ML22082A246

60-day FRN for Information Collection: Equal Employment Opportunity (Eeo) Electronic Complaint System

ML22082A246
Person / Time
Issue date:	05/16/2022
From:	David Cullison NRC/OCIO
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References
NRC-2022-0040
Download: ML22082A246 (5)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2022-0040]

Information Collection: Equal Employment Opportunity Electroni c Complaint

System

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comment.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public c omment

on this proposed information collection. The information colle ction is entitled, Equal

Employment Opportunity Electronic Complaint System.

DATES: Submit comments by July 18, 2022. Comments received after this date will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is a ble to ensure consideration

only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; howe ver,

the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking

website:

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search

for Docket ID NRC-2022-0040. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov

to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schu mann@nrc.gov. For

technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact

section of this document.

• Mail comments to: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer,

Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washi ngton, DC 20555-

0001.

For additional direction on obtaining information and submittin g comments, see

Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washin gton, DC 20555-0001;

telephone: 301-415-2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.

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 pu blicly 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. A copy of the collection of information and

related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessin g Docket ID NRC-2022-

0040 on this website.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. A copy of t he collection of

information and related instructions may be obtained without ch arge by accessing

ADAMS Accession ML22087A488. The draft supporting statement is available in

ADAMS under Accession No. ML22082A242.

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• NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,

by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointm ent to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Frid ay, except Federal

holidays.

• NRCs Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of information and related

instructions may be obtained without charge by contacting the N RCs 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:

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.

B. Submitting Comments

The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal

rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-

2022-0040 in your comment submission.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact info rmation in

comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclos ed in your comment

submission. All comment submissions are posted at https://www. regulations.gov and

entered into ADAMS. Comment submissions are not routinely edit ed to remove

identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other person s 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 dis closed in their comment

submission. Your request should state that comment submissions are not routinely

3 edited to remove such information before making the comment sub missions available to

the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S. C. Chapter 35),

the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to reques t the OMBs approval for

the information collection summarized below.

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 hours3.819444e-4 days <br />0.00917 hours <br />5.456349e-5 weeks <br />1.25565e-5 months <br />.

10. Abstract: As set forth under Part 1614 of title 29 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint process pres cribes

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, disabili ty, genetic information

(including family medical history), marital status, parental st atus, political affiliation,

4 military service, and reprisal, the aggrieved individual must c onsult a Counselor prior to

filing a complaint in order to try to informally resolve the ma tter. NRC employees

(current and former) and job applicants can use the NRCs EEO e File portal to initiate a

request for EEO counseling, submit information about their info rmal EEO complaint, and

view the status of their EEO case(s). The information collecte d includes the aggrieved

persons Personal Identifiable Information, claims of alleged di scriminatory behavior, and

documentation to support claims.

III. Specific Requests for Comments

The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questio ns:

1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly

perform its functions? Does the information have practical uti lity?

2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected?

4. How can the burden of the information collection on responde nts be

minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Dated: May 16, 2022.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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