[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9805]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4849-N-02]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Requested; 
Report of Additional Classification and Wage Rate

AGENCY: Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination, Office of 
Labor Relations, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 800a, Washington, DC 20410 or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade Banks, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Office of Labor Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; [email protected]; telephone (202) 708-0370 (this is not a toll-free 
number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available 
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) 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; (2) 
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; 
including through the use of appropriate automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Report of Additional Classification and Wage 
Rate.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0011.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Contractors and subcontractors engaged on HUD-assisted construction 
projects subject to Davis-Bacon wage requirements must pay no less than 
the wages determined to be prevailing by the Secretary of Labor to all 
laborers and mechanics engaged in the construction work. Occasionally, 
the Davis-Bacon wage determination applicable to the construction work 
does not contain a prevailing wage rate for all classifications of work 
needed to complete the work. In such cases, the contractor or 
subcontractor that will employ the classification(s) missing from the 
wage determination must propose a wage rate for such classification(s) 
for the consideration of the Department of Labor (DOL) with respect to 
that construction work. HUD and local agencies that administer HUD-
assisted programs use the form HUD-4230A to record and submit the 
contractor or subcontractor's additional classification and wage rate 
request to the DOL. The contractor or subcontractor may itself complete 
the form HUD-4230A or may submit its request in writing to HUD or the 
local agency involved; HUD or the local agency will transcribe the 
request to the form for submission to the DOL. HUD is modifying the 
form to better identify the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination 
and the construction work involved. The modifications will not affect 
the amount of time required to complete the information collection.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-4230A.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: An estimation of the total numbers of 
hours needed to prepare the information collection is 1,000, number of 
respondents is 500, frequency of response is on occasion, and the hours 
per response is 2. Recordkeeping requirements will add an additional 
hour for a total of 1,500 hours per year.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement with 
change of previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: April 9, 2003.
Frank L. Davis,
Director, Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-9805 Filed 4-18-03; 8:45 am]
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