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comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Superfund Docket (Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014–0733). This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The 

Superfund Docket telephone number is 

(202) 566–0276. EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Hovis at (703) 603–8888 

(hovis.jennifer@epa.gov), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0002, Mail Code 5202P. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed 

rule? 

This document proposes to amend the 

National Oil and Hazardous Substances 

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to 

make nonsubstantive changes to reflect 

new data management system 

nomenclature resulting from the 

Superfund program’s transition from 

CERCLIS to SEMS. This document also 

adds minor clarifying text to a 

description in the NCP that will make 

the regulations more accurate. We have 

published a direct final rule to 

promulgate the above changes in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register because we 

view this as a noncontroversial action 

and anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

action in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. 

If we receive no adverse comment, we 

will not take further action on this 

proposed rule. If we receive adverse 

comment, we will issue a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule and 

it will not take effect. We would address 

all relevant public comments in any 

subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. We do not intend to 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting must do so at this time. For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this document. Comments are 

only being solicited on the deletion of 

reference to CERCLIS and the addition 

of clarifying text to the remedial 

preliminary assessment description. 

Therefore, comments are not being 

requested on other unmodified sections 

of the NCP nor on EPA’s internal agency 

management decision to update the 

Superfund data management system, 

and such comments will not be 

considered if submitted. 

II. What does this amendment do? 

This rule proposes to revise the 

Operational Abbreviations section (40 

CFR 300.4(b)) and the Definitions 

section (40 CFR 300.5) of the NCP to 

reflect terminological changes necessary 

for consistency with EPA’s transition 

from CERCLIS as the Superfund 

program’s planning and tracking data 

management system to SEMS. This rule 

also amends the Remedial preliminary 

assessment description (40 CFR 420(b)) 

to clarify that the Preliminary 

Assessment (PA) is performed on only 

those sites that have been entered into 

the SEMS remedial assessment active 

inventory. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

For a complete discussion of all of the 

administrative requirements applicable 

to this action, see the discussion in the 

‘‘Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews’’ section to the preamble for the 

direct final rule that is published in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993) and Executive 

Order 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 

2011), this proposed action is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and is 

therefore not subject to OMB review. 

This action merely deletes an obsolete 

reference to a retired information system 

and adds minor clarifying text to a 

description in the NCP. This action does 

not impose any requirements on any 

entity, including small entities. 

Therefore, pursuant to the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), 

after considering the economic impacts 

of this action on small entities, I certify 

that this action will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

substances, Hazardous waste, 

Intergovernmental relations, Natural 

resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

41 CFR Part 60–1 

RIN 1250–AA03 

Government Contractors, Requirement 

To Report Summary Compensation 

Data on Employee Compensation 

AGENCY: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On August 8, 2014, the Office 

of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs (OFCCP) published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the 

Federal Register. This NPRM proposes 

amending one of the implementing 

regulations for Executive Order 11246, 

Equal Employment Opportunity, which 

sets forth the reporting obligations of 

Federal contractors and subcontractors. 

This NPRM proposes amending the 

regulation by adding a requirement that 

certain Federal contractors and 

subcontractors supplement their 

Employer Information Report (EEO–1 

Report) with summary information on 

compensation paid to employees, as 

contained in the Form W–2 Wage and 

Tax Statement (W–2) forms, by sex, 

race, ethnicity, and specified job 

categories, as well as other relevant data 

points such as hours worked, and the 

number of employees. 

This document extends the comment 

period for the proposed rule for sixty 

(60) days. You do not need to resubmit 

your comment if you have already 

commented on the proposed rule. 

Should you choose to do so, you can 

submit additional or supplemental 

comments. OFCCP will consider all 

comments received from the date of 

publication of the proposed rule 

through the close of the extended 

comment period. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

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scheduled to close on November 6, 

2014, is extended until January 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 1250–AA03, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 693–1304 (for comments 

of six pages or fewer). 

• Mail: Debra A. Carr, Director, 

Division of Policy, Planning, and 

Program Development, Office of Federal 

Contract Compliance Programs, Room 

C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra A. Carr, Director, Division of 

Policy, Planning, and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Room C–3325, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 

(202) 693–0103. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

8, 2014, OFCCP published a proposed 

rule entitled ‘‘Government Contractors, 

Requirement to Report Summary 

Compensation Data on Employee 

Compensation’’ (79 FR 46562). OFCCP 

was to receive comments on this NPRM 

on or before November 6, 2014. 

OFCCP, after considering a request to 

extend the comment period by an 

additional ninety (90) days, determined 

that it is appropriate to provide an 

additional 60-day period for comment 

on the proposed regulation. 

OFCCP is aware that multiple 

associations and organizations are 

conducting surveys of their membership 

to gather information relevant to the 

proposals and analysis in the NPRM. 

These surveys, in some instances, may 

not be concluded and their results 

tabulated during the initial 90-day 

comment period. In addition, the NPRM 

contained numerous references to 

reports, studies, articles or books, all of 

which are publically available. One of 

these references, though available, may 

be more difficult to obtain than the 

others. Therefore, upon request, OFCCP 

will make the NPRM references 

available for review during normal 

business hours at the Office of Federal 

Contract Compliance Programs, Room 

C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. To schedule an 

appointment to review the references, 

please contact OFCCP at the telephone 

numbers listed above. 

Extension of Comment Period 

OFCCP determined that the public 

would benefit from additional time to 

review the potential impact of the 

proposed requirements. Therefore, to 

allow the public sufficient time to 

review and comment on the NPRM, 

OFCCP is extending the comment 

period until January 5, 2015. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 30th date 

of October 2014. 

Patricia Shiu, 

Director, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

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