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III. TSCA SACC
A. What is the purpose of the TSCA
SACC?
The TSCA SACC was established by
EPA in 2016 and operates in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq.
The TSCA SACC provides expert
independent scientific advice and
consultation to the EPA on the scientific
and technical aspects of risk
assessments, methodologies, and
pollution prevention measures and
approaches for chemicals regulated
under TSCA.
The TSCA SACC is comprised of
experts in: Toxicology; human health
and environmental risk assessment;
exposure assessment; and related
sciences (e.g., synthetic biology,
pharmacology, biotechnology,
nanotechnology, biochemistry,
biostatistics, physiologically based
pharmacokinetic modelling (PBPK)
modeling, computational toxicology,
epidemiology, environmental fate, and
environmental engineering and
sustainability). When needed, the
committee will be assisted in their
reviews by ad hoc participants with
specific expertise in the topics under
consideration.
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B. How can I access the TSCA SACC
documents?
EPA’s background documents, related
supporting materials, and draft charge
questions to the TSCA SACC are
available on the TSCA SACC website
and in the docket established for the
specific chemical substance. In
addition, EPA will provide additional
background documents (e.g., TSCA
SACC members participating in this
meeting and the meeting agenda) as the
materials become available. You may
obtain electronic copies of these
documents, and certain other related
documents that might be available, in
the docket at https://www.regulations.gov
and the TSCA SACC website at https://
www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review.
After the public meeting, the TSCA
SACC will prepare meeting minutes
summarizing its recommendations to
the EPA. The meeting minutes will be
posted on the TSCA SACC website and
in the relevant docket.
C. What do I need to know about the
TSCA SACC public meetings?
The focus of the public meetings is to
peer review EPA’s draft risk evaluation.
After the peer review process, EPA will
consider peer reviewer comments and
recommendations and public
comments, in finalizing the risk
evaluation. The draft risk evaluation
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contains: Discussion of chemistry and
physical-chemical properties;
characterization of conditions of use;
environmental fate and transport
assessment; human health exposures;
environmental hazard assessment; risk
characterization; risk determination;
and a detailed description of the
systematic review process developed by
the Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics to search, screen, and evaluate
scientific literature for use in the risk
evaluation process.
D. How do I participate in the public
meetings?
You may participate in the public
meetings by following the instructions
in this unit. To ensure proper receipt by
EPA, it is imperative that you identify
the corresponding docket ID number in
the subject line on the first page of your
request.
1. Preparatory virtual meeting. The
preparatory virtual meeting will be
conducted via webcast and telephone.
You may participate in the preparatory
virtual meeting by registering to join the
webcast. You may also submit written
or oral comments.
i. Registration. You must register to
participate in the preparatory virtual
meeting. To participate by listening or
making a comment during this meeting,
please go to the EPA website to register:
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review.
Registration online will be confirmed by
an email that will include the webcast
meeting link and audio teleconference
information.
ii. Written comments. Written
comments for consideration during the
preparatory virtual meeting should be
submitted, using the instructions in
ADDRESSES and this unit, on or before
the date set in the DATES section.
iii. Oral comments. Requests to make
brief oral comments to the TSCA SACC
during the preparatory virtual meeting
should be submitted when registering
online or with the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or
before noon on the date set in the DATES
section. Oral comments before the TSCA
SACC during the preparatory virtual
meeting are limited to approximately 5
minutes due to the time constraints of
this virtual meeting.
2. Peer review public virtual meeting.
The peer review public virtual meeting
will be conducted via webcast and
telephone. You may participate in the
peer review public virtual meeting by
registering to join the webcast. You may
also submit written or oral comments.
i. Registration. You must register to
participate in the peer review public
virtual meeting. To participate by
listening or making a comment during
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this meeting, please go to the EPA
website to register: https://www.epa.gov/
tsca-peer-review. Registration online
will be confirmed by an email that will
include the webcast meeting link and
audio teleconference information.
ii. Written comments. To provide the
TSCA SACC the time necessary to
consider and review your comments,
written comments for consideration
during the peer review public virtual
meeting should be submitted, using the
instructions in ADDRESSES and this unit,
on or before the date set in the DATES
section. Comments received after the
date set in the DATES section and prior
to the end of the oral public comment
period during the meeting will still be
provided to the TSCA SACC for their
consideration.
iii. Oral comments. To be included on
the meeting agenda, requests to make
brief oral comments to the TSCA SACC
during the peer review public virtual
meeting should be submitted when
registering online or with the DFO listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT on or before noon on the date
set in the DATES section. The request
should identify the name of the
individual making the presentation, and
the organization (if any) the individual
will represent. Oral comments before
the TSCA SACC during the peer review
public virtual meeting are limited to
approximately 5 minutes. In addition,
each speaker should email their
comments and presentation to the DFO
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, preferably, at least 24 hours
prior to the oral public comment period.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
Andrew Wheeler,
Administrator.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension Without Change:
Demographic Information on
Applicants for Federal Employment
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC or Commission) announces that
it is submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for a three-year extension
without change of the Demographic
SUMMARY:
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Information on Federal Job Applicants,
OMB No. 3046–0046.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before June 3,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Navarro Pulley, Federal Sector
Programs, Office of Federal Operations,
131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
20507, (202) 663–4514 (voice) or 1–800–
669–6820 (TTY). (These are not toll-free
numbers.).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
EEOC’s Demographic Information on
Federal Job Applicants form (OMB No.
3046–0046) is intended for use by
federal agencies in gathering data on the
race, ethnicity, sex, and disability status
of job applicants. This form is used by
the EEOC and other agencies to gauge
progress and trends over time with
respect to equal employment
opportunity goals.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and
OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the
Commission sought public comment on
extending its form without change
through a 60-day notice published
October 20, 2016. Comments were
invited on whether this collection
would continue to enable it to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
data collection tool will have practical
utility by enabling a federal agency to
determine whether recruitment
activities are effectively reaching all
segments of the relevant labor pool in
compliance with the laws enforced by
the Commission and whether the
agency’s selection procedures allow all
applicants to compete on a level playing
field regardless of race, national origin,
sex or disability status;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on applicants
for federal employees who choose to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
One anonymous comment in support
of this information collection was
received.
Overview of This Information
Collection
Collection Title: Demographic
Information on Federal Job Applicants.
OMB Control No.: 3046–0046.
Description of Affected Public:
Individuals submitting applications for
federal employment.
Number of Annual Responses: 5,042.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 252.1
Annual Federal Cost: None.
Abstract: Under section 717 of Title
VII and 501 of the Rehabilitation Act,
the Commission is charged with
reviewing and approving federal
agencies plans to affirmatively address
potential discrimination before it
occurs. Pursuant to such oversight
responsibilities, the Commission has
established systems to monitor
compliance with Title VII and the
Rehabilitation Act by requiring federal
agencies to evaluate their employment
practices through the collection and
analysis of data on the race, national
origin, sex and disability status of
applicants for both permanent and
temporary employment.
Several federal agencies (or
components of such agencies) have
previously obtained separate OMB
approval for the use of forms collecting
data on the race, national origin, sex,
and disability status of applicants. In
order to avoid unnecessary duplication
of effort and a proliferation of forms, the
EEOC seeks an extension of the
approval of a common form to be used
by all federal agencies.
Response by applicants is optional.
The information obtained will be used
by federal agencies only for evaluating
whether an agency’s recruitment
activities are effectively reaching all
segments of the relevant labor pool and
whether the agency’s selection
procedures allow all applicants to
compete on a level playing field
regardless of race, national origin, sex,
or disability status. The voluntary
responses are treated in a highly
confidential manner and play no part in
the job selection process. The
information is not provided to any panel
rating the applications, to selecting
officials, to anyone who can affect the
1 This total is calculated as follows: 5,042 annual
responses × 3 minutes per response = 15,126
minutes. 15,126/60 = 252 hours.
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application, or to the public. Rather, the
information is used in summary form to
determine trends over many selections
within a given occupational or
organization area. No information from
the form is entered into an official
personnel file.
Burden Statement: The EEOC
continues to estimate that an applicant
is able to complete the form in
approximately 3 minutes. Applicants
have continued to predominantly use
online application systems, which
require only pointing and clicking on
the selected responses to respond to the
six questions regarding basic
demographic information. For at least
the last decade, EEOC has not received
any comments questioning the
estimated 3-minute completion time.
Based on recent experience, we expect
that 5,042 applicants will choose to
complete the form for vacancies at
EEOC annually.
Thus, we estimate the average annual
burden to be: 252 hours. Over the course
of the requested three-year approval
period (2020–2023) EEOC estimates the
applicant burden at 756 hours.
Once OMB approves the use of this
common form, federal agencies may
request OMB approval to use this
common form without having to publish
notices and request public comments for
60 and 30 days. Each agency must
account for the burden associated with
their use of the common form.
For the Commission.
Janet L. Dhillon,
Chair.
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON
APPLICANTS
OMB No.:
Expiration Date:
Vacancy Announcement No.:
Position Title:
Your Privacy Is Protected
This information is used to determine
if our equal employment opportunity
efforts are reaching all segments of the
population, consistent with Federal
equal employment opportunity laws.
Responses to these questions are
voluntary. Your responses will not be
shown to the panel rating the
applications, to the official selecting an
applicant for a position, or to anyone
else who can affect your application.
This form will not be placed in your
Personnel file nor will it be provided to
your supervisors in your employing
office should you be hired. The
aggregate information collected through
this form will be kept private to the
extent permitted by law. See the Privacy
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Act Statement below for more
information.
Completion of this form is voluntary.
No individual personnel selections are
made based on this information. There
will be no impact on your application
if you choose not to answer any of these
questions.
Thank you for helping us to provide
better service.
1. How did you learn about this
position? (Check One):
b Agency internet Site recruitment
b Private Employment website
b Other internet Site
b Job Fair
b Newspaper or magazine
b Agency or other Federal government
on campus
b School or college counselor or other
official
b Friend or relative working for this
agency .
b Private Employment Office
b Agency Human Resources
Department (bulletin board or other
announcement)
b Federal, State, or Local Job
Information Center
b Other
2. Sex (Check One):
b Male
b Female
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3. Ethnicity (Check One):
b Hispanic or Latino—a person of
Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican,
South or Central American, or other
Spanish culture or origin, regardless
of race.
b Not Hispanic or Latino
4. Race (Check all that apply):
b American Indian or Alaska Native—
a person having origins in any of
the original peoples of North or
South America (including Central
America), and who maintains tribal
affiliation or community
attachment.
b Asian—a person having origins in
any of the original peoples of the
Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
Indian subcontinent, including, for
example, Cambodia, China, India,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, or
Vietnam.
b Black or African American—a person
having origins in any of the black
racial groups of Africa.
b Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander—a person having origins in
any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other
Pacific islands.
b White—a person having origins in
any of the original peoples of
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Europe, the Middle East, or North
Africa.
5. Disability/Serious Health Condition
The next questions address disability
and serious health conditions. Your
responses will ensure that our outreach
and recruitment policies are reaching a
wide range of individuals with physical
or mental conditions. Consider your
answers without the use of medication
and aids (except eyeglasses) or the help
of another person.
A. Do you have any of the following?
Check all boxes that apply to you:
b Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
b Blind or serious difficulty seeing
even when wearing glasses
b Missing an arm, leg, hand, or foot
b Paralysis: Partial or complete
paralysis (any cause)
b Significant Disfigurement: For
example, severe disfigurements
caused by burns, wounds,
accidents, or congenital disorders
b Significant Mobility Impairment: For
example, uses a wheelchair,
scooter, walker or uses a leg brace
to walk
b Significant Psychiatric Disorder: For
example, bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, PTSD, or major
depression
b Intellectual Disability (formerly
described as mental retardation)
b Developmental Disability: For
example, cerebral palsy or autism
spectrum disorder
b Traumatic Brain Injury
b Dwarfism
b Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
b Other disability or serious health
condition: For example, diabetes,
cancer, cardiovascular disease,
anxiety disorder, or HIV infection; a
learning disability, a speech
impairment, or a hearing
impairment
If you did not select one of the options
above, please indicate whether.
b None of the conditions listed above
apply to me.
b I do not wish to answer questions
regarding disability/health
conditions.
If you have indicated that you have one
of the above conditions, you may be
eligible to apply under Schedule A
Hiring Authority. For more information,
please see https://www.opm.gov/policydata-oversight/disability-employment/
hiring/#url=Schedule-A-HiringAuthority.
If an applicant checks the box for
‘‘other disability or serious health
condition,’’ the applicant will be taken
to Section A.1.
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A.1. Other Disability or Serious Health
Condition (Optional)
You indicated that you have a
disability or a serious health condition.
If you are willing, please select any of
the conditions listed below that apply to
you. As explained above, your
responses will not be shown to the
panel rating the applications, to the
selecting official, or to anyone else who
can affect your application. All
responses will remain private to the
extent permitted by law. See the Privacy
Act Statement below for more
information.
Please check all that apply:
b I do not wish to specify any
condition.
b Alcoholism
b Cancer
b Cardiovascular or heart disease
b Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel
syndrome, or other gastrointestinal
impairment
b Depression, anxiety disorder, or
other psychological disorder
b Diabetes or other metabolic disease
b Difficulty seeing even when wearing
glasses
b Hearing impairment
b History of drug addiction (but not
currently using illegal drugs)
b HIV Infection/AIDS or other immune
disorder
b Kidney dysfunction: for example,
requires dialysis
b Learning disabilities or ADHD
b Liver disease: for example, hepatitis
or cirrhosis
b Lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid
arthritis, or other autoimmune
disorder
b Morbid obesity
b Nervous system disorder: for
example, migraine headaches,
Parkinson’s disease, or multiple
sclerosis
b Non-paralytic orthopedic
impairments: for example, chronic
pain, stiffness, weakness in bones
or joints, or some loss of ability to
use parts of the body
b Orthopedic impairments or osteoarthritis
b Pulmonary or respiratory
impairment: for example, asthma,
chronic bronchitis, or TB
b Sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, or
other blood disease
b Speech impairment
b Spinal abnormalities: for example,
spina bifida or scoliosis
b Thyroid dysfunction or other
endocrine disorder
b Other. Please identify the disability/
health condition, if willing: lll
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Privacy Act And Paperwork Reduction
Act Statements
Privacy Act Statement: This Privacy
Act Statement is provided pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552a (commonly known as the
Privacy Act of 1974). The authority for
this form is 5 U.S.C. 7201, which
provides that the Office of Personnel
Management shall implement a
minority recruitment program, by the
Uniform Guidelines on Employee
Selection Procedures, 29 CFR part
1607.4, which requires collection of
demographic data to determine if a
selection procedure has an unlawful
disparate impact, and by Section 501 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which
requires federal agencies to prepare
affirmative action plans for the hiring
and advancement of people with
disabilities. Data relating to an
individual applicant are not provided to
selecting officials. This form will be
seen by Human Resource personnel in
the Office of Personnel Management
(who are not involved in considering an
applicant for a particular job) and by
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission officials who will receive
aggregate, non-identifiable data from the
Office of Personnel Management
derived from this form.
Purpose and Routine Uses: The
aggregate, non-identifiable information
summarizing all applicants for a
position will be used by the Office of
Personnel Management and by the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission to determine if the
executive branch of the Federal
Government is effectively recruiting and
selecting individuals from all segments
of the population.
Effects of Nondisclosure: Providing
this information is voluntary. No
individual personnel selections are
made based on this information. There
will be no impact on your application
if you choose not to answer any of these
questions.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq,) requires us to
inform you that this information is
being collected for planning and
assessing affirmative employment
program initiatives. Response to this
request is voluntary. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
The estimated burden of completing this
form is five (5) minutes per response,
including the time for reviewing
instructions. Direct comments regarding
the burden estimate or any other aspect
of this form to [INSERT: Agency name
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and address] and to the Office of
Management Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Washington, DC 20503.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[GN Docket No. 18–122, DA 20–457; FRS
16710]
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Seeks Comment on Preliminary Cost
Category Schedule For 3.7–4.2 GHz
Band Relocation Expenses
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; solicitation of
comments.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureau) invites interested parties to
comment on the 3.7 GHz Transition
Preliminary Cost Category Schedule of
Potential Expenses and Estimated Costs
(Cost Catalog). The Cost Catalog
contains preliminary categories and
estimates of expenses that incumbents
may incur as they clear FSS operations
from the 3.7–4.0 GHz portion of the
band and Fixed Service operations from
the entire 3.7–4.2 GHz band (C-band) to
make the lower 280 megahertz available
for flexible use. In Expanding Flexible
Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band Report
and Order, GN Docket No. 18–122,
Report and Order and Order of Proposed
Modification, FCC 20–22 (Mar. 3, 2020)
(Order), the Commission established
that new 3.7 GHz Service licensees will
reimburse reasonable relocation costs of
incumbents to transition out of the band
and directed the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) to
establish a cost category schedule of the
types of expenses that incumbents may
incur.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
May 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by GN Docket No. 18–122, by
any of the following methods:
D Electronic Filers: Comments may be
filed electronically using the internet by
accessing the ECFS: https://apps.fcc.gov/
ecfs/.
D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to
file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing.
D Filings can be sent by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
SUMMARY:
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Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
D Commercial overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.U.S.
D Postal Service first-class, Express,
and Priority mail must be addressed to
445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC
20554.
D Effective March 19, 2020, and until
further notice, the Commission no
longer accepts any hand or messenger
delivered filings. This is a temporary
measure taken to help protect the health
and safety of individuals, and to
mitigate the transmission of COVID–19.
See FCC Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and
Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public
Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020).
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy.
D During the time the Commission’s
building is closed to the general public
and until further notice, if more than
one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of a proceeding,
paper filers need not submit two
additional copies for each additional
docket or rulemaking number; an
original and one copy are sufficient.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susannah Larson, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)
418–1883 or via email:
susannah.larson@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Public Notice, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau Seeks
Comment on Preliminary Cost Category
Schedule For 3.7–4.2 GHz Band
Relocation Expenses, GN Docket No.
18–122, DA 20–457 (Public Notice),
released on April 27, 2020. The Public
Notice includes the following
attachment: Attachment, 3.7 GHz
Transition Preliminary Cost Category
Schedule of Potential Expenses and
Estimated Costs. The complete text of
the Public Notice, including its
attachment, is available on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.fcc.gov/document/wtb-seekscomment-37-ghz-band-preliminary-costcategory or by using the search function
for GN Docket No. 18–122 on the
Commission’s ECFS web page at
www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415,
1.419, interested parties may file
comments on or before the date
indicated on the first page of this
document.
People with Disabilities: To request
materials in accessible formats for
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension Without
Change: Demographic Information on Applicants for Federal Employment
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that
it is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request
for a three-year extension without change of the Demographic
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Information on Federal Job Applicants, OMB No. 3046-0046.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
June 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Navarro Pulley, Federal Sector
Programs, Office of Federal Operations, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
20507, (202) 663-4514 (voice) or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY). (These are not
toll-free numbers.).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC's Demographic Information on
Federal Job Applicants form (OMB No. 3046-0046) is intended for use by
federal agencies in gathering data on the race, ethnicity, sex, and
disability status of job applicants. This form is used by the EEOC and
other agencies to gauge progress and trends over time with respect to
equal employment opportunity goals.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission sought public
comment on extending its form without change through a 60-day notice
published October 20, 2016. Comments were invited on whether this
collection would continue to enable it to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed data collection tool will have
practical utility by enabling a federal agency to determine whether
recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the
relevant labor pool in compliance with the laws enforced by the
Commission and whether the agency's selection procedures allow all
applicants to compete on a level playing field regardless of race,
national origin, sex or disability status;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
applicants for federal employees who choose to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
One anonymous comment in support of this information collection was
received.
Overview of This Information Collection
Collection Title: Demographic Information on Federal Job
Applicants.
OMB Control No.: 3046-0046.
Description of Affected Public: Individuals submitting applications
for federal employment.
Number of Annual Responses: 5,042.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 252.\1\
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\1\ This total is calculated as follows: 5,042 annual responses
x 3 minutes per response = 15,126 minutes. 15,126/60 = 252 hours.
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Annual Federal Cost: None.
Abstract: Under section 717 of Title VII and 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act, the Commission is charged with reviewing and
approving federal agencies plans to affirmatively address potential
discrimination before it occurs. Pursuant to such oversight
responsibilities, the Commission has established systems to monitor
compliance with Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act by requiring
federal agencies to evaluate their employment practices through the
collection and analysis of data on the race, national origin, sex and
disability status of applicants for both permanent and temporary
employment.
Several federal agencies (or components of such agencies) have
previously obtained separate OMB approval for the use of forms
collecting data on the race, national origin, sex, and disability
status of applicants. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of
effort and a proliferation of forms, the EEOC seeks an extension of the
approval of a common form to be used by all federal agencies.
Response by applicants is optional. The information obtained will
be used by federal agencies only for evaluating whether an agency's
recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the
relevant labor pool and whether the agency's selection procedures allow
all applicants to compete on a level playing field regardless of race,
national origin, sex, or disability status. The voluntary responses are
treated in a highly confidential manner and play no part in the job
selection process. The information is not provided to any panel rating
the applications, to selecting officials, to anyone who can affect the
application, or to the public. Rather, the information is used in
summary form to determine trends over many selections within a given
occupational or organization area. No information from the form is
entered into an official personnel file.
Burden Statement: The EEOC continues to estimate that an applicant
is able to complete the form in approximately 3 minutes. Applicants
have continued to predominantly use online application systems, which
require only pointing and clicking on the selected responses to respond
to the six questions regarding basic demographic information. For at
least the last decade, EEOC has not received any comments questioning
the estimated 3-minute completion time. Based on recent experience, we
expect that 5,042 applicants will choose to complete the form for
vacancies at EEOC annually.
Thus, we estimate the average annual burden to be: 252 hours. Over
the course of the requested three-year approval period (2020-2023) EEOC
estimates the applicant burden at 756 hours.
Once OMB approves the use of this common form, federal agencies may
request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish
notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency
must account for the burden associated with their use of the common
form.
For the Commission.
Janet L. Dhillon,
Chair.
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS
OMB No.:
Expiration Date:
Vacancy Announcement No.:
Position Title:
Your Privacy Is Protected
This information is used to determine if our equal employment
opportunity efforts are reaching all segments of the population,
consistent with Federal equal employment opportunity laws. Responses to
these questions are voluntary. Your responses will not be shown to the
panel rating the applications, to the official selecting an applicant
for a position, or to anyone else who can affect your application. This
form will not be placed in your Personnel file nor will it be provided
to your supervisors in your employing office should you be hired. The
aggregate information collected through this form will be kept private
to the extent permitted by law. See the Privacy
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Act Statement below for more information.
Completion of this form is voluntary. No individual personnel
selections are made based on this information. There will be no impact
on your application if you choose not to answer any of these questions.
Thank you for helping us to provide better service.
1. How did you learn about this position? (Check One):
[ballot] Agency internet Site recruitment
[ballot] Private Employment website
[ballot] Other internet Site
[ballot] Job Fair
[ballot] Newspaper or magazine
[ballot] Agency or other Federal government on campus
[ballot] School or college counselor or other official
[ballot] Friend or relative working for this agency .
[ballot] Private Employment Office
[ballot] Agency Human Resources Department (bulletin board or other
announcement)
[ballot] Federal, State, or Local Job Information Center
[ballot] Other
2. Sex (Check One):
[ballot] Male
[ballot] Female
3. Ethnicity (Check One):
[ballot] Hispanic or Latino--a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican,
South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
regardless of race.
[ballot] Not Hispanic or Latino
4. Race (Check all that apply):
[ballot] American Indian or Alaska Native--a person having origins in
any of the original peoples of North or South America (including
Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community
attachment.
[ballot] Asian--a person having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including,
for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, or Vietnam.
[ballot] Black or African American--a person having origins in any of
the black racial groups of Africa.
[ballot] Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander--a person having
origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other
Pacific islands.
[ballot] White--a person having origins in any of the original peoples
of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
5. Disability/Serious Health Condition
The next questions address disability and serious health
conditions. Your responses will ensure that our outreach and
recruitment policies are reaching a wide range of individuals with
physical or mental conditions. Consider your answers without the use of
medication and aids (except eyeglasses) or the help of another person.
A. Do you have any of the following? Check all boxes that apply to you:
[ballot] Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
[ballot] Blind or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses
[ballot] Missing an arm, leg, hand, or foot
[ballot] Paralysis: Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
[ballot] Significant Disfigurement: For example, severe disfigurements
caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
[ballot] Significant Mobility Impairment: For example, uses a
wheelchair, scooter, walker or uses a leg brace to walk
[ballot] Significant Psychiatric Disorder: For example, bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, or major depression
[ballot] Intellectual Disability (formerly described as mental
retardation)
[ballot] Developmental Disability: For example, cerebral palsy or
autism spectrum disorder
[ballot] Traumatic Brain Injury
[ballot] Dwarfism
[ballot] Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
[ballot] Other disability or serious health condition: For example,
diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, anxiety disorder, or HIV
infection; a learning disability, a speech impairment, or a hearing
impairment
If you did not select one of the options above, please indicate
whether.
[ballot] None of the conditions listed above apply to me.
[ballot] I do not wish to answer questions regarding disability/health
conditions.
If you have indicated that you have one of the above conditions, you
may be eligible to apply under Schedule A Hiring Authority. For more
information, please see https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/hiring/#url=Schedule-A-Hiring-Authority.
If an applicant checks the box for ``other disability or serious
health condition,'' the applicant will be taken to Section A.1.
A.1. Other Disability or Serious Health Condition (Optional)
You indicated that you have a disability or a serious health
condition. If you are willing, please select any of the conditions
listed below that apply to you. As explained above, your responses will
not be shown to the panel rating the applications, to the selecting
official, or to anyone else who can affect your application. All
responses will remain private to the extent permitted by law. See the
Privacy Act Statement below for more information.
Please check all that apply:
[ballot] I do not wish to specify any condition.
[ballot] Alcoholism
[ballot] Cancer
[ballot] Cardiovascular or heart disease
[ballot] Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or other
gastrointestinal impairment
[ballot] Depression, anxiety disorder, or other psychological disorder
[ballot] Diabetes or other metabolic disease
[ballot] Difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses
[ballot] Hearing impairment
[ballot] History of drug addiction (but not currently using illegal
drugs)
[ballot] HIV Infection/AIDS or other immune disorder
[ballot] Kidney dysfunction: for example, requires dialysis
[ballot] Learning disabilities or ADHD
[ballot] Liver disease: for example, hepatitis or cirrhosis
[ballot] Lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or other autoimmune
disorder
[ballot] Morbid obesity
[ballot] Nervous system disorder: for example, migraine headaches,
Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis
[ballot] Non-paralytic orthopedic impairments: for example, chronic
pain, stiffness, weakness in bones or joints, or some loss of ability
to use parts of the body
[ballot] Orthopedic impairments or osteo-arthritis
[ballot] Pulmonary or respiratory impairment: for example, asthma,
chronic bronchitis, or TB
[ballot] Sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, or other blood disease
[ballot] Speech impairment
[ballot] Spinal abnormalities: for example, spina bifida or scoliosis
[ballot] Thyroid dysfunction or other endocrine disorder
[ballot] Other. Please identify the disability/health condition, if
willing: ___
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Privacy Act And Paperwork Reduction Act Statements
Privacy Act Statement: This Privacy Act Statement is provided
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974).
The authority for this form is 5 U.S.C. 7201, which provides that the
Office of Personnel Management shall implement a minority recruitment
program, by the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, 29
CFR part 1607.4, which requires collection of demographic data to
determine if a selection procedure has an unlawful disparate impact,
and by Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which requires
federal agencies to prepare affirmative action plans for the hiring and
advancement of people with disabilities. Data relating to an individual
applicant are not provided to selecting officials. This form will be
seen by Human Resource personnel in the Office of Personnel Management
(who are not involved in considering an applicant for a particular job)
and by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials who will
receive aggregate, non-identifiable data from the Office of Personnel
Management derived from this form.
Purpose and Routine Uses: The aggregate, non-identifiable
information summarizing all applicants for a position will be used by
the Office of Personnel Management and by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission to determine if the executive branch of the
Federal Government is effectively recruiting and selecting individuals
from all segments of the population.
Effects of Nondisclosure: Providing this information is voluntary.
No individual personnel selections are made based on this information.
There will be no impact on your application if you choose not to answer
any of these questions.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq,) requires us to inform you that this
information is being collected for planning and assessing affirmative
employment program initiatives. Response to this request is voluntary.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. The estimated burden of completing this form
is five (5) minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this form to [INSERT: Agency name and address] and to
the Office of Management Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.
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