Amendment of PeoplePlus (EPA-1), 32543-32546 [2014-13058]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 108 / Thursday, June 5, 2014 / Notices DC 20585. Please note admittance instructions in section II., Public Participation, under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments electronically. However, comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: • Email: ConnectedBuildings2014 NOA0016@ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EERE–2014–BT–NOA–0016 in the subject line of the message. All comments should clearly identify the name, address, and, if appropriate, organization of the commenter. Submit electronic comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file format, and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption. • Postal Mail: Mr. Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. If possible, please submit all items on a compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. (Please note that comments sent by mail are often delayed and may be damaged by mail screening processes.) • Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Sixth Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586–2945. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this public meeting. No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be accepted. For information on how to submit a comment, review other public comments and the docket, or participate in the public meeting, contact Emily Marchetti at (202) 586–1824 or by email: emily.marchetti@ee.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Building Technologies (EE–5B), 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586–4549. Email: joseph.hagerman@ee.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES I. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment In order to gather public input on the physical characterization of gridconnected commercial and residential buildings equipment and appliances, DOE is holding a public meeting on July 11, 2014 at DOE in Washington, DC. The agenda is expected to include the following discussion items: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:59 Jun 04, 2014 Jkt 232001 • Presentation of a draft ‘‘straw man’’ framework with test protocols for the physical characterization of gridconnected buildings equipment; • Services (use cases) grid-connected buildings equipment can provide; • Candidate metrics to characterize smart and grid-connected buildings equipment; • Applying the framework at the Energy Systems Integration Facility at NREL. • Other topics related to smart and grid-connected equipment that DOE should consider; Grid connected water heaters are subject to an ongoing rulemaking proceeding and will not be discussed at the meeting. Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda will be posted on the DOE Web site at: https:// energy.gov/eere/buildings/buildingsgrid-integration. DOE considers public participation very important in gathering information. Interactions with and among members of the public provide a balanced discussion of the issues and assist DOE in making objective determinations. DOE requests comment on a draft framework for the physical characterization of grid-connected commercial and residential buildings equipment and appliances at the public meeting, or submitted in writing before or after the meeting, but no later than Friday August 8, 2014. See the following section II for additional information on public participation. II. Public Participation To register for the meeting, email emily.marchetti@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact information. Please note that foreign nationals visiting DOE Headquarters are subject to advance security screening procedures. Any foreign national wishing to participate in the meeting should register as soon as possible by emailing emily.marchetti@ee.doe.gov to initiate the necessary procedures. Anyone attending the meeting will be required to present a government photo identification, such as a passport, driver’s license, or government identification. Due to the required security screening upon entry, individuals attending should arrive early to allow for the extra time needed. PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32543 Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2014. Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 2014–13051 Filed 6–4–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9911–87–OEI; EPA–HQ–OEI–2014– 0014] Amendment of PeoplePlus (EPA–1) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice that it is amending the PeoplePlus (EPA–1) system of records to reflect that the Agency is transferring its human resources and payroll processing services to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS). DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice may do so by July 15, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OEI–2014–0014, by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Email: oei.docket@epa.gov • Fax: 202–566–1752. • Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/ DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2014– 0014. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is restricted by SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1 32544 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 108 / Thursday, June 5, 2014 / Notices rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your 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 https:// 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 for which 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 OEI Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington. DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566– 1752. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Moore, Office of Human Resources, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., (MC 3603M), Washington, DC 20460, 202–564–7542. General Information EPA is amending the PeoplePlus system of records (EPA–1) to reflect the transition of (1) human resources records from PeoplePlus and (2) payroll records from the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) to the VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:59 Jun 04, 2014 Jkt 232001 Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Interior Business Center’s (IBC) Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS). The IBC will process personnel actions and payroll for EPA employees through FPPS, including computing each employee’s gross pay, subtracting deductions and benefits and forwarding net payments to banks. EPA will then perform labor distribution and enter the information into its central accounting system. The records in FPPS have various uses by Agency personnel offices, including screening qualifications of employees; determining status, eligibility, and employee’s rights and benefits under pertinent laws and regulations governing federal employment; computing length of service; and providing other information needed to support personnel services. The electronic records and their automated or microform equivalents may also be used to locate individuals for personnel research. Modernizing and consolidating payroll processing services is part of an overall e-government effort led by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to consolidate executive branch payroll providers, develop shared service centers, simplify and standardize civilian payroll procedures across the Federal government. This action gives notice that the human resources and payroll processing functions are being transferred to the IBC. Dated: May 14, 2014. Renee Wynn, Acting Assistant Administrator and Acting Chief Information Officer. EPA–1 SYSTEM NAME: PeoplePlus. SYSTEM LOCATION: Department of the Interior, 7301 West Mansfield Avenue, MS D–2400, Denver, CO 80235–2230 CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Current and former EPA employees including Health and Human Services Public Health Service Commissioned Officers assigned to EPA. CATEGORIES OF RECORDS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: This system contains general human resources elements, basic benefits pay and leave records. This includes, but is not limited to, employee identification and employment status data such as: name(s); records that establish an individual’s identity; social security number; date of birth; sex; race and PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 national origin; disability; home and mailing addresses; home telephone numbers and telephone numbers for emergency contacts; type of appointments; education; training courses attended; veteran preference; military service; service computation for leave; beginning date of probationary and trial periods; annual performance ratings; dates and amounts of individual cash, time off, rating based, and suggestion, patents and invention awards, date of and amount of group cash, time off, and suggestion, patents, and inventions awards, grievances and adverse actions for performance-based reductions in grade and removal actions; terminations of probationers; dates of within-grade increases; Intergovernmental Personnel Act records; union bargaining unit status (bus) codes; employing organization codes; salary, pay plan, grade and step; adjudications of position classifications and appeals; retained grade or pay appeals; Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claim complaints; forms and reports completed during employment as a condition of employment; records from the testing of the employee for use of illegal drugs; reports of on-the-job injuries and medical records; forms and reports pertaining to Workers’ Compensation claims; number of hours worked; overtime; compensatory time; leave accrual rate; leave usage and balances; Thrift Saving Plans (TSP); TSP loans; Civil Service Retirement and Federal Employees Retirement System contributions; Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) withholdings; federal, state, and city tax withholdings; Federal Employee Group Life Insurance withholdings; Federal Long-Term Care insurance elections; Federal Employee Health Benefits withholdings; charitable deductions; allotments to financial organizations; garnishments; savings bonds allotments; union dues withholdings; deductions for Internal Revenue Service levies; court-ordered child support levies; federal salary offset deductions; information on the Leave Transfer Program and Leave Bank Program; Flexible Spending Account (FSA) information; child care subsidy; time compliance technical orders (TCTOs); Physicians Comparability Allowances (PCA); uniform allowances; non-foreign cost-of-living allowances; within grade increase; quality step increase; student loan repayment program; recruitment; relocation; retention incentives; extended assignment incentives; supervisory, post and night pay differentials; Sunday premium pay; law enforcement availability pay; administratively E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 108 / Thursday, June 5, 2014 / Notices uncontrollable overtime pay; regularly scheduled standby duty pay; evacuation payment and hazardous duty. AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 5 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5525 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 3512; Executive Order 9397 (Nov. 22, 1943); 5 U.S.C. 6362; 5 U.S.C. 6311. PURPOSE(S): These records will be used to administer EPA’s pay and leave requirements, including processing, accounting and reporting. The records also provide the authoritative source for factual data about an individual’s federal employment and separation from federal service. Records in FPPS are used by Agency personnel offices for various purposes, including screening qualifications of employees; determining status, eligibility, and employee’s rights and benefits under pertinent laws and regulations governing federal employment; computing length of service; and to provide other personnel services. The records may also be used to locate individuals for personnel research. rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS, AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: General routine uses A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L apply to this system. Records may also be disclosed: 1. To the Department of the Treasury to issue checks, make payments, make electronic funds transfers, and issue U.S. Savings Bonds. 2. To the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to credit Thrift Savings Plan deductions and loan payments to employee accounts. 3. To the Department of Labor in connection with a claim filed by an employee for compensation due to a job connected injury or illness. 4. To the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, and state and local tax authorities in connection with withholding employment taxes and tax levies. 5. To state unemployment offices in connection with a claim filed by former employees for unemployment benefits. 6. To the officials of labor organizations to identify the amount of dues withheld from each employee. 7. To the Office of Personnel Management and to health benefit carriers in connection with enrollment and payroll deductions. 8. To the Office of Personnel Management in connection with employee retirement and life insurance deductions. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:59 Jun 04, 2014 Jkt 232001 9. To the Combined Federal Campaign in connection with payroll deductions for charitable contributions. 10. To the Office of Management and Budget and Department of the Treasury to provide required reports on financial management responsibilities. 11. To provide information, as necessary, to other federal, state, local or foreign agencies conducting computer matching programs to help eliminate fraud and abuse and to detect unauthorized payments made to individuals. When disclosures are made under computer matching programs, EPA will comply with the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988. 12. To the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information on newly hired employees for child support enforcement purposes. 13. To the Department of Health and Human Services in connection with the master personnel and payroll files for Public Health Service Officers. 14. To the Department of Interior to provide payroll processing services. 15. To Federal Retirement Benefit contractors to enable employees to receive retirement benefit calculations. 16. To disclose information to government training facilities (federal, state, and local) in review of Skillsoft’s eLearning courses as part of Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI). 17. To disclose information to EPA’s Office of Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) upon request to assist with investigations of alleged or possible discrimination practices in the federal sector and in response to the EEOC’s request for records to use in the examination of an agency’s compliance with affirmative action plan instructions and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: • Storage: Records are maintained in paper, microfilm, microfiche, electronic, imaged and on computer printouts. Current and historical records are stored on magnetic media at the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) central computer processing center located at the National Business Center, 7301 W. Mansfield Ave., Denver, CO 80235. Source documents are stored in standard office filing equipment and/or as imaged documents on magnetic media at all Agency human resource centers. • Retrievability: Records are retrieved by the employee identification number, employee name and other identifiers. PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32545 • Safeguards: Computer records are maintained in a secure passwordprotected environment. Access to computer records is limited to those who have a need to know. Permission level assignments allow users to access only those functions for which they are authorized. Paper records are maintained in locked metal file cabinets. All records are maintained in secure, access-controlled areas or buildings. • Retention and Disposal: The records contained in this system of records are covered by EPA record schedule 300 for purposes of retention and disposal. • System Manager(s) and Address: Director, Office of Human Resources, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., (MC 3601ARN), Washington, DC 20460 and Director, Office of Financial Services, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., (MC 2734R), Washington, DC 20460. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: Any individual who wants to know whether this system of records contains a record about him or her, who wants access to his or her record, or who wants to contest the contents of a record, should make a written request to the EPA FOIA Office, Attn: Privacy Act Officer, MC 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: Individuals seeking access to information in this system of records about themselves are required to provide adequate identification (e.g. driver’s license, military identification card, employee badge or identification card and, if necessary, proof of authority). Additional identity verification procedures may be required, as warranted. Requests must meet the requirements of EPA regulations that implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at 40 CFR part 16. CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be changed and the corrective action sought. Requests must be submitted to the agency contact indicated on the initial document for which the related contested record was submitted. RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: Information in this system of records is provided by: (a) The individual on whom the record is maintained. E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1 32546 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 108 / Thursday, June 5, 2014 / Notices (b) Agency officials. (c) Consumer reporting agencies, debt collection agencies, the Department of the Treasury and other federal agencies. (d) Federal Retirement Benefit contractors. (e) Leave bank forms. SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT: None. [FR Doc. 2014–13058 Filed 6–4–14; 8:45 am] CLOSED SESSION* BILLING CODE 6560–50–P • Office of Examination Supervisory and Oversight Activities Report FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION Dated: June 3, 2014. Dale L. Aultman, Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. Farm Credit Administration Board Sunshine Act Meeting AGENCY: • Investment Eligibility—Proposed Rule C. Reports • Annual Report on the Farm Credit System’s Young, Beginning, and Small Farmer Mission Performance: 2013 Results • Quarterly Report on Economic Conditions and FCS Conditions • Semi-Annual Report on Office of Examination Operations [FR Doc. 2014–13268 Filed 6–3–14; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6705–01–P Farm Credit Administration. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act, of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board). DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on June 12, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until such time as the Board concludes its business. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. ADDRESSES: Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. Submit attendance requests via email to VisitorRequest@FCA.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further information about attendance requests. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of this meeting of the Board will be open to the public (limited space available), and parts will be closed to the public. Please send an email to VisitorRequest@FCA.gov at least 24 hours before the meeting. In your email include: name, postal address, entity you are representing (if applicable), and telephone number. You will receive an email confirmation from us. Please be prepared to show a photo identification when you arrive. If you need assistance for accessibility reasons, or if you have any questions, contact Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm Credit Administration Board, at (703) 883– 4009. The matters to be considered at the meeting are: rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Federal Election Commission. Tuesday June 10, 2014 At 10 a.m. PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration. Information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to have a considerable adverse effect on the implementation of a proposed Commission action. * * * * * PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. AGENCY: DATE AND TIME: Shelley E. Garr, Acting Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2014–13219 Filed 6–3–14; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL [Docket No. AS14–06] Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of Meeting Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council A. Approval of Minutes • May 8, 2014 B. New Business 14:59 Jun 04, 2014 Sunshine Act Meeting AGENCY: OPEN SESSION VerDate Mar<15>2010 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION * Session Closed-Exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Section 552b(c)(8) and (9). Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 ACTION: Notice of meeting. Description: In accordance with Section 1104 (b) of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will meet in open session for its regular meeting: Location: Federal Reserve Board— International Square location, 1850 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006. Date: June 11, 2014. Time: 10:30 a.m. Status: Open. Reports Chairman Executive Director Appraisal Foundation Agreed Upon Procedures Review Delegated State Compliance Reviews ASC Member Agency Monitoring 2013 ASC Annual Report May 8, 2014 Annual Report Notation Vote 2015 Appraisal Foundation Grant Action Items April 9, 2014 minutes—Open Session ASC Appraisal Foundation Grant Policy Amendment Appraisal Subcommittee Advisory Committee How To Attend and Observe an ASC meeting: If you plan to attend the meeting in person, we ask that you notify the Federal Reserve Board via email at appraisal-questions@frb.gov, requesting a return meeting registration email. The Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Unit will then send an email message with a web link where you may provide your date of birth and social security number through their encrypted system. You may register until close of business June 4, 2014. You will also be asked to provide identifying information, including a valid government-issued photo ID, before being admitted to the meeting. Alternatively, you can contact Kevin Wilson at 202–452–2362 for other registration options. The meeting space is intended to accommodate public attendees. However, if the space will not accommodate all requests, the ASC may refuse attendance on that reasonable basis. The use of any video or audio tape recording device, photographing device, or any other electronic or mechanical device designed for similar purposes is prohibited at ASC meetings. Dated: May 29, 2014. James R. Park, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 2014–13032 Filed 6–4–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1

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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9911-87-OEI; EPA-HQ-OEI-2014-0014]


Amendment of PeoplePlus (EPA-1)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 
U.S.C. 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving 
notice that it is amending the PeoplePlus (EPA-1) system of records to 
reflect that the Agency is transferring its human resources and payroll 
processing services to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Federal 
Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS).

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice may 
do so by July 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OEI-2014-0014, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: oei.docket@epa.gov
     Fax: 202-566-1752.
     Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2014-0014. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is 
restricted by

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statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or 
otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your 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 https://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 
for which 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 OEI 
Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington. DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Moore, Office of Human 
Resources, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., (MC 
3603M), Washington, DC 20460, 202-564-7542.

General Information

    EPA is amending the PeoplePlus system of records (EPA-1) to reflect 
the transition of (1) human resources records from PeoplePlus and (2) 
payroll records from the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) 
to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Interior Business Center's 
(IBC) Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS). The IBC will process 
personnel actions and payroll for EPA employees through FPPS, including 
computing each employee's gross pay, subtracting deductions and 
benefits and forwarding net payments to banks. EPA will then perform 
labor distribution and enter the information into its central 
accounting system. The records in FPPS have various uses by Agency 
personnel offices, including screening qualifications of employees; 
determining status, eligibility, and employee's rights and benefits 
under pertinent laws and regulations governing federal employment; 
computing length of service; and providing other information needed to 
support personnel services. The electronic records and their automated 
or microform equivalents may also be used to locate individuals for 
personnel research.
    Modernizing and consolidating payroll processing services is part 
of an overall e-government effort led by the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) to consolidate executive branch payroll providers, 
develop shared service centers, simplify and standardize civilian 
payroll procedures across the Federal government. This action gives 
notice that the human resources and payroll processing functions are 
being transferred to the IBC.

    Dated: May 14, 2014.
Renee Wynn,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Acting Chief Information Officer.
EPA-1

System Name:
    PeoplePlus.

System Location:
    Department of the Interior, 7301 West Mansfield Avenue, MS D-2400, 
Denver, CO 80235-2230

Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
    Current and former EPA employees including Health and Human 
Services Public Health Service Commissioned Officers assigned to EPA.

Categories of Records Covered by the System:
    This system contains general human resources elements, basic 
benefits pay and leave records. This includes, but is not limited to, 
employee identification and employment status data such as: name(s); 
records that establish an individual's identity; social security 
number; date of birth; sex; race and national origin; disability; home 
and mailing addresses; home telephone numbers and telephone numbers for 
emergency contacts; type of appointments; education; training courses 
attended; veteran preference; military service; service computation for 
leave; beginning date of probationary and trial periods; annual 
performance ratings; dates and amounts of individual cash, time off, 
rating based, and suggestion, patents and invention awards, date of and 
amount of group cash, time off, and suggestion, patents, and inventions 
awards, grievances and adverse actions for performance-based reductions 
in grade and removal actions; terminations of probationers; dates of 
within-grade increases; Intergovernmental Personnel Act records; union 
bargaining unit status (bus) codes; employing organization codes; 
salary, pay plan, grade and step; adjudications of position 
classifications and appeals; retained grade or pay appeals; Fair Labor 
Standards Act (FLSA) claim complaints; forms and reports completed 
during employment as a condition of employment; records from the 
testing of the employee for use of illegal drugs; reports of on-the-job 
injuries and medical records; forms and reports pertaining to Workers' 
Compensation claims; number of hours worked; overtime; compensatory 
time; leave accrual rate; leave usage and balances; Thrift Saving Plans 
(TSP); TSP loans; Civil Service Retirement and Federal Employees 
Retirement System contributions; Federal Insurance Contributions Act 
(FICA) withholdings; federal, state, and city tax withholdings; Federal 
Employee Group Life Insurance withholdings; Federal Long-Term Care 
insurance elections; Federal Employee Health Benefits withholdings; 
charitable deductions; allotments to financial organizations; 
garnishments; savings bonds allotments; union dues withholdings; 
deductions for Internal Revenue Service levies; court-ordered child 
support levies; federal salary offset deductions; information on the 
Leave Transfer Program and Leave Bank Program; Flexible Spending 
Account (FSA) information; child care subsidy; time compliance 
technical orders (TCTOs); Physicians Comparability Allowances (PCA); 
uniform allowances; non-foreign cost-of-living allowances; within grade 
increase; quality step increase; student loan repayment program; 
recruitment; relocation; retention incentives; extended assignment 
incentives; supervisory, post and night pay differentials; Sunday 
premium pay; law enforcement availability pay; administratively

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uncontrollable overtime pay; regularly scheduled standby duty pay; 
evacuation payment and hazardous duty.

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    5 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5525 et 
seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 3512; 
Executive Order 9397 (Nov. 22, 1943); 5 U.S.C. 6362; 5 U.S.C. 6311.

Purpose(s):
    These records will be used to administer EPA's pay and leave 
requirements, including processing, accounting and reporting. The 
records also provide the authoritative source for factual data about an 
individual's federal employment and separation from federal service. 
Records in FPPS are used by Agency personnel offices for various 
purposes, including screening qualifications of employees; determining 
status, eligibility, and employee's rights and benefits under pertinent 
laws and regulations governing federal employment; computing length of 
service; and to provide other personnel services. The records may also 
be used to locate individuals for personnel research.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users, and the Purposes of Such Uses:
    General routine uses A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L apply 
to this system. Records may also be disclosed:
    1. To the Department of the Treasury to issue checks, make 
payments, make electronic funds transfers, and issue U.S. Savings 
Bonds.
    2. To the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to credit 
Thrift Savings Plan deductions and loan payments to employee accounts.
    3. To the Department of Labor in connection with a claim filed by 
an employee for compensation due to a job connected injury or illness.
    4. To the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, 
and state and local tax authorities in connection with withholding 
employment taxes and tax levies.
    5. To state unemployment offices in connection with a claim filed 
by former employees for unemployment benefits.
    6. To the officials of labor organizations to identify the amount 
of dues withheld from each employee.
    7. To the Office of Personnel Management and to health benefit 
carriers in connection with enrollment and payroll deductions.
    8. To the Office of Personnel Management in connection with 
employee retirement and life insurance deductions.
    9. To the Combined Federal Campaign in connection with payroll 
deductions for charitable contributions.
    10. To the Office of Management and Budget and Department of the 
Treasury to provide required reports on financial management 
responsibilities.
    11. To provide information, as necessary, to other federal, state, 
local or foreign agencies conducting computer matching programs to help 
eliminate fraud and abuse and to detect unauthorized payments made to 
individuals. When disclosures are made under computer matching 
programs, EPA will comply with the Computer Matching and Privacy 
Protection Act of 1988.
    12. To the Social Security Administration and the Department of 
Health and Human Services to provide information on newly hired 
employees for child support enforcement purposes.
    13. To the Department of Health and Human Services in connection 
with the master personnel and payroll files for Public Health Service 
Officers.
    14. To the Department of Interior to provide payroll processing 
services.
    15. To Federal Retirement Benefit contractors to enable employees 
to receive retirement benefit calculations.
    16. To disclose information to government training facilities 
(federal, state, and local) in review of Skillsoft's eLearning courses 
as part of Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI).
    17. To disclose information to EPA's Office of Civil Rights and the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) upon request to assist 
with investigations of alleged or possible discrimination practices in 
the federal sector and in response to the EEOC's request for records to 
use in the examination of an agency's compliance with affirmative 
action plan instructions and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee 
Selection Procedures.

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, 
and Disposing of Records in the System:
     Storage: Records are maintained in paper, microfilm, 
microfiche, electronic, imaged and on computer printouts. Current and 
historical records are stored on magnetic media at the Department of 
the Interior's (DOI) central computer processing center located at the 
National Business Center, 7301 W. Mansfield Ave., Denver, CO 80235. 
Source documents are stored in standard office filing equipment and/or 
as imaged documents on magnetic media at all Agency human resource 
centers.
     Retrievability: Records are retrieved by the employee 
identification number, employee name and other identifiers.
     Safeguards: Computer records are maintained in a secure 
password-protected environment. Access to computer records is limited 
to those who have a need to know. Permission level assignments allow 
users to access only those functions for which they are authorized. 
Paper records are maintained in locked metal file cabinets. All records 
are maintained in secure, access-controlled areas or buildings.
     Retention and Disposal: The records contained in this 
system of records are covered by EPA record schedule 300 for purposes 
of retention and disposal.
     System Manager(s) and Address: Director, Office of Human 
Resources, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., (MC 
3601ARN), Washington, DC 20460 and Director, Office of Financial 
Services, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., (MC 2734R), 
Washington, DC 20460.

Notification Procedures:
    Any individual who wants to know whether this system of records 
contains a record about him or her, who wants access to his or her 
record, or who wants to contest the contents of a record, should make a 
written request to the EPA FOIA Office, Attn: Privacy Act Officer, MC 
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.

Record Access Procedure:
    Individuals seeking access to information in this system of records 
about themselves are required to provide adequate identification (e.g. 
driver's license, military identification card, employee badge or 
identification card and, if necessary, proof of authority). Additional 
identity verification procedures may be required, as warranted. 
Requests must meet the requirements of EPA regulations that implement 
the Privacy Act of 1974, at 40 CFR part 16.

Contesting Record Procedure:
    Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be 
changed and the corrective action sought. Requests must be submitted to 
the agency contact indicated on the initial document for which the 
related contested record was submitted.

Record Source Categories:
    Information in this system of records is provided by:
    (a) The individual on whom the record is maintained.

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    (b) Agency officials.
    (c) Consumer reporting agencies, debt collection agencies, the 
Department of the Treasury and other federal agencies.
    (d) Federal Retirement Benefit contractors.
    (e) Leave bank forms.

System Exempted from Certain Provisions of the Act:
    None.

[FR Doc. 2014-13058 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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