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5The BLS has recently released new wage rate 

data, available at http://www.bls.gov/bls/ 

blswage.htm, for the half year period beginning July 

2010. 

accordance with 8 CFR 

214.2(h)(6)(v)(F)(1). 

III. Proposed Prevailing Wage Rates 

The table below provides the current 

and proposed prevailing wage rates for 

construction occupations on Guam, as 

provided by the GDOL to USCIS on 

January 10, 2010.5 The currently 

approved construction wage rates, 

which were based on 2007/2008 BLS 

data, will remain in effect until any new 

prevailing wage rates are approved by 

USCIS. USCIS intends to publish the 

prevailing wage rates it approves in the 

same Federal Register notice that 

announces the approved system for 

determining prevailing wages, working 

conditions, and availability of U.S. 

resident workers. 

TABLE—PREVAILING WAGE RATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS ON GUAM

Occupation 

Current 

approved 

hourly wage 

rate 

Proposed 

hourly wage 

rate 

Bricklayer ................................................................................................................................................................. $14.02 $14.12 

Camp Cook .............................................................................................................................................................. 11.85 12.83 

Carpenter ................................................................................................................................................................. 13.56 13.75 

Cement Mason ........................................................................................................................................................ 12.87 12.97 

Construction Equipment Mechanic .......................................................................................................................... 14.14 15.15 

Electrician ................................................................................................................................................................ 15.45 16.35 

Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic ............................................................................................... 15.73 17.62 

Operating Engineer .................................................................................................................................................. 13.77 14.72 

Painter ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14.60 14.94 

Pipe Fitter ................................................................................................................................................................ 16.80 15.24 

Plasterer ................................................................................................................................................................... 10.98 11.61 

Plumber .................................................................................................................................................................... 14.96 15.24 

Reinforcing Metal Worker ........................................................................................................................................ 12.56 12.88 

Sheet Metal Worker ................................................................................................................................................. 15.17 16.14 

Structural Steel Worker ........................................................................................................................................... 13.22 11.35 

Surveyor Helper ....................................................................................................................................................... 15.98 15.20 

Welder ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16.09 16.19 

IV. Comments 

USCIS welcomes comments from the 

public regarding: 

• The current system for determining 

prevailing wage rates for construction 

occupations on Guam and the proposed 

prevailing wage rates that were 

calculated by the current system; and 

• Whether this system adequately 

reflects a balance of the interests of all 

affected members of the regulated 

public. 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6208 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

[Docket No. BOEM–2010–0063] 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Offshore Massachusetts—Request for 

Interest; Reopening of the Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Request for Interest (RFI) in 

Commercial Wind Energy Leasing 

Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation 

for Comments from Interested and 

Affected Parties; Reopening of the 

Comment Period 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE) is reopening 

the comment period on the RFI in 

Commercial Wind Energy Leasing 

Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation 

for Comments from Interested and 

Affected Parties. 

DATES: BOEMRE must receive your 

submission indicating your interest in 

this potential commercial leasing area 

no later than April 18, 2011 for your 

submission to be considered. BOEMRE 

requests comments or other submissions 

of information by this same date. We 

will consider only the indications of 

interest we receive by that time. 

Submission Procedures: You may 

submit your indications of interest, 

comments, and information by one of 

two methods: 

1. Electronically: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BOEM– 

2010–0063, then click ‘‘Search’’. Follow 

the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

request for information. 

2. By mail, sending your indications 

of interest, comments, and information 

to the following address: Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement, Office of Offshore 

Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170. 

BOEMRE will post all comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Bradley, Renewable Energy 

Program Specialist, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Office of Offshore 

Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170, (703) 787–1300. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: On December 29, 2010, 

BOEMRE published in the Federal 

Register the RFI in Commercial Wind 

Energy Leasing Offshore Massachusetts 

inviting submissions describing 

commercial leasing interest and 

providing comments and information 

pertaining to the RFI area (75 FR 82055). 

The RFI, requested submissions by 

February 28, 2011. 

Because of requests received from the 

public and the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts, we are hereby reopening 

the comment period until April 18, 

2011. As stated in the RFI published 

December 29, 2010, BOEMRE will use 

the responses to this RFI to gauge 

specific interest in commercial 

development of OCS wind resources in 

the area described, as required by 43 

U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to 

obtain a commercial lease for a wind 

energy project should submit detailed 

and specific information as described in 

the section entitled, ‘‘Required 

Indication of Interest Information.’’ Also, 

with this announcement, BOEMRE 

invites all interested and affected parties 

to comment and provide information— 

including information about multiple 

uses of the area, environmental issues 

and data—that will be useful in the 

consideration of the RFI area for 

commercial wind energy leasing. Please 

refer to the RFI, published in the 

Federal Register on December 29, 2010, 

(75 FR 82055) for further information. 

Comments already submitted on the RFI 

need not be resubmitted. 

Dated: March 8, 2011. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6167 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2011–N049; 

40120–1112–0000–F5] 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given below, by April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the following office within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731– 

3191; facsimile 904/731–3045. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

our regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This 

notice is provided under section 10(c) of 

the Act. If you wish to comment, you 

may submit comments by any one of the 

following methods. You may mail 

comments to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or via electronic 

mail (e-mail) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your e-mail message. If you 

do not receive a confirmation from the 

Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your e-mail message, contact 

us directly at the telephone number 

listed above (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, 

you may hand deliver comments to the 

Fish and Wildlife Service office listed 

above (see ADDRESSES section). 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comments to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, 

Montgomery, Alabama, TE–132772. The 

applicant requests renewal of 

authorization for taking the following 

species during scientific studies and 

land management activities on National 

Forest lands in Alabama: 

Cahaba shiner Notropis cahabae 

Cumberlandian Combshell Epioblasma 

brevidens 

Upland Combshell Epioblasma 

metastriata 

Southern acornshell Epioblasma 

othcaloogensis 

Coosa moccasinshell Medionidus 

parvulus 

Southern clubshell Pleurobema decisum 

Dark pigtoe Pleurobema furvum 

Southern pigtoe Pleurobema geogianum 

Ovate clubshell Pleurobema perovatum 

Triangular kidneyshell Ptychobranchus 

greenii 

Flat pebblesnail Lepyrium showalteri 

Lacy elimia Elimia crenatella 

Cylindrical lioplax Lioplax 

cyclostomaformis 

Tulotoma Tulotoma magnifica 

Applicant: Stephen Samoray, 

Nashville, Tennessee, TE 25612A. 

Applicant requests authorization for 

non-lethal take of Indiana bats (Myotis 

sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), 

Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorihinus 

townsendii virginianus) and Ozark bigeared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii 

ingens) for the purpose of conducting 

presence/absence surveys and collecting 

scientific data on roost sites. 

Applicant: Troy Best, Auburn 

University, Alabama, TE–77175. 

Applicant requests authorization to take 

(capture and release) Indiana bats 

(Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens) for the purpose of 

conducting scientific and genetic 

research, population monitoring, and 

ecological studies. This work will be 

conducted throughout Alabama. 

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, 

Russellville, Arkansas, TE–65972. The 

applicant requests renewal of 

authorization for take of the following 

species during scientific studies and 

land management activities on National 

Forest lands of the Ozark-St. Francis 

National Forest: 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Ozark big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii ingens 

Least tern Sterna antillarum 

Fat pocketbook Potamilus carpax 

Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupt 

Palid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus 

Cave crayfish Cambarus aculabrum 

Cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes 

American burying beetle Nicrophorus 

americanus 

Missouri bladderpod Lesquerella 

filiformis 

Applicant: Joseph Alderman, Semora, 

North Carolina, TE–28597A. 


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