[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 131 (Monday, July 10, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35467-35468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16815]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AG82


Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Marquette, MI, 
Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim 
regulations to abolish the Marquette, MI, nonappropriated fund (NAF) 
Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and add Dickinson County, MI, and 
Marquette County, MI, as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage 
area for pay-setting purposes. No employee's wage rate will be reduced 
as a result of this change.

DATES: This interim rule becomes effective on July 10, 1995. Comments 
must be received by August 9, 1995. Employees paid rates from the 
Marquette, MI, NAF wage schedule will continue to be paid from that 
schedule until their conversion to the Lake, IL, NAF wage schedule on 
October 21, 1995, the normal effective date for new Marquette area wage 
schedules.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant 
Director for Compensation Policy, Human Resources Systems Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, Room 6H31, 1900 E Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul Shields, (202) 606-2848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense recommended to the 
Office of Personnel Management that the Marquette, MI, NAF wage area be 
abolished and that Dickinson County, MI, and Marquette County, MI, be 
added as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage area. With the 
scheduled 1995 closing of the host installation, K.I. Sawyer Air Force 
Base (AFB), there will no longer be a local activity with the 
capability to do the Marquette, MI, survey. There will, however, still 
be about five NAF employees in Dickinson County and possibly a few NAF 
employees in Marquette County. The remaining three Marquette wage area 
application counties, Chippewa and Houghton Counties, MI, and Langlade 
County, WI, have no NAF FWS employees.
    The provisions of 5 CFR 532.219 list the following criteria for 
consideration when two or more counties are to be combined to 
constitute a single wage area:
    (1) Proximity of largest activity in each county;
    (2) Transportation facilities and commuting patterns; and
    (3) Similarities of the counties in:
    (i) Overall population;
    (ii) Private employment in major industry categories; and
    (iii) Kinds and sizes of private industrial establishments.
    These criteria are discussed in turn below.
    Of the largest nearby activities with NAF employees, K.I. Sawyer 
AFB, Marquette County, MI, is closest to Great Lakes Naval Training 
Center, Lake County, IL. More distant are the 934th TAG MN/St. Paul 
International Airport and Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Distances 
from K.I. Sawyer AFB to the host activities of the surrounding wage 
areas are as follows: Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Lake County, 
IL, 561 km (349 miles); 934th TAG MN/St. Paul International Airport, 
Hennepin County, MN, 697 km (433 miles); and Selfridge Air National 
Guard Base, Macomb County, MI, 786 km (488 miles). The duty station of 
the NAF employees in Dickinson County, MI--the Iron Mountain VA Medical 
Center--is also closer to Lake County, IL, than the other nearby NAF 
wage areas.
    Considering transportation facilities from Marquette and Dickinson 
Counties, MI, the largest installations in the three surrounding survey 
areas can all be reached by primary undivided roads and Interstate 
highways. An analysis of 1990 census commuting patterns data indicates 
that no workers commute between either Marquette County, MI, or 
Dickinson County, MI, and any of the three survey counties under 
consideration.
    In terms of similarities of the counties in overall population, 
private employment, and kinds and sizes of private industrial 
establishments, Marquette and Dickinson Counties are most similar to 
Lake County.
    In summary, consideration of the three criteria (proximity, 
transportation facilities and commuting patterns, and similarities of 
the counties) favors the definition of Dickinson and Marquette 
Counties, MI, as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage area.
    The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee reviewed this 
recommendation and by consensus recommended approval.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), I find that good cause exists 
for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. Also, pursuant 
to section 553(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code, I find that good 
cause exists for making this rule effective in less than 30 days. The 
notice is being waived and the regulation is being made effective in 
less than 30 days because preparations for the August 1995 Marquette, 
MI, NAF wage area survey must otherwise begin immediately.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that these regulations will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they 
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.

Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.

    Accordingly, OPM is amending 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; Sec. 532.707 also issued under 5 
U.S.C. 552.

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Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]

    2. In Appendix B to subpart B, the listing for the State of 
Michigan is amended by removing the entry for Marquette.
    3. Appendix D to subpart B is amended by removing the wage area 
list for Marquette, Michigan, and by revising the list for Lake, 
Illinois, to read as follows:

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

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                                Illinois                                
                                                                        
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                                  Lake                                  
                                                                        
                               Survey area                              
Illinois:                                                               
  Lake                                                                  
                                                                        
                 Area of application. Survey area plus:                 
Illinois:                                                               
  Cook                                                                  
Michigan:                                                               
  Dickinson (Effective date October 21, 1995)                           
  Marquette (Effective date October 21, 1995)                           
Wisconsin:                                                              
  Dane                                                                  
  Milwaukee                                                             
                                                                        
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