82 FR 16063 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit Worker Protections

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 61 (March 31, 2017)

Page Range		16063-16064
FR Document		2017-06372

On March 31, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit Worker Protections,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit 
Worker Protections

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On March 31, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit 
the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Federal Transit Act Urban Program 
Transit Worker Protections,'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before May 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201701-1245-003 (this link will only become active 
April 1, 2017) or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
OLMS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authorization 
for the information collection requirements needed for the OLMS to 
administer Federal Transit Act Urban Program worker protections. See 49 
U.S.C. 5333(b). The Federal Transit Act Urban Program provides that the 
DOL must ensure that a recipient of Federal funds used to acquire, 
improve, or operate a transit system establishes arrangements to 
protect the rights of affected transit employees. Federal law requires 
such an arrangement to be fair and equitable, and the DOL must certify 
the arrangement before the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal 
Transit Administration (FTA) can award certain funds to grantees. An 
employee protective arrangement must include provisions that may be 
necessary for the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits 
under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; the 
continuation of collective bargaining rights; the protection of 
individual employees against a worsening of their

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positions related to employment; assurances of employment to employees 
of acquired transportation systems; assurances of priority of 
reemployment of employees whose employment is ended or who are laid 
off; and paid training or retraining programs. See 49 U.S.C. 
5333(b)(2).
    Pursuant to regulations 29 CFR part 215, upon receipt of copies of 
applications for Federal assistance subject to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) from 
the FTA, together with a request for DOL certification of employee 
protective arrangements, the DOL processes those applications, which 
must be in final form. The FTA provides the DOL with information 
necessary to enable the DOL to process employee protections for 
certification of the project. Federal Transit Act section 13(c) 
authorizes this information collection. See 49 U.S.C. 5333(b).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1245-0006.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on March 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2017 (81 FR 
8766).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1245-0006. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-OLMS.
    Title of Collection: Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit 
Worker Protections.
    OMB Control Number: 1245-0006.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,873.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,873.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 14,984 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

     Dated: March 27, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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positions related to employment; • Evaluate whether the proposed consider all viewpoints. The Committee
assurances of employment to employees collection of information is necessary will consist of 16 members and will be
of acquired transportation systems; for the proper performance of the chosen from a cross-section of
assurances of priority of reemployment functions of the agency, including economists, statisticians, and behavioral
of employees whose employment is whether the information will have scientists who represent a balance of
ended or who are laid off; and paid practical utility; expertise.
training or retraining programs. See 49 • Evaluate the accuracy of the DATES: Nominations for the TAC
U.S.C. 5333(b)(2). agency’s estimate of the burden of the membership should be postmarked by
Pursuant to regulations 29 CFR part proposed collection of information, April 17, 2017.
215, upon receipt of copies of including the validity of the ADDRESSES: Nominations for the TAC
applications for Federal assistance methodology and assumptions used; membership should be sent to: Acting
subject to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) from the • Enhance the quality, utility, and Commissioner Bill Wiatrowski, U.S.
FTA, together with a request for DOL clarity of the information to be Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2
certification of employee protective collected; and Massachusetts Avenue NE., Room 4040,
arrangements, the DOL processes those • Minimize the burden of the Washington, DC 20212.
applications, which must be in final collection of information on those who
form. The FTA provides the DOL with FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
are to respond, including through the
information necessary to enable the use of appropriate automated, Lucy Eldridge, Associate Commissioner,
DOL to process employee protections U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2
electronic, mechanical, or other
for certification of the project. Federal Massachusetts Avenue NE., Office of
technological collection techniques or
Transit Act section 13(c) authorizes this Productivity and Technology, Room
other forms of information technology,
information collection. See 49 U.S.C. 2180, Washington, DC 20212.
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
5333(b). Telephone: 202–691–5600. This is not a
responses.
This information collection is subject toll free number.
Agency: DOL–OLMS.
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally Title of Collection: Federal Transit Act SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLS
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection Urban Program Transit Worker intends to renew memberships in the
of information, and the public is Protections. TAC for another three years. The Bureau
generally not required to respond to an OMB Control Number: 1245–0006. often faces highly technical issues while
information collection, unless it is Affected Public: State, Local, and developing and maintaining the
approved by the OMB under the PRA Tribal Governments. accuracy and relevancy of its data on
and displays a currently valid OMB Total Estimated Number of employment and unemployment, prices,
Control Number. In addition, Respondents: 1,873. productivity, and compensation and
notwithstanding any other provisions of Total Estimated Number of working conditions. These issues range
law, no person shall generally be subject Responses: 1,873. from how to develop new measures to
to penalty for failing to comply with a Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: how to make sure that existing measures
collection of information that does not 14,984 hours. account for the ever-changing economy.
display a valid Control Number. See 5 Total Estimated Annual Other Costs The BLS presents issues and then draws
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL Burden: $0. on the specialized expertise of
obtains OMB approval for this Committee members representing
Dated: March 27, 2017.
information collection under Control specialized fields within the academic
Michel Smyth, disciplines of economics, statistics and
Number 1245–0006.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot Departmental Clearance Officer. survey design. Committee members are
be for more than three (3) years without [FR Doc. 2017–06372 Filed 3–30–17; 8:45 am] also invited to bring to the attention of
renewal, and the current approval for BILLING CODE 4510–CP–P BLS, issues that have been identified in
this collection is scheduled to expire on the academic literature or in their own
March 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to research.
extend PRA authorization for this DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The TAC was established to provide
information collection for three (3) more advice to the Commissioner of Labor
years, without any change to existing Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistics on technical topics selected by
requirements. The DOL notes that the BLS. Responsibilities include, but
Technical Advisory Committee; are not limited to providing comments
existing information collection
Request for Nominations on papers and presentations developed
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics by BLS research and program staff,
while they undergo review. For (BLS), Labor. conducting research on issues identified
additional substantive information ACTION: Request for nominations to the by BLS on which an objective technical
about this ICR, see the related notice BLS Technical Advisory Committee. opinion or recommendation from
published in the Federal Register on outside of BLS would be valuable,
January 30, 2017 (81 FR 8766). SUMMARY: The BLS is soliciting new recommending BLS conduct internal
Interested parties are encouraged to members for the Technical Advisory research projects to address technical
send comments to the OMB, Office of Committee (TAC). Five current problems with BLS statistics that have
Information and Regulatory Affairs at membership terms expire on May 20, been identified in the academic
the address shown in the ADDRESSES 2017. The TAC provides advice and literature, participating in discussions of
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

section within thirty (30) days of makes recommendations to the Bureau areas where the types or coverage of
publication of this notice in the Federal of Labor Statistics on technical aspects economic statistics could be expanded
Register. In order to help ensure of data collection and the formulation of or improved and areas where statistics
appropriate consideration, comments economic measures. On some technical are no longer relevant, and establishing
should mention OMB Control Number issues there are differing views, and working relationships with professional
1245–0006. The OMB is particularly receiving feedback at public meetings associations with an interest in BLS
interested in comments that: provides BLS with the opportunity to statistics, such as the American

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives on or before May 1, 2017.
Contact		Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693- 4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 16063

82 FR 16063 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Federal Transit Act Urban Program Transit Worker Protections

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROffice of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 61 (March 31, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary