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• Cells identifying nonfraud fictitious

employer schemes.

Other Modifications

• The order of sections B and C have

been reversed so that ‘‘Overpayments

Established—Methods of Detection’’

precedes ‘‘Recovery/Reconciliation’’.

• In Section A ‘‘Overpayments

Established—Causes’’, the line for

administrative penalty has been

removed from under the subheading

‘‘Nonfraud’’ so that it stands alone.

• In Section B ‘‘Overpayments

Established—Methods of Detection’’, the

lines have been reordered so all

controllable methods are grouped under

the appropriate heading.

• In Section C ‘‘Recovery/

Reconciliation’’, the line formerly

identified as ‘‘Allowance for Doubtful

Accounts’’ has been redefined, and data

will be reported as ‘‘Receivables

Removed at End of Report Period’’.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Overpayment Detection and

Recovery Activities.

OMB Number: 1205–0173.

Agency Number: ETA–227.

Record keeping: State agencies are

required to maintain all documentation

supporting the information reported on

the ETA–227 for three years following

the end of each report period.

Affected Public: State Government.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Form.

Total Respondents: 53 State agencies.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Total Responses: 212.

Average Time per Response: 14 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2968.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): Estimated at $76,396

which is allowable cost under the

administrative grants awarded to States

by the Federal government.

Additionally, there will be a one time

cost of reprogramming the State systems

at the cost of $20,758 (annualized).

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval of the information

collection request; they will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Grace A. Kilbane,

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.

[FR Doc. 00–14682 Filed 6–8–00; 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

procedures 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

supersedes decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective for

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 decisions, 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.

Modifications to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed in the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon 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

None

Volume II

Maryland

MD000008 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MD000021 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MD000039 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MD000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Pennsylvania

PA000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000006 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000014 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000025 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000026 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Virginia

VA000014 (Feb. 11, 2000)

VA000044 (Feb. 11, 2000)

VA000059 (Feb. 11, 2000)

VA000067 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

None

Volume IV

None

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Volume V

Kansas

KS000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Texas

TX000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TX000018 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VI

None

Volume VII

California

CA000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000027 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000030 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000031 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000033 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000034 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000035 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000036 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000037 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000039 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000040 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000041 (Feb. 11, 2000)

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.

The general wage determinations

issued under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts are available electronically

by subscription to the FedWorld

Bulletin Board System of the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) of

the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1–

800–363–2068.

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

seven 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 are

distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC this 1st day of

June 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 00–14284 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION

BOARD

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection

Board.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Merit Systems

Protection Board (MSPB) is requesting a

three-year extension of approval of its

optional appeal form, Optional Form

283 (Rev. 10/94) from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. The appeal form

is currently displayed in 5 CFR Part

1201, Appendix I, and on the MSPB

Web Page at http://www.mspb.gov/foia/

applform.pdf.

In this regard, we are soliciting

comments on the public reporting

burden. The reporting burden for the

collection of information on this form is

estimated to vary from 20 minutes to

one hour per response, with an average

of 30 minutes, including time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the collection

of information.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

5 CFR section

Annual number of respondents

Frequency per

response

Total annual

responses

Hours per

response

(average)

Total hours

1201 and 1209 ..................................................................... 9,000 1 9,000 .5 4,500

In addition, the MSPB invites

comments on (1) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of MSPB’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of

burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques,

when appropriate and other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the appeal form

may be obtained from Arlin

Winefordner, Merit Systems Protection

Board, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20419 or by calling

(202) 653–7200. Comments concerning

the paperwork burden should also be

addressed to Mr. Winefordner.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–14690 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7400–01–M

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEM

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: National Communications

System (NCS).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Manager, National Communications

System announces the proposed

reinstatement of a public information

collection and seeks public comment on

the provisions thereof. Comments are

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including