[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50542-50543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24265]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs
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 and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection of the
registered apprenticeship programs under Title 29 CFR Part 29 (Labor
Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs). A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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's section below on or before November 16, 1999.
ADDRESSEES: Anthony Swoope, Director, Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Room 4649, Washington, DC 20210;
E-mail Internet address: aswoope@doleta.gov; Telephone number: (202)
219-5921 (this is not a toll-free number); Fax number: (202) 219-5011
(this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Apprenticeship Act of 1937 authorizes and directs the
Secretary of Labor ``to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor
standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend
the application of such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof
in contracts of apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor
for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship, to cooperate with
State agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of
apprenticeship, and to cooperate with the Office of Education under the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare * * *. ``Section 2 of the
Act authorizes the Secretary of Labor to ``publish information relating
to existing and proposed labor standards of apprenticeship,'' and to
``appoint national advisory Committees * * *.'' (29 U.S.C. 50a).
Title 29 CFR Part 29 sets forth labor standards to safeguard the
welfare of apprentices, and to extend the application of such standards
by prescribing policies and procedures concerning registration, for
certain Federal purposes, of acceptable apprenticeship programs with
the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. These labor standards, policies
and procedures cover the registration, cancellation, and deregistration
of apprenticeship programs and the apprenticeship agreements; the
recognition of a State agency as the appropriate agency for registering
local apprenticeship programs for certain Federal purposes; and matters
relating thereto.
II. Review Focus
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.
III. Current Actions
Recordkeeping and data collection activities regarding registered
apprenticeship are by-products of the registration system.
Organizations which apply for apprenticeship sponsorship enter into an
agreement with the agreement with the Federal Government or cognizant
State government to operate their proposed programs consistent with 29
CFR Part 29. Apprenticeship sponsors are not required to file reports
regarding their apprentices other than individual registration and
update information as an apprentice moves through their program. This
extension request includes instructions for completing Item 9.,
Apprenticeship wages, on ETA Form 671.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Title 29 CFR Part 29, Labor Standards for the Registration
of Apprenticeship Programs.
OMB Number: 1205-0223 for 29 CFR Part 29.
OMB Number: 1205-0223 for 29 CFR Part 29.
Agency Number: ETA Form 671.
Recordkeeping: Apprenticeship sponsors are required to keep
accurate records on the recruitment, selection, employment and training
of each apprentices pertaining to determination of compliance with the
regulation. Records must be retained, where appropriate, regarding
affirmative action plans and evidence that qualification
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standards have been validated. State Apprenticeship Councils are also
obligated to keep adequate records pertaining to determination of
compliance with these regulations. All of the above records are
required to be maintained for five years. If this information was not
required, there would be no documentation that the apprenticeship
programs were being operated in a nondiscriminatory manner. Many
apprenticeship programs are 4 years or more in duration; therefore, it
is important to maintain the records for at least 5 years.
Affected Public: Apprentices, Sponsors, State Apprenticeship
Councils or Agencies, Tribal Government.
ETA Form 671.
Total Respondents: 197,278
Frequency: 1-time basis.
Total Responses: 197, 278.
Average Time per Response: See Chart.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 39,200.
or chart for multiple forms/information collections
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Total Total
Sec. respondents Frequency responses Average time per response Burden
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29.3................................... 110,540 1-time basis................... 110,540 \1/4\ hour/app................ 27,635
29.6................................... 84,435 1-time basis................... 84,435 \1/12\ hour/app............... 7,036
29.5................................... 2,263 1-time basis................... 2,263 2 hours....................... 4,526
29.7................................... 40 1-time basis................... 40 \1/12\ hr/spon................ 3.3
29.12.................................. 30 1-time basis................... .............. .............................. ..............
29.13.................................. .............. ............................... .............. .............................. ..............
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Totals............................. .............. ............................... 197,278 .............................. 39,200
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: September 14, 1999.
Anthony Swoope,
Director, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
[FR Doc. 99-24265 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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