[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19377-19378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06891]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AN94


Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Pitt County, North 
Carolina, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final 
rule to define Pitt County, North Carolina, as an area of application 
county to the Wayne, NC, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System 
(FWS) wage area. This change is necessary because there is one NAF FWS 
employee working in Pitt County, and the county is not currently 
defined to a NAF wage area.

DATES: 
    Effective date: This regulation is effective May 7, 2020.
    Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after May 7, 2020.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2019, OPM issued a proposed 
rule (84 FR 72250) to define Pitt County, NC, as an area of application 
county to the Wayne, NC, NAF FWS wage area. This change is based on a 
majority recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 
Committee (FPRAC), the national labor-management committee responsible 
for advising OPM on the administration of the FWS.
    The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM 
received no comments.

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 it 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 recordkeeping 
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 D to subpart B, amend the table by revising the wage 
area listing for the State of North Carolina to read as follows:

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and 
Survey Areas

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          Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
 
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                             NORTH CAROLINA
                                 Craven
                               Survey Area
North Carolina:
  Craven
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:
North Carolina:
  Carteret
  Dare
                               Cumberland
                               Survey Area
North Carolina:
  Cumberland
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:
North Carolina:
  Durham
  Forsyth
  Rowan
                                 Onslow
                               Survey area
North Carolina:
  Onslow
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:
North Carolina:
  New Hanover

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                                  Wayne
                               Survey area
North Carolina:
  Wayne
    Area of Application. Survey area plus:
North Carolina:
  Halifax
  Pitt
 
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