[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1133-1134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00108]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AO46


Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of San Mateo County, 
California, 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 San Mateo County, California, as an area of application 
county to the Monterey, CA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage 
System (FWS) wage area. This change is necessary because there are 
three NAF FWS employees working in San Mateo County, and the county is 
not currently defined to a NAF wage area.

DATES: Effective date: This regulation is effective February 8, 2023. 
Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after February 8, 2023.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 21, 2022, OPM issued a proposed 
rule (87 FR 57651) to define San Mateo County, California, as an area 
of application county to the Monterey, CA, NAF FWS wage area.
    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 October 21, 2022. OPM received 
one comment in support of the proposal to define San Mateo County, CA, 
to the Monterey, CA wage area.

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).

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.
Stephen Hickman,
Federal Register Liaison.

    Accordingly, OPM is proposing to amend 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 California 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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                               CALIFORNIA
                                  Kern
                               Survey Area
California:
  Kern
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
  Fresno
  Kings
                               Los Angeles
                               Survey Area
California:
  Los Angeles
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                                Monterey
                               Survey Area
California:
  Monterey
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
  San Mateo
  Santa Clara
                                 Orange
                               Survey Area
California:
  Orange

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                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                                Riverside
                               Survey Area
California:
  Riverside
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                               Sacramento
                               Survey Area
California:
  Sacramento
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
  Yuba
Oregon:
  Jackson
  Klamath
                              San Bernadino
                               Survey Area
California:
  San Bernadino
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                                San Diego
                               Survey Area
California:
  San Diego
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                               San Joaquin
                               Survey Area
California:
  San Joaquin
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
                              Santa Barbara
                               Survey Area
California:
  Santa Barbara
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
  San Luis Obispo
                                 Solano
                               Survey Area
California:
  Solano
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
  Alameda
  Contra Costa
  Marin
  Napa
  San Francisco
  Sonoma
                                 Ventura
                               Survey Area
California:
  Ventura
                    Area of Application. Survey area.
 

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