[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 131 (Monday, July 10, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35467-35468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16815]
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 131 / Monday, July 10, 1995 / Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AG82
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Marquette, MI,
Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to abolish the Marquette, MI, nonappropriated fund (NAF)
Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and add Dickinson County, MI, and
Marquette County, MI, as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage
area for pay-setting purposes. No employee's wage rate will be reduced
as a result of this change.
DATES: This interim rule becomes effective on July 10, 1995. Comments
must be received by August 9, 1995. Employees paid rates from the
Marquette, MI, NAF wage schedule will continue to be paid from that
schedule until their conversion to the Lake, IL, NAF wage schedule on
October 21, 1995, the normal effective date for new Marquette area wage
schedules.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant
Director for Compensation Policy, Human Resources Systems Service, U.S.
Office of Personnel Management, Room 6H31, 1900 E Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20415.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul Shields, (202) 606-2848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense recommended to the
Office of Personnel Management that the Marquette, MI, NAF wage area be
abolished and that Dickinson County, MI, and Marquette County, MI, be
added as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage area. With the
scheduled 1995 closing of the host installation, K.I. Sawyer Air Force
Base (AFB), there will no longer be a local activity with the
capability to do the Marquette, MI, survey. There will, however, still
be about five NAF employees in Dickinson County and possibly a few NAF
employees in Marquette County. The remaining three Marquette wage area
application counties, Chippewa and Houghton Counties, MI, and Langlade
County, WI, have no NAF FWS employees.
The provisions of 5 CFR 532.219 list the following criteria for
consideration when two or more counties are to be combined to
constitute a single wage area:
(1) Proximity of largest activity in each county;
(2) Transportation facilities and commuting patterns; and
(3) Similarities of the counties in:
(i) Overall population;
(ii) Private employment in major industry categories; and
(iii) Kinds and sizes of private industrial establishments.
These criteria are discussed in turn below.
Of the largest nearby activities with NAF employees, K.I. Sawyer
AFB, Marquette County, MI, is closest to Great Lakes Naval Training
Center, Lake County, IL. More distant are the 934th TAG MN/St. Paul
International Airport and Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Distances
from K.I. Sawyer AFB to the host activities of the surrounding wage
areas are as follows: Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Lake County,
IL, 561 km (349 miles); 934th TAG MN/St. Paul International Airport,
Hennepin County, MN, 697 km (433 miles); and Selfridge Air National
Guard Base, Macomb County, MI, 786 km (488 miles). The duty station of
the NAF employees in Dickinson County, MI--the Iron Mountain VA Medical
Center--is also closer to Lake County, IL, than the other nearby NAF
wage areas.
Considering transportation facilities from Marquette and Dickinson
Counties, MI, the largest installations in the three surrounding survey
areas can all be reached by primary undivided roads and Interstate
highways. An analysis of 1990 census commuting patterns data indicates
that no workers commute between either Marquette County, MI, or
Dickinson County, MI, and any of the three survey counties under
consideration.
In terms of similarities of the counties in overall population,
private employment, and kinds and sizes of private industrial
establishments, Marquette and Dickinson Counties are most similar to
Lake County.
In summary, consideration of the three criteria (proximity,
transportation facilities and commuting patterns, and similarities of
the counties) favors the definition of Dickinson and Marquette
Counties, MI, as areas of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage area.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee reviewed this
recommendation and by consensus recommended approval.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), I find that good cause exists
for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. Also, pursuant
to section 553(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code, I find that good
cause exists for making this rule effective in less than 30 days. The
notice is being waived and the regulation is being made effective in
less than 30 days because preparations for the August 1995 Marquette,
MI, NAF wage area survey must otherwise begin immediately.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that these regulations will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they
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.
Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
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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Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]
2. In Appendix B to subpart B, the listing for the State of
Michigan is amended by removing the entry for Marquette.
3. Appendix D to subpart B is amended by removing the wage area
list for Marquette, Michigan, and by revising the list for Lake,
Illinois, to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and
Survey Areas
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Illinois
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Lake
Survey area
Illinois:
Lake
Area of application. Survey area plus:
Illinois:
Cook
Michigan:
Dickinson (Effective date October 21, 1995)
Marquette (Effective date October 21, 1995)
Wisconsin:
Dane
Milwaukee
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