48182 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 152 / Monday, August 8, 2011 / Notices 

receiving mail in the Washington, DC 

area, commenters are strongly 

encouraged to transmit their comments 

electronically via e-mail or to submit 

them by mail early. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ziegler, Director, Division of 

Regulations, Legislation, and 

Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406 

(this is not a toll-free number). Copies 

of this notice may be obtained in 

alternative formats (Large Print, Braille, 

Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request, by 

calling (202) 693–0023 (not a toll-free 

number). TTY/TTD callers may dial tollfree (877) 889–5627 to obtain 

information or request materials in 

alternative formats. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Davis-Bacon and 

related Acts (DBRA) require the 

application of Davis-Bacon labor 

standards to Federal and Federally 

assisted construction. The Copeland Act 

(40 U.S.C. 3145) requires the Secretary 

of Labor to prescribe reasonable 

regulations for contractors and 

subcontractors engaged in construction 

work subject to Davis-Bacon labor 

standards. While the Federal contracting 

or assistance-administering agencies 

have a primary responsibility for 

enforcement of Davis-Bacon labor 

standards, Reorganization Plan Number 

14 of 1950 assigns to the Secretary of 

Labor responsibility for developing 

government-wide policies, 

interpretations and procedures to be 

observed by the contracting and 

assisting agencies, in order to assure 

coordination of administration and 

consistency of DBRA enforcement. 

The Copeland Act provision cited 

above specifically requires the 

regulations to ‘‘include a provision that 

each contractor and subcontractor each 

week must furnish a statement on the 

wages paid each employee during the 

prior week.’’ This requirement is 

implemented by 29 CFR 3.3 and 3.4 and 

the standard Davis-Bacon contract 

clauses set forth at 29 CFR 5.5. 

Regulations 29 CFR 5.5 (a)(3)(ii)(A) 

requires contractors to submit weekly a 

copy of all payrolls to the Federal 

agency contracting for or financing the 

construction project. If the agency is not 

a party to the contract, the contractor 

will submit the payrolls to the 

applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the case 

may be, for transmission to the 

contracting agency. This same section 

requires that the payrolls submitted 

shall set out accurately and completely 

the information required to be 

maintained under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i), 

except that full social security numbers 

and home addresses shall not be 

included on weekly transmittals, and 

instead, the payrolls shall only need to 

include an individually identifying 

number for each employee (e.g., the last 

four digits of the employee’s social 

security number). The required weekly 

payroll information may be submitted in 

any form desired. Optional Form WH– 

347 is available for this purpose from 

the Wage and Hour Division Web site at 

http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/ 

wh347.pdf. 

Regulations 29 CFR 3.3(b) requires 

each contractor to furnish weekly a 

signed ‘‘Statement of Compliance’’ 

accompanying the payroll indicating the 

payrolls are correct and complete and 

that each laborer or mechanic has been 

paid not less than the proper DavisBacon Act (DBA) prevailing wage rate 

for the work performed. The weekly 

submission of a properly executed 

certification, with the prescribed 

language set forth on page 2 of Optional 

Form WH–347, satisfies the requirement 

for submission of the required 

‘‘Statement of Compliance. Id. at 

§§ 3.3(b), 3.4(b), and 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). 

Regulations 29 CFR 3.4(b) and 

5.5(a)(3)(i) require contractors to 

maintain these records for three years 

after completion of the work. 

II. Review Focus: The Department of 

Labor is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks an 

approval for the extension of this 

information collection requirement that 

contractors and subcontractors on 

Federal and Federally assisted 

construction subject to DBRA labor 

standards submit weekly certified 

payrolls in accordance with the 

statutory, regulatory, and contractual 

requirements discussed herein. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Wage and Hour Division. 

Title: Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll. 

OMB Number: 1235–0008. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal Government; and State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Total Respondents: 96,096. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,210,208. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

2,062,861. 

Estimated Time per Response: 56 

minutes. 

Frequency: Weekly. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): 

$48,580,377. 

Total Burden Costs (Operation/ 

Maintenance): $280,697. 

Dated: August 1, 2011. 

Mary Ziegler, 

Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, 

and Interpretation. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Application Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received Under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the National Science Foundation (NSF) 

has received a waste management 

permit application for operation of a 

field research camp located in ASPA 

#128—Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, 

King George Island by the Antarctic 

Marine Living Resources Program, 

Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La 

Jolla, CA. The application is submitted 

to NSF pursuant to regulations issued 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 

1978. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application within September 7, 2011. 

Permit applications may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

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Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Polly A. Penhale at the above address or 

(703) 292–8030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF’s 

Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR part 

671, requires all U.S. citizens and 

entities to obtain a permit for the use or 

release of a designated pollutant in 

Antarctica, and for the release of waste 

in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit 

application under this Regulation for 

operation of remote research field camp 

at ASPA #128—Western Shore of 

Admiralty Bay, King George Island. The 

camp consists of four structures on the 

beach between Llano Point and Sphinx 

Hill which has been in use during the 

summer since 1977. The camp is used 

to house researchers (typically 6 

people), provide a base of research 

operations, and allow laboratory 

studies. Biological investigation is the 

primary research conducted from the 

camp. 

Designated pollutants would be 

associated with camp operations 

[typically air emissions and waste water 

(urine, greywater, and human solid 

waste)] and scientific activities 

(typically research materials). All wastes 

would be packaged and removed from 

the site for proper disposal in Chile or 

the U.S. under approved guidelines 

prior to the end of each season. 

The permit applicant is: George 

Watters, Director, US AMLR Program, 

Southwest Fisheries Service, NOAA, 

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 

92037 Permit application No. 2012 

WM–002. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received Under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95– 

541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permit applications received to 

conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of permit applications received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by September 7, 2011. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Polly A. Penhale at the above address or 

(703) 292–7420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant: Permit Application ASPA 

2012–005, George Watters, Director, 

U.S. AMLR Program, Southwest 

Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, 

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, 

CA 92037. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Take, Enter an Antarctic 

Specially Protected Area, and Import 

into the USA. The applicant plans to 

census, photo, capture/restrain, 

measure, weigh, tag, instrument (TDR, 

VHF, GLS, GPS, PTT, and/or PIT), 

anesthesia, sample collection (blood, 

hair, nail, fecal, skin biopsy, vibrissae, 

tooth, milk, scat, and IV/IM injections 

(including DLW) up to 200 adult/ 

juvenile and 600 pup Antarctic fur 

seals, 50 adult/juvenile Leopard seals, 

50 adult/juvenile and 100 pup Southern 

elephant seals, and 30 adult/juvenile 

and 20 pup Weddell seals as part of a 

long-term ecosystem monitoring 

program established in 1986 studying 

the foraging ecology, population 

dynamics, census and reproductive 

success and energetic of Antarctic seals. 

In addition, the applicant will 

continue studies of the behavioral 

ecology and population biology of the 

Adelie, Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins, 

and interactions among these species 

and their principal avian predators 

(skuas, gulls, sheathbills and giant 

petrels). Up to 2000 Chinstraps, 1500 

Adelie, 2700 Gentoo penguins, 250 

Brown skua, 350 South polar skua, 600 

Giant petrel, 100 Kelp gulls, 150 Blueeyed shag, 20 Snowy sheathbills, and 

200 Cape Petrels will be banded, 

measured, eggs collected, blood 

sampled, fecal and feathers sampled. 

After sample collection, all birds will be 

released. 

Location: 

ASPA 149, Cape Shirreff and San Telmo 

Island, 

ASPA 128, Western Shore of Admiralty 

Bay, 

ASPA 151, Lions Rump, Antarctic 

Peninsula region, 

ASPA 108, Green Island, Berthelot 

Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, 

ASPA 112, Coppermine Peninsula, 

Robert Island, 

ASPA 113, Litchfield Island, Arthur 

Harbor, Palmer Archipelago, 

ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King 

George Island, South Shetland 

Islands, 

ASPA 126, Byers Peninsula, Livingston 

Island, South Shetland Islands, 

ASPA 128, Western Shore of Admiralty 

Bay, King George Island, 

ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula, King 

George Island, South Shetland 

Islands, 

ASPA 133, Harmony Point, Nelson 

Island, South Shetland Island, 

ASPA 134, Cierva Point offshore 

islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic 

Peninsula, 

ASPA 139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, 

ASPA 140, Shores of Port Foster, 

Deception Island, South Shetland 

Islands, 

ASPA 144, Chile Bay (Discovery Bay), 

ASPA 145, Port Foster, Deception 

Island, South Shetland Islands, 

ASPA 146, South Bay, Doumer Island, 

Palmer Archipelago, 

ASPA 148, Mount Flora, Hope Bay, 

Antarctic Peninsula, 

ASPA 149, Cape Shirreff, Livingston 

Island, South Shetland Islands, 

ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands, 

ASPA 151, Lions Rump, King George 

Island, South Shetland Islands, 

ASPA 152, Western Bransfield Strait, 

Antarctic Peninsula, 

ASPA 153, East Dallmann Bay, 

Antarctic Peninsula, 

ASPA 171, Narebski Point, Barton 

Peninsula, King George Island. 

Dates: October 1, 2011 to July 30, 

2016. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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