Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Programs, 23429 [2021-09208]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 83 (Monday, May 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 23429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09208]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity 
in Apprenticeship Programs

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-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 agency receives 
on or before June 2, 2021.

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: The National Apprenticeship Act (NAA) of 
1937 (29 U.S.C. 50) authorizes this information collection. If 
approved, this ICR will enable ETA to refine its data collection 
concerning the registration of apprenticeship programs and apprentices 
with DOL/ETA's Office of Apprenticeship and recognized State 
Apprenticeship Agencies, properly assess the types of sponsors that are 
seeking to register an apprenticeship program and the level of growth 
in apprenticeship, collect the data necessary to calculate national 
registered apprenticeship program and apprentice totals, and implement 
the requirements of the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity 
Reform (VALOR) Act (Pub. L. 115-89). This ICR will also continue to 
enable ETA to collect data from registered apprenticeship programs 
relating to equal employment opportunity, and from applicants and/or 
apprentices, who file a discrimination complaint. Under the NAA, the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) is charged with the establishment of 
labor standards designed to safeguard the welfare of apprentices and 
promote apprenticeship opportunity. The NAA also authorizes the 
Secretary to ``publish information relating to existing and proposed 
labor standards of apprenticeship.'' For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on January 13, 2021 (86 FR 2700).
    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 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-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity 
in Apprenticeship Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0223.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Federal Government; 
State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private Sector--Businesses or 
other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 651,093.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 980,606.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 521,964 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: April 23, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-09208 Filed 4-30-21; 8:45 am]
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