ESA Federal Register Notice

Proposed Collection; Comment Request [10/18/1999]

Volume 64, Number 200, Page 56233

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 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 Employment Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension collections of Final 
Regulations, 29 CFR Part 9, Executive Order 12933 of October 20, 1994; 
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Certain Contracts. A copy of 
the proposed information collection request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before December 17, 1999.

ADDRESSEES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW, Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On October 20, 1994, the President signed Executive Order 12933, 
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts. The 
Executive Order requires that workers on a service contract for 
maintenance of a public building be given the right of first refusal 
for employment in positions for which they were qualified with the 
successor contractor, if those employees would otherwise lose their 
jobs as a result of the termination of the predecessor contractor's 
contract.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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 the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its obligation to determine 
compliance with the Executive Order and its regulations.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: 29 CFR Part 9--Executive Order 12933 of October 20, 1994; 
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts.
    OMB Number: 1215-0190.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households; Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 88.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 88,
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 22.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: October 12, 1999.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management Administration and Planning, 
Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-27079 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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