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2On November 16, 2011, DOE’s Acting General 

Counsel delegated to Western’s Administrator all 

the authorities of the General Counsel respecting 

environmental impact statements. 

are satisfied and has adopted the Final 

EIS. 

Proposed Federal Action 

Western’s proposed Federal action is 

to allow Basin Electric’s Project to 

interconnect to Western’s Williston 

Substation and Williston to Charlie 

Creek 230-kV transmission line. 

Basin Electric Proposed Project 

Basin Electric is proposing to 

construct, own and operate a new 345- 

kV transmission line and associated 

supporting infrastructure. The Project 

will consist of approximately 278 miles 

of transmission line, including 265 

miles of new 345-kV transmission line 

and 13 miles of new 230-kV 

transmission line, five new substations 

and equipment additions, but no 

expansion to four existing substations. 

The proposed Project would connect to 

the Integrated System, the high-voltage 

transmission grid in the upper Great 

Plains managed by Western, at several 

locations, including Western’s Williston 

Substation and a point along its 

Williston to Charlie Creek 230-kV 

transmission line. This Project is 

referred to as Alternative C in the Final 

EIS. Alternative C combines Alternative 

A, McKenzie County portions of 

Alternative B from the Draft EIS, and 

three new substations (Red, White, and 

Blue substations). 

The new 345-kV transmission line 

would start at the AVS Electric 

Generation Station located near Beulah, 

North Dakota, and extend west where it 

would connect with Basin Electric’s 

existing Charlie Creek 345-kV 

Substation located near Grassy Butte. 

The line would then extend north where 

it would connect with Basin Electric’s 

proposed Judson Substation near 

Williston and terminate at Basin 

Electric’s newly proposed Tande 

Substation. Additional 230-kV 

transmission lines would be constructed 

between the new Judson 345-kV 

Substation and Western’s existing 

Williston Substation, between a new 

345/230/115-kV substation referred to as 

the Blue Substation and Western’s 

existing 230-kV transmission line, and 

also between the Tande 345-kV 

Substation and Basin Electric’s existing 

Neset 230-kV Substation located near 

Tioga, North Dakota. Additionally, the 

White Substation would be constructed 

along with the Red Substation to the 

Blue Substation transmission line 

segment to interconnect with the local 

115-kV system for load-serving 

purposes. 

Description of Alternatives 

Three transmission line alternatives, 

two transmission line variations in the 

Little Missouri National Grasslands 

(LMNG), and the No Action alternative 

were evaluated. Alternative C is 

described above; Alternative D is similar 

to Alternative C with the primary 

difference being the construction of a 

double-circuit 345-kV line north of 

Killdeer for 63 miles to the Blue 

Substation. Alternative E is similar to 

Alternative D with the primary 

difference being the construction of two 

parallel 345-kV transmission lines north 

of Killdeer rather than a double-circuit 

line. The variations across the LMNG 

include double-circuiting the 345-kV 

line with Western’s existing 230-kV 

transmission Line. RUS has identified 

Alternative C as its preferred alternative 

because it best meets the purpose and 

need and minimizes or mitigates 

potential impacts. 

Mitigation Measures 

For the transmission facility 

component of the proposed Project, 

Basin Electric has committed to best 

management practices and mitigation 

measures as outlined in Appendix A of 

the Final EIS. Western will abide by the 

Biological Assessment as it pertains to 

the interconnection at Western’s 

existing Williston Substation and 

Williston to Charlie Creek 230-kV 

transmission line. 

In compliance with the National 

Historic Preservation Act, RUS/

Western/USFS has executed a 

Programmatic Agreement with the 

North Dakota State Historic Preservation 

Office along with Basin Electric (as an 

invited signatory). Western has 

reviewed the October 17, 2014, letter to 

RUS from the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation (ACHP) 

concerning the Killdeer Mountain 

Battlefield (KMB) core and study areas; 

and has also reviewed the October 24, 

2014, response letter from RUS to the 

Advisory Council, including the ACHP’s 

ability to participate in consultation 

meetings, and that the more limited area 

was determined to be National Register 

of Historic Places (NRHP) eligible. Of 

significance to the ROD is that neither 

interconnection to the Williston 

Substation nor to the Williston to 

Charlie Creek 230-kV transmission line 

are in or close to the limited NRHP core 

area, nor the even larger KMB study 

area, and will have no effect on any of 

these areas. 

Western requires its construction 

contractors to implement standard 

environmental protection provisions. 

These provisions are provided in 

Western’s Construction Standard 13 and 

will be applied to the proposed 

interconnection. 

The best management practices and 

mitigation measures in the Final EIS 

reflect all practicable means to avoid or 

minimize environmental harm from the 

proposed Project and Western’s 

proposed action. 

Decision 

Western’s decision is to allow Basin 

Electric’s request for interconnection to 

Western’s Williston Substation and its 

Williston to Charlie Creek 230-kV 

transmission line.2 Western’s decision 

to grant this interconnection request 

satisfies the agency’s statutory mission 

and Basin Electric’s objectives while 

minimizing harm to the environment. 

Full implementation of this decision is 

contingent upon Basin Electric 

obtaining all other applicable permits 

and approvals as well as executing an 

interconnection agreement in 

accordance with Western’s General 

Requirements for Interconnection. 

This decision is based on the 

information contained in the Antelope 

Valley Station to Neset Transmission 

Project Final EIS. This ROD was 

prepared pursuant to the requirements 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for Implementing 

NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) and 

DOE’s Procedures for Implementing 

NEPA (10 CFR part 1021). 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

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 Without 

Change: Employer Information Report 

(EEO–1). 

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 

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1The burden and cost estimates in this notice 

represent the most current figures through the 2013 

EEO–1 filing period. The above estimates differ 

from those published in the Federal Register on 

June 30, 2014 (79 FR 36802); that notice was 

inadvertently submitted for publication with 

inaccurate cost and burden estimates included. This 

was in error and the above numbers reflect the 

estimates that should have been included in the 

June 30, 2014 Federal Register notice. 

(OMB) a request for a three-year 

extension without change of the 

Employer Information Report (EEO–1). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before January 

7, 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: A notice 

that EEOC would be submitting this 

request was published in the Federal 

Register on June 30, 2014 (79 FR 36802), 

allowing for a 60 day public comment 

period. One comment was received. 

This comment was in favor of the 

continued use of the EEO–1, and also 

suggested making a change to the 

reporting procedures that currently 

prevent parent companies from 

electronically submitting EEO–1 reports 

for different subsidiary companies 

operating at the same physical location 

within the same industry classification. 

EEOC has contacted the organization 

that made the comment and is in the 

process of setting up a meeting to 

determine how this suggestion can be 

implemented by the next reporting 

cycle. 

Overview of Information Collection 

Collection Title: Employer 

Information Report (EEO–1). 

OMB Number: 3046–0007. 

Frequency of Report: Annual. 

Type of Respondent: Private 

employers with 100 or more employees 

and certain federal government 

contractors and first-tier subcontractors 

with 50 or more employees. 

Description of Affected Public: Private 

employers with 100 or more employees 

and certain federal government 

contractors and first-tier subcontractors 

with 50 or more employees. 

Number of Responses: 307,103. 

Reporting Hours: 1,044,150. 

Respondent Cost: $19.83 million. 

Federal Cost: $650,000.1

Number of Forms: 1. 

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 such 

reports as the Commission prescribes by 

regulation or order. Accordingly, the 

EEOC issued regulations prescribing the 

EEO–1 reporting requirement. 

Employers in the private sector with 100 

or more employees and some federal 

contractors with 50 or more employees 

have been required to submit EEO–1 

reports annually since 1966. The 

individual reports are confidential. 

EEO–1 data is used by EEOC to 

investigate charges of employment 

discrimination against employers in 

private industry and to provide 

information about the employment 

status of minorities and women. The 

data is shared with the Office of Federal 

Contract Compliance Programs 

(OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and 

several other federal agencies. Pursuant 

to § 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964, as amended, EEO–1 data is 

also shared with state and local Fair 

Employment Practices Agencies 

(FEPAs). 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

number of respondents required to 

submit the annual EEO–1 survey is 

70,070 private employers. The annual 

number of responses is approximately 

307,103. The form is estimated to 

impose 1,044,150 burden hours 

annually or 3.4 hours per response. In 

order to help reduce survey burden, 

respondents are encouraged to report 

data electronically whenever possible. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

For the Commission. 

Jenny R. Yang, 

Chair. 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

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Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements Under Title VII 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: State and Local Government 

Information Report (EEO–4): 

Cancellation of hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Commission is cancelling the public 

hearing on the above proposed 

information collection—extension with 

change: The State and Local 

Government Information Report (EEO– 

4). (79 FR 51155, August 27, 2014). No 

requests to present oral testimony at a 

hearing concerning the information 

collection were received from the 

public. Therefore, it will not be 

necessary to hold the hearing. 

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