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Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Brown County, Wisconsin, and Forsyth and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina, to Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas

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82 FR 40669

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82 FR 40669Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Brown County, Wisconsin, and Forsyth and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina, to Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas

Agency

82 FR 40669U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Summary

82 FR 40669This rule amends the geographic boundaries of three nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. Based on consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is defining Brown County, Wisconsin, as an area of application county to the Lake, Illinois, NAF FWS wage area; Forsyth County, North Carolina, as an area of application to the Cumberland, NC, NAF FWS wage area; and Mecklenburg County, NC, as an area of application to the Richland, South Carolina, NAF FWS wage area. These changes are necessary because there are NAF FWS employees working in these three counties, and the counties are not currently defined in regulation to NAF wage areas.

Dates

82 FR 40669Effective date: This regulation is effective on August 28, 2017. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after September 27, 2017.

For Further Information Contact

82 FR 40669Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at (202) 606-2838 or by email at pay-leave-policy@opm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

82 FR 40669On May 15, 2017, OPM issued a proposed rule (82 FR 22298) to define— • Brown County, WI, as an area of application county to the Lake, IL, NAF FWS wage area; • Forsyth County, NC, as an area of application to the Cumberland, NC, NAF FWS wage area; and • Mecklenburg County, NC, as an area of application to the Richland, SC, NAF FWS wage area. FPRAC, the national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed and recommended these changes by consensus. These changes will apply on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 30 days following publication of the final regulations. The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM received no comments.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

82 FR 40669I certify that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they will affect only Federal agencies and employees.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532

82 FR 40669Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.

E.O. 13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

82 FR 40669This rule is not an E.O. 13771 regulatory action because this rule is not significant under E.O. 12866. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR part 532 as follows:

Regulatory text — 5 CFR Part 532

82 FR 406691. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows:

Authority

82 FR 406695 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.

Regulatory text — 5 CFR Part 532

82 FR 406692. Appendix D to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area listing for the Lake, IL; Cumberland, NC; and Richland, SC, wage areas to read as follows:

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532—Nonappropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas

82 FR 40669* * * * * ILLINOIS Lake Survey Area Illinois: Lake Area of Application. Survey area plus: Illinois: Cook Rock Island Vermilion Iowa: Johnson Michigan: Dickinson Marquette Wisconsin: Brown Dane Milwaukee * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA * * * * * Cumberland Survey Area North Carolina: Cumberland Area of Application. Survey area plus: North Carolina: Durham Forsyth Rowan * * * * * SOUTH CAROLINA * * * * * Richland Survey Area South Carolina: Richland Area of Application. Survey area plus: North Carolina: Buncombe Mecklenburg South Carolina Sumter Tennessee Washington * * * * *

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Type
Final rule
Citation
82 FR 40669
Published
2017-08-28
Effective
2017-08-28
Action
Final rule.

This rule amends the geographic boundaries of three nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. Based on consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is defining Brown County, Wisconsin, as an area of application county to the Lake, Illinois, NAF FWS wage area; Forsyth County, North Carolina, as an area of application to the Cumberland, NC, NAF FWS wage area; and Mecklenburg County, NC, as an area of application to the Richland, South Carolina, NAF FWS wage area. These changes are necessary because there are NAF FWS employees working in these three counties, and the counties are not currently defined in regulation to NAF wage areas.

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