Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 55 / Friday, March 21, 1997 / Notices 13713

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

Employment and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed revision and

extension of the current Program Budget

Plan while the new State Quality

Service Plan which will replace it is

developed.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before May 20, 1997.

Written comments should:

—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 automatic, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms

of information technology, e.g.,

permitting electronic submission of

responses.

ADDRESSES: Terrence L. Clark,

Unemployment Insurance Service,

Employment and Training

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room S–4522, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

202–219–5215, Ext. 139 (this is not a

toll-free number); FAX, 202–219–8506;

Internet, eta.sao.tclark@doleta.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Program Budget Plan (PBP) is the

planning instrument for the

Unemployment Insurance System

Nationwide. The statutory basis for the

PBP is Title III, Section 302 of the Social

Security Act, which authorizes the

Secretary of Labor to provide funds to

administer the UI program. Plans are

prepared annually since funds for UI

operations are appropriated each year.

The Department of Labor’s annual

budget request for State UI operations

contains workload assumptions for

which the State must plan in order for

the Secretary to carry out his

responsibilities under Section 303(a) of

the Social Security Act to ensure full

payment of unemployment

compensation when due. The

Department issues financial planning

targets based on the budget request.

States make plans based on such

assumptions and targets via this

mechanism.

II. Current Actions

DOL proposes to extend the

expiration date for this process from

September 30, 1997 to September 30,

1999 which will allow the

Unemployment Insurance Service in

concert with its Federal/State partners

to finalize a new State Quality Service

Plan to replace the Program Budget

Plan. In addition, DOL proposes to

modify the current Program Budget Plan

to accommodate funding initiatives

incorporated in the President’s Budget

Request. Additional funding has been

requested to facilitate State action with

regard to Year 2000 automation

modifications needed to allow current

systems to function and continue

payment of Unemployment Insurance

compensation using that date. In

addition, plans associated with the $89

Million integrity increase that is

included in the President’s Budget need

to be incorporated into the Program

Budget Plan to meet oversight

agreements. States may elect to utilize

the increase in any or all of 4 specific

areas: Field Audit, Benefit Payment

Control, Eligibility Review, or

Separation Issues.

Type of Review: Revision—ET

Handbook No. 336 for use through

September 30, 1997, under OMB No.

1205–0132.

Specifically, we propose the

following:

I. Add a requirement for states to

report in Block 12 of the current SF 269

to allow entry of specific Year 2000

Automation Expenditures by the States.

II. Utilize the following Corrective

Action Pages from the current PBP to

obtain plans for the four integrity areas:

(1) Use the ‘‘Field Audits’’ page for

Field Audit Integrity Planning.

(2) Use the ‘‘Necessary Corrective

Action to Improve the Recovery of

Fraud/Non Fraud Benefit

Overpayments’’ page for the Benefit

Payment Control Integrity Activity

Planning.

(3) Use the ‘‘Automation Grants’’ page

for Eligibility Review Program Integrity

Planning.

(4) Use the ‘‘Nonmonetary

Determination Performance for

Intrastate Separation Issues’’ page to

capture additional Integrity planning in

the area of Initial Claim Separation

Issues.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: PBP Handbook.

OMB Number: 1205–0132.

Recordkeeping: States are required to

follow their State laws regarding public

record retention.

Affected Public: State Employment

Security Agencies (SESA’s).

Total Respondents: 53.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 53.

Average Time Per Response: 35 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1855.

Estimated Total Burden Cost: $53,405.

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 will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: March 17, 1997.

Virginia A. Chupp,

Director, Division of Legislation.

[FR Doc. 97–7203 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–13–M

[NAFTA 01093 and 01093A]

Norco Windows, Inc. (A former

Division of Trust Joist International),

Hawkins, Wisconsin and Norco/Jeld

Wen, Marenisco, Michigan; Amended

Certification Regarding Eligibility To

Apply for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 250(a),

Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 USC

2273), the Department of Labor issued a

Certification for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance on August 2,

1996, applicable to workers of Norco

Windows, Incorporated located in

Hawkins, Wisconsin. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

August 26, 1996 (61 FR 43792).

At the request of the State agency and

petitioners, the Department reviewed

the certification for workers of the

subject firm. New findings show that all

workers of the subject firm’s Marenisco,

Michigan wood patio door production

facility will be separated from

employment when the plant closes on

March 15, 1997. The production at the
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Marenisco plant was dependent on the

window products manufactured at

Hawkins.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Norco who were affected by increased

imports from Mexico or Canada. The

amended notice applicable to NAFTA—

01093 is hereby issued as follows:

All workers of Norco Windows,

Incorporated, a former Division of Trust Joist

International, Hawkins, Wisconsin (NAFTA–

01093) and Norco/Jeld Wen, Marenisco,

Michigan, who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after June

19, 1995, are eligible to apply for NAFTA–

TAA under section 250 of the Trade Act of

1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 11th day

of March 1997.

Russell T. Kile,

Program, Manager, Policy and Reemployment

Services, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–7199 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

[NAFTA 01485]

Norco/Jeld Wen, Marenisco, MI; Notice

of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182)

concerning transitional adjustment

assistance, hereinafter called (NAFTA–

TAA), and in accordance with Section

250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II,

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended

(19 USC 2273), an investigation was

initiated on February 10, 1997, in

response to a petition filed on behalf of

workers at Norco/Jeld Wen located in

Marenisco, Michigan.

The petitioning group of workers are

covered under an existing NAFTA

certification (NAFTA–01093A).

Consequently, further investigation in

this case would service no purpose, and

the investigation has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 12th day

of March 1997.

Russell T. Kile,

Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment

Services, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–7198 Filed 3–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–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 decisions, 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.

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

NONE

Volume III

NONE

Volume IV

NONE

Volume V

NONE

Volume VI

NONE

Volume VII

California

CA970030 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970094 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970096 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970100 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970101 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970104 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970105 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970107 (Feb. 14, 1997)

CA970108 (Feb. 14, 1997)