Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: March 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 48)

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

March 5, 2010.

The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 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; including among other things a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin A. King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)/e-mail: DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov.

Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-5806 (these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see below).

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: Wage and Hour Division.

Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

Title of Collection: Requests to Approve Conformed Wage

Classifications and Unconventional Fringe Benefit Plans Under the

Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and Contract Work Hours and Safety

Standards Act.

OMB Control Number: 1215-0140.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

Affected Public: Federal Government and businesses and other for- profits.

Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,966.

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 746.

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (Operation and Maintenance):

$1,391.

Description: The Department Regulations at 29 CFR part 5 prescribe labor standards for federally financed and assisted construction contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq., the Davis-Bacon Related Acts (DBRA), and labor standards for all contracts subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act

(CWHSSA), 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. The DBA and DBRA require payment of locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits, as determined by the

Department of Labor (DOL), to laborers and mechanics on most federally financed or assisted construction projects. 40 U.S.C. 3142(a)-(b) and 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1). The CWHSSA requires the payment of one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for hours worked over forty in a week on most federal contracts involving the employment of laborers or mechanics. See 40 U.S.C. 3702(a) and 29 CFR. 5.5(b)(1). The requirements of this information collection consist of: (A) Reports of conformed classifications and wage rates, and (B) requests for approval of unconventional fringe benefit plans. For additional information, see related notice published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2009

(74 FR 63158).

Darrin A. King,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

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