Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 58961

pending applications for renewal or 

modification of such registration be, and 

they hereby are, denied. This order is 

effective November 1, 2004.

Dated: September 8, 2004. 

Michele M. Leonhart, 

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–21964 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Supplemental Guidance for Labor 

Certification Process for Temporary 

Employment of Nonimmigrant Workers 

in the United States (H–2B Workers); 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2005

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Department of 

Labor (DOL).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On March 10, 2004, the 

United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (CIS) announced 

receiving sufficient H–2B petitions to 

reach the FY 2004 Congressionally 

mandated cap of 66,000. In light of CIS’

announcement, ETA published a 

Federal Register notice on May 13, 2004 

to provide guidance to the public 

regarding ETA’s processing of H–2B 

applications that will count against the 

FY 2005 cap. ETA is publishing this 

notice to provide additional guidance 

due to the number of inquiries and 

questions that have arisen. This notice 

is intended to minimize confusion and 

burden to employers who use the H–2B 

program.

DATES: This notice is effective October 

1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Carlson, Chief, Division of 

Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room C–4312, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone: 202–693–3010 

(this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL has 

continued to process alien labor 

certification applications since March 

10, 2004, and many employers are in 

possession of a valid labor certification 

that has not been accepted by CIS for 

processing. CIS has advised that their 

practice has been to accept the H–2B 

labor certifications with periods of 

employment that cross fiscal years so 

long as some portion of the employment 

period remains. Employers with a valid 

H–2B labor certification with a date of 

need prior to October 1, 2004, but that 

includes periods of planned 

employment after October 1, 2004, are 

encouraged to file H–2B labor 

certifications with CIS if some portion 

of the employment period remains. 

ETA will continue to process new H–

2B applications with dates of need 

within FY 2005 (that is, starting October 

1, 2004 or later). For these new 

applications, employers must continue 

to follow existing filing rules, including 

regarding the timing of filing with the 

State Workforce Agency (SWA). Thus, 

employers must file a new H–2B 

application with the appropriate SWA 

no earlier than 120 days before the date 

of need and at least 60 days before the 

date of need. 

The procedures described in this 

notice relate only to H–2B applications 

for nonimmigrant workers subject to the 

numerical limitation (cap) for FY 2005 

and who will be engaged in temporary 

work to commence on or after October 

1, 2004.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

September, 2004. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–22059 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration 

Wage and Hour Division 

Minimum Wages for Federal and 

Federally Assisted Construction; 

General Wage Determination Decisions 

General wage determination decisions 

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in 

accordance with applicable law and are 

based on the information obtained by 

the Department of Labor from its study 

of local wage conditions and data made 

available from other sources. They 

specify the basic hourly wage rates and 

fringe benefits which are determined to 

be prevailing for the described classes of 

laborers and mechanics employed on 

construction projects of a similar 

character and in the localities specified 

therein. 

The determinations in these decisions 

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits 

have been made in accordance with 29 

CFR part 1, by authority of the Secretary 

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of 

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931, 

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended, 

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal 

statutes referred to in 29 CFR part 1, 

Appendix, as well as such additional 

statutes as may from time to time be 

enacted containing provisions for the 

payment of wages determined to be 

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in 

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. 

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits 

determined in these decisions shall, in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

foregoing statutes, constitute the 

minimum wages payable on Federal and 

federally assisted construction projects 

to laborers and mechanics of the 

specified classes engaged on contract 

work of the character and in the 

localities described therein. 

Good cause is hereby found for not 

utilizing notice and public comment 

procedure thereon prior to the issuance 

of these determinations as prescribed in 

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay 

in the effective date as prescribed in that 

section, because the necessity to issue 

current construction industry wage 

determinations frequently and in large 

volume causes procedures to be 

impractical and contrary to the public 

interest. 

General wage determination 

decisions, and modifications and 

supersedeas decisions thereto, contain 

no expiration dates and are effective 

from their date of notice in the Federal 

Register, or on the date written notice 

is received by the agency, whichever is 

earlier. These decisions are to be used 

in accordance with the provisions of 29 

CFR parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the 

applicable decision, together with any 

modifications issued, must be made a 

part of every contract for performance of 

the described work within the 

geographic area indicated as required by 

an applicable Federal prevailing wage 

law and 29 CFR part 5. The wage rates 

and fringe benefits, notice of which is 

published herein, and which are 

contained in the Government Printing 

Office (GPO) document entitled 

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued 

Under The Davis-Bacon and Related 

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by 

contractors and subcontractors to 

laborers and mechanics. 

Any person, organization, or 

governmental agency having an interest 

in the rates determined as prevailing is 

encouraged to submit wage rate and 

fringe benefit information for 

consideration by the Department. 

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of 

submitting this data may be obtained by 

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment Standards Administration, 

Wage and Hour Division, Division of 

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room S–3014, 

Washington, DC 20210.

58962 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 

Modification to General Wage 

Determination Decisions 

The number of the decisions listed to 

the Government Printing Office 

document entitled ‘‘General Wage 

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon and Related Acts’’ being modified 

are listed by Volume and State. Dates of 

publication in the Federal Register are 

in parentheses following the decisions 

being modified.

Volume I 

Massachusetts 

MA030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MA030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MA030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New York 

NY030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030014 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030015 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030021 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030026 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030031 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030032 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030033 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030037 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030039 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030040 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030041 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030042 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030045 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030048 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030049 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030051 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030060 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030072 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030075 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030077 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume II 

None

Volume III 

North Carolina 

NC030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NC030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume IV 

Illinois 

IL030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030017 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030049 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Indiana 

IN030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume V 

Iowa 

IA030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030009 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030020 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030024 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030028 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030029 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030040 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030045 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030047 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030054 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030059 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030060 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Kansas 

KS030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

KS030010 (Jun. 13, 2003)

Volume VI 

Alaska 

AK030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Idaho 

ID030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030015 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030017 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Oregon 

OR030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

OR030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

OR030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Washington 

WA030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030023 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume VII 

None

General Wage Determination 

Publication 

General wage determinations issued 

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts, 

including those noted above, may be 

found in the Government Printing Office 

(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General Wage 

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon And Related Acts’’. This 

publication is available at each of the 50 

Regional Government Depository 

Libraries and many of the 1,400 

Government Depository Libraries across 

the country. 

General wage determinations issued 

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts 

are available electronically at no cost on 

the Government Printing Office site at 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon.

They are also available electronically by 

subscription to the Davis-Bacon

Online Service (http://

davisbacon.fedworld.gov) of the 

National Technical Information Service 

(NTIS) of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce at

1–800–363–2068. This subscription 

offers value-added features such as 

electronic delivery of modified wage 

decisions directly to the user’s desktop, 

the ability to access prior wage 

decisions issued during the year, 

extensive Help desk Support, etc. 

Hard-copy subscriptions may be 

purchased from: Superintendent of 

Documents, U.S. Government Printing 

Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202) 

512–1800. 

When ordering hard-copy 

subscription(s), be sure to specify the 

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions 

may be ordered for any or all of the six 

separate volumes, arranged by State. 

Subscriptions include an annual edition 

(issued in January or February) which 

includes all current general wage 

determinations for the States covered by 

each volume. Throughout the remainder 

of the year, regular weekly updates will 

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23 day of 

September 2004. 

John Frank, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage 

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 04–21744 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Solicitation for Grant Applications for 

Veterans’ Workforce Investment 

Program Grants for Program Year 2004 

Announcement Type: Initial 

Announcement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: #04–

11. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.802. 

Key Dates: Applications are to be 

submitted by no later than November 1, 

2004. 

Delivery Address: U.S. Department of 

Labor, Procurement Services Center, 

Attention: Cassandra Mitchell, 

Reference SGA #04–11, Room N5416, 

200 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Executive Summary: The U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans’

Employment and Training Service 

(VETS) announces a competition for the 

balance of the Veterans’ Workforce