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determination (e.g., in response to a 

FOIA request or in the course of 

rulemaking or litigation, a 

resubstantiation of a prior claim, or an 

advance confidentiality determination), 

it shall notify the affected business and 

provide an opportunity to submit a 

substantiation of confidentiality claims. 

This ICR relates to information EPA 

needs to collect to assist in determining 

whether previously submitted 

information is entitled to confidential 

treatment. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

businesses and other for-profit 

companies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 5 

U.S.C. Section 522 Freedom of 

Information Act. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

228 (total). 

Frequency of response: 1 response per 

respondent annually. 

Total estimated burden: 1,533 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $139,514 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. 

As part of the ICR renewal process, 

EPA is obtaining usage for the past 12 

months of each of the letters covered by 

this ICR to obtain up-to-date estimates. 

Larry F. Gottesman, 

Agency FOIA Officer, Office of Environmental 

Information, Office of Enterprise Information 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2016–21988 Filed 9–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9952–25–OA] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board: Lake Erie Phosphorus 

Objectives Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences of the SAB Lake Erie 

Phosphorus Objectives Review Panel to 

review its draft report regarding the 

development of nutrient load reduction 

targets for Lake Erie. 

DATES: The SAB Lake Erie Phosphorus 

Objectives Review Panel will conduct 

public teleconferences on October 12 

and October 13, 2016. Each of the 

teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconferences will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB Lake Erie Phosphorus 

Objectives Review Panel will hold two 

public teleconferences to discuss its 

draft report on the development of 

nutrient load reduction targets for Lake 

Erie. The Panel will provide advice to 

the Administrator through the chartered 

SAB. 

EPA Region 5 is co-leading a 

binational workgroup to develop and 

implement the Nutrients Annex 

(‘‘Annex 4’’) of the 2012 Great Lakes 

Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) in 

accordance with Article 3(b)(i) of the 

GLWQA. Under Annex 4, the United 

States and Canada were charged with 

establishing binational Substance 

Objectives for phosphorus 

concentrations, loading targets, and 

allocations for the nearshore and 

offshore waters of Lake Erie. The EPA 

Region 5 Water Division requested that 

the SAB review modeling results that 

informed the development of the 

binational phosphorus reduction targets. 

The EPA also requested advice on future 

work to support implementation and 

evaluation of nutrient reduction goals 

for Lake Erie. The SAB Panel reviewed 

the documents titled Annex 4 Ensemble 

Modeling Report and Appendix B, and 

Recommended Phosphorus Loading 

Targets for Lake Erie. The SAB Panel 

met on June 21–22, 2016 to receive 

briefings from the EPA and invited 

experts, hear public comments, and 

deliberate on responses to the EPA 

charge questions (81 FR 31936). The 

purpose of the teleconferences 

described in this notice is to discuss the 

Panel’s draft report. The two panel 

teleconferences will be conducted as 

one complete meeting beginning on 

October 12, 2016 and continuing on 

October 13, 2016, if needed to complete 

agenda items. Additional information 

about this SAB advisory activity can be 

found at the following URL http://yose

mite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/GLWQA%20Annex

%204?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning work conducted 

under the GLWQA Annex 4 and the 

documents reviewed by the SAB should 

be directed to Ms. Santina Wortman, 

Water Division, U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard (WW–15J), 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, by telephone 

(312) 353–8319 or via email at 

wortman.santina@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the teleconference 

agenda, draft panel report, and other 

materials will be available on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of this advisory activity for the SAB to 

consider during the advisory process. 

Input from the public to the SAB will 

have the most impact if it provides 

specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for SAB 

committees and panels to consider or if 

it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the 

technical information. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comment 

should contact the DFO directly. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at the teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes. Interested parties 

wishing to provide comments should 

contact Dr. Armitage, DFO, in writing 


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(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by October 5, 

2016, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements will be 

accepted throughout the advisory 

process; however, for timely 

consideration by Panel members, 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO (preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by October 5, 

2016. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for advisory meetings. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Dr. Armitage 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: September 7, 2016. 

Khanna Johnston, 

Acting Deputy Director, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2016–21989 Filed 9–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Request 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information 

collection—extension without change: 

Local Union Report (EEO–3). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC or Commission) announces that 

it intends to submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for a three-year extension 

without change of the Local Union 

Report (EEO–3) (Form 274). Pending 

OMB approval of an emergency 

extension request, to be effective after 

the current September 30, 2016 

expiration date, a regular clearance 

request for OMB review and approval of 

a three-year extension of the EEO–3 

Report is beginning. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before 

November 14, 2016. 

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 (TTD). (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, except as 

noted below. 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: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, 

Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663–4958 

(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: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35, 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. 

Overview of Information Collection 

Collection Title: Local Union Report 

(EEO–3). 

OMB Number: 3046–0006. 

Frequency of Report: Biennial. 

Type of Respondent: Local referral 

unions with 100 or more members. 

Description of Affected Public: Local 

referral unions and independent or 

unaffiliated referral unions and similar 

labor organizations. 

Responses: 1,036. 

Biennial Reporting Hours: 2,123.8. 

Biennial Burden Hour Cost: 

$87,588.10. 

Biennial 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 local 

referral 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 EEOC has 

updated its methodology for calculating 

annual burden to reflect the different 


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