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on effects that may result from exposure
to chemicals found in the environment.
Through the IRIS Program, EPA
provides high quality science-based
human health assessments to support
the Agency’s regulatory activities and
decisions to protect public health.
As part of developing a draft IRIS
assessment, EPA presents a methods
document, referred to as the protocol,
for conducting a chemical-specific
systematic review of the available
scientific literature. EPA is seeking
public comment on components of the
protocol including the described
strategies for literature searches, criteria
for study inclusion or exclusion,
considerations for evaluating study
methods, information management for
extracting data, approaches for synthesis
within and across lines of evidence, and
methods for derivation of toxicity
values. The protocol serves to inform
the subsequent development of the draft
assessment and is made available to the
public. EPA may update the protocol
based on the evaluation of the literature,
and any updates will be posted to the
docket and on the IRIS website.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–
0183 for vanadium and compounds
(oral), by one of the following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: [email protected].
• Fax: 202–566–9744. Due to COVID–
19, there may be a delay in processing
comments submitted by fax.
• Mail: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460. The phone number is 202–
566–1752. Due to COVID–19, there may
be a delay in processing comments
submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due
to public health concerns related to
COVID–19, the EPA Docket Center and
Reading Room may be closed to the
public with limited exceptions. The
telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is 202–566–1744. The
public can submit comments via
www.Regulations.gov or email.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0183 for
vanadium and compounds (oral). Please
ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
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closing date will be marked ‘‘late,’’ and
may only be considered if time permits.
It is EPA’s policy to include all
comments it receives in the public
docket without change and to make the
comments available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless a
comment includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information for which
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do
not submit information through https://
www.regulations.gov or email that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The https://
www.regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Docket: Documents in the docket are
listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
materials, such as copyrighted material,
are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or as a hard copy
at the ORD Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health &
Environmental Assessment.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice of Submission for
OMB Review; Comment Request
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission gives notice of its intent to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for renewal of
the information collection described
below.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before June 25,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods—
please use only one method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Mail: Comments may be submitted by
mail to Rachel See, Acting Executive
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,
131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
20507.
Fax: Comments totaling six or fewer
pages may be sent by fax machine to
(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.)
Instructions: All comments received
will be posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information you provide,
except as noted below. However, 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.
Although copies of comments
received are usually also available for
review at the Commission’s library,
given the EEOC’s current 100%
telework status due to the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID–19) public health
emergency, the Commission’s library is
closed until further notice. Once the
Commission’s library is re-opened,
copies of comments received in
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response to this notice will be made
available for viewing by appointment
only at 131 M Street NE, Suite 4NW08R,
Washington, DC 20507, between the
hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal
Counsel, at (202) 921–2665 or
[email protected], or Savannah
Marion Felton, Senior Attorney, at (202)
921–2671 or Savannah.Felton@
eeoc.gov. 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 1–800–669–6820 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC or Commission)
gives notice of its intent to submit the
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee
Selection Procedures (UGESP or
Uniform Guidelines) 1 to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
three-year extension without change
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA).
Request for Comments
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and
OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the
EEOC invites public comments that will
enable the agency to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
to be collected; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Overview of Current Information
Collection
Collection Title: Recordkeeping
Requirements of the Uniform Guidelines
on Employee Selection Procedures, 29
1 29 CFR, part 1607, 41 CFR part 60–3, 28 CFR
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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: 957,005.
Responses: 2 957,005.
Recordkeeping Hours: 16,578,127 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.
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
Executive Order 11246 are subject to
UGESP. However, for the purposes of
burden calculation, data for all
employers are counted.2 The number of
employers with 15 or more employees is
estimated at 957,005 which combines
estimates from private employment,3
2 In calculating burden, data from multiple
sources are used. Some of these sources do not
allow us to identify only those employers who are
covered by Title VII (employers with 15 or more
employees).
3 Source of original data: 2017 Economic Census.
(https://www.census.gov/content/census/en/data/
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the public sector,4 and referral unions.5
Employers with 15 or more employees
represent approximately 15.3% of all
employers in the U.S. and employ about
87.7% of all employees in the U.S.6
This burden assessment is based on
an estimate of the number of job
applications submitted to all 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 1,989,375,182, based on
an average of approximately 29
applications 7 for every hire and a
Bureau of Labor Statistics data estimate
of 68,594,000 annual hires.8 This figure
also includes 149,182 applicants for
union membership reported on the
EEO–3 form for 2018.
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);
the employer may need to transfer
information received to a database
either manually or electronically
(although we believe it likely that many
employers utilize HR software that
handles employment applications as
well as the rest of the employers HR
needs); 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
Downloadable CSV data. Select U.S. & states, 6 digit
NAICS. The original number of employers was
adjusted to only include those with 15 or more
employees.
4 Source of original data: 2017 Census of
Governments: Employment. Individual Government
Data File (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/
2017/econ/apes/annual-apes.html/), Local
Downloadable Data zip file ‘‘individual files’’. The
original number of government entities was
adjusted to only include those with 15 or more
employees.
5 EEO–3 Reports filed by referral unions in 2018
with EEOC.
6 Source of original data: 2017 Economic Census.
(https://www.census.gov/content/census/en/data/
datasets/2017/econ/susb/2017-susb.html). Local
Downloadable CSV data. Select U.S. & states, 6 digit
NAICS;2017 Census of Governments (https://
www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/econ/apes/
annual-apes).
7 The average number of applications received per
job opening in 2018, according to the private career
advice website Zety. (https://zety.com/blog/hrstatistics).
8 Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and
Labor Turnover Survey, 2018 annual level data (Not
seasonally adjusted), (http://www.bls.gov/jlt/
data.htm) is the source of the original data. The BLS
figure includes new hires in both the public and the
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record, and assuming a total of
1,989,375,182 paper and electronic
applications per year (as calculated
above), the resulting UGESP burden
hours would be 16,578,127. Based on a
wage rate of $17.44 9 per hour for the
individuals entering the data, the
collection and storage of applicant
demographic data would come to
approximately $289,122,526 per year.
We expect that the foregoing
assumptions are over-inclusive, because
many employers have electronic job
application processes that should be
able to capture applicant flow data
automatically.
While the burden hours and costs for
the UGESP recordkeeping requirement
seem very large, the average burden per
employer is relatively small. We
estimate that UGESP applies to 957,005
employers, which is about 15.3% of all
employers in the U.S, and who employ
about 87.7% of all employees in the
U.S. (86.5% of private employees and
95.9% of government employees).10
Therefore, the estimated cost per
covered employer is about $263.11
Additionally, 35.0% of employees work
for firms with at least 5,000
employees,12 and it is likely the burden
of entry for these firms is transferred to
the applicants via use of electronic
application systems. UGESP also allows
for simplified recordkeeping for
employers with more than 15 but less
than 100 employees.13
9 Based on the 10th percentile hourly wage for
Human Resources Specialist in 2018 (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/2018/may/oes131071.htm). The
10th percentile is slightly lower than the average
salary for an entry-level Human Resources
Specialist (https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/
Entry-Level-Human-Resources-Specialist-Salary).
10 Source for private employees: 2017 Economic
Census. (https://www.census.gov/content/census/
en/data/datasets/2017/econ/susb/2017-susb.html).
Local Downloadable CSV data. Select U.S. & states,
6 digit NAICS. Source for public employees: 2017
Census of Governments (https://www.census.gov/
data/tables/2017/econ/apes/annual-apes).
11 This assumes that the new hires in 2018 were
distributed equally across firm and agency sizes. In
2018, 64,286,000 new hires were in the private
sector 86.5% of which would be 55,575,000 new
hires estimated for firms with at least 15 employees.
Similarly, 4,310,000 new hires were in the public
sector. 95.9% of which would be 4,133,000 new
hires into governments with at least 15 employees.
This totals approximately 59,708,000 new hires in
Title VII locations. The remainder of the burden
hour calculations remain the same.
12 Source for private employees: 2017 Economic
Census. (https://www.census.gov/content/census/
en/data/datasets/2017/econ/susb/2017-susb.html).
13 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,
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For the Commission.
Dated: April 20, 2021.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before June 25, 2021.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
SUMMARY:

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
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advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1270.
Title: Protecting National Security
Through FCC Programs.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,500 respondents; 10,250
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–12
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual and recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory
and required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
1603–1604.
Total Annual Burden: 27,400 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 1,125,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
respondents submit confidential
information to the FCC. However,
respondents may request confidential
treatment of their information under 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) as a revision during this
comment period to obtain the full three
year clearance from OMB. Under this
information collection, the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, requires the ‘‘preservation
and advancement of universal service.’’
47 U.S.C. 254(b). The information
collection requirements reported under
this collection are the result of the
Federal Communications Commission’s
(the Commission) actions to promote the
Act’s universal service goals.
On November 22, 2019, the
Commission adopted the Protecting
Against National Security Threats to the
Communications Supply Chain Through
FCC Programs, WC Docket No. 18–89,
Report and Order, Order, and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 34 FCC
Rcd 11423 (2019) (Report and Order).
The Report and Order prohibits future
use of Universal Service Fund (USF)
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