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business and industry, and educational

institutions.

DATES: The Committee will meet on

January 22, 1998 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00

p.m. The meeting will be by

teleconference.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Labor,

200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Room

C–5515 (Seminar Room 1A),

Washington, D.C. 20210. The meeting is

open to the public on a first come, first

served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Irasema Garza, designated Federal

Officer, U.S. NATO, U.S. Bureau of

International Labor Affairs, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room C–4327,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone

202–501–6653 (this is not a toll free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please

refer to the notice published in the

Federal Register on December 15, 1994

(59 FR 64713) for supplementary

information.

Signed at Washington D.C. on December

15, 1997.

Irasema T. Garza,

Secretary, U.S. National Administrative

Office.

[FR Doc. 97–33191 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–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, N.W., 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 Federal Register are in

parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

Virginia

VA970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

VA970085 (Feb. 14, 1997)

West Virginia

WV970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WV970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WV970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume III

Kentucky

KY970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970027 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970029 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KY970035 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume IV

Michigan

MI970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970064 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Ohio

OH970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OH970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OH970028 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OH970029 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OH970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume V

Louisiana

LA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

LA970055 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Nebraska

NE970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970010 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970011 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970025 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970038 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970057 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970058 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Oklahoma

OK970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)
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OK970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970028 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970034 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970035 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970036 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970037 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970038 (Feb. 14, 1997)

OK970043 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VII

Nevada

NV970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NV970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NV970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NV970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NV970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

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, 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 including 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 12th day

of December 1997.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–32873 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Application No. D–10236, et al.]

Proposed Exemptions; Equitable Life

Assurance Society of the United States

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

notices of pendency before the

Department of Labor (the Department) of

proposed exemptions from certain of the

prohibited transaction restrictions of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

Written Comments and Hearing

Requests

All interested persons are invited to

submit written comments or request for

a hearing on the pending exemptions,

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days

from the date of publication of this

Federal Register Notice. Comments and

requests for a hearing should state: (1)

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person making the

comment or request, and (2) the nature

of the person’s interest in the exemption

and the manner in which the person

would be adversely affected by the

exemption. A request for a hearing must

also state the issues to be addressed and

include a general description of the

evidence to be presented at the hearing.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and

request for a hearing (at least three

copies) should be sent to the Pension

and Welfare Benefits Administration,

Office of Exemption Determinations,

Room N–5649, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Attention:

Application No. llll, stated in each

Notice of Proposed Exemption. The

applications for exemption and the

comments received will be available for

public inspection in the Public

Documents Room of Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–5507,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Notice to Interested Persons

Notice of the proposed exemptions

will be provided to all interested

persons in the manner agreed upon by

the applicant and the Department

within 15 days of the date of publication

in the Federal Register. Such notice

shall include a copy of the notice of

proposed exemption as published in the

Federal Register and shall inform

interested persons of their right to

comment and to request a hearing

(where appropriate).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed exemptions were requested in

applications filed pursuant to section

408(a) of the Act and/or section

4975(c)(2) of the Code, and in

accordance with procedures set forth in

29 CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR

32836, 32847, August 10, 1990).

Effective December 31, 1978, section

102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of

1978 (43 FR 47713, October 17, 1978)

transferred the authority of the Secretary

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of

the type requested to the Secretary of

Labor. Therefore, these notices of

proposed exemption are issued solely

by the Department.

The applications contain

representations with regard to the

proposed exemptions which are

summarized below. Interested persons

are referred to the applications on file

with the Department for a complete

statement of the facts and

representations.

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of

the United States (Equitable) Located in

New York, New York; Proposed

Exemption

[Exemption Application No. D–10236]

The Department of Labor (the

Department) is considering granting an

exemption under the authority of

section 408(a) of the Act and section

4975(c)(2) of the Code and in

accordance with the procedures set

forth in 29 CFR, part 2570, subpart B (55

FR 32847, August 10, 1990). If the

exemption is granted, the restrictions of

sections 406(a), 406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of

the Act and the sanctions resulting from

the application of section 4975 of the

Code, by reason of section 4975(c)(1)(A)

through (E) of the Code shall not apply

to: (1) the leasing of 13,086 square feet

of office space and 6,650 square feet of

parking space by Equitable Real Estate

Investment Management, Inc. (ERE)

until June 30, 2002 (the Tower 1 Lease);

and (2) the leasing of 5,821 square feet

of office space and 3584 square feet of

parking space by ERE’s subsidiary,

Compass Management and Leasing, Inc.

(Compass) until August 31, 1999 (the

Tower 2 Leases), in office buildings

located in Orange County, California,

that will be held by the Equitable

Separate Account No. 8, also known as

the Prime Property Fund (the PPF) and

to the 1996 renewal of the original

leases provided the following

conditions are satisfied: (a) the renewal