In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is not approving the collection at this time.
Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency shall provide to
OMB a summary of any comments received on the information
collection and any changes to the information collections made as a
result of these comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2009
04/30/2009
04/30/2009
5,025,040
0
5,025,040
4,700,000
0
4,700,000
211,000
0
211,000
The Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. 3145)
requires contractors and subcontractors performing work on
Federally financed or assisted construction contracts to furnish
weekly a statement with respect to the wages paid each employee
during the preceding week. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Regulations 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii) require contractors to submit
weekly a copy of all payrolls to the Federal agency contracting for
or financing the construction project, accompanied by a signed
Statement of Compliance indicating that the payrolls are correct
and complete and that each laborer or mechanic has been paid not
less than the proper Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rate for the work
performed. Form WH-347 has been made available for the convenience
of contractors and subcontractors required by their Federal or
Federally-aided construction-type contracts and subcontracts to
submit weekly payrolls. Properly filled out, this form will satisfy
the requirements of Regulations, 29 CFR Parts 3 and 5 as to
payrolls submitted in connection with contracts subject to the
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
The DOL is changing its total
burden estimates from 5,025,040 responses, 4,700,000 hours, and
$211,000 to 7,196,056 responses, 6,476,450 hours, and $899,507 in
maintenance and operations costs. This results an overall increase
of 2,171,016 responses, and 1,776,450 hours and $688,507 in
maintenance and operations costs. This proposed rule introduces no
new information collection requirements nor proposes any
substantive or material changes to the existing information
collection requirements. However, the Department is proposing to
remove the requirement to report an employees social security
number and address, which the Department estimates will reduce the
average reporting time from an average of 56 minutes per response
to 54 minutes per response. Adoption of the proposed rule will
reduce burden by 239,869 hours. The DOL has an adjustment in the
estimated burden, because the estimated number of Davis Bacon and
Related Acts (DBRA) covered projects requiring submission of Form
WH-347 or its equivalent has increased from 27,310 projects to
39,109 projects. Estimated operation and maintenance costs have
increased, again due to the higher number of DBRA covered projects
and the fact that prior efforts to calculate the burden did not
separately state the cost of copying certified payrolls for
recordkeeping purposes.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form WH-347 Federal Construction Contract Weekly Payroll Informaiton
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Federal Construction Contract Weekly Payroll Informaiton