67764 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices

Affected Public: Participants in the

CET Replication Project.

Total Respondents: 1,485.

Frequency: Two times.

Total Responses: 2,302.

Average Time per Response: 37

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,420

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $7,313.

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: November 3, 2000.

James Woods,

Division Chief, Division of Evaluation & Skills

Assessment, Office of Policy and Research.

[FR Doc. 00–28904 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–U

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 be 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 a 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 decision 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

government 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

Massachusetts

MA000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MA000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MA000017 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MA000019 (Feb. 11, 2000)

New York

NY000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000006 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000008 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000010 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000012 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000015 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000016 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000017 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000018 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000020 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000025 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000026 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000027 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000031 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000033 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000037 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000038 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000039 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000040 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000041 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000043 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000044 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000048 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000051 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000066 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000067 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000072 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000073 (Feb. 11, 2000)

NY000079 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Vermont

VT000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

VT000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

VT000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume II

Delaware

DE000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

DE000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

DE000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

DE000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

DE000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Pennsylvania

PA000012 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

Georgia

GA000036 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000093 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000094 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Tennessee

TN000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000005 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000018 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000038 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000039 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices 67765

1The term ‘‘Underwriter Exemptions’’ refers to

the following individual Prohibited Transaction

Exemptions (PTEs): PTE 89–88, 54 FR 42582

(October 17, 1989); PTE 89–89, 54 FR 42569

(October 17, 1989); PTE 89–90, 54 FR 42597

(October 17, 1989); PTE 90–22, 55 FR 20542 (May

17, 1990); PTE 90–23, 55 FR 20545 (May 17, 1990);

PTE 90–24, 55 FR 20548 (May 17, 1990); PTE 90–

28, 55 FR 21456 (May 24, 1990); PTE 90–29, 55 FR

21459 (May 24, 1990); PTE 90–30, 55 FR 21461

(May 24, 1990); PTE 90–31, 55 FR 23144 (June 6,

1990); PTE 90–32, 55 FR 23147 (June 6, 1990); PTE

90–33, 55 FR 23151 (June 6, 1990); PTE 90–36, 55

FR 25903 (June 25, 1990); PTE 90–39, 55 FR 27713

(July 5, 1990); PTE 90–59, 55 FR 36724 (September

6, 1990); PTE 90–83, 55 FR 50250 (December 5,

1990); PTE 90–84, 55 FR 50252 (December 5, 1990);

PTE 90–88, 55 FR 52899 (December 24, 1990); PTE

91–14, 55 FR 48178 (February 22, 1991); PTE 91–

22, 56 FR 03277 (April 18, 1991); PTE 91–23, 56

FR 15936 (April 18, 1991); PTE 91–30, 56 FR 22452

(May 15, 1991); PTE 91–62, 56 FR 51406 (October

11, 1991); PTE 93–31, 58 FR 28620 (May 5, 1993);

PTE 93–32, 58 FR 28623 (May 14, 1993); PTE 94–

29, 59 FR 14675 (March 29, 1994); PTE 94–64, 59

FR 42312 (August 17, 1994); PTE 94–70, 59 FR

50014 (September 30, 1994); PTE 94–73, 59 FR

51213 (October 7, 1994); PTE 94–84, 59 FR 65400

(December 19, 1994); PTE 95–26, 60 FR 17586

(April 6, 1995); PTE 95–59, 60 FR 35938 (July 12,

1995); PTE 95–89, 60 FR 49011 (September 21,

1995); PTE 96–22, 61 FR 14828 (April 3, 1996); PTE

96–84, 61 FR 58234 (November 13, 1996); PTE 96–

92, 61 FR 66334 (December 17, 1996); PTE 96–94,

61 FR 68787 (December 30, 1996); PTE 97–05, 62

FR 1926 (January 14, 1997); PTE 97–28, 62 FR

28515 (May 23, 1997); PTE 97–34, 62 FR 39021

(July 21, 1997); PTE 98–08, 63 FR 8498 (February

19, 1998); PTE 99–11, 64 FR 11046 (March 8, 1999);

PTE 2000–19, 65 FR 25950 (May 4, 2000); PTE

2000–33, 65 FR 37171 (June 13, 2000); PTE 2000–

41, 65 FR 51039 (August 22, 2000); and PTE 2000–

55 (November, 2000).

In addition, the Department notes that it is also

granting individual exemptive relief for: Deutsche

Bank AG, New York Branch and Deutsche Morgan

Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc., Final Authorization

Number (FAN) 97–03E (December 9, 1996); Credit

Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., FAN 97–21E

(September 10, 1997); ABN AMRO Inc., FAN 98–

08E (April 27, 1998); and Ironwood Capital Partners

Ltd., FAN 99–31E (December 20, 1999), which

received the approval of the Department to engage

in transactions substantially similar to the

transactions described in the Underwriter

Exemptions pursuant to PTE 96–62.

TN000040 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000041 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000043 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000045 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000048 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000061 (Feb. 11, 2000)

TN000062 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume IV

None

Volume V

Arkansas

AR000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Missouri

MO000001 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MO000006 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MO000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MO000013 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MO000050 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MO000063 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VI

North Dakota

ND000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Utah

UT000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000011 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000012 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000013 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000015 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000023 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000024 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000025 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000026 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

UT000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VII

California

CA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000004 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000030 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000031 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000034 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000035 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000036 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000037 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000038 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000039 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000040 (Feb. 11, 2000)

CA000041 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Nevada

NV000005 (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.

Dated: November 2, 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 00–28537 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–

58]

Amendment to Prohibited Transaction

Exemption (PTE) 97–34 Involving Bear,

Stearns & Co. Inc., Prudential

Securities Incorporated, et al. (D–

10829)

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Grant of an amendment to the

Underwriter Exemptions.1

SUMMARY: This document contains a

final exemption issued by the

Department of Labor (the Department)

which amends the Underwriter

Exemptions. The Underwriter

Exemptions are individual exemptions

that provide relief for the origination

and operation of certain asset pool

investment trusts and the acquisition,

holding and disposition of certain assetbacked pass-through certificates

representing undivided interests in

those investment trusts. The

amendment: (1) Permits, for certain

categories of transactions, the offering of

‘‘investment grade’’ mortgage-backed

securities and asset-backed securities

which are either senior or subordinated;

(2) permits the use of eligible interest

rate swaps (both ratings dependent and

non-ratings dependent) under

circumstances described in this

amendment; (3) permits the use of yield

supplement agreements which involve

notional principal amounts; and (4)

makes certain changes to the

Underwriter Exemptions that reflects

the Department’s current interpretation

of the Underwriter Exemptions.

Finally, the amendment provides

exemptive relief for transactions

involving: (1) An Issuer of mortgagebacked securities or asset-backed

securities which is a trust (including a

grantor or owner trust), REMIC, FASIT,

special purpose corporation, limited

liability company or partnership and (2)

mortgage-backed securities or assetbacked securities issued which are

either debt or equity investments.