97-5962. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11193-11194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5962]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Extension Request--No change.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
agencies are required to submit proposed information collection 
requests to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the 
Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a 
submission. The Commission announces that it has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of the 
existing collection requirements under 29 CFR Part 1602 et seq., 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements under Title VII and the ADA. 
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 
April 10, 1997.

ADDRESS: The Request for Clearance (SF 83-I), supporting statement, and 
other documents submitted to OMB for review may be obtained from: 
Margaret Ulmer Holmes, EEOC Clearance Officer, 1801 L Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20507. Send comments regarding any aspect of the 
information collection to Frances M. Hart, Executive Officer, Executive 
Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 
L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20507 and to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: 
Desk Officer for EEOC, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas M. Inzeo, Deputy Legal 
Counsel, Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel or Stephanie D. 
Garner, Senior Attorney, at [phone] or TDD [phone]. 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:
    Type of Review: Extension--No change.
    Collection Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting under Title VII and 
the ADA..
    Form No.: None.
    Frequency of Report: Other.
    Type of Respondent: Employers with 15 or more employees are subject 
to Title VII and the ADA.
    Description of Affected Public:
    Responses: 627,000.
    Reporting Hours: None.
    Federal Cost: None.
    Number of Forms: None.
    Abstract: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 
enforces Title I of the Americans with Disabilities ACt (ADA) which 
prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with 
disabilities and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 
which prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of 
race, sex, religion or national origin. Section 107(a) of the ADA, 42 
U.S.C. 12117 and section 709 of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e authorize 
the EEOC to issue recordkeeping and reporting regulations that are 
deemed reasonable, necessary or appropriate to the enforcement of the 
Acts. The Commission's recordkeeping requirements appear at 29 CFR 
1602. They require employers who are subject to those Acts shall to and 
preserve certain records to assist the EEOC in assuring compliance with 
the Acts' nondiscrimination requirements in employment.
    This is a recordkeeping requirement. Any of the records maintained 
which are subsequently disclosed to the EEOC during an investigation 
are protected from public disclosure by the confidentiality provisions 
of section 706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII which are incorporated by 
reference into the ADA at section 107(a).
    All employers subject to Title VII are subject to the ADA, and the 
same EEOC records retention requirements are applicable to both.
    Burden Statement: The EEOC estimates that the number of respondents 
is approximately 627,000 employers. As the recordkeeping requirement 
does not require reports or

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the creation or maintenance of new documents, the burden imposed by 
these regulations is none. The estimated total number of hours of 
annual burden is estimated to be 0.

    Dated: March 4, 1997.
    For the Commission
Maria Borrero,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-5962 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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