Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a request to extend without change the

existing collection of information listed below. The Commission is

seeking public comments on the proposed extension.

DATES: Written Comments on this notice must be submitted on or before

November 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Frances M. Hart, Executive

Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507. As a

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convenience to commentators, the Executive Secretariat will accept

comments transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. The telephone

number of the FAX receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll free

number.) Only comments of six or fewer pages will be accepted via FAX

transmittal. This limitation is necessary to assure to the equipment.

Receipt of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the

sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive

Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4078 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TDD).

(These are not toll free telephone numbers.) Copies of comments

submitted by the public will be available for review at the

Commission's library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC

20507 between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joachim Neckere, Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street, NW., Room 9222,

Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663-4958 or (202) 663-7063 (TDD). A copy of

the collection of information, EEOC Form 274, with instructions, may be

obtained by contacting Mr. Neckere.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Local Union Report

EEO-3.

OMB Control Number: 3046-0006.

Form Number: EEOC Form 274.

Frequency of Report: Biennial.

Type of Respondent: Referral unions with 100 or more members.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: 863.

Description of Affected Public: Labor unions and similar labor

organizations.

Responses: 3,000.

Reporting Hours: 4,500.

Federal Cost: $43,500.00.

Number of Forms: 1.

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), require employers to make and

keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful employment

practices have been or are being committed and to make reports

therefrom as required by the Commission. Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1602.7,

referral unions with 100 or more members are required to submit EEO-3

reports biennially. The EEO-3 data collection program has existed since

1967. The individual reports are confidential.

EEO-3 data are used by the Commission to investigate charges of

employment discrimination against local referral unions. Pursuant to

Section 709(d) of Title VII, EEO-3 data are shared with 89 state and

local fair employment practices agencies, and with other federal

agencies.

Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is

minimal. The estimated number of respondents included in the EEO-3

survey is 3,000 local unions. The estimated number of responses per

respondent union is one EEO-3 report, taking an estimated one and one

half hours to complete. The total number of annual burden hours

therefore is estimated to be 4,500.

This is an average burden estimate and is based on a long history

(since 1985) of identical reporting experience. The burden is dependent

on the size of the local union and on the number of referrals made by

the union during the reporting period. Smaller unions may well take

under an hour to complete the report. Over the years, the Commission

has reduced the reporting and record keeping burden by eliminating all

local unions with fewer than 100 members, by requiring record keeping

for a two month period only, by changing the data collection

instrument, and by changing the frequency of the data collection from

an annual to a biennial basis. Further reductions, such as filing by

diskette or magnetic tape, have been less successful as local unions

appear less likely to have computerized record keeping and reporting

capabilities.

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter

35, and OMB regulation 29 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits

public comment to enable it to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the collection on the respondents,

including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms

of information technology, e.g., electronic submission of responses.

Dated: September 10, 1996.

For the Commission.

Maria Borrero,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 96-23648 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]

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