Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2001 / Notices 28931

The petitioning group of workers is

subject to an ongoing investigation for

which a determination has not yet been

issued NAFTA–04752. Consequently,

further investigation in this case would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of

May 2001.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–13223 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–4617]

NAPCO Button, Inc., Coppell, TX;

Notice of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (P.L. 103–118)

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 2331), an investigation was

initiated on March 9, 2001, in response

to a petition filed on behalf of workers

at NAPCO Button, Inc., Coppell, Texas.

Workers produced dyed buttons.

The petitioner has requested that the

petition be withdrawn. Consequently,

further investigation in this case would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.

Signed in Washington, DC this 16th day of

May, 2001.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–13224 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–04433]

VF Imagewear (West), Inc., Formerly

Known as VF Workwear, Inc.,

Clarksville, TX; 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 (19 U.S.C. 2273), the

Department of Labor issued a

Certification of NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance on February 2,

2001, applicable to workers of VF

Imagewear (West), Inc., Clarksville,

Texas. The notice was published in the

Federal Register on March 2, 2001 (66

FR 13087).

At the request of the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. New

findings show that the Department

incorrectly identify the subject firm title

name in its entirety. The Department is

amending the certification

determination to correctly identify the

subject firm title name to read VF

Imagewear (West), Inc. formerly known

as VF Workwear, Inc.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–04433 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of VF Imagewear (West), Inc.,

formerly known as VF Workwear, Inc.,

Clarksville, Texas who became totally or

partially separated from employment on of

after December 19, 1999 through February 2,

2003 are eligible to apply for NAFTA–TAA

under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of

May, 2001.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–13226 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

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

supersede as 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

28932 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2001 / Notices

Avenue, NW., Room S–3014,

Washington, DC 20210.

Modification to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed to 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 in the

decisions being modified.

Volume I

New Jersey

NJ010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume II

District of Columbia

DC010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

DC010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Maryland

MD010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010031 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010043 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010057 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Virginia

VA010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010078 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010092 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010099 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume III

Florida

FL010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

FL010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

FL010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

FL010032 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume IV

Indiana

IN010008 (Mar 02, 2001)

INDEX (Mar 02, 2001)

Volume V

Kansas

KS010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KS010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KS010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KS010022 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KS010069 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KS010070 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Missouri

MO010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

INDEX (Mar. 02, 2001)

Texas

TX010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

TX010033 (Mar. 02, 2001)

TX010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

TX010035 (Mar. 02, 2001)

TX010037 (Mar. 02, 2001)

TX010069 (Mar. 02, 2001)

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.

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts

are available electronically at no cost on

the Government Printing Office site at

www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon. They

are also 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, DC 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 six

separate volumes, arranged by State.

Subscriptions include an annual edition

(issued in January or February) which

includes all current general wage

determinations for the State covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates will

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th Day of

May 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–12842 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

The following parties have filed

petitions to modify the application of

existing safety standards under section

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and

Health Act of 1977.

1. Big Ridge, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–013–C]

Big Ridge, Inc., P.O. Box 444,

Harrisburg, Illinois 62946 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face

equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR

18.41(f) (plug and receptacle-type

connectors) to its Willow Lake Portal

Mine (I.D. No. 11–03054) located in

Saline County, Illinois. The petitioner

requests that its previously granted

petition for modification for the Arclar

Company, Big Ridge Mine, I.D. No. 11–

02997, docket number M–98–69–C be

transferred to the Big Ridge, Inc.,

Willow Lake Portal Mine, I.D. No. 11–

03054. The petitioner proposes to use

fabricated metal locking devices,

consisting of a locking screw threaded

through a steel bracket to lock battery

plugs to machine-mounted battery

receptacles on permissible, mobile

battery-powered machines instead of

using padlocks, to prevent the threaded

rings that secure the battery plugs to the

battery receptacles from unintentionally

loosening. The petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard and

petition for modification.

2. Consolidation Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–014–C and M–2001–

015–C]

Consolidation Coal Company, Consol

Plaza, 1800 Washington Road,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241–1421

has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1700 (oil and

gas wells) to its Blacksville No. 2 Mine

(I.D. No. 46–01968) located in

Monongalia County, West Virginia, and

its Robinson Run No. 95 Mine (I.D. No.

46–01318) located in Harrison County,

West Virginia. The petitioner proposes

to seal the Pittsburgh Coal Seam from

the surrounding strata at the abandoned

wells using technology developed

through its well-plugging program

instead of maintaining barriers around

the oil and gas wells. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

3. Goodin Creek Contracting, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–016–C]

Goodin Creek Contracting, Inc., Rt. 1,

Box 419–A1, Gray, Kentucky 40734 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.342 (methane

monitors) to its Goodin Creek #2 Mine

(I.D. No. 15–18304) located in Knox

County, Kentucky. The petitioner

proposes to use hand-held, continuousduty methane and oxygen indicators

instead of machine-mounted methane

monitors on three-wheel tractors with

drag bottom buckets. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same