Notice2022-09110
Agency Information Collection Activities; Withdrawal of Prior Notice and Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Medical Exception Request
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Published
April 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25220-25221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09110]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Withdrawal of Prior
Notice and Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Medical Exception Request
The Department of Commerce (Department) published a notice in the
Federal Register of its intent to request that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) extend approval, without change, under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), to a collection of information for its employees
to request a medical exception to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement
on January 25, 2022. That notice was withdrawn in light of the January
21, 2022 nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining implementation and
enforcement of the federal employee vaccination requirement pursuant to
the President's Executive Order 14043 of September 9, 2021, ``Requiring
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees.'' The
Department sought comment on its new notice of intent to request that
OMB approve, without change, under the PRA, a collection of information
for its employees to request a medical exception to the COVID-19
vaccination requirement via the Federal Register on February 15, 2022,
87 FR 8561, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. We invite the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden.
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.
Title: Request for a Medical Exemption to the COVID-19 Vaccination
Requirement Form.
OMB Control Number: 0690-0036.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission; Extension of an already
approved collection.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 167.
Needs and Uses: Under Executive Order 14043, every Federal agency
must ``implement, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a
program to require COVID-19 vaccination for all of its federal
employees, with exceptions only as required by law.'' In following this
directive, the Department imposed a requirement that its employees must
receive and submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination. As required by 29
U.S.C. 701 et seq. and 29 CFR part 1630, the Department allows an
exception from the vaccination requirement for employees who
demonstrate medical reasons or disabilities that would make the COVID-
19 vaccine unsafe for them. To obtain this exception, employees can
submit the Request for Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination
Requirement form available from the Department's COVID-19 Information
Hub. The Department uses the information on this form to verify
employees' assertions that they are entitled to an exception to the
COVID-19 vaccination requirement because of their medical or disability
statuses.
Affected Public: Federal employees and medical providers.
Legal Authority: Executive Order (E.O.) 14043.
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This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0690-0032.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-09110 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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