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Federal Register
/Vol. 61, No. 42/Friday, March 1, 1996/Notices
authorization pursaunt to the provisionsof paragraph (4) of this notice. An alienwho does not request employmentauthorization must nonetheless fileForm I–821 together with Form I–765,but in such cases both Form I–821 andForm I–765 should be submittedwithout fee.(6) Pursuant to section 244A(b)(3)(A)of the Act, the Attorney General willreview, at least 60 days before March 28,1997, the designation of Liberia underthe TPS program to determine whetherthe conditions for designation continueto be met. Notice of that determination,including the basis for thedetermination, will be published in the
Federal Register
.(7) Information concerning the TPSprogram for nationals of Liberia, andaliens having no nationality who lasthabitually resided in Liberia, will beavailable at local Immigration andNaturalization Service offices uponpublication of this notice.
Dated: February 26, 1996.
Janet Reno,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 96–4924 Filed 2–29–96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–01–M
DEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment Standards AdministrationWage and Hour DivisionMinimum Wages for Federal andFederally Assisted Construction;General Wage Determination Decisions
General wage determination decisionsof the Secretary of Labor are issued inaccordance with applicable law and arebased on the information obtained bythe Department of Labor from its studyof local wage conditions and data madeavailable from other sources. Theyspecify the basic hourly wage rates andfringe benefits which are determined tobe prevailing for the described classes of laborers and mechanics employed onconstruction projects of a similarcharacter and in the localities specifiedtherein.The determinations in these decisionsof prevailing rates and fringe benefitshave been made in accordance with 29CFR Part 1, by authority of the Secretaryof Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federalstatutes referred to in 29 CFR Part 1,Appendix, as well as such additionalstatutes as may from time to time beenacted containing provisions for thepayment of wages determined to beprevailing by the Secretary of Labor inaccordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.The prevailing rates and fringe benefitsdetermined in these decisions shall, inaccordance with the provisions of theforegoing statutes, constitute theminimum wage payable on Federal andfederally assisted construction projectsto laborers and mechanics of thespecified classes engaged on contractwork of the character and in thelocalities described therein.Good cause is hereby found for notutilizing notice and public commentprocedure thereon prior to the issuanceof these determinations as prescribed in5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delayin the effective date as prescribed in thatsection, because the necessity to issuecurrent construction industry wagedeterminations frequently and in largevolume causes procedures to beimpractical and contrary to the publicinterest.General wage determinationdecisions, and modifications andsupersedeas decisions thereto, containno expiration dates and are effectivefrom their date of notice in the
FederalRegister
, or on the date written noticeis received by the agency, whichever isearlier. These decisions are to be usedin accordance with the provisions of 29CFR Parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, theapplicable decision, together with anymodifications issued, must be made apart of every contract for performance of the described work within thegeographic area indicated as required byan applicable Federal prevailing wagelaw and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage ratesand fringe benefits, notice of which ispublished herein, and which arecontained in the Government PrintingOffice (GPO) document entitled‘‘General Wage Determinations IssuedUnder The Davis-Bacon And RelatedActs,’’ shall be the minimum paid bycontractors and subcontractors tolaborers and mechanics.Any person, organization, orgovernmental agency having an interestin the rates determined as prevailing isencouraged to submit wage rate andfringe benefit information forconsideration by the Department.Further information and self-explanatory forms for the purpose of submitting this data may be obtained bywriting to the U.S. Department of Labor,Employment Standards Administration,Wage and Hour Division, Division of Wage Determinations, 200 ConstitutionAvenue, N.W., Room S–3014,Washington, D.C. 20210.
Modifications to General WageDetermination Decisions
The number of decisions listed in theGovernment Printing Office documententitled ‘‘General Wage DeterminationsIssued Under the Davis-Bacon andRelated Acts’’ being modified are listedby Volume and State. Dates of publication in the
Federal Register
arein parentheses following the decisionsbeing modified.
Volume I
None
Volume II
None
Volume III
None
Volume IV
None
Volume V
None
Volume VI
None
General Wage DeterminationPublication
General wage determinations issuedunder the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,including those noted above, may befound in the Government Printing Office(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General WageDeterminations Issued Under The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts’’. Thispublication is available at each of the 50Regional Government DepositoryLibraries and many of the 1,400Government Depository Libraries acrossthe county.The general wage determinationsissued under the Davis-Bacon andrelated Acts are available electronicallyby subscription to the FedWorldBulletin Board System of the NationalTechnical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce at(703) 487–4630.Hard-copy subscriptions may bepurchased from: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government PrintingOffice, Washington, D.C. 20402, (202)512–1800.When ordering hard-copysubscription(s), be sure to specify theState(s) of interest, since subscriptionsmay be ordered for any or all of the sixseparate volumes, arranged by State.Subscriptions include an annual edition(issued in January or February) whichincludes all current general wagedeterminations for the States covered byeach volume. Throughout the remainderof the year, regular weekly updates aredistributed to subscribers.
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