44722 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

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Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Application for Certificate to

Employ Homeworkers and the

Homeworker Handbook.

OMB Number: 1215–0013 (extension).

Agency Number: WH–46, WH–75.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 14,175.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30

minutes each (WH–46 and WH–75).

Total Burden Hours: 28,916.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $13.30.

Description: An employer must file an

application, Form WH–46, to obtain a

certificate to be permitted to employ

homeworkers in the restricted industries

(knitted outwear, women’s apparel,

jewelry manufacturing, gloves and

mittens, button and buckle

manufacturing, handkerchief

manufacturing and embroideries). It

provides a means of identifying

employers of homeworkers. Employers

must obtain a separate handbook, WH–

75, for each of their employed

homeworkers for recordkeeping

purposes to ensure employer obligations

to obtain accurate hours worked in

order to pay homeworkers in

compliance with the Fair Labor

Standards Act.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–22387 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–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

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.

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

New Jersey

NJ 970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NJ 970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NJ 970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

New York

NY970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970020 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970021 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970025 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970033 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970036 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970038 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970039 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970040 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970041 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970043 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970044 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970045 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970046 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970047 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970048 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970049 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970060 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970072 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970074 (Feb. 14, 1997)
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NY970075 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NY970077 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume II

Virginia

VA970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume III

Florida

FL970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

FL970032 (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)

IL970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970024 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970027 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970037 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970045 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970046 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970050 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970051 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970053 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970055 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970065 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970066 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970070 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Michigan

MI970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970023 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume V

Kansas

KS970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970020 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Missouri

MO970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

New Mexico

NM970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Texas

TX970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

TX970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CO970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CO970021 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Idaho

ID970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Oregon

OR970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Washington

WA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VII

California

CA970054 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970065 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970067 (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, DC, this 15th day of

August 1997.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–22023 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. M–97–88–C]

Petition for Modification; Eastern

Associated Coal Corporation

Eastern Associated Coal Corporation,

P.O. Box 1233, Charleston, West

Virginia 25324 has filed a petition to

modify the application of 30 CFR

75.380(g) (escapeways; bituminous and

lignite mines) to its Federal No. 2 Mine

(I.D. No. 46–01456) located in

Monogalia County, West Virginia. The

petition is filed under section 101(c) of

the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act

of 1977.

A summary of the petitioner’s

statements follows.

1. The petition concerns the

requirement that the primary escapeway

shall be separated from belt and trolley

haulage entries for its entire length.

2. As an alternate method, petitioner

proposes to change the longwall panel

development to a three-entry system,

using trolley wire in the same entry as

the intake escapeway.

3. In support of this request,

petitioner states:

(a) Air lock doors will be installed at

the mouth of the section to separate the

main track air from the section track air.

(b) The track entry inby the airlock

doors will be ventilated using intake air

that will be introduced at the mouth of

the section. This entry will be used as

the primary escapeway off the section to

the airlock doors at which point it will

become a separate intake escapeway

again.

(c) The return entry on the section

will be used as a secondary escapeway

to the mouth of the section. While this

entry is a section return, lifeline will be

maintained.

(d) A person, with mine phone

communication will be stationed at a

location between airlock doors at all

times when other employees are inby

the airlock doors. This person will be

able to disconnect DC power to the

section inby the airlock doors

immediately. DC power also will be

disconnected when not in use.

(e) A parallel ground will be installed

and maintained inby the airlock doors;

trolley surveys will be conducted on a

monthly basis; rail traffic entering the

section inby the airlock doors will be

provided additional firefighting

materials; and trolley wire repair tools

will be supplied.

(f) A 62-inch clearance between the

track and trolley wire will be

maintained inby the airlock. Double

insulated bells will be used for

installing trolley wire. CO monitors will

be installed in the track at 1,000 foot

intervals and automatic water sprays

will be installed on the beltline.

(g) Visual and audible warning

devices will be installed at the end of

the supply track to alert miners when

the trolley is energized. The audible

device will be used only when the

trolley is initially energized and will

drop off in no less than five seconds

after the power is established.