Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 45 / Friday, March 7, 1997 / Notices 10589

Title: Unemployment Insurance

Denied Claim Accuracy Measurement

Pilot Project.

OMB Number: 1205–0 new.

Frequency: Weekly.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit;

farms; Federal Government; State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 9,990.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1

hour 39 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 16,335.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $457,500.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The Benefits Accuracy

Measurement (BAM) program provides

reliable estimates of the accuracy of

benefit payment in the Unemployment

Insurance program and identifies the

sources of mispayments so that their

causes can be eliminated. It does not

measure the accuracy of decisions

denying benefits and therefore is

incomplete. This is an operational pilot

to prepare for nationwide measurement

of denials accuracy.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Baker v. Reich.

OMB Number: 1205–0372 (revision).

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 40.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 168.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: This information

collection is necessary to comply with

a Federal Court Order to obtain data on

number of workers that may be entitled

to Trade Readjustment Allowances

(TRA) under the North American Free

Trade Agreement—Transitional

Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA–TAA)

program.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–5679 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

All Items Consumer Price Index for All

Urban Consumers; United States City

Average

Pursuant to Section 112 of the 1976

amendments to the Federal Election

Campaign Act (Pub. L. 94–283, 2 U.S.C.

441a), the Secretary of Labor has

certified to the Chairman of the Federal

Election Commission and publishes this

notice in the Federal Register that the

United States City Average All Items

Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers (1967=100) increased 218.1

percent from its 1974 annual average of

147.7 to its 1996 annual average of

469.9. Using 1974 as a base (1974=100),

I certify that the United States City

Average All Items Consumer Price Index

for All Urban Consumers thus increased

218.1 percent from its 1974 annual

average of 100 to its 1996 annual

average of 318.1.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on the 19th

day of February 1997.

Cynthia A. Metzler,

Acting Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 97–5650 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–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

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, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Withdrawn General Wage

Determination Decisions

This is to advise all interested parties

that the Department of Labor is

withdrawing, from the date of this

notice, General Wage Determination

Nos. OK970047 and OK970048 dated

February 14, 1997.

Agencies with construction projects

pending, to which these wage decisions

would have been applicable, should

utilize Wage Decisions OK970040 and

OK970044. Contracts for which bids
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have been opened shall not be affected

by this notice. Also, consistent with 29

CFR 1.6 (I) (A), when the opening of

bids is less than ten (10) days from the

date of this notice, this action shall be

effective unless the agency finds that

there is insufficient time to notify

bidders of the change and the finding is

documented in the contract file.

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

MA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970017 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970020 (Feb. 14, 1997)

MA970021 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Maine

ME970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

New Jersey

NJ970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NJ970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume II

West Virgina

WV970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume III

Georgia

GA970053 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Kentucky

KY970035 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume IV

Illinois

IL970009 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IL970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Indiana

IN970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970003 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970004 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970018 (Feb. 14, 1997)

IN970059 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume V

Kansas

KS970008 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970012 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970013 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970015 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970016 (Feb. 14, 1997)

KS970022 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Nebraska

NE970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970019 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NE970057 (Feb. 14, 1997)

New Mexico

NM970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

NM970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Washington

WA970001 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WA970002 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Wyoming

WY970005 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WY970006 (Feb. 14, 1997)

WY970007 (Feb. 14, 1997)

Volume VII

California

CA970055 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970094 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970095 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970098 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970101 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970102 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970103 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970104 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970106 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970108 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970111 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970112 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970113 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970115 (Feb. 14, 1997)

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

(703) 487–4630.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 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 28th day of

February 1997.

Margaret Washington,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–5393 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Ground Control Plan

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 Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

reinstatement of the information

collection related to Ground Control

Plans. MSHA 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.