[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 6392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2776]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Emergency Extension

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection--Emergency extension without 
change: Local Union Report (EEO-3).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
an emergency extension of the Local Union Report (EEO-3), on January 
20, 2010, to be effective after the January 31, 2010 expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street, NE., Room 4SW30F, 
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC has collected information from 
local unions on the EEO-3 form since 1966 (biennially since 1985).

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
    OMB Number: 3046-0006.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Referral local unions with 100 or more members.
    Description of Affected Public: Referral local unions and 
independent or unaffiliated referral unions and similar labor 
organizations.
    Responses: 1,399.
    Reporting Hours: 4,500 (including recordkeeping).
    Cost to Respondents: $85,000.
    Federal Cost: $60,000.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 274.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires labor organizations to 
make and keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful 
employment practices have been or are being committed and to produce 
reports from the data. The EEOC issued regulations requiring referral 
local unions with 100 or more members to submit EEO-3 reports. The 
individual reports are confidential. The EEOC uses EEO-3 data to 
investigate charges of discrimination and for research.
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the biennial EEO-3 survey is 1,399 referral unions. The form is 
estimated to impose 4,500 burden hours biennially. In order to help 
reduce survey burden, respondents are encouraged to report data 
electronically whenever possible.

    Dated: January 29, 2010.
Stuart J. Ishimaru,
Acting Chairman, for the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-2776 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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