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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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00736 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 


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ACTION: Final notice of submission for 

OMB review—extension with change: 

Local Union Report (EEO–3). 

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 Local 

Union Report (EEO–3). The EEOC is 

proposing revisions to the race and 

ethnicity categories on the EEO–3 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, 

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 local 

unions on the EEO–3 form since 1966. 

The Commission is proposing revisions 

to the EEO–3 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). The 

revisions to the EEO–3 report, Form 

274, 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 Information Collection 

Collection Title: Local Union Report 

(EEO–3). 

OMB Number: 3046–0006. 

Frequency of Report: Biennial. 

Type of Respondent: Referral local 

unions with 100 or more members. 

Description of Affected Public: 

Referral local unions and independent 

or unaffiliated referral unions and 

similar labor organizations. 

Responses: 1,176. 

Reporting Hours: 2,405. 

Cost Burden: $2,822,400. 

Federal Cost: $81,935. 

Number of Forms: 1. 

Form Number: EEOC Form 274. 

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires 

labor organizations to make and keep 

records relevant to a determination of 

whether unlawful employment practices 

have been or are being committed and 

to produce reports from the data. The 

EEOC issued regulations requiring 

referral local unions with 100 or more 

members to submit EEO–3 reports. The 

individual reports are confidential. The 

EEOC uses EEO–3 data to investigate 

charges of discrimination and for 

research. 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

number of respondents included in the 

biennial EEO–3 survey is 1,176 referral 

unions. The changes discussed herein 

will increase the biennial respondent 

burden hours from 2,102 to 2,405 and 

EEOC costs from $60,000 to $81,935. 

The burden per report will be 2.05 

hours. The increase in burden hours per 

report is due to the changes made to the 

Form 274. 

Estimated burden hours were 

calculated by multiplying the number of 

reports expected to be filed biennially 

(1,176 in 2012) by the estimated average 

time to complete and submit each report 

(2.05 hours). These estimates are based 

on an assumption of paper reporting. 

However, the EEOC has made electronic 

filing much easier for respondents 

required to file the EEO–3 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 respondents 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 

respondents with a current system that 

is already designed to handle the full 

multiple race and ethnicity 

classifications. It is estimated that about 

ten percent of respondents currently 


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have this ability. The estimated cost for 

respondents that will have to re-survey 

the members to comply with the new 

race and ethnicity changes is 

$2,822,400. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

For the Commission. 

Jenny R. Yang, 

Chair. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00737 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Regular Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation Board; Regular Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

System Insurance Corporation Board 

(Board). 

DATES: Date and Time: The meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on January 22, 2015, 

from 9:00 a.m. until such time as the 

Board concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit System Insurance Corporation 

Board, (703) 883–4009, TTY (703) 883– 

4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation, 1501 Farm 

Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102. 

Submit attendance requests via email to 

VisitorRequest@FCA.gov. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further 

information about attendance requests. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting of the Board will be open to the 

public (limited space available). Please 

send an email to VisitorRequest@

FCA.gov at least 24 hours before the 

meeting. In your email include: Name, 

postal address, entity you are 

representing (if applicable), and 

telephone number. You will receive an 

email confirmation from us. Please be 

prepared to show a photo identification 

when you arrive. If you need assistance 

for accessibility reasons, or if you have 

any questions, contact Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary to the Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation Board, at (703) 

883–4009. The matters to be considered 

at the meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• December 11, 2014 

B. New Business 

• Review of Insurance Premium Rates 

• Policy Statement Concerning 

Investments 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00677 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6710–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0859] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), 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 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 March 23, 

2015. 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 

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 Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0859. 

Title: Suggested Guidelines for 

Petitions for Ruling Under Section 253 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 24 

respondents; 24 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 63 to 

125 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

Section 253 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,698 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information to the Commission. 

Respondents may request confidential 

treatment of such information, in some 

cases, under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

published a Public Notice in November 

1998 which established various 

guidelines for the filing of petitions for 

preemption pursuant to section 253 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, as well as guidelines for the 

filing of comments opposing such 

requests for preemption. The 

Commission will use this information to 

discharge its statutory mandate relating 

to the preemption of state or local 

statutes, regulations, or other state or 

local legal requirements. 

Section 253 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended; added by the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996, 

requires the Commission, with certain 

important exceptions, to preempt (to the 

extent necessary) the enforcement of 

any state or local statute or regulation, 

or other state or local legal requirement 

that prohibits or has the effect of 

prohibiting any entity from providing 


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