Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests, 91957-91958 [2016-30384]
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functions; (2) of employees the
employer reasonably suspects of
involvement in a workplace incident
resulting in economic loss or injury to
the employer’s business; (3) of some
prospective employees of private
armored cars, security alarm and
security guard firms; and (4) of some
current and prospective employees of
certain firms authorized to manufacture,
distribute, or dispense controlled
substances. The WHD may assess civil
money penalties of up to $19,787
against employers who violate any
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annually due to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015. On
November 2, 2015, President Obama
signed into law the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 to advance
the effectiveness of civil money
penalties and to strengthen their
deterrent effect. Outdated penalties are
a problem because civil penalties are
less effective when they do not keep
pace with the cost of living. The new
law directs agencies across the federal
government to adjust their penalties for
inflation each year in January.
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;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
• 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;
• 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: The Department
of Labor seeks an approval for the
extension of this information collection
in order to ensure effective
administration of the Employee
Polygraph Protection Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: Application of the Employee
Polygraph Protection Act.
OMB Number: 1235–0005.
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms,
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 593,400.
Total Annual Responses: 593,400.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
68,739.
Estimated Time per Response: 30–45
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operation/
maintenance): $0.
Dated: December 12, 2016.
Melissa Smith,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation
and Interpretation.
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concerning the proposed extension of
the Application for Mediation Services
and is interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the agency; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of
burden accurate; (4) how might the
agency enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the agency
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use of information technology.
Dated: December 13, 2016.
Samantha Jones,
Assistant Chief of Staff, Administration,
National Mediation Board.
Application for Mediation Services
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
National Mediation Board.
The Assistant Chief of Staff,
Administration invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments within 30 days from
the date of this publication.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) provide interested Federal
agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The Assistant
Chief of Staff, Administration publishes
that notice containing proposed
information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB.
Each proposed information collection
contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g. new, revision
extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Record keeping burden. OMB invites
public comment.
Currently, the National Mediation
Board is soliciting comments
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Application for Mediation
Services, OMB Number: 3140–0002.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Carrier and Union
Officials, and employees of railroads
and airlines.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 50 annually.
Burden Hours: 12.50.
Abstract: Section 5, First of the
Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C., 155, First,
provides that both, or either, of the
parties to the labor-management dispute
may invoke the mediation services of
the National Mediation Board. Congress
has determined that it is in the nation’s
best interest to provide for governmental
mediation as the primary dispute
resolution mechanism to resolve labormanagement disputes in the railroad
and airline industries. The Railway
Labor Act is silent as to how the
invocation of mediation is to be
accomplished and the Board has not
promulgated regulations requiring any
specific vehicle. Nonetheless, 29
CFR1203.1 provides that applications
for mediation services be made on
printed forms which may be secured
from the National Mediation Board.
This section of the regulations provides
that applications should be submitted in
duplicate, show the exact nature of the
dispute, the number of employees
involved, name of the carrier and name
of the labor organization, date of
agreement between the parties, date and
copy of notice served by the invoking
party to the other and date of final
conference between the parties. The
application should be signed by the
highest officer of the carrier who has
been designated to handle disputes
under the Railway Labor Act or by the
chief executive of the labor
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organization, whichever party files the
application.
The extension of this form is
necessary considering the information
provided by the parties is used by the
Board to structure a mediation process
that will be productive to the parties
and result in a settlement without resort
to strike or lockout. The Board has been
very successful in resolving labor
disputes in the railroad and airline
industries. Historically, some 97 percent
of all NMB mediation cases have been
successfully resolved without
interruptions to public service. Since
1980, only slightly more than 1 percent
of cases have involved a disruption of
service. This success ratio would
possibly be reduced if the Board was
unable to collect the brief information
that it does in the application for
mediation services.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from www.nmb.gov or should
be addressed to Denise Murdock, NMB,
1301 K Street NW., Suite 250 E,
Washington, DC 20005 or addressed to
the email address murdock@nmb.gov or
faxed to 202–692–5081. Please specify
the complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be directed to Samantha Jones at
202–692–5010 or via internet address
jones@nmb.gov. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD/TDY) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is the
second notice for public comment; the
first was published in the Federal
Register at 81 FR 49689, and one
comment was received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of
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this second notice. The full submission
may be found at: https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Comments: Comments regarding (a)
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the NSF, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
NSF’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated or other
forms of information technology should
be addressed to: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs of OMB,
Attention: Desk Officer for National
Science Foundation, 725 7th Street
NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, and to Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington,
Virginia 22230 or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov.
DATES: Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission may be
obtained by calling 703–292–7556. NSF
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless the collection of
information displays a currently valid
OMB control number and the agency
informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information
that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Comments: As required by 5 CFR
1320.8(d), comments on the information
collection activities as part of this study
were solicited through publication of a
60-Day Notice in the Federal Register
on July 28, 2016, at 81 FR 49689. We
received one comment, to which we
here respond.
Commenter: The comment requested
NSF consider the use of administrative
records, specifically the National
Student Clearinghouse, to obtain
information on education background in
lieu of asking this information from
respondents on the National Survey of
College Graduates (NSCG).
Response: NSF informed the
commenter that, at the request of NSF,
the Census Bureau’s Center for
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Administrative Records Research and
Application is conducting research to
compare administrative records data
with the NSCG respondent-provided
data. This research will inform survey
content discussions for future NSCG
cycles and will provide insight on the
necessity of certain NSCG questionnaire
items including the education
background items.
After consideration of this comment,
we are moving forward with our
submission to OMB.
Title of Collection: 2015 National
Survey of College Graduates.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0141.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: The National Survey of
College Graduates (NSCG) has been
conducted biennially since the 1970s.
The 2017 NSCG sample will be selected
from the 2015 American Community
Survey (ACS) and the 2015 NSCG. By
selecting sample from these two
sources, the 2017 NSCG will provide
coverage of the college graduate
population residing in the United
States. The purpose of this longitudinal
survey is to collect data that will be
used to provide national estimates on
the science and engineering workforce
and changes in their employment,
education, and demographic
characteristics.
The National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as subsequently amended,
includes a statutory charge to ‘‘ . . .
provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis
of data on scientific and engineering
resources, and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by
other agencies of the Federal
Government.’’ The NSCG is designed to
comply with these mandates by
providing information on the supply
and utilization of the nation’s scientists
and engineers.
The U.S. Census Bureau, as in the
past, will conduct the NSCG for NSF.
The survey data collection will begin in
March 2017 using web and mail
questionnaires. Nonrespondents to the
web or mail questionnaire will be
followed up by computer-assisted
telephone interviewing. The
individual’s response to the survey is
voluntary. The survey will be conducted
in conformance with Census Bureau
statistical quality standards and, as
such, the NSCG data will be afforded
protection under the applicable Census
Bureau confidentiality statues.
Use of the Information: NSF uses the
information from the NSCG to prepare
congressionally mandated reports such
as Women, Minorities and Persons with
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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: National Mediation Board.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Chief of Staff, Administration invites comments
on the proposed information collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments within 30 days
from the date of this publication.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Assistant Chief of Staff, Administration
publishes that notice containing proposed information collection
requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed
information collection contains the following: (1) Type of review
requested, e.g. new, revision extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) Description of the need for,
and proposed use of, the information; (5) Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or Record keeping burden. OMB invites
public comment.
Currently, the National Mediation Board is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of the Application for Mediation
Services and is interested in public comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the
agency; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the
agency enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (5) how might the agency minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including through the use of information
technology.
Dated: December 13, 2016.
Samantha Jones,
Assistant Chief of Staff, Administration, National Mediation Board.
Application for Mediation Services
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Application for Mediation Services, OMB Number: 3140-0002.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Carrier and Union Officials, and employees of
railroads and airlines.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 50 annually.
Burden Hours: 12.50.
Abstract: Section 5, First of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.,
155, First, provides that both, or either, of the parties to the labor-
management dispute may invoke the mediation services of the National
Mediation Board. Congress has determined that it is in the nation's
best interest to provide for governmental mediation as the primary
dispute resolution mechanism to resolve labor-management disputes in
the railroad and airline industries. The Railway Labor Act is silent as
to how the invocation of mediation is to be accomplished and the Board
has not promulgated regulations requiring any specific vehicle.
Nonetheless, 29 CFR1203.1 provides that applications for mediation
services be made on printed forms which may be secured from the
National Mediation Board. This section of the regulations provides that
applications should be submitted in duplicate, show the exact nature of
the dispute, the number of employees involved, name of the carrier and
name of the labor organization, date of agreement between the parties,
date and copy of notice served by the invoking party to the other and
date of final conference between the parties. The application should be
signed by the highest officer of the carrier who has been designated to
handle disputes under the Railway Labor Act or by the chief executive
of the labor
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organization, whichever party files the application.
The extension of this form is necessary considering the information
provided by the parties is used by the Board to structure a mediation
process that will be productive to the parties and result in a
settlement without resort to strike or lockout. The Board has been very
successful in resolving labor disputes in the railroad and airline
industries. Historically, some 97 percent of all NMB mediation cases
have been successfully resolved without interruptions to public
service. Since 1980, only slightly more than 1 percent of cases have
involved a disruption of service. This success ratio would possibly be
reduced if the Board was unable to collect the brief information that
it does in the application for mediation services.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from www.nmb.gov or should be addressed to Denise
Murdock, NMB, 1301 K Street NW., Suite 250 E, Washington, DC 20005 or
addressed to the email address murdock@nmb.gov or faxed to 202-692-
5081. Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to Samantha Jones at 202-692-5010 or
via internet address jones@nmb.gov. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD/TDY) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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