[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AL77


Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated 
Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a 
final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several 
appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas for pay-setting 
purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area 
boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following 
wage areas: Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; 
Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-
Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; 
Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern 
Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-
Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI.

DATES: Effective date: This regulation is effective on May 4, 2009. 
Applicability date: Agencies will place affected employees on their new 
wage schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after June 3, 2009.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (74 FR 1948) to 
redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal 
Wage System (FWS) wage areas. This proposed rule would redefine the 
following counties:
     Chilton County, AL, to the Birmingham, AL, area of 
application;
     Broomfield County, CO, to the Denver, CO, survey area;
     Clarke, Spotsylvania, and Warren Counties, VA; 
Fredericksburg City, VA; and Jefferson County, WV, to the Washington, 
DC, area of application;
     Jasper, Lamar, and Meriwether Counties, GA, to the 
Atlanta, GA, area of application;
     Kenosha County, WI, to the Chicago, IL, area of 
application;
     Brown County, IN, to the Indianapolis, IN, area of 
application;
     Union County, SD, to the Omaha, NE, area of application;
     Washington County, IN, to the Louisville, KY, area of 
application;
     Queen Anne's County, MD, to the Baltimore, MD, area of 
application;
     Moniteau County, MO, to the St. Louis, MO, area of 
application;
     Hunterdon County, NJ, and Pike County, PA, to the New 
York, NY, area of application; and
     Carbon County, PA, to the Philadelphia, PA, area of 
application.

    The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM 
received no comments.

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.

John Berry,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is amending 5 CFR 
part 532 as follows:

PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS

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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.

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2. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area 
listings for Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, 
DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-
Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, 
MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern 
Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-
Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI, to 
read as follows:

Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey 
Areas

* * * * *

 
 
 
                                 ALABAMA
 
                                * * * * *
                               Birmingham
 
                               Survey Area
 
Alabama:
  Jefferson
  St. Clair
  Shelby
  Tuscaloosa
  Walker
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Alabama:
  Bibb
  Blount
  Chilton
  Cullman
  Fayette
  Greene
  Hale
  Lamar
  Marengo
  Perry
  Pickens
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                COLORADO
 
                                 Denver
 
                               Survey Area
 
Colorado:
  Adams
  Arapahoe
  Boulder
  Broomfield
  Denver
  Douglas
  Gilpin
  Jefferson
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Colorado:
  Clear Creek
  Eagle

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  Elbert
  Garfield
  Grand
  Jackson
  Lake
  Larimer
  Logan
  Morgan
  Park
  Phillips
  Pitkin
  Rio Blanco
  Routt
  Sedgwick
  Summit
  Washington
  Weld
  Yuma
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                DELAWARE
 
                               Wilmington
 
                               Survey Area
 
Delaware:
  Kent
  New Castle
 
Maryland:
  Cecil
 
New Jersey:
  Salem
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Delaware:
  Sussex
 
Maryland:
  Caroline
  Dorchester
  Kent
  Somerset
  Talbot
  Wicomico
  Worcester (Does not include the Assateague Island portion.)
 
                                * * * * *
 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 
                             Washington, DC
 
                               Survey Area
 
District of Columbia:
  Washington, DC
 
Maryland:
  Charles
  Frederick
  Montgomery
  Prince George's
 
Virginia (cities):
  Alexandria
  Fairfax
  Falls Church
  Manassas
  Manassas Park
 
Virginia (counties):
  Arlington
  Fairfax
  Loudoun
  Prince William
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Maryland:
  Calvert
  St. Mary's
 
Virginia (city):
  Fredericksburg
 
Virginia (counties):
  Clarke
  Fauquier
  King George
  Spotsylvania
  Stafford
  Warren
 
West Virginia:
  Jefferson
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                 GEORGIA
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                 Atlanta
 
                               Survey Area
 
Georgia:
  Butts
  Cherokee
  Clayton
  Cobb
  De Kalb
  Douglas
  Fayette
  Forsyth
  Fulton
  Gwinnett
  Henry
  Newton
  Paulding
  Rockdale
  Walton
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Georgia:
  Banks
  Barrow
  Bartow
  Carroll
  Chattooga
  Clarke
  Coweta
  Dawson
  Fannin
  Floyd
  Franklin
  Gilmer
  Gordon
  Greene
  Habersham
  Hall
  Haralson
  Heard
  Jackson
  Jasper
  Lamar
  Lumpkin
  Madison
  Meriwether
  Morgan
  Murray
  Oconee
  Oglethorpe
  Pickens
  Pike
  Polk
  Rabun
  Spalding
  Stephens
  Towns
  Union
  White
  Whitfield
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                Columbus
 
                               Survey Area
 
Georgia (counties):
  Chattahoochee
 
Georgia (consolidated government):
  Columbus
 
Alabama:
  Autauga
  Elmore
  Lee
  Macon
  Montgomery
  Russel
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Georgia:
  Harris
  Marion
  Quitman
  Schley
  Stewart
  Talbot
  Taylor
  Webster
 
Alabama:
  Bullock
  Butler
  Chambers
  Coosa
  Crenshaw
  Dallas
  Lowndes
  Pike
  Tallapoosa
  Wilcox
 
                                  Macon
 
                               Survey Area
 
Georgia:
  Bibb
  Houston
  Jones
  Laurens
  Twiggs
  Wilkinson
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Georgia:
  Baldwin
  Bleckley
  Crawford
  Crisp
  Dodge
  Dooly
  Hancock
  Johnson
  Macon
  Monroe
  Montgomery
  Peach
  Pulaski
  Putnam
  Telfair
  Treutlen
  Upson
  Washington
  Wheeler
  Wilcox
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                ILLINOIS
 
 

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                                * * * * *
 
                                 Chicago
 
                               Survey Area
 
Illinois:
  Cook
  Du Page
  Kane
  Lake
  McHenry
  Will
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Illinois:
  Boone
  De Kalb
  Grundy
  Iroquois
  Kankakee
  Kendall
  La Salle
  Lee
  Livingston
  Ogle
  Stephenson
  Winnebago
 
Indiana:
  Benton
  Jasper
  Lake
  La Porte
  Newton
  Porter
  Pulaski
  Starke
 
Wisconsin:
  Kenosha
 
                                 INDIANA
 
                     Bloomington-Bedford-Washington
 
                               Survey Area
 
Indiana:
  Daviess
  Greene
  Knox
  Lawrence
  Martin
  Monroe
  Orange
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Indiana:
  Crawford
  Dubois
  Gibson
  Jackson
  Owen
  Perry
  Pike
  Posey
  Spencer
  Vanderburgh
  Warrick
 
Illinois:
  Edwards
  Gallatin
  Hardin
  Lawrence
  Richland
  Wabash
  White
 
Kentucky:
  Crittenden
  Daviess
  Hancock
  Henderson
  Livingston
  McLean
  Ohio
  Union
  Webster
 
                                * * * * *
 
                              Indianapolis
 
                               Survey Area
 
Indiana:
  Boone
  Hamilton
  Hancock
  Hendricks
  Johnson
  Marion
  Morgan
  Shelby
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Indiana:
  Bartholomew
  Brown
  Clay
  Clinton
  Decatur
  Delaware
  Fayette
  Fountain
  Henry
  Madison
  Montgomery
  Parke
  Putnam
  Rush
  Sullivan
  Tippecanoe
  Tipton
  Vermillion
  Vigo
  Warren
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                KENTUCKY
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                               Louisville
 
                               Survey Area
 
Kentucky:
  Bullitt
  Hardin
  Jefferson
  Oldham
 
Indiana:
  Clark
  Floyd
  Jefferson
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Kentucky:
  Breckinridge
  Grayson
  Hart
  Henry
  Larue
  Meade
  Nelson
  Shelby
  Spencer
  Trimble
 
Indiana:
  Harrison
  Jennings
  Scott
  Washington
 
                                * * * * *
 
MARYLAND
 
 
                                 * * * *
 
                                Baltimore
 
                               Survey Area
 
Maryland:
  Baltimore City
  Anne Arundel
  Baltimore
  Carroll
  Harford
  Howard
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Maryland:
  Queen Anne's
 
                   Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg
 
                               Survey Area
 
Maryland:
  Washington
 
Pennsylvania:
  Franklin
 
West Virginia:
  Berkeley
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Maryland:
  Allegany
  Garrett
 
Pennsylvania:
  Fulton
 
Virginia (cities):
  Harrisonburg
  Winchester
 
Virginia (counties):
  Culpeper
  Frederick
  Greene
  Madison
  Page
  Rappahannock
  Rockingham
  Shenandoah
 
West Virginia:
  Hampshire
  Hardy
  Mineral
  Morgan
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                MISSOURI
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                St. Louis
 
                               Survey Area
 
Missouri:
  St. Louis City
  Franklin
  Jefferson
  St. Charles
  St. Louis
 
Illinois:
  Clinton
  Madison
  Monroe

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  St. Clair
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Missouri:
  Audrain
  Boone
  Callaway
  Clark
  Cole
  Crawford
  Gasconade
  Knox
  Lewis
  Lincoln
  Marion
  Moniteau
  Monroe
  Montgomery
  Osage
  Pike
  Ralls
  Randolph
  St. Francois
  Ste. Genevieve
  Scotland
  Shelby
  Warren
  Washington
 
Illinois:
  Alexander
  Bond
  Calhoun
  Clay
  Effingham
  Fayette
  Franklin
  Greene
  Hamilton
  Jackson
  Jefferson
  Jersey
  Johnson
  Macoupin
  Marion
  Massac
  Montgomery
  Morgan
  Perry
  Pike
  Pope
  Pulaski
  Randolph
  Saline
  Scott
  Union
  Washington
  Wayne
  Williamson
 
                            Southern Missouri
 
                               Survey Area
 
Missouri:
  Christian
  Greene
  Laclede
  Phelps
  Pulaski
  Webster
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Missouri:
  Barry
  Barton
  Benton
  Bollinger
  Butler
  Camden
  Cape Girardeau
  Carter
  Cedar
  Dade
  Dallas
  Dent
  Douglas
  Hickory
  Howell
  Iron
  Jasper
  Lawrence
  McDonald
  Madison
  Maries
  Miller
  Mississippi
  Morgan
  New Madrid
  Newton
  Oregon
  Ozark
  Perry
  Polk
  Reynolds
  Ripley
  St. Clair
  Scott
  Shannon
  Stoddard
  Stone
  Taney
  Texas
  Vernon
  Wayne
  Wright
 
Kansas:
  Cherokee
  Crawford
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                NEBRASKA
 
                                  Omaha
 
                               Survey Area
 
Nebraska:
  Douglas
  Lancaster
  Sarpy
 
Iowa:
  Pottawattamie
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Nebraska:
  Adams
  Antelope
  Arthur
  Blaine
  Boone
  Boyd
  Brown
  Buffalo
  Burt
  Butler
  Cass
  Cedar
  Chase
  Cherry
  Clay
  Colfax
  Cuming
  Custer
  Dakota
  Dawson
  Dixon
  Dodge
  Dundy
  Fillmore
  Franklin
  Frontier
  Furnas
  Gage
  Garfield
  Gosper
  Grant
  Greeley
  Hall
  Hamilton
  Harlan
  Hayes
  Hitchcock
  Holt
  Hooker
  Howard
  Jefferson
  Johnson
  Kearney
  Keith
  Keya Paha
  Knox
  Lincoln
  Logan
  Loup
  McPherson
  Madison
  Merrick
  Nance
  Nemaha
  Nuckolls
  Otoe
  Pawnee
  Perkins
  Phelps
  Pierce
  Platte
  Polk
  Red Willow
  Richardson
  Rock
  Saline
  Saunders
  Seward
  Sherman
  Stanton
  Thayer
  Thomas
  Thurston
  Valley
  Washington
  Wayne
  Webster
  Wheeler
  York
 
Iowa:
  Adams
  Audubon
  Buena Vista
  Cass
  Cherokee
  Clay
  Crawford
  Fremont
  Harrison
  Ida
  Mills
  Monona
  Montgomery
  O'Brien
  Page
  Palo Alto
  Plymouth

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  Pocahontas
  Sac
  Shelby
  Sioux
  Taylor
  Woodbury
 
South Dakota:
  Union
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                NEW YORK
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                New York
 
                               Survey Area
 
New York:
  Bronx
  Kings
  Nassau
  New York
  Queens
  Suffolk
  Westchester
 
New Jersey:
  Bergen
  Essex
  Hudson
  Middlesex
  Morris
  Passaic
  Somerset
  Union
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
New York:
  Putnam
  Richmond
  Rockland
 
New Jersey:
  Hunterdon
  Monmouth
  Ocean (Excluding the Fort Dix Military Reservation)
  Sussex
 
Pennsylvania:
  Pike
 
                                * * * * *
 
                              PENNSYLVANIA
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                              Philadelphia
 
                               Survey Area
 
Pennsylvania:
  Bucks
  Chester
  Delaware
  Montgomery
  Philadelphia
 
New Jersey:
  Burlington
  Camden
  Gloucester
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Pennsylvania:
  Carbon
  Lehigh
  Northampton
 
New Jersey:
  Atlantic
  Cape May
  Cumberland
  Mercer
  Ocean (Fort Dix Military Reservation only)
  Warren
 
                                * * * * *
 
                          Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
 
                               Survey Area
 
Pennsylvania:
  Lackawanna
  Luzerne
  Monroe
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Pennsylvania:
  Bradford
  Columbia
  Lycoming (Excluding Allenwood Federal Prison Camp)
  Sullivan
  Susquehanna
  Wayne
  Wyoming
 
                                * * * * *
 
                              SOUTH DAKOTA
 
                          Eastern South Dakota
 
                               Survey Area
 
South Dakota:
  Minnehaha
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
South Dakota:
  Aurora
  Beadle
  Bennett
  Bon Homme
  Brookings
  Brown
  Brule
  Buffalo
  Campbell
  Charles Mix
  Clark
  Clay
  Codington
  Corson
  Davison
  Day
  Deuel
  Dewey
  Douglas
  Edmunds
  Faulk
  Grant
  Gregory
  Haakon
  Hamlin
  Hand
  Hanson
  Hughes
  Hutchinson
  Hyde
  Jerauld
  Jones
  Kingsbury
  Lake
  Lincoln
  Lyman
  McCook
  McPherson
  Marshall
  Mellette
  Miner
  Moody
  Potter
  Roberts
  Sanborn
  Spink
  Stanley
  Sully
  Todd
  Tripp
  Turner
  Walworth
  Washabaugh
  Yankton
  Ziebach
 
Iowa:
  Dickinson
  Emmet
  Lyon
  Osceola
 
Minnesota:
  Jackson
  Lincoln
  Lyon
  Murray
  Nobles
  Pipestone
  Rock
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                VIRGINIA
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                Richmond
 
                               Survey Area
 
Virginia (cities):
  Colonial Heights
  Hopewell
  Petersburg
  Richmond
 
Virginia (counties):
  Charles City
  Chesterfield
  Dinwiddie
  Goochland
  Hanover
  Henrico
  New Kent
  Powhatan
  Prince George
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Virginia (cities):
  Charlottesville
  Emporia
 
Virginia (counties):
  Albemarle
  Amelia
  Brunswick
  Buckingham
  Caroline
  Charlotte
  Cumberland
  Essex
  Fluvanna
  Greensville
  King and Queen
  King William
  Lancaster
  Louisa
  Lunenberg

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  Mecklenburg
  Middlesex
  Northumberland
  Nottoway
  Orange
  Prince Edward
  Richmond
  Sussex
  Westmoreland
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                WISCONSIN
 
 
                                * * * * *
 
                                Milwaukee
 
                               Survey Area
 
Wisconsin:
  Milwaukee
  Ozaukee
  Washington
  Waukesha
 
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
 
Wisconsin:
  Brown
  Calumet
  Door
  Fond du Lac
  Kewaunee
  Manitowoc
  Outagamie
  Racine
  Sheboygan
  Walworth
  Winnebago
 

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