[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78513-78514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31718]


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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 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 
payble 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 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 self-explanatory forms for the purpose of 
submitting this data may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Department 
of Labor, Employment Standards Administration,

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Wage and Hour Division, Division of Wage Determinations, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-3014, Washington, DC 20210.

Withdrawn General Wage Determination Decisions

    This is to advise all interested parties that the Department of 
Labor is withdrawing, from the date of this notice, the following 
General Wage Determination Decisions:

ME000017--See ME000016
ME000018--See ME000004
ME000019--See ME000005
ME000020--See ME000005
ME000021--See ME000005 and ME0000008
ME000022--See ME000007
ME000023--See ME000008
ME000024--See ME000015
ME000025--See ME000012
ME000026--See ME000006
ME000027--See ME000006
ME000028--See ME000029
ME000030--See ME000003
ME000031--See ME000009
ME000032--See ME000010
ME000033--See ME000009
ME000034--See ME000009
ME000035--See ME000009
ME000036--See ME000009 and ME000011
ME000037--See ME000005
ME000038--See ME000005

    Contracts for which bids have been opened shall not be affected by 
this notice. Also, consistent with 29 CFR 1.6(c)(2)(i)(A), when the 
opening of bids is less than ten (10) days from the date of this 
notice, this action shall be effective unless the agency finds that 
there is insufficient time to notify bidders of the change and the 
finding is documented in the contract file.

Modifications to General Wage Determination Decisions

    The number of decisions listed in the Government Printing Office 
document entitled ``General Wage Determinations Issued Under the Davis-
Bacon 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

NEW HAMPSHIRE
    NH000003 (FEB. 11, 2000)

VOLUME II

PENNSYLVANIA
    PA000012 (FEB. 11, 2000)

VOLUME III

FLORIDA
    FL000017 (FEB. 11, 2000)
SOUTH CAROLINA
    SC000023 (FEB. 11, 2000)

VOLUME IV

MICHIGAN
    MI000013 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000062 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000076 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000077 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000078 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000079 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000080 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000081 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000082 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000083 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000084 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000085 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000087 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000088 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000099 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000100 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    MI000101 (FEB. 11, 2000)

VOLUME V

IOWA
    IA000001 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    IA000002 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    IA000004 (FEB. 11, 2000)
KANSAS
    KS000008 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000009 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000016 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000019 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000020 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000021 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000022 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000023 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000025 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000069 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    KS000070 (FEB. 11, 2000)
NEBRASKA
    NE000003 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    NE000010 (FEB. 11, 2000)
TEXAS
    TX000001 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000002 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000007 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000008 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000019 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000069 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    TX000081 (FEB. 11, 2000)

VOLUME VI

NONE

VOLUME VII

CALIFORNIA
    CA000009 (FEB. 11, 2000)
    CA000028 (FEB. 11, 2000)

General Wage Determination Publication

    General wage determination 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 Davis-Bacon 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.
    The general wage determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon and 
related Acts are available electronically by subscription to the 
FedWorld Bulletin Board System of the National Technical Information 
Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1-800-363-2068.
    Hard-copy subscriptions may be purchased from: Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 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 seven 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 reminder of the year, regular weekly updates are 
distributed to subscribers.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 7th day of December, 2000.
Terry Sullivan,
Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage Determinations.
[FR Doc. 00-31718 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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