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Administrator finds warrant a hearing, 

the Deputy Administrator shall order a 

public hearing by notice in the Federal 

Register, summarizing the issues to be 

heard and setting the time for the 

hearing.

The Office of Management and Budget 

has determined that notices of aggregate 

production quotas are not subject to 

centralized review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

This action does not preempt or 

modify any provision of state law; nor 

does it impose enforcement 

responsibilities on any state; nor does it 

diminish the power of any state to 

enforce its own laws. Accordingly, this 

action does not have federalism 

implications warranting the application 

of Executive Order 13132. 

The Deputy Administrator hereby 

certifies that this action will have no 

significant impact upon small entities 

whose interests must be considered 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq. The establishment of 

aggregate production quotas for 

Schedules I and II controlled substances 

is mandated by law and by international 

treaty obligations. The quotas are 

necessary to provide for the estimated 

medical, scientific, research and 

industrial needs of the United States, for 

export requirements and the 

establishment and maintenance of 

reserve stocks. While aggregate 

production quotas are of primary 

importance to large manufacturers, their 

impact upon small entities is neither 

negative nor beneficial. Accordingly, the 

Deputy Administrator has determined 

that this action does not require a 

regulatory flexibility analysis. 

This action meets the applicable 

standards set forth in Sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 Civil 

Justice Reform. 

This action will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $114,000,000 or more 

in any one year, and will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

This action is not a major rule as 

defined by Section 804 of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996. This action will 

not result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100,000,000 or more; a 

major increase in costs or prices; or 

significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

companies to compete with foreignbased companies in domestic and 

export markets.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Michele M. Leonhart, 

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–26689 Filed 12–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–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 the 

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 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.

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 Act’’ being modified 

are listed by Volume and State. Dates of 

publication in the Federal Register are 

in parentheses following the decisions 

being modifed.

Volume I 

Connecticut 

CT030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CT030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CT030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CT030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CT030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Maine 

ME030012 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New Hampshire 

NH030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New Jersey 

NJ030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New York 

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NY030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030013 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030020 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030023 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030026 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030029 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030031 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030032 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030034 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030036 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030066 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Rhode Island 

RI030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume II 

Delaware 

DE030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Maryland 

MD030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030045 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030046 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030056 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030057 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MD030058 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Virginia 

VA030014 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

VA030048 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

VA030078 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

VA030079 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume III 

Georgia 

GA030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030022 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030032 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030073 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030085 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030086 (Jun. 13, 2003)

GA030087 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

GA030088 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

South Carolina 

SC030033 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume IV 

Illinois 

IL030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030049 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030065 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume V 

Kansas 

KS030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Missouri

MO030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MO030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MO030015 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MO030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New Mexico 

NM030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume VI 

Utah 

UT030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

UT030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

UT030028 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

UT030029 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

UT030030 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

UT030032 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Washington 

WA030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume VII 

California 

CA030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CA030009 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CA030029 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CA030030 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CA030031 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

CA030032 (Jun. 13, 2003)

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 Web 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 24th day of 

November 2004. 

Terry Sullivan, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage 

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 04–26415 Filed 12–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management 

Standards 

RIN 1215–AB50 

Union Organization and Voting Rights: 

Criteria for Characterizing a Labor 

Organization as a ‘‘Local,’’

‘‘Intermediate,’’ or ‘‘National or 

International’’ Labor Organization; 

Reopening and Extension of Comment 

Period

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management 

Standards, Employment Standards 

Administration, United States 

Department of Labor.

ACTION: Request for information from 

the public; reopening and extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: This document reopens and 

extends the period for comments on the 

request for information published on 

November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64234). That 

request for information invites the 

public to assist the Department of Labor 

(‘‘Department’’) in evaluating its 

methods for determining when a labor 

organization constitutes a ‘‘local,’’

‘‘intermediate’’ or ‘‘national or 

international’’ labor organization for 

purposes of the Labor-Management 

Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as 

amended (‘‘Act’’). The comment period, 

which was to expire on December 3, 

2004, is reopened and extended 30 days 

to January 3, 2005.

DATES: Comments on the request for 

information published on November 3, 

2004 (69 FR 64234) must be received on 

or before January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 1215–AB50, by any of 

the following methods: 

E-mail: OLMS-REG-1215-

AB50@dol.gov.

FAX: (202) 693–1340. 

To assure access to the FAX 

equipment, only comments of five or 

fewer pages will be accepted via FAX 

transmittal, unless arrangements are 

made prior to faxing, by calling the 

number below and scheduling a time for 

FAX receipt by the Office of LaborManagement Standards (OLMS). 

Mail: Mailed comments should be 

sent to Lary Yud, Deputy Director, 

Office of Labor-Management Standards,