Agency Information Collection Activities, 11175-11179 [2013-03528]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices states, local and tribal agencies and the EPA Regional Offices should) consider the need for an appropriate transition period for users either to request case- by-case approval or to transition to an approved method. 11175 Dated: February 8, 2013. Mary E. Henigin, Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. TABLE 1—APPROVED ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS AND MODIFICATIONS TO TEST METHODS REFERENCED IN OR PUBLISHED UNDER APPENDICES IN 40 CFR PARTS 60, 61, AND 63 MADE BETWEEN JANUARY 2012 AND DECEMBER 2012 Alternative method decision letter/ memo No. As an alternative or modification to . . . For . . . You may . . . ALT–091 ............ Method 4-Determination of Moisture Content in Stack Gases. ALT–092 ............ Method 7E-Determination of Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer Procedure). ALT–093 ............ Method 5-Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources. Use alternative procedures in lieu of Method 4 to determine the moisture content of the stack gas during low emitting EGU (LEE)testing for mercury emissions. Use a single 10 ppm (or less) calibration gas in lieu of a three-point calibration for determination of NO2 when the NO2 emissions remain below 10 ppm. Use alternative test procedures for batch processes subject to 40 CFR 63.1511(b)(3) that are required to be sampled using an isokinetic train. ALT–094 ............ Measure total sulfides using an H2S and CS2 CEMS. ALT–095 ............ Calculating the coke burn-off rate for compliance with 40 CFR 60.105(c). ALT–096 ............ Method 25A-Determination of Total Gaseous Organic Concentration Using a Flame Ionization Analyzer and Method 18-Measurment of Gaseous Organic Compound Emissions by Gas Chromatography. Method 25A-Determination of Total Gaseous Organic Concentration Using a Flame Ionization Analyzer and Method 18-Measurment of Gaseous Organic Compound Emissions by Gas Chromatography. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU-National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units. Natural gas burning internal combustion engines subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart JJJJ-Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart RRR-National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUU-National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Cellulose Products Manufacturing. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart J-Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart JJJJ-Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. Bypass flare exhaust emissions subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart WWWStandards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Use GC and GC back-flush procedures to separate and measure methane and NMOC. ALT–097 ............ Use a sample conditioning, sample conversion, and SO2 CEMS in place of H2S and CS2 CEMS to measure total sulfides at process vents. Use the flow rate CEMS and Equation 2 of 40 CFR 63.1573(a)(2). Use the TECO–551 to measure methane and NMOC. Source owners or operators should review the specific broadly applicable alternative method approval letter on the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html before electing to employ it. [FR Doc. 2013–03598 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ACTION: Notice of Information Collection—Revised: Demographic Information on Applicants for Federal Employment. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Commission or EEOC) announces that SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Feb 14, 2013 Jkt 229001 it intends to revise a Commission form (Demographic Information on Applicants, OMB No. 3046–0046) to include disability status data. DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before April 16, 2013. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the 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 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 (TTD). (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written comments to the EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments electronically at https:// 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 the EEOC directly or through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by advance appointment only, at the Commission’s E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 11176 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices library between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or can be reviewed at https://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: Barbara Dougherty, Federal Sector Programs, Office of Federal Operations, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663–4770 (voice); (202) 663–4593 (TTY). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 2010, President Obama issued Executive Order 13548, which directs Executive departments and agencies (hereafter ‘‘agencies’’) to improve their efforts to employ Federal workers with disabilities through increased recruitment, hiring, and retention of these individuals. OPM, in consultation with the White House (including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the EEOC has developed, as required by the EO 13548, model recruitment and hiring strategies for agencies to use to increase their employment of individuals with disabilities. (https://www.chcoc.gov/ transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx? TransmittalID=3228#Attachment1) The strategies include collecting, maintaining, and analyzing applicant flow data and examining existing recruitment programs and hiring practices to identify and eliminate any barriers to recruiting/hiring individuals with disabilities and, in particular, individuals with targeted disabilities. This Notice concerns revising the form (OMB No. 3046–0046) for the use by federal agencies in gathering data on the race, ethnicity, and sex of job applicants. This form is used by EEOC and other agencies to gauge progress and trends over time with respect to equal employment opportunity goals. The revision would add disability status of applicants to the collection, thereby allowing the agencies and EEOC to track progress toward meeting the recruitment and hiring strategies developed pursuant to EO 13548. The race and ethnicity categories in this form are consistent with the standards set by the Office of Management and Budget .1 The questions on disability and medical impairments are designed to allow federal agencies and the EEOC to determine the percentage of applicants 1 Office of Management and Budget. Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Federal Register: 62: No.210, October 30. 1997, available at: https://www. whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards/. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Feb 14, 2013 Jkt 229001 to Federal jobs who might be considered ‘‘individuals with disabilities’’ under various approaches to defining the term. Among other things, the disability questions are designed to analyze the frequency with which people with ‘‘targeted disabilities’’ apply for positions with an agency, compare the percentage of applicants with functional disabilities to the percentage of working age people with such disabilities as recorded by the Census Bureau, and examine the number of applicants with medical impairments consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the Rehabilitation Act. Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits public comment on revising its form for use by federal agencies in gathering demographic information on applicants for federal employment. Comments are particularly invited on whether this collection of information will enable the Commission and federal agencies to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed data collection tool will have practical utility by enabling a federal agency to determine whether recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the relevant labor pool in compliance with the laws enforced by the Commission and whether the agency’s selection procedures allow all applicants to compete on a level playing field regardless of race, national origin, sex or disability status; (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 applicants for federal employees who choose 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. Overview of This Information Collection Collection Title: Demographic Information on Federal Job Applicants. OMB Control No.: 3046–0046 . Description of Affected Public: Individuals submitting applications for federal employment. Number of Annual Responses: 5,800. Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 minutes. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total Annual Burden Hours (5,800 × 3)/60 = 290. Annual Federal Cost: None. Abstract: Under section 717 of Title VII and 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Commission is charged with reviewing and approving federal agencies plans to affirmatively address potential discrimination before it occurs. Pursuant to such oversight responsibilities, the Commission has established systems to monitor compliance with Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act by requiring federal agencies to evaluate their employment practices through the collection and analysis of data on the race, national origin, sex and disability status of applicants for both permanent and temporary employment. Several federal agencies (or components of such agencies) have previously obtained separate OMB approval for the use of forms collecting data on the race, national origin, sex, and disability status of applicants. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and a proliferation of forms, the EEOC seeks approval for the use of a common form to be used by all federal agencies. Response by applicants is optional. The information obtained will be used by federal agencies only for evaluating whether an agency’s recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the relevant labor pool, to gauge progress and trends over time with respect to equal opportunity goals, and to track progress toward meeting the recruitment and hiring strategies developed pursuant to EO 13548. The voluntary responses are treated in a highly confidential and anonymous manner, are not shared with those involved in the selection process or the supervisor (if the person is hired) and will not be placed in the employees’ personnel file. The information is not provided to any panel rating the applications, to selecting officials, to anyone who can affect the application or to the public. Rather, the information is used in summary form to determine trends over many selections within a given occupational or organization area. No information from the form is entered into an official personnel file. Burden Statement: Because of the predominant use of online application systems, which require only pointing and clicking on the selected responses, and because the form requests only eight questions regarding basic information, the EEOC estimates that an applicant can complete the form in approximately 3 minutes or less. Based on past experience, we expect that 5,800 E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices applicants will choose to complete the form. Once OMB approves the use of this common form, federal agencies may request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency must account for the burden associated with their use of the common form. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS 11177 Dated: February 11, 2013. For the Commission. Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chair. BILLING CODE 6570–01–P OMB No.: Expiration Date: Vacancy Announcement No.: Position Title: YOUR PRIVACY IS PROTECTED This information is used to determine if our equal employment opportunity efforts are reaching all segments of the population, consistent with Federal equal employment opportunity laws. Responses to these questions are voluntary. Your responses are not shown to the panel rating the applications, to the selecting official, or to anyone else who can affect your application. This form will not be placed in your Personnel file and will be kept private to the extent permitted by law. Completion of this form is voluntary and a refusal to provide the information will not subject you to any adverse treatment. Thank you for helping us to provide better service. 1. How did you learn about this position? (Check One): D D D D D D D D D D D D Agency Internet Site recruitment Private Employment Web Site Other Internet Site Job Fair Newspaper or magazine Agency or other Federal government on campus School or college counselor or other official Friend or relative working for this agency Private Employment Office Agency Human Resources Department (bulletin board or other announcement) Federal, State, or Local Job Information Center Other 2. Sex (Check One): D D Male Female 3. Ethnicity (Check One): mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES D VerDate Mar<15>2010 Hispanic or Latino - a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. Not Hispanic or Latino 19:09 Feb 14, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 EN15FE13.011</GPH> D 11178 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices 4. Race (Check all that apply): D D D D D American Indian or Alaska Native - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North or South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. Asian - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, or Vietnam. Black or African American - a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific islands. White - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. 5. Disability/Medical Conditions The next questions address disability and serious health conditions. Your responses will ensure that we are reaching individuals with different types of physical and mental conditions. Consider your answers without the use of medication and aids (except eyeglasses) or the help of another person. A. Do you have any of the following? Check all boxes that apply to you: D D D D D D D D D D D D Deaf or serious difficulty hearing Blind or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses Missing an arm, leg, hand or foot Paralysis: Partial or complete paralysis (any cause) Severe Disfigurement: For example, severe disfigurements caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders Severe mobility impairment: For example, uses a wheelchair, scooter, walker or uses a leg brace to walk Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, major depression or other severe psychological disorder Severe Intellectual Disability (formerly described as mental retardation) Severe Developmental Disability: For example, cerebral palsy or autism spectrum disorder Traumatic Brain Injury Dwarfism Epilepsy or Other Seizure Disorders B. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have: Check all boxes that apply to you: D D D D serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions? serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? difficulty dressing or bathing? difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping? C. Other serious health condition: D I do not have any of the above disabilities, but I have been diagnosed with a serious health condition (for example, diabetes, cancer, kidney dysfunction, HIV, anxiety disorder, fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease and other types of serious health conditions), or with a learning disability, a speech impairment, or a hearing impairment. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Feb 14, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 EN15FE13.012</GPH> mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Note that under the Rehabilitation Act (Act), information on your disability status can only be used in connection with non-discrimination and affirmative action obligations. The information will be kept confidential in accordance with the Act's provisions and the information will be used only in accordance with the Act. [FR Doc. 2013–03528 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6570–01–C EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notice Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. PLACE: Commission Meeting Room on the First Floor of the EEOC Office Building, 131 ‘‘M’’ Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507. STATUS: Part of the meeting will be open to the public and part of the meeting will be closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES OPEN SESSION: 1. Announcement of Notation Votes, and 2. Report on Implementation of the EEOC’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012–2016. CLOSED SESSION: Review of select pending charges, investigations, conciliations, litigation strategy, and federal sector matters including adjudications and appeals. NOTE: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the open session of the meeting will be open to public observation of the Commission’s deliberations and voting. The remainder of the meeting will be closed. Any matter not discussed or concluded may be carried over to a later meeting. For the open session, seating is limited and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes before the meeting in order to be processed through security and escorted to the meeting room. (In addition to publishing notices on EEOC VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:09 Feb 14, 2013 Jkt 229001 Commission meetings in the Federal Register, the Commission also provides information about Commission meetings on its Web site, eeoc.gov., and provides a recorded announcement a week in advance on future Commission sessions.) Please telephone (202) 663–7100 (voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any time for information on these meetings. The EEOC provides sign language interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services at Commission meetings for the hearing impaired. Requests for other reasonable accommodations may be made by using the voice and TTY numbers listed above. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Bernadette B. Wilson, Acting Executive Officer on (202) 663–4077. Dated: February 13, 2013. Bernadette B. Wilson, Acting Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2013–03774 Filed 2–13–13; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6570–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [AU Docket No. 13–12; DA 13–60] Auction of Lower and Upper Paging Bands Licenses Scheduled for July 16, 2013; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 95 Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This document announces the auction of certain Paging Bands licenses scheduled to commence on July 16, 2013. This document also seeks SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11179 comment on competitive bidding procedures for Auction 95. DATES: Comments are due on or before February 22, 2013, and reply comments are due on or before March 14, 2013. ADDRESSES: All filings in response to this public notice must refer to AU Docket No. 13–12. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau strongly encourages interested parties to file comments electronically, and request that an additional copy of all comments and reply comments be submitted electronically to the following address: auction95@fcc.gov. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: D Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. D Federal Communications Commission’s Web Site: https:// fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Attn: WTB/ASAD, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. D All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th Street SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. D Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 EN15FE13.013</GPH> Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Revised: Demographic 
Information on Applicants for Federal Employment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
(Commission or EEOC) announces that it intends to revise a Commission 
form (Demographic Information on Applicants, OMB No. 3046-0046) to 
include disability status data.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
April 16, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the 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 (TTD). (These are not 
toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written comments to 
the EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments electronically at 
https://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 the EEOC directly or through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal will be available for review, by advance appointment only, at 
the Commission's

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library between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or can be reviewed 
at https://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: Barbara Dougherty, Federal Sector 
Programs, Office of Federal Operations, 131 M Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20507, (202) 663-4770 (voice); (202) 663-4593 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 2010, President Obama issued 
Executive Order 13548, which directs Executive departments and agencies 
(hereafter ``agencies'') to improve their efforts to employ Federal 
workers with disabilities through increased recruitment, hiring, and 
retention of these individuals. OPM, in consultation with the White 
House (including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)), the 
Department of Labor (DOL), and the EEOC has developed, as required by 
the EO 13548, model recruitment and hiring strategies for agencies to 
use to increase their employment of individuals with disabilities. 
(https://www.chcoc.gov/transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=3228#Attachment1) The strategies 
include collecting, maintaining, and analyzing applicant flow data and 
examining existing recruitment programs and hiring practices to 
identify and eliminate any barriers to recruiting/hiring individuals 
with disabilities and, in particular, individuals with targeted 
disabilities.
    This Notice concerns revising the form (OMB No. 3046-0046) for the 
use by federal agencies in gathering data on the race, ethnicity, and 
sex of job applicants. This form is used by EEOC and other agencies to 
gauge progress and trends over time with respect to equal employment 
opportunity goals. The revision would add disability status of 
applicants to the collection, thereby allowing the agencies and EEOC to 
track progress toward meeting the recruitment and hiring strategies 
developed pursuant to EO 13548. The race and ethnicity categories in 
this form are consistent with the standards set by the Office of 
Management and Budget .\1\ The questions on disability and medical 
impairments are designed to allow federal agencies and the EEOC to 
determine the percentage of applicants to Federal jobs who might be 
considered ``individuals with disabilities'' under various approaches 
to defining the term. Among other things, the disability questions are 
designed to analyze the frequency with which people with ``targeted 
disabilities'' apply for positions with an agency, compare the 
percentage of applicants with functional disabilities to the percentage 
of working age people with such disabilities as recorded by the Census 
Bureau, and examine the number of applicants with medical impairments 
consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and 
the Rehabilitation Act.
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    \1\ Office of Management and Budget. Revisions to the Standards 
for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 
Federal Register: 62: No.210, October 30. 1997, available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards/.
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    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits 
public comment on revising its form for use by federal agencies in 
gathering demographic information on applicants for federal employment. 
Comments are particularly invited on whether this collection of 
information will enable the Commission and federal agencies to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed data collection tool will have 
practical utility by enabling a federal agency to determine whether 
recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the 
relevant labor pool in compliance with the laws enforced by the 
Commission and whether the agency's selection procedures allow all 
applicants to compete on a level playing field regardless of race, 
national origin, sex or disability status;
    (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 
applicants for federal employees who choose 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Collection Title: Demographic Information on Federal Job 
Applicants.
    OMB Control No.: 3046-0046 .
    Description of Affected Public: Individuals submitting applications 
for federal employment.
    Number of Annual Responses: 5,800.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours (5,800 x 3)/60 = 290.
    Annual Federal Cost: None.
    Abstract: Under section 717 of Title VII and 501 of the 
Rehabilitation Act, the Commission is charged with reviewing and 
approving federal agencies plans to affirmatively address potential 
discrimination before it occurs. Pursuant to such oversight 
responsibilities, the Commission has established systems to monitor 
compliance with Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act by requiring 
federal agencies to evaluate their employment practices through the 
collection and analysis of data on the race, national origin, sex and 
disability status of applicants for both permanent and temporary 
employment.
    Several federal agencies (or components of such agencies) have 
previously obtained separate OMB approval for the use of forms 
collecting data on the race, national origin, sex, and disability 
status of applicants. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of 
effort and a proliferation of forms, the EEOC seeks approval for the 
use of a common form to be used by all federal agencies.
    Response by applicants is optional. The information obtained will 
be used by federal agencies only for evaluating whether an agency's 
recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the 
relevant labor pool, to gauge progress and trends over time with 
respect to equal opportunity goals, and to track progress toward 
meeting the recruitment and hiring strategies developed pursuant to EO 
13548. The voluntary responses are treated in a highly confidential and 
anonymous manner, are not shared with those involved in the selection 
process or the supervisor (if the person is hired) and will not be 
placed in the employees' personnel file. The information is not 
provided to any panel rating the applications, to selecting officials, 
to anyone who can affect the application or to the public. Rather, the 
information is used in summary form to determine trends over many 
selections within a given occupational or organization area. No 
information from the form is entered into an official personnel file.
    Burden Statement: Because of the predominant use of online 
application systems, which require only pointing and clicking on the 
selected responses, and because the form requests only eight questions 
regarding basic information, the EEOC estimates that an applicant can 
complete the form in approximately 3 minutes or less. Based on past 
experience, we expect that 5,800

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applicants will choose to complete the form.
    Once OMB approves the use of this common form, federal agencies may 
request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish 
notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency 
must account for the burden associated with their use of the common 
form.

    Dated: February 11, 2013.
    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
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