80 FR 55 pgs. 15147-15149 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
Type: RULEVolume: 80Number: 55Pages: 15147 - 15149
Pages: 15147, 15148FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-06410 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Personnel Management Office
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AN10
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
AGENCY:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following wage areas: Washington, DC; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC, and Southwestern Wisconsin. In addition, this final rule makes three minor corrections to the Miami, FL; Columbus, GA, and Kansas City, MO, wage areas.
DATES:
Effective date: This regulation is effective on March 23, 2015.
Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after April 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at (202) 606-2838 or by email at pay-leave-policy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On October 31, 2014, OPM issued a proposed rule (79 FR 64684) to redefine the following counties:
• Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties, VA, from the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD, area of application to the Washington, DC, area of application;
• Fillmore County, MN, from the Southwestern Wisconsin area of application to the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, area of application; and
• Chester County, SC, from the Columbia, SC, area of application to the Charlotte, NC, area of application.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed and recommended these changes by consensus. The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM received no comments.
In addition, this final rule (1) updates the name of the Columbus Consolidated Government in the Columbus, GA, FWS wage area because Columbus is the official name of the entity resulting from the consolidation of the City of Columbus and Muscogee County in 1971; (2) updates the name of Dade County in the Miami, FL, FWS wage area because the name of Dade County was officially changed to Miami-Dade County in 1997; and (3) deletes the name of the St. Louis, MO, wage area from the list of area of application counties in the Kansas City, MO, wage area because, due to a formatting error, the name of the St. Louis wage area was incorrectly printed as if it was an area of application county in the Kansas City wage area. These corrections do not affect the pay of any FWS employees.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I 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
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director.
Accordingly, OPM amends 5 CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532-PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows:
Authority:
5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.
2. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area listings for the Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Columbus, GA; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Kansas City, MO; Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC, and Southwestern Wisconsin wage areas to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532-Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas
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| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
| Washington, DC |
| Survey Area |
| District of Columbia: |
| Washington, DC |
| Maryland: |
| Charles |
| Frederick |
| Montgomery |
| Prince George's |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Alexandria |
| Fairfax |
| Falls Church |
| Manassas |
| Manassas Park |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Arlington |
| Fairfax |
| Loudoun |
| Prince William |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Maryland: |
| Calvert |
| St. Mary's |
| Virginia (city): |
| Fredericksburg |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Clarke |
| Culpeper |
| Fauquier |
| King George |
| Rappahannock |
| Spotsylvania |
| Stafford |
| Warren |
| West Virginia |
| Jefferson |
| ***** |
| FLORIDA |
| ***** |
| Miami |
| Survey Area |
| Florida: |
| Miami-Dade |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Florida: |
| Broward |
| Collier |
| Glades |
| Hendry |
| Highlands |
| Martín |
| Monroe |
| Okeechobee |
| Palm Beach |
| St. Lucie |
| ***** |
| GEORGIA |
| ***** |
| Columbus |
| Survey Area |
| Alabama: |
| Autauga |
| Elmore |
| Lee |
| Macon |
| Montgomery |
| Russell |
| Georgia: |
| Chattahoochee |
| Columbus |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Alabama: |
| Bullock |
| Butler |
| Chambers |
| Coosa |
| Crenshaw |
| Dallas |
| Lowndes |
| Pike |
| Tallapoosa |
| Wilcox |
| Georgia: |
| Harris |
| Marion |
| Quitman |
| Schley |
| Stewart |
| Talbot |
| Taylor |
| Troup |
| Webster |
| ***** |
| MARYLAND |
| ***** |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg |
| Survey Area |
| Maryland: |
| Washington |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Franklin |
| West Virginia: |
| Berkeley |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Maryland: |
| Allegany |
| Garrett |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Fulton |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Harrisonburg |
| Winchester |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Frederick |
| Greene |
| Madison |
| Page |
| Rockingham |
| Shenandoah |
| West Virginia: |
| Hampshire |
| Hardy |
| Mineral |
| Morgan |
| ***** |
| MINNESOTA |
| ***** |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Survey Area |
| Minnesota: |
| Anoka |
| Carver |
| Chisago |
| Dakota |
| Hennepin |
| Ramsey |
| Scott |
| Washington |
| Wright |
| Wisconsin: |
| St. Croix |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Minnesota: |
| Benton |
| Big Stone |
| Blue Earth |
| Brown |
| Chippewa |
| Cottonwood |
| Dodge |
| Douglas |
| Faribault |
| Fillmore |
| Freeborn |
| Goodhue |
| Grant |
| Isanti |
| Kanabec |
| Kandiyohi |
| Lac Qui Parle |
| Le Sueur |
| McLeod |
| Martin |
| Meeker |
| Mille Lacs |
| Morrison |
| Mower |
| Nicollet |
| Olmsted |
| Pope |
| Redwood |
| Renville |
| Rice |
| Sherburne |
| Sibley |
| Stearns |
| Steele |
| Stevens |
| Swift |
| Todd |
| Traverse |
| Wabasha |
| Wadena |
| Waseca |
| Watonwan |
| Yellow Medicine |
| Wisconsin: |
| Pierce |
| Polk |
| ***** |
| MISSOURI |
| Kansas City |
| Survey Area |
| Kansas: |
| Johnson |
| Leavenworth |
| Wyandotte |
| Missouri: |
| Cass |
| Clay |
| Jackson |
| Platte |
| Ray |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Kansas: |
| Allen |
| Anderson |
| Atchison |
| Bourbon |
| Doniphan |
| Douglas |
| Franklin |
| Linn |
| Miami |
| Missouri: |
| Adair |
| Andrew |
| Atchison |
| Bates |
| Buchanan |
| Caldwell |
| Carroll |
| Chariton |
| Clinton |
| Cooper |
| Daviess |
| De Kalb |
| Gentry |
| Grundy |
| Harrison |
| Henry |
| Holt |
| Howard |
| Johnson |
| Lafayette |
| Linn |
| Livingston |
| Macon |
| Mercer |
| Nodaway |
| Pettis |
| Putnam |
| Saline |
| Schuyler |
| Sullivan |
| Worth |
| ***** |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
| ***** |
| Charlotte |
| Survey Area |
| North Carolina: |
| Cabarrus |
| Gaston |
| Mecklenburg |
| Rowan |
| Union |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| North Carolina: |
| Alexander |
| Anson |
| Catawba |
| Cleveland |
| Iredell |
| Lincoln |
| Stanly |
| Wilkes |
| South Carolina: |
| Chester |
| Chesterfield |
| Lancaster |
| York |
| ***** |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
| ***** |
| Columbia |
| Survey Area |
| South Carolina: |
| Darlington |
| Florence |
| Kershaw |
| Lee |
| Lexington |
| Richland |
| Sumter |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| South Carolina: |
| Abbeville |
| Anderson |
| Calhoun |
| Cherokee |
| Clarendon |
| Fairfield |
| Greenville |
| Greenwood |
| Laurens |
| Newberry |
| Oconee |
| Orangeburg |
| Pickens |
| Saluda |
| Spartanburg |
| Union |
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| WISCONSIN |
| ***** |
| Southwestern Wisconsin |
| Survey Area |
| Wisconsin: |
| Chippewa |
| Eau Claire |
| La Crosse |
| Monroe |
| Trempealeau |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Minnesota: |
| Houston |
| Winona |
| Wisconsin: |
| Barron |
| Buffalo |
| Clark |
| Crawford |
| Dunn |
| Florence |
| Forest |
| Jackson |
| Juneau |
| Langlade |
| Lincoln |
| Marathon |
| Marinette |
| Menominee |
| Oneida |
| Pepin |
| Portage |
| Price |
| Richland |
| Rusk |
| Shawano |
| Taylor |
| Vernon |
| Vilas |
| Waupaca |
| Wood |
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