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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

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need to gather accurate and up-to-date

information regarding respirator use in

the workplace so that the NIOSH

respirator certification and research

program can assure that workers have

needed products and are properly

informed and protected.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 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.

III. Current Action

OMB clearance is being sought for the

Survey of Respirator Use and Practices.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Survey of Respirator Use and

Practices.

OMB Number: 1220–New.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms.

Total Respondents: 40,000.

Frequency: One-time; Non-recurring.

Average Time Per Response: The

weighted average per response is 30

minutes. Ninety (90) minutes for

establishments with respirator use.

Fifteen (15) minutes for establishments

with no respirator use.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 20,000

hours.

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 also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day

of October 2000.

Karen A. Krein,

Acting Chief, Division of Management

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–27667 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549.

Extension:

Rule 15c2–12, SEC File No. 270–330, OMB

Control No. 3235–0372

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget a

request for extension of a previously

approved collection of information

discussed below.

• Rule 15c2–12 Disclosure

requirements for municipal securities

Rule 15c–12, under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, requires

underwriters of municipal securities: (1)

To obtain an review a copy of an official

statement deemed final by an issuer of

the securities, except for the omission of

specified information; (2) in noncompetitively bid offerings, to make

available, upon request, the most recent

preliminary official statement, if any; (3)

to contract with the issuer of the

securities, or its agent, to receive, within

specified time periods, sufficient copies

of the issuer’s final official statement to

comply both with this rule and any

rules of the MSRB; (4) to provide, for a

specified period of time, copies of the

final official statement to any potential

customer upon request; (5) before

purchasing or selling municipal

securities in connection with an

offering, to reasonably determine that

the issuer or other specified person has

undertaken, in a written agreement or

contract, for the benefit of holders of

such municipal securities, to provide

certain information about the issue or

issuer on a continuing basis to a

nationally recognized municipal

securities information repository; and

(6) to review the information the issuer

of the municipal security has

undertaken to provide prior to

recommending a transaction in the

municipal security.

These disclosure and recordkeeping

requirements will ensure that investors

have adequate access to official

disclosure documents that contain

details about the value and risks of

particular municipal securities at the

time of issuance while the existence of

compulsory repositories will ensure that

investors have continued access to

terms and provisions relating to certain

static features of those municipal

securities. The provisions of Rule 15c2–

12 regarding an issuer’s continuing

disclosure requirements assist investors

by ensuring that information about an

issue or issuer remains available after

the issuance.

Municipal offerings of less than $1

million are exempt from the rule, as are

offerings of municipal securities issued

in large denominations that are sold to

no more than 35 sophisticated investors,

have short-term maturities, or have

short-term tender or put features. It is

estimated that approximately 12,000

brokers, dealers, municipal securities

dealers, issuers of municipal securities,

and nationally recognized municipal

securities information repositories will

spend a total of 123,850 hours per year

complying with Rule 15c2–12. Based on

average cost per hour of $50, the total

cost of compliance with Rule 15c2–12 is

$6,192,500.

There is no specific retention period

applied by Rule 15c2–12 for the

recordkeeping requirement contained in

Rule 15c2–12. The retention period is

determined by private agreement

between a nationally recognized

municipal securities information

repository and the issuer.

The recordkeeping requirement is

mandatory to ensure that investors have

access to information about the issuer

and particular issues of municipal

securities. This rule does not involve

the collection of confidential

information. Please note that an agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number.

General Comments regarding the

estimated burden hours should be

directed to the following persons: (i)

Desk Officer for the Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10102, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, D.C. 20503; and

(ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.