7800 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention; Agency

Information Collection Activities:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Emergency Review; State Input

for the 1996 Report to Congress on Title

V Community Prevention Grants.

The Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention

(OJDDP) has submitted the following

information collection request to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in

accordance with the emergency review

procedures of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. The proposed information

collection is published to obtained

comments from the public and affected

agencies. Emergency review and

approval of this collection has been

requested from OMB by February 21,

1997. If granted, the emergency

approval is only valid for 180 days.

Comments should be directed to OMB,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Ms. Victoria

Wassmer, 202–395–5871, Department of

Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC,

20530.

During the first 60 days of this same

period a regular review of this

information collection is also being

undertaken. Comments are encouraged

and will be accepted until April 21,

1997. The agency requests written

comments and suggestions from the

public and affected agencies concerning

the proposed collection of information.

Your comments should address one or

more of the following four points:

(1) 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;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) 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 submission of

responses.

Comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time should be directed to Eric

Peterson at the address listed below. If

you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Eric Peterson (202–616–3644), Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, Office of Justice Programs,

Department of Justice, 633 Indiana

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20531.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

New collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: State

Input for the 1996 Report to Congress on

Title V Community Prevention Grants.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection. Form: None. Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, Office of Justice Programs,

Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: State and local units

of government. Other: None. The

information collected with this form

will allow OJJDP to report to Congress

on the status of Title V program

implementation, grant activity in the

past fiscal year, and promising local

delinquency prevention programs.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 57 respondents at 1 hour per

response.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 57 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Proposed Information Collection; Work

Opportunity Tax Credit 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 and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

Reporting Requirements.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) 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

April 21, 1997. 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, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarification 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, e.g., permitting

submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Carmen Ortize, U.S.

Employment Service, Employment and

Training Administration, U.S.
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Department of Labor, Room N–4470,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210, 202–219–5185

(this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Employment and Training

Administration (ETA) has oversight

responsibilities for the Work

Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) under

the Small Business Jobs Protection Act

of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–188). Data

collected on the WOTC will be collected

by the State Employment Security

Agencies and provided to the U.S.

Employment Service, Division of

Planning and Operations, Washington,

DC, through the appropriate Department

of Labor regional office. The data will be

use, primarily, to supplement IRS Form

8850, help expedite the processing of,

either, employer requests for

Certification generated through IRS

Form 8850 or issuance of Conditional

Certifications (CCs) and processing of

employer requests for Certifications as a

result of individuals’ bearing SESAs or

participating agencies’ generated CCs,

help streamline SESAs verification

mandated activities, aid and expedite

the preparation of the quarterly reports.

II. Current Actions

This is a request for OMB approval of

an extension of an existing collection of

information previously approved by

OMB. The extension will allow the

Department to continue these data

collections and to provide a significant

source of information for the Secretary’s

Annual Report to Congress on the

WOTC Program. The data recorded

through the use of these forms will also

help in the preparation of an annual

report to the Committee on Ways and

Means of the U.S. House of

Representatives.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Work Opportunity Tax Credit

(WOTC).

OMB Number: 1205–0371.

Agency Number: ETA 9057–9059,

9061–9063, and 9065.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Cite/Reference Total

respondents Frequency Totalresponses

Average time

per response Burden

ETA 9057 ................................................................................... 52 Quarterly ..... 208 8 hours ........ 1,664

ETA 9058 ................................................................................... 52 Quarterly ..... 208 8 hours ........ 1,664

ETA 9059 ................................................................................... 52 Quarterly ..... 208 8 hours ........ 1,664

ETA 9061–9063 & 9065 ............................................................ 7,800 As needed ... 7,800 20 min. ea. .. 2,600

Record keeping ......................................................................... 52 Annually ...... 52 997 .............. 51,844

Totals .................................................................................. ........................ ..................... 9,048 ..................... 59,436

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

<complete as applicable,

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 0

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request 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: February 12, 1997.

John R. Beverly,

Director, U.S. Employment Service.

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BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

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