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Total Responses: 720.

Average Time Per Response for

Reporting: 1⁄2 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 360.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $230.40.

I. Background

Section 401 of the Migrant and

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection

Act (MSPA) requires that farm labor

contractors, agricultural employers, or

agricultural associations who use any

vehicle to transport a migrant or

seasonal agricultural worker, ensure that

such vehicle conforms to vehicle safety

standards prescribed by MSPA and

other applicable Federal and State safety

standards. The use of the forms WH–514

and the 514a enable an applicant to

verify to the Department of Labor or

appropriate State agency that the

vehicles used to transport such workers

meet these safety standards. The WH–

514 is used to verify that Department of

Transportation safety standards are met

for all vehicles other than passenger

automobiles or station wagons, and the

WH–514a is used to verify that

Department of Labor safety standards

are met for all vehicles including

passenger automobiles or station

wagons.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to verify that farm

labor contractors, agricultural

employers, and agricultural associations

have complied with applicable safety

standards.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Vehicle Mechanical Inspection

Report for Transportation Subject to

DOT Requirements and Vehicle

Mechanical Inspection Report for

Transportation Subject to DOL Safety

Standards Request for Employment

Information.

OMB Number: 1215–0036.

Agency Numbers: WH–514, WH–

514a.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit; Farms.

Total Respondents: 1,050.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 3,150.

Average Time Per Response: 45

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,363.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): 0.

I. Background

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

sets minimum wage, overtime pay, child

labor and recordkeeping standards for

employees engaged in interstate

commerce or in the production of goods

for interstate commerce and to

employees in certain enterprises. The

Fair Labor Standards Act requires that

all employers covered by the Act make,

keep and preserve records of employees

and of wages, hours and other

conditions and practices of

employment.

Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to enforce the provisions

of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Type of Review:: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Records to be Kept by

Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).

OMB Number: 1215–0017.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Farms; Businesses or other

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government; State, Local or

Tribal government.

Total Recordkeepers: 3.7 million.

Frequency: Weekly.

Average Time Per Recordkeeper: 1

hour.

Total Recordkeeping Hours: 819,231.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): 0.

Background

In order to be a dependent who is

eligible for black lung benefits, a child

aged 18 to 23 must be a full-time

student as described in the Black Lung

Benefits Act. The form CM–981 is used

to verify full-time student status.

Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to determine

continued eligibility of a claimant for

benefits.

Type of Review:: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Certification by School Official.

OMB Number: 1215–0061.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government; Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.

Total Respondents: 1,000.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 1,000.

Average Time Per Response: 10

minutes.

Total Hours: 150.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): 0.

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: December 19, 1997.

Cecily A. Rayburn,

Director, Division of Financial Management,

Office of Management, Administration and

Planning, Employment Standards

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–33679 Filed 12–24–97; 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 fring 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
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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 previsions 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 the

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I:

Maine:

ME 970037 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume II

Pennsylvania:

PA970014 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Virginia:

VA970026 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume III

Florida:

FL970045 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Georgia:

GA970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970032 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970039 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970040 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970050 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970065 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970073 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970083 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970084 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970085 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970086 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970087 (Feb. 14, 1997)

GA970088 (Feb. 14, 1997)

North Carolina:

NC970050 (Feb. 14, 1997)

South Carolina:

SC970036 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume IV

Illinois:

IL970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Michigan:

MI970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MI970031 (Feb. 14, 1997)

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 19th day

of December 1997.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–33533 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Program To Prevent Smoking in

Hazardous Areas

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 Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to the Program to Prevent

Smoking in Hazardous Areas. MSHA 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