[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 80307-80308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32310]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

29 CFR Parts 29 and 30

RIN 1205-AB59


Apprenticeship Programs; Equal Employment Opportunity; Extension 
of Comment Period

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) issued a proposed rule in 
the Federal Register of November 6, 2015 [80 FR 68907], concerning 
proposed updates to the equal opportunity regulations that implement 
the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. This document extends the 
comment period an additional 15 days, from January 5, 2016, to January 
20, 2016. The Department received a request for additional time to 
develop comments on the proposed rulemaking. The Department is 
therefore extending the comment period in order to give all interested 
persons the opportunity to comment fully.

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
proposed rule on or before January 20, 2016. The comment period for the 
proposed rule published on November 6, 2015 (80 FR 68907) is extended. 
Comments, identified by RIN 1205-AB59, must be received on or before 
January 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Regulatory 
Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB59, by any one of the following 
methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Please submit all written 
comments (including disk and CD-ROM submissions) to Adele Gagliardi, 
Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research, Employment 
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
    Please submit your comments by only one method and within the 
designated comment period. Comments received by means other than those 
listed above or received after the comment period has closed will not 
be reviewed. The Department will post all comments received on http://www.regulations.gov without making any change to the comments, 
including any personal information provided. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all 
comments posted there are available and accessible to the public. The 
Department cautions commenters against including personal information 
such as Social Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, 
and email addresses in their comments as such information will become 
viewable by the public on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. It 
is the commenter's responsibility to safeguard his or her information. 
Comments submitted through http://www.regulations.gov will not include 
the commenter's email address unless the commenter chooses to include 
that information as part of his or her comment. Postal delivery in 
Washington, DC, may be delayed due to security concerns. Therefore, the 
Department encourages the public to submit comments through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. The Department will also make all the comments it 
receives available for public inspection during normal business hours 
at the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Policy 
Development and Research at the above address. If you need assistance 
to review the comments, the Department will provide you with 
appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. The Department 
will make copies of the rule available, upon request, in large print 
and as an electronic file on computer disk. The Department will 
consider providing the proposed rule in other formats upon request. To 
schedule an appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the rule 
in an alternate format, contact the ETA Office of Policy Development 
and Research at (202) 693-3700 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number) 
or 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Adele Gagliardi, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, ETA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone 
(202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with 
hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number above via 
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register proposed rule of November 6, 
2015. In that document, the Department proposed amendments to its 
regulations governing equal opportunity regulations that implement the 
National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. These regulations prohibit 
discrimination in registered apprenticeship on the basis of race, 
color, religion, national origin, and sex, and require that sponsors of 
registered apprenticeship programs take affirmative action to provide 
equal opportunity in such programs. The Department is hereby extending 
the comment period, which was set to end on January 5, 2016 to January 
20, 2016.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Parts 29 and 30

    Administrative practice and procedure, Apprenticeship, Employment, 
Equal employment opportunity, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Training.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-32310 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am]
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