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number of respondents reducing from 

60 to 30. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00768 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0083; FRL–9920– 

86—OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Leather Finishing Operations 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for 

Leather Finishing Operations (40 CFR 

part 63, subpart TTTT) (Renewal)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1985.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0478) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through January 1, 2015. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (79 

FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 19, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2014–0083, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

William Jefferson Clinton West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Owners or operators of 

leather finishing operations that are 

subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart TTTT 

are require to provide initial 

notifications, performance tests, and 

periodic reports. They are also required 

to maintain records of the occurrence 

and duration of any startup, shutdown, 

or malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. The required annual reports 

are used to determine periods of excess 

emissions, identify problems at the 

facility, verify operation/maintenance 

procedures and for compliance 

determinations. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of leather finishing 

operations that are a major source of 

HAP emissions. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

TTTT). 

Estimated number of respondents: 10 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

occasionally and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 334 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $32,651(per 

year), including no annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00769 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final notice of submission for 

OMB review—Extension with change: 

State and Local Government 

Information Report (EEO–4). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC or Commission) 

hereby gives notice that it has submitted 

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). The EEOC is proposing 

revisions to 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). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before February 

19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR and 

applicable supporting documentation 

submitted to OMB for this review may 

be obtained from: Ronald Edwards, 

Director, Program Research and Surveys 

Division, Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street 

NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 

20507. Comments on this final notice 

must be submitted to Chad A. 

Lallemand, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW., Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or electronically mailed to 

Chad_A._Lallemand@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of comments should be sent to 

Bernadette Wilson, Acting Executive 

Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 


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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 (TTY). (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. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time or can be reviewed at http://

www.regulations.gov. 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 is proposing revisions to 

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). The 

revisions to the EEO–4 report, Form 

164, 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. 

A notice that EEOC would be 

submitting this request was published 

in the Federal Register on August 27, 

2014 allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. There were no 

comments received from the public. 

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). 

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, but empirical data 

in this area is lacking. Accordingly, 

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 

systems. There will be no cost for 

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 

estimated cost for employers that will 

have to re-survey the workforce to 

comply with the new race and ethnicity 

changes is $21,600,000. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

For the Commission. 

Jenny R. Yang, 

Chair. 

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COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 


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