[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17941-17942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9158]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AI13


Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Orlando, FL, 
Appropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to 
redefine Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia Counties, Florida, from 
the Orlando, FL, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area 
to the Jacksonville, FL, FWS wage area. This change is being made 
because the closure of the Orlando wage area's host installation, the 
Orlando Naval Training Station, left the Department of Defense without 
an installation in the Orlando wage area capable of hosting local wage 
surveys.

DATES: This final rule is effective on May 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848, FAX: 
(202) 606-0824, or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 1998, the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) published an interim rule (63 FR 6471) to redefine the 
Orlando, Florida, Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. The Federal 
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning 
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we redefine 
Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia Counties, FL, from the Orlando 
wage area to the Jacksonville, FL, FWS wage area. In September 1997, a 
full-scale wage survey was scheduled to begin in the Orlando wage area; 
however, the Orlando wage area's host installation, the Orlando Naval 
Training Station, was preparing to close. The lead agency for the 
Orlando wage area, the Department of Defense (DOD), was left without an 
activity in the wage area capable of hosting local wage surveys. 
Because DOD was unable to conduct the survey, OPM abolished the Orlando 
wage area (62 FR 51759) and removed the requirement that a local wage 
survey be conducted in the Orlando wage area.
    Employees being paid rates from the Orlando wage schedule were 
converted to the Jacksonville wage schedule on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after March 11, 1998. OPM 
did not receive any comments on the interim rule during its 30-day 
public comment period. Based on the previous consensus recommendation 
of FPRAC, the interim rule is being adopted as a final rule without any 
changes.

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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.

    Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 5343, the interim rule 
(63 FR 6471) amending 5 CFR part 532 published on February 9, 1998, is 
being adopted as final with no changes.

Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-9158 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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