[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17941]
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[FR Doc No: 99-9159]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AI04


Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment 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 
abolish the Orlando, Florida, appropriated fund Federal Wage System 
wage area. This change is being made because of the closure of the 
Orlando wage area's host installation, the Orlando Naval Training 
Station. This closure left the lead agency for the Orlando wage area, 
the Department of Defense, without an installation in the wage area 
capable of hosting annual local wage surveys.

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

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 1997, the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) published an interim rule (62 FR 51759) to remove the 
requirement that a full-scale wage survey be conducted in the Orlando, 
Florida, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. The 
Orlando wage area consisted of Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia 
Counties in Florida. 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 abolish the Orlando wage area. A full-
scale wage survey was scheduled to begin in the wage area in September 
1997. However, at that time, the Orlando wage area's host installation, 
the Orlando Naval Training Station, was preparing to close. The 
Department of Defense (DOD), the lead agency for the Orlando wage area, 
was left without an installation in the wage area capable of hosting 
annual local wage surveys. Without a host installation, DOD was unable 
to conduct the scheduled 1997 full-scale wage survey.
    The interim rule provided a 30-day public comment period, during 
which OPM did not receive any comments. Based on FPRAC's previous 
consensus recommendation, the interim rule is being adopted as a final 
rule with no changes.

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 
(62 FR 51759) amending 5 CFR part 532 published on October 3, 1997, is 
being adopted as final with no changes.

Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-9159 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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