[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 531

RIN 3206-AL27


Locality Pay Areas

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the President's Pay Agent, the Office of 
Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on the locality pay 
program for General Schedule and certain other employees. Originally 
published on June 22, 2007 as an interim rule with a request for 
comments, the regulations added Whatcom County, WA, to the Seattle 
locality pay area effective with the first pay period that began on or 
after July 23, 2007, removed the reference to a January effective date 
for changes made by the President's Pay Agent in locality pay area 
boundaries, made a number of changes in the official names of locality 
pay areas to correspond to revised names of Metropolitan Statistical 
Areas and Combined Statistical Areas as established by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and provided notice and documentation of a 
number of changes in locality pay area boundaries that resulted from 
revisions in Metropolitan and Combined Statistical Areas. We received 
no comments on the interim rule and adopt the final rule without 
change.

DATES: Effective on February 8, 2008 we are adopting as a final rule 
the interim rule published at 72 FR 34361 on June 22, 2007.
    Applicability Date: The regulations were applicable on the first 
day of the first pay period that began on or after July 23, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Hearne, (202) 606-2838; FAX: 
(202) 606-4264; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
and 5 CFR part 531, subpart F, authorize locality pay for General 
Schedule (GS) and certain other employees with official worksites in 
the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia. Section 
5304(f) of title 5, United States Code, authorizes the President's Pay 
Agent (the Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), and the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM)) to determine locality pay areas.
    On June 22, 2007 (72 FR 34361), OPM published an interim rule to 
add Whatcom County, WA, to the Seattle locality pay area, remove the 
reference to a January effective date for changes made by the 
President's Pay Agent in locality pay area boundaries, and make a 
number of changes in the official names of locality pay areas to 
correspond to revised names of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 
and Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) as established by the Office of 
Management and Budget. The regulations also provided notice and 
documentation of a number of changes in locality pay area boundaries 
that resulted from the revisions in MSAs and CSAs. We received no 
comments on the interim rule and OPM is adopting the rule as final 
without changes.

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Review

    The Office of Management and Budget has reviewed this rule in 
accordance with E.O. 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that these regulations would not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they 
would apply only to Federal agencies and employees.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 531

    Government employees, Law enforcement officers, Wages.

Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.

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Accordingly, the interim rule amending 5 CFR part 531 published at 72 
FR 34361 on June 22, 2007, is adopted as a final rule without change.

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