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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9974–92–OEI]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of Environmental
Information, Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of
General Counsel is giving notice that it
proposes to create a new system of
records pursuant to the provisions of the
Privacy Act of 1974. The Employment
Law Practice Group Case Management
System (ELPG–CMS) is being created to
meet the needs of the Office of General
Counsel, Employment Law Practice
Group Attorney Advisors and Agency
Leadership. This system will provide
automated information support to the
Employment Law Practice Group in
tracing and managing the flow of labor
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and employment advice and litigation
through the litigation process. The
information collected in the case
management program will be used to:
Assign incoming cases and more
efficiently track significant events in the
litigation such as filing deadlines;
electronically collect and store in one
location all documents relevant to a
case, including discovery materials,
filings, submissions, case
correspondence and case research
information. The system is accessed
from an internet browser using the
Agency’s secured portal.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on
this system or records notice must do so
by April 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OEI–2017–0307, by one of the following
methods:
Regulations.gov: 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, Mailcode: 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–2017–
0307. 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 website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system for EPA,
which means the EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. However, over 180
federal agencies use
www.regulations.gov and some may
require Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) and some may not.
Each agency determines submission
requirements within their own internal
processes and standards. EPA has no
requirement of personal information. If
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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 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: Tia
Y. Miller, Miller.Tia@epa.gov, (202)
564–8942.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
plans to create a Privacy Act system of
records for the Employment Law
Practice Group Case Management
System (ELPG–CMS). ELPG–CMS will
be used by Employment Law attorneys
in the Office General Counsel to: (1)
Track, manage, and report on
employment matters, including
litigation, counseling, disciplinary
actions, performance actions, and
investigations into allegations of
workplace harassment. (2) assign
incoming cases and more efficiently
track significant events in the litigation
such as filing deadlines; (3)
electronically collect and store in one
location all documents relevant to a
case, including discovery materials,
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filings, submissions, case
correspondence and case research
information; (4) electronically provide
access to case records to the case
attorney(s), OGC support staff, and
supervisory attorneys; (5) electronically
provide access to case records to other
ELPG attorneys working on other cases
who may benefit from information
collected in other cases; (6) facilitate the
filing of submissions before
administrative tribunals that require
electronic filing of case materials, such
as the EEOC and MSPB, and (7) generate
reports that will allow the agency to
track and evaluate a variety of
employment litigation trends such as
recurring employee misconduct,
imposed disciplinary penalties,
discrimination claims, etc.
The implementation of the ELPG–
CMS will have no effect on the privacy
of individuals. The system is passwordprotected and access is restricted to
Office of General Counsel Employment
Law Practice Group Attorneys 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, accesscontrolled areas of 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 secured and FedRAMPcertified data center, discretely located
in Ashburn, VA. ELPG–CMS is
maintained by the Office of General
Counsel, Employment Law Practice
Group.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
ELPG Case Management System
(ELPG–CMS), EPA–76.
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
The paper records will be located at
the EPA, Office of General Counsel,
Employment Law Practice Group,1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. The electronic records will
be located on servers housed in
Ashburn, VA.
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SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Associate General Counsel, Office of
General Counsel, General Law Office,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Mailcode
2377A, Washington, DC 20460.
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PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
The ELPG–CMS will allow ELPG to
track case activity, generate mandated
and ad hoc reports, and provide access
to a centralized case management
system to ELPG personnel.
These records are maintained in
ELPG–CMS to support the Agency’s
Employment Law Practice Group in its
efforts to track, manage, and report on
employment matters, including
litigation, counseling, disciplinary
actions, performance actions, and
investigations into allegations of
workplace harassment.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Current and former EPA employees;
Individuals who have filed, or had filed
on their behalf, discrimination
complaints against the EPA.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. (1964);
Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), 29 U.S.C.
206(d) (1963); Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29
U.S.C. 621–634 (2013); Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42
U.S.C. 12101–12213 (2013) (amended
2008); Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA),
Public Law 110–233, 122 Stat. 881;
Sections 501 and 505 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law
93–112, 87 Stat. 355 (codified as
amended in scattered sections of the 29
U.S.C and 31–41c U.S.C.); Uniformed
Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights of 1994, 38 U.S.C.
4301–4335 (1994); Civil Service Reform
Act of 1978, Public Law 95–454, 92 Stat.
1111; Occupation Safety and Health Act
of 1970, 29 U.S.C. ch. 15, § 651 et seq.
(1971); Whistleblower Protection
Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA),
Public Law 112–199.
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 and Duty Station. The system
will also contain Adverse Action 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,
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including medical information. The
system will also contain Office of
Inspector General investigatory
information regarding allegations of
employee misconduct, including
Reports of Investigation, Final Summary
Reports, Memorandums of Interviews,
Memorandum of Activity, and
supporting exhibits.
The system will also contain
documents created and/or submitted in
anticipation of litigation, as well as
during the course of litigation,
including, but not limited to, Merit
System Protection Board (MSPB)
appeals, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
appeals, Department of Labor (DOL)
appeals, Unemployment proceedings,
Office of Special Counsel complaints,
and Federal District Court proceedings.
Documents provided as part of
litigation or employment law matters
may include various types of
information including, but not limited
to, names, addresses, social security
numbers, medical and/or financial
information contained in pleadings,
motions, exhibits, and any other
documents provided to the Office of
General Counsel.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Sources include Agency databases,
employee personnel files, files
maintained by the Office of
Administration and Resources
Management (OARM) Complainants,
Complainant’s attorneys or
representatives, witnesses, EPA
investigators, EPA Office of the
Inspector General, other EPA personnel,
Department of Justice, EEOC
Administrative Judges, MSPB Judges,
DOL Administrative Law Judges, and
other persons with information relevant
to an employment law matter before the
Agency for consideration.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
EPA General routine uses A, B, C, E,
F, G, H, I, J, K and L apply to this
system. (73 FR 2245)
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
The records in the system are stored
in paper files and computer databases.
The computer storage devices are
located at the contractor’s FedRAMP
approved facility in Ashburn, VA.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
The system will retrieve records
employee name.
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Dated: January 9, 2018.
Steven Fine,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records stored in the system are
subject to records schedule 1025.
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ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
Paper records are maintained in
lockable file cabinets in secure, accesscontrolled rooms, areas, of buildings.
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 of
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.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to
information in this system of records
about themselves should make a written
request to the Freedom of Information
Act Office. Requesters are required to
provide adequate identification (e.g.
driver’s license, military identification
card, employee badge or identification
card). 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 PROCEDURES:
Requests for correction or amendment
must identify the record to be changed
and the corrective action sought.
Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures
are set out in EPA’s Privacy Act
regulations at 40 CFR part 16.
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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 National Privacy Program, Attn:
Privacy Act Officer, WJC West, MC
2831T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
None.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9974–89—Region 8]
Settlement Agreement and Order on
Consent: Gilt Edge Mine Superfund
Site, Lead, Lawrence County, South
Dakota
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), notice
is hereby given of the proposed
settlement under CERCLA, between the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’), the State of South Dakota
(‘‘State’’), and Agnico Eagle Mines
Limited (‘‘Lessee’’). The proposed
Settlement Agreement provides for the
performance of work by Lessee and the
payment of certain response costs
incurred by the United States. The
Lessee consents to and will not contest
the authority of the United States to
enter into the Agreement or to
implement or enforce its terms. The
State and Lessee recognize that the
Agreement has been negotiated in good
faith and that the Agreement is entered
into without the admission or
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 2, 2018. For thirty (30)
days following the date of publication of
this notice, the Agency will receive
written comments relating to the
agreement. The Agency will consider all
comments received and may modify or
withdraw its consent to the agreement if
comments received disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that the
agreement is inappropriate, improper, or
inadequate.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement
and additional background information
relating to the agreement, as well as the
Agency’s response to any comments are
or will be available for public inspection
at the EPA Superfund Record Center,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado, by appointment. Comments
and requests for a copy of the proposed
agreement should be addressed to
Shawn McCaffrey, Enforcement
SUMMARY:
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Specialist, Environmental Protection
Agency—Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–
RC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202–1129, and should
reference the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund
Site, EPA Docket No. CERCLA–08–
2018–0004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Piggott, Enforcement Attorney,
Legal Enforcement Program,
Environmental Protection Agency—
Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–L, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202, (303) 312–6410.
Dated: February 15, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of
Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental
Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VIII.
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AGENCY
[FRL–9974–94–OECA]
National Environmental Justice
Advisory Council; Public
Teleconference and Public Comment;
Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) published a document in
the Federal Register of February 8,
2018, concerning the National
Environmental Justice Advisory Council
public teleconference and public
comment period. The document
contained an incorrect date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions or correspondence
concerning the public teleconference
meeting should be directed to Karen L.
Martin, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, by mail at 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW (MC2201A), Washington,
DC 20460; by telephone at 202–564–
0203; via email at martin.karenl@
epa.gov; or by fax at 202–564–1624.
Additional information about the
NEJAC is available at https://
www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/
national-environmental-justiceadvisory-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of February 8,
2018, in FR Doc. 2018–02549, in the
third column, correct the ‘‘Registration’’
caption to read:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9974-92-OEI]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of records.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of
General Counsel is giving notice that it proposes to create a new
system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of
1974. The Employment Law Practice Group Case Management System (ELPG-
CMS) is being created to meet the needs of the Office of General
Counsel, Employment Law Practice Group Attorney Advisors and Agency
Leadership. This system will provide automated information support to
the Employment Law Practice Group in tracing and managing the flow of
labor and employment advice and litigation through the litigation
process. The information collected in the case management program will
be used to: Assign incoming cases and more efficiently track
significant events in the litigation such as filing deadlines;
electronically collect and store in one location all documents relevant
to a case, including discovery materials, filings, submissions, case
correspondence and case research information. The system is accessed
from an internet browser using the Agency's secured portal.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system or records notice must
do so by April 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OEI-2017-0307, by one of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-1752.
Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 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-
2017-0307. 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 website is an ``anonymous access'' system for
EPA, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. However,
over 180 federal agencies use www.regulations.gov and some may require
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and some may not. Each agency
determines submission requirements within their own internal processes
and standards. EPA has no requirement of personal information. 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 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: Tia Y. Miller, [email protected],
(202) 564-8942.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) plans to create a Privacy Act system of records for the
Employment Law Practice Group Case Management System (ELPG-CMS). ELPG-
CMS will be used by Employment Law attorneys in the Office General
Counsel to: (1) Track, manage, and report on employment matters,
including litigation, counseling, disciplinary actions, performance
actions, and investigations into allegations of workplace harassment.
(2) assign incoming cases and more efficiently track significant events
in the litigation such as filing deadlines; (3) electronically collect
and store in one location all documents relevant to a case, including
discovery materials,
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filings, submissions, case correspondence and case research
information; (4) electronically provide access to case records to the
case attorney(s), OGC support staff, and supervisory attorneys; (5)
electronically provide access to case records to other ELPG attorneys
working on other cases who may benefit from information collected in
other cases; (6) facilitate the filing of submissions before
administrative tribunals that require electronic filing of case
materials, such as the EEOC and MSPB, and (7) generate reports that
will allow the agency to track and evaluate a variety of employment
litigation trends such as recurring employee misconduct, imposed
disciplinary penalties, discrimination claims, etc.
The implementation of the ELPG-CMS will have no effect on the
privacy of individuals. The system is password-protected and access is
restricted to Office of General Counsel Employment Law Practice Group
Attorneys 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 of 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 secured and
FedRAMP-certified data center, discretely located in Ashburn, VA. ELPG-
CMS is maintained by the Office of General Counsel, Employment Law
Practice Group.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
ELPG Case Management System (ELPG-CMS), EPA-76.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
The paper records will be located at the EPA, Office of General
Counsel, Employment Law Practice Group,1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460-0001. The electronic records will be located on
servers housed in Ashburn, VA.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, General Law
Office, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Mailcode 2377A, Washington, DC
20460.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.
(1964); Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), 29 U.S.C. 206(d) (1963); Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. 621-634
(2013); Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101-
12213 (2013) (amended 2008); Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
of 2008 (GINA), Public Law 110-233, 122 Stat. 881; Sections 501 and 505
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, 87 Stat. 355
(codified as amended in scattered sections of the 29 U.S.C and 31-41c
U.S.C.); Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights of 1994,
38 U.S.C. 4301-4335 (1994); Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, Public
Law 95-454, 92 Stat. 1111; Occupation Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29
U.S.C. ch. 15, Sec. 651 et seq. (1971); Whistleblower Protection
Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA), Public Law 112-199.
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
The ELPG-CMS will allow ELPG to track case activity, generate
mandated and ad hoc reports, and provide access to a centralized case
management system to ELPG personnel.
These records are maintained in ELPG-CMS to support the Agency's
Employment Law Practice Group in its efforts to track, manage, and
report on employment matters, including litigation, counseling,
disciplinary actions, performance actions, and investigations into
allegations of workplace harassment.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Current and former EPA employees; Individuals who have filed, or
had filed on their behalf, discrimination complaints against 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 and Duty Station. The system will also contain
Adverse Action 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, including medical
information. The system will also contain Office of Inspector General
investigatory information regarding allegations of employee misconduct,
including Reports of Investigation, Final Summary Reports, Memorandums
of Interviews, Memorandum of Activity, and supporting exhibits.
The system will also contain documents created and/or submitted in
anticipation of litigation, as well as during the course of litigation,
including, but not limited to, Merit System Protection Board (MSPB)
appeals, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appeals,
Department of Labor (DOL) appeals, Unemployment proceedings, Office of
Special Counsel complaints, and Federal District Court proceedings.
Documents provided as part of litigation or employment law matters
may include various types of information including, but not limited to,
names, addresses, social security numbers, medical and/or financial
information contained in pleadings, motions, exhibits, and any other
documents provided to the Office of General Counsel.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Sources include Agency databases, employee personnel files, files
maintained by the Office of Administration and Resources Management
(OARM) Complainants, Complainant's attorneys or representatives,
witnesses, EPA investigators, EPA Office of the Inspector General,
other EPA personnel, Department of Justice, EEOC Administrative Judges,
MSPB Judges, DOL Administrative Law Judges, and other persons with
information relevant to an employment law matter before the Agency for
consideration.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
EPA General routine uses A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L apply
to this system. (73 FR 2245)
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
The records in the system are stored in paper files and computer
databases. The computer storage devices are located at the contractor's
FedRAMP approved facility in Ashburn, VA.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
The system will retrieve records employee name.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records stored in the system are subject to records schedule 1025.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Paper records are maintained in lockable file cabinets in secure,
access-controlled rooms, areas, of buildings. 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 of 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.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to information in this system of records
about themselves should make a written request to the Freedom of
Information Act Office. Requesters are required to provide adequate
identification (e.g. driver's license, military identification card,
employee badge or identification card). 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 PROCEDURES:
Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be
changed and the corrective action sought. Complete EPA Privacy Act
procedures are set out in EPA's Privacy Act regulations at 40 CFR part
16.
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 National Privacy Program, Attn: Privacy Act
Officer, WJC West, MC 2831T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
None.
Dated: January 9, 2018.
Steven Fine,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04186 Filed 2-28-18; 8:45 am]
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