Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 39850 [E7-14040]

Agencies

• Employment Standards Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 139 (Friday, July 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 39850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14040]



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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 18, 2007.

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, e-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    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 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. This information 
collection is currently approved for use through January 31, 2008.

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: 22,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 66,000.
    Time per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 22,000.
    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 16, 2007.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-14040 Filed 7-19-07; 8:45 am]
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