15036 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / Notices 

Week of March 30, 2015—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 30, 2015. 

Week of April 6, 2015—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of April 6, 2015. 

Week of April 13, 2015—Tentative 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 

9:30 a.m. Meeting with the Advisory 

Committee on the Medical Uses of 

Isotopes (Public Meeting); (Contact: 

Nima Ashkeboussi, 301–415–5775) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

Thursday, April 16, 2015 

9:30 a.m. Meeting with the 

Organization of Agreement States 

and the Conference of Radiation 

Control Program Directors (Public 

Meeting); (Contact: Nima 

Ashkeboussi, 301- 415–5775) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

Week of April 20, 2015—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of April 20, 2015. 

Week of April 27, 2015—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of April 27, 2015. 

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The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. For more information or to verify 

the status of meetings, contact Glenn 

Ellmers at 301–415–0442 or via email at 

Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

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The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify 

Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability 

Program Manager, at 301–287–0727, by 

videophone at 240–428–3217, or by 

email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@

nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

* * * * * 

Members of the public may request to 

receive this information electronically. 

If you would like to be added to the 

distribution, please contact the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301– 

415–1969), or email 

Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov or 

Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov. 

Dated: March 18, 2015. 

Glenn Ellmers, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06575 Filed 3–18–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Federal Employees’ Retirement 

System; Normal Cost Percentages 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is providing notice 

of revised normal cost percentages for 

employees covered by the Federal 

Employees’ Retirement System (FERS) 

Act of 1986. 

DATES: The revised normal cost 

percentages are effective at the 

beginning of the first pay period 

commencing on or after October 1, 2015. 

Agency appeals of the normal cost 

percentages must be filed no later than 

September 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver agency 

appeals of the normal cost percentages 

and requests for actuarial assumptions 

and data to the Board of Actuaries, care 

of Gregory Kissel, Senior Actuary, Office 

of Planning and Policy Analysis, Office 

of Personnel Management, Room 4307, 

1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 

20415. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karla Yeakle, (202) 606–0299. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FERS 

Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99–335, created a 

new retirement system intended to 

cover most Federal employees hired 

after 1983. Most Federal employees 

hired before 1984 are under the older 

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). 

Section 8423 of title 5, United States 

Code, as added by the FERS Act of 1986, 

provides for the payment of the 

Government’s share of the cost of the 

retirement system under FERS. 

Employees’ contributions are 

established by law and constitute only 

a portion of the cost of funding the 

retirement system; employing agencies 

are required to pay the remaining costs. 

The amount of funding required, known 

as ‘‘normal cost,’’ is the entry age 

normal cost of the provisions of FERS 

that relate to the Civil Service 

Retirement and Disability Fund (Fund). 

The normal cost must be computed by 

OPM in accordance with generally 

accepted actuarial practices and 

standards (using dynamic assumptions). 

The normal cost calculations depend on 

economic and demographic 

assumptions. Subpart D of part 841 of 

title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, 

regulates how normal costs are 

determined. 

In its meeting on June 18, 2013, the 

Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service 

Retirement System (the Board) 

recommended changes to certain 

demographic assumptions used in the 

actuarial valuations of CSRS and FERS. 

The most significant change applies 

additional projected mortality 

improvement resulting in greater 

assumed annuitant longevity. The 

previous assumptions reflected 

mortality rates improved to year 2024; 

the revised projection assumes mortality 

rates are expected to improve 

indefinitely at an ultimate rate of 1.0 

percent annually for employees and 

non-disabled annuitants. OPM has 

adopted the Board’s recommendations. 

With regard to the economic 

assumptions described under section 

841.402 of title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, used in the actuarial 

valuations of FERS, the Board 

concluded that it would be appropriate 

to continue to assume a rate of 

investment return of 5.25 percent. In 

addition, the Board determined that the 

assumed inflation rate should remain at 

3.00 percent and that the projected rate 

of General Schedule salary increases 

should remain at 3.25 percent. These 

salary increases are in addition to 

assumed within-grade increases. These 

assumptions are intended to reflect the 

long term expected future experience of 

the Systems. 

The demographic assumptions are 

determined separately for each of a 

number of special groups, in cases 

where separate experience data is 

available. Based on the demographic 

and economic assumptions described 

above, OPM has determined the normal 

cost percentage for each category of 

employees under section 841.403 of title 

5, Code of Federal Regulations. 

Section 5001 of Public Law 112–96, 

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs 

Creation Act of 2012, established 

provisions for FERS Revised Annuity 

Employees (FERS–RAE). The law 

permanently increases the retirement 

contributions by 2.30 percent of pay for 

these employees. Subsequently, Section 

401 of Public Law 113–67, the 

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, created 

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Further Revised Annuity Employee 

(FERS–FRAE). Employees subject to 

FERS–FRAE coverage must pay even 

higher employee contributions than 

employees subject to FERS–RAE. 

Employees subject to FERS–FRAE must 

pay an increase of 1.30 percent of pay 

above the percentage set for FERS–RAE. 

Separate normal cost percentages apply 

for FERS–RAE and for FERS–FRAE. 

The Governmentwide normal cost 

percentages, including the employee 

contributions, are as follows: 

NORMAL COST PERCENTAGES FOR FERS, FERS-REVISED ANNUITY EMPLOYEE (RAE), AND FERS-FURTHER REVISED

ANNUITY (FRAE) GROUPS

Group 

FERS 

normal cost 

(percent) 

FERS–RAE 

normal cost 

(percent) 

FERS–FRAE 

normal cost 

(percent) 

Members ...................................................................................................................................... 22.1 15.0 15.1 

Congressional employees, except members of the Capitol Police ............................................. 20.4 15.0 15.1 

Congressional employees who are members of the Capitol Police ........................................... 20.4 20.9 21.0 

Law enforcement officers, members of the Supreme Court Police, firefighters, nuclear materials couriers, customs and border protection officers, and employees under section 302 of 

the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for certain employees .................... 31.4 32.0 32.1 

Air traffic controllers ..................................................................................................................... 33.1 33.7 33.7 

Military reserve technicians ......................................................................................................... 18.1 18.5 18.7 

Employees under section 303 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for 

certain employees (when serving abroad) ............................................................................... 20.3 20.9 21.0 

All other regular FERS employees .............................................................................................. 14.5 15.0 15.1 

Under section 841.408 of title 5, Code 

of Federal Regulations, these normal 

cost percentages are effective at the 

beginning of the first pay period 

commencing on or after October 1, 2015. 

The time limit and address for filing 

agency appeals under sections 841.409 

through 841.412 of title 5, Code of 

Federal Regulations, are stated in the 

DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this 

notice. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06411 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice identifies 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities applicable to a single agency 

that were established or revoked from 

January 1, 2015, to January 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Senior Executive Resources Services, 

Senior Executive Services and 

Performance Management, Employee 

Services, (202) 606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 CFR 213.103, 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities available for use by all 

agencies are codified in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR). Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities 

applicable to a single agency are not 

codified in the CFR, but the U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) 

publishes a notice of agency-specific 

authorities established or revoked each 

month in the Federal Register at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. OPM also 

publishes an annual notice of the 

consolidated listing of all Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities, current 

as of June 30, in the Federal Register. 

Schedule A 

No Schedule A Authorities to report 

during January 2015. 

Schedule B 

No Schedule B authorities to report 

during January 2015. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C appointing 

authorities were approved during 

January 2015. 

Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Effective date 

Department of Agriculture ............... Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional Relations.

Senior Legislative Analyst .............. DA150035 1/15/2015 

Office of Communications .............. Deputy Director .............................. DA150041 1/20/2015 

Department of Commerce ............... Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Director of Advance and Protocol .. DC150043 1/15/2015 

Consumer Product Safety Commission.Office of Commissioners ................ Special Assistant (Legal) ................ PS150002 1/22/2015 

Department of Defense ................... Washington Headquarters Services Defense Fellow ............................... DD150035 1/7/2015 

Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs).Special Assistant (Legislative Affairs) (Chief Policy).DD150045 1/23/2015 

Department of the Army .................. Office of the Under Secretary ........ Special Assistant ............................ DW150012 1/28/2015 

Export-Import Bank ......................... Office of the Chairman ................... Director of Scheduling .................... EB150001 1/23/2015 

Department of Homeland Security .. Federal Emergency Management 

Agency.

Special Assistant ............................ DM150049 1/7/2015 

Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Special Assistant ............................ DM150050 1/20/2015 

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