[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26146]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

November 18, 2004.
    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: Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates.
    OMB Number: 1215-0046.
    Form Number: WD-10.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 37,500.
    Number of Annual Responses: 75,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 25,000.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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, 
through a delegation of authority, is responsible for making these wage 
determinations. Accordingly, 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.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26146 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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