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Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting time to
make an oral presentation at a public
SAB teleconference will be limited to
three minutes. Those interested in being
placed on the public speakers’ list for
the September 26, 2014 teleconference
should contact Dr. Nugent at the contact
information provided above by
September 19, 2014. Those interested in
being placed on the public speakers’ list
for the September 29, 2014
teleconference should contact Dr.
Nugent at the contact information
provided above by September 23, 2014.
Written Statements: Written
statements should be supplied for the
September 26, 2014 teleconference
should be provided to the DFO via
email to [email protected] by
September 19, 2014. Written statements
should be supplied for the September
29, 2014 teleconference should be
provided to the DFO in the same
manner by September 23, 2014. Written
statements should be supplied in one of
the following acceptable file formats:
Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–
PC/Windows format). It is the SAB Staff
Office general policy to post written
comments on the Web page for the
advisory meeting or teleconferences.
Submitters are requested to provide an
unsigned version of each document
because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on
its Web sites. Members of the public
should be aware that their personal
contact information, if included in any
written comments, may be posted to the
SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will
not be posted without explicit
permission of the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at
the contact information provided above.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Nugent
preferably at least 10 days prior to the
teleconference, to give EPA as much
time as possible to process your request.
Dated: August 18, 2014.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Request
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection—Extension With Change:
State and Local Government
Information Report (EEO–4).
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) announces that it intends to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year
extension with change of the State and
Local Government Information Report
(EEO–4 Report, Form 164). EEOC is in
the process of revising the race and
ethnicity categories on the EEO–4 report
to conform to OMB’s Revisions to the
Standards for the Classification of
Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
(October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards),
as applied in OMB Bulletin No. 00–02,
Guidance on Aggregation and
Allocation of Data on Race for Use in
Civil Rights Monitoring and
Enforcement (March 9, 2000). See
Appendix A for a draft version of the
proposed Form 164. Pending OMB
approval of an emergency extension
request, to be effective after the current
August 31, 2014 expiration date, a
regular clearance request for OMB
review and approval of a three-year
extension of the EEO–4 Report is
beginning.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before October
27, 2014. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e–
8(c), a public hearing concerning the
proposed changes to the EEO–4 will be
held at a place and time to be
announced. Persons wishing to present
their views orally should notify the
Commission of their desire to do so in
writing no later than September 26,
2014. The request to present views
orally at a public hearing should
include a written summary of the
remarks to be offered.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
Bernadette Wilson, Acting 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
SUMMARY:

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(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. Copies of comments
submitted by the public to EEOC
directly or through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal will be available for
review, by advance appointment only,
at the Commission’s library between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern
Time or can be reviewed at http://
www.regulations.gov. EEOC reserves the
right to refrain from posting comments,
including those that contain obscene,
indecent, or profane language; contain
threats or defamatory statements;
contain hate speech directed at race,
color, sex, sexual orientation, national
origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or
disability; or promote or endorse
services or products. To schedule an
appointment to inspect the comments at
EEOC’s library, contact the library staff
at (202) 663–4630 (voice) or (202) 663–
4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free
numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Edwards, Director, Program
Research and Surveys Division, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F,
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663–4949
(voice) or (202) 663–7063 (TTY).
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 EEOC
has collected information from state and
local governments with 100 or more
full-time employees since 1974. The
Commission now proposes to revise the
EEO–4 report to conform with OMB’s
Revisions to the Standards for the
Classification of Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997)
(Revised Standards), as applied in OMB
Bulletin No. 00–02, Guidance on
Aggregation and Allocation of Data on
Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring
and Enforcement (March 9, 2000). This
will require a change of the Form 164.

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EEOC will revise the EEO–4 report to
include the following race and ethnicity
categories: Hispanic or Latino; White;
Black or African American; Asian;
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander; American Indian or Alaska
Native; and Two or More Races.
Overview of Current Information
Collection
Collection Title: State and Local
Government Information Report (EEO–
4).
OMB—Number: 3046–0008.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: State and local
government jurisdictions with 100 or
more employees.
Description of Affected Public: State
and local governments excluding
elementary and secondary public school
districts.
Number of Responses: 12,458.
Reporting Hours: 89,188.
Cost Burden: $21,600,000.
Number of Forms: 1.
Form Number: EEOC FORM 164.
Federal Cost: $226,549.

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c), requires
employers to make and keep records
relevant to a determination of whether
unlawful employment practices have
been or are being committed, to preserve
such records and to produce reports as
the Commission prescribes by
regulation or order. Accordingly, the
EEOC issued regulations at 29 CFR
1602.32–1602.37 prescribing the
reporting requirements for State and
local governments. State and local
governments with 100 or more
employees have been required to submit
EEO–4 reports since 1974 (biennially in
odd-numbered years since 1993). The
individual reports are confidential.
EEO–4 data are used by the EEOC to
investigate charges of discrimination
against state and local governments and
to provide information on the
employment status of minorities and
women. The data are shared with
several other Federal agencies. Pursuant
to section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–
8(d), as amended, EEO–4 data are
shared with State and Local Fair
Employment Practices Agencies
(FEPAs). Aggregated data are also used
by researchers and the general public.
Burden Statement: The estimated
number of respondents included in the
EEO–4 survey is 9,000 state and local
governments. (These 9,000 jurisdictions
file about 12,458 reports based on the
2011 filing of the EEO–4.) Reports
exceed jurisdictions due to the
requirement for some to file separate
reports by function. The changes
discussed herein will increase
respondent burden hours from 73,185 to
89,188 and EEOC costs from $187,500 to
$226,549. The burden per report will be
7.16 hours.
Estimated burden hours were
calculated by multiplying the number of
reports expected to be filed annually
(12,458 in 2011) by the estimated
average time to complete and submit
each report (7.16 hours).

RECURRING COSTS
Annual burden
hours

Annual responses

Burden per
report

Burden per
cell

EEOC Cost

CURRENT FORM
913 CELLS
14,060 .......................................................................................................

73,185

5.2

0.00575

$187,500

89,188

7.16

0.00575

226,549

REVISED FORM
1,245 CELLS
12,458 .......................................................................................................
* Note: Due to rounding, for this table, figures may not be replicated exactly.

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These burden estimates are largely
based on an assumption of paper
reporting. However, the EEOC has made
electronic filing much easier for
employers required to file the EEO–4
Report. As a result, more jurisdictions
are using this filing method. This
development, along with the greater
availability of human resource
information software, is expected to
have significantly reduced the actual
burden of reporting. However, empirical
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efforts will be undertaken by the
Commission to (1) develop more reliable
estimates of reporting burdens given the
significant increase in electronic filing
and (2) to implement new approaches to
make such reporting even less
burdensome.
The other new burden is the one-time
cost of employers changing the manner
in which they collect and store the new
race and ethnicity changes as well as
changes to computer programs and
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employers whose current systems are
already designed to handle the full
multiple race and ethnicity
classifications, and we estimate that
about ten percent of employers
currently have this ability. The chart
below shows the cost for employers who
will have to re-survey the workforce to
comply with the new race and ethnicity
changes.

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One Time Costs

MODIFICATIONS TO HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Labor task requirements

Hours

Hourly rate

System/Business Analyst ............................................................................................................
Developer .....................................................................................................................................
Tester ...........................................................................................................................................

8
24
8

$55
65
50

$440
1,560
400

Total Per Employer ...............................................................................................................

........................

........................

2,400

Jurisdictions
Total All Respondents ..........................................................................................................

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 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;

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2. Improve 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
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Total costs

9,000

$21,600,000

of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Dated: August 21, 2014.
For the Commission
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
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APPENDIX A

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EEOC

Notice of Information
Collection—Extension With Change:
Local Union Report (EEO–3).

ACTION:

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Request
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.

AGENCY:

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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC or Commission) announces that
it intends to submit to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for a three-year extension with
change of the Local Union Report (EEO–
3) (Form 274). EEOC is in the process
of revising the race and ethnicity
categories on the EEO–3 report to

SUMMARY:

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conform to OMB’s Revisions to the
Standards for the Classification of
Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
(October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards),
as applied in OMB Bulletin No. 00–02,
Guidance on Aggregation and
Allocation of Data on Race for Use in
Civil Rights Monitoring and
Enforcement (March 9, 2000). See
Appendix A for a draft version of the
proposed Form 274. Pending OMB
approval of an emergency extension
request, to be effective after the current
August 31, 2014 expiration date, a
regular clearance request for OMB

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