[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61164-61165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24497]


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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

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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: ``Optional Use 
Payroll Form Under the Davis-Bacon Act'' (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 November 26, 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, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail esa.gov">[email protected]esa.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
E-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Background

    The WH-347 is an optional form which may be used by contractors and 
subcontractors to certify payrolls, attesting that proper wage rates 
and fringe benefits have been paid to their employees performing work 
on contracts covered by the Davis-Bacon and related Acts and the 
Copeland Act. Contracting officials and Wage-Hour investigative staff 
use these payrolls to verify that legal rates are paid and as an aid in 
determining whether employees have been properly classified for the 
work they perform. This information collection is currently approved 
for use through March 31, 2003.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    [sbull] 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 approval to collect this information 
in order to carry out its responsibility to determine a contractor's 
compliance with provisions of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and the 
Copeland Act. There is a revision in the language in the instructions 
for completing the WH-347 to reflect that overtime pay under the 
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act is no longer required for 
hours worked in excess of eight in a day, and to correctly reference 
the Act.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Optional Use Payroll Form Under the Davis-Bacon Act.
    OMB Number: 1215-0149.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households; State, Local or Tribal Government; Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 100,880.
    Frequency: Weekly.
    Total Responses: 9,280,960.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,700,000.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $371,238.
    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: Sepetember 19, 2002.
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. 02-24497 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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