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1 In accordance with ET Handbook 385, the 

SWAs only report the wage findings for occupations 

that are present in the wage reporting area; 

prevailing wage rates are established only for those 

States where the activity subject to the special 

procedure is actually performed. 

Signed in Washington, DC on this 13th day 

of December, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00117 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 

Prevailing Wage Rates for Certain 

Occupations Processed Under H–2A 

Special Procedures 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (we 

or the Department) is issuing this notice 

to announce new prevailing wage and 

piece rates covering the employment of 

temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant 

foreign workers (H–2A workers) and 

corresponding employees to perform 

agricultural labor or services in certain 

occupations with special procedures 

established under 20 CFR 655.102 in the 

H–2A program, including open range 

production of livestock, itinerant animal 

shearing, sheepherding, goatherding, 

and custom combine operations. The 

new prevailing wages are based on 

surveys conducted by State Workforce 

Agencies (SWA) of employers and 

transmitted to the Department between 

May 1, 2012 and June 1, 2012 in 

accordance with the Department’s 

Training and Employment Guidance 

Letters (TEGLs) for these occupations. 

For open range production of livestock, 

sheepherding, and goatherding 

occupations, which are characterized by 

other than a reasonably regular workday 

or workweek, the prevailing wage 

results, reflected as monthly or daily 

prevailing wage rates, are deemed to be 

the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) 

for those occupations. 

DATES: This notice is effective January 8, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact William L. 

Carlson, Ph.D., Administrator, Office of 

Foreign Labor Certification, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room C–4312, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone (202) 693–3010 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Individuals with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access the telephone number above via 

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The H–2A 

nonimmigrant worker visa program 

enables United States (U.S.) agricultural 

employers to employ foreign workers on 

a temporary basis to perform 

agricultural labor or services. Section 

101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (INA or the Act), 8 

U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); see also 8 

U.S.C. 1184(c)(1) and 1188. The INA 

authorizes the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) to permit employers to import 

foreign workers to perform temporary 

agricultural labor or services of a 

temporary or seasonal nature if the 

Secretary of the U.S. DOL (Secretary) 

certifies that: (1) There are not sufficient 

U.S. workers who are able, willing, and 

qualified, and who will be available at 

the time and place needed to perform 

the labor or services involved in the 

petition; and (2) the employment of the 

foreign worker(s) in such labor or 

services will not adversely affect the 

wages and working conditions of 

workers in the U.S. similarly employed. 

8 U.S.C. 1188(a)(1). The Department’s 

H–2A regulations at 20 CFR 655.120(a) 

provide that employers must pay their 

H–2A workers and workers in 

corresponding employment at least the 

highest of: (i) The AEWR; (ii) the 

prevailing hourly wage or piece rate; 

(iii) the agreed-upon collective 

bargaining wage, if applicable; or (iv) 

the Federal or State minimum wage, in 

effect at the time the work is performed, 

except where a special procedure has 

been approved for use in an occupation 

or specific class of agricultural 

employment. 

On June 14, 2011, the Department 

issued four TEGLs revising special 

procedures for occupations involved in 

the open range production of livestock, 

itinerant animal shearing, sheepherding 

and goatherding, and custom combine 

operations in the H–2A program. TEGL 

No. 15–06, Change 1, Special 

Procedures: Labor Certification Process 

for Occupations Involved in the Open 

Range Production of Livestock under the 

H–2A Program; TEGL No. 17–06, 

Change 1, Special Procedures: Labor 

Certification Process for Employers in 

the Itinerant Animal Shearing Industry 

under the H–2A Program; TEGL No. 32– 

10: Special Procedures: Labor 

Certification Process for Employers 

Engaged in Sheepherding and 

Goatherding Occupations under the H– 

2A Program; and TEGL No. 16–06, 

Change 1, Special Procedures: Labor 

Certification Process for Multi-State 

Custom Combine Owners/Operators 

under the H–2A Program. These revised 

special procedures clarified the process 

for establishing the annual prevailing 

wage and/or piece rates for those 

occupations, but largely continued 

industry-specific variances to the 

offered wage requirement. For example, 

since occupations involving the open 

range production of livestock, 

sheepherding and/or goatherding are 

characterized by other than a reasonably 

regular workday or workweek, the 

Department has continued a special 

variance to the offered wage 

requirements contained at 20 CFR 

655.120(a) by permitting an employer to 

offer, advertise in the course of its 

recruitment, and pay the daily, monthly, 

weekly, or semi-monthly prevailing 

wage established by the Department for 

each State in an approved itinerary. As 

provided in the H–2A regulations at 20 

CFR 655.102, for open range production 

of livestock, sheepherding, and 

goatherding occupations, which are 

characterized by other than a reasonably 

regular workday or workweek, the 

prevailing wage results, reflected as 

monthly or daily prevailing wage rates, 

are deemed to be the Adverse Effect 

Wage Rates (AEWR) for those 

occupations. 

As described in each of the TEGLs, 

the Department continues to use 

findings from prevailing wage surveys 

conducted by the SWAs in accordance 

with the procedures in the ET 

Handbook No. 385, Domestic 

Agricultural In-Season Wage Finding 

Process, to determine the prevailing 

wage and/or piece rates for these 

occupations. The SWAs transmit their 

findings for occupations covered by the 

special procedures to the Office of 

Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) 

between May 1st and June 1st of each 

calendar year. Upon receipt of the wage 

findings and review of the SWAreported survey results, the OFLC 

publishes the new prevailing rates with 

an immediate effective date.1 For 

occupations involving the open range 

production of livestock, animal 

shearing, sheepherding and/or 

goatherding where the SWA survey 

results were insufficient to establish a 

prevailing wage rate for an occupation, 

due to inadequate sample size or 

another valid reason, the applicable 

TEGL’s wage setting procedures allow 

the Department to issue a prevailing 


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2 In accordance with TEGL 15–06, a wage survey 

capable of producing a prevailing wage finding for 

the occupation in this State was determined 

insufficient due to an inadequate sample size (i.e., 

number of domestic workers and/or employers 

employing domestic workers in the occupation) or 

another valid reason. Therefore, the prevailing wage 

finding for this State is based on the prevailing 

wage findings submitted by an adjoining or 

proximate SWA for the same or similar agricultural 

activities to ensure that the wages of similarly 

employed workers are not adversely affected. This 

principle was extended to regions within specific 

States that have historically produced separate 

findings but did not do so during the current 

reporting period. 

Where OFLC could not establish a prevailing 

wage rate based on a finding from an adjoining or 

proximate State, OFLC established the prevailing 

wage rate based on the wage finding applicable to 

one or more States within the same USDA farm 

production region. See: http://

webarchives.cdlib.org/sw1vh5dg3r/h http:// 

www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/ARMS/resourceregions/

resourceregions.htm#older. 

The States used to establish the prevailing wage 

determinations for open range production of 

livestock occupations are: 

Idaho—based on Wyoming 

Montana—based on Wyoming 

North Dakota—based on Wyoming 

Oklahoma—based on Texas Region 1 

South Dakota—based on Wyoming 

Texas Region 4—based on Texas Region 3 

Utah—based on Colorado 

wage or piece rate for that State based 

on the wage rate findings submitted by 

an adjoining or proximate SWA for the 

same or similar agricultural activity. 

The applicability of one State’s wage 

rate finding for a specific occupation to 

another State may vary from year to 

year, depending on which SWAs are 

able to produce wage rate findings for 

specific occupations for the reporting 

year. 

OFLC used three main principles in 

establishing the prevailing wage rates 

for States that had no official wage rate 

findings,: (1) Where a State directly 

borders a State with a wage rate finding, 

that wage rate finding is assigned to the 

adjoining (bordering) State; (2) where a 

State borders more than one State with 

wage rate findings, the findings of the 

State that is more adjoining (i.e., more 

shared geographic characteristics, 

including a longer shared border) are 

applied to the State with no wage rate 

finding; and (3) where a State does not 

directly border a State with a wage rate 

finding but is within a U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) farm production 

region that includes another State either 

with its own wage rate finding or to 

which findings were applied consistent 

with one of the other principles, that 

wage rate finding is applied to the State 

with no wage rate finding. Using a 

prevailing wage rate finding, which is 

also deemed to be an AEWR under the 

circumstances described above, from an 

adjoining or proximate State, or from 

another State within the same USDA 

farm production region, enables the 

Department to comply with its 

obligation to certify that the 

employment of foreign worker(s) in 

such labor or services will not adversely 

affect the wages and working conditions 

of workers in the U.S. similarly 

employed. 

Accordingly, the new AEWRs and 

prevailing wage rates for agricultural 

occupations covered by special 

procedures are set forth in the tables 

below. These wages are in effect as of 

the date of this Notice and will remain 

in effect until the issuance of the next 

annual publication of AEWRs and 

prevailing wage rates. For open range 

production of livestock, sheepherding, 

and goatherding occupations, which are 

characterized by other than a reasonably 

regular workday or workweek, the 

prevailing wage results, reflected as 

monthly or daily prevailing wage rates, 

are deemed to be the AEWRs for those 

occupations. 

TABLE 1—PREVAILING WAGE RATES FOR THE OPEN RANGE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK OCCUPATIONS

State Prevailing wage rates for open range 

cattlehand/calver 

Colorado ................................................................................................................................................ $875.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board. 

Idaho ...................................................................................................................................................... $1,500.00 Per Month Plus Housing.2

Montana ................................................................................................................................................. $1,500.00 Per Month Plus Housing.2

North Dakota ......................................................................................................................................... $1,500.00 Per Month Plus Housing.2

Oklahoma .............................................................................................................................................. $125.00 Per Day Plus Meals.2

South Dakota ......................................................................................................................................... $1,500.00 Per Month Plus Housing.2

Texas.

Region 1 ......................................................................................................................................... $125.00 Per Day Plus Meals. 

Region 2 ......................................................................................................................................... $125.00 Per Day Plus Meals. 

Region 3 ......................................................................................................................................... $90.00 Per Day. 

Region 4 ......................................................................................................................................... $90.00 Per Day.2

Utah ....................................................................................................................................................... $875.00 Per Month Plus Room and 

Board.2

Wyoming ................................................................................................................................................ $1,500.00 Per Month Plus Housing. 

This year, the methodology applied to 

establish prevailing wage rates for the 

open range production of livestock 

resulted in increased wages in Texas 

and Oklahoma, and decreased wages in 

South Dakota. These wage changes are 

due to a change in the availability of 

source wages, including wage 

information from adjoining or proximate 

States. For example, a change in the 

method of payment in Texas, from 

monthly and weekly wage rates to a 

daily rate, resulted in an increase of the 

prevailing wage rate not only in Texas 

but also in Oklahoma, an adjoining 

State. The Utah monthly wage rate was 

established using the wage finding from 

the adjoining state of Colorado instead 

of the other adjoining State, Wyoming, 

because Utah shares more geographic 

characteristics with Colorado, including 

a full border, than it does with 

Wyoming. Finally, the prevailing wage 

rate for Wyoming was applied to South 

Dakota, an adjoining State, and 

secondarily to North Dakota because 

South Dakota is part of the same USDA 

farm production (Northern Plains) 

region as North Dakota. 


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3 In accordance with TEGL 32–10, a wage survey 

capable of producing a prevailing wage finding for 

the occupation in this State was determined 

insufficient due to an inadequate sample size (i.e., 

number of domestic workers and/or employers 

employing domestic workers in the occupation) or 

another valid reason. Therefore, the prevailing wage 

finding for this State is based on the prevailing 

wage findings submitted by an adjoining or 

proximate SWA for the same or similar agricultural 

activities to ensure that the wages of similarly 

employed workers are not adversely affected. 

Where OFLC could not establish a prevailing wage 

rate based on the findings from an adjoining or 

proximate State, OFLC established the prevailing 

wage rate based on the wage finding applicable to 

one or more States within the same USDA farm 

production region. See: http://

webarchives.cdlib.org/sw1vh5dg3r/http://

www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/ARMS/resourceregions/

resourceregions.htm#older. 

The States used to establish the prevailing wage 

determinations for sheepherding and goatherding 

occupations are: 

Arizona—based on California 

Idaho—based on Colorado 

Montana—based on Colorado 

New Mexico—based on Colorado 

Nevada—based on California 

North Dakota—based on Colorado 

Oklahoma—based on Colorado 

Oregon—based on California 

Texas—based on Colorado 

Utah—based on Colorado 

Washington—based on California 

Wyoming—based on Colorado 

TABLE 2—PREVAILING WAGE RATES FOR SHEEPHERDING AND GOATHERDING OCCUPATIONS

State Prevailing wage rates for sheep/goat herder 

Arizona ............................................................................................................................................... $1,422.52 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

California ............................................................................................................................................ $1,422.52 Per Month Plus Room and Board. 

Colorado ............................................................................................................................................. $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board. 

Idaho .................................................................................................................................................. $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Montana ............................................................................................................................................. $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Nevada ............................................................................................................................................... $1,422.52 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

New Mexico ....................................................................................................................................... $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

North Dakota ...................................................................................................................................... $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Oklahoma ........................................................................................................................................... $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Oregon ............................................................................................................................................... $1,422.52 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Texas ................................................................................................................................................. $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Utah .................................................................................................................................................... $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Washington ........................................................................................................................................ $1,422.52 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

Wyoming ............................................................................................................................................ $750.00 Per Month Plus Room and Board.3

This year, the methodology applied to 

establish wages for sheepherding and 

goatherding resulted in increased wage 

rates for sheepherding job opportunities 

in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and 

Washington, and in decreased wage 

rates in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 

Texas. The wage increases are due to a 

change in the availability of source 

wages, including wages from adjoining 

and proximate States or within the same 

USDA farm production region. For 

example, the monthly prevailing wage 

rate, deemed the AEWR for this 

occupation, increased for job 

opportunities in Arizona, Washington, 

Nevada, and Oregon. 

TABLE 3—ITINERANT ANIMAL SHEARING OCCUPATIONS

State Prevailing wage rates 

Arizona ...................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Wool Packer: No Finding.5

Sheep, Wool Gatherer: $8.00 Per Hour.4

Sheep, Wool Grader: No Finding.5

California. 6 ................................................................................................ Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head. 

Sheep, Wool Packer: No Finding.5

Sheep, Wool Gatherer: $8.00 Per Hour. 

Sheep, Wool Grader: No Finding.5

Colorado .................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Idaho ......................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per. Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Montana .................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Nevada ...................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Wool Packer: No Finding.5

Sheep, Wool Gatherer: $8.00 Per Hour.4

Sheep, Wool Grader: No Finding.5

New Mexico .............................................................................................. Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4


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4 In accordance with TEGL 17–06, a wage survey 

capable of producing a prevailing wage finding for 

the occupation in this State was determined 

insufficient due to an inadequate sample size (i.e., 

number of domestic workers and/or employers 

employing domestic workers in the occupation) or 

another valid reason. Therefore, the prevailing wage 

finding for this State is based on the prevailing 

wage findings submitted by an adjoining or 

proximate SWA for the same or similar agricultural 

activities to ensure that the wages of similarly 

employed workers are not adversely affected. This 

principle was extended to regions within specific 

States that have historically produced separate 

findings but did not do so during the current 

reporting period. 

Where OFLC could not establish a prevailing 

wage rate based on the findings from an adjoining 

or proximate State, OFLC established the prevailing 

wage rate based on the wage finding applicable to 

one or more States within the same USDA farm 

production region. See: http://webarchives.cdlib.

org/sw1vh5dg3r/http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/

ARMS/resourceregions/resourceregions.htm#older. 

In all instances where a prevailing wage or piece 

rate for an occupation involved in itinerant animal 

shearing could not be established, an employer 

must offer, advertise in its recruitment and pay the 

highest of the AEWR, the agreed-upon collective 

wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage in 

effect at the time the work is performed and for each 

State listed in an approved itinerary. 

The States used to establish the prevailing wage 

determinations for itinerant animal shearing are: 

Arizona—based on California 

Colorado—based on Wyoming 

Idaho—based on Wyoming 

Montana—based on Wyoming 

New Mexico—based on Wyoming 

Nevada—based on California 

North Dakota—based on Wyoming 

Oklahoma—based on Wyoming 

Oregon—based on California 

South Dakota—based on Wyoming 

Texas—based on Wyoming 

Utah—based on Wyoming 

Washington—based on California 

5With respect to each H–2A job order and 

application for itinerant animal shearing processed 

under special procedures, where a prevailing wage 

determination results in a ‘‘No Finding’’ for the 

occupation or agricultural activity, the employer 

must offer, advertise in the course of its 

recruitment, and pay a wage that is the highest of 

the AEWR, the agreed-upon collective bargaining 

wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage, in 

effect at the time animal shearing work is performed 

and for each State listed in an approved itinerary. 

TABLE 3—ITINERANT ANIMAL SHEARING OCCUPATIONS—Continued 

State Prevailing wage rates 

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

North Dakota ............................................................................................. Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Oklahoma .................................................................................................. Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Oregon ...................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Wool Packer: No Finding.5

Sheep, Wool Gatherer: $8.00 Per Hour.4

Sheep, Wool Grader: No Finding.5

South Dakota ............................................................................................ Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Texas ........................................................................................................ Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Utah ........................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head.4

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head.4

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head.4

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head.4

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head.4

Washington ............................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head.4

Sheep, Wool Packer: No Finding.5

Sheep, Wool Gatherer: $8.00 Per Hour.4

Sheep, Wool Grader: No Finding.5

Wyoming ................................................................................................... Sheep, Ewe—Shearer: $2.00 Per Head. 

Sheep, Feedlot Lamb—Shearer: $1.50 Per Head. 

Sheep, Replacement Lamb—Shearer: $1.90 Per Head. 

Sheep, Buck/Ram—Shearer: $4.00 Per Head. 

Ewe—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.17 Per Head. 

Buck/Ram—Wool Fleece Grader: $0.34 Per Head. 


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6California prevailing wage rates were 

established based on surveys conducted in the 

Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and Desert 

Area. 7With respect to each H–2A job order and 

application for custom combine operations 

processed under special procedures, where OFLC 

was unable to establish a prevailing wage as 

indicated by a ‘‘No Finding’’ notation for the 

occupation or agricultural activity, the employer 

must offer, advertise in the course of its 

recruitment, and pay a wage that is the highest of 

the AEWR, the agreed-upon collective bargaining 

wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage, in 

effect at the time custom combine work is 

performed and for each State listed in an approved 

itinerary. 

TABLE 4—CUSTOM COMBINE OCCUPATIONS

State Prevailing wage rates 

Arizona ........................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $8.50 Per Hour. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

California ........................................................................................................ Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $9.20 Per Hour. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

Colorado ......................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

Kansas ........................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding.47 

Minnesota ....................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

Montana ......................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $2,000 Per Month Plus 

Room and Board. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $2,000 Per Month Plus Room 

and Board. 

Nebraska ........................................................................................................ Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $1,800 Per Month. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $1,800 Per Month. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Cart Driver: $15.00 Per Hour. 

New Mexico ................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

North Dakota .................................................................................................. Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $3,000 Per Month Plus 

Room and Board. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $2,500 Per Month. 

Oklahoma ....................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $8.50 Per Hour. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $7.50 Per Hour. 

South Dakota ................................................................................................. Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $2,200 Per Month Plus 

Room and Board. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $2,200 Per Month Plus Room 

and Board. 

Texas ............................................................................................................. Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: $2,100 Per Month. 

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: $11.00 Per Hour. 

Wisconsin ....................................................................................................... Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

Wyoming ........................................................................................................ Wheat Harvest, Custom Combine Operator: No Finding. 7

Wheat Harvest, Grain Truck Driver: No Finding. 7

These prevailing wage rates will be in 

effect for all work that is performed on 

or after the effective date of this Notice 

and until the issuance of the next 

annual publication of new prevailing 

wage rates for these occupations. 

Signed in Washington this 28th day of 

December, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00115 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–81,646] 

CalAmp Wireless Networks 

Corporation, Waseca, MN; Notice of 

Negative Determination Regarding 

Application for Reconsideration 

By application dated September 26, 

2012, the State of Minnesota requested 

administrative reconsideration of the 

Department’s negative determination 

regarding eligibility for workers and 

former workers of the subject firm to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

(TAA). 

Following the filing of the request for 

reconsideration, the Department issued 

a certification that includes workers of 

the subject firm (TA–W–80,399A; 

CalAmp Wireless Networks 

Corporation, Waseca, Minnesota; 

expires on December 2, 2013). 

Conclusion 

Due to the eligibility of workers and 

former workers of CalAmp Wireless 

Networks Corporation, Waseca, 

Minnesota to apply for TAA, the 

Department determines that an 

investigation would serve no purpose. 

Accordingly, the application is denied. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

November, 2012 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00101 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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