[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10879-10881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6268]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 53 / Monday, March 18, 1996 / Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AH27
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Federal Wage
System Wage Areas
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final
rule to redefine several Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-
setting purposes. OPM is engaged in an ongoing project to review the
geographic definitions of selected FWS wage areas. Based on recent
reviews of wage and survey area boundaries in a number of wage areas,
OPM is redefining and/or renaming the following FWS wage areas:
Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Biloxi, MS; Columbus-Aberdeen,
MS; Jackson, MS; Meridian, MS; Great Falls, MT; Pittsburgh, PA; Eastern
Tennessee; Corpus Christi, TX; San Antonio, TX; and West Virginia.
Timing of the actual implementation of changes in these wage areas
varies somewhat because of the varying dates for the conduct of local
FWS wage surveys.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Allen, (202) 606-2848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM is engaged in an ongoing project to
review the geographic definitions of selected FWS appropriated fund
wage areas. On December 19, 1995, OPM published a proposed rule (60 FR
65245) concerning changes in several FWS wage area definitions. The
proposed rule provided a 30-day period for public comment. OPM received
comments regarding the definition of the Columbus-Aberdeen, MS, wage
area from several FWS employees in the wage area and an attorney. The
commenters recommended that OPM remove Panola, Yalobusha, and Grenada
Counties, MS, from the Columbus-Aberdeen wage area and redefine the
counties to the Memphis, TN, wage area.
During its study of the Columbus-Aberdeen wage area, the Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee carefully reviewed the wage area
definitions of Grenada, Panola, and Yalobusha Counties and determined
by consensus that, according to the regulatory criteria for defining
FWS wage areas (section 532.211 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations), the counties should remain in the wage area to which they
are currently defined, with Grenada County being added to the wage
area's survey area. OPM concurs with that finding and does not,
therefore, agree that Grenada, Panola, and Yalobusha Counties should be
redefined to the Memphis wage area.
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.
Appendix A to Subpart B--[Amended]
2. Appendix A to subpart B is amended for Great Falls, MT, by
removing the name ``Great Falls'' and adding in its place ``Montana'',
and for Columbus-Aberdeen, MS, by removing the name ``Columbus-
Aberdeen'' and adding in its place ``Northern Mississippi''.
3. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area
listings for Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD and Biloxi, MS;
removing ``Columbus-Aberdeen'' MS and inserting in alphabetical order a
new listing for ``Northern Mississippi;'' and revising the listing for
Jackson, MS; Meridian, MS; the state of Montana; Pittsburgh, PA;
Eastern Tennessee; Corpus Christi, TX; San Antonio, TX; and West
Virginia to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
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MARYLAND
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HAGERSTOWN-MARTINSBURG-CHAMBERSBURG
Survey Area
Maryland:
Washington
Pennsylvania:
Franklin
West Virginia:
Berkeley
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Maryland:
Allegany
Garrett
Pennsylvania:
Fulton (Effective as of April 17, 1996.)
Virginia (cities):
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Virginia (counties):
Clarke
Culpeper
Frederick
Greene
Madison
Page
Rappahannock
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Warren
West Virginia:
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
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MISSISSIPPI
BILOXI
Survey Area
Mississippi:
Hancock
Harrison
Jackson
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Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Mississippi:
George
Pearl River
Stone (Effective as of November 1, 1997.)
JACKSON
Survey area
Mississippi:
Hinds
Rankin
Warren
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Mississippi:
Adams (Effective as of February 1, 1997.)
Amite
Attala
Claiborne (Effective as of February 1, 1997.)
Copiah
Covington
Franklin
Holmes
Humphreys
Issaquena
Jefferson (Effective as of February 1, 1997.)
Jefferson Davis
Lawrence
Lincoln
Madison
Marion
Pike
Scott
Sharkey
Simpson
Smith
Walthall
Wilkinson
Yazoo
MERIDIAN
Survey Area
Mississippi:
Forest
Lamar (Effective as of February 1, 1997.)
Lauderdale
Alabama:
Choctaw
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Mississippi:
Clarke
Greene
Jasper
Jones
Kemper
Leake
Neshoba
Newton
Perry
Wayne
Alabama:
Sumter
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Survey Area
Mississippi:
Clay
Grenada (Effective as of February 1, 1996.)
Leflore (Effective as of February 1, 1996.)
Lee
Lowndes
Monroe
Oktibbeha
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Mississippi:
Alcorn
Bolivar
Calhoun
Carroll
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Coahoma
Itawamba
Layfayette (Excluding Holly Springs National Forest.)
Montgomery
Noxubee
Panola
Pontotoc (Excluding Holly Springs National Forest.)
Prentiss
Quitman
Sunflower
Tallahatchie
Tishomingo
Union (Excluding Holly Springs National Forest.)
Washington
Webster
Winston
Yalobusha
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MONTANA
Survey Area
Montana:
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Montana:
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Liberty
Lincoln
McCone
Madison
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Petroleum
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Wyoming:
Big Horn
Park
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PENNSYLVANIA
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PITTSBURGH
Survey Area
Pennsylvania:
Allegheny
Beaver
Butler (Effective as of the first day of the month of the first
full-scale wage survey in the Pittsburgh wage area following April
17, 1996.)
Washington
Westmoreland
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Pennsylvania:
Armstrong
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Cameron
Centre
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Crawford
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
McKean
Mercer
Potter
Somerset
Venango
Warren
Ohio:
Belmont
Carroll
Harrison
Jefferson
Tuscarawas
West Virginia:
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
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TENNESSEE
EASTERN TENNESSEE
Survey Area
Tennessee:
Carter
Hawkins
Sullivan
Unicoi
Washington
Virginia (city):
Bristol
Virginia (counties):
Scott
Washington
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Tennessee:
Cocke
Greene
Hancock
Johnson
Virginia:
Buchanan
Grayson
Lee
Russell
Smyth
Tazewell
North Carolina:
Alleghany
Ashe
Watauga
Kentucky:
Harlan
Letcher
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TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI
Survey Area
Texas:
Nueces
San Patricio
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Texas:
Aransas
Bee
Brooks (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
Calhoun
Cameron (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
Goliad
Hidalgo (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
Jim Wells
Kenedy (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
Kleberg
Live Oak
Refugio
Starr (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
Victoria
Willacy (Effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after April 17, 1996.
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SAN ANTONIO
Survey Area
Texas:
Bexar
Comal
Guadalupe
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
Texas:
Atascosa
Bandera
De Witt
Dimmit
Duval
Edwards
Frio
Gillespie
Gonzales
Jim Hogg
Karnes
Kendall
Kerr
Kinney
La Salle
McMullen
Maverick
Medina
Real
Uvalde
Val Verde
Webb
Wilson
Zapata
Zavala
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WEST VIRGINIA
Survey Area
West Virginia:
Cabell
Harrison
Kanawha
Marion
Monongalia
Putnam
Wayne
Ohio:
Lawrence
Kentucky:
Boyd
Greenup
Area of Application--Survey Area Plus
West Virginia:
Barbour
Boone
Braxton
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Grant
Greenbrier
Jackson
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mason
Mercer
Mingo
Monroe
Nicholas
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Summers
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Ohio:
Athens
Gallia
Jackson
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Noble
Pike
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Kentucky:
Carter
Elliott
Floyd
Johnson
Lawrence
Lewis
Magoffin
Martin
Pike
Virginia (city):
Norton (Effective as of April 17, 1996.
Virginia (counties):
Dickenson
Wise
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