[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9048-9049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02748]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Submission for OMB Review: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information 
Report

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final Notice of Submission for OMB Review--Extension Without 
Change.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) hereby 
gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension of an existing 
collection (Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5). On 
July 2, 2012, the EEOC published a notice stating it was requesting 
approval from OMB for a revision to the previously approved EEO-5 under 
the PRA's emergency processing procedures. 77 FR 39238 (July 2, 2012). 
At that time, EEOC requested approval to revise the race and ethnicity 
categories on the EEO-5 report to conform to OMB's Standards for 
Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and 
Ethnicity. OMB has approved the revised EEO-5 through February 2013. 
EEOC is now requesting a regular extension without change of the 
revised EEO-5. The Commission has requested an extension of an existing 
collection as listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
March 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this final notice must be submitted to Chad A. 
Lallemand, 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]. A copy of this ICR and applicable 
supporting documentation submitted to OMB for this review may be 
obtained from: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program Research and Surveys 
Division, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507.
    Copies of comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Acting 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to 
commenters, 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 (TTD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
    Instead of sending written comments to EEOC, you may submit 
comments and attachments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, 
which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online 
for submitting comments. All comments received through this portal will 
be posted without change, including any personal information you 
provide.
    Copies of comments submitted by the public to EEOC directly or 
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by 
advance appointment only, at the Commission's library between the hours 
of 9:00 a.m.

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and 5:00 p.m. EST or can be reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. To 
schedule an appointment to inspect the comments at EEOC's library, 
contact the library staff at (202) 663-4630 (voice) or (202) 663-4641 
(TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, 
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that EEOC would be submitting this 
request was published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2012 
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. There were no comments 
received from the public.

Overview of Information Collection

    Type of Review: Extension--No change.
    OMB Control No.: 3046-0003.
    Collection Title: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report 
(EEO-5).
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Certain public elementary and secondary school 
districts.
    Description of Affected Public: Certain public elementary and 
secondary school districts.
    Number of Responses: 6,190.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 15,475.
    Cost to the Respondents: 0.
    Federal Cost: $190,000.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 168A.
    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, to preserve such records, 
and to produce reports as the Commission prescribes by regulation or 
order. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations, Title 29, Chapter XIV, 
Subpart F, Sec.  1602.39-45, prescribing the reporting requirements for 
elementary and secondary public school districts. The EEOC uses EEO-5 
data to investigate charges of employment discrimination against 
elementary and secondary public school districts. The data also are 
used for research. The data are shared with the Department of Education 
(Office for Civil Rights) and the Department of Justice. Pursuant to 
Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 
amended, EEO-5 data also are shared with state and local Fair 
Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    When the EEO-5 form was previously approved by OMB in April 2012, 
it utilized the following race and ethnicity categories: White, Black, 
Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska 
Native. OMB has recently approved use of a revised EEO-5 form through 
February 2013. The revised form utilizes the following race and 
ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino; White; Black or African 
American; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American 
Indian or Alaska Native; and Two or More Races. EEOC is now requesting 
a regular extension without change of the revised EEO-5 Form.
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the biennial EEO-5 survey is 6,190 public elementary and secondary 
school districts. The form is estimated to impose 15,475 burden hours 
biennially.

    Dated: January 31, 2013.

    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2013-02748 Filed 2-6-13; 8:45 am]
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