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interdependent actions on the Pacific 

walrus on February 11, 2014. On 

January 31 and March 19, 2014, EPA 

received letters of concurrence from the 

USFWS and NMFS, respectively, 

agreeing with EPA’s determinations of 

effects. On March 13, 2014, in response 

to EPA’s request for a conference on the 

Pacific walrus, the USFWS confirmed 

that the proposed permit action would 

not jeopardize the continued existence 

of this species. 

Essential Fish Habitat. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

requires EPA to consult with NMFS 

when a proposed permit action has the 

potential to adversely affect Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH). EPA’s EFH 

assessment is included as Appendix A 

to the BE. The EFH assessment 

concluded that the discharges 

authorized by the Geotechnical General 

Permit will not adversely affect EFH. 

Coastal Zone Management Act. As of 

July 1, 2011, there is no longer a Coastal 

Zone Management Act (CZMA) program 

in Alaska. Consequently, federal 

agencies are no longer required to 

provide the State of Alaska with CZMA 

consistency determinations. 

Executive Order 12866. The Office of 

Management and Budget exempts this 

action from the review requirements of 

Executive Order 12866 pursuant to 

Section 6 of that order. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. EPA has 

reviewed the requirements imposed on 

regulated facilities in the Geotechnical 

General Permit and finds them 

consistent with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a federal agency must 

prepare an initial regulatory flexibility 

analysis ‘‘for any proposed rule’’ for 

which the agency ‘‘is required by 

section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the RFA. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104–4, 

generally requires federal agencies to 

assess the effects of their ‘‘regulatory 

actions’’ (defined to be the same as 

‘‘rules’’ subject to the RFA) on tribal, 

state, and local governments and the 

private sector. However, the 

Geotechnical General Permit is not a 

‘‘rule’’ subject to the RFA, and are 

therefore not subject to the UMRA. 

Appeal of Permit. Any interested 

person may appeal the Geotechnical 

General Permit in the Federal Court of 

Appeals in accordance with section 

509(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 

U.S.C. 1369(b)(1). This appeal must be 

filed within 120 days of the General 

Permit issuance date. Affected persons 

may not challenge the conditions of the 

General Permit in further EPA 

proceedings (see 40 CFR 124.19). 

Instead, they may either challenge the 

general permit in court or apply for an 

individual NPDES permit. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby 

provide public notice of the final 

Geotechnical General Permit in accordance 

with 40 CFR 124.15(b). 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R10–OW–2014–0505; FRL–9922–23– 

Region–10] 

Notice of Status Update on the 

Proposed Determination for the Pebble 

Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of status update. 

SUMMARY: On July 21, 2014, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published in the Federal Register a 

Notice of Proposed Determination, 

under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water 

Act, to restrict the use of certain waters 

in the South Fork Koktuli River, North 

Fork Koktuli River, and Upper Talarik 

Creek watersheds in Southwest Alaska 

as disposal sites for dredged or fill 

material associated with mining the 

Pebble deposit, a copper-, gold-, and 

molybdenum-bearing ore body. On 

September 19, 2014, EPA published in 

the Federal Register a notice extending 

the time period to either withdraw the 

Proposed Determination or to prepare 

the Recommended Determination until 

no later than February 4, 2015. As part 

of ongoing litigation brought by the 

Pebble Limited Partnership, on 

November 25, 2014, a Federal District 

Court Judge issued a preliminary 

injunction that requires EPA to stop all 

work connected to the 404(c) 

proceeding, including reviewing and 

considering public comments. EPA is 

complying with the court’s order and as 

such is not taking any steps to withdraw 

the Proposed Determination or to 

prepare a Recommended Determination 

while the preliminary injunction is in 

place. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Dennis J. McLerran, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01701 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension Without Change 

of an Existing Collection; Comments 

Request 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 threeyear extension without change of the 

existing recordkeeping requirements 

under 29 CFR part 1602 et seq., 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements under Title VII, the ADA, 

and GINA. The Commission is seeking 

public comments on the proposed 

extension. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 30, 2015. 

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 

(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 numbers.) Instead of 

sending written comments to EEOC, you 

may submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

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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 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: 

Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal 

Counsel, (202) 663–4668, or Erin N. 

Norris, Senior Attorney, (202) 663–4876, 

Office of Legal Counsel, 131 M Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20507. 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). (These are not toll-free 

numbers.) 

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 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 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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Collection title: Recordkeeping under 

Title VII, the ADA, and GINA. 

OMB Control number: 3046–0040. 

Description of affected public: 

Employers with 15 or more employees 

are subject to Title VII, the ADA, and 

GINA. 

Number of responses: 914,843. 

Reporting hours: Not applicable. 

Number of forms: None. 

Federal cost: None. 

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII, 

42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c), section 107(a) of 

the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12117(a), and 

section 207 of GINA, 42 U.S.C. 2000ff– 

6 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. 

Burden statement: The estimated 

number of respondents is 914,843 

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 

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 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 inform 

staff about those requirements. We 

estimate that 30 minutes would be 

needed for this one-time familiarization 

process. Using 2011 data from the Small 

Business Administration, we estimate 

that there are 82,516 firms that would 

incur this start-up burden. Assuming a 

30 minute burden per firm, the total 

annual hour burden is 41,258 hours. 

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 automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

For the Commission. 

Dated: January 23, 2015. 

Jenny R. Yang, 

Chair. 

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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 2014–3011] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Final Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: EIB 11–04, Co-Financing 

with Foreign Export Credit Agency. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

This form will enable Ex-Im Bank to 

identify the specific details of the 

proposed co-financing transaction 

between a U.S. exporter, Ex-Im Bank, 

and a foreign export credit agency; the 

information collected includes vital 

facts such as the amount of U.S.-made 

content in the export, the amount of 

financing requested from Ex-Im Bank, 

and the proposed financing amount 

from the foreign export credit agency. 

These details are necessary for 

approving this unique transaction 

structure and coordinating our support 

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