[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 531

RIN 3206-AM88


General Schedule Locality Pay Areas

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed 
regulations on behalf of the President's Pay Agent to link the 
definitions of General Schedule (GS) locality pay area boundaries to 
updated metropolitan area definitions established by the Office of 
Management and Budget in February 2013. Under this proposal, locations 
that would otherwise move to a lower-paying locality pay area due to 
use of the updated metropolitan area definitions in the locality pay 
program would remain in their current locality pay area. This proposal 
does not modify the current commuting and GS employment criteria used 
in the locality pay program to evaluate, for possible inclusion in a 
locality pay area, locations adjacent to the metropolitan area 
comprising the basic locality pay area. However, regarding calculation 
of commuting interchange rates used to evaluate such locations, the 
locality pay area definitions proposed in this document reflect use of 
the commuting patterns data collected as part of the American Community 
Survey between 2006 and 2010, as recommended by the Federal Salary 
Council in January 2014.
    Under this proposal, 13 new locality pay areas would also be 
established. The Federal Salary Council recommended these 13 locality 
pay areas after reviewing pay levels in all ``Rest of U.S.'' 
metropolitan statistical areas and combined statistical areas with 
2,500 or more GS employees. The Federal Salary Council found that the 
percentage difference between GS and non-Federal pay levels for the 
same levels of work--i.e., the pay disparity--in these 13 locations was 
substantially greater than the ``Rest of U.S.'' pay disparity over an 
extended period. The President's Pay Agent has agreed to issue proposed 
regulations in response to the Federal Salary Council's recommendation 
to establish the 13 new locality pay areas. Locality pay rates for the 
new locality pay areas would be set by the President after the new 
locality pay areas would be established by regulation.

DATES: We must receive comments on or before July 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``RIN 3206-AM88,'' by 
any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected]. Include ``RIN 3206-AM88'' in the 
subject line of the message.
    Fax: (202) 606-0824.
    Mail: Brenda L. Roberts, Deputy Associate Director for Pay and 
Leave, Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20415-8200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Ratcliffe, (202) 606-2838; fax: 
(202) 606-0824; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 5304 of title 5, United States Code 
(U.S.C.), authorizes locality pay for General Schedule (GS) employees 
with duty stations in the United States and its territories and 
possessions. Section 5304(f) of title 5 U.S.C. 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. The 
boundaries of locality pay areas must be based on appropriate factors, 
which may include local labor market patterns, commuting patterns, and 
the practices of other employers. The Pay Agent must give thorough 
consideration to the views and recommendations of the Federal Salary 
Council, a body composed of experts in the fields of labor relations 
and pay policy and representatives of Federal employee organizations. 
The President appoints the members of the Federal Salary Council, which 
submits annual recommendations to the Pay Agent on the locality pay 
program. The establishment or modification of locality pay area 
boundaries must conform with the notice and comment provisions of the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553).
    This proposal provides notice and invites comment on proposed 
regulations to implement the Pay Agent's plan to link locality pay area 
definitions to OMB-defined metropolitan areas, to use new commuting 
patterns data for evaluating locations adjacent to the metropolitan 
area comprising the basic locality pay area, and to establish 13 new 
locality pay areas. (Annual Pay Agent reports on locality pay can be 
found posted on the OPM Web site at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/general-schedule/#url=Pay-Agent-Reports. The Pay Agent announced its plan to propose regulations 
linking locality pay area boundaries to OMB-defined metropolitan areas 
and using new commuting patterns data in its June 2014 report on 
locality pay. The Pay Agent announced its plan to establish 12 of the 
13 new locality pay areas in its May 2013 report on locality pay. The 
Federal Salary Council, in its November 2014 recommendations, 
recommended establishing Kansas City, MO-KS, as a new locality pay 
area. Because the Federal Salary Council used the same selection 
criteria as used for the 12 new locality pay areas the Pay Agent 
tentatively approved, the Pay Agent proposes establishing Kansas City, 
MO-KS as a new locality pay area.)

Linking Locality Pay Area Boundaries to OMB-Defined Metropolitan Areas

    OMB-defined metropolitan areas have been the basis of locality pay 
area boundaries since locality pay was implemented in 1994. OMB 
periodically updates its definitions of metropolitan areas, and 
regulations defining locality pay areas normally allow any minor 
changes in OMB-defined metropolitan areas to be reflected in locality 
pay area definitions automatically. However, because we anticipated 
significant changes to metropolitan area definitions in 2013, in 
January 2013, we revised the regulations defining locality pay areas so 
that updates based on OMB's redefinitions would not automatically be 
reflected in locality pay area definitions. (See Federal Register Vol. 
78, No. 16, page 5115, January 24, 2013,

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and the current definitions of ``CSA'' and ``MSA'' in 5 CFR 531.602.) 
That action provided time for the Federal Salary Council and the Pay 
Agent to review the updated metropolitan area definitions for 
suitability for use in the locality pay program. As a result, locality 
pay area definitions were frozen and are currently based on December 
2009 OMB-defined metropolitan areas.
    In February 2013, OMB issued new metropolitan area definitions, and 
in its January 2014 recommendations to the Pay Agent, the Federal 
Salary Council recommended that the Pay Agent use the February 2013 
metropolitan area definitions in the locality pay program. The Pay 
Agent, in its June 2014 report to the President on locality pay, 
tentatively approved that recommendation, pending the issuance of 
revised locality pay regulations. This proposed rule would implement 
the change by revising the definitions of ``CSA'' and ``MSA'' in 5 CFR 
531.602, to link the definitions of locality pay areas to the February 
2013 OMB-defined metropolitan areas, and by updating the locality pay 
area definitions in 5 CFR 531.603 accordingly. The proposed revisions 
to the definitions of ``CSA'' and ``MSA'' in 5 CFR 531.602 would 
provide that any OMB additions to the CSAs and MSAs comprising basic 
locality pay areas would be reflected in locality pay area definitions 
automatically. The proposed rule also implements the Pay Agent's plan 
to retain, in their current locality pay area, any locations that would 
otherwise move to a lower-paying locality pay area as a result of 
linking locality pay area definitions to the February 2013 OMB-defined 
metropolitan areas, as recommended by the Federal Salary Council. Under 
this proposed rule, any such retained area would no longer be part of 
the basic locality pay area due to use of the February 2013 OMB-defined 
metropolitan areas and would be treated as an area of application.
    OMB-defined metropolitan areas are called Core-Based Statistical 
Areas (CBSAs) and are grouped into three categories: Micropolitan 
Statistical Areas, where the largest included urban area has a 
population of 10,000 to 49,999; Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), 
where the largest included urban area has a population of 50,000 or 
more; and Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), which are composed of two 
or more adjacent CBSAs with an employment interchange measure of at 
least 15 percent. (The employment interchange measure is the sum of the 
percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the 
larger entity and the percentage of employment in the smaller entity 
that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity.) CBSA 
definitions used for the locality pay program under this proposal are 
contained in OMB Bulletin 13-01 of February 28, 2013, and are available 
at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b-13-01.pdf.

Criteria for Areas of Application

    As explained in the June 2014 Pay Agent report, locality pay areas 
consist of 1) the main metropolitan area comprising the basic locality 
pay area and, where criteria recommended by the Federal Salary Council 
and approved by the Pay Agent are met, 2) areas of application. Areas 
of application are locations that are adjacent to the basic locality 
pay area and meet approved criteria for inclusion in the locality pay 
area.
    Current criteria for evaluating locations adjacent to a basic 
locality pay area for possible inclusion in the locality pay area as 
areas of application are as follows: For adjacent CSAs and adjacent 
multi-county MSAs the criteria are 1,500 or more GS employees and a 
commuting interchange rate of at least 7.5 percent. For adjacent single 
counties, the criteria are 400 or more GS employees and a commuting 
interchange rate of at least 7.5 percent. The commuting interchange 
rate is defined as the sum of the percentage of employed residents of 
the area under consideration who work in the basic locality pay area 
and the percentage of the employment in the area under consideration 
that is accounted for by workers who reside in the basic locality pay 
area.
    The locality pay program also has criteria for evaluating Federal 
facilities that cross county lines into a separate locality pay area. 
To be included in an adjacent locality pay area, the whole facility 
must have at least 500 GS employees, with the majority of those 
employees in the higher-paying locality pay area, or that portion of a 
Federal facility outside of a higher-paying locality pay area must have 
at least 750 GS employees, the duty stations of the majority of those 
employees must be within 10 miles of the separate locality pay area, 
and a significant number of those employees must commute to work from 
the higher-paying locality pay area.

New Commuting Patterns Data

    As stated in the June 2014 Pay Agent report, new commuting patterns 
data were collected as part of the American Community Survey from 2006 
to 2010, and the Federal Salary Council recommended, in its January 
2014 recommendations, using those data for evaluating potential areas 
of application. The Pay Agent tentatively agreed in its June 2014 
report that it would be appropriate to use the new commuting patterns 
data for evaluating potential areas of application, and the areas of 
application included in the locality pay area definitions in this 
proposed rule, at 5 CFR 531.603(b), reflect use of the new commuting 
patterns data for that purpose.

Locations Almost or Completely Surrounded by Higher-Paying Locality Pay 
Areas

    In its November 2012 recommendations, the Federal Salary Council 
noted that, if its recommendations for changing pay area boundaries 
were adopted, some areas currently in the ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay 
area and not meeting the criteria for areas of application would be 
almost or completely surrounded by higher-paying locality pay areas. 
The Federal Salary Council recommended that completely surrounded 
locations be added to the locality pay area with which the surrounded 
location has the highest level of commuting to and from the basic 
locality pay area. For locations almost but not completely surrounded 
by higher-paying locality pay areas, the Federal Salary Council 
recommended that the Pay Agent evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, any 
locations almost but not completely surrounded by separate pay areas. 
The Federal Salary Council reiterated those recommendations in its 
January 2014 recommendations.
    Without criteria to address locations completely surrounded by 
higher-paying locality pay areas, this proposal's changes to locality 
pay area boundaries would leave Kent County, MD, and Lancaster County, 
PA, in the ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay area, and both counties could 
also be completely surrounded by higher-paying locality pay areas. The 
Pay Agent believes that single-county locations completely surrounded 
by higher-paying locality pay areas should be included in the locality 
pay area with the highest commuting interchange rate between the 
surrounded county and the basic locality pay area. Accordingly, this 
proposed rule would amend the locality pay area definitions at 5 CFR 
531.603(b) to include Kent County, MD, in the Washington-Baltimore-
Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA locality pay area and Lancaster County, PA, 
in the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, locality pay area.
    The issue of how to address ``Rest of U.S.'' locations that are 
almost but not completely surrounded by higher-paying locality pay 
areas requires

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careful consideration. The Pay Agent's preliminary view is that 
partially surrounded locations warranting some action would most likely 
be single ``Rest of U.S.'' counties--not multi-county metropolitan 
areas or large groups of counties--that are bordered by multiple 
higher-paying locality pay areas or are surrounded by water and 
isolated as ``Rest of U.S.'' locations within a reasonable commuting 
distance of a higher-paying locality pay area. The Pay Agent believes 
any such ``Rest of U.S.'' locations considered for inclusion in a 
separate locality pay area should be evaluated with criteria designed 
to evaluate such locations. The Pay Agent invites public comment on 
this issue.

Effect of Changes to Locality Pay Area Boundaries

    This proposal would amend 5 CFR 531.603(b) to add the following 
locations to existing locality pay areas:

Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA

    Clarke County, GA; Gordon County, GA; Jackson County, GA; Madison 
County, GA; Morgan County, GA; Oconee County, GA; and Oglethorpe 
County, GA.

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME

    Androscoggin County, ME; Cumberland County, ME; Sagadahoc County, 
ME; and all portions of York County, ME, that are currently in the 
``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay area.

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI

    Bureau County, IL; LaSalle County, IL; and Putnam County, IL.

Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN

    Mason County, KY, and Union County, IN.

Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH

    Carroll County, OH; Erie County, OH; Huron County, OH; Stark 
County, OH; and Tuscarawas County, OH.

Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH

    Guernsey County, OH; Hocking County, OH; Logan County, OH; 
Muskingum County, OH; and Perry County, OH.

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK

    Bryan County, OK; Hopkins County, TX; and Navarro County, TX.

Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH

    Shelby County, OH.

Houston-The Woodlands, TX

    Trinity County, TX; Washington County, TX; and Wharton County, TX.

Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL

    Marshall County, AL.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN

    Decatur County, IN; Delaware County, IN; and Jackson County, IN.

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

    All portions of Kern County, CA, currently included in the ``Rest 
of U.S.'' locality pay area.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL

    Indian River County, FL; Martin County, FL; Okeechobee County, FL; 
and St. Lucie County, FL.

Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI

    Dodge County, WI; Jefferson County, WI; and Walworth County, WI.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

    Le Sueur County, MN; Mille Lacs County, MN; and Sibley County, MN.

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA

    Carbon County, PA; Lehigh County, PA; and Northampton County, PA.

Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV

    Jefferson County, OH; Indiana County, PA; Brooke County, WV; and 
Hancock County, WV.

Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA

    Benton County, OR; Linn County, OR; and Cowlitz County, WA.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

    Lee County, NC; Robeson County, NC; Scotland County, NC; Vance 
County, NC; and all portions of Granville County, NC, currently 
included in the ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay area.

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

    Lewis County, WA.

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA

    Dorchester County, MD; Kent County, MD; Talbot County, MD; Franklin 
County, PA; and Rappahannock County, VA.

Establishing 13 New Locality Pay Areas

    Locality pay is set by comparing GS and non-Federal pay rates for 
the same levels of work in each locality pay area. Non-Federal salary 
survey data used to set locality pay rates are collected by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last several years, BLS has 
developed a method that permits Occupational Employment Statistics 
(OES) data to be used for locality pay. OES data are available for all 
MSAs and CSAs in the country and permit evaluation of salary levels in 
many more locations than could be covered under the prior National 
Compensation Survey alone.
    The Federal Salary Council reviewed pay comparisons of GS and non-
Federal pay in all ``Rest of U.S.'' MSAs and CSAs with 2,500 or more GS 
employees as of June 2011. Based on its review, the Federal Salary 
Council recommended new locality pay areas be established for 12 
metropolitan areas with pay gaps averaging more than 10 percentage 
points above that for the ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay area over an 
extended period. The Federal Salary Council's recommendations are 
posted on the OPM Web site at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/general-schedule/federal-salary-council/recommendation12.pdf. In its November 2014 recommendations, using the 
same selection methodology, the Federal Salary Council recommended that 
Kansas City, MO-KS, also be established as a separate locality pay 
area.
    The President's Pay Agent has agreed to issue proposed regulations 
in response to the Federal Salary Council's recommendation to establish 
13 new locality pay areas and proposes to modify 5 CFR 531.603(b) to 
add the new locality pay areas. The 13 new locality pay areas proposed 
are Albany-Schenectady, NY; Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM; Austin-
Round Rock, TX; Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC; Colorado Springs, CO; 
Davenport-Moline, IA-IL; Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA; Laredo, TX; 
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS; Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-
AZ; Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL; St. Louis-St. Charles-
Farmington, MO-IL; and Tucson-Nogales, AZ. Locality pay rates for the 
13 new locality pay areas would be set by the President at a later date 
after they would be established by regulation.

Adjacent Areas Qualifying as Areas of Application to New Locality Pay 
Areas

    Applying the criteria explained above for evaluating locations 
adjacent to basic locality pay areas as areas of application, this 
proposed rule would add the following counties to the new locality pay 
areas at 5 CFR 531.603(b): Fremont County, CO, and Pueblo County, CO, 
to the Colorado Springs, CO, locality pay area; Lancaster County, PA, 
to the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA, locality pay area; Jackson County, 
KS, Jefferson County, KS, Osage County,

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KS, Shawnee County, KS, and Wabaunsee County, KS to the Kansas City-
Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, locality pay area; and Cochise 
County, AZ, to the Tucson-Nogales, AZ, locality pay area.
    Regarding the criteria explained above for evaluating Federal 
facilities that cross locality pay area boundaries, the Pay Agent is 
not aware of any Federal facilities that qualify for inclusion in the 
new locality pay areas under these criteria.

Impact and Implementation

    Using February 2013 CBSA definitions as the basis for locality pay 
area boundaries and using updated commuting patterns data to evaluate 
potential areas of application would add a number of counties now 
covered by ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay to higher-paying locality pay 
areas, which would impact about 6,300 GS employees.
    The proposal to establish 13 new locality pay areas would impact 
about 102,000 GS employees. Implementing that proposal would not 
automatically change locality pay rates now applicable in those areas 
because locality pay percentages are established by Executive order 
under the President's authority in 5 U.S.C. 5304 or 5304a, and the 
President decides each year whether to increase locality pay 
percentages. When locality pay percentages are increased, past practice 
has been to allocate a percent of the total GS payroll for locality 
raises and to have the overall dollar cost for such pay raises be the 
same, regardless of the number of locality pay areas. If a percent of 
the total GS payroll is allocated for locality pay increases, the 
addition of new areas results in a smaller amount to allocate for 
locality pay increases in existing areas. Implementing higher locality 
pay rates in the 13 new locality pay areas could thus result in 
relatively lower pay increases for employees in existing locality pay 
areas than they would otherwise receive.

Executive Order 13563 and Executive Order 12866

    OMB has reviewed this rule in accordance with E.O. 13563 and 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.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director.
    Accordingly, OPM is proposing to amend 5 CFR part 531 as follows:

PART 531--PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE

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1. The authority citation for part 531 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 5115, 5307, and 5338; sec. 4 of Pub. L. 
103-89, 107 Stat. 981; and E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, 3 CFR, 1991 
Comp., p. 316; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(g), 5305, 
5333, 5334(a) and (b), and 7701(b)(2); Subpart D also issued under 5 
U.S.C. 5335 and 7701(b)(2); Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 
5336; Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 5941(a), 
E.O. 12883, 58 FR 63281, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 682 and E.O. 13106, 
63 FR 68151, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 224.

Subpart F--Locality-Based Comparability Payments

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2. In Sec.  531.602, the definitions of CSA and MSA are revised to read 
as follows:


Sec.  531.602  Definitions.

* * * * *
    CSA means the geographic scope of a Combined Statistical Area, as 
defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in OMB Bulletin 
No. 13-01, plus any areas subsequently added to the CSA by OMB.
* * * * *
    MSA means the geographic scope of a Metropolitan Statistical Area, 
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in OMB Bulletin 
No. 13-01, plus any areas subsequently added to the MSA by OMB.
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3. In Sec.  531.603, paragraph (b) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  531.603  Locality pay areas.

* * * * *
    (b) The following are locality pay areas for the purposes of this 
subpart:
    (1) Alaska--consisting of the State of Alaska;
    (2) Albany-Schenectady, NY--consisting of the Albany-Schenectady, 
NY CSA;
    (3) Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM--consisting of the 
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM CSA;
    (4) Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL--consisting 
of the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA CSA and also 
including Chambers County, AL;
    (5) Austin-Round Rock, TX--consisting of the Austin-Round Rock, TX 
MSA;
    (6) Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME--consisting of the 
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA, except for Windham 
County, CT, and also including Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland 
County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, and York County, ME;
    (7) Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY--consisting of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 
NY CSA;
    (8) Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC--consisting of the Charlotte-Concord, 
NC-SC CSA;
    (9) Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI--consisting of the Chicago-
Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA;
    (10) Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN--consisting of the 
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN CSA and also including 
Franklin County, IN;
    (11) Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH--consisting of the Cleveland-Akron-
Canton, OH CSA;
    (12) Colorado Springs, CO--consisting of the Colorado Springs, CO 
MSA and also including Fremont County, CO, and Pueblo County, CO;
    (13) Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH--consisting of the Columbus-
Marion-Zanesville, OH CSA;
    (14) Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK--consisting of the Dallas-Fort Worth, 
TX-OK CSA and also including Delta County, TX, and Fannin County, TX;
    (15) Davenport-Moline, IA-IL--consisting of the Davenport-Moline, 
IA-IL CSA;
    (16) Dayton-Springfield-Sidney, OH--consisting of the Dayton-
Springfield-Sidney, OH CSA and also including Preble County, OH;
    (17) Denver-Aurora, CO--consisting of the Denver-Aurora, CO CSA and 
also including Larimer County, CO;
    (18) Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI--consisting of the Detroit-
Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA;
    (19) Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA--consisting of the Harrisburg-
York-Lebanon, PA CSA, except for and Adams County, PA, and York County, 
PA, and also including Lancaster County, PA;
    (20) Hartford-West Hartford, CT-MA--consisting of the Hartford-West 
Hartford, CT CSA and also including Windham County, CT, Franklin 
County, MA, Hampden County, MA, and Hampshire County, MA;
    (21) Hawaii--consisting of the State of Hawaii;
    (22) Houston-The Woodlands, TX--consisting of the Houston-The 
Woodlands, TX CSA and also including San Jacinto County, TX;
    (23) Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL--consisting of the 
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL CSA;
    (24) Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN--consisting of the 
Indianapolis-

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Carmel-Muncie, IN CSA and also including Grant County, IN;
    (25) Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS--consisting of 
the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA and also including 
Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee 
County, KS, and Wabaunsee County, KS;
    (26) Laredo, TX--consisting of the Laredo, TX MSA;
    (27) Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ--consisting of the Las Vegas-
Henderson, NV-AZ CSA;
    (28) Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA--consisting of the Los Angeles-Long 
Beach, CA CSA and also including Kern County, CA, and Santa Barbara 
County, CA;
    (29) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL--consisting of the 
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA and also including Monroe 
County, FL;
    (30) Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI--consisting of the Milwaukee-
Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA;
    (31) Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI--consisting of the Minneapolis-St. 
Paul, MN-WI CSA;
    (32) New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA--consisting of the New York-
Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA and also including all of Joint Base McGuire-
Dix-Lakehurst;
    (33) Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL--consisting of the Palm Bay-
Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA;
    (34) Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD--consisting of the 
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, except for Joint Base 
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst;
    (35) Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ--consisting of the Phoenix-Mesa-
Scottsdale, AZ MSA;
    (36) Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV--consisting of the 
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV CSA;
    (37) Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA--consisting of the Portland-
Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA;
    (38) Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC--consisting of the Raleigh-
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC CSA and also including Cumberland County, NC, 
Hoke County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, and Wayne 
County, NC;
    (39) Richmond, VA--consisting of the Richmond, VA MSA and also 
including Cumberland County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, and Louisa 
County, VA;
    (40) Sacramento-Roseville, CA-NV--consisting of the Sacramento-
Roseville, CA CSA and also including Carson City, NV, and Douglas 
County, NV;
    (41) San Diego-Carlsbad, CA--consisting of the San Diego-Carlsbad, 
CA MSA;
    (42) San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA--consisting of the San 
Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA and also including Monterey County, 
CA;
    (43) Seattle-Tacoma, WA--consisting of the Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA 
and also including Whatcom County, WA;
    (44) St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL--consisting of the St. 
Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA;
    (45) Tucson-Nogales, AZ--consisting of the Tucson-Nogales, AZ CSA 
and also including Cochise County, AZ;
    (46) Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA--consisting of 
the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA and also 
including Kent County, MD, Adams County, PA, York County, PA, King 
George County, VA, and Morgan County, WV; and
    (47) Rest of U.S.--consisting of those portions of the United 
States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 
not located within another locality pay area.

[FR Doc. 2015-13135 Filed 5-29-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6325-39-P