[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 11623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5249]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0020]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information
collection on September 18, 2009. We are required to publish this
notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by April 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection,
including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the
FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways
for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized,
including the use of electronic technology, without reducing the
quality of the collected information. All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA 2010-0020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janine Ashe, 202-366-9057, Office of
Civil Rights, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal-Aid Highway Construction Equal Employment
Opportunity.
Background: Title 23, Part 140(a), requires the FHWA to ensure
equal opportunity regarding contractors' employment practices on
Federal-aid highway projects. To carry out this requirement, the
contractors must submit to the State Transportation Agencies (STAs) on
all work being performed on Federal-aid contracts during the month of
July, a report on its employment workforce data. This report provides
the employment workforce data on these contracts and includes the
number of minorities, women, and non-minorities in specific highway
construction job categories. This information is reported on Form PR-
1391, Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors Summary of
Employment Data. The statute also requires the STAs to submit a report
to the FHWA summarizing the data entered on the PR-1391 forms. This
summary data is provided on Form PR-1392, Federal-Aid Highway
Construction Contractors Summary of Employment Data. The STAs and FHWA
use this data to identify patterns and trends of employment in the
highway construction industry, and to determine the adequacy and impact
of the STA's and FHWA's contract compliance and on-the-job (OJT)
training programs. The STAs use this information to monitor the
contractors-employment and training of minorities and women in the
traditional highway construction crafts. Additionally, the data is used
by FHWA to provide summarization, trend analyses to Congress, DOT, and
FHWA officials as well as others who request information relating to
the Federal-aid highway construction EEO program. The information is
also used in making decisions regarding resource allocation; program
emphasis; marketing and promotion activities; training; and compliance
efforts.
Respondents: 11,077 annual respondents for form PR-1391, and 52
STAs annual respondents for Form PR-1392, total of 11,129.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: FHWA estimates it takes 30
minutes for Federal-aid contractors to complete and submit Form PR-1391
and 8 hours for STAs to complete and submit Form PR-1392.
Estimated Total Amount Burden Hours: Form PR-1391--5,539 hours per
year; Form PR-1392--416 hours per year, total of 5,955 hours annually.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: March 5, 2010.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-5249 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]
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