[Federal Register: October 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 204)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2006-0835; FRL-8485-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request: Applicant Background
Questionnaire: Race, National Origin, Gender, and Disability
Demographics (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2248.03, OMB Control No. 2030-0045
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 23,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2006-0835 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov., and (2) OMB by
mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosyletta Simms, Office of Human
Resources, Mail Code 3600A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-7897; fax number: 202-564-4613; e-mail address:
simms.rosyletta@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On July 11, 2007 (72 FR 37760) EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days
of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OARM-2006-0835, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket and Information Center at the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744, and the
telephone number for the Office of Environmental Information Docket is
202-566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change,
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unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire: Race, National Origin,
Gender, and Disability Demographics (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2248.03, OMB Control No. 2030-0045.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to
seek approval to use the Environmental Protection Agency's EZhire,
vacancy announcement and job application system, to collect gender,
race, national origin, and disability information from employees within
the agency and outside job applicants. All job applicants, whether
internal or external, are asked to complete, on a voluntary basis, an
``Applicant Background Questionnaire: Race, National Origin, Gender,
and Disability Demographics.'' This data is required for compliance
with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission's (EEOC) MD 715 and
29 CFR 1614.601. Agencies are required to: (1) Maintain a system that
collects and maintains accurate information on the race, national
origin, gender and disability of agency employees; (2) maintain a
system that tracks applicant flow data, which identifies applicants by
race, national origin, sex, and disability status and disposition of
all applications; and (3) maintain a tracking system of recruitment
activities to permit analyses of these efforts in any examination of
potential barriers to equality of opportunity. MD 715 requires agencies
to ``conduct an internal review and analysis of the effects of all
current and proposed policies, practices, procedures and conditions
that are directly or indirectly, related to the employment of
individuals with disabilities.'' EPA must collect and analyze
information and data necessary to make an informed assessment about the
extent to which the agency is meeting its responsibility to provide
employment opportunities for qualified applicants and employees with
disabilities, especially those with targeted disabilities. The data
supplied by job applicants is strictly confidential and encrypted
within the software. The data is reported in the aggregate for
affirmative employment analyses, planning and reporting required by the
EEOC and the Office of Personnel Management.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average of 28
minutes or .46 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort,
or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain,
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: all applicants applying for jobs at
EPA.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 32,590.
Frequency of Response: Once per applicant.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15,208.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0, includes $0 annualized Capital
Startup costs, $0 annualized Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs, and
$0 annualized Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase/decrease of hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: October 16, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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