62354 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 225 / Friday, November 21, 1997 / Notices

Activity Frequency Respondents

Average time

per respondent

Reporting .................................................................................................................................... 3 reports ........... 59 3 hours.

Recordkeeping ........................................................................................................................... 1 report ............. 59 30 minutes.

Recordkeeping for auditing purposes ........................................................................................ 1 report ............. 59 12 hours.

Monitoring ................................................................................................................................... 1 report ............. 59 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,403.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The Employment and

Training Administration has revised the

data collection process for reporting and

monitoring information of the Summer

Youth Employment and Training

Program (SYEPT). The JASPR (JTPA

Annual Summary Program Report)

formerly used to collect non-financial

information annually has been merged

with the reporting form used to collect

financial and participant information for

II–B. The new form is entitled the JSPR

(JTPA Summary Program Report), which

will be used to collect both financial

and non-financial information at three

intervals (beginning of the program—

providing planning information,

midsummer report and end of the

summer). In addition, collection of

information through use of the

monitoring instrument is included with

the newly consolidated reporting

system.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Multiple Worksite Report

(MWR) and the Report of Federal

Employment and Wage (RFEW).

OMB Number: 1220–0134 (revision).

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: Federal Government;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Form Respondents

Average

time per

response

(minutes)

BLS 3020 (MWR) ...... 112,666 22.2

BLS 3021 (RFEW) .... 2,154 22.2

Total Burden Hours: 169,934.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: States use the Multiple

Worksite Report to collect employment

and wages data by worksite from

employers covered by State

Unemployment Insurance which are

engaged in multiple operations within a

State. These data are used for sampling,

benchmarking, and economic analysis.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Annual Refiling Survey (ARS).

OMB Number: 1220–0032 (revision).

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms;

Federal Government; State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Form Frequency

Respondents

Average

time per

response

(hours)

BLS

3023–

VS.

Every 3

years.

1,994,750 .083

BLS

3023–

VM.

Every 3

years.

38,197 .75

BLS

3023–

CA.

Every 3

years.

53,000 .167

BLS

3023–P.

Every 5

years.

n/a1 n/a1

1Burden hours not included for this submission.

Total Burden Hours: 203,072.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: Accurate industrial

coding based on the 1987 Standard

Industrial classification manual is

needed by many Federal, State, and

local government officials and private

researchers. This extension will permit

the use of previously approved forms to

obtain this information.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–30681 Filed 11–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Change in Status of an

Extended Benefit (EB) Period for the

State of Puerto Rico

This notice announces a change in

benefit period eligibility under the EB

Program for the State of Puerto Rico.

Summary

The following changes have occurred

since the publication of the last notice

regarding States’ EB status:

• August 24, 1997—Puerto Rico’s 13-

week insured unemployment rate for

the week ending August 9, 1997

exceeded 6.0 percent, causing the

State to trigger ‘‘on’’ EB effective

August 24, 1997.

Information for Claimants

The duration of benefits payable in

the EB Program, and the terms and

conditions on which they are payable,

are governed by the Federal-State

Extended Unemployment Compensation

Act of 1970, as amended, regulations

promulgated by the U.S. Department of

Labor, and the operating instructions

issued to the States by the U.S.

Department of Labor. In the case of a

State beginning an EB period, the State

employment security agency will

furnish a written notice of potential

entitlement to each individual who has

exhausted all rights to regular benefits

and is potentially eligible for EB (20

CFR 615.13(c)(1)).

Persons who believe they may be

entitled to EB, or who wish to inquire

about their rights under the program,

should contact the nearest State

employment service office or

unemployment compensation claims

office in their locality.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on November

13, 1997.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Employment and Training.

[FR Doc. 97–30682 Filed 11–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–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
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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, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 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

None

Volume III

None

Volume IV

Illinois

IL970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Michigan

MI970063 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Minnesota

MN970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MN970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MN970058 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MN970059 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume V

Texas

TX970085 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VI

None

Volume VII

None

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 14th day

of November 1997.

Margaret Washington,

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–30339 Filed 11–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR 97–46]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Hazard

Communication

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance 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) (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

Occupational Safety and Health