[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47661-47662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23041]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 10, 1996 /
Rules and Regulations
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AH60
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Marion, IN,
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 (OPM) is issuing interim
regulations to abolish the Marion, IN, nonappropraited fund (NAF)
Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine the six counties
having continuing FWS employment as areas of application to nearby NAF
wage areas for pay-setting purposes.
DATES: This interim rule becomes effective on September 10, 1996.
Comments must be received by October 10, 1996. Employees currently paid
rates from the Marion, IN, NAF wage schedule will continue to be paid
from that schedule until their conversion to the schedules of the wage
areas to which their counties of employment are being redefined by this
rule on December 13, 1996, the date that the next Marion, IN, wage
schedule would have been effective.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant
Director for Compensation Policy, Human Resources Systems Service,
Office of Personnel Management, Room 6H31, 1900 E Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20415, or FAX: (202) 606-0824.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Derby, (202) 606-2848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense recommended to OPM
that the Marion, IN, FWS NAF wage area be abolished and that the six
counties having continuing FWS employment be redefined as areas of
application to nearby NAF wage areas. Marion County, Grant County,
Miami County and Allen County, IN, are being redefined to the Greene-
Montgomery, OH, wage area. Martin County, IN, is being redefined to the
Hardin-Jefferson, KY, wage area, and Vermilion County, IL, is being
redefined to the Lake, IL, wage area. This change is necessary because
the pending closure of Ft. Benjamin Harrison leaves the Marion, IN,
wage area without an activity having the capability to conduct a wage
survey.
As required in regulation, 5 CFR 532.219, the following criteria
were considered in redefining these wage areas:
(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.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee reviewed this
recommendation and by majority vote recommended approval. The Committee
defeated the labor members' motion that the original management
recommendation be amended to redefine Allen, Grant, and Miami Counties
to the Lake, IL, wage area and thereby avoid placing an estimated two
employees on pay retention. Allen, Grant, and Miami Counties have
greater similarities to the Lake, IL, wage area in an overall
population and employment comparison. However, the degree to which
those factors favor Lake, IL, is not strong enough to be determinative
given the significant distance of Allen and Grant Counties from Lake,
IL, as well as the general homogeneity of the counties in their
relationship to the Greene-Montgomery, OH, wage area.
Differences in commuting patterns were found to be insignificant
for all county redefinitions. The remaining factors favored the
redefinition of Vermilion County to the Lake, IL, wage area. Martin
County is far closer to the Hardin-Jefferson, KY, wage area than to the
very distant Lake, IL, wage area, which offsets the greater
similarities to the latter in employment and population. Similarly,
Marion County is significantly closer to the Green-Montgomery, OH, wage
area than to the Hardin-Jefferson, KY, wage area, which, on balance,
offsets the employment and population numbers that favored the latter.
Waiver of Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Delay in Effective
Date
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 so that preparations otherwise required for the
October 1996 Marion, IN, NAF wage area survey may be canceled.
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.
Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]
2. In appendix B to subpart B, the listing for the State of Indiana
is amended by removing the entry for Marion.
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]
3. Appendix D to subpart B is amended by removing the wage area
listing for Marion, IN, and by revising the listings for Greene-
Montgomery, OH; Hardin-Jefferson, KY; and Lake, IL, to read as follows:
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Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and
Survey Areas
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Illinois Lake Survey Area
Illinois:
Lake
Area of application. Survey area plus:
Illinois:
Cook
Vermilion (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Michigan:
Dickinson
Marquette
Wisconsin:
Dane
Milwaukee
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Kentucky
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Hardin-Jefferson Survey Area
Kentucky:
Hardin
Jefferson
Area of application. Survey area plus:
Indiana:
Jefferson
Martin (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Kentucky:
Fayette
Madison
Warren
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Ohio
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Greene-Montgomery Survey Area
Ohio:
Greene
Montgomery
Area of application. Survey area plus:
Indiana:
Allen (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Grant (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Marion (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Miami (Effective date December 13, 1996)
Ohio:
Clinton
Franklin
Hamilton
Licking
Ross
West Virginia:
Raleigh
Wayne
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[FR Doc. 96-23041 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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