[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32196-32197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11433]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0102]


Information Collection: NRC Form 655, ``EEO Counselor's Report''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is 
entitled, NRC Form 655, ``EEO Counselor's Report.''

DATES: Submit comments by June 27, 2022. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0102 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0102.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML22123A152. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22123A145.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

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4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting the NRC's Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are 
posted at https://www.regulations.gov and entered into ADAMS. Comment 
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact 
information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed collection of 
information to OMB for review entitled NRC Form 655, ``EEO Counselor's 
Report.'' The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on February 11, 2022, 87 FR 8058.
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 655, ``EEO 
Counselor's Report.''
    2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been 
assigned to this proposed information collection.
    3. Type of submission: New.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 655.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Aggrieved persons who 
believe they have been discriminated against in employment on the basis 
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or 
genetic information.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 30.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 30.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 30 hours.
    10. Abstract: As set forth under 29 CFR 1614, the Equal Employment 
Opportunity (EEO) complaint process prescribes that when an aggrieved 
individual believes that they have been discriminated against on the 
basis of their race, color, religion, sex (including sexual 
orientation, gender identity and expressions, and pregnancy), national 
origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical 
history), marital status, parental status, political affiliation, 
military service, and reprisal and seeks EEO counseling, the assigned 
EEO Counselor will conduct the pre-complaint (Informal) with the 
intentions of resolving the complaint within the Agency. At the 
conclusion of pre-complaint (Informal) process and if resolution was 
unsuccessful, the EEO Counselor during the final interview with the 
aggrieved person must discuss what occurred during the counseling 
process and provide the aggrieved with information to move the matter 
forward. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1614.105(c), if the aggrieved individual 
decides to file a Formal complaint (i.e., NRC Form 646), the EEO 
Counselor must submit a written report (i.e., EEO Counselors Report) 
within fifteen (15) calendar days to the Office of Small Business and 
Civil Rights Director or designated official that will contain relevant 
information about the aggrieved individual, jurisdiction, claims, 
bases, Responding Management Officials, witnesses, requested remedies, 
and the EEO Counselor's checklist. The NRC Form 655, ``EEO Counselor's 
Report'' is completed by an EEO Counselor during this consultation, 
which must be conducted within 45 days of the date of the matter 
alleged to be discriminatory or, in the case of personnel action, 
within 45 days of the effective date of the action. Once the form is 
completed, an authorized NRC representative will place the completed 
NRC Form 646 in a secure folder created specifically for the aggrieved 
individual within an automated tracking system.

    Dated: May 24, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11433 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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