2534 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices

Telephone number—202/501/6653.

(This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Nature and Conduct of the Public

Forum

The public forum will be conducted

by an officer of the U.S. Department of

Labor. There will be limited audience

capacity, and participation from the

public will be based on a first-come,

first-served basis. Simultaneous

translation between English and

Spanish will be provided. Disabled

persons should contact the Secretary of

the U.S. NAO, by February 16, if special

accommodations are needed.

2. Oral or Written Statements and

Requests To Present Oral Statements

Requests to present oral statements

shall include name, address, and

telephone and fax numbers of the

presenter, the organization represented,

if any, and any other information

pertinent to the request. Such request

must be received by February 16, 1996.

The U.S. NAO will notify each requester

of the disposition of their request to

present an oral statement. Presenters

may submit written statements in lieu of

a request to make an oral statement.

Such written statements will be entered

into the record but will not be read at

the forum.

Oral statements at the public forum

will normally be limited to ten minutes.

Additional time may be allowed based

on the number of speakers. The number

of oral presenters may be limited, based

on considerations of available time, on

a first-come, first-served basis. There

will be no general audience

participation nor questioning of

presenters by members of the audience.

This is a public forum open to

members of the press.

Signed at Washinton, DC, on January 22,

1996.

Irasema T. Garza,

Secretary, U.S. National Administrative

Office.

[FR Doc. 96–1366 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

Employment Standards Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations

1. Payment of Compensation Without

Award (LS–206);

2. Certification of Funeral Expenses (LS–

265);

3. Notice of Controversion of Right to

Compensation (LS–207);

4. Application for Authority to Employ

Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages

in Retail or Service Establishments or

Agriculture (WH–200–MIS)

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with 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. Currently, the

Employment Standards Administration

is soliciting comments concerning the

proposed extension collection of: (1)

Payment of Compensation Without

Award; (2) Certification of Funeral

Expenses; (3) Notice of Controversion of

Right to Compensation; (4) Application

for Authority to Employ Full-Time

Students at Subminimum Wages in

Retail or Service Establishments or

Agriculture.

Copies of the proposed information

collection requests can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before April 1, 1996.

Written comments should address

whether the proposed information

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the burden (time

and financial resources) estimates; ways

to minimize burden including the use of

automated collection techniques or the

use of other forms of information

technology; and other relevant aspects

of the information collection request.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., N.W., Room S–3201, Washington,

D.C. 20210, telephone (202) 219–7601

(this is not a toll-free number), fax 202–

219–6592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Payment of Compensation Without

Award

I. Background

The Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs administers the Longshore

and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,

which provides benefits to workers

injured in maritime employment on the

navigable waters of the United States or

in an adjoining area customarily used by

an employer in loading, unloading,

repairing, or building a vessel. Under

the Act, a self-insured employer or

insurance carrier is required to pay

compensation within 14 days after the

employer has knowledge of the injury or

death. Upon making the first payment,

the employer or carrier must

immediately notify the deputy

commissioner of the payment. This form

has been designated as the form on

which report of first payment is to be

made.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to monitor the payment

status of a given case.

Certification of Funeral Expenses

I. Background

The Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs administers the Longshore

and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,

which provides benefits to workers

injured in maritime employment on the

navigable waters of the United States or

in an adjoining area customarily used by

an employer in loading, unloading,

repairing, or building a vessel. The Act

provides that reasonable funeral

expenses not to exceed $3,000 shall be

paid in all compensable death cases.

Form LS–265 has been provided for use

in submitting the funeral expenses for

payment.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of this information collection

in order to carry out its responsibility

for monitoring and processing death

cases. It is used to certify the amount of

funeral expenses incurred in the case.

Notice of Controversion of Right to

Compensation

I. Background

The Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs administers the Longshore

and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,

which provides benefits to workers

injured in maritime employment on the

navigable waters of the United States or

in an adjoining area customarily used by

an employer in loading, unloading,

repairing, or building a vessel. Pursuant

to the Act, if an employer controverts

the right to compensation he/she shall

file with the deputy commissioner in

the affected compensation district on or

before the fourteenth day after he has

knowledge of the alleged injury or

death, a notice, in accordance with a

form prescribed by the Secretary of
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Labor, stating that the right to

compensation is controverted. This form

is used for that purpose.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to determine the

basis for not paying benefits in a case,

and to inform the injured claimant of

the reason(s) for not paying

compensation benefits.

Application for Authority To Employ

Full-Time Students at Subminimum

Wages in Retail or Service

Establishments or Agriculture

I. Background

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

requires the Secretary of Labor to

provide certificates authorizing the

employment of full-time students at

65% of the applicable minimum wage

in retail or service establishments and in

agriculture to the extent necessary to

prevent curtailment of opportunities for

employment. These provisions set limits

on such employment and prescribe

safeguards to protect full-time students

so employed and full-time employment

opportunities of other workers. 29 CFR

Part 519 sets forth the application

requirements, the terms and conditions

for the employment of students at

subminimum wages. This voluntary use

form is prepared and signed by an

authorized representative of an

employer applying for authorization to

employ full-time students at

subminimum wages. The completed

form is reviewed by the Wage and Hour

Division of the Department of Labor to

determine whether to grant or to deny

subminimum wage authority to the

applicant.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to provide

employers with the certification

necessary to pay students at

subminimum wages, to protect full-time

students so employed, and to protect the

full-time opportunities of other workers.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Payment of Compensation

Without Award.

OMB Number: 1215–0022.

Agency Number: LS–206.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Total Estimated Cost: Unknown.

Total Burden Hours: 8,550.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Certification of Funeral

Expenses.

OMB Number: 1215–0027.

Agency Number: LS–265.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 195.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Cost: $68.00.

Total Burden Hours: 49.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Notice of Controversion of Right

to Compensation.

OMB Number: 1215–0023.

Agency Number: LS–207.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 900.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Cost: $7,040.00.

Total Burden Hours: 4,725.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Application for Authority to

Employ Full-Time Students at

Subminimum Wage in Retail or Service

Establishments or Agriculture.

OMB Number: 1215–0032.

Agency Number: WH–200–MIS.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other ForProfit; Not-for-Profit Institutions; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 5,000.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10–

30 minutes.

Total Estimated Cost: Unknown.

Total Burden Hours: 1,100.

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: January 22, 1996.

Cecily A. Rayburn,

Chief, Division of Financial Management,

Office of Management, Administration and

Planning Employment Standards

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–1368 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–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 decision, together with any