GENERAL DECISION: PA20080050 10/03/2008 PA50 

Date: October 3, 2008
General Decision Number: PA20080050 10/03/2008

Superseded General Decision Number: PA20070050

State: Pennsylvania

Construction Type: Heavy Dredging

Counties: Pennsylvania Statewide.

All Dredging, except self-propelled hopper dredges, on the 
Atlantic Coast to the southerly border of the State of
Maryland,
& tributary waters emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, the 
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Baltimore City and Baltimore 
County, Maryland.

Modification Number     Publication Date
           0              02/08/2008
           1              10/03/2008

* ENGI0025-001 10/01/2008

STATEWIDE

                                   Rates          Fringes

Dredging:  
     CLASS A.....................$ 32.89         7.85+a+b
     CLASS B1....................$ 28.49         7.85+a+b
     CLASS B2....................$ 26.84         7.85+a+b
     CLASS C1(a).................$ 25.55         7.55+a+b
     CLASS C1....................$ 26.14         7.55+a+b
     CLASS C2....................$ 25.29         7.55+a+b
     CLASS D(a)..................$ 20.43         7.25+a+b
     CLASS D.....................$ 21.09         7.25+a+b

CLASSIFICATIONS:

  CLASS A:  Lead Dredgeman, Operator, Leverman.
  
  CLASS B1:  Licensed Tug Operator over 1000 HP, Derrick
  Operator, Spider/Spill Barge Operator, Engineer,
  Electrician. Chief Welder, Cheif Mate, Fill Placer,
  Operator II, Maintenance Engineer.
  CLASS B2: Licensed Boat Operator, Certified Welder.
  CLASS C1: Mate, Drag Barge Operator, Steward, Assistant Fill
  Placer.
  CLASS C1(a): Welder.
  
  CLASS C2: Boat Operator
  CLASS D: Shoreman, Deckhand, Rodman, Scowman, Cook,
  Messman, Porter/Janitor.
  CLASS D(a) Oiler.

PREMIUMS:  Additional 20% for hazardous material work  

FOOTNOTES APPLICABLE TO ABOVE CRAFTS:

  a.  PAID HOLIDAYS:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
  Birthday, Memorial Day, Good Friday, Independence Day,
  Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

  b.  VACATION:  Seven percent (7%) of the straight time rate,
  plus $.20,  multiplied by the total hours worked.

INCENTIVE PAY: (Add to Hourly Rate)

  Operator (NCCCO License/Certification) $0.50  Licensed Tug
  Operator over 1000 HP  (Assigned as Master)  (USCG licensed
  Master of Towing Vessels (MOTV) $1.00;
  Licensed Boat Operator (Assigned as lead boat captain)  USCG
  licensed boat operator  $0.50;
  Engineer (QMED and Tankerman endorsement or licensed
  engineer (USCG) $0.50
  Oiler (QMED and Tankerman endorsement (USCG)  $0.50; All
  classifications (Tankerman endorsement only) USCG $0.25;
  Deckhand or Mate (AB with Lifeboatman endorsement (USCG)
  $0.50; All classifications (lifeboatman endorsement only
  (USCG) $0.25; Welder (ABS certification) $0.50
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WELDERS - Receive rate prescribed for craft performing operation

to which welding is incidental.
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Unlisted classifications needed for work not included within
the scope of the classifications listed may be added after
award only as provided in the labor standards contract clauses
(29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(ii)).
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In the listing above, the "SU" designation means that rates
listed under that identifier do not reflect collectively
bargained wage and fringe benefit rates.  Other designations
indicate unions whose rates have been determined to be
prevailing.

      WAGE DETERMINATION APPEALS PROCESS

1.) Has there been an initial decision in the matter?  This can
 be:

* an existing published wage determination
* a survey underlying a wage determination
* a Wage and Hour Division letter setting forth a
  position on a wage determination matter
* a conformance (additional classification and rate)
  ruling

On survey related matters, initial contact, including requests
for summaries of surveys, should be with the Wage and Hour
Regional Office for the area in which the survey was conducted
because those Regional Offices have responsibility for the
Davis-Bacon survey program.  If the response from this initial
contact is not satisfactory, then the process described in 2.)
and 3.) should be followed.

With regard to any other matter not yet ripe for the formal
process described here, initial contact should be with the
Branch
of Construction Wage Determinations.  Write to:

     Branch of Construction Wage Determinations
     Wage and Hour Division
     U. S. Department of Labor
     200 Constitution Avenue, N. W.
     Washington, D. C.  20210

2.) If the answer to the question in 1.) is yes, then an
interested party (those affected by the action) can request
review and reconsideration from the Wage and Hour Administrator
(See 29 CFR Part 1.8 and 29 CFR Part 7). Write to:

   Wage and Hour Administrator
   U.S. Department of Labor

   200 Constitution Avenue, N. W.
   Washington, D. C.  20210

The request should be accompanied by a full statement of the
interested party's position and by any information (wage payment
data, project description, area practice material, etc.) that
the
requestor considers relevant to the issue.

3.) If the decision of the Administrator is not favorable, an
interested party may appeal directly to the Administrative
Review
Board (formerly the Wage Appeals Board). Write to:

   Administrative Review Board
   U. S. Department of Labor
   200 Constitution Avenue, N. W.
   Washington, D. C.  20210

4.) All decisions by the Administrative Review Board are final.

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   END OF GENERAL DECISION