96-23648. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48686-48687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23648]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to extend without change the 
existing collection of information listed below. The Commission is 
seeking public comments on the proposed extension.

DATES: Written Comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
November 15, 1996.

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

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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 pages will be accepted via FAX 
transmittal. This limitation is necessary to assure 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 for review at the 
Commission's library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 
20507 between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joachim Neckere, Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street, NW., Room 9222, 
Washington, DC 20507, [phone] or [phone] (TDD). A copy of 
the collection of information, EEOC Form 274, with instructions, may be 
obtained by contacting Mr. Neckere.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Collection Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Local Union Report 
EEO-3.
    OMB Control Number: 3046-0006.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 274.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Referral unions with 100 or more members.
    Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: 863.
    Description of Affected Public: Labor unions and similar labor 
organizations.
    Responses: 3,000.
    Reporting Hours: 4,500.
    Federal Cost: $43,500.00.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), require employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful employment 
practices have been or are being committed and to make reports 
therefrom as required by the Commission. Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1602.7, 
referral unions with 100 or more members are required to submit EEO-3 
reports biennially. The EEO-3 data collection program has existed since 
1967. The individual reports are confidential.
    EEO-3 data are used by the Commission to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against local referral unions. Pursuant to 
Section 709(d) of Title VII, EEO-3 data are shared with 89 state and 
local fair employment practices agencies, and with other federal 
agencies.
    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
minimal. The estimated number of respondents included in the EEO-3 
survey is 3,000 local unions. The estimated number of responses per 
respondent union is one EEO-3 report, taking an estimated one and one 
half hours to complete. The total number of annual burden hours 
therefore is estimated to be 4,500.
    This is an average burden estimate and is based on a long history 
(since 1985) of identical reporting experience. The burden is dependent 
on the size of the 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 as local unions 
appear less likely to have computerized record keeping and reporting 
capabilities.
    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, and OMB regulation 29 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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, 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 on the respondents, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., electronic submission of responses.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.

    For the Commission.
Maria Borrero,
Executive Director.
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