[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 17082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05695]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2022-0133]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; 
Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: 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 2020 with its renewal required by April 30, 2023. The Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
form renewal was published on November 18, 2022 [FR Vol. 87, No. 222, 
page 69386]. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments on this notice are due by April 16, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Dougherty, Deputy Director, 
Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9850 (office), 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination Form.
    Form Number: DOT-F 1050-8. OMB Control Number: 2105-0556.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: 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. 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.
    Affected Public: Federal employees, former employees, or applicants 
for employment with the Department.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 275 per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Estimated Burden: 275 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: An individual's filing of an EEO complaint 
is solely voluntary.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. All responses to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023.
Barbara Dougherty,
Deputy Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department 
of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2023-05695 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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