112 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 1 / Friday, January 2, 1998 / Notices

Status: Closed.

All meetings are held at the Foreign

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E

Street, N.W., Washington, DC. Requests

for information, or advance notices of

intention to observe an open meeting,

may be directed to: Administrative

Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement

Commission, 600 E Street, NW., Room

6002, Washington, DC 20579.

Telephone: (202) 616–6988.

Dated at Washington, DC, December 29,

1997.

Judith H. Lock,

Administrative Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–34229 Filed 12–30–97; 2:49 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Civil Rights Center; 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 [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 Civil Rights Center within

the Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Administration and Management is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed extension of the collection of

the ‘‘Compliance Information Report—

29 CFR part 31 (Title VI),

Nondiscrimination-Disability—29 CFR

part 32 (Sec. 504), NondiscriminationJob Training Partnership Act—29 CFR

part 34 (Section 167).’’ A copy of the

proposed information collection request

(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the

office listed below in the addresses

section of this notice. In addition, a

copy of the ICR in alternate formats of

large print and electronic file on

computer disk are available upon

request.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before

March 3, 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 a

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

Annabelle T. Lockhart, Director, Civil

Rights Center, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Administration and

Management, Frances Perkins Building,

200 Constitution Ave. NW., Room N–

4123, Washington, DC 20210. Ms.

Lockhart can be reached at (202) 219–

9827 (voice) (this is not a toll-free

number) or (800) 326–2577 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Compliance Information Report

and its information collection is

designated to ensure that programs or

activities funded in whole or in part by

the Department of Labor operate in a

nondiscriminatory manner. The Report

requires such programs and activities to

collect, maintain and report upon

request from the Department, race, sex,

age and disability data for program

applicants, eligible applicants,

participants, terminees, applicants for

employment and employees.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of the current OMB approval

of the paperwork requirements in the

Compliance Information Report.

Extension is necessary to ensure

nondiscrimination in programs or

activities funded in whole or in part by

the Department of Labor.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Civil Rights Center, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for

Administration and Management.

Title: Compliance Information

Report—29 CFR part 31 (Title VI),

Nondiscrimination-Disability—29 CFR

part 32 (Section 504),

Nondiscrimination-Job Training

Partnership Act—29 CFR part 34

(Section 167)

OMB Number: 1225–0046.

Affected public: Not-for-profit, State,

local or Tribal governments.

Respondents Frequency Total responses Average time per response Burden

(hours)

Compliance Information: 38,270,607 .............................. Recordkeeping ................... 38,270,607 20 seconds ........................ 212,615

Employment Recordkeeping: 117,975 ............................ Recordkeeping ................... 117,975 5 seconds .......................... 164

Complaint Log: 1139 ....................................................... Recordkeeping ................... 149 3 minutes ........................... 8

Compliance Information Reporting: 11 ............................ Once .................................. 11 16 hours ............................. 264

Assurances: 1139 ............................................................ Once .................................. 1139 2 minutes ........................... 38

Disability Compliance Reports: 11 .................................. Once .................................. 11 30 minutes ......................... 5.5
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.00.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $113,900.00.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office and Management approval of

the information collection request; they

will also become a matter of public

record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 29th day

of December, 1997.

Annabelle T. Lockhart,

Director, Civil Rights Center.

[FR Doc. 97–34155 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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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

Determinations 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:

None

Volume V:

None

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 county.

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 24th Day

of December 1997.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–34050 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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