Document ID: DOT-OST-2015-0076-0003
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination Form
Posted Date: 2019-11-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58830-58831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23882]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0076]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Information Collection(s): U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination Form

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will 
forward the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of a previously 
approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected cost and burden hours. The OMB approved the 
form in 2017 with its renewal required by January 31, 2020.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2015-0076] by any of the following methods:
    Fax: 202-493-2064.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except on Federal holidays.
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
online instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name (Office 
of the Secretary, DOT) and docket number for this rulemaking. You 
should provide two copies of your comments if you submit them by mail 
or hand delivery. Note that all comments received will be posted 
without change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, and will be available to internet users. You may 
review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register 
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For internet access to the docket to read background 
documents and comments received, go to www.regulations.gov. Background 
documents and comments received may also be viewed at DOT, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Docket Operations, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 25090, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Onwubere, Associate Director, 
EEO Complaints and Investigations Division (S-34), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, W78-316, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-5988 (office), 
beverly.onwubere@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Control Number: 2105-0556.
    Title: Individual Compliant of Employment Discrimination Form.
    Form Numbers: DOT-F 1050-8.
    Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Approved Collection.
    Abstract: The DOT will utilize the form to collect information 
necessary to process EEO discrimination complaints filed by individuals 
who are Federal employees, former employees or applicants for 
employment with the Department. These complaints are processed in 
accordance with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's 
regulations, Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1614, as 
amended. The DOT will use the form to: (a) Request requisite 
information from the applicant for processing his/her EEO 
discrimination complaint; and (b) obtain information to identify an 
individual or his or her attorney or other representative, if 
appropriate. An applicant's filing of an EEO discrimination complaint 
is solely voluntary. The DOT estimates that it takes an applicant 
approximately one hour to complete the form.
    Respondents: Federal employees, former employees or applicants for 
employment with the Department.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 per year.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 100 hours per year.
    Comments Are Invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is reasonable for the proper performance of the EEO 
functions of the Department, and (b) the accuracy of the Department's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection. All 
responses to the notice will be summarized and included in the request 
for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public 
record.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 23, 2019.
Beverly Onwubere,
Associate Director, EEO Complaints and Investigations Division 
Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2019-23882 Filed 10-31-19; 8:45 am]
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