Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 1, 2008 / Notices 57153 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

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 

proposal to extend OMB approval of the 

information collection: Certified 

Payrolls Under The Davis-Bacon and 

Related Acts (WH–347). A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

can be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the addresses section of 

this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

December 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418, 

fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail 

bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one 

method of transmission for comments 

(mail, fax, or e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Copeland Act 

requires contractors and subcontractors 

performing work on federally financed 

or assisted construction contracts to 

furnish weekly a statement with respect 

to the wages paid each employee during 

the preceding week. See 29 U.S.C. 3145 

and 29 CFR 3.3(b). Regulations 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(ii)(A) requires contractors to 

submit weekly a copy of all payrolls to 

the Federal agency contracting for or 

financing the construction project. A 

signed ‘‘Statement of Compliance’’ 

indicating the payrolls are correct and 

complete and that each laborer or 

mechanic has been paid not less than 

the proper Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) 

prevailing wage rate for the work 

performed must accompany the payroll. 

See id. 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). Regulations 29 

CFR 3.3(b) requires each contractor to 

furnish such weekly ‘‘Statements of 

Compliance.’’ See also 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). Regulations 29 CFR 

3.4(b) and 5.5(a)(3)(i) require contractors 

to maintain these records for three years 

after completion of the work. Regulation 

29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i) requires contractors 

performing work on projects subject to 

the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts 

(DBRA) to retain the name, address, 

social security number, correct 

classifications, hourly rates of wages 

paid including rates of contributions or 

costs anticipated for bona fide fringe 

benefits or cash equivalents thereof of 

the types described in DBA section 

1(b)(2)(B), daily and weekly number of 

hours worked, and deductions made 

and actual wages paid of each worker on 

the contract. The DOL has developed 

the optional use Form WH–347, Payroll 

Form, which contractors may use to 

meet the payroll reporting requirements. 

The form contains the basic payroll 

information that contractors must 

furnish each week they perform any 

work subject to the DBRA. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through April 30, 

2009. 

II. Review Focus: The Department of 

Labor 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; 

• 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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks 

approval for the extension of this 

currently approved information 

collection in order to carry out its 

responsibility to determine a 

contractor’s compliance with provisions 

of the DBRA and the Copeland Act. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Titles: Optional Use Payroll Form 

under the Davis-Bacon Act. 

OMB Number: 1215–0149 

Agency Numbers: WH–347. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Total Respondents: 78,218. 

Total Annual Responses: 7,196,056. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

6,716,319. 

Estimated Time per Response: 56 

minutes. 

Frequency: Weekly. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $899,507. 

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: September 25, 2008. 

Hazel Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22936 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities; Meeting of Arts and 

Artifacts Indemnity Panel 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463 as amended) notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the Arts and 

Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Panel of 

the Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities will be held at 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, in Room 730, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Monday, 

October 20, 2008. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

review applications for Certificates of 

Indemnity submitted to the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities 

for exhibitions beginning after 

December 1, 2008. 

Because the proposed meeting will 

consider financial and commercial data 

and because it is important to keep 

values of objects, methods of 

transportation and security measures 

confidential, pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 


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