80 FR 80307 - Apprenticeship Programs; Equal Employment Opportunity; Extension of Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 247 (December 24, 2015)

Page Range		80307-80308
FR Document		2015-32310

The Department of Labor (Department) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of November 6, 2015 [80 FR 68907], concerning proposed updates to the equal opportunity regulations that implement the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. This document extends the comment period an additional 15 days, from January 5, 2016, to January 20, 2016. The Department received a request for additional time to develop comments on the proposed rulemaking. The Department is therefore extending the comment period in order to give all interested persons the opportunity to comment fully.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 80307-80308]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-32310]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

29 CFR Parts 29 and 30

RIN 1205-AB59


Apprenticeship Programs; Equal Employment Opportunity; Extension 
of Comment Period

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) issued a proposed rule in 
the Federal Register of November 6, 2015 [80 FR 68907], concerning 
proposed updates to the equal opportunity regulations that implement 
the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. This document extends the 
comment period an additional 15 days, from January 5, 2016, to January 
20, 2016. The Department received a request for additional time to 
develop comments on the proposed rulemaking. The Department is 
therefore extending the comment period in order to give all interested 
persons the opportunity to comment fully.

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
proposed rule on or before January 20, 2016. The comment period for the 
proposed rule published on November 6, 2015 (80 FR 68907) is extended. 
Comments, identified by RIN 1205-AB59, must be received on or before 
January 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Regulatory 
Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB59, by any one of the following 
methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Please submit all written 
comments (including disk and CD-ROM submissions) to Adele Gagliardi, 
Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research, Employment 
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
    Please submit your comments by only one method and within the 
designated comment period. Comments received by means other than those 
listed above or received after the comment period has closed will not 
be reviewed. The Department will post all comments received on http://www.regulations.gov without making any change to the comments, 
including any personal information provided. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all 
comments posted there are available and accessible to the public. The 
Department cautions commenters against including personal information 
such as Social Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, 
and email addresses in their comments as such information will become 
viewable by the public on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. It 
is the commenter's responsibility to safeguard his or her information. 
Comments submitted through http://www.regulations.gov will not include 
the commenter's email address unless the commenter chooses to include 
that information as part of his or her comment. Postal delivery in 
Washington, DC, may be delayed due to security concerns. Therefore, the 
Department encourages the public to submit comments through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. The Department will also make all the comments it 
receives available for public inspection during normal business hours 
at the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Policy 
Development and Research at the above address. If you need assistance 
to review the comments, the Department will provide you with 
appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. The Department 
will make copies of the rule available, upon request, in large print 
and as an electronic file on computer disk. The Department will 
consider providing the proposed rule in other formats upon request. To 
schedule an appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the rule 
in an alternate format, contact the ETA Office of Policy Development 
and Research at (202) 693-3700 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number) 
or 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Adele Gagliardi, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, ETA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone 
(202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with 
hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number above via 
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register proposed rule of November 6, 
2015. In that document, the Department proposed amendments to its 
regulations governing equal opportunity regulations that implement the 
National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. These regulations prohibit 
discrimination in registered apprenticeship on the basis of race, 
color, religion, national origin, and sex, and require that sponsors of 
registered apprenticeship programs take affirmative action to provide 
equal opportunity in such programs. The Department is hereby extending 
the comment period, which was set to end on January 5, 2016 to January 
20, 2016.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Parts 29 and 30

    Administrative practice and procedure, Apprenticeship, Employment, 
Equal employment opportunity, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Training.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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employees including affiliates.33 This VII. Document Availability affiliate owners that have a franchised
NOPR, if adopted, reduces (for small 29. In addition to publishing the full service area or market-based rate
and large entities) the burden and text of this document in the Federal authority, and all affiliate owners that
expense associated with filing market- Register, the Commission provides all directly own or control: Generation;
based rate applications and triennial interested persons an opportunity to transmission; intrastate natural gas
market power updates by clarifying the view and/or print the contents of this transportation, storage or distribution
current regulations and by requiring document via the Internet through the facilities; physical coal supply sources
identification of only the ultimate Commission’s Home Page (http:// or ownership of or control over who
affiliate owner(s) and affiliate owners www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s may access transportation of coal
that directly own or control generation, Public Reference Room during normal supplies. The term ‘‘affiliate owner’’
transmission, or inputs to electric power business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. means any owner of the Seller that is an
production, have a franchised service Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., affiliate of the Seller as defined in
area, or have market-based rate Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. § 35.36(a)(9) of this chapter. The Seller
authority, rather than the 30. From the Commission’s Home must also provide an appendix of assets
comprehensive ownership information Page on the Internet, this information is in the form provided in Appendix B of
currently required. In addition, the available on eLibrary. The full text of this subpart and an organizational chart.
Commission clarifies and limits the this document is available on eLibrary The organizational chart must depict the
types of ownership changes that must be in PDF and Microsoft Word format for Seller’s current corporate structure
reported to the Commission via a notice viewing, printing, and/or downloading. indicating all affiliates.
of change in status. Accordingly, the To access this document in eLibrary, * * * * *
Commission certifies that this NOPR, if type the docket number excluding the ■ 3. Amend § 35.42 by revising
adopted, will not have a significant last three digits of this document in the paragraph (a)(2)(iv) and adding
economic impact on a substantial docket number field. paragraph (a)(2)(v) to read as follows:
number of small entities. An analysis 31. User assistance is available for
under the RFA is not required. § 35.42 Change in status reporting
eLibrary and the Commission’s Web site requirement.
VI. Comment Procedures during normal business hours from the
(a) * * *
Commission’s Online Support at 202–
25. The Commission invites interested (2) * * *
502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676)
persons to submit comments on the (iv) Has a franchised service area; or
or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov,
matters and issues proposed in this (v) Is an ultimate affiliate owner,
or the Public Reference Room at (202)
notice to be adopted, including any defined as the furthest upstream
502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email
related matters or alternative proposals affiliate(s) in the ownership chain.
the Public Reference Room at
that commenters may wish to discuss. public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. * * * * *
Comments are due February 22, 2016. [FR Doc. 2015–32273 Filed 12–23–15; 8:45 am]
Comments must refer to Docket No. List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 35
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RM16–3–000, and must include the Electric power rates; Electric utilities;
commenter’s name, the organization Reporting and record-keeping
they represent, if applicable, and their requirements.
address in their comments. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
By direction of the Commission.
26. The Commission encourages 29 CFR Parts 29 and 30
comments to be filed electronically via Issued: December 17, 2015.
the eFiling link on the Commission’s Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., RIN 1205–AB59
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The Deputy Secretary.
Commission accepts most standard Apprenticeship Programs; Equal
In consideration of the foregoing, the
word processing formats. Documents Employment Opportunity; Extension of
Commission proposes to amend Chapter
created electronically using word Comment Period
I, Title 18, Code of Federal Regulations,
processing software should be filed in to read as follows: AGENCY: Employment and Training
native applications or print-to-PDF Administration, Labor.
format and not in a scanned format. PART 35—FILING OF RATE
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of
Commenters filing electronically do not SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS
comment period.
need to make a paper filing.
27. Commenters that are not able to ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 35 SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
file comments electronically must send continues to read as follows: (Department) issued a proposed rule in
an original of their comments to: Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r; 2601– the Federal Register of November 6,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352. 2015 [80 FR 68907], concerning
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First ■ 2. Amend § 35.37 by revising proposed updates to the equal
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows: opportunity regulations that implement
28. All comments will be placed in the National Apprenticeship Act of
the Commission’s public files and may § 35.37 Market power analysis required. 1937. This document extends the
be viewed, printed, or downloaded (a)(1) * * * comment period an additional 15 days,
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remotely as described in the Document (2) When submitting a market power from January 5, 2016, to January 20,
Availability section below. Commenters analysis, whether as part of an initial 2016. The Department received a
on this proposal are not required to application or an update, a Seller must request for additional time to develop
serve copies of their comments on other include a description of its ownership comments on the proposed rulemaking.
commenters. structure that identifies all ultimate The Department is therefore extending
affiliate owner(s), i.e., the furthest the comment period in order to give all
33 SBA Final Rule on ‘‘Small Business Size upstream affiliate(s) in the ownership interested persons the opportunity to
Standards: Utilities,’’ 78 FR 77,343 (Dec. 23, 2013). chain. A Seller must also identify all comment fully.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed rule on or before January 20, 2016. The comment period for the proposed rule published on November 6, 2015 (80 FR 68907) is extended. Comments, identified by RIN 1205-AB59, must be received on or before January 20, 2016.
Contact		Adele Gagliardi, Office of Policy Development and Research, ETA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1- 800-877-8339.
FR Citation		80 FR 80307
RIN Number		1205-AB59
CFR Citation		29 CFR 29 29 CFR 30
CFR Associated		Administrative Practice and Procedure; Apprenticeship; Employment; Equal Employment Opportunity; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Training