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full scale range between 0–50 ppm, at
any operating temperature from 20 °C to
30 °C, using a back-flushing GC
scrubber, 99.9999% nitrogen carrier gas
at a gas pressure of 60–80 psig, with a
column temperature of 105 °C, and a
detector temperature of 265 °C; inlet
flow of 20–100 mL/min; in accordance
with the associated instrument manual,
and with or without any of the
following options: Rack mount kit,
internal sample pump, 4–20 mA output
module, particle filter, and data
collection software.
The application for equivalent
method determination for the CO
method was received by the Office of
Research and Development on January
3, 2011. This monitor is commercially
available from the applicant, Peak
Laboratories, LLC, 2330 Old Middlefield
Way Suite 10, Mountain View, CA
94043.
One new O3 equivalent method is an
automated monitoring method
(analyzer) utilizing a measurement
principle based on ultraviolet
absorption photometry. The newly
designated equivalent method is
identified as follows:
EQOA–0914–218, ‘‘2B Technologies
Model 106–L or OEM–106–L Ozone
Monitor’’ operated in a range of 0–0.5
ppm in an environment of 20–30 °C,
with temperature and pressure
compensation, internal dewLine for
humidity control, using a 1 minute
average, with a 12V DC source supplied
by a 100–240V AC power adapter,
operated according to the Model 106
Ozone Monitor Operation Manual and
with or without the following: Cigarette
lighter adapter or a 12V DC battery for
portable operation, external PTFE or
PVDF inlet filter and holder, USB data
port with computer cable.
The application for equivalent
method determination for the O3
method was received by the Office of
Research and Development on June 24,
2014. This monitor is commercially
available from the applicant, 2B
Technology, Inc., 2100 Central Ave.,
Suite 105, Boulder, CO 80303.
Test monitors representative of these
methods have been tested in accordance
with the applicable test procedures
specified in 40 CFR part 53, as amended
on August 31, 2011. After reviewing the
results of those tests and other
information submitted in the
application, EPA has determined, in
accordance with part 53, that these
methods should be designated as
equivalent methods.
As designated reference and
equivalent methods, these methods are
acceptable for use by states and other air
monitoring agencies under the
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requirements of 40 CFR part 58,
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. For
such purposes, the methods must be
used in strict accordance with the
operation or instruction manual
associated with the method and subject
to any specifications and limitations
(e.g., configuration or operational
settings) specified in the applicable
designated method description (see the
identification of the method above).
Use of the methods also should be in
general accordance with the guidance
and recommendations of applicable
sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance
Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/
600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance
Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume II,
Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
Program’’ EPA–454/B–08–003,
December, 2008. Provisions concerning
modification of such methods by users
are specified under Section 2.8
(Modifications of Methods by Users) of
Appendix C to 40 CFR part 58.
Consistent or repeated noncompliance
should be reported to: Director, Human
Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences
Division (MD–E205–01), National
Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711.
Designation of these reference and
equivalent methods is intended to assist
the States in establishing and operating
their air quality surveillance systems
under 40 CFR part 58. Questions
concerning the commercial availability
or technical aspects of the method
should be directed to the applicant.
Dated: October 24, 2014.
Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta,
Director, National Exposure Research
Laboratory.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9917–88–OEI; EPA–HQ–OEI–2014–
0466]
Notification of a New System of
Records Notice for the Labor and
Employee Relations Information
System (LERIS)
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of
Administration and Resources
SUMMARY:
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Management is giving notice that it
proposes to create a new system of
records pursuant to the provisions of the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). The
Labor and Employee Relations
Information System (LERIS) is being
created to meet the needs of the Labor
and Employee Relations (LER)
Specialists, Attorney Advisors and
Agency Leadership. This system will
enable LER employees to access case
information across the EPA for use in
determining appropriate disciplinary
penalties as well as reporting trends in
LER issues. The system is accessed from
an Internet browser using the Agency’s
secured portal.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on
this system of records notice must do so
by December 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OEI–2014–0466, 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–
0466. The 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
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 the 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 the 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
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Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, the 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 the EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
the 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 the 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:
Mitch Berkenkemper (202) 564–4702.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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General Information
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) plans to create a Privacy
Act system of records for the Labor and
Employee Relations Information System
(LERIS). LERIS will be used by LER
Specialists, personnel or labor attorneys
in the Office of Regional Counsel and
EPA headquarters, LER attorneys in the
EPA headquarters, and attorneys in the
Office of General Counsel for the
processing of grievances, demands to
bargain, information requests and unfair
labor practices filed by unions on behalf
of their bargaining unit members, and
processing disciplinary actions or
performance-based actions against
employees for misconduct or deficient
job performance. LERIS will enable LER
employees to access case information
across the Agency for use in
determining appropriate disciplinary
penalties when those grievances,
complaints, unfair labor practices or
disciplinary actions lead to formal
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judicial or administrative hearings
before a judge. The system will also
report trends in LER issues.
The implementation of LERIS will
have no effect on the privacy of
individuals. The system is passwordprotected and access is restricted to
Agency Human Resources (HR)
specialists and legal staff who have a
work-related need to utilize the
information in the system. Permissionlevel assignments allow users access
only to those functions for which they
are authorized. All records are
maintained in secure, access-controlled
areas or buildings. The system is
accessed from an internet browser using
the Agency’s secured portal and
requires a user to have an established
log-in name and password.
The system is maintained at a
contractor’s Xiolink facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. LERIS is maintained by the
Office of Human Resources, Labor and
Employee Relations Division.
Dated: September 23, 2014.
Renee P. Wynn,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief
Information Officer.
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SYSTEM NAME:
Labor and Employee Relations
Information System (LERIS)
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Xiolink Facility, 1111 Olive St., St.
Louis, MO 63101.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Current and former EPA employees,
including Health and Human Services
(HHS) Public Health Service
Commissioned Officers assigned to the
EPA.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system will contain general
human resources elements, including
First/Middle/Last Name, Appointment
Type, Appointment Not-to-Exceed Date
(if applicable), Service Computation
Date for Leave Accrual Purposes,
Service Computation Date for
Retirement Eligibility Purposes, Position
Title, Pay Plan, Occupational Series,
Grade, Step, Supervisory Code,
Bargaining Unit Status Code,
Organizational Breakdown of Position’s
Location (‘‘Organization Level 1’’
through ‘‘Organizational Level 8,’’ as
applicable) and Duty Station. The
system will contain Labor Relations case
file information regarding
administrative grievances, Grievances of
the Parties, negotiated grievances,
formal discussions/meetings, union
information requests, negotiations,
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unfair labor practice (ULP) charges, and
unit clarification petitions. The system
will contain Employee Relations case
file information regarding employee
counseling for misconduct or poor
performance, disciplinary actions,
adverse actions, performance-based
actions, performance assistance plans,
performance improvement plans,
reasonable accommodation requests and
Merit System Protection Board (MSPB)
appeals.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
5 U.S.C. Chapter 71; 5 CFR 771; 5 CFR
752; 5 CFR 432.
PURPOSE (S):
These records are maintained in
LERIS to administer EPA’s Labor and
Employee Relations program. They also
provide the basic source of factual data
about a person’s federal employment
while in the service and after his or her
separation. Records in LERIS have
various uses by Agency personnel
offices, including employee’s rights and
benefits under pertinent laws and
regulations governing Federal
employment; and other information
needed to provide personnel services.
These records and their automated
equivalents 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, and
L apply to this system.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
• Storage: These records are
maintained in digital formats on servers
and storage hard disks. The computer
storage devices are located at the
contractor’s Xiolink facility in St. Louis,
MO. Backup copies of this information
are maintained at an alternate
processing site in Bellevue, NE. Data is
on hard disk media and retained per
client requirements. Additional backup
copies of each application are taken
annually and retained for 7 years.
• Retrievability: These records are
retrieved by the employee identification
number or name.
• Safeguards: Computer records are
maintained in a secure passwordprotected environment. Access to
computer records is limited to those
who have a need to know the
information contained in the records.
Permission-level assignments allow
users access only to those functions for
which they are authorized. All records
are maintained in secure, accesscontrolled areas or buildings.
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• Retention and Disposal: Records
stored in the system are subject to
records schedule 756.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
[OMB 3060–0690]
Director, Office of Human Resources,
Office of Administration and Resources
Management, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, WJC North, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., MC 3601,
Washington, DC 20460.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
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, WJC West, MC 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. 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 RECORDS PROCEDURE:
Requests for correction or amendment
must identify the record to be changed
and the corrective action sought.
Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures
are described in EPA’s Privacy Act
regulations at 40 CFR part 16.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The individual on whom the record is
maintained, Agency officials such as
managers and supervisors, HR
specialists and assistants who process
personnel actions, and HR Shared
Service Centers.
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SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:
None.
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Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before January 5,
2015. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0690.
SUMMARY:
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Title: Section 101.17, Performance
Requirements for the 38.6–40.0 GHz
Frequency Band.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local, or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 5
respondents; 44 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: Reporting
requirement at the end of the10-year
license term.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these information
collections are contained in 47 U.S.C.
4(i), 303(c), 303(g), 303(r), and 309(j) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $17,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There may be a need for confidentiality.
Applicants may request confidentiality
and request confidential treatment in
connection with their substantial
service showings pursuant to 47 CFR
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
submitting this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) as an extension to
obtain the full three year clearance from
them.
The information collection
requirements that are contained in
Section 101.17 of the Commission’s
rules require that all 38.6–40.0 GHz
band licensees demonstrate substantial
service at the time of license renewal (at
the end of the ten year license term). A
licensee’s substantial service showing
should include, but not be limited to,
the following information for each
channel for which they hold a license,
in each Economic Area (EA) or a portion
of the EA covered by their license, in
order to qualify for renewal of that
license. The information is used by the
Commission staff to satisfy requirements
for licensees to demonstrate substantial
service at the time of license renewal.
Also, the information is used by the
Commission to determine whether the
licensee is providing service which rises
to the level of ‘‘substantial’’ requiring
the following information:
(1) A description of the 38.6–40.0 GHz
band licensee’s current service in terms
of geographic coverage;
(2) A description of the 38.6–40.0 GHz
band licensee’s current service in terms
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9917-88-OEI; EPA-HQ-OEI-2014-0466]
Notification of a New System of Records Notice for the Labor and
Employee Relations Information System (LERIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of
Administration and Resources Management is giving notice that it
proposes to create a new system of records pursuant to the provisions
of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). The Labor and Employee
Relations Information System (LERIS) is being created to meet the needs
of the Labor and Employee Relations (LER) Specialists, Attorney
Advisors and Agency Leadership. This system will enable LER employees
to access case information across the EPA for use in determining
appropriate disciplinary penalties as well as reporting trends in LER
issues. The system is accessed from an Internet browser using the
Agency's secured portal.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice must
do so by December 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OEI-2014-0466, 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-
2014-0466. The 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 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 the 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 the 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
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Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, the 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 the EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, the 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 the 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: Mitch Berkenkemper (202) 564-4702.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to create a
Privacy Act system of records for the Labor and Employee Relations
Information System (LERIS). LERIS will be used by LER Specialists,
personnel or labor attorneys in the Office of Regional Counsel and EPA
headquarters, LER attorneys in the EPA headquarters, and attorneys in
the Office of General Counsel for the processing of grievances, demands
to bargain, information requests and unfair labor practices filed by
unions on behalf of their bargaining unit members, and processing
disciplinary actions or performance-based actions against employees for
misconduct or deficient job performance. LERIS will enable LER
employees to access case information across the Agency for use in
determining appropriate disciplinary penalties when those grievances,
complaints, unfair labor practices or disciplinary actions lead to
formal judicial or administrative hearings before a judge. The system
will also report trends in LER issues.
The implementation of LERIS will have no effect on the privacy of
individuals. The system is password-protected and access is restricted
to Agency Human Resources (HR) specialists and legal staff who have a
work-related need to utilize the information in the system. Permission-
level assignments allow users access only to those functions for which
they are authorized. All records are maintained in secure, access-
controlled areas or buildings. The system is accessed from an internet
browser using the Agency's secured portal and requires a user to have
an established log-in name and password.
The system is maintained at a contractor's Xiolink facility in St.
Louis, Missouri. LERIS is maintained by the Office of Human Resources,
Labor and Employee Relations Division.
Dated: September 23, 2014.
Renee P. Wynn,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer.
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System Name:
Labor and Employee Relations Information System (LERIS)
System Location:
Xiolink Facility, 1111 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63101.
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
Current and former EPA employees, including Health and Human
Services (HHS) Public Health Service Commissioned Officers assigned to
the EPA.
Categories of Records in the System:
This system will contain general human resources elements,
including First/Middle/Last Name, Appointment Type, Appointment Not-to-
Exceed Date (if applicable), Service Computation Date for Leave Accrual
Purposes, Service Computation Date for Retirement Eligibility Purposes,
Position Title, Pay Plan, Occupational Series, Grade, Step, Supervisory
Code, Bargaining Unit Status Code, Organizational Breakdown of
Position's Location (``Organization Level 1'' through ``Organizational
Level 8,'' as applicable) and Duty Station. The system will contain
Labor Relations case file information regarding administrative
grievances, Grievances of the Parties, negotiated grievances, formal
discussions/meetings, union information requests, negotiations, unfair
labor practice (ULP) charges, and unit clarification petitions. The
system will contain Employee Relations case file information regarding
employee counseling for misconduct or poor performance, disciplinary
actions, adverse actions, performance-based actions, performance
assistance plans, performance improvement plans, reasonable
accommodation requests and Merit System Protection Board (MSPB)
appeals.
Authority for Maintenance of the System:
5 U.S.C. Chapter 71; 5 CFR 771; 5 CFR 752; 5 CFR 432.
Purpose (s):
These records are maintained in LERIS to administer EPA's Labor and
Employee Relations program. They also provide the basic source of
factual data about a person's federal employment while in the service
and after his or her separation. Records in LERIS have various uses by
Agency personnel offices, including employee's rights and benefits
under pertinent laws and regulations governing Federal employment; and
other information needed to provide personnel services. These records
and their automated equivalents 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, and L apply to this system.
Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining,
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage: These records are maintained in digital formats
on servers and storage hard disks. The computer storage devices are
located at the contractor's Xiolink facility in St. Louis, MO. Backup
copies of this information are maintained at an alternate processing
site in Bellevue, NE. Data is on hard disk media and retained per
client requirements. Additional backup copies of each application are
taken annually and retained for 7 years.
Retrievability: These records are retrieved by the
employee identification number or name.
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 the information contained in the
records. Permission-level assignments allow users access only to those
functions for which they are authorized. All records are maintained in
secure, access-controlled areas or buildings.
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Retention and Disposal: Records stored in the system are
subject to records schedule 756.
System Manager(s) and Address:
Director, Office of Human Resources, Office of Administration and
Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WJC North,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., MC 3601, Washington, DC 20460.
Notification Procedure:
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, WJC
West, MC 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 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 Records Procedure:
Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be
changed and the corrective action sought. Complete EPA Privacy Act
procedures are described in EPA's Privacy Act regulations at 40 CFR
part 16.
Record Source Categories:
The individual on whom the record is maintained, Agency officials
such as managers and supervisors, HR specialists and assistants who
process personnel actions, and HR Shared Service Centers.
System Exempted from Certain Provisions of the Act:
None.
[FR Doc. 2014-26175 Filed 11-3-14; 8:45 am]
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