[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 63190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28053]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2003-16313]


Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection; Federal-Aid Highway Construction Equal Employment 
Opportunity, OMB Control Number: 2125-0019

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements in section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the 
intention of the FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to renew its clearance for the currently approved FHWA collection 
of information identified below under Supplementary Information.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2003-16313 by any of the following methods:
    [sbull] Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
    [sbull] Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    [sbull] Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    [sbull] Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 am and 5 
pm, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Public Comments Invited: Interested parties are invited to send 
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection, 
including, but not limited to: (1) The necessity and utility of the 
information collection for the proper performance of the functions of 
the FHWA; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) 
ways to minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. Comments submitted in response to this 
notice will be summarized and/or included in the requests for OMB's 
clearance of the following collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Federal-Aid Highway Construction Equal Employment 
Opportunity.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0019 (Expiration Date: January 31, 2004).
    Background: Title 23, part 140(a), requires the FHWA to ensure 
equal opportunity regarding contractors' employment practices on 
Federal-aid highway projects. To carry out this requirement the 
contractors must submit to the State highway agencies an annual report 
providing employment work force data, which includes the number of 
minorities, women, and non-minorities in each construction craft. This 
information is reported on Form PR-1391, Federal-Aid Highway 
Construction Contractors Summary of Employment Data. The statute also 
requires the State highway agencies to submit a report to the FHWA 
summarizing the data entered on the PR-1391 forms. This summary data is 
provided on Form PR-1392, Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors 
Summary of Employment Data. The FHWA uses this data to identify 
patterns and trends of employment in the highway construction industry, 
and to determine the adequacy and impacts of the FHWA's contract 
compliance and on-the-job training programs.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The FHWA estimates the total annual burden 
hours imposed on the public by this collection is 6,580 hours; i.e., 
2,080 hours is required by the 52 State highway agencies to complete 
and submit the Form PR-1392, and an additional 4,500 hours is required 
for 4,500 Federal-aid highway construction contractors to complete and 
submit the Form PR-1391.
    Number of Respondents: 52 State highway agencies and 4,500 Federal-
aid highway construction contractors.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Klemstine, (202) 366-6753, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of 
Civil Rights, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 140(a); 23 CFR 635.126; 29 U.S.C. 2; 23 
U.S.C. 123; 23 U.S.C. 116; 23 U.S.C. 130; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: November 3, 2003.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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