Prevailing rate systems,

[Federal Register: April 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 70)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 17941-17942]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AI13

Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Orlando, FL, Appropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to redefine Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia Counties, Florida, from the Orlando, FL, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area to the Jacksonville, FL, FWS wage area. This change is being made because the closure of the Orlando wage area's host installation, the Orlando Naval Training Station, left the Department of Defense without an installation in the Orlando wage area capable of hosting local wage surveys.

DATES: This final rule is effective on May 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848, FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email to jdhopkin@opm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 1998, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published an interim rule (63 FR 6471) to redefine the Orlando, Florida, Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the national labor- management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we redefine Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia Counties, FL, from the Orlando wage area to the Jacksonville, FL, FWS wage area. In September 1997, a full-scale wage survey was scheduled to begin in the Orlando wage area; however, the Orlando wage area's host installation, the Orlando Naval Training Station, was preparing to close. The lead agency for the Orlando wage area, the Department of Defense (DOD), was left without an activity in the wage area capable of hosting local wage surveys. Because DOD was unable to conduct the survey, OPM abolished the Orlando wage area (62 FR 51759) and removed the requirement that a local wage survey be conducted in the Orlando wage area.

Employees being paid rates from the Orlando wage schedule were converted to the Jacksonville wage schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after March 11, 1998. OPM did not receive any comments on the interim rule during its 30-day public comment period. Based on the previous consensus recommendation of FPRAC, the interim rule is being adopted as a final rule without any changes.

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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 (63 FR 6471) amending 5 CFR part 532 published on February 9, 1998, is being adopted as final with no changes.

Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director.

[FR Doc. 99-9158Filed4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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