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28891

Vol. 63, No. 101

Wednesday, May 27, 1998

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 890

RIN 3206–AI05

Federal Employees Health Benefits

Program: Removal of Minimum Salary

Requirement

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) is issuing a final

rule to remove an obsolete provision

that prohibits an employee whose

annual salary is $350 or less from

enrolling in the Federal Employees

Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth A. Lease, 202–606–0004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 6, 1998, OPM published a

proposed rule in the Federal Register

(63 FR 446) to remove an obsolete

provision that prohibits an employee

earning $350 or less per year from

enrolling in the FEHB Program. This

provision was based on the fact that,

until they were amended in 1982, FEHB

regulations required that employee

contributions to premiums could only

be made by salary withholding while an

employee was in a pay status. ($350 is

the amount which, when the Program

began in 1960, was sufficient to cover

the appropriate employee contributions

for the least costly FEHB plan.) As

amended in August 1982, however, the

regulations now require enrollee

contributions, by direct payment if

necessary, for all periods during which

coverage continues, even periods during

which an employee does not receive pay

(such as a leave without pay situation).

We also proposed to amend the

reference in the definition of letter of

credit under § 890.101 to conform to a

recent reference change in Chapter 16 of

title 48, Code of Federal Regulations

(FEHBAR).

We received no comments.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

I certify that this regulation will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

because it primarily affects Federal

employees.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 890

Administrative practice and

procedure, Government employees,

Health facilities, Health insurance,

Health professions, Hostages, Iraq,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements,

Retirement.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR

part 890 as follows:

PART 890—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

1. The authority citation for part 890

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8913; § 890.803 also

issued under 50 U.S.C. 403p, 22 U.S.C. 4069c

and 4069c–1; subpart L also issued under

sec. 599C of Pub. L. 101–513, 104 Stat. 2064,

as amended, § 890.102 also issued under

sections 11202(f), 11232(e), and 11246(b) and

(c) of Pub. L. 105–33, 111 Stat. 251.

2. In § 890.101, paragraph (a), the

definition of Letter of Credit is revised

to read as follows:

§ 890.101 Definitions; time computations.

(a) * * *

Letter of credit is defined in 48 CFR

1602.170–10.

* * * * *

§ 890.102 [Amended]

3. In § 890.102, paragraph (c)(4) is

removed and paragraphs (c)(5), (c)(6),

(c)(7), and (c)(8) are redesignated as

paragraphs (c)(4), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (c)(7)

respectively.

4. In § 890.303, paragraph (b) is

revised to read as follows:

§ 890.303 Continuation of enrollment.

* * * * *

(b) Change of enrolled employees to

certain excluded positions. Employees

and annuitants enrolled under this part

who move, without a break in service or

after a separation of 3 days or less, to an

employment in which they are excluded

by § 890.102(c), continue to be enrolled

unless excluded by paragraphs (c) (4),

(5), (6), or (7) of § 890.102.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 98–13922 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98–ACE–12]

Amendment to Class E Airspace;

Knoxville, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This action amends the Class

E airspace area at Knoxville Municipal

Airport, Knoxville, IA. The FAA has

developed Global Positioning System

(GPS) Runway (RWY) 15 and RWY 33

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedures (SIAPs) to serve Knoxville

Municipal Airport. Additional

controlled airspace extending upward

form 700 feet Above Ground Level

(AGL) is needed to accommodate these

SIAPs and for Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR) operations at this airport. The

enlarged area will contain the new GPS

RWY 15 and GPS RWY 33 SIAPs in

controlled airspace. The intended effect

of this rule is to provide controlled

Class E airspace for aircraft executing

the GPS RWY 15 and GPS RWY 33

SIAPs and to segregate aircraft using

instrument approach procedures in

instrument conditions from aircraft

operating in visual conditions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on 0901 UTC, August 13, 1998.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the rule in triplicate to: Manager,

Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division,

ACE–520, Federal Aviation

Administration, Docket Number 98–

ACE–12, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas

City, MO 64106.