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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER18–1431–000.
Applicants: RE Astoria 2 LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to Shared
Facilities Agreement to be effective
4/21/2018.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5176.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1432–000.
Applicants: RE Gaskell West LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to Shared
Facilities Agreement to be effective
4/21/2018.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5186.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1433–000.
Applicants: RE Gaskell West 3 LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to LGIA CoTenancy Agreement to be effective
4/21/2018.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5213.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1434–000.
Applicants: RE Gaskell West 4 LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to LGIA CoTenancy Agreement to be effective
4/21/2018.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5219.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1435–000.
Applicants: RE Gaskell West 5 LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to LGIA CoTenancy Agreement to be effective
4/21/2018.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5221.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric securities
filings:
Docket Numbers: ES18–29–000.
Applicants: Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc.
Description: Update to April 16, 2018
Application of Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc. for an Order Authorizing
the Issue and Sale of Short-term Debt.
Filed Date: 4/24/18.
Accession Number: 20180424–5172.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/15/18.

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The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 24, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER18–1416–000]

CED Wistaria Solar, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding CED
Wistaria Solar, LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is May 14,
2018.
The Commission encourages
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected]. or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 24, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Final notice of information
collection—Uniform Guidelines on
Employee Selection Procedures—
extension without change.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission gives notice that it has
submitted the information described
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for a three-year extension
without change.
DATES: Written comments on this final
notice must be submitted on or before
May 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this final
notice must be submitted to Joseph B.
Nye, Policy Analyst, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
SUMMARY:

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Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503,
email [email protected].
Commenters are also encouraged to
send comments to the EEOC online at
http://www.regulations.gov, which is
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow
the instructions on the website for
submitting comments. In addition, the
EEOC’s Executive Secretariat will accept
comments in hard copy by delivery by
COB on May 30, 2018. Hard copy
comments should be sent to Bernadette
Wilson, Executive Officer, Executive
Secretariat, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street
NE, Washington, DC 20507. Finally, the
Executive Secretariat will accept
comments totaling six or fewer pages by
facsimile (‘‘fax’’) machine before the
same deadline at (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 (TTY).
(These are not toll-free telephone
numbers.) The EEOC will post online at
http://www.regulations.gov all
comments submitted via this website, in
hard copy, or by fax to the Executive
Secretariat. These comments will be
posted without change, including any
personal information you provide.
However, the EEOC reserves the right to
refrain from posting libelous or
otherwise inappropriate 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.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal
Counsel, at (202) 663–4681 (voice) or
(202) 663–7026 (TDD).

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Overview of This Information
Collection
Collection Title: Recordkeeping
Requirements of the Uniform Guidelines
on Employee Selection Procedures, 29
CFR part 1607, 41 CFR part 60–3, 28
CFR part 50, 5 CFR part 300.
OMB Number: 3046–0017.
Type of Respondent: Businesses or
other institutions; Federal Government;
State or local governments and farms.
North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) Code:
Multiple.
Standard Industrial Classification
Code (SIC): Multiple.
Description of Affected Public: Any
employer, Government contractor, labor
organization, or employment agency
covered by the Federal equal
employment opportunity laws.
Respondents: 961,709.
Responses: 2 961,709.
Recordkeeping Hours: 7,825,132 per
year.
Number of Forms: None.
Form Number: None.
Frequency of Report: None.
Abstract: The Uniform Guidelines
provide fundamental guidance for all
Title VII-covered employers about the
use of employment selection
procedures. The records addressed by
UGESP are used by respondents to
ensure that they are complying with
Title VII and Executive Order 11246; by
the Federal agencies that enforce Title
VII and Executive Order 11246 to
investigate, conciliate, and litigate
charges of employment discrimination;
and by complainants to establish
violations of Federal equal employment
opportunity laws. While there is no data
available to quantify these benefits, the
collection of accurate applicant flow
data enhances each employer’s ability to
address any deficiencies in recruitment
and selection processes, including
detecting barriers to equal employment
opportunity.
On February 22, 2018, the
Commission published a 60-Day Notice
informing the public of its intent to
request an extension without change of
the information collection requirements
from the Office of Management and
Budget. 83 FR 7720 (February 22, 2018).
No comments were received.
Burden Statement: There are no
reporting requirements associated with
UGESP. The burden being estimated is
the cost of collecting and storing a job
applicant’s gender, race, and ethnicity
data.
The only paperwork burden derives
from this recordkeeping. Only
employers covered under Title VII and
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UGESP. For the purposes of burden
calculation, employers with 15 or more
employees are counted. The number of
such employers is estimated at 961,709
which combines estimates from private
employment,1 the public sector,2
colleges and universities,3 and referral
unions.4
This burden assessment is based on
an estimate of the number of job
applications submitted to all Title VIIcovered employers in one year,
including paper-based and electronic
applications. The total number of job
applications submitted every year to
covered employers is estimated to be
1,878,031,768, based on a National
Organizations Survey 5 average of
approximately 35 applications 6 for
every hire and a Bureau of Labor
Statistics data estimate of 62,719,000
annual hires.7 This figure also includes
146,506 applicants for union
membership reported on the EEO–3
form for 2016.
The employer burden associated with
collecting and storing applicant
demographic data is based on the
following assumptions: Applicants
would need to be asked to provide three
pieces of information—sex, race/
ethnicity, and an identification number
(a total of approximately 13 keystrokes);
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.
2 Source of original data: 2012 Census of
Governments: Employment. Individual Government
Data File (https://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/
12ind_all_tabs.xls), Local Downloadable Data zip
file 12ind_all_tabs.xls. The number of government
entities was adjusted to only include those with 15
or more employees.
3 Source: U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2015.
Number and percentage distribution of Title IV
institutions, by control of institution, level of
institution, and region: United States and other U.S.
jurisdictions, academic year 2015–1 (https://
nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016111.pdf).
4 EEO–3 Reports filed by referral unions in 2016
with EEOC.
5 The National Organizations Survey is a survey
of business organizations across the United States
in which the unit of analysis is the actual
workplace (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/
ICPSR/studies/04074).
6 The number of applications provided by NOS is
35.225 and therefore calculations will not result in
the same total amount due to rounding.
7 Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and
Labor Turnover Survey, 2016 annual level data (Not
seasonally adjusted), is the source of the original
data (http://www.bls.gov/jlt/data.htm). Select
‘‘Multi-screen Data Search’’, then ‘‘Total Non-farm’’
and click ‘‘Next Form (after each of the following
selections choose ‘‘next form’’ as well) Choose
‘‘Total US’’, then ‘‘Hires’’, then ‘‘Level-In
Thousands’’, then ‘‘Not Seasonally Adjusted’’.
Select ‘‘Retrieve Data’’. Add all monthly numbers
for the year 2016. Please remember that counts are
in thousands. The BLS figure (62,719,000) has been
adjusted to only include hires by firms with 15 or
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the employer would need to transfer
information received to a database
either manually or electronically; and
the employer would need to store the 13
characters of information for each
applicant. Recordkeeping costs and
burden are assumed to be the time cost
associated with entering 13 keystrokes.
Assuming that the required
recordkeeping takes 30 seconds per
record, and assuming a total of
1,878,031,768 paper and electronic
applications per year (as calculated
above), the resulting UGESP burden
hours would be 7,825,132. Based on a
wage rate of $15.21 per hour for the
individuals entering the data, the
collection and storage of applicant
demographic data would come to
approximately $119,020,258 per year for
Title VII-covered employers. We expect
that the foregoing assumptions are overinclusive, because many employers
have electronic job application
processes that should be able to capture
applicant flow data automatically.
However, the average burden per
employer is relatively small. As stated
above, we estimate that UGESP applies
to 961,709 employers. Therefore, the
cost per covered employer is less than
$124 each ($119,020,258 divided by
961,709 is equal to $123.76).
Additionally, UGESP allows for
simplified recordkeeping for employers
with more than 15 but less than 100
employees.8

For the Commission.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Acting Chair.
[FR Doc. 2018–08993 Filed 4–27–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6570–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
[OMB No. 3064–0109]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewal; Comment Request
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

The FDIC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the renewal of an existing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting
comment on renewal of the information
collection described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following
methods:
SUMMARY:

• https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/
laws/federal.
• Email: [email protected]. Include
the name and number of the collection
in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898–
3767), Counsel, MB–3007, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 17th Street Building
(located on F Street), on business days
between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
All comments should refer to OMB
control number 3064–0109. A copy of
the comments may also be submitted to
the OMB desk officer for the FDIC:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Manny Cabeza, Counsel, 202–898–3767,
[email protected], MB–3007, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposal to renew the following
currently approved collection of
information:
Title: Notice of Branch Closure.
OMB Number: 3064–0109.
Form Number: None.
Affected Public: Insured depository
institutions.
Burden Estimate:

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SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BURDEN
Estimated
number of
respondents

Estimated
time per
response
(hours)

Frequency
of response

Average
total annual
estimated
burden
(hours)

Type of burden

Obligation
to respond

Adoption of Closure Policy ....................
Notice of Closure ...................................

Recordkeeping ......................................
Disclosure .............................................

Mandatory .........
Mandatory .........

23
683

8
2

One time ............
One time ............

184
1,366

Total Estimated Annual Burden ......

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

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

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

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

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

1,550

General Description of Collection:
Section 42 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act mandates that an insured
depository institution closing a branch
notify its primary federal regulator not
later than 90 days prior to the closing.
The statute also provides that a notice
be posted on the premises of the branch
for the 30-day period immediately prior
to the closing and that the customers be
notified in a mailing at least 90 days
prior to the closing. Each insured
depository institution that has one or

more branches is required to adopt a
written policy for branch closings.
Burden Estimate Methodology and
Assumptions: There are no changes in
the methodology or substance of this
information collection. FDIC believes
that the existing estimate of the time
required to develop a written branch
closure policy and to provide the
required branch closure notices is
accurate. The number of branch closure
notifications is closely related to the
number of branches closed, while the

number of closure policy adoptions
equals the number newly chartered
branch banking institutions and the
number of existing banking institutions
that transition from having no branches
to having at least one branch. To derive
an estimate of average annual branch
closure notifications, FDIC Risk
Management Supervision (RMS) staff
counted the number of full-service
standalone and in-store branches that
closed between 2015 and 2017. In
addition, FDIC staff count the number of

8 See 29 CFR 1607.15A(1): Simplified
recordkeeping for users with less than 100
employees. In order to minimize recordkeeping
burdens on employers who employ one hundred
(100) or fewer employees, and other users not

required to file EEO–1, et seq., reports, such users
may satisfy the requirements of this section 15 if
they maintain and have available records showing,
for each year: (a) The number of persons hired,
promoted, and terminated for each job, by sex, and

where appropriate by race and national origin; (b)
The number of applicants for hire and promotion
by sex and where appropriate by race and national
origin; and (c) The selection procedures utilized
(either standardized or not standardized).

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