[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32050-32051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11458]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour 
Division (WHD)-sponsored 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 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before June 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony May by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141, et 
seq.) provides, in part, 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 that were 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 where the 
work is to be performed. The Administrator of the Wage and Hour 
Division, through a delegation of authority, is responsible for issuing 
these wage determinations (WDs). Section 1.3 of Regulations 29 CFR part 
1, Procedures for Predetermination of Wage Rates, provides, in part, 
that for the purpose of making WDs, the Administrator will conduct a 
continuing program for obtaining and compiling wage rate information. 
Form WD-10 (Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Report of Construction Contractor's 
Wage Rates) is used to determine locally prevailing wages under the 
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The wage data collection is a primary 
source of information and is essential to the determination of 
prevailing wages. For additional

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substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2019 (84 FR 64934).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-WHD.
    Title of Collection: Report of Construction Contractor's Wage 
Rates.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0015.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,731.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 21,029.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 7,009 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: May 21, 2020.
Anthony May,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-11458 Filed 5-27-20; 8:45 am]
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