Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)
DOCID: fr18se09-113 FR Doc E9-22479
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Docket ID: [Docket No. FHWA-2009-0095]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr18se09-113
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information
DATES: Please submit comments by November 17, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew an information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title: FederalAid Highway Construction Equal Employment Opportunity.
Background: Title 23, part 140(a), requires the FHWA to ensure equal opportunity regarding contractors' employment practices on Federalaid highway projects. To carry out this requirement, the contractors must submit to the State Transportation Agencies (STAs) on all work being performed on Federalaid 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 nonminorities in specific highway construction job categories. This information is reported on Form PR 1391, FederalAid 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 PR1391 forms. This summary data is provided on Form PR1392, FederalAid 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 onthejob (OJT) training programs. The STAs use this information to monitor the contractorsemployment 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 Federalaid 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 PR1391, and 52 STAs annual respondents for Form PR1392, total of 11,129.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: FHWA estimates it takes 30 minutes for Federalaid contractors to complete and submit Form PR1391 and 8 hours for STAs to complete and submit Form PR1392.
Estimated Total Amount Burden Hours: Form PR13915,539 hours per year; Form PR1392416 hours per year, total of 5,955 hours annually.
Public Comments Invited: 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 burdens; (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. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on September 14, 2009.
Judith Kane,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Janine Ashe, 202-366-9057, Office of Civil Rights, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., E81125, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.