[Federal Register: June 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 113)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPENT
[Docket No. FR-5146-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request;
Record of Employee Interview
AGENCY: Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination, Office of
Labor Relations, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Reports
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410 or
Lillian_L._Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade Banks, Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Labor Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410 or
Jade_M._Banks@hud.gov, telephone (202) 402-5475 (this is not a toll-free
number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond; including the
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Record of Employee Interview.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0009.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: All
Federal agencies administering programs subject to Davis-Bacon wage
provisions are required to enforce Federal wage and reporting
activities by Department of Labor (DOL) regulations (29 CFR part 5,
Section 5.6 paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3), respectively.
HUD, state and local agencies administering HUD-assisted programs
must enforce Federal wage and reporting requirements on covered HUD-
assisted construction and maintenance work. Enforcement activities
include conducting interviews with laborers and mechanics employed on
HUD-assisted projects concerning their employment on covered projects.
The HUD-11 and HUD-11-SP (Spanish version) are used to assist in the
conduct of the interviews and to record the information provided by the
respondents. The forms may be supplemented with additional pages, as
needed. Responses and the provision of supplemental information are
voluntary on the part of respondents.
The HUD-11 and HUD-11-SP are available on-line through HUD's web
site. Completed HUD-11 and/or HUD-11-SP forms must be retained by the
HUD and local agencies to document the sufficiency of enforcement
efforts.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: Forms HUD-11 and HUD-11-SP
(Spanish version).
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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Total time
Item Number of Amount of time required (in
respondents required (hours) hrs.)/annum
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Interviews............................................. 20,000 .25 5,000
Recordkeeping.......................................... 20,000 .16 3,200
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Total Annual Burden................................ ................. ................. 8,200
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Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: June 4, 2007.
Edward L. Johnson,
Director, Office of Labor Relations.
[FR Doc. E7-11334 Filed 6-12-07; 8:45 am]
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