Processing Garnishment Orders for Child Support and/or Alimony and Commercial Garnishment of Federal Employees' Pay

65 FR 4753Processing Garnishment Orders for Child Support and/or Alimony and Commercial Garnishment of Federal Employees' Pay

65 FR 4753Office of Personnel Management.

65 FR 4753The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the list of designated agents to accept legal process for child support and alimony, and list of designated agents to accept commercial garnishment orders.

65 FR 4753Murray M. Meeker, Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, (202) 606-1700.

65 FR 4753On October 22, 1998 (63 FR 56537), OPM corrected errors that appeared in the list of agents designated to accept legal process for child support and alimony (Appendix A to Part 581) that were published on March 26, 1998 (63 FR 14756). This document makes additional amendments to the designated agent listings in this appendix. In addition, at the request of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, OPM is amending the list of designated agents in Appendix A to 5 CFR Part 582 to remove the listing for the Army Corps of Engineers.

65 FR 4753Under section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, I find that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. As provided under section 553(b)(3)(B), general notice may be waived where it is unnecessary as is the case where the lists of designated agents in the appendices to 5 CFR Parts 581 and 582 are revised.

65 FR 4753In accordance with Executive Order 12866, this rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.

65 FR 4753I certify that these regulations will not have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because their effects are limited to Federal employees and their creditors.

65 FR 4753Alimony, Child support, Claims, Government employees, and Wages. U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

65 FR 4753Accordingly, OPM is amending parts 581 and 582 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

65 FR 47531. The authority citation for part 581 continues to read as follows:

65 FR 475342 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105 (43 FR 59465 and 3 CFR 262).

65 FR 47532. Appendix A to part 581 is amended as follows: A. In I Departments under Department of Agriculture : i. The listing for Food Safety is removed;

65 FR 4753ii. The listing for Food Safety and Inspection Service is revised;

65 FR 4753iv. The listing for Forest Service, Region 6, Oregon, Mt. Hood National Forest, is revised;

65 FR 4753B. In II. Agencies: i. The listing for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation is added; ii. The listing for the Presidio Trust is added. The additions and revisions to Appendix A read as follows.

65 FR 4753Chief, Employee Relations Branch, Labor and Employee Relations Division, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 3175 South Building, 14th & Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700, 1-800-217-1886 Mt. Hood—Forest Supervisor, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055, (503) 668-1613

65 FR 4753Chief, Payroll Operations Division, Attention: Mail Code 2640, National Business Center, Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 272030, Denver, CO 80227-9030, (303) 969-7739

65 FR 4753Chief, Payroll Operations Division, Attention: Mail Code 2640, National Business Center, Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 272030, Denver, CO, 80227-9030, (303) 969-7739

65 FR 47533. The authority citation for part 582 continues to read as follows:

65 FR 47535 U.S.C. 5520a; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12897.

65 FR 47534. In appendix A, the listing for the Army Corps of Engineers is removed.