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AIRAC date State City Airport FDC No. FDC date Subject 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Liberty .................... Causey .................................. 2/7062 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 2, Orig-B.

24–Marv22 ........ TX Van Horn ............... Culberson County ................. 2/7064 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig-B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ MI Saginaw ................. Saginaw County H W 

Browne.

2/7065 1/24/22 ILS OR LOC RWY 28, Amdt 1A. 

24–Mar–22 ........ CT Danielson .............. Danielson .............................. 2/7066 1/24/22 VOR–A, Amdt 6E. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NY Farmingdale .......... Republic ................................ 2/7068 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 3. 

24–Mar–22 ........ MI Newberry ............... Luce County .......................... 2/7069 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Orig-B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ MI Newberry ............... Luce County .......................... 2/7070 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig. 

24–Mar–22 ........ MN Fergus Falls .......... Fergus Falls Muni-Einar 

Mickelson Fld.

2/7073 1/24/22 VOR RWY 13, Amdt 1A. 

24–Mar–22 ........ IN Gary ....................... Gary/Chicago Intl .................. 2/7087 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Orig. 

24–Mar–22 ........ WI Janesville ............... Southern Wisconsin Rgnl ...... 2/7094 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 1B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ FL Leesburg ............... Leesburg Intl ......................... 2/7102 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ AZ Tucson ................... Ryan Fld ................................ 2/7103 1/24/22 ILS OR LOC RWY 6R, Amdt 5D.

24–Mar–22 ........ ID Caldwell ................. Caldwell Industrial ................. 2/7107 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ FL Leesburg ............... Leesburg Intl ......................... 2/7121 1/24/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 2B. 

24–Mar–22 ........ LA Lake Charles ......... Lake Charles Rgnl ................ 2/7185 1/26/22 VOR/DME–B, Amdt 8A. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Monroe .................. Charlotte-Monroe Exec ......... 2/7196 1/26/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NY Schenectady .......... Schenectady County ............. 2/8413 1/27/22 ILS OR LOC RWY 4, Amdt 5F. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NY Schenectady .......... Schenectady County ............. 2/8414 1/27/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-D. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8853 1/27/22 ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 20, Amdt 

5. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8854 1/27/22 ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 20, Orig. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8855 1/27/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Amdt 3. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8856 1/27/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 2, Amdt 1. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8857 1/27/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Amdt 2A. 

24–Mar–22 ........ NC Greenville .............. Pitt-Greenville ........................ 2/8858 1/27/22 RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 2A. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

29 CFR Part 1601 

RIN 3046–AB17 

2022 Adjustment of the Penalty for 

Violation of Notice Posting 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015, which further amended the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990, this final rule 

adjusts for inflation the civil monetary 

penalty for violation of the noticeposting requirements in Title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, and the Genetic 

Information Non-Discrimination Act. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

February 23, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal 

Counsel, (202) 921–2665 or 

kathleen.oram@eeoc.gov, or Savannah 

Marion Felton, Senior Attorney, (202) 

921–2671 or savannah.felton@eeoc.gov, 

Office of Legal Counsel, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M St. 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) 921–3191 (voice) or 1–800–669– 

6820 (TTY), or 1–844–234–5122 (ASL 

video phone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under section 711 of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 (Title VII), which is adopted 

by reference in section 105 of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 

and section 207(a)(1) of the Genetic 

Information Non-Discrimination Act 

(GINA), and implemented in 29 CFR 

1601.30(a), every employer, 

employment agency, labor organization, 

and joint labor-management committee 

controlling an apprenticeship or other 

training program covered by Title VII, 

ADA, or GINA must post notices 

describing the pertinent provisions of 

these laws. Such notices must be posted 

in prominent and accessible places 

where notices to employees, applicants, 

and members are customarily 

maintained. 29 CFR 1601.30(a). Failure 

to comply with this posting requirement 

is subject to penalty pursuant to the 

Federal Civil Penalties Adjustment Act, 

as amended. 29 CFR 1601.30(b). In fiscal 

year (FY) 2021, the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had 

10 posting violation charge resolutions. 

The EEOC first adjusted the civil 

monetary penalty for violations of the 

notice posting requirements in 1997 

pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 

(FCPIA Act), 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as 

amended by the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), Public 

Law 104–134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 

1373. A final rule was published in the 

Federal Register on May 16, 1997, at 62 

FR 26934, which raised the maximum 

penalty per violation from $100 to $110. 

The EEOC’s second adjustment, made 

pursuant to the FCPIA Act, as amended 

by the DCIA, was published in the 

Federal Register on March 19, 2014, at 

79 FR 15220 and raised the maximum 

penalty per violation from $110 to $210. 

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015 (2015 Act), Public Law 114–74, 

Sec. 701(b), 129 Stat. 599, further 

amended the FCPIA Act, to require each 

federal agency, not later than July 1, 

2016, and not later than January 15 of 

every year thereafter, to issue 

regulations adjusting for inflation the 

maximum civil penalty that may be 

imposed pursuant to each agency’s 

statutes. The purpose of the annual 

adjustment for inflation was to maintain 

the remedial impact of civil monetary 

penalties and promote compliance with 

the law. The EEOC’s initial adjustment 

made pursuant to the 2015 Act was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 2, 2016, at 81 FR 35269 and raised 

the maximum penalty per violation 

from $210 to $525. The EEOC has 

subsequently made annual adjustments 

pursuant to the 2015 Act each year. 

Most recently, in 2021, the maximum 


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penalty per violation was increased to 

$576. 

These annual adjustments to the 

penalty are calculated pursuant to the 

inflation adjustment formula provided 

in section 5(b) of the 2015 Act. In 

accordance with section 6 of the 2015 

Act, the adjusted penalty will apply 

only to penalties assessed after the 

effective date of the adjustment. 

Generally, the periodic inflation 

adjustment to a civil monetary penalty 

under the 2015 Act will be based on the 

percentage change between the 

Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPI–U) for the month of 

October preceding the date of 

adjustment and the prior year’s October 

CPI–U. 

II. Calculation 

The adjustment set forth in this final 

rule was calculated by comparing the 

CPI–U for October 2020 with the CPI– 

U for October 2021, resulting in an 

inflation adjustment factor of 1.06222. 

The first step of the calculation is to 

multiply the inflation adjustment factor 

(1.06222) by the most recent civil 

penalty amount ($576) to calculate the 

inflation-adjusted penalty level 

($611.83872). The second step is to 

round this inflation-adjusted penalty to 

the nearest dollar ($612). Accordingly, 

the Commission is now adjusting the 

maximum penalty per violation 

specified in 29 CFR 1601.30(a) from 

$576 to $612. 

III. Regulatory Procedures 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) provides an exception to the 

notice and comment procedures where 

an agency finds good cause for 

dispensing with such procedures, on the 

basis that they are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest. The Commission finds that 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) good cause 

exists to not utilize notice of proposed 

rulemaking and public comment 

procedures for this rule because this 

adjustment of the civil monetary penalty 

is required by the 2015 Act, the formula 

for calculating the adjustment to the 

penalty is prescribed by statute, and the 

Commission has no discretion in 

determining the amount of the 

published adjustment. Accordingly, the 

Commission is issuing this revised 

regulation as a final rule without notice 

and comment. 

Executive Order 12866 

Pursuant to Executive Order 12866, 

the EEOC has coordinated with the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866, the EEOC and OMB have 

determined that this final rule will not 

have an annual effect on the economy 

of $100 million or more, or adversely 

affect in a material way the economy, a 

sector of the economy, productivity, 

competition, jobs, the environment, 

public health or safety, or state, local, or 

tribal governments or communities. In 

FY 2021, the Commission had 10 

posting notice charge resolutions. The 

great majority of employers and entities 

covered by these regulations comply 

with the posting requirement, and, as a 

result, the aggregate economic impact of 

these revised regulations will be 

minimal, affecting only those limited 

few who fail to post required notices in 

violation of the regulation and statue. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35) (PRA) applies to 

rulemakings in which an agency creates 

a new paperwork burden on regulated 

entities or modifies an existing burden. 

This final rule contains no new 

information collection requirements, 

and therefore, will create no new 

paperwork burdens or modifications to 

existing burdens that are subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the PRA. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) only requires a 

regulatory flexibility analysis when 

notice and comment is required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or some 

other statute. As stated above, notice 

and comment is not required for this 

rule. For that reason, the requirements 

of the Regulatory Flexibility Act do not 

apply. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This final rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, or tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

in any one year, and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

requires that before a rule may take 

effect, the agency promulgating the rule 

must submit a rule report, which 

includes a copy of the rule, to each 

House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. EEOC will submit a report 

containing this rule and other required 

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to the effective date of the 

rule. Under the CRA, a major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by the CRA at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1601 

Administrative practice and 

procedure. 

Charlotte A. Burrows, 

Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission. 

Accordingly, the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission amends 29 

CFR part 1601 as follows: 

PART 1601—PROCEDURAL 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1601 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e–17; 42 

U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 

2000ff–11; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; 

Pub. L. 104–134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 

1373. 

■ 2. Section 1601.30 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 1601.30 Notices to be posted. 

* * * * * 

(b) Section 711(b) of Title VII and the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act, as amended, make 

failure to comply with this section 

punishable by a fine of not more than 

$612 for each separate offense. 

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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 23 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2020–0019; 

FF09A30000–190FXIA16710900000] 

RIN 1018–BF14 

Implementing the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 

(CITES); Updates Following the 

Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference 

of the Parties (CoP18) to CITES 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS or Service), are 


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