Program's decision to
eliminate the routine submission of Form CC-257, which collects race
and gender information on construction employees, classified by trade.
The program has also reevaluated the burden effect of existing
recordkeeping responsibilities, which results in a small increase in
recordkeeping hours.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping/Reporting: Construction.
OMB Number: 1215-0163.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-Profit
Institutions, Small businesses or organizations.
Total Recordkeepers: 100,000.
Total Reporting Responses: 1,303.
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Average
Respondents hours per Frequency Total Subtotal
response responses hours
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Recordkeeping:
100,000................................... 48 Rcdkpg........................ 100,000 4,800,000
(2,061 of above, Affirmative Action 15.107 Rcdkpg........................ 2,061 31,136
Plan).
Reporting:
(1,283 of above, Compliance Reviews)...... 3 Annually...................... 1,283 3,849
5 (Hometown Plans)........................ .42 Quarterly..................... 20 8
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Total Hours: 4,834,993.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $7.00.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: May 6, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Director, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-11764 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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