[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 233 (Friday, December 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67149-67150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32277]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division
Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction;
General Wage Determination Decisions
General wage determination decisions of the Secretary of Labor are
issued in accordance with applicable law and are based on the
information obtained by the Department of Labor from its study of local
wage conditions and data made available from other sources. They
specify the basic hourly wage rates and fringe benefits which are
determined to be prevailing for the described classes of laborers and
mechanics employed on construction projects of a similar character and
in the localities specified therein.
The determinations in these decisions of prevailing rates and
fringe benefits have been made in accordance with 29 CFR Part 1, by
authority of the Secretary of 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. 27a) and of other Federal statutes referred to in 29
CFR Part 1, Appendix, as well as such additional statutes as may from
time to time be enacted containing provisions for the payment of wages
determined to be prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in accordance
with the Davis-Bacon Act. The Prevailing rates and fringe benefits
determined in these decisions shall, in accordance with the provisions
of the foregoing statutes, constitute the minimum wages payable on
Federal and federally assisted construction projects to laborers and
mechanics of the specified classes engaged on contract work of the
character and in the localities described therein.
Good cause is hereby found for not utilizing notice and public
comment procedure thereon prior to the issuance of these determinations
as prescribed in 5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay in the
effective date as prescribed in that section, because the necessity to
issue current construction industry wage determinations frequently and
in large volume causes procedures to be impractical and contrary to the
public interest.
General wage determination decisions, and modifications and
supersedeas decisions thereto, contain no expiration dates and are
effective from their date of notice in the Federal Register, or on the
date written notice is received by the agency, whichever is earlier.
These decisions are to be used
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in accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR Parts 1 and 5. Accordingly,
the applicable decision, together with any modifications issued, must
be made a part of every contract for performance of the described work
within the geographic area indicated as required by an applicable
Federal prevailing wage law and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage rates and
fringe benefits, notice of which is published herein, and which are
contained in the Government Printing Office (GPO) document entitled
``General Wage Determinations Issued Under The Davis-Bacon And Related
Acts,'' shall be the minimum paid by contractors and subcontractors to
laborers and mechanics.
Any person, organization, or government agency having an interest
in the rates determined as prevailing is encouraged to submit wage rate
and fringe benefit information for consideration by the Department.
Further information and self-explanatory forms for the purpose of
submitting this data may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Department
of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division,
Division of Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-
3014, Washington, D.C. 20210.
Modifications to General Wage Determination Decisions
The number of decisions listed in the Government Printing Office
document entitled ``General Wage Determinations Issued Under the Davis-
Bacon and Related Acts'' being modified are listed by Volume and State.
Dates of publication in the Federal Register are in parentheses
following the decisions being modified.
Volume I:
None
Volume II:
None
Volume III:
None
Volume IV:
None
Volume V:
None
Volume VI:
None
Volume VII:
None
General Wage Determination Publication
General Wage Determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon and
Related Acts, including those noted above, may be found in the
Government Printing Office (GPO) document entitled ``General Wage
Determinations Issued Under The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.'' This
publication is available at each of the 50 Regional Government
Depository Libraries and many of the 1,400 Government Depository
Libraries across the country.
The general wage determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon and
Related Acts are available electronically by subscription to the
FedWorld Bulletin Board System of the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1-800-363-2068.
Hard-copy subscriptions may be purchased from: Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,
(202) 512-1800.
When ordering hard-copy subscription(s), be sure to specify the
State(s) of interest, since subscriptions may be ordered for any or all
of the seven separate Volumes, arranged by State. Subscriptions include
an annual edition (issued in January or February) which includes all
current general wage determinations for the States covered by each
Volume. Throughout the remainder of the year, regular weekly updates
are distributed to subscribers.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of December 1998.
Carl J. Poleskey,
Chief, Branch of Construction Wage Determinations.
[FR Doc. 98-32277 Filed 12-3-98; 8:45 am]
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