Prevailing Rate Systems:

Federal Register: August 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 156)

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AM09

Prevailing Rate Systems; Nonappropriated Fund Wage and Survey

Areas

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to correct several minor formatting, spelling, and typographical errors in appendix D to subpart B of part 532--Nonappropriated Fund

(NAF) Wage and Survey Areas. This document also corrects editorial or printing errors, inconsistencies, and omissions made in previously published rules. The purpose of this rule is not to make policy changes for Federal Wage System (FWS) NAF employees but rather to ensure

Appendix D accurately reflects the correct wage area definitions for

NAF employees as recommended by the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee (FPRAC). FWS NAF employees will not be affected by the corrections in this final rule because the lead agency for FWS NAF surveys has followed FPRAC recommended wage area definitions when conducting wage surveys and publishing wage schedules. For the convenience of the reader, Appendix D is being reprinted in its entirety.

DATES: This rule is effective on September 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e- mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 6, 2010, the U.S. Office of

Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (75 FR 17316) to make several minor corrections to appendix D to subpart B of part 532--

Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Wage and Survey Areas. The revisions contained in this rule concern formatting, spelling, and typographical errors. This document also corrects editorial or printing errors, inconsistencies, and omissions made in previously published rules. The purpose of this rule is not to make policy changes for Federal Wage

System (FWS) NAF employees but rather to ensure Appendix D accurately reflects the correct wage area definitions for NAF employees as recommended by the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC).

FWS NAF employees are not affected by the corrections in this final rule because the lead agency for FWS NAF surveys has followed FPRAC recommended wage area definitions when conducting wage surveys and publishing wage schedules. Appendix D is being reprinted in its entirety. The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which

OPM received no comments. Therefore, we are adopting the proposed rule as final.

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.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

John Berry,

Director. 0

Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part 532 as follows:

PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS 0 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. 0 2. Revise appendix D to subpart B to read as follows:

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and

Survey Areas

This appendix lists the wage area definitions for NAF employees.

With a few exceptions, each area is defined in terms of county units or independent cities. Each wage area definition consists of:

(1) Wage area title. Wage areas usually carry the title of the county or counties surveyed.

(2) Survey area definition. Lists each county or independent city in the survey area.

(3) Area of application definition. Lists each county or independent city which, in addition to the survey area, is in the area of application.

Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas

ALABAMA

Calhoun

Survey Area

Alabama:

Calhoun

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alabama:

Jefferson

Madison

Survey Area

Alabama:

Madison

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Tennessee:

Coffee

Davidson

Hamilton

Rutherford

Montgomery

Survey Area

Alabama:

Montgomery

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alabama:

Dale

Dallas

Macon

ALASKA

Anchorage

Survey Area

Alaska: (borough)

Anchorage

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alaska: (boroughs and census areas)

Fairbanks North Star

Juneau

Kenai Peninsula

Ketchikan Gateway

Kodiak Island

Sitka

Southeast Fairbanks

Valdez-Cordova

Yukon-Koyukuk

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ARIZONA

Maricopa

Survey Area

Arizona:

Maricopa

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Arizona:

Coconino

Yavapai

Pima

Survey Area

Arizona:

Pima

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Arizona:

Cochise

Yuma

Survey Area

Arizona:

Yuma

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Imperial

ARKANSAS

Pulaski

Survey Area

Arkansas:

Pulaski

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Arkansas:

Jefferson

Sebastian

Washington

CALIFORNIA

Kern

Survey Area

California:

Kern

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Fresno

Kings

Los Angeles

Survey Area

California:

Los Angeles

Area of Application. Survey area.

Monterey

Survey Area

California:

Monterey

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Santa Clara

Orange

Survey Area

California:

Orange

Area of Application. Survey area.

Riverside

Survey Area

California:

Riverside

Area of Application. Survey area.

Sacramento

Survey Area

California:

Sacramento

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Yuba

Oregon:

Jackson

Klamath

San Bernardino

Survey Area

California:

San Bernardino

Area of Application. Survey area.

San Diego

Survey Area

California:

San Diego

Area of Application. Survey area.

San Joaquin

Survey Area

California:

San Joaquin

Area of Application. Survey area.

Santa Barbara

Survey Area

California:

Santa Barbara

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

San Luis Obispo

Solano

Survey Area

California:

Solano

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Alameda

Contra Costa

Marin

Napa

San Francisco

Sonoma

Ventura

Survey Area

California:

Ventura

Area of Application. Survey area.

COLORADO

Arapahoe[dash]Denver

Survey Area

Colorado:

Arapahoe

Denver

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

CONNECTICUT

New London

Survey Area

Connecticut:

New London

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Connecticut:

New Haven

DELAWARE

Kent

Survey Area

Delaware:

Kent

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Delaware:

Sussex

Maryland:

Kent

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington, DC

Survey Area

District of Columbia:

Washington, DC

Area of Application. Survey area.

FLORIDA

Bay

Survey Area

Florida:

Bay

Area of Application. Survey area.

Brevard

Survey Area

Florida:

Brevard

Area of Application. Survey area.

Duval

Survey Area

Florida:

Duval

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Florida:

Alachua

Clay

Columbia

Georgia:

Camden

Escambia

Survey Area

Florida:

Escambia

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Florida:

Santa Rosa

Hillsborough

Survey Area

Florida:

Hillsborough

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Florida:

Pinellas

Polk

Miami[dash]Dade

Survey Area

Florida:

Miami-Dade

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Florida:

Palm Beach

Monroe

Survey Area

Florida:

Monroe

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Area of Application. Survey area.

Okaloosa

Survey Area

Florida:

Okaloosa

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Florida:

Walton

Orange

Survey Area

Florida:

Orange

Area of Application. Survey area.

GEORGIA

Chatham

Survey Area

Georgia:

Chatham

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Georgia:

Glynn

Liberty

South Carolina:

Beaufort

Clayton[dash]Cobb[dash]Fulton

Survey Area

Georgia:

Clayton

Cobb

Fulton

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Georgia:

Bartow

Clarke

De Kalb

Columbus

Survey Area

Georgia:

Columbus Consolidated Government

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Georgia:

Chattahoochee

Dougherty

Survey Area

Georgia:

Dougherty

Area of Application. Survey area.

Houston

Survey Area

Georgia:

Houston

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Georgia:

Laurens

Lowndes

Survey Area

Georgia:

Lowndes

Area of Application. Survey area.

Richmond

Survey Area

Georgia:

Richmond

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

South Carolina:

Aiken

GUAM

Guam

Survey Area

Guam

Area of Application. Survey area.

HAWAII

Honolulu

Survey Area

Hawaii:

Honolulu

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Hawaii (counties):

Hawaii

Kauai

Maui

Pacific Islands:

Midway Islands

Johnston Atoll

American Samoa

IDAHO

Ada[dash]Elmore

Survey Area

Idaho:

Ada

Elmore

Area of Application. Survey area.

ILLINOIS

Lake

Survey Area

Illinois:

Lake

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Illinois:

Cook

Rock Island

Vermilion

Iowa:

Johnson

Michigan:

Dickinson

Marquette

Wisconsin:

Dane

Milwaukee

St. Clair

Survey Area

Illinois:

St. Clair

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Illinois:

Madison

Williamson

Missouri: (city)

St. Louis

Missouri: (counties)

Jefferson

Pulaski

KANSAS

Leavenworth/Jackson[dash]Johnson

Survey Area

Kansas:

Leavenworth

Missouri:

Jackson

Johnson

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Kansas:

Shawnee

Missouri:

Boone

Camden

Cass

Sedgwick

Survey Area

Kansas:

Sedgwick

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Kansas:

Geary

Saline

KENTUCKY

Christian[dash]Montgomery

Survey Area

Kentucky:

Christian

Tennessee:

Montgomery

Area of Application. Survey area.

Hardin[dash]Jefferson

Survey Area

Kentucky:

Hardin

Jefferson

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Indiana:

Jefferson

Martin

Kentucky:

Fayette

Madison

Warren

LOUISIANA

Bossier[dash]Caddo

Survey Area

Louisiana: (parishes)

Bossier

Caddo

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Bowie

Orleans

Survey Area

Louisiana: (parish)

Orleans

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Louisiana: (parish)

Plaquemines

Rapides

Survey Area

Louisiana: (parish)

Rapides

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Louisiana: (parish)

Vernon

MAINE

Cumberland

Survey Area

Maine:

Cumberland

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Maine:

Aroostook

Hancock

Kennebec

Knox

Penobscot

Sagadahoc

Washington

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York

Survey Area

Maine:

York

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New Hampshire:

Rockingham

Vermont:

Windsor

MARYLAND

Anne Arundel

Survey Area

Maryland:

Anne Arundel

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Maryland: (city)

Baltimore

Maryland: (county)

Baltimore

Charles[dash]St. Mary's

Survey Area

Maryland:

Charles

St. Mary's

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Maryland:

Calvert

Virginia:

King George

Frederick

Survey Area

Maryland:

Frederick

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

West Virginia:

Berkeley

Harford

Survey Area

Maryland:

Harford

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Maryland:

Cecil

Montgomery[dash]Prince George's

Survey Area

Maryland:

Montgomery

Prince George's

Area of Application. Survey area.

MASSACHUSETTS

Hampden

Survey Area

Massachusetts:

Hampden

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Connecticut:

Hartford

Massachusetts:

Hampshire

Middlesex

Survey Area

Massachusetts:

Middlesex

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Massachusetts:

Norfolk

Plymouth

Suffolk

New Hampshire:

Hillsborough

MICHIGAN

Macomb

Survey Area

Michigan:

Macomb

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Michigan:

Alpena

Calhoun

Crawford

Grand Traverse

Huron

Iosco

Leelanau

Ottawa

Saginaw

Washtenaw

Wayne

Ohio:

Ottawa

MINNESOTA

Hennepin

Survey Area

Minnesota:

Hennepin

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Minnesota:

Morrison

Murray

Ramsey

Stearns

St. Louis

Wisconsin:

Juneau

Monroe

Polk

MISSISSIPPI

Harrison

Survey Area

Mississippi:

Harrison

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alabama:

Mobile

Mississippi:

Forest

Jackson

Lauderdale

Survey Area

Mississippi:

Lauderdale

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Mississippi:

Hinds

Rankin

Warren

Lowndes

Survey Area

Mississippi:

Lowndes

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Alabama:

Tuscaloosa

MONTANA

Cascade

Survey Area

Montana:

Cascade

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Montana:

Fergus

Flathead

Hill

Lewis and Clark

Valley

Yellowstone

NEBRASKA

Douglas[dash]Sarpy

Survey Area

Nebraska:

Douglas

Sarpy

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Iowa:

Marion

Polk

Woodbury

Nebraska:

Hall

Lancaster

Saunders

South Dakota:

Minnehaha

NEVADA

Churchill[dash]Washoe

Survey Area

Nevada:

Churchill

Washoe

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

California:

Lassen

Mono

Nevada:

Mineral

Clark

Survey Area

Nevada:

Clark

Area of Application. Survey area.

NEW JERSEY

Burlington

Survey Area

New Jersey:

Burlington

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Delaware:

New Castle

New Jersey:

Atlantic

Cape May

Ocean

Salem

Monmouth

Survey Area

New Jersey:

Monmouth

Area of Application. Survey area.

Morris

Survey Area

New Jersey:

Morris

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New Jersey:

Somerset

Pennsylvania:

Monroe

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NEW MEXICO

Bernalillo

Survey Area

New Mexico:

Bernalillo

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New Mexico:

McKinley

Curry

Survey Area

New Mexico:

Curry

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Lubbock

Potter

Dona Ana

Survey Area

New Mexico:

Dona Ana

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New Mexico:

Chaves

Otero

NEW YORK

Jefferson

Survey Area

New York:

Jefferson

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New York:

Albany

Oneida

Onondaga

Ontario

Schenectady

Steuben

Kings[dash]Queens

Survey Area

New York:

Kings

Queens

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New Jersey:

Essex

Hudson

New York:

Bronx

Nassau

New York

Richmond

Suffolk

Niagara

Survey Area

New York:

Niagara

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New York:

Erie

Genesee

Pennsylvania:

Erie

Orange

Survey Area

New York:

Orange

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

New York:

Dutchess

Westchester

NORTH CAROLINA

Craven

Survey Area

North Carolina:

Craven

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

Carteret

Dare

Cumberland

Survey Area

North Carolina:

Cumberland

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

Durham

Rowan

Onslow

Survey Area

North Carolina:

Onslow

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

New Hanover

Wayne

Survey Area

North Carolina:

Wayne

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

Halifax

NORTH DAKOTA

Grand Forks

Survey Area

North Dakota:

Grand Forks

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Dakota:

Cass

Cavalier

Pembina

Steele

Ward

Survey Area

North Dakota:

Ward

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Dakota:

Divide

OHIO

Greene[dash]Montgomery

Survey Area

Ohio:

Greene

Montgomery

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Indiana:

Allen

Grant

Marion

Miami

Ohio:

Clinton

Franklin

Hamilton

Licking

Ross

West Virginia:

Raleigh

Wayne

OKLAHOMA

Comanche

Survey Area

Oklahoma:

Comanche

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Oklahoma:

Cotton

Jackson

Oklahoma

Survey Area

Oklahoma:

Oklahoma

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Oklahoma:

Garfield

Muskogee

Pittsburg

PENNSYLVANIA

Allegheny

Survey Area

Pennsylvania:

Allegheny

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Ohio:

Cuyahoga

Trumball

Pennsylvania:

Butler

Westmoreland

West Virginia:

Harrison

Cumberland

Survey Area

Pennsylvania:

Cumberland

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Pennsylvania:

Blair

Franklin

Montgomery

Survey Area

Pennsylvania:

Montgomery

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Pennsylvania:

Bucks

Chester

Luzerne

Philadelphia

York

Survey Area

Pennsylvania:

York

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Pennsylvania:

Lebanon

PUERTO RICO

Guaynabo[dash]San Juan

Survey Area

Puerto Rico: (municipalities)

Guaynabo

San Juan

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Puerto Rico: (municipalities)

Aguadilla

Bayamon

Ceiba

Isabela

Ponce

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Salinas

Toa Baja

Vieques

U.S. Virgin Islands:

St. Croix

St. Thomas

RHODE ISLAND

Newport

Survey Area

Rhode Island:

Newport

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Massachusetts:

Barnstable

Nantucket

Rhode Island:

Providence

Washington

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston

Survey Area

South Carolina:

Charleston

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

South Carolina:

Berkeley

Horry

Richland

Survey Area

South Carolina:

Richland

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

Buncombe

South Carolina:

Sumpter

Tennessee:

Washington

SOUTH DAKOTA

Pennington

Survey Area

South Dakota:

Pennington

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Montana:

Custer

South Dakota:

Fall River

Meade

Wyoming:

Sheridan

TENNESSEE

Shelby

Survey Area

Tennessee:

Shelby

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Arkansas:

Mississippi

Missouri:

Butler

TEXAS

Bell

Survey Area

Texas:

Bell

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Burnet

Coryell

Falls

Bexar

Survey Area

Texas:

Bexar

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Comal

Kerr

Travis

Val Verde

Dallas

Survey Area

Texas:

Dallas

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Fannin

Galveston

Harris

El Paso

Survey Area

Texas:

El Paso

Area of Application. Survey area.

McLennan

Survey Area

Texas:

McLennan

Area of Application. Survey area.

Nueces

Survey Area

Texas:

Nueces

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Bee

Calhoun

Kleberg

San Patricio

Webb

Tarrant

Survey Area

Texas:

Tarrant

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Cooke

Palo Pinto

Taylor

Survey Area

Texas:

Taylor

Area of Application. Survey area.

Tom Green

Survey Area

Texas:

Tom Green

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Texas:

Howard

Wichita

Survey Area

Texas:

Wichita

Area of Application. Survey area.

UTAH

Davis[dash]Salt Lake[dash]Weber

Survey Area

Utah:

Davis

Salt Lake

Weber

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Utah:

Box Elder

Tooele

Uintah

VIRGINIA

Alexandria[dash]Arlington[dash]Fairfax

Survey Area

Virginia: (city)

Alexandria

Virginia: (counties)

Arlington

Fairfax

Area of Application. Survey area.

Chesterfield[dash]Richmond

Survey Area

Virginia: (city)

Richmond

Virginia: (county)

Chesterfield

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Virginia: (cities)

Bedford

Charlottesville

Salem

Virginia: (counties)

Caroline

Nottoway

Prince George

West Virginia:

Pendleton

Hampton[dash]Newport News

Survey Area

Virginia: (cities)

Hampton

Newport News

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Virginia: (city)

Williamsburg

Virginia: (county)

York

Norfolk[dash]Portsmouth[dash]Virginia Beach

Survey Area

Virginia: (cities)

Norfolk

Portsmouth

Virginia Beach

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

North Carolina:

Pasquotank

Virginia: (cities)

Chesapeake

Suffolk

Virginia: (counties)

Accomack

Northampton

Prince William

Survey Area

Virginia:

Prince William

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Virginia:

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Fauquier

WASHINGTON

Kitsap

Survey Area

Washington:

Kitsap

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Washington:

Clallam

Jefferson

Pierce

Survey Area

Washington:

Pierce

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Oregon:

Clatsop

Coos

Douglas

Multnomah

Tillamook

Washington:

Clark

Grays Harbor

Snohomish

Survey Area

Washington:

Snohomish

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Washington:

Island

King

Yakima

Spokane

Survey Area

Washington:

Spokane

Area of Application. Survey area plus:

Washington:

Adams

Walla Walla

WYOMING

Laramie

Survey Area

Wyoming:

Laramie

Area of Application. Survey area.

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