2942 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

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: January 8, 2001.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–1044 Filed 1–11–01; 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.

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

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, D.C. This 4th day of

January 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–730 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby

given that a meeting of the Leadership

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Initiatives Advisory Panel (Creative

Communities Initiative section) to the

National Council on the Arts will be

held from January 29–31, 2001 in Room

716 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, 20506.

This meeting is for the purpose of

Panel review, discussion, evaluation,

and recommendations on financial

assistance under the National

Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including information given in

confidence to the agency. In accordance

with the determination of the Chairman

of May 12, 2000, these sessions will be

closed to the public pursuant to

subsection (c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of

section 552b of Title 5, United States

Code.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Mr.

Michael McLaughlin, Coordinator,

Millennium & Leadership Initiatives,

National Endowment for the Arts,

Washington, DC, 20506, or call 202/

682–5457.

Dated: January 9, 2001.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,

National Endowment for the Arts.

[FR Doc. 01–1118 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7537–01–U

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Information Collection Activities:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of

its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden, the

National Science Foundation (NSF) is

inviting the general public and other

Federal agencies to comment on this

proposed information collection.

DATES: NSF should receive comments

within 60 days from the date of this

notice’s publication.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant General

Counsel, through surface mail (National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230); e:mail

(aeisenst@nsf.gov) or fax (703–292–

9041).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call

or write Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant

General Counsel, at the National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230; call (703) 292–8060, or

send e:mail to aeisenst@nsf.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Antarctic

emergency response plan and

environmental protection information.

Abstract: The NSF, pursuant to the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16

U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (‘‘ACA’’) regulates

certain non-governmental activities in

Antarctica. The ACA was amended in

1996 by the Antarctic Science, Tourism,

and Conservation Act. On June 4, 1998,

NSF published a proposed rule in the

Federal Register (63 FR 30438) to

implement certain of these statutory

amendments. The proposed rule would

require non-governmental Antarctic

expeditions using non-U.S. flagged

vessels to ensure that the vessel owner

has an emergency response plan. The

proposed rule would also require

persons organizing a non-governmental

expedition to provide expedition

members with information on their

environmental protection obligations

under the Antarctic Conservation Act.

The notice of proposed rule stated that

the rule was not subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act because of the

small number of U.S. operators subject

to the rule. Based upon comments

received on the proposed rule and the

slight increase in applicable tour

operators, NSF has determined that it

will issue this information collection

notice to satisfy the requirements of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, prior

to issuing the final rule.

Expected Respondents. Respondents

may include non-profit organizations

and small and large businesses. The

majority of respondents are anticipated

to be U.S. tour operators, currently

estimated to number twelve.

Burden on the Public. The Foundation

estimates that a one-time paperwork and

recordkeeping burden of 40 hours or

less, at a cost of $500 to $1400 per

respondent, will result from the

emergency response plan requirement

contained in the proposed rule.

Presently, all respondents have been

providing expedition members with a

copy of the Guidance for Visitors to the

Antarctic (prepared and adopted at the

Eighteenth Antarctic Treaty

Consultative Meeting as

Recommendation XVIII–1). Because this

Antarctic Treaty System document

satisfies the environmental protection

information requirements of the

proposed rule, no additional burden

shall result from the environmental

information requirements in the

proposed rule.

Dated: January 8, 2001.

Lawrence Rudolph,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–1072 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Interest Assumption for Determining

Variable-Rate Premium; Interest on

Late Premium Payments; Interest on

Underpayments and Overpayments of

Single-Employer Plan Termination

Liability and Multiemployer Withdrawal

Liability; Interest Assumptions for

Multiemployer Plan Valuations

Following Mass Withdrawal

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of interest rates and

assumptions.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

of the interest rates and assumptions to

be used under certain Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation regulations. These

rates and assumptions are published

elsewhere (or are derivable from rates

published elsewhere), but are collected

and published in this notice for the

convenience of the public. Interest rates

are also published on the PBGC’s web

site (http://www.pbgc.gov).

DATES: The interest rate for determining

the variable-rate premium under part

4006 applies to premium payment years

beginning in January 2001. The interest

assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in February 2001. The interest rates for

late premium payments under part 4007

and for underpayments and

overpayments of single-employer plan

termination liability under part 4062

and multiemployer withdrawal liability

under part 4219 apply to interest

accruing during the first quarter

(January through March) of 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005, 202–326–4024. (For TTY/TDD

users, call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be

connected to 202–326–4024.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Variable-Rate Premiums

Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1)