[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25435-25436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08758]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit 
Worker Protections

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of 
Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before May 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49 U.S.C. 5333(b), when Federal funds 
are used to acquire, improve, or operate a transit system, DOL must 
ensure that the recipient of those funds establishes arrangements to 
protect the rights of affected transit employees. Federal law requires 
such arrangements to be ``fair and equitable,'' and DOL must certify 
the arrangements before the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal 
Transit Administration (FTA) can award certain funds to grantees. 
Pursuant to 29 CFR part 215, upon receipt of copies of applications for 
Federal assistance subject to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) from the FTA, together 
with a request for the certification of employee protective 
arrangements from the Department of Labor, DOL will process those 
applications. This ICR contains the information collected when DOL 
refers for review the grant application and the proposed terms and 
conditions to unions representing transit employees in the service area 
of the project and to the applicant and/or sub-recipient. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2022 (87 FR 
78998).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years

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without renewal. The DOL notes that information collection requirements 
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month 
extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-OLMS.
    Title of Collection: Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit 
Worker Protections.
    OMB Control Number: 1245-0006.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 
Sector--Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,879.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,879.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 15,032 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

     Dated: April 20, 2023.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-08758 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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