[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33175-33176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15804]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AH88
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Lubbock, Texas,
Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is adopting as final an
interim rule to abolish the Lubbock, Texas, nonappropriated fund
Federal Wage System wage area and establish a new Curry County, New
Mexico, wage area. This change is being made because of the closure of
the Lubbock wage area's host installation, Reese Air Force Base. This
closure left the lead agency, the Department of Defense, without an
installation in the survey area capable of hosting annual local wage
surveys.
DATES: This final regulation is effective on July 22, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848, FAX:
(202) 606-0824, or email to jdhopkin@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 29, 1997, the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) published an interim rule (62 FR 28978) to abolish the
Lubbock, Texas, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS)
wage area and establish a new Curry County, New Mexico, NAF FWS wage
area. The Lubbock wage area consisted of one survey county, Lubbock,
TX, and two area of application counties, Curry, NM, and Potter, TX.
The closure of the Lubbock wage area's host activity, Reese Air Force
Base, left the Department of Defense (DOD), the lead agency for the
Lubbock wage area, without an installation in the survey area capable
of hosting local annual wage surveys.
Even though the host installation closed, the Lubbock wage area
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continued to have NAF FWS employment. Cannon Air Force Base, located in
Curry County, NM, has more than the minimum required number of NAF FWS
employees and has the capability to host annual local wage surveys.
Also, Curry County has more than the required minimum number of private
enterprise employees in establishments within survey specifications.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we abolish the
Lubbock, TX, NAF wage area and establish a new Curry, NM, NAF wage
area. The new wage area consists of one survey county, Curry County,
NM, and two area of application counties, Lubbock and Potter, TX.
Full-scale wage surveys were ordered in the Curry, NM, NAF wage
area in June of odd-numbered fiscal years. The first full-scale wage
survey began in June 1997. The interim rule provided a 30-day public
comment period, during which OPM did not receive any comments. The
interim rule is being adopted as final with no changes.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that these regulations will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they
will affect only Federal agencies and employees.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 5343, the interim rule
amending 5 CFR part 532 published on May 29, 1997 (62 FR 28978), is
adopted as final with no changes.
Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-15804 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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