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[FR Doc. 2015–27597 Filed 10–28–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–15–C

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs
Proposed Renewal of Information
Collection Requirements; Comment
Request
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). The
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the Office
of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs is soliciting comments
concerning its proposal to renew the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the Non-construction
Supply and Service Information
Collection. A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this
Notice or by accessing it at http://
www.regulations.gov.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
December 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Control Number 1250–
0003, by any of the following methods:
Electronic comments: The Federal
eRulemaking portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:
Addressed to Debra A. Carr, Director,
Division of Policy and Program
Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room C–3325,
Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy
of your comments by only one method.

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All submissions received must include
the agency name and Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Commenters are strongly
encouraged to submit their comments
electronically via the regulations.gov
Web site or well in advance of the
deadline if submitting by mail to
account for potential delays. Comments,
including personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record and will be posted to the
regulations.gov Web site. They will also
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the
information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debra A. Carr, Director, Division of
Policy and Program Development,
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs, Room C–3325, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693–0103
(voice) or (202) 693–1337 (TTY) (these
are not toll-free numbers). Copies of this
notice may be obtained in alternative
formats (large print, braille, audio
recording), upon request, by calling the
numbers listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Federal
Contractor Compliance Programs
(OFCCP) administers and enforces the
three nondiscrimination and equal
employment opportunity laws listed
below.
• Executive Order 11246, as amended
(E.O. 11246).
• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 793
(Section 503).
• Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as
amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA).
Generally, these authorities prohibit
employment discrimination and require
affirmative action to ensure that equal
employment opportunities are available
regardless of race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a
protected veteran by Federal
contractors. Additionally, federal
contractors and subcontractors are
prohibited from, discriminating against
applicants and employees for asking
about, discussing, or sharing
information about their pay or the pay
of their co-workers. This clearance
request covers aspects of the EO 11246,
Section 503, and VEVRAA nonconstruction supply and service
program, particularly the Scheduling
Letter and Itemized Listing. OFCCP is
not proposing to collect new
information with this renewal. Instead,
OFCCP is seeking to clarify the
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of this renewal. To view this current
supply and service information
collection, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
E.O. 11246 applies to Federal
contractors and subcontractors and to
federally assisted construction
contractors holding a Government
contract in excess of $10,000, or
Government contracts which have, or
can reasonably be expected to have, an
aggregate total value exceeding $10,000
in a 12-month period. EO 11246 also
applies to government bills of lading,
depositories of Federal funds in any
amount, and to financial institutions
that are issuing and paying agents for
U.S. Savings Bonds.
Section 503 prohibits employment
discrimination against applicants and
employees because of physical or
mental disability and requires
affirmative action to ensure that persons
are treated without regard to disability.
Section 503 applies to Federal
contractors and subcontractors with
contracts in excess of $15,000. 1
VEVRAA prohibits employment
discrimination against protected
veterans and requires affirmative action
to ensure that persons are treated
without regard to their status as a
protected veteran. VEVRAA applies to
Federal contractors and subcontractors
with contracts of $150,000 or more. 2
The ICR addresses EO 11246, Section
503 and VEVRAA supply and service
program components subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the compliance and enforcement
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• 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;
• enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
1 Effective October 1, 2010, the coverage
threshold under Section 503 increased from
$10,000 to $15,000, in accordance with the
inflationary adjustment requirements in 41 U.S.C.
1908.
2 Effective October 1, 2015, the coverage
threshold under VEVRAA increased from $100,000
to $150,000, in accordance with the inflationary
adjustment requirements in 41 U.S.C. 1908.

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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: DOL seeks the
approval of the revision of this
information in order to carry out its
responsibility to enforce the antidiscrimination and affirmative action
provisions of the three legal authorities
it administers.
Type of Review: Revision of OMB
1250–0003.
Agency: Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements, Supply and Service.
OMB Number: 1250–0003.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 104,545.
Total Annual responses: 104,545.
Average Time per Response
(approximation due to rounding): 91
hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
(approximation due to rounding):
9,559,739.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $140,263.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this ICR and become a
matter of public record.
Dated: October 22, 2015.
Debra A. Carr,
Director, Division of Policy and Program
Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
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BILLING CODE 4510–CM–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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

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Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Agricultural Recruitment System
Forms Affecting Migratory Farm
Workers
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)
sponsored information collection
request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Agricultural
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Migratory Farm Workers,’’ to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval for continued use,
without change, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201509-1205-006
(this link will only become active on the
day following publication of this notice)
or by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–
693–8064, (these are not toll-free
numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_
[email protected].
Submit comments about this request
by mail or courier to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–ETA,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202–
395–5806 (this is not a toll-free
number); or by email: OIRA_
[email protected]. Commenters
are encouraged, but not required, to
send a courtesy copy of any comments
by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064,
(these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at [email protected].

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This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
Agricultural Recruitment System Forms
Affecting Migratory Farm Workers
information collection. Employers and
farm labor contractors complete forms
ETA–790 (the Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Order) and ETA–
795 (the Agricultural Food and Food
Processing Clearance Memorandum) to
recruit agricultural workers in
compliance with the regulations at 20
CFR 653.500. These same forms are also
used by State Workforce Agencies and
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from outside the local commuting area.
Wagner-Peyser Act section 12
authorizes this information collection.
See 29 U.S.C. 49k.
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 it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
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 Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1205–0134.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
October 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to
extend PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3) more
years, without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
June 26, 2015 (80 FR 36855).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1205–0134. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• 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;
• 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;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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

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