Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 64 / Thursday, April 3, 1997 / Notices 15893

ACTION: Notice of Extension Request and

Change in Filing Requirements.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, agencies are required

to submit proposed information

collection requests to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval, and to publish a

notice in the Federal Register

announcing to the public that the

agency has made such a submission.

The Commission has requested an

extension of an existing collection, State

and Local Government Information

(EEO–4), with the following change in

reporting requirements. Governments

with from 250 to 999 full-time

employees will now submit a separate

EEO–4 report only for those functions

with 100 or more employees and one

aggregate report that includes all the

remaining functions with fewer than

100 full-time employees. All other state

and local governments will continue to

file their EEO–4 reports as they have in

the past.

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance

(SF83–l), supporting statement, and

other documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from: Margaret

Ulmer Holmes, EEOC Clearance Officer,

1801 L Street, NW, Room 2928,

Washington, DC, 20507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joachim Neckere, Director, Program

Research and Surveys Division at (202)

663–4958 (voice) or (202) 663–7063

(TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Review: Notice and Change in

Filing Requirements.

Collection Title: State and Local

Government Information (EEO–4).

OMB Control Number: 3046–0008.

Form Number: EEOC Form 164.

Frequency of Report: Biennial.

Type of Respondent: State and local

government jurisdictions with 100 or

more full-time employees and a rotating

probability sample of jurisdictions with

from 15 to 99 full-time employees.

Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) Codes: 911–965.

Description of Affected Public: State

and local governments.

Responses: 10,000.

Reporting Hours: 40,000.

Federal Cost: $47,000.

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(e), requires

employers to make and keep records

relevant to a determination of whether

unlawful employment practices have

been or are being committed and to

make reports therefrom as required by

the Commission. Pursuant to 29 CFR

Section 1602.32, state and local

governments have been required to

submit EEO–4 reports to the

Commission since 1973 (biennially in

odd-numbered years since 1993).

Currently all state and local

governments with 250 or more full-time

employees submit a separate report for

each function, up to a maximum of 15

functions, which the government

performs. All other governments in the

EEO–4 survey file one report, covering

all functional activities. On December

23, 1996, the Commission solicited

public comment in the Federal Register

concerning a change in the EEO–4

collection that requires governments

with from 250 to 999 full-time

employees to submit a separate EEO–4

report only for those functions with 100

or more full-time employees and one

aggregate report that includes the

employment in all the remaining

functions with fewer than 100 full-time

employees. All other state and local

governments will continue to file their

EEO–4 reports as they have in the past.

The Commission did not receive any

public comments to this notice. This

reporting change will thus become

effective beginning with the 1997 EEO–

4 survey.

EEO–4 data are used by the

Commission to investigate charges of

employment discrimination against

state and local governments and in the

Commission’s systemic program. The

data are shared with several Federal

government agencies. Pursuant to

Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO–

4 data are also shared with

approximately 83 State and Local Fair

Employment Practices agencies.

Aggregate data are used by researchers

and the general public.

Burden Statement: This change is

being taken in the interest of

streamlining the EEO–4 survey process

and reducing the burden on state and

local governments, while still

maintaining sufficient data to meet the

program needs of the Commission and

other agencies that use these data. The

change will result in a reduced expense

and reporting burden for state and local

governments as required under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. 3502(i). It is estimated that on an

annual basis the total number of

responses in this data collection will be

10,000 responses. The estimated burden

hours will be reduced to approximately

40,000 hours. The number of

respondents will remain at about 5,000

state and local governments.

The reporting burden for this

collection is based upon an average

estimate per response and takes into

consideration the large number of state

and local governments that submit their

reports on magnetic tapes. Burden hours

for any particular government may

differ from this average estimate

depending on the accessibility of

information and the degree of

automation. The burden estimate

includes the time needed for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data, and completing and reviewing the

collection of information.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Commission certifies pursuant to

5 U.S.C. 605(b), enacted by the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, Pub. L. No.

96–354, that this change will not have

a significant impact on small employers

or other entities because the change

involves elimination of reporting

requirements, and that a regulatory

flexibility analysis therefore is not

required.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

For the Commission.

Maria Borrero,

Executive Director.

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Farm Credit

Administration Board; Regular Meeting

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), that

the April 10, 1997 regular meeting of the

Farm Credit Administration Board

(Board) will not be held. A special

meeting of the Board is scheduled for

Thursday, April 24, 1997 at 9:00 a.m.

An agenda for this meeting will be

published at a later date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESS: Farm Credit Administration,

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean,

Virginia 22102–5090.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8709 Filed 4–1–97; 4:05 pm]

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