[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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