[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 1684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-490]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final notice of submission for OMB review--no change: Employer 
Information Report (EEO-1).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice that 
it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request 
for an extension through 2010 of the existing collection requirements 
under 29 CFR 1602, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements under Title 
VII. The Commission has requested an extension of an existing 
collection as listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this final notice must be submitted on or 
before February 12, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance (SF 83-I), supporting statement, 
and other documents submitted to OMB for review may be obtained from: 
Ronald Edwards, Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. Comments on this final notice must be 
submitted to Chandana Achanta, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 
10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or 
electronically mailed to [email protected]. Comments 
should also be sent to Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer, Executive 
Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10th Floor, 131 M 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507 by the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 
http://www.regulations.gov. After accessing this web site, follow its 
instructions for submitting comments. As a convenience to commentators, 
the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six or fewer 
pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is necessary to 
assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of the FAX 
receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number). Receipt 
of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the sender 
may request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive 
Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TDD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director,Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507, 
at (202) 663-4958 or TDD (202) 663-7063. This notice is also available 
in the following formats: large print, braille, audio tape and 
electronic file on computer disk. Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the Publications Center at 1-800-
669-3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that EEOC would be submitting this 
request was published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2008, 
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. One comment was received 
stating that the period of time for the extension should be longer.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Type of Review: Extension--No change.
    Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
    Frequency of Report: Annual.
    Type of Respondent: Private industry employers with 100 or more 
employees and certain Federal Government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Description of Affected Public: Private industry employers with 100 
or more employees and certain Federal Government contractors and first-
tier subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Reporting Hours: 599,000.
    Federal Cost: $2.1 million.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Abstract: Section 709 (c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful employment 
practices have been or are being committed and to make reports 
therefrom as required by the EEOC. Accordingly, the EEOC has issued 
regulations, Title 29, Chapter XIV, Subpart B, Sec. Sec.  1602.7, which 
set forth the reporting requirements for various kinds of employers. 
Employers in the private sector with 100 or more employees and some 
Federal contractors with 50 or more employees have been required to 
submit EEO-1 reports annually since 1966. The individual reports are 
confidential. EEO-1 data are used by EEOC to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against employers in private industry and to 
provide information about the employment status of minorities and 
women. The data are shared with the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and several 
other Federal agencies. Pursuant to Sec.  709(d) of Title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data are also shared with 
eighty-six State and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the annual EEO-1 survey is 45,000 private employers. The estimated 
number of establishment-based responses per reporting company is 
between 3 and 4 EEO-1 reports annually. The annual number of responses 
is approximately 170,000. The form is estimated to impose 599,000 
burden hours annually. In order to help reduce survey burden, 
respondents are encouraged to report data electronically whenever 
possible.

    Dated: January 8, 2009.

    For the Commission.
Reed L. Russell,
Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-490 Filed 1-12-09; 8:45 am]
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