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Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward O’Donnell, Regulatory Guide 

Development Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–251– 

7455; email: Edward.ODonnell@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public information such 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

Revision 2 of RG 1.106 was issued 

with a temporary identification as Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1264. This 

regulatory guide describes a method 

acceptable to the NRC staff regarding the 

application of thermal overload 

protection devices. This method would 

ensure that the thermal overload 

protection devices will not needlessly 

prevent the motor from performing its 

safety-related function. 

II. Further Information 

DG–1264, was published in the 

Federal Register on May 02, 2011 (76 

FR 24538) for a 60-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on June 28, 2011. The NRC staff’s 

responses to the public comments on 

DG–1264 are available under ADAMS 

Accession Number ML112580363. 

III. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

Issuance of this final regulatory guide 

does not constitute backfitting as 

defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit 

Rule) and is not otherwise inconsistent 

with the issue finality provisions in 10 

CFR Part 52. As discussed in the 

‘‘Implementation’’ discussion of this 

regulatory guide, the NRC has no 

current intention to impose this 

regulatory guide on holders of current 

operating licenses or combined licenses. 

Accordingly, the issuance of this 

regulatory guide does not constitute 

‘‘backfitting’’’ as defined in 10 CFR 

50.109(a)(1) or is otherwise inconsistent 

with the applicable issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR Part 52. 

This regulatory guide may be applied 

to applications for operating licenses 

and combined licenses docketed by the 

NRC as of the date of issuance of the 

final regulatory guide, as well as future 

applications for operating licenses and 

combined licenses submitted after the 

issuance of the regulatory guide. Such 

action does not constitute backfitting as 

defined in 10 CRF 50.109(a)(1) or is 

otherwise inconsistent with the 

applicable issue finality provision in 10 

CFR Part 52, inasmuch as such 

applicants or potential applicants are 

not within the scope of entities 

protected by the Backfit Rule or the 

relevant issue finality provisions in 10 

CFR Part 52. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of February 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark P. Orr, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4552 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

January 2012 Pay Schedules 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President has signed an 

Executive order containing the 2012 pay 

schedules for certain Federal civilian 

employees. The rates of pay for these 

employees will not be increased in 2012 

and remain at 2010/2011 levels, except 

for employees in nonforeign areas. This 

notice serves as documentation for the 

public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Dismond, Pay and Leave, Employee 

Services, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management; (202) 606–2858; Fax (202) 

606–0824; or email to pay-leavepolicy@opm.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 19, 2011, the President signed 

Executive Order 13594 (76 FR 80191), 

which documented the January 2012 

pay schedules. Pursuant to Public Law 

111–242, as amended by Public Law 

111–322 (December 22, 2010), the 

Executive order provides that the 2012 

pay rates for most civilian employee pay 

schedules covered by the order are not 

adjusted and remain at 2010/2011 

levels. Schedule 1 of Executive Order 

13594 provides the rates for the 2012 

General Schedule (GS) and reflects no 

increase from 2010/2011. Executive 

Order 13594 also includes the 

percentage amounts of the 2012 locality 

payments, which remain at 2010/2011 

levels except for employees in 

nonforeign areas. (See Section 5 and 

Schedule 9 of Executive Order 13594.) 

The publication of this notice satisfies 

the requirement in section 5(b) of 

Executive Order 13594 that the U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

publish appropriate notice of the 2012 

locality payments in the Federal 

Register. 

GS employees receive locality 

payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. Locality 

payments apply in the United States (as 

defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4)) and its 

territories and possessions. In 2012, 

locality payments ranging from 14.16 

percent to 35.15 percent apply to GS 

employees in the 34 locality pay areas. 

The 2012 locality pay area definitions 

can be found at http://www.opm.gov/ 

oca/12tables/locdef.asp. 

The 2012 locality pay percentages 

became effective on the first day of the 

first pay period beginning on or after 

January 1, 2012 (January 1, 2012). An 

employee’s locality rate of pay is 

computed by increasing his or her 

scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined 

in 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable 

locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 

531.604 and 531.609.) As provided 

under the Nonforeign Area Retirement 

Equity Assurance Act of 2009 (subtitle 

B of title XIX of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–84, October 28, 2009)), the 

locality rate for each nonforeign area 

will be set at the full applicable locality 

rate in January 2012. Employees in 

nonforeign areas entitled to cost-ofliving allowances (COLAs) (i.e., Alaska, 

Hawaii, and other nonforeign areas as 

defined in 5 CFR 591.207) have 

corresponding reductions in their 

COLAs when locality rates increase. 

Executive Order 13594 documents 

that the Executive Schedule rates of pay 

remain at the 2010/2011 levels. By law, 

Executive Schedule officials are not 

authorized to receive locality payments. 

Executive Order 13594 documents the 

2012 range of rates of basic pay for 

members of the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 5382. The 

minimum rate of basic pay for the SES 

remains at $119,554 in 2012. The 

maximum rate of the SES rate range 

continues to be $179,700 (level II of the 

Executive Schedule) for SES members 

covered by a certified SES performance 

appraisal system and $165,300 (level III 

of the Executive Schedule) for SES 

members covered by an SES 

performance appraisal system that has 

not been certified. 

The minimum rate of basic pay for the 

senior-level (SL) and scientific and 

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$119,554 in 2012. The applicable 

maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range 

continues to be $179,700 (level II of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees covered by a certified SL/ST 

performance appraisal system and 

$165,300 (level III of the Executive 

Schedule) for SL or ST employees 

covered by an SL/ST performance 

appraisal system that has not been 

certified. Agencies with certified 

performance appraisal systems in 2012 

for SES members and employees in SL 

and ST positions also must apply a 

higher aggregate limitation on pay—up 

to the Vice President’s salary ($230,700 

in 2012, the same level as in 2010/ 

2011). 

Executive Order 13594 provides that 

the rates of basic pay for administrative 

law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 

are not increased in 2012. The rate of 

basic pay for AL–1 remains at $155,500 

(equivalent to the rate for level IV of the 

Executive Schedule). The rate of basic 

pay for AL–2 remains at $151,800. The 

rates of basic pay for AL–3/A through 3/ 

F continue to range from $103,900 to 

$143,700. 

The rates of basic pay for members of 

Contract Appeals Boards are calculated 

as a percentage of the rate for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 

5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic 

pay are not increased in 2012. 

On October 28, 2011, the Director of 

OPM issued a memorandum on behalf 

of the President’s Pay Agent (the 

Secretary of Labor and the Directors of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and OPM) that continues GS 

locality payments for ALJs and certain 

other non-GS employee categories in 

2012. By law, officials paid under the 

Executive Schedule, SES members, 

employees in SL/ST positions, and 

employees in certain other equivalent 

pay systems are not authorized to 

receive locality payments. (Note: An 

exception applies to certain 

grandfathered SES, SL, and ST 

employees stationed in a nonforeign 

area on January 2, 2010.) Except for 

employees in nonforeign areas, the 

locality payments continued for non-GS 

employees have not been increased in 

2012. The memo is available at http:// 

www.opm.gov/flsa/oca/11tables/

Extend_2012.pdf. 

On December 21, 2011, OPM issued a 

memorandum (CPM 2011–21) on the 

Executive order for the 2012 pay 

schedules. (See http://www.opm.gov/ 

oca/compmemo/index.asp.) The 

memorandum transmitted Executive 

Order 13594 and provided the 2012 

salary tables, locality pay areas and 

percentages, and information on general 

pay administration matters and other 

related information. The ‘‘2012 Salary 

Tables’’ posted on OPM’s Web site at 

www.opm.gov/oca/12tables/index.asp 

are the official rates of pay for affected 

employees and are hereby incorporated 

as part of this notice. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4544 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

National Council on Federal LaborManagement Relations Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Council on 

Federal Labor-Management Relations 

plans to meet on the following dates— 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012. 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012. 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012. 

Wednesday, July 18, 2012. 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012. 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012. 

The meetings will start at 10 a.m. and 

will be held in Room 1350, U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management, 1900 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20415. 

Interested parties should consult the 

Council Web site at www.lmrcouncil.gov 

for the latest information on Council 

activities, including changes in meeting 

dates. 

The Council is an advisory body 

composed of representatives of Federal 

employee organizations, Federal 

management organizations, and senior 

government officials. The Council was 

established by Executive Order 13522, 

entitled, ‘‘Creating Labor-Management 

Forums to Improve Delivery of 

Government Services,’’ which was 

signed by the President on December 9, 

2009. Along with its other 

responsibilities, the Council assists in 

the implementation of Labor 

Management Forums throughout the 

government and makes 

recommendations to the President on 

innovative ways to improve delivery of 

services and products to the public 

while cutting costs and advancing 

employee interests. The Council is cochaired by the Director of the Office of 

Personnel Management and the Deputy 

Director for Management of the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

At its meetings, the Council will 

continue its work in promoting 

cooperative and productive 

relationships between labor and 

management in the executive branch, by 

carrying out the responsibilities and 

functions listed in Section 1(b) of the 

Executive Order. The meetings are open 

to the public. Please contact the Office 

of Personnel Management at the address 

shown below if you wish to present 

material to the Council at the meeting. 

The manner and time prescribed for 

presentations may be limited, 

depending upon the number of parties 

that express interest in presenting 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Curry, Deputy Associate Director for 

Partnership and Labor Relations, Office 

of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street 

NW., Room 7H28–E, Washington, DC 

20415. Phone (202) 606–2930 or email 

at PLR@opm.gov. 

For the National Council. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

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U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad 

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impose appropriate paperwork burdens. 

The RRB invites comments on the 

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