Proposed collection; comment request
[07/21/2004]
Volume 69, Number 139, Page 43627
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed collection; comment request
ACTION: Notice.
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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 collection: Report of Construction
Contractor's Wage Rates (WD-10). 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 September 20, 2004.
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, Email bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141, et seq.) provides that every
contract in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District
of Columbia is a party for construction, alteration, and/or repair
which requires or involves the employment of mechanics and/or laborers
shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various
classes of laborers and mechanics which shall be based upon the wages
that will be determined by the Secretary of Labor to be prevailing for
the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on
projects of a character similar to the contract work in the city, town,
village or other civil subdivision of the State in which the work is to
be performed. Further, Section 1.3 of Regulations 29 CFR part 1
provides that the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD),
through a delegation of authority, is responsible for making these wage
determinations. Form WD-10 is used by the U.S. Department of Labor to
elicit construction project data from contractor associations,
contractors and unions. The wage data is used to determine locally
prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. This
information collection is currently approved for use through February
28, 2005.
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 Wage and Hour Division seeks the approval of the extension of
this information collection to obtain wage data in order to determine
current prevailing wage rates in the various localities throughout the
country.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates.
OMB Number: 1215-0046.
Agency Number: WD-10.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 37,500.
Total Annual Responses: 75,000.
Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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: July 15, 2004.
Sue R. Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-16539 Filed 7-20-04; 8:45 am]
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