[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1132]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

January 24, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment Standards 
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Optional Use Payroll Form under the Davis-Bacon Act.
    OMB Number: 1215-0149.
    Form Number: WH-347.
    Frequency: Weekly.
    Type of Response: Reporting and Recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 54,620.
    Annual Reponses: 5,025,040.
    Average Response Time: 56 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,700,000.
    Total Annualized Capital/startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (Operating/maintaining Systems or Purchasing 
Services): $211,052.
    Description: The Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. 3145) requires contractors 
and subcontractors performing work on Federally financed or assisted 
construction contracts to ``furnish weekly a statement with respect to 
the wages paid each employee during the preceding week.'' Regulations 
29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii) requires contractors weekly to submit a copy of 
all payrolls to the Federal agency contracting for or financing the 
construction project. A signed ``Statement of Compliance'' indicating 
the payrolls are correct and complete and that each laborer or mechanic 
has been paid not less than the proper Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage 
rate for the work performed must accompany the payroll.
    Regulations 29 CFR 3.3(b) requires each contractor to furnish such 
weekly ``Statements of Compliance.'' Regulations 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i) 
requires the Social Security Number of each employee on such payrolls.
    Regulations 29 CFR 3.4 and 5.5(a)(3)(i) require contractors to 
maintain these records for three years after completion of the work. 
Contractors and subcontractors must certify their payrolls by attesting 
that persons performing work on Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) 
covered contracts have received the proper payment of wages and fringe 
benefits. Contracting officials and Wage and Hour Division staff use 
these certified payrolls to verify that contractors pay the required 
rates and as an aid in determining whether the contractors have 
properly classified the workers for the work they perform. The DOL has 
developed the optional use Form WH-347, Payroll Form, which contractors 
may use to meet the payroll reporting requirements. The form contains 
the basic payroll information that contractors must furnish each week 
they perform any work subject to the DBRA.

Ira L Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-1132 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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