83 FR 7178 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension Without Change of an Existing Collection; Comments Request

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 34 (February 20, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-03427

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension without change of the existing recordkeeping requirements under its regulations. The Commission is seeking public comments on the proposed extension.

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension Without 
Change of an Existing Collection; Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension 
without change of the existing recordkeeping requirements under its 
regulations. The Commission is seeking public comments on the proposed 
extension.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
April 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Executive 
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to 
commenters, the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six 
or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of 
the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number.) 
Receipt of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the 
sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive 
Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TTD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written 
comments to EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments. All comments received through this portal will be posted 
without change, including any personal information you provide, except 
as noted below. The EEOC reserves the right to refrain from posting 
comments, including those that contain obscene, indecent, or profane 
language; that contain threats or defamatory statements; that contain 
hate speech directed at race, color, sex, national origin, age, 
religion, disability, or genetic information; or that promote or 
endorse services or products. All comments received, including any 
personal information provided, also will be available for public 
inspection during normal business hours by appointment only at the EEOC 
Headquarters Library, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507. Upon 
request, individuals who require assistance viewing comments will be 
provided appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. To 
schedule an appointment, contact EEOC Library staff at (202) 663-4630 
(voice) or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Oram, Acting Assistant Legal 
Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663-4681 
(voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY), or Erin Norris, Senior Attorney, 
Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 129 W 
Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, (704) 954-6491 (voice). Requests for 
this notice in an alternative format should be made to the Office of 
Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice) or 
(202) 663-4494 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
(EEOC) enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Title II of 
the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which 
collectively prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin, disability, or genetic information. 
Section 709(c) of Title VII, section 107(a) of the ADA, and section 
207(a) of GINA authorize the EEOC to issue recordkeeping and reporting 
regulations that are deemed reasonable, necessary or appropriate. EEOC 
has promulgated recordkeeping regulations under those authorities that 
are contained in 29 CFR part 1602 et seq. Those regulations do not 
require the creation of any particular records but generally require 
employers to preserve any personnel and employment records they make or 
keep for a period of one year. The EEOC seeks extension of the 
recordkeeping requirement in these regulations without change.
    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and OMB regulation 
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits public comment to enable it 
to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Overview of Current Information Collection

    Collection Title: Recordkeeping under Title VII, the ADA, and GINA.
    OMB Number: 3046-0040.
    Description of Affected Public: Employers with 15 or more employees 
are subject to Title VII, the ADA, and GINA.
    Number of Respondents: 961,709.
    Number of Reports Submitted: 0.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 37,264 hours.
    Cost to Respondents: $0.
    Federal Cost: None.
    Number of Forms: None.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), section 1007(a) of the ADA, 42 
U.S.C. 12117(a), and section 207(a) of GINA, 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6(a), 
require the Commission to establish regulations pursuant to which 
employers subject to those Acts shall make and preserve certain records 
to assist the EEOC in assuring compliance with the Acts' 
nondiscrimination in employment requirements. This is a recordkeeping 
requirement. Any of the records maintained which are subsequently 
disclosed to the EEOC during an investigation are protected from public 
disclosure by the confidentiality provisions of section 706(b) and 
709(e) of Title VII which are also incorporated by reference into the 
ADA at section 107(a) and GINA at section 207(a).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents subject to 
this recordkeeping requirement is 961,709 employers. An employer 
subject to the recordkeeping requirement in 29 CFR part 1602 must 
retain all personnel or employment records made or kept by that 
employer for one year, and must retain any records relevant to charges 
of discrimination filed under Title VII, the ADA, or GINA until final 
disposition of those matters, which may be longer than one year. This 
recordkeeping requirement does not require reports or the creation of 
new documents, but merely requires retention of documents that an 
employer has already made or kept in the normal course of its business 
operations. Thus, existing employers bear no burden under this 
analysis, because their systems for retaining personnel and employment 
records are already in place. Newly formed firms may incur a small 
burden when setting up their data collection and retention systems to 
ensure compliance with EEOC's recordkeeping requirements. We assume 
some effort and time must be expended by employers to familiarize 
themselves with the Title VII, ADA, and GINA recordkeeping requirements 
and explain those requirements to the appropriate staff. We estimate 
that 30 minutes would be needed for this one-time familiarization 
process. Using 2015 data from the Small Business Administration, we 
estimate that there are 74,528 firms that would incur this start-up 
burden.\1\ Assuming a 30-minute burden per firm, the total annual hour 
burden is 37,264 hours (.5 hour x 74,528 = 37,264).
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    \1\ Source: U.S. Small Business Administration: Statistics of 
U.S. Business, Release Date 1/2017. (https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/firm-size-data). Select U.S. Static Data, U.S. Data and combines 
estimates from private employment, public sector, colleges and 
universities, and referral unions.

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    For the Commission.

    Dated: February 13, 2018.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Acting Chair.
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proof of service on all persons listed on First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, SUMMARY: In accordance with the
the service list prepared by the in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commission in this proceeding, in of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Commission announces that it intends
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and to submit to the Office of Management
385.2010. 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-
You may also register online at http:// intervene or protest must serve a copy year extension without change of the
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ of that document on the Applicant. existing recordkeeping requirements
esubscription.asp to be notified via Notice is hereby given that the under its regulations. The Commission
email of new filings and issuances deadline for filing protests with regard is seeking public comments on the
related to this or other pending projects. to the applicant’s request for blanket proposed extension.
For assistance, contact FERC Online authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
Support. future issuances of securities and DATES:Written comments on this notice
n. A license applicant must file no assumptions of liability, is March 5, must be submitted on or before April 23,
later than 60 days following the date of 2018. 2018.
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the The Commission encourages ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
water quality certification; (2) a copy of electronic submission of protests and Bernadette Wilson, Executive Officer,
the request for certification, including interventions in lieu of paper, using the Executive Secretariat, Equal
proof of the date on which the certifying FERC Online links at http:// Employment Opportunity Commission,
agency received the request; or (3) www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
evidence of waiver of water quality service, persons with internet access 20507. As a convenience to
certification. who will eFile a document and/or be
o. Procedural schedule: The commenters, the Executive Secretariat
listed as a contact for an intervenor will accept comments totaling six or
application will be processed according must create and validate an
to the following schedule. Revisions to fewer pages by facsimile (‘‘FAX’’)
eRegistration account using the machine. This limitation is necessary to
the schedule will be made as eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
appropriate. assure access to the equipment. The
link to log on and submit the telephone number of the fax receiver is
intervention or protests. (202) 663–4114. (This is not a toll-free
Milestone Target date
Persons unable to file electronically number.) Receipt of FAX transmittals
Deadline for Filing Com- April 2018. should submit an original and 5 copies will not be acknowledged, except that
ments, Recommendations of the intervention or protest to the the sender may request confirmation of
and Agency Terms and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, receipt by calling the Executive
Conditions/Prescriptions. 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC Secretariat staff at (202) 663–4070
Deadline for Filing Reply May 2018. 20426. (voice) or (202) 663–4074 (TTD). (These
Comments. The filings in the above-referenced
Commission issues EA ......... October 2018. are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
Comments on EA Due .......... November
proceeding are accessible in the Instead of sending written comments to
2018. Commission’s eLibrary system by EEOC, you may submit comments and
clicking on the appropriate link in the attachments electronically at http://
above list. They are also available for www.regulations.gov, which is the
Dated: February 13, 2018.
electronic review in the Commission’s Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Public Reference Room in Washington, instructions online for submitting
Deputy Secretary. DC. There is an eSubscription link on comments. All comments received
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Online service, please email right to refrain from posting comments,
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call including those that contain obscene,
Federal Energy Regulatory
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call indecent, or profane language; that
Commission
(202) 502–8659. contain threats or defamatory
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part 34, of future issuances of securities Request as readers or print magnifiers. To
and assumptions of liability. AGENCY: Equal Employment schedule an appointment, contact EEOC
Any person desiring to intervene or to Opportunity Commission. Library staff at (202) 663–4630 (voice) or
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Overview of Current Information GINA recordkeeping requirements and
Kathleen Oram, Acting Assistant Legal Collection explain those requirements to the
Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Collection Title: Recordkeeping under appropriate staff. We estimate that 30
Employment Opportunity Commission, Title VII, the ADA, and GINA. minutes would be needed for this one-
131 M Street NE, Washington, DC OMB Number: 3046–0040. time familiarization process. Using 2015
20507, (202) 663–4681 (voice) or (202) Description of Affected Public: data from the Small Business
663–4494 (TTY), or Erin Norris, Senior Employers with 15 or more employees Administration, we estimate that there
Attorney, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal are subject to Title VII, the ADA, and are 74,528 firms that would incur this
Employment Opportunity Commission, GINA. start-up burden.1 Assuming a 30-minute
129 W Trade Street, Charlotte, NC Number of Respondents: 961,709. burden per firm, the total annual hour
28202, (704) 954–6491 (voice). Requests Number of Reports Submitted: 0. burden is 37,264 hours (.5 hour × 74,528
for this notice in an alternative format Estimated Burden Hours: 37,264 = 37,264).
should be made to the Office of hours. For the Commission.
Communications and Legislative Affairs Cost to Respondents: $0. Dated: February 13, 2018.
at (202) 663–4191 (voice) or (202) 663– Federal Cost: None.
4494 (TTY). Victoria A. Lipnic,
Number of Forms: None. Acting Chair.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Equal Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of
Employment Opportunity Commission [FR Doc. 2018–03427 Filed 2–16–18; 8:45 am]
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
(EEOC) enforces Title VII of the Civil amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c), section BILLING CODE 6570–01–P
Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), Title I of 1007(a) of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12117(a),
the Americans with Disabilities Act and section 207(a) of GINA, 42 U.S.C.
(ADA), and Title II of the Genetic 2000ff–6(a), require the Commission to FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Information Nondiscrimination Act of establish regulations pursuant to which CORPORATION
2008 (GINA), which collectively employers subject to those Acts shall
prohibit discrimination on the basis of Agency Information Collection
make and preserve certain records to
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, Activities: Submission for OMB
assist the EEOC in assuring compliance
disability, or genetic information. Review; Comment Request (3064–
with the Acts’ nondiscrimination in
Section 709(c) of Title VII, section 0082)
employment requirements. This is a
107(a) of the ADA, and section 207(a) of recordkeeping requirement. Any of the AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance
GINA authorize the EEOC to issue records maintained which are Corporation (FDIC).
recordkeeping and reporting regulations subsequently disclosed to the EEOC ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
that are deemed reasonable, necessary during an investigation are protected
or appropriate. EEOC has promulgated comment.
from public disclosure by the
recordkeeping regulations under those confidentiality provisions of section SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit
authorities that are contained in 29 CFR 706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII which are Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will
part 1602 et seq. Those regulations do also incorporated by reference into the submit the following information
not require the creation of any particular ADA at section 107(a) and GINA at collection request to the Office of
records but generally require employers section 207(a). Management and Budget (OMB) for
to preserve any personnel and Burden Statement: The estimated review and approval in accordance with
employment records they make or keep the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
number of respondents subject to this
for a period of one year. The EEOC seeks The proposed information collection
recordkeeping requirement is 961,709
extension of the recordkeeping was previously published in the Federal
employers. An employer subject to the
requirement in these regulations Register on December 7, 2017, allowing
recordkeeping requirement in 29 CFR
without change. for a 60-day comment period.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction part 1602 must retain all personnel or
Act of 1995, and OMB regulation 5 CFR employment records made or kept by DATES: Comments are encouraged and
1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits that employer for one year, and must will be accepted for an additional 30
public comment to enable it to: retain any records relevant to charges of days until March 22, 2018.
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed discrimination filed under Title VII, the ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
collection of information is necessary ADA, or GINA until final disposition of invited to submit written comments to
for the proper performance of the those matters, which may be longer than the FDIC by any of the following
Commission’s functions, including one year. This recordkeeping methods:
whether the information will have requirement does not require reports or • https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/
practical utility; the creation of new documents, but laws/federal.
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the merely requires retention of documents • Email: comments@fdic.gov. Please
Commission’s estimate of the burden of that an employer has already made or include the name and OMB control
the proposed collection of information, kept in the normal course of its business number of the relevant information
including the validity of the operations. Thus, existing employers collection in the subject line of the
methodology and assumptions used; bear no burden under this analysis, message.
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and because their systems for retaining • Mail: Manny Cabeza, Counsel,
clarity of the information to be personnel and employment records are Room MB–3007, Federal Deposit
already in place. Newly formed firms
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collected; and Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street
(4) Minimize the burden of the may incur a small burden when setting NW, Washington, DC 20429.
collection of information on those who up their data collection and retention
are to respond, including the use of systems to ensure compliance with 1 Source: U.S. Small Business Administration:

appropriate, or other technological EEOC’s recordkeeping requirements. We Statistics of U.S. Business, Release Date 1/2017.
(https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/firm-size-data).
collection techniques or other forms of assume some effort and time must be Select U.S. Static Data, U.S. Data and combines
information technology, e.g., permitting expended by employers to familiarize estimates from private employment, public sector,
electronic submission of responses. themselves with the Title VII, ADA, and colleges and universities, and referral unions.

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Dates		Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before April 23, 2018.
Contact		Kathleen Oram, Acting Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663-4681 (voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY), or Erin Norris, Senior Attorney, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 129 W Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, (704) 954-6491 (voice). Requests for this notice in an alternative format should be made to the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY).
FR Citation		83 FR 7178