[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 13553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7022]



 ========================================================================
 Rules and Regulations
                                                 Federal Register
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents 
 having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed 
 to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published 
 under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
 
 The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. 
 Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each 
 week.
 
 ========================================================================
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 57 / Monday, March 25, 2002 / Rules 
and Regulations  

[[Page 13553]]



OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AJ30


Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the 
Pennington, South Dakota, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to 
change the timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South 
Dakota, nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area. The change 
will help balance the workload for the Department of Defense and 
improve the amount and quality of data it collects during local annual 
wage surveys in the Pennington wage area.

DATES: Effective Date: April 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter at (202) 606-8359; 
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 19, 2000, the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed rule to change the 
timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South Dakota, 
nonappropriated (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area (65 FR 
79320). The proposed rule provided a 30-day period for public comment, 
during which OPM received no comments.
    The Department of Defense (DOD), the lead agency for the 
Pennington, SD, wage area, requested that the survey schedule be 
changed so that full-sale surveys could be conducted in June of even-
numbered fiscal years. DOD conducted a full-scale survey in January 
2002 and will conduct another full-scale survey in June 2002. The 
change from January to June will help avoid problems associated with 
conducting local wage surveys during inclement weather in western South 
Dakota and will improve wage survey participation and data yield. In 
addition, the new survey cycle will allow DOD to achieve a better 
balance in its wage survey workload.
    The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning 
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we change the 
full-scale survey cycle for the Pennington NAF wage area from January 
of even-numbered fiscal years to June of even-numbered fiscal years.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects 
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.
Kay Coles James,
Director.

    Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management 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 of Part 532--[Amended]

    2. Appendix B to subpart B is amended by revising under the State 
of South Dakota the listing of beginning month of survey from 
``January'' to ``June'' for the Pennington NAF wage area.

[FR Doc. 02-7022 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325-39-P