96-11764. Proposed Collection; Comment Request  

  • [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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Document Information

Published:
05/10/1996
Department:
Employment Standards Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-11764
Dates:
Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Pages:
21500-21500 (1 pages)
PDF File:
96-11764.pdf