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States to compile a database related to 

their demographics, capabilities, and 

activities. The database is used to guide 

programmatic decisions and provide 

information to the public and the fire 

service. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,370. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

6,370. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,293. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $9,961. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $55,573. 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. 

Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate 

whether the proposed data collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through 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. 

Millicent L. Brown, 

Senior Manager, Records Management 

Branch, Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16400 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–76–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket Number DHS–2021–0024] 

DHS Individual Complaint of 

Employment Discrimination, DHS Form 

3090–1 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security, (DHS). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension without change of 

a currently approved collection, 1610– 

0001. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. DHS previously 

published this information collection 

request (ICR) in the Federal Register on 

Friday, May 21, 2021 for a 60-day public 

comment period. There were no public 

comments received by DHS. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow 

additional 30-days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until September 1, 

2021. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Explain 

the circumstances that make the 

collection of information necessary. 

Identify any legal or administrative 

requirements that necessitate the 

collection. Attach a copy of the 

appropriate section of each statute and 

regulation mandating or authorizing the 

collection of information. 

It is the policy of the Government of 

the United States to provide equal 

opportunity in employment for all 

persons, to prohibit discrimination in 

employment because of race, color, 

religion, sex (including pregnancy, 

gender identity, and sexual orientation), 

national origin, age, disability, protected 

genetic information, or status as a 

parent, and to promote the full 

realization of equal employment 

opportunity (EEO) through a continuing 

affirmative program in each agency. 

Persons who claim to have been 

subjected to these types of 

discrimination, or to retaliation for 

opposing these types of discrimination 

or for participating in any stage of 

administrative or judicial proceedings 

relating to them, can seek a remedy 

under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

(Title VII) (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (race, 

color, religion, sex (including 

pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual 

orientation), national origin), the Age 

Discrimination in Employment Act 

(ADEA) (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) (age), the 

Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. 206(d)) (sex), 

the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 791 et 

seq.) (disability), the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act 

(GINA) (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.) 

(genetic information), and Executive 

Order 11478 (as amended by Executive 

Orders 13087 and 13152) (sexual 

orientation or status as a parent). 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Office for Civil Rights 

and Civil Liberties (CRCL) adjudicates 

discrimination complaints filed by 

current and former DHS employees, as 

well as applicants for employment at 

DHS. The complaint adjudication 

process for statutory rights is outlined in 

the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC) regulations found 

at Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 

Part 1614, and EEOC Management 

Directive 110. For complaints alleging 

discrimination prohibited by Executive 

Order 11478, DHS follows procedures 

similar to the procedures for statutory 

rights, to the extent permitted by law. 

The recordkeeping provisions are 

designed to ensure that a current 

employee, former employee, or 

applicant for employment claiming to 

be aggrieved, or that person’s attorney, 

provides a signed statement that is 

sufficiently precise to identify the 

aggrieved individual and the agency, 

and to describe generally the action(s) or 

practice(s) that form the basis of the 

complaint. The complaint must also 

contain a telephone number, email 

address, and address where the 

complainant or the representative can 

be contacted. The complaint form is 

used for original allegations of 

discrimination and for amendments to 

pending complaints of discrimination. 

The form also determines whether the 

person is willing to participate in 

mediation or other available types of 

alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to 

resolve the complaint; Congress has 

enacted legislation to encourage the use 

of ADR in the federal sector, and the 

form ensures that such an option is 

considered at this preliminary stage of 

the EEO complaint process. 

A complainant may access the 

complaint form on the agency website 

and may submit a completed complaint 

form electronically to the relevant 

Component’s EEO Office. The complaint 

form can then be directly uploaded into 

the DHS EEO Enterprise Complaints 

Tracking System, also known as 

‘‘icomplaints.’’ 

The burden of compliance with the 

information collection requirement does 

not impact small businesses or other 

small entities. 

The information collection frequency 

specified in the DHS complaint form is 

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appropriate for the agency to determine 

whether the allegations should be 

accepted for investigation, dismissed 

due to procedural grounds, or partially 

accepted and partially dismissed. 

Complainants are provided a Privacy 

Act statement noting the purposes and 

uses of the information collected. No 

assurance of confidentiality is provided, 

because the collection is governed by 

EEOC Management Directive 110, which 

provides that ‘‘Once the complaint is 

filed, the complaint file, or part of it, 

may be shared only with those who are 

involved and need access to it. This 

includes the EEO Director, agency EEO 

officials, and possibly persons whom 

the aggrieved person has identified as 

being responsible for the actions that 

gave rise to the complaint. The 

complaint file is not a public document 

to be released outside the EEO 

complaint process. The identity of the 

aggrieved person does not remain 

confidential in the formal complaint 

process.’’ EEOC Management Directive 

110 provides that aggrieved persons be 

so informed by an EEO counselor prior 

to the initiation of a formal complaint. 

There is a decrease in burden. The 

previous approval documentation 

mistakenly included the burden for 

Federal Employees. This error has been 

corrected, resulting in the reporting of a 

reduced annual burden. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, (DHS). 

Title: DHS Individual Complaint of 

Employment Discrimination, DHS Form 

3090–1. 

OMB Number: 1610–001. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 136. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

Hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 68. 

Robert Dorr, 

Executive Director, Business Management 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16394 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6281–N–01] 

Notice of Final Determination for the 

Sharing of Formula Area Data as the 

Result of Expansion of Formula Area 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

of HUD’s final determination to approve 

a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

between the Kalispel Indian Community 

(KIC), Colville Indian Housing 

Authority (CIHA) and Spokane Indian 

Housing Authority (SIHA) to allocate 

Needs data under the Indian Housing 

Block Grant (IHBG) program. This MOA 

resulted from HUD’s decision to include 

the balance of Pend Oreille, Spokane 

and Stevens counties in the state of 

Washington into the Formula Area of 

the KIC, creating overlapping Formula 

Areas for the KIC, CHIA and SIHA. 

Consistent with IHBG program 

regulations HUD is announcing its final 

determination to approve the MOA. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hilary Atkin, Director, Office of Grants 

Management, Office of Native American 

Programs, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW, Room 9166, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone 202–401–7914 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Hearing or speechimpaired individuals may access this 

number via TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) 

program allocation formula is 

authorized by section 302 of the Native 

American Housing Assistance and Self 

Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA). In 

accordance with program regulations at 

24 CFR part 1000, funds appropriated 

by Congress for the IHBG program are 

made to eligible grant recipients by 

formula to ensure the equitable and fair 

distribution of funds. The formula has 

four components including Need. Need 

is calculated using the seven factors 

listed at 24 CFR 1000.324, each based 

on a tribe’s formula area. Should a 

tribe’s formula area overlap with one or 

more other Indian tribes, 24 CFR 

1000.326 provides the procedure HUD 

will use to resolve issue. 

On October 22, 2020, HUD informed 

the KIC, CHIA and SIHA of its 

preliminary decision to increase the 

formula area of the KIC to include the 

balance of Pend Oreille, Spokane and 

Stevens counties in the state of 

Washington. HUD’s preliminary 

decision was based on the Department 

of the Interior’s Near Reservation Area 

Designation (44 FR 154, August 8, 

1979). As a result of this decision 

overlapping formula areas were created 

for the KIC, CHIA and SIHA. 

Whenever tribes have overlapping 

formula area, the Needs data for all the 

individual areas for all tribes are 

combined and then apportioned among 

the tribes in the overlap. Section 

1000.326(b) provides that tribes affected 

may develop their own method of 

partitioning the Needs data associated 

with their overlapping geographies. 

Consistent with 24 CFR 1000.302, HUD 

is required to notify the affected Indian 

tribes by certified mail and provided the 

tribes with opportunity to comment for 

a period of not less than 90 days. HUD 

met this requirement with its October 

22, 2020, letter to the KIC, SIHA and 

CIHA. 

By letter dated December 3, 2020, KIC 

transmitted a MOA dated November 3, 

2020, and signed by KIC, CIHA, and 

SIHA that outlined an alternative 

method of sharing data. The MOA 

provides that the KIC and SIHA will 

receive double their Tribal enrollment 

as their proportional share of the Needs 

component and the CIHA will receive as 

its proportional share, the remaining 

Needs portion. The formula area to be 

shared consists of the Reservation and 

trust lands of the three Tribes plus the 

balance of Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, 

Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and 

Stevens counties, all in the State of 

Washington. Finally, the MOA states 

that the agreement covers the period FY 

2021 through FY 2025 unless it is 

terminated by any of the Tribes or 

extended by agreement of all Tribes. 

Absent any further notification from the 

Tribes, HUD will share Needs associated 

with the geographies listed above based 

on the method and time-period outlined 

in the MOA. HUD will resume 

allocating such Needs data based on 


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