5404 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 20 / Monday, January 31, 2011 / Notices 

provisions with the OSHA for 

investigation. 

The complaint filing process is an 

information collection 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 

currently 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 if the 

collection of information does not 

display a currently valid OMB control 

number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 

1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval 

for this information collection under 

OMB Control Number 1218–0236. The 

current OMB approval is scheduled to 

expire on January 31, 2011; however, it 

should be noted that information 

collections submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional information, see the related 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on October 28, 2010 (75 FR 66391). 

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 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1218– 

0236. 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: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA). 

Title of Collection: Regulations 

Containing Procedures for Handling of 

Retaliation Complaints. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0236. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,503. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 2,503. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,503. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Dated: January 26, 2011. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Renewal of the Advisory 

Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) 

Charter 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor has 

determined that the renewal of a 

national advisory committee on 

apprenticeship is necessary and in the 

public interest. The Department of 

Labor will renew the ACA Charter with 

revisions. The revisions are not 

intended to change the purpose or the 

Committee’s original intent. The 

revisions are intended as a routine 

updating of the Department’s strategic 

goals and existing procedures. The 

Charter for the ACA expired on January 

15, 2011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Registered 

Apprenticeship is a unique publicprivate partnership that is highly 

dependent on the engagement and 

involvement of its stakeholders and 

partners for its ongoing operational 

effectiveness. Apart from the ACA, there 

is no single source or group with the 

broad representation of labor, 

employers, and the public available to 

consider the complexities and 

relationship of apprenticeship activities 

to other training efforts or to provide 

advice on such matters to the Secretary 

and DOL officials. It is particularly 

important to have such considerations 

at this time in view of the current 

widespread and national interest in the 

role apprenticeship can play in 

providing career pathways to good jobs 

for all populations in a range of high 

growth industries, including healthcare 

and clean and renewable energy. For 

these reasons, the Secretary of Labor has 

determined that the renewal of a 

national advisory committee on 

apprenticeship is necessary and in the 

public interest. 

The ACA is being renewed to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary on the following: (1) The 

development and implementation of 

policies, legislation and regulations 

affecting the National Registered 

Apprenticeship System; (2) strategies to 

expand the use of the Registered 

Apprenticeship model in demand 

occupations in industries, such as, but 

not limited to, clean and renewable 

energy sectors, and healthcare; (3) ways 

to more effectively partner with the 

public workforce system and 

educational institutions and 

communities to leverage Registered 

Apprenticeship as a valued post 

secondary credential; (4) the 

development of career pathways that 

can lead to good jobs for everyone and 

sustained employment for new and 

incumbent workers, youth, and underutilized and disadvantaged populations; 

and (5) efforts to improve the 

performance, quality and oversight, and 

recognition and utilization of the 

National Registered Apprenticeship 

System which will foster quality work 

places that are safe, healthy, and fair. 

The current ACA Charter expired 

January 15, 2011. The ACA’s Charter is 

required to be renewed every two years 

from the date of the Secretary of Labor’s 

signature. Given that the Charter was 

last renewed in January 2009, it has 

been revised in several sections to 

reflect the current state of the National 

Apprenticeship System and to better 

align with the Secretary’s priorities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John V. Ladd, Administrator, Office of 

Apprenticeship, Employment and 

Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–5311, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 

(202) 693–2796, (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

January 2011. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for the Employment and 

Training Administration. 

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