[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 43627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16539]


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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 [email protected]. 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.
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