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system due to its former use design

capability.

Based on the information gathered

during the preparation of the EA, the

location of the Job Corps Center on the

property located at 498 East 140th

Street, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,

Ohio will not create any significant

adverse impact on the environment and,

therefore, it is recommended that the

project continue as proposed. It should

be noted that no sampling of the soil,

water, air or any man-made material

was conducted during the preparation

of the EA.

Dated this 17th day of December, 2001.

Brian V. Kennedy,

Deputy National Director, Job Corps.

[FR Doc. 01–31431 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

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 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

following forms: Miner’s Claim for

Benefits Under the Black Lung Benefits

Act (CM–911), Employment History

(CM–911a); and Miner Medical

Reimbursement Form (CM–915).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below within

February 19, 2002.

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

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0339

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

693–1451, EMail pforkel@fenix2.dolesa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Black Lung Benefits Act of 1977,

as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et. seq.,

provides for the payment of benefits to

coal miners who are totally disabled by

black lung disease, and to certain of

their survivors. The CM–911 is the

application form for benefits. The CM–

911a, which is completed along with the

CM–911, renders a complete history of

employment and is used to establish

employment criteria for benefit

eligibility. Under the program, miners

are eligible for reimbursement of out-ofpocket medical expenses for treatment

and for medical expenses incurred in

the development of a claim. The CM–

915 is used to request such

reimbursement.

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 Department of Labor seeks the

approval of the extension of this

information collection in order to carry

out its responsibility to determine

eligibility for black lung benefits.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Titles: Miner’s Claim for Benefits

Under the Black Lung Benefits Act;

Employment History; Miner Medical

Reimbursement Form.

OMB Number: 1215–0052.

Agency Numbers: CM–911, CM–911a,

CM–915.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofit.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Respondents/Responses: 20,200.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,116.

Form Hours

Respondents/Responses

Time per response Burden

hours

CM–911 ........................................................................................... 4,800 45 min ................................................................ 3,600

CM–911a ......................................................................................... 5,900 40 min ................................................................ 3,933

CM–915 ........................................................................................... 9,500 10 min ................................................................ 1,583

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $4,171.

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: December 14, 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. 01–31432 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P

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

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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 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

supersedeas 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.

Modification to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of the decisions listed to

the Government Printing Office

document entitled ‘‘General Wage

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon 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

Connecticut

CT010001 (Mar. 2, 2001)

CT010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

CT010004 (Mar. 2, 2001)

CT010008 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Massachusetts

MA010001 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010002 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010006 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010007 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010009 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010010 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010013 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010015 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010016 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010017 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010018 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010019 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010020 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MA010021 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Maine

ME010012 (Mar. 2, 2001)

New Hampshire

NH010011 (Mar. 2, 2001)

New Jersey

NJ010002 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NJ010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NJ010006 (Mar. 2, 2001)

New York

NY010001 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010002 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010004 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010007 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010013 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010018 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010021 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010022 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010026 (Mar. 2, 2001)

NY010040 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Rhode Island

RI010005 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Volume II

Delaware

DE010008 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Maryland

MD010045 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Pennsylvania

PA010008 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010010 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010016 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010021 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010023 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010024 (Mar. 2, 2001)

PA010050 (Mar. 2, 2001)

West Virginia

WV010002 (Mar. 2, 2001)

WV010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

WV010010 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Volume III

North Carolina≤

NC010008 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Volume IV

Indiana

IN010002 (Mar. 2, 2001)

IN010003 (Mar. 2, 2001)

IN010004 (Mar. 2, 2001)

IN010006 (Mar. 2, 2001)

IN010018 (Mar. 2, 2001)

IN010020 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Michigan

MI010004 (Mar. 2, 2001)

MI010027 (Mar. 2, 2001)

Volume V

Iowa

IA010001 (Mar. 2, 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 Davis-Bacon Online

Service (http://

davisbacon.fedworld.gov)of the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) of

the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1–

800–363–2068. This subscription offers

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1The five-Member Board presently has three

Members, one of whom, Member Walsh, is in recess

appointment which will expire at the sine die

adjournment of the current session of Congress.

value-added features such as electronic

delivery of modified wage decisions

directly to the user’s desktop, the ability

to access prior wage decisions issued

during the year, extensive Help desk

Support, etc.

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 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 States covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates will

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13 day of

December 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–31209 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DISABILITY

Advisory Committee Meetings/

Conference Calls

AGENCY: National Council on Disability

(NCD).

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule of meetings/conference calls

for working groups of NCD’s advisory

committees—International Watch.

Notice of this meeting is required under

section 10(a)(1)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463).

International Watch: The purpose of

NCD’s International Watch is to share

information on international disability

issues and to advise NCD’s Foreign

Policy Team on developing policy

proposals that will advocate for a

foreign policy that is consistent with the

values and goals of the Americans with

Disabilities Act.

Work Group: International

Convention on the Human Rights of

People with Disabilities.

Dates and Times:

January 17, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00

p.m. EST

March 21, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EST

May 16, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EDT

July 18, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EDT

September 19, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00

p.m. EDT

November 21, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00

p.m. EST

Work Group: Inclusion of People with

Disabilities in Foreign Assistance

Programs.

Dates and Times:

February 21, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00

p.m. EST

April 18, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EDT

June 20, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EDT

August 15, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

EDT

October 17, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–EDT

December 19, 2002, 12:00 p.m.–1:00

p.m. EST

FOR INTERNATIONAL WATCH INFORMATION

CONTACT: Kathleen A. Blank, Attorney/

Adviser, NCD, 1331 F Street NW., Suite

850, Washington, DC 20004; 202–272–

2004 (voice), 202–272–2074 (TTY), 202–

272–2022 (fax), kblank@ncd.gov (email).

Agency Mission: NCD is an

independent federal agency composed

of 15 members appointed by the

President of the United States and

confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Its overall

purpose is to promote policies,

programs, practices, and procedures that

guarantee equal opportunity for all

people with disabilities, regardless of

the nature of severity of the disability;

and to empower people with disabilities

to achieve economic self-sufficiency,

independent living, and inclusion and

integration into all aspects of society.

This committee is necessary to

provide advice and recommendations to

NCD on international disability issues.

We currently have balanced

membership representing a variety of

disabling conditions from across the

United States.

Open Meetings/Conference Calls:

These NCD advisory committee

meetings/conference calls will be open

to the public. However, due to fiscal

constraints and staff limitations, a

limited number of additional lines will

be available. Individuals can also

participate in the conference calls at the

NCD office. Those interested in joining

these conference calls should contact

the appropriate staff member listed

above.

Records will be kept of all

International Watch meetings/

conference calls and will be available

after the meeting for public inspection

at NCD.

Signed in Washington, DC on December

17, 2001.

Ethel D. Briggs,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31474 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–MA–M

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS

BOARD

Order Delegating Authority to the

General Counsel Before Chairman

Peter J. Hurtgen, and Members Wilma

B. Liebman and Dennis P. Walsh

December 14, 2001.

The Board anticipates that in the near

future it may for a temporary period

have fewer than three Members of its

statutorily-prescribed full complement

of five Members.1 The Board also

recognizes that it has a continuing

responsibility to fulfill its statutory

obligations in the most effective and

efficient manner possible. To assure that

the Agency will be able to meet its

obligations to the public, the Board has

decided to temporarily delegate to the

General Counsel full authority on all

court litigation matters that would

otherwise require Board authorization.

This delegation shall be effective during

any time at which the Board has fewer

than three Members and is made under

the authority granted to the Board under

sections 3, 4, 6, and 10 of the National

Labor Relations Act.

Accordingly, the Board delegates to

the General Counsel full and final

authority and responsibility on behalf of

the Board to initiate and prosecute

injunction proceedings under section

10(j) or section 10(e) and (f) of the Act,

contempt proceedings pertaining to the

enforcement of or compliance with any

order of the Board, and any other court

litigation that would otherwise require

Board authorization; and to institute

and conduct appeals to the Supreme

Court by writ of error or on petition for

certiorari. This delegation shall be

revoked whenever the Board has at least

three Members.

This delegation relates to the internal

management of the National Labor

Relations Board and is therefore,

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, exempt from

the notice and comment requirements of

the Administrative Procedure Act.

Further, public notice and comment is

impractical because of the immediate

need for Board action. The public

interest requires that this delegation

take effect immediately.