[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 419-421]
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[FR Doc No: 2019-28009]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AN87


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 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final 
rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund 
Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on 
reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) boundaries in a number 
of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following wage areas: Washington, 
DC; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Detroit, MI; Jackson, MS; 
Meridian, MS; and Cleveland, OH.

DATES: Effective February 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at 
(202) 606-2858 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 14, 2019, OPM issued a proposed 
rule (84 FR 40297) to redefine the following counties:
     Madison County, VA, from the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-
Chambersburg, MD, area of application to the Washington, DC, area of 
application;
     Ottawa County, OH, from the Cleveland, OH, area of 
application to the Detroit, MI, area of application;
     Covington County, MS, from the Jackson, MS, area of 
application to the Meridian, MS, area of application.
    The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the 
national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on 
matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed and recommended 
these changes by consensus.
    The 30-day comment period ended on September 13, 2019. OPM received 
two comments requesting OPM consider revising the definition of the 
Seattle-Everett-Tacoma, WA, FWS wage area. OPM must receive the advice 
of FPRAC before making any changes to wage area boundaries. The 
comments are therefore beyond the scope of the proposed rule.

Regulatory Impact Analysis

    This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the 
terms of Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) 
and is therefore not subject to review under E.O. 12866 and 13563 (76 
FR 3821, January 21, 2011).

Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

    This rule is not an Executive Order 13771 regulatory action because 
this rule is not significant under E.O. 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    OPM certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities because they will 
affect only Federal agencies and employees.

Federalism

    We have examined this rule in accordance with Executive Order 
13132, Federalism, and have determined that this rule will not have any 
negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of State, 
local, or tribal governments.

Civil Justice Reform

    This regulation meets the applicable standard set forth in 
Executive Order 12988.

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995

    This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local, and 
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any year and it will not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary 
under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.

Congressional Review Act

    This action pertains to agency management, personnel, and 
organization and does not substantially affect the rights or 
obligations of nonagency parties and, accordingly, is not a ``rule'' as 
that term is used by the Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA)). 
Therefore, the reporting requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not apply.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not impose any new reporting or record-keeping 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532

    Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, 
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.

Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.

    Accordingly, OPM 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. In Appendix C to subpart B amend the table by revising the wage area 
listings for the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland, 
Michigan, Mississippi, and Ohio to read as follows:

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

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Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington, DC

Survey Area

District of Columbia:
    Washington, DC
Maryland:
    Charles
    Frederick
    Montgomery
    Prince George's
Virginia (cities):
    Alexandria

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    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
    Culpeper
    Fauquier
    King George
    Madison
    Rappahannock
    Spotsylvania
    Stafford
    Warren
West Virginia:
    Jefferson
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MARYLAND

Baltimore

Survey Area

Maryland (city):
    Baltimore
Maryland (counties):
    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):
    Frederick
    Page
    Rockingham
    Shenandoah
West Virginia:
    Hampshire
    Hardy
    Mineral
    Morgan
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MICHIGAN

Detroit

Survey Area

Michigan:
    Lapeer
    Livingston
    Macomb
    Oakland
    St. Clair
    Wayne

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Michigan:
    Arenac
    Bay
    Clare
    Clinton
    Eaton
    Genesee
    Gladwin
    Gratiot
    Huron
    Ingham
    Isabella
    Lenawee
    Midland
    Monroe
    Saginaw
    Sanilac
    Shiawassee
    Tuscola
    Washtenaw
Ohio:
    Fulton
    Lucas
    Ottawa
    Wood

Northwestern Michigan

Survey Area

Michigan:
    Delta
    Dickinson
    Marquette

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Michigan:
    Alcona
    Alger
    Alpena
    Antrim
    Baraga
    Benzie
    Charlevoix
    Cheboygan
    Chippewa
    Crawford
    Emmet
    Gogebic
    Grand Traverse
    Houghton
    Iosco
    Iron
    Kalkaska
    Keweenaw
    Leelanau
    Luce
    Mackinac
    Manistee
    Menominee
    Missaukee
    Montmorency
    Ogemaw
    Ontonagon
    Oscoda
    Otsego
    Presque Isle
    Roscommon
    Schoolcraft
    Wexford

Southwestern Michigan

Survey Area

Michigan:
    Barry
    Calhoun
    Kalamazoo
    Van Buren

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Michigan:
    Allegan
    Berrien
    Branch
    Cass
    Hillsdale
    Ionia
    Jackson
    Kent
    Lake
    Mason
    Mecosta
    Montcalm
    Muskegon
    Newaygo
    Oceana
    Osceola
    Ottawa
    St. Joseph
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MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi

Survey Area

Mississippi:
    Hancock
    Harrison
    Jackson
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Mississippi:
    George
    Pearl River
    Stone

Jackson

Survey Area

Mississippi:

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    Hinds
    Rankin
    Warren
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Mississippi:
    Adams
    Amite
    Attala
    Claiborne
    Copiah
    Franklin
    Holmes
    Humphreys
    Issaquena
    Jefferson
    Jefferson Davis
    Lawrence
    Lincoln
    Madison
    Marion
    Pike
    Scott
    Sharkey
    Simpson
    Smith
    Walthall
    Wilkinson
    Yazoo

Meridian

Survey Area

Alabama:
    Choctaw
Mississippi:
    Forrest
    Lamar
    Lauderdale

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alabama:
    Sumter
Mississippi:
    Clarke
    Covington
    Greene
    Jasper
    Jones
    Kemper
    Leake
    Neshoba
    Newton
    Perry
    Wayne

Northern Mississippi

Survey Area

Mississippi:
    Clay
    Grenada
    Lee
    Leflore
    Lowndes
    Monroe
    Oktibbeha
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Mississippi:
    Alcorn
    Bolivar
    Calhoun
    Carroll
    Chickasaw
    Choctaw
    Coahoma
    Itawamba
    Lafayette (Does not include the Holly Springs National Forest 
portion)
    Montgomery
    Noxubee
    Pontotoc (Does not include the Holly Spring National Forest 
portion)
    Prentiss
    Quitman
    Sunflower
    Tallahatchie
    Tishomingo
    Union (Does not include the Holly Springs National Forest portion)
    Washington
    Webster
    Winston
    Yalobusha
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OHIO

Cincinnati

Survey Area

Indiana:
    Dearborn
Kentucky:
    Boone
    Campbell
    Kenton
Ohio:
    Clermont
    Hamilton
    Warren
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Indiana:
    Franklin
    Ohio
    Ripley
    Switzerland
    Union
Kentucky:
    Bracken
    Carroll
    Gallatin
    Grant
    Mason
    Pendleton
Ohio:
    Adams
    Brown
    Butler
    Highland

Cleveland

Survey Area

Ohio:
    Cuyahoga
    Geauga
    Lake
    Medina

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Ohio:
    Ashland
    Ashtabula
    Carroll
    Columbiana
    Erie
    Huron
    Lorain
    Mahoning
    Portage
    Sandusky
    Seneca
    Stark
    Summit
    Trumbull
    Wayne
Pennsylvania:
    Mercer

Columbus

Survey Area

Ohio:
    Delaware
    Fairfield
    Franklin
    Licking
    Madison
    Pickaway

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Ohio:
    Coshocton
    Crawford
    Fayette
    Guernsey
    Hancock
    Hardin
    Hocking
    Holmes
    Knox
    Marion
    Morrow
    Muskingum
    Perry
    Richland
    Ross
    Union
    Wyandot

Dayton

Survey Area

Ohio:
    Champaign
    Clark
    Greene
    Miami
    Montgomery
    Preble

    Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Indiana:
    Randolph
    Wayne
Ohio:
    Auglaize
    Clinton
    Darke
    Logan
    Shelby
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