Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices 43753

Title: Workforce Flexibility (WorkFlex) Partnership Demonstration

Program.

OMB Number: 1205–0375 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 8.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 160

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,280.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: -0-.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): -0-.

Description: This request is related to

the passage of P.L. 104–208 which

permits states to submit statutory waiver

proposals to the Department of Labor in

order to overcome barriers to

implementing reforms to their

workforce development system.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Statutory Waiver Requests.

OMB Number: 1205–0376 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 20.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 80

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,600.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: -0-.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): -0-.

Description: This request is related to

the passage of P.L. 104–208 which

permits states to submit statutory waiver

proposals to the Department of Labor in

order to overcome barriers to

implementing reforms to their

workforce development system.

Agency: Department Management,

Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

Title: Salary Offset.

OMB Number: 1225–0038 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 150.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 11⁄4

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 375.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: –0–.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): –0–.

Description: This information is

collected from debtors to assist in

determining whether an individual is

actually indebted to the Department of

Labor, and if so indebted, to evaluate

the individual’s ability to repay the

debt.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration.

Title: Manufacturer’s Certification of

Modification of Construction Aerial

Lifts (29 CFR Part 1926.453).

OMB Number: 1218–0000.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 60.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 5 hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: –0–.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): –0–.

Description: Employers are required

to obtain a written certification of any

field modifications made to aerial lifts.

Such certifications must be prepared in

writing by either the manufacturer of

the aerial lift or a nationally recognized

testing laboratory. The certification is to

attest to the safety of the lift after

modification.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Standardized Participant

Information Report (SPIR) for JTPA Title

IV, Section 402, Migrant and Seasonal

Farmworker Programs.

OMB Number: 1205–0350

(reinstatement, without change).

Frequency: Quarterly; annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of Respondents: 53.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 18

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 954.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: –0–.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $265,000.

Description: This collection

instrument is the Standardized

Participant Information Record (SPIR)

and instructions. A SPIR form is

provided for optional use in gathering

information at the grantee field office

level. The SPIR itself is a computer file

in a specified form which is submitted

by grantees via diskette, modem or

Internet which requires grantees to

collect and report selected standardized

information on participants of the Jobs

Training Partnership Act, Title IV,

Section 402—funded programs.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–21667 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–22–M

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

supersedes 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
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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, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Withdrawn General Wage

Determination Decision

This is to advise all interested parties

that the Department of Labor is

withdrawing, from the date of this

notice, General Wage Determination No.

VA970051 dated February 14, 1997.

Agencies with construction projects

pending, to which this wage decision

would have been applicable, should

utilize Wage Decision No. VA970032.

Contracts for which bids have been

opened shall not be affected by this

notice. Also, consistent with 29 CFR

1.6(c)(2)(i)(A), when the opening of bids

is less than ten (10) days from the date

of this notice, this action shall be

effective unless the agency finds that

there is insufficient time to notify

bidders of the change and the finding is

documented in the contract file.

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

Maine

ME970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume II

Maryland

MD970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MD970059 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Pennsylvania

PA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

PA970042 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Virginia

VA970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

VA970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

VA970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume III

Georgia

GA970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970033 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970065 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970073 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970084 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970085 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970086 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970087 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970088 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume IV

Illinois

IL970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970049 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Indiana

IN970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Michigan

MI970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970062 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Wisconsin

WI970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970020 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970021 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970024 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970027 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970028 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970029 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970033 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970035 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970036 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970037 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970039 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970041 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970049 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970066 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WI970067 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume V

Iowa

IA970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IA970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IA970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IA970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IA970024 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Kansas

KS970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Nebraska

NE970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970038 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970058 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Texas

TX970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970054 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970063 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970096 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CO970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Idaho

ID970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Washington

WA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970023 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VII

California

CA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970028 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970029 (Feb. 14, 1997)
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CA970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970033 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970035 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970036 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970037 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970038 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970039 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970040 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970041 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970042 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970043 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970044 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970045 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970046 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970047 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970048 (Feb. 14, 1997)

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

(703) 487–4630.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. this 8th day of

August 1997.

Margaret Washington,

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–21385 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–P–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the Bureau

of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

reinstatement of the ‘‘CPS Displaced

Worker and Job Tenure Supplement.’’

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed

below in the ADDRESSES section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

ADDRESSES section below on or before

October 14, 1997.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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;

• 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;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G.

Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, Division of

Management Systems, Bureau of Labor

Statistics, Room 3255, 2 Massachusetts

Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212.

Ms. Kurz can be reached on 202–606–

7628 (this is not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Employment and Training

Administration (ETA) of the Department

of Labor sponsors the Displaced

Workers supplement to the Current

Population Survey (CPS). Data on

displaced workers were first collected in

January 1984. Subsequent displaced

worker surveys have been conducted

biennially. In addition to the

information on worker displacement,

the February 1998 CPS supplement also

will collect information on job tenure.

The information will be used to

determine the size and nature of the

population affected by job

displacements and, hence, the needs

and scope of ETA programs serving

adult displaced workers. The

information collected also will be used

to assess employment stability by

determining the length of time workers

have been with their current employer.

In addition, data on job tenure for all

workers are needed to calculate the

incidence of displacement among

various worker groups so that

comparisons can be made over time and

among different affected groups.

Combining the questions on

displacement and tenure will enable

analysts to obtain a more complete

picture of employment stability.

II. Current Actions

The questions concerning

displacement among workers will help

define the size of the readjustment

problem faced by individual workers

and the economy including: (a) Workers

who have lost their jobs or have

received notice that they soon will lose

their jobs due to a permanent plant

closing; (b) laid-off workers who are

unlikely to return to their previous

industry or occupation; and (c) the longterm unemployed with little prospect of

reemployment. Policy planning has to

take into account the industries with the

most severe displacement problem and

the retraining needs of affected workers.

This supplement also will provide

data regarding:

1. The economic impact of job

displacements. For those workers who

have been reemployed, data will be

collected to compare current earnings

with those from the lost job.

2. Information on the receipt of

unemployment compensation, the loss

of health insurance coverage, and the