74 FR 84 pgs. 20405-20410 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
Type: RULEVolume: 74Number: 84Pages: 20405 - 20410
FR document: [FR Doc. E9-10177 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AL77
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
AGENCY:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following wage areas: Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI.
DATES:
Effective date: This regulation is effective on May 4, 2009. Applicability date: Agencies will place affected employees on their new wage schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after June 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (74 FR 1948) to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. This proposed rule would redefine the following counties:
• Chilton County, AL, to the Birmingham, AL, area of application;
• Broomfield County, CO, to the Denver, CO, survey area;
• Clarke, Spotsylvania, and Warren Counties, VA; Fredericksburg City, VA; and Jefferson County, WV, to the Washington, DC, area of application;
• Jasper, Lamar, and Meriwether Counties, GA, to the Atlanta, GA, area of application;
• Kenosha County, WI, to the Chicago, IL, area of application;
• Brown County, IN, to the Indianapolis, IN, area of application;
• Union County, SD, to the Omaha, NE, area of application;
• Washington County, IN, to the Louisville, KY, area of application;
• Queen Anne's County, MD, to the Baltimore, MD, area of application;
• Moniteau County, MO, to the St. Louis, MO, area of application;
• Hunterdon County, NJ, and Pike County, PA, to the New York, NY, area of application; and
• Carbon County, PA, to the Philadelphia, PA, area of application.
The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM received no comments.
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.
John Berry,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management 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; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.
2. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area listings for Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI, to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532-Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas
| ALABAMA |
| ***** |
| Birmingham |
| Survey Area |
| Alabama: |
| Jefferson |
| St. Clair |
| Shelby |
| Tuscaloosa |
| Walker |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Alabama: |
| Bibb |
| Blount |
| Chilton |
| Cullman |
| Fayette |
| Greene |
| Hale |
| Lamar |
| Marengo |
| Perry |
| Pickens |
| ***** |
| COLORADO |
| Denver |
| Survey Area |
| Colorado: |
| Adams |
| Arapahoe |
| Boulder |
| Broomfield |
| Denver |
| Douglas |
| Gilpin |
| Jefferson |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Colorado: |
| Clear Creek |
| Eagle |
| Elbert |
| Garfield |
| Grand |
| Jackson |
| Lake |
| Larimer |
| Logan |
| Morgan |
| Park |
| Phillips |
| Pitkin |
| Rio Blanco |
| Routt |
| Sedgwick |
| Summit |
| Washington |
| Weld |
| Yuma |
| ***** |
| DELAWARE |
| Wilmington |
| Survey Area |
| Delaware: |
| Kent |
| New Castle |
| Maryland: |
| Cecil |
| New Jersey: |
| Salem |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Delaware: |
| Sussex |
| Maryland: |
| Caroline |
| Dorchester |
| Kent |
| Somerset |
| Talbot |
| Wicomico |
| Worcester (Does not include the Assateague Island portion.) |
| ***** |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
| Washington, DC |
| Survey Area |
| District of Columbia: |
| Washington, DC |
| Maryland: |
| Charles |
| Frederick |
| Montgomery |
| Prince George's |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Alexandria |
| Fairfax |
| Falls Church |
| Manassas |
| Manassas Park |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Arlington |
| Fairfax |
| Loudoun |
| Prince William |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Maryland: |
| Calvert |
| St. Mary's |
| Virginia (city): |
| Fredericksburg |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Clarke |
| Fauquier |
| King George |
| Spotsylvania |
| Stafford |
| Warren |
| West Virginia: |
| Jefferson |
| ***** |
| GEORGIA |
| ***** |
| Atlanta |
| Survey Area |
| Georgia: |
| Butts |
| Cherokee |
| Clayton |
| Cobb |
| De Kalb |
| Douglas |
| Fayette |
| Forsyth |
| Fulton |
| Gwinnett |
| Henry |
| Newton |
| Paulding |
| Rockdale |
| Walton |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Georgia: |
| Banks |
| Barrow |
| Bartow |
| Carroll |
| Chattooga |
| Clarke |
| Coweta |
| Dawson |
| Fannin |
| Floyd |
| Franklin |
| Gilmer |
| Gordon |
| Greene |
| Habersham |
| Hall |
| Haralson |
| Heard |
| Jackson |
| Jasper |
| Lamar |
| Lumpkin |
| Madison |
| Meriwether |
| Morgan |
| Murray |
| Oconee |
| Oglethorpe |
| Pickens |
| Pike |
| Polk |
| Rabun |
| Spalding |
| Stephens |
| Towns |
| Union |
| White |
| Whitfield |
| ***** |
| Columbus |
| Survey Area |
| Georgia (counties): |
| Chattahoochee |
| Georgia (consolidated government): |
| Columbus |
| Alabama: |
| Autauga |
| Elmore |
| Lee |
| Macon |
| Montgomery |
| Russel |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Georgia: |
| Harris |
| Marion |
| Quitman |
| Schley |
| Stewart |
| Talbot |
| Taylor |
| Webster |
| Alabama: |
| Bullock |
| Butler |
| Chambers |
| Coosa |
| Crenshaw |
| Dallas |
| Lowndes |
| Pike |
| Tallapoosa |
| Wilcox |
| Macon |
| Survey Area |
| Georgia: |
| Bibb |
| Houston |
| Jones |
| Laurens |
| Twiggs |
| Wilkinson |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Georgia: |
| Baldwin |
| Bleckley |
| Crawford |
| Crisp |
| Dodge |
| Dooly |
| Hancock |
| Johnson |
| Macon |
| Monroe |
| Montgomery |
| Peach |
| Pulaski |
| Putnam |
| Telfair |
| Treutlen |
| Upson |
| Washington |
| Wheeler |
| Wilcox |
| ***** |
| ILLINOIS |
| ***** |
| Chicago |
| Survey Area |
| Illinois: |
| Cook |
| Du Page |
| Kane |
| Lake |
| McHenry |
| Will |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Illinois: |
| Boone |
| De Kalb |
| Grundy |
| Iroquois |
| Kankakee |
| Kendall |
| La Salle |
| Lee |
| Livingston |
| Ogle |
| Stephenson |
| Winnebago |
| Indiana: |
| Benton |
| Jasper |
| Lake |
| La Porte |
| Newton |
| Porter |
| Pulaski |
| Starke |
| Wisconsin: |
| Kenosha |
| INDIANA |
| Bloomington-Bedford-Washington |
| Survey Area |
| Indiana: |
| Daviess |
| Greene |
| Knox |
| Lawrence |
| Martin |
| Monroe |
| Orange |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Indiana: |
| Crawford |
| Dubois |
| Gibson |
| Jackson |
| Owen |
| Perry |
| Pike |
| Posey |
| Spencer |
| Vanderburgh |
| Warrick |
| Illinois: |
| Edwards |
| Gallatin |
| Hardin |
| Lawrence |
| Richland |
| Wabash |
| White |
| Kentucky: |
| Crittenden |
| Daviess |
| Hancock |
| Henderson |
| Livingston |
| McLean |
| Ohio |
| Union |
| Webster |
| ***** |
| Indianapolis |
| Survey Area |
| Indiana: |
| Boone |
| Hamilton |
| Hancock |
| Hendricks |
| Johnson |
| Marion |
| Morgan |
| Shelby |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Indiana: |
| Bartholomew |
| Brown |
| Clay |
| Clinton |
| Decatur |
| Delaware |
| Fayette |
| Fountain |
| Henry |
| Madison |
| Montgomery |
| Parke |
| Putnam |
| Rush |
| Sullivan |
| Tippecanoe |
| Tipton |
| Vermillion |
| Vigo |
| Warren |
| ***** |
| KENTUCKY |
| ***** |
| Louisville |
| Survey Area |
| Kentucky: |
| Bullitt |
| Hardin |
| Jefferson |
| Oldham |
| Indiana: |
| Clark |
| Floyd |
| Jefferson |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Kentucky: |
| Breckinridge |
| Grayson |
| Hart |
| Henry |
| Larue |
| Meade |
| Nelson |
| Shelby |
| Spencer |
| Trimble |
| Indiana: |
| Harrison |
| Jennings |
| Scott |
| Washington |
| ***** |
| MARYLAND |
| **** |
| Baltimore |
| Survey Area |
| Maryland: |
| Baltimore City |
| Anne Arundel |
| Baltimore |
| Carroll |
| Harford |
| Howard |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Maryland: |
| Queen Anne's |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg |
| Survey Area |
| Maryland: |
| Washington |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Franklin |
| West Virginia: |
| Berkeley |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Maryland: |
| Allegany |
| Garrett |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Fulton |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Harrisonburg |
| Winchester |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Culpeper |
| Frederick |
| Greene |
| Madison |
| Page |
| Rappahannock |
| Rockingham |
| Shenandoah |
| West Virginia: |
| Hampshire |
| Hardy |
| Mineral |
| Morgan |
| ***** |
| MISSOURI |
| ***** |
| St. Louis |
| Survey Area |
| Missouri: |
| St. Louis City |
| Franklin |
| Jefferson |
| St. Charles |
| St. Louis |
| Illinois: |
| Clinton |
| Madison |
| Monroe |
| St. Clair |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Missouri: |
| Audrain |
| Boone |
| Callaway |
| Clark |
| Cole |
| Crawford |
| Gasconade |
| Knox |
| Lewis |
| Lincoln |
| Marion |
| Moniteau |
| Monroe |
| Montgomery |
| Osage |
| Pike |
| Ralls |
| Randolph |
| St. Francois |
| Ste. Genevieve |
| Scotland |
| Shelby |
| Warren |
| Washington |
| Illinois: |
| Alexander |
| Bond |
| Calhoun |
| Clay |
| Effingham |
| Fayette |
| Franklin |
| Greene |
| Hamilton |
| Jackson |
| Jefferson |
| Jersey |
| Johnson |
| Macoupin |
| Marion |
| Massac |
| Montgomery |
| Morgan |
| Perry |
| Pike |
| Pope |
| Pulaski |
| Randolph |
| Saline |
| Scott |
| Union |
| Washington |
| Wayne |
| Williamson |
| Southern Missouri |
| Survey Area |
| Missouri: |
| Christian |
| Greene |
| Laclede |
| Phelps |
| Pulaski |
| Webster |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Missouri: |
| Barry |
| Barton |
| Benton |
| Bollinger |
| Butler |
| Camden |
| Cape Girardeau |
| Carter |
| Cedar |
| Dade |
| Dallas |
| Dent |
| Douglas |
| Hickory |
| Howell |
| Iron |
| Jasper |
| Lawrence |
| McDonald |
| Madison |
| Maries |
| Miller |
| Mississippi |
| Morgan |
| New Madrid |
| Newton |
| Oregon |
| Ozark |
| Perry |
| Polk |
| Reynolds |
| Ripley |
| St. Clair |
| Scott |
| Shannon |
| Stoddard |
| Stone |
| Taney |
| Texas |
| Vernon |
| Wayne |
| Wright |
| Kansas: |
| Cherokee |
| Crawford |
| ***** |
| NEBRASKA |
| Omaha |
| Survey Area |
| Nebraska: |
| Douglas |
| Lancaster |
| Sarpy |
| Iowa: |
| Pottawattamie |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Nebraska: |
| Adams |
| Antelope |
| Arthur |
| Blaine |
| Boone |
| Boyd |
| Brown |
| Buffalo |
| Burt |
| Butler |
| Cass |
| Cedar |
| Chase |
| Cherry |
| Clay |
| Colfax |
| Cuming |
| Custer |
| Dakota |
| Dawson |
| Dixon |
| Dodge |
| Dundy |
| Fillmore |
| Franklin |
| Frontier |
| Furnas |
| Gage |
| Garfield |
| Gosper |
| Grant |
| Greeley |
| Hall |
| Hamilton |
| Harlan |
| Hayes |
| Hitchcock |
| Holt |
| Hooker |
| Howard |
| Jefferson |
| Johnson |
| Kearney |
| Keith |
| Keya Paha |
| Knox |
| Lincoln |
| Logan |
| Loup |
| McPherson |
| Madison |
| Merrick |
| Nance |
| Nemaha |
| Nuckolls |
| Otoe |
| Pawnee |
| Perkins |
| Phelps |
| Pierce |
| Platte |
| Polk |
| Red Willow |
| Richardson |
| Rock |
| Saline |
| Saunders |
| Seward |
| Sherman |
| Stanton |
| Thayer |
| Thomas |
| Thurston |
| Valley |
| Washington |
| Wayne |
| Webster |
| Wheeler |
| York |
| Iowa: |
| Adams |
| Audubon |
| Buena Vista |
| Cass |
| Cherokee |
| Clay |
| Crawford |
| Fremont |
| Harrison |
| Ida |
| Mills |
| Monona |
| Montgomery |
| O'Brien |
| Page |
| Palo Alto |
| Plymouth |
| Pocahontas |
| Sac |
| Shelby |
| Sioux |
| Taylor |
| Woodbury |
| South Dakota: |
| Union |
| ***** |
| NEW YORK |
| ***** |
| New York |
| Survey Area |
| New York: |
| Bronx |
| Kings |
| Nassau |
| New York |
| Queens |
| Suffolk |
| Westchester |
| New Jersey: |
| Bergen |
| Essex |
| Hudson |
| Middlesex |
| Morris |
| Passaic |
| Somerset |
| Union |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| New York: |
| Putnam |
| Richmond |
| Rockland |
| New Jersey: |
| Hunterdon |
| Monmouth |
| Ocean (Excluding the Fort Dix Military Reservation) |
| Sussex |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Pike |
| ***** |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
| ***** |
| Philadelphia |
| Survey Area |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Bucks |
| Chester |
| Delaware |
| Montgomery |
| Philadelphia |
| New Jersey: |
| Burlington |
| Camden |
| Gloucester |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Carbon |
| Lehigh |
| Northampton |
| New Jersey: |
| Atlantic |
| Cape May |
| Cumberland |
| Mercer |
| Ocean (Fort Dix Military Reservation only) |
| Warren |
| ***** |
| Scranton-Wilkes-Barre |
| Survey Area |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Lackawanna |
| Luzerne |
| Monroe |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Bradford |
| Columbia |
| Lycoming (Excluding Allenwood Federal Prison Camp) |
| Sullivan |
| Susquehanna |
| Wayne |
| Wyoming |
| ***** |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
| Eastern South Dakota |
| Survey Area |
| South Dakota: |
| Minnehaha |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| South Dakota: |
| Aurora |
| Beadle |
| Bennett |
| Bon Homme |
| Brookings |
| Brown |
| Brule |
| Buffalo |
| Campbell |
| Charles Mix |
| Clark |
| Clay |
| Codington |
| Corson |
| Davison |
| Day |
| Deuel |
| Dewey |
| Douglas |
| Edmunds |
| Faulk |
| Grant |
| Gregory |
| Haakon |
| Hamlin |
| Hand |
| Hanson |
| Hughes |
| Hutchinson |
| Hyde |
| Jerauld |
| Jones |
| Kingsbury |
| Lake |
| Lincoln |
| Lyman |
| McCook |
| McPherson |
| Marshall |
| Mellette |
| Miner |
| Moody |
| Potter |
| Roberts |
| Sanborn |
| Spink |
| Stanley |
| Sully |
| Todd |
| Tripp |
| Turner |
| Walworth |
| Washabaugh |
| Yankton |
| Ziebach |
| Iowa: |
| Dickinson |
| Emmet |
| Lyon |
| Osceola |
| Minnesota: |
| Jackson |
| Lincoln |
| Lyon |
| Murray |
| Nobles |
| Pipestone |
| Rock |
| ***** |
| VIRGINIA |
| ***** |
| Richmond |
| Survey Area |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Colonial Heights |
| Hopewell |
| Petersburg |
| Richmond |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Charles City |
| Chesterfield |
| Dinwiddie |
| Goochland |
| Hanover |
| Henrico |
| New Kent |
| Powhatan |
| Prince George |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Charlottesville |
| Emporia |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Albemarle |
| Amelia |
| Brunswick |
| Buckingham |
| Caroline |
| Charlotte |
| Cumberland |
| Essex |
| Fluvanna |
| Greensville |
| King and Queen |
| King William |
| Lancaster |
| Louisa |
| Lunenberg |
| Mecklenburg |
| Middlesex |
| Northumberland |
| Nottoway |
| Orange |
| Prince Edward |
| Richmond |
| Sussex |
| Westmoreland |
| ***** |
| WISCONSIN |
| ***** |
| Milwaukee |
| Survey Area |
| Wisconsin: |
| Milwaukee |
| Ozaukee |
| Washington |
| Waukesha |
| Area of Application. Survey area plus: |
| Wisconsin: |
| Brown |
| Calumet |
| Door |
| Fond du Lac |
| Kewaunee |
| Manitowoc |
| Outagamie |
| Racine |
| Sheboygan |
| Walworth |
| Winnebago |
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