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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, D.C. this 2nd Day of

July 1998.

Margaret J. Washington,

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 98–18013 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–98–17]

Design of Cave-in Protection Systems;

Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice; opportunity for public

comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and information collection

burdens, is conducting a preclearance

consultation program to provide the

general public and Federal agencies

with an opportunity to comment on

both current and proposed collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that reporting

burden (time and financial resources) is

minimized, collection materials are

clearly understood, impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

accurately assessed, and requested data

can be provided in the desired format.

Currently, the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the collection of

information requirements contained in

29 CFR 1926.652 (b) and (c), Design of

Cave-in Protective systems.

The Agency is particularly interested

in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of OSHA’s

responsibilities, 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 the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology (for example,

permitting electronic submissions of

responses).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 8,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Docket Office, Docket

ICR–98–17, U.S. Department of Labor,
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Room N–2625, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

(202) 219–7894. Written comments

limited to 10 pages or less may be

transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219–

5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Laurence Davey, Directorate of

Construction, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, Room N3621, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

(202) 219–7207. Copies of the

information collection requests are

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office and will be mailed to

persons who request copies by

telephoning Mr. Davey at (202) 219–

7207 or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 219–

8076. For electronic copies of the

information collection request, contact

OSHA’s Web Page on the Internet at

http://www.osha-slc.gov (click on

Information Collection Requests).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In OSHA’s construction standard for

excavations, employers are required to

protect employees from cave-in hazards

by using one of several protective

systems. The information required to be

collected by this standard is used by

employers or engineers to design proper

cave-in systems that will support the

walls of the excavation or trench.

The employer may choose to slope the

sides of the trench or bench (step) the

soil back. They could also choose to use

a support system or shield, such as a

trench box. The standard provides

allowable configurations and slopes,

and provides appendixes to assist the

employer with designing either the

sloping/benching systems or the

support/shield systems. If an employer

elects to use a protective system

designed by a registered professional

engineer, or bases his/her system on

tabulated data provided by sources

other than the appendix, the employer

must obtain certain information and

keep it at the job site for review at the

time of an inspection. The information

obtained by the employer will contain

the identity of the registered

professional engineer who approved the

design, will normally specify why a

particular system was chosen, list the

limits of the system chosen, and any

explanatory information to aid the user

of the data in the appropriate selection.

The documentation provides both the

employer and the compliance officer

with the information necessary to

determine if the appropriate system has

been selected and designed properly.

Without the information collection

requirements which are contained in

§ 1926.652(b)—Design of Sloping and

Benching Systems, and § 1926.652(c)—

Design of Support Systems, Shield

Systems, and other Protective Systems,

employees would be at greater risk from

cave-in hazards.

Current Action

This notice requests public comment

on OSHA’s burden hour estimates prior

to OSHA seeking Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) approval of the

information collection requirements

contained in 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) and

(c), Design of Cave-in Protective

Systems.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

approval.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor.

Title: Design of Cave-in Protective

systems (29 CFR 1926.652 (b) and (c)).

OMB Number: 1218–0137.

Agency Number: Docket No. ICR–98–

17.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Estimated time Per Respondent:

Ranges from –0– to 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 20,080 hours.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

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.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

July 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 98–18428 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–2–93]

Entela, Inc., Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of expansion of

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

application of Entela, Inc., for expansion

of its recognition as an NRTL under 29

CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will

become effective on July 10, 1998 and

will be valid until July 10, 2003, unless

terminated or modified prior to that

date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, NRTL Program, Office

of Technical Programs and Coordination

Activities, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C.

20210, or phone (202) 219–7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

Notice is hereby given that the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) has expanded

the recognition of Entela, Inc. (ENT) as

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL) to include the 11 test

standards (equipment and materials)

listed below, with the limitations noted.

ENT applied for expansion of its current

recognition as an NRTL, pursuant to 29

CFR 1910.7, for the additional test

standards. A notice announcing the

application was published in the

Federal Register on April 17, 1998 (63

FR 19275). The notice included a

preliminary finding that ENT could

meet the requirements for expansion of

its recognition detailed in 29 CFR

1910.7, and invited public comment on

the application by June 16, 1998. No

comments were received concerning the

request for expansion. ENT’s previous

application pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7

was for an expansion of its recognition

(62 FR 8041, 2/21/97), which OSHA

granted on May 22, 1997 (62 FR 28066).

Copies of all documents (Docket No.

NRTL–2–93) are available for inspection

and duplication at the Docket Office,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Room N2634, Washington, D.C. 20210.

The address of the ENT laboratories

covered by this recognition are:

Entela, Inc., 3033 Madison, S.E., Grand

Rapids, Michigan 49548

Entela Taiwan Laboratories, 3F No. 260

262 Wen, Lin North Road, Pei Tou,

Taipei, Taiwan.

Background

ENT submitted a request, dated

September 29, 1997 (see Exhibit 11), to

expand its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory for

additional test standards. In a

recommendation dated February 17,

1998 (see Exhibit 12), staff for the NRTL

Program recommended that ENT’s

recognition be expanded to include the

additional test standards. The

recommendation also incorporated the

limitations on the recognition of the