§1601.75. Certification of designated FEP agencies.
29 C.F.R. § 1601.75
The Commission may certify designated FEP agencies based upon the past, satisfactory performance of those agencies. The effect of such certification is that the Commission shall accept the findings and resolutions of designated FEP agencies in regard to cases processed under contracts with those agencies without individual, case-by-case substantial weight review by the Commission except as provided in §§ 1601.76 and 1601.77 of this part.
Eligibility criteria for certification of a designated FEP agency are as follows—
That the State or local agency has been a designated FEP agency for 4 years;
That the State or local designated FEP agency's work product has been evaluated within the past 12 months by State, Local, and Tribal Programs, Office of Field Programs, and found to be in conformance with the Commission's Substantial Weight Review Procedures; and
That the State or local designated FEP agency's findings and resolutions pursuant to its contract with the Commission, as provided in section 709(b) of title VII, have been accepted by the Commission in at least 95% of the cases processed by the FEP agency in the past 12 months.
Upon Commission approval of a designated FEP agency for certification, it shall notify the agency of its certification and shall effect such certification by publication of an updated list of FEP agencies on the Commission's public website at https://www.eeoc.gov/fair-employment-practices-agencies-fepas-and-dual-filing.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[46 FR 50367, Oct. 13, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 32061, Aug. 4, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 9625, Mar. 7, 1991; 85 FR 65219, Oct. 15, 2020; 91 FR 43540, July 16, 2026]
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e-17; 42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 2000ff-11; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 1373.
Source
Source: 42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[46 FR 50367, Oct. 13, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 32061, Aug. 4, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 9625, Mar. 7, 1991; 85 FR 65219, Oct. 15, 2020; 91 FR 43540, July 16, 2026]