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and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA).

Under DBRA, every contract subject to

the Act must contain a provision (i.e.,

wage determination) stating the

minimum wages and fringe benefits to

be paid to various classes of laborers

and mechanics employed on the

contract. In order for the Wage and Hour

Division (WHD) of the Department of

Labor (DOL) to establish minimum rates

for classes of employees omitted from

wage determinations, employers must

submit a Report of Conformed

Classifications and Wage Rates for

review and approval. Further, the Act

provides that ‘‘wages’’ may include

‘‘. . . costs to the contractor or

subcontractor which may be reasonably

anticipated in providing benefits to

laborers or mechanics . . .’’. Where a

benefit plan is not of the conventional

type described in the Act and/or

common in the construction industry, it

is necessary to determine whether the

benefit is a ‘‘bona fide’’ benefit under

the Act. Therefore, contractors must

request approval of such fringe benefit

plans from the Wage and Hour Division.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to meet the statutory

requirements of the Act. The

information will be used by Wage and

Hour to establish minimum wage rates

for classes of employees not listed in a

wage determination, and to determine

whether a fringe benefit is ‘‘bona fide’’

fringe benefit within the definition of

the Act.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Information Collection

Requirements in Regulations, 29 CFR

Part 5.

OMB Number: 1215–0140.

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

or Tribal Government.

Requirement Total Respondents Frequency Total Responses

Average Time per

Response Hours

Conformance Report ........................................................ 2,500 On occasion ........... 2,500 .25 hour ................. 625

Unfunded Fringe Benefit Plans ........................................ 6 On occasion ........... 6 1 hour .................... 6

Totals ........................................................................ 2,506 ........................... 2,506 ........................... 631

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $801.92.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice 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: November 24, 1997.

Cecily A. Rayburn,

Director, Division of Financial Management,

Office of Management, Administration and

Planning, Employment Standards

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

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 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) [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

Employment Standards Administration,

Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs, Division of Federal

Employees’ Compensation is soliciting

comments concerning the following

information collection: Claim for

Compensation by Dependents

Information Reports. Copies of the

proposed information collection request

can be obtained by contacting the office

listed below in the addressee section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

February 1, 1998. 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;

• 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: Contact Ms. Patricia A.

Forkel at the U.S. Department of Labor,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room

S–3201, Washington, D.C. 20210,

telephone (202) 219–8713. The Fax

number is (202) 219–6592. (These are

not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The forms in this clearance request

are used by Federal employees and their

dependents to claim benefits, prove

continued eligibility for benefits, and to

show entitlement to the remaining

compensation of a deceased beneficiary

under the Federal Employees’

Compensation Act. There are nine forms

in this clearance request; they are the

CA–5; CA–5b; CA–1031; CA–1085; CA–

1093; CA–1615; CA–1617; CA–1618,

and CA–1074.

Current Actions

The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to meet the statutory

requirements of the Federal Employees’

Compensation Act. The information

contained in these forms is used by the

Division of Federal Employees’

Compensation to determine entitlement

to benefits under the Act, to verify

dependent status and to initiate,
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continue, adjust or terminate benefits

based on eligibility criteria.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Claim for Compensation By

Dependents Information Reports.

OMB Number: 1215–0155.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Report

Total respondents

Frequency Total Responses

Average

Min. per

Response

Hours

CA–5 ....................................................................................................... 235 Once ............................ 235 90 253

CA–5b ..................................................................................................... 70 Once ............................ 70 90 105

CA–1615 ................................................................................................. 120 Once ............................ 120 30 60

CA–1617 ................................................................................................. 600 Semiannually ............... 600 30 300

CA–1085 ................................................................................................. 450 Once ............................ 450 45 338

CA–1031 ................................................................................................. 1,700 Annually ...................... 1,700 15 425

CA–1074 ................................................................................................. 70 Once ............................ 70 60 70

CA–1093 ................................................................................................. 50 Once ............................ 50 30 25

CA–1618 ................................................................................................. 320 Semiannually ............... 320 30 160

Totals ............................................................................................... 3,615 3,615 ................ 1,835

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $1,156.80.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice 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: November 24, 1997.

Cecily A. Rayburn,

Director, Division of Financial Management

Office of Management, Administration and

Planning, Employment Standards

Administration.

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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, 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 Determination

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

Massachusetts:

MA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)