84002 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 23, 2020 / Notices 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail ........ pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ........... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, 

DC 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed consent decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

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www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

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proposed consent decree upon written 

request and payment of reproduction 

costs. Please mail your request and 

payment to: Consent Decree Library, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $22.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28439 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

Construction Scheduling Letter; 

Proposed Approval of Information 

Collection Requirements; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a pre-clearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and federal agencies with 

an opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). The program helps ensure that 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the Office 

of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs (OFCCP) is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposal to 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

proposed information collection that 

covers OFCCP’s construction scheduling 

letter. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice or by 

accessing it at www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic comments: The federal 

eRulemaking portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions found on that website for 

submitting comments. 

Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: 

Addressed to Tina T. Williams, Director, 

Division of Policy and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room C–3325, 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Instructions: Please submit one copy 

of your comments by only one method. 

For faster submission, we encourage 

commenters to transmit their comment 

electronically via the 

www.regulations.gov website. 

Comments that are mailed to the 

address provided above must be 

postmarked before the close of the 

comment period. All submissions must 

include OFCCP’s name for 

identification. Comments submitted in 

response to the notice, including any 

personal information provided, become 

a matter of public record and will be 

posted on www.regulations.gov. 

Comments will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina 

T. Williams, Director, Division of Policy 

and Program Development, Office of 

Federal Contract Compliance Programs, 

Room C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 

(202) 693–0103 (voice) or (202) 693– 

1337 (TTY) (these are not toll-free 

numbers). Copies of this notice may be 

obtained in alternative formats (large 

print, braille, audio recording) upon 

request by calling the numbers listed 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

OFCCP administers and enforces 

three equal employment opportunity 

laws listed below. 

• Executive Order 11246, as amended 

(E.O. 11246) 

• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503) 

• Vietnam Era Veterans’ 

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as 

amended (VEVRAA) 

These authorities prohibit 

employment discrimination by covered 

federal contractors and subcontractors 

and require that they take affirmative 

action to provide equal employment 

opportunities regardless of race, color, 

religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender 

identity, national origin, disability, or 

status as a protected veteran. 

Additionally, federal contractors and 

subcontractors are prohibited from 

discriminating against applicants and 

employees for asking about, discussing, 

or sharing information about their pay 

or, in certain circumstances, the pay of 

their co-workers. 

E.O. 11246 applies to federal 

contractors and subcontractors and to 

federally assisted construction 

contractors holding a government 

contract in excess of $10,000, or 

government contracts that have, or can 

reasonably be expected to have, an 

aggregate total value exceeding $10,000 

in a 12-month period. E.O. 11246 also 

applies to government bills of lading, 

depositories of federal funds in any 

amount, and financial institutions that 

are issuing and paying agents for U.S. 

savings bonds. Section 503 prohibits 

employment discrimination against 

applicants and employees because of 

physical or mental disability and 

requires contractors and subcontractors 

to take affirmative action to employ and 

advance in employment qualified 

individuals with disabilities. Section 

503 applies to federal contractors and 

subcontractors with contracts in excess 

of $15,000. VEVRAA requires 

contractors to take affirmative action to 

employ, and advance in employment, 

qualified protected veterans. VEVRAA 

applies to federal contractors and 

subcontractors with contracts of 

$150,000 or more. 

This proposed information collection 

request (ICR) seeks to implement a 

construction scheduling letter for 

construction contractors to notify them 

that they have been selected for a 

compliance review. This way of 

scheduling construction contractors will 

be similar to the way OFCCP currently 

schedules supply and service 

contractors, and will provide certainty 

and consistency between the two types 

of compliance evaluations. Like supply 

and service evaluations, OFCCP will go 

to the contractor’s establishment and 

work sites for an onsite review only if 

the agency needs to investigate further 

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provided in response to the scheduling 

letter. 

II. Review Focus 

OFCCP is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the compliance assistance functions 

of the agency that support the agency’s 

compliance mission, 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

OFCCP seeks approval of this new 

information collection in order to carry 

out and enhance its responsibilities to 

enforce the nondiscrimination and 

affirmative action provisions of the 

three legal authorities it administers. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Agency: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

Title: Construction Scheduling Letter. 

OMB Number: 1250–New. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Total Respondents: 500 construction 

contractors. 

Total Annual Responses: 500 

construction contractors. 

Average Time per Response: 29 hours, 

direct federal construction contractors; 

16 hours, federally assisted construction 

contractors. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,900 

hours. 

Frequency: Upon selection for a 

compliance evaluation. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $4,358. 

Tina Williams, 

Director, Division of Policy and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–CM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Alien 

Claims Activities Report 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval 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 January 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) if the 

information will be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (4) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202– 

693–8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1137(d) and (e) of the Social Security 

Act (SSA) authorize this information 

collection. This information collection 

permits DOL to comply with its 

responsibilities under the SSA to gather 

information from state agencies 

concerning alien claimant activities. 

The ETA 9016 report allows DOL to 

determine the number of aliens filing for 

unemployment insurance (UI), the 

number of benefit issues detected, and 

the numbers of denials resulting from 

use of the USCIS SAVE system. From 

these data, DOL can determine the 

extent to which state agencies use the 

system, and the overall effectiveness 

and cost efficiency of the USCIS SAVE 

verification system. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on May 12, 2020 (85 

FR 28037). 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Title of Collection: Alien Claims 

Activities Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0268. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 212. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

212 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

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

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Mara Blumenthal, 

Senior PRA Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28264 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

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