This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

9995

Vol. 62, No. 43

Wednesday, March 5, 1997

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 551

RIN 3206–AA40

Pay Administration Under the Fair

Labor Standards Act

AGENCY: Office of Merit Systems

Oversight, OPM.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) is withdrawing the

proposed rule published on January 10,

1995, at 60 FR 2549–2551. The

proposed rule would have added

Subpart F—Complaints and Compliance

to OPM’s regulations administering pay

of Federal employees under the Fair

Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act);

however, events have overtaken the

proposed rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey D. Miller, Director, Classification

Appeals and FLSA Programs, by

telephone on 202–606–2530; by fax on

202–606–2663; or by e-mail at

JDMiller@opm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 10, 1995, OPM published a

proposed rule at 60 FR 2549–2551 to

amend regulations on the Fair Labor

Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed

rule was to supersede instructions

contained in Federal Personnel Manual

Letter 551–9, Civil Service Commission

System for Administering the Fair Labor

Standards Act (FLSA) Compliance and

Complaint System (March 30, 1976).

Pursuant to the Legislative Branch

Appropriations Act of 1996, most of the

claims settlement functions performed

by the General Accounting Office (GAO)

were transferred to the Director of the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). See Section 211, Public Law

104–53, 109 Stat. 535. The OMB

Director delegated these functions to

various components within the

Executive branch in a determination

order dated June 28, 1996. This order

delegated to the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) the authority to

settle claims against the Untied States

involving Federal employees’

compensation and leave (31 U.S.C.

3702), deceased employees’

compensation 95 U.S.C. 5583), and

proceeds of canceled checks for

veterans’ benefits payable to deceased

beneficiaries (38 U.S.C. 5122). OPM is

withdrawing the proposed rule to

amend 5 CFR Part 551 while it

considers a claims procedure in keeping

with its new authority.

Until superseded by OPM regulations,

it is OPM’s policy, with one exception,

to apply to the administration of any

authority transferred from the General

Accounting Office (GAO) any applicable

GAO regulations in effect at the time of

the transfer. The exception to this policy

involves claims arising under the Fair

Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C.

201, et seq. FLSA claims will continue

to be settled in the same manner as

complaints under this Act are resolved

pursuant to OPM’s authority to

administer the FLSA for the Federal

Government pursuant to 29 U.S.C.

204(f).

Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5366 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–AEA–16]

Proposed Amendment to Class E

Airspace; Olean, NY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to

amend the Class E airspace area at

Olean, NY. The development of two

new Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures (SIAP) at Cattaraugus

County-Olean Airport based on the

Global Positioning System has made

this proposal necessary. Additional

controlled airspace extending upward

from 700 feet above the surface (AGL) is

needed to accommodate these SIAPs

and for instrument flight rules (IFR)

operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to: Manager,

Operations Branch, AEA–530, Docket

No. 97–AEA–16, F.A.A. Eastern Region,

Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy

Int’l Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel, AEA–7, F.A.A. Eastern Region,

Federal Building #111, John F. Kennedy

International Airport, Jamaica, New

York 11430.

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

in the Operations Branch, AEA–530,

F.A.A. Eastern Region, Federal Building

#111, John F. Kennedy International

Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Francis Jordan, Jr., Airspace Specialist,

Operations Branch, AEA–530, F.A.A.

Eastern Region, Federal Building #111,

John F. Kennedy International Airport,

Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone:

(718) 553–4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested parties are invited to

participate in this proposed rulemaking

by submitting such written data, views,

or arguments as they may desire.

Comments that provide the factual basis

supporting the views and suggestions

presented are particularly helpful in

developing reasoned regulatory

decisions on the proposal. Comments

are specifically invited on the overall

regulatory, economic, environmental,

and energy related aspects of the

proposal. Communications should

identify the airspace docket number and

be submitted in triplicate to the address

listed above. Commenters wishing the

FAA to acknowledge receipt of their

comments on this notice must submit

with those comments a self-addressed,

stamped postcard on which the

following statement is made:

‘‘Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97–

AEA–16.’’ The postcard will be date/

time stamped and returned to the

commenter. All communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments will be considered before

taking action on the proposal rule. The

proposal contained in this notice may

be changed in light of comments