[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 171 (Friday, September 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45878-45879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21342]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[OMB Control No. 1205-0224]


Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for Title 29 
CFR Part 30, Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship and 
Training, Extension Without Changes

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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 collection of data concerning Title 29 CFR Part 
30, Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Training, Form ETA-
9039, that expires on December 31, 2009. 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 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to John V. Ladd, Administrator, 
Office of Apprenticeship, Room N-5311, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2796 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-2808. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The National Apprenticeship Act of 1937, Section 50 (29 U.S.C. 50), 
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 Secretary of Education in accordance with Section 17 
of Title 20.'' Section 50a 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 30 sets forth policies and procedures to promote 
equality of opportunity in apprenticeship programs registered with the 
U.S. Department of Labor and recognized State Apprenticeship Agencies. 
These policies and procedures apply to

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recruitment and selection of apprentices, and to all conditions of 
employment and training during apprenticeship. The procedures provide 
for review of apprenticeship programs, for registering apprenticeship 
programs, for processing complaints, and for deregistering non-
complying apprenticeship programs. This part also provides policies and 
procedures for continuation or withdrawal of recognition of State 
agencies which register apprenticeship programs for Federal purposes.

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

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Title 29 CFR Part 30, Equal Employment Opportunity in 
Apprenticeship Training.
    OMB Number: 1205-0224.
    Affected Public: Applicants, Apprentices, Sponsors, State 
Apprenticeship Agencies or Councils, Tribal Government.
    Form: ETA 9039.
    Total Respondents: 26,700.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,562.

                                      Summary of Burden for 29 CFR Part 30
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                                                                  Total        Average time per     Burden (In
       Sec.         Total  respondents       Frequency          responses          response            hrs)
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30.3.............  1,290..............  1-time basis.......           1,290  \1/2\ hr/spon......             645
30.4.............  180................  1-time basis.......             180  1 hr/spon..........             180
30.5.............  5,900..............  1-time basis.......           5,900  \1/2\ hr/spon......           2,950
30.6.............  50.................  1-time basis.......              50  5 hrs/spon.........             250
30.8.............  26,700.............  1-time/program.....          26,700  1 min/spon.........             445
30.8.............  28 State Agencies..  1-time basis.......          12,800  5 min/spon.........           1,067
30.11............  26,700.............  1 time.............          26,700  Handout............
ETA 9039.........  50 appl/appr.......  1-time basis.......              50  \1/2\ hr...........              25
30.15............  30 State Agencies..  1 time.............           (\1\)
30.19............  28 State Agencies..  Varies.............  ..............  ...................  ..............
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    Totals.......  26,700.............  ...................          46,920  ...................           5,562
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\1\ Completed.

    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.

    Signed the 28th day of August 2009, in Washington, DC.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21342 Filed 9-3-09; 8:45 am]
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