21476 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210

during normal business hours or will be

mailed to persons who write to the

above address.

Dated: April 13, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9970 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–03705 Thaw Corporation, Snow

Creek Division, Wenatchee, Washington;

and NAFTA–3705A Thaw Corporation,

Cutting Department, Kent, Washington]

Amended Certification Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with section 205(a),

subchapter 2, title II, of the Trade Act

of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273),

the Department of Labor issued a

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for

NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance on February 18, 2000,

applicable to workers of Thaw

Corporation, Snow Creek Division,

Wenatchee, Washington. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

March 17, 2000 (65 FR 14628).

At the request of the company, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

workers are engaged in the production

of fleece outerwear and thermal

underwear. New information shows that

worker separations occurred at the

subject firms’ Cutting Department, Kent,

Washington in March, 2000. Workers

perform cutting operations for all Thaw

Corporation’s production facilities,

including Snow Creek Division,

Wenatchee, Washington.

Based on these new findings, the

Department is amending the

certification to cover workers at the

Cutting Department, Kent, Washington

location.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Thaw Corporation who were adversely

affected by a shift of production to

Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–03705 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Thaw Corporation, Snow

Creek Division, Wenatchee, Washington

(NAFTA–03705) and the Cutting Department,

Kent, Washington (NAFTA–0305A) who

became totally or partially separated from

employment on or after January 28, 1999

through February 18, 2002 are eligible to

apply for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250 of

the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of

April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9973 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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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 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 Decision

This is to advise all interest parties

that the Department of Labor is

withdrawing, from the date of this

notice, the following General Wage

Determinations:

MS000028—See MS000003

MS000030—See MS000003

MS000032—See MS000003

MS000034—See MS000003

MS000035—See MS000003

MS000050—See MS000003

IA000054—See IA000009

Contracts for which bids have been

opened shall not be affected by this

notice. Also, consistent with 29 CFR

1.6(c)(2)(i)(A), when the opening of bids

is less than ten (10) days from the date

of this notice, this action shall be

effected unless the agency finds that

there is insufficient time to notify

bidders of the change and the finding is

documented in the contract file.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices 21477

New General Wage Determination

Decision

The number of the decisions added to

the Government Printing Office

document entitled ‘‘General Wage

determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon and related Acts’’ are listed by

Volume and States‘‘

Volume V

Iowa

IA000045 (Apr. 21, 2000)

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

Pennsylvania

PA000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

Mississippi

MS000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

North Carolina

NC000033 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume IV

Illinois

IL000011 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume V

Iowa

IA000009 (Feb. 11, 2000)

IA000080 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Texas

TX000053 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume VI

None

Volume VII

None

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, 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 13th day of

April 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 00–9753 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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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 revision of the ‘‘International

Price Program—U.S. Import Price

Indexes.’’ 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 June 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sytrina

D. Toon, BLS Clearance Officer,

Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,

2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sytrina D. Toon, BLS Clearance Officer,

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See

ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

The U.S. Import Price Indexes,

produced continuously by the Bureau of

Labor Statistic’s International Price

Program (IPP) since 1971, measure price

change over time for all categories of

imported products, as well as many

services. The Office of Management and

Budget has listed the Import Price

Indexes as a Principal Federal Domestic

Indicator since 1982. The indexes are

widely used in both the public and

private sectors. The primary public

sector use is the deflation of the U.S.

Trade Statistics and the Gross Domestic

Product; the indexes also are used in

formulating U.S. trade policy and in

trade negotiations with other countries.

In the private sector, uses of the Import

Price Indexes include market analysis,

inflation forecasting, contract escalation,

and replacement cost accounting.

The IPP indexes are closely followed

statistics, and are viewed as a sensitive

indicator of the economic environment.

The U.S. Department of Commerce uses

the monthly statistics to produce

monthly and quarterly estimate of

inflation-adjusted trade flows. Without

continuation of data collection, it would

be extremely difficult to construct

accurate estimates of the U.S. Gross

Domestic Product. In addition, Federal

policymakers in the Department of

Treasury, the Council of Economic

Advisers, and the Federal Reserve Board

utilize these statistics on a regular basis

to improve these agencies’ formulation

and evaluation of monetary and fiscal

policy and evaluation of the general

business environment.

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;