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10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

two individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains and the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw

Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of

Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians,

Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and the United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains should contact Jan I. Bernstein,

Collections Manager and NAGPRA

Coordinator at the University of Denver

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury,

Sturm Hall S–146, Denver, CO 80208–

2406, email jbernste@du.edu, telephone

(303) 871–2543, before November 27,

2000. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Alabama-Coushatta

Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee

Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27611 Filed 10–26–00 ; 8:45

am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

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. 533 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, NW., 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 the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

Pennsylvania

PA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000047 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

Georgia

GA000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000073 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000085 (Feb. 11, 2000)

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GA000087 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000088 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume IV

Illinois

IL000018 (Feb. 11, 2000)

IL000019 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Michigan

MI000076 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000077 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000078 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000079 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000080 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000081 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000082 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000083 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000084 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000085 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000086 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000087 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000089 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000090 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000091 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000092 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000093 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000094 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000095 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000096 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000097 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume V

Iowa

IA000070 (Feb. 11, 2000)

IA000072 (Feb. 11, 2000)

IA000078 (Feb. 11, 2000)

IA000079 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Louisiana

LA000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

LA000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

LA000054 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VI

Idaho

ID000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Montana

MT000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MT000008 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MT000033 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Oregon

OR000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

OR000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Washington

WA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

WA000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

WA000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

WA000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

WA000008 (Feb. 11, 2000)

WA000011 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VII

California

CA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000027 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000030 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000034 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000038 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000040 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000041 (Feb. 11, 2000)

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 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 1–

800–363–2068.

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 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, DC this 19th day of

October 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 00–27378 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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 pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed new collection of the Survey

of Respirator Use and Practices. A copy

of the proposed information collection

request (ICR) can be obtained by

contacting the individual listed in the

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or

before December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ausie B.

Grigg, Jr., BLS Clearance Officer,

Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ausie B. Grigg, Jr., BLS Clearance

Officer, telephone number 202–691–

7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) and the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of

Labor (DOL) have agreed to conduct a

survey of United States employers

regarding the use of respiratory

protective devices. Employers are

required to provide respirators to

workers when such equipment is

necessary to protect the health of the

employee. The employer has the

responsibility to provide respirators that

are applicable and suitable for the

purpose intended, and to establish and

maintain a respiratory protection

program.

The NIOSH respirator certification

and research program must assure, in

the best manner reasonably possible,

that users are provided with correct and

needed products and information so

that they can be properly protected

when using respirators. However, there

are no detailed estimates of current

respirator usage. The NIOSH respirator

certification program operates under the

assumption that all respirator users are

using respirators in a complete

respirator program. On the other hand,

sources such as respirator

manufacturers, state that users often

wear respirators with little training and

without the benefit of a respirator

program. As a result, there is a pressing