[Federal Register: June 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comments: Title 29 CFR 29, Labor
Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 (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 and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed three-year extension (without change)
of the collection of the registered apprenticeship program data under
Title 29 CFR Part 29 (Labor Standards for the Registration of
Apprenticeship Programs). This request covers the period from the
current end date of May 31, 2005 to the new end date of May 31, 2008. A
copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Anthony Swoope, Administrator, Office of
Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210; (202-693-2806--not a toll
free number) fax: 202-693-2808 and e-mail address:
swoope.anthony@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Apprenticeship Act of 1937 authorizes and directs the
Secretary of Labor ``to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor
standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend
the application of such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof
in contracts of apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor
for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship, to cooperate with
State agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of
apprenticeship, and to cooperate with the Secretary of Education * *
*'' (29 U.S.C. 50). Section 50a of the Act authorizes the Secretary of
Labor to ``publish information relating to existing and proposed labor
standards of apprenticeship,'' and to ``appoint national advisory
committees * * *'' (29 U.S.C. 50a).
Title 29 CFR Part 29 sets forth labor standards to safeguard the
welfare of apprentices, and to extend the application of such standards
by prescribing policies and procedures concerning registration, for
certain Federal purposes, of acceptable apprenticeship programs with
the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services. These
labor standards, policies, and procedures cover registration,
cancellation of apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship agreements;
the recognition of a State agency as the appropriate agency for
registering local apprenticeship programs for certain Federal purposes;
and matters relating thereto.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed three-year extension (without change)
of the collection of the registered apprenticeship program data under
Title 29 CFR part 29 (Labor Standards for the Registration of
Apprenticeship Programs). This request covers the period from the
current end date of May 31, 2005 to the new end date of May 31, 2008.
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 by including 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.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section
of this notice.
III. Current Actions
This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) to extend the collection
of the registered apprenticeship program data under Title 29 CFR Part
29 (Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs)
without changes. This request covers the period from the current end
date of May 31, 2005 to the new end date of May 31, 2008.
Recordkeeping and data collection activities regarding registered
apprenticeship are by-products of the registration system.
Organizations, which apply for apprenticeship sponsorship enter into an
agreement with the Federal Government or cognizant State government to
operate their proposed programs consistent with 29 CFR Part 29.
Apprenticeship sponsors are not required to file reports regarding
their apprentices other than individual registration and update
information as an apprentice moves through their program.
Type of Review: Extension (without change).
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Title 29 CFR Part 29,Labor Standards for the Registration of
Apprenticeship Programs.
OMB Number: 1205-0223 for 29 CFR Part 29.
Agency Number: ETA Form 671.
Recordkeeping: Apprenticeship sponsors are required to keep
accurate records on recruitment, selection of the applicant and/or
apprentice, the employment and training activities related to the
apprentice, and the qualifications of each applicant/apprentice
pertaining to determination of compliance with the regulation. Records
must be retained, where appropriate, regarding affirmative action plans
and evidence that qualification standards have been validated. State
Apprenticeship Councils are also obligated to keep adequate records
pertaining to determination of compliance with these regulations. All
of the above records are required to be maintained for five years. If
this information was not required, there would be no documentation that
the apprenticeship programs were being operated in a nondiscriminatory
manner. Many apprenticeship programs are 4 years or more in duration;
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therefore, it is important to maintain the records for at least 5
years.
Burden Hours: (See Chart below.)
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Average
response Annual burden
Requirement Sec. Total respondents Frequency Annual response time hours
(hours)
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Form 671................................ 29.3 139,300 1-time basis............... 139,300 .33/spon. 34,825
29.6 139,100 1-time basis............... 139,100 .25/app. 11,545
29.5 1,700 1-time basis............... 1,700 2/spon 3,400
........... 2,900 1-time basis............... 2,900 2/SAC 5,800
29.12 (31) 1-time basis............... (31) 0 0
29.12 (accomplished in 1977; no new state agency expected in 2005)
29.12 31 1-time basis............... 31 2/SAC 62
29.13 0 0.......................... 0 0 0
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Totals.................................. ........... 283,031 ........................... 283,031 ........... 55,632
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Total Burden Hours: 55,632.
Total Burden Cost (capital/start-up): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $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: Signed at Washington, DC this 25th day of May, 2005.
Anthony Swoope,
Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor
Services.
[FR Doc. E5-2794 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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