[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)] [Notices] [Pages 75296-75297] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2022-26624] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2022-0040] Information Collection: Equal Employment Opportunity Electronic Complaint System AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, ``Equal Employment Opportunity Electronic Complaint System.'' DATES: Submit comments by January 9, 2023. 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-2022-0040 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-2022-0040. 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 ML22087A488. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML22087A078. 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 301-415-4737, 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]. [[Page 75297]] 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 ``Equal Employment Opportunity Electronic Complaint System.'' 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 May 19, 2022, 87 FR 30518. 1. The title of the information collection: Equal Employment Opportunity Electronic Complaint System. 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: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Former NRC employees, applicants for employment, contractors. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 20. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 5.33. 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, the aggrieved individual must consult a Counselor prior to filing a complaint in order to try to informally resolve the matter. NRC employees (current and former) and job applicants can use the NRC's EEO eFile portal to initiate a request for EEO counseling, submit information about their informal EEO complaint, and view the status of their EEO case(s). The information collected includes the aggrieved persons Personal Identifiable Information, claims of alleged discriminatory behavior, and documentation to support claims. Dated: December 2, 2022. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2022-26624 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P