[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67519-67520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18739]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

[Docket ID: OPM-2024-0010]
RIN 3206-AO67


Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Arapahoe-Denver, 
Colorado, 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 remove Denver County, CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver, CO, 
nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. In 
addition, OPM is changing the name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF FWS wage 
area to Arapahoe. These changes are necessary because no NAF FWS 
employment has been reported in Denver County since 2018.

DATES: 
    Effective date: This regulation is effective September 20, 2024.
    Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after September 20, 2024.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 2024, OPM issued a proposed rule 
(89 FR 36720) to remove Denver County, CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver, 
CO, NAF FWS wage area, and change the name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF 
FWS wage area to Arapahoe. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 
Committee, 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 proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM 
received no comments. Therefore, this final rule adopts the proposed 
rule at 89 FR 36720 without change.

Expected Impact of This Rule

    Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code, provides OPM with the authority 
and responsibility to define the boundaries of NAF FWS wage areas. Any 
changes in wage area definitions can have the long-term effect of 
increasing pay for Federal employees in affected locations. OPM expects 
this final rule to impact approximately 69 NAF FWS employees. 
Considering the small number of employees affected, OPM does not 
anticipate this rule will substantially impact local economies or have 
a large impact in local labor markets. As this and future wage area 
changes may impact higher volumes of employees in geographical areas 
and could rise to the level of impacting local labor markets, OPM will 
continue to study the implications of such impacts in this or future 
rules as needed.

Regulatory Review

    Executive Orders 13563, 12866, and 14094 direct agencies to assess 
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). This rule 
is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the provisions of 
Executive Order 14094 and, therefore, was not reviewed by OMB.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Director of OPM certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Federalism

    OPM has 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

    OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined 
this rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). OPM 
will submit to Congress and the Comptroller General of the United 
States a report regarding the issuance of this rule before its 
effective date.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not impose any 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.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.

    Accordingly, OPM amends 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 Colorado 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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                                COLORADO
                                Arapahoe
                               Survey Area
Colorado:
  Arapahoe
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
    Mesa
                                 El Paso
                               Survey Area
Colorado:
    El Paso
                 Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
    Bent
    Otero
    Pueblo
 
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