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###### Office of Personnel Management

          - 5 CFR Part 532 
          - RIN 3206-AL77 

# AGENCY:

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

# ACTION:

Proposed rule with request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM proposes redefinitions affecting the following wage areas: Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI. 

# DATES:

We must receive comments on or before February 13, 2009. 

# ADDRESSES:

                        Send or deliver comments to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy Associate Director for Performance and Pay Systems, Strategic Human Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; e-mail                         *pay-performance-policy@opm.gov*; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-mail                         *pay-performance-policy@opm.gov*; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. These changes are based on recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the statutory national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters affecting the pay of FWS employees. From time to time, FPRAC reviews the boundaries of wage areas and provides OPM with recommendations for changes if the Committee finds that changes are warranted.

There are currently 132 FWS wage areas in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for blue-collar employees who are paid from appropriated funds. Each wage area is comprised of a survey area where a lead agency, the Department of Defense, measures local prevailing wage levels in a local labor market. Because it is not feasible to include every part of the United States in a survey area, those parts that are not in a survey area are combined with a nearby survey area to form a wage area's area of application. 

*OPM considers the following regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211 when defining FWS wage area boundaries:*

1. Distance, transportation facilities, and geographic features; 

2. Commuting patterns; and 

3. Similarities in overall population, employment, and the kinds and sizes of private industrial establishments. 

                    In addition, OPM regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 do not permit splitting Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) for the purpose of defining a wage area, except in very unusual circumstances (                    *e.g.*, organizational relationships among closely located Federal activities).                 

The Office of Management and Budget defines MSAs and maintains and updates the definitions of MSA boundaries following each decennial census. MSAs are composed of counties and are defined on the basis of a central urbanized area-a contiguous area of relatively high population density. Additional surrounding counties are included in MSAs if they have strong social and economic ties to central counties. 

When the boundaries of wage areas were first established in the 1960s, there were fewer MSAs than there are today and the boundaries of the then existing MSAs were much smaller. Most MSAs were contained within the boundaries of a wage area. MSAs have expanded each decade and in some cases now extend beyond the boundaries of the wage area. 

FPRAC recently reviewed several wage areas where boundaries subdivide certain MSAs and concurred by consensus with the changes described in this proposed rule. These changes would be effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 30 days following publication of the final regulations. FPRAC recommended no other changes in the geographic definitions of the wage areas. 

*Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA:*                     Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker Counties, AL, comprise the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA. Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker Counties are part of the Birmingham survey area, Bibb and Blount Counties are part of the Birmingham area of application, and Chilton County is part of the Columbus area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Chilton County to the Birmingham area of application so that the entire Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA is in one wage area. There are currently no FWS employees working in Chilton County.                 

*Denver-Aurora, CO MSA:*                     Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Counties, CO, comprise the Denver-Aurora, CO MSA. Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties are part of the Denver, CO, survey area and Clear Creek, Elbert, and Park are part of the Denver area of application. Broomfield County is currently undefined.                 

The municipality of Broomfield was incorporated in 1961 in the southeastern corner of Boulder County, CO. On November 15, 2001, Broomfield County officially separated from Boulder County and became the 64th county of Colorado. The boundaries of the City of Broomfield and the County of Broomfield are identical. 

OPM proposes to define Broomfield County as part of the Denver survey area. There are three FWS employees working in Broomfield County. 

*Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV MSA:*                     Washington, DC; Calvert, Charles, Frederick,                           ( print page 1949)                        Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties, MD; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, VA; Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities, VA; and Jefferson County, WV, comprise the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV MSA. Washington, DC; Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties, MD; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, VA; and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities, VA; are part of the Washington survey area. Calvert and St. Mary's Counties, MD, and Fauquier, King George, and Stafford Counties, VA, are part of the Washington area of application. Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg City, VA, are part of the Richmond area of application. Clarke and Warren Counties, VA, and Jefferson County, WV, are part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Clarke, Spotsylvania, and Warren Counties, VA, Fredericksburg City, VA, and Jefferson County, WV, to the Washington area of application so that the entire Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Clarke and Spotsylvania Counties, but there are 31 FWS employees working in Warren County, 9 FWS employees working in Fredericksburg City, and 50 FWS employees working in Jefferson County.                 

*Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA:*                     Barlow, Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties, GA, comprise the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA. Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, and Walton Counties are part of the Atlanta survey area; Bartow, Barrow, Carroll, Coweta, Dawson, Haralson, Heard, Pickens, Pike, and Spalding Counties are part of the Atlanta area of application; Jasper and Lamar Counties are part of the Macon area of application; and Meriwether County is part of the Columbus area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Jasper, Lamar, and Meriwether Counties to the Atlanta area of application so that the entire Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Jasper and Lamar Counties, but there is one FWS employee working in Meriwether County.                 

*Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA:*                     Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, McHenry, and Will Counties, IL; Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter Counties, IN; and Lake and Kenosha Counties, WI, comprise the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA. Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will Counties, IL, and Lake County, WI, are part of the Chicago survey area; DeKalb, Grundy, and Kendall, IL, and Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter Counties, IN, are part of the Chicago area of application; and Kenosha County, WI, is part of the Milwaukee area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Kenosha County to the Chicago area of application so that the entire Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA is in one wage area. There are six FWS employees working in Kenosha County.                 

*Indianapolis, IN MSA:*                     Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby Counties, IN, comprise the Indianapolis, IN MSA. Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby Counties are part of the Indianapolis survey area; Putnam County is part of the Indianapolis area of application; and Brown County is part of the Bloomington-Bedford-Washington area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Brown County to the Indianapolis area of application so that the entire Indianapolis, IN MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Brown County.                 

*Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA:*                     Woodbury County, IA, Dakota and Dixon Counties, NE, and Union County, SD, comprise the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA. Woodbury County, IA, and Dakota and Dixon Counties, NE, are part of the Omaha area of application and Union County, SD, is part of the Eastern South Dakota area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Union County to the Omaha area of application so that the entire Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Union County.                 

*Louisville, KY-IN MSA:*                     Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Washington County, IN, and Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble Counties, KY, comprise the Louisville, KY-IN MSA. Clark, and Floyd Counties, IN, and Bullitt, Jefferson, and Oldham Counties, KY, are part of the Louisville survey area; Harrison County, IN, and Henry, Meade, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble Counties, KY, are part of the Louisville area of application; and Washington County, IN, is part of the Bloomington-Bedford-Washington area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Washington County to the Louisville area of application so that the entire Louisville, KY-IN MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Washington County.                 

*Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA:*                     Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne's Counties, MD, and Baltimore City, MD, comprise the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA. Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties and Baltimore City are part of the Baltimore survey area and Queen Anne's County is part of the Wilmington area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Queen Anne's County to the Baltimore area of application so that the entire Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Queen Anne's County.                 

*Jefferson City, MO MSA:*                     Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, and Osage Counties, MO, comprise the Jefferson City, MO MSA. Callaway, Cole, and Osage Counties are part of the St. Louis area of application and Moniteau County is part of the Southern Missouri area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Moniteau County to the St. Louis area of application so that the entire Jefferson City, MO MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Moniteau County.                 

*New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA MSA:*                     Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties, NJ; Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, NY; and Pike County, PA, comprise the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA MSA. Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union Counties, NJ, and Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, NY, are part of the New York survey area. Monmouth, Ocean (excluding the Fort Dix Military Reservation), and Sussex Counties, NJ, and Putnam, Richmond, and Rockland Counties, NY, are part of the New York area of application. Hunterdon County, NJ, is part of the Philadelphia area of application and Pike County, PA, is part of the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Hunterdon County, NJ, and Pike County, PA, to the New York area of application so that the entire New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA MSA is in one wage area. There are no FWS employees working in Hunterdon                           ( print page 1950)                        County, but there are five FWS employees working in Pike County.                 

*Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA:*                     Warren County, NJ, and Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, PA, comprise the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA. Warren County, NJ, and Lehigh and Northampton Counties, PA are part of the Philadelphia area of application and Carbon County, PA, is part of the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area of application. OPM proposes to redefine Carbon County to the Philadelphia area of application so that the entire Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA is in one wage area. There are three FWS employees working in Carbon County.                 

## Regulatory Flexibility Act 

I certify that these regulations would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they would 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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Michael W. Hager, 

Acting Director.

Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is proposing to amend 5 CFR part 532 as follows: 

# PART 532—PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS 

1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows: 

Authority:5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.

2. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area listings for Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI, to read as follows: 

# APPENDIX C TO SUBPART B OF PART 532—APPROPRIATED FUND WAGE AND SURVEY AREAS 

* * * * *

## ALABAMA 

* * * * *

### Birmingham 

#### Survey Area 

Alabama:

Jefferson 

St. Clair 

Shelby 

Tuscaloosa 

Walker 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

Alabama: 

Bibb 

Blount 

Chilton 

Cullman 

Fayette 

Greene 

Hale 

Lamar 

Marengo 

Perry 

Pickens 

* * * * *

## COLORADO 

### Denver 

#### Survey Area 

Colorado:

Adams 

Arapahoe 

Boulder 

Broomfield 

Denver 

Douglas 

Gilpin 

Jefferson 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

Colorado: 

Clear Creek 

Eagle 

Elbert 

Garfield 

Grand 

Jackson 

Lake 

Larimer 

Logan 

Morgan 

Park 

Phillips 

Pitkin 

Rio Blanco 

Routt 

Sedgwick 

Summit 

Washington 

Weld 

Yuma 

* * * * *

## DELAWARE 

### Wilmington 

#### Survey Area 

Delaware:

Kent 

New Castle 

Maryland: 

Cecil 

New Jersey: 

Salem 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

Delaware: 

Sussex 

Maryland: 

Caroline 

Dorchester 

Kent 

Somerset 

Talbot 

Wicomico 

Worcester (Does not include the Assateague Island portion.) 

* * * * *

## DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

### Washington, DC 

#### Survey Area 

District of Columbia:

Washington, DC 

Maryland: 

Charles 

Frederick 

Montgomery 

Prince George's 

Virginia (cities): 

Alexandria 

Fairfax 

Falls Church 

Manassas 

Manassas Park 

Virginia (counties): 

Arlington 

Fairfax 

Loudoun 

Prince William 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

Maryland: 

Calvert 

St. Mary's 

Virginia (city): 

Fredericksburg 

Virginia (counties): 

Clarke 

Fauquier 

King George 

Spotsylvania 

Stafford 

Warren 

West Virginia: 

Jefferson 

* * * * *

## GEORGIA 

* * * * *

### Atlanta 

#### Survey Area 

Georgia:

Butts 

Cherokee 

Clayton 

Cobb 

De Kalb 

Douglas 

Fayette 

Forsyth 

Fulton 

Gwinnett 

Henry 

Newton 

Paulding 

Rockdale 

Walton 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

                            Georgia:                                   ( print page 1951)    

Banks 

Barrow 

Bartow 

Carroll 

Chattooga 

Clarke 

Coweta 

Dawson 

Fannin 

Floyd 

Franklin 

Gilmer 

Gordon 

Greene 

Habersham 

Hall 

Haralson 

Heard 

Jackson 

Jasper 

Lamar 

Lumpkin 

Madison 

Meriwether 

Morgan 

Murray 

Oconee 

Oglethorpe 

Pickens 

Pike 

Polk 

Rabun 

Spalding 

Stephens 

Towns 

Union 

White 

Whitfield 

* * * * *

### Columbus 

#### Survey Area 

Georgia (counties):

Chattahoochee 

Georgia (consolidated government): 

Columbus 

Alabama: 

Autauga 

Elmore 

Lee 

Macon 

Montgomery 

Russell

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Georgia: 

Harris 

Marion 

Quitman 

Schley 

Stewart 

Talbot 

Taylor 

Webster 

Alabama: 

Bullock 

Butler 

Chambers 

Coosa 

Crenshaw 

Dallas 

Lowndes 

Pike 

Tallapoosa 

Wilcox 

### Macon 

#### Survey Area 

Georgia: 

Bibb 

Houston 

Jones 

Laurens 

Twiggs 

Wilkinson 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus

Georgia: 

Baldwin 

Bleckley 

Crawford 

Crisp 

Dodge 

Dooly 

Hancock 

Johnson 

Macon 

Monroe 

Montgomery 

Peach 

Pulaski 

Putnam 

Telfair 

Treutlen 

Upson 

Washington 

Wheeler 

Wilcox 

* * * * *

## ILLINOIS 

* * * * *

### Chicago 

#### Survey Area 

Illinois: 

Cook 

Du Page 

Kane 

Lake 

McHenry 

Will 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Illinois: 

Boone 

De Kalb 

Grundy 

Iroquois 

Kankakee 

Kendall 

La Salle 

Lee 

Livingston 

Ogle 

Stephenson 

Winnebago 

Indiana: 

Benton 

Jasper 

Lake 

La Porte 

Newton 

Porter 

Pulaski 

Starke 

Wisconsin: 

Kenosha 

## INDIANA 

### Bloomington-Bedford-Washington 

#### Survey Area 

Indiana: 

Daviess 

Greene 

Knox 

Lawrence 

Martin 

Monroe 

Orange 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Indiana: 

Crawford 

Dubois 

Gibson 

Jackson 

Owen 

Perry 

Pike 

Posey 

Spencer 

Vanderburgh 

Warrick 

Illinois: 

Edwards 

Gallatin 

Hardin 

Lawrence 

Richland 

Wabash 

White 

Kentucky: 

Crittenden 

Daviess 

Hancock 

Henderson 

Livingston 

McLean 

Ohio 

Union 

Webster 

* * * * *

### Indianapolis 

#### Survey Area 

Indiana: 

Boone 

Hamilton 

Hancock 

Hendricks 

Johnson 

Marion 

Morgan 

Shelby 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Indiana: 

Bartholomew 

Brown 

Clay 

Clinton 

Decatur 

Delaware 

Fayette 

Fountain 

Henry 

Madison 

Montgomery 

Parke 

Putnam 

Rush 

Sullivan 

                            Tippecanoe                                   ( print page 1952)    

Tipton 

Vermillion 

Vigo 

Warren 

* * * * *

## KENTUCKY 

* * * * *

### Louisville 

#### Survey Area 

Kentucky: 

Bullitt 

Hardin 

Jefferson 

Oldham 

Indiana: 

Clark 

Floyd 

Jefferson 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Kentucky: 

Breckinridge 

Grayson 

Hart 

Henry 

Larue 

Meade 

Nelson 

Shelby 

Spencer 

Trimble 

Indiana: 

Harrison 

Jennings 

Scott 

Washington 

* * * * *

## MARYLAND 

* * * * *

### Baltimore 

#### Survey Area 

Maryland: 

Baltimore City 

Anne Arundel 

Baltimore 

Carroll 

Harford 

Howard 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Maryland: 

Queen Anne's 

### Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg 

#### Survey Area 

Maryland: 

Washington 

Pennsylvania: 

Franklin 

West Virginia: 

Berkeley 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Maryland: 

Allegany 

Garrett 

Pennsylvania: 

Fulton 

Virginia (cities): 

Harrisonburg 

Winchester 

Virginia (counties): 

Culpeper 

Frederick 

Greene 

Madison 

Page 

Rappahannock 

Rockingham 

Shenandoah 

West Virginia: 

Hampshire 

Hardy 

Mineral 

Morgan 

* * * * *

## MISSOURI 

### St. Louis 

#### Survey Area 

Missouri:

St. Louis City 

Franklin 

Jefferson 

St. Charles 

St. Louis 

Illinois: 

Clinton 

Madison 

Monroe 

St. Clair 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Missouri: 

Audrain 

Boone 

Callaway 

Clark 

Cole 

Crawford 

Gasconade 

Knox 

Lewis 

Lincoln 

Marion 

Moniteau 

Monroe 

Montgomery 

Osage 

Pike 

Ralls 

Randolph 

St. Francois 

Ste. Genevieve 

Scotland 

Shelby 

Warren 

Washington 

Illinois: 

Alexander 

Bond 

Calhoun 

Clay 

Effingham 

Fayette 

Franklin 

Greene 

Hamilton 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Jersey 

Johnson 

Macoupin 

Marion 

Massac 

Montgomery 

Morgan 

Perry 

Pike 

Pope 

Pulaski 

Randolph 

Saline 

Scott 

Union 

Washington 

Wayne 

Williamson 

### Southern Missouri 

#### Survey Area 

Missouri: 

Christian 

Greene 

Laclede 

Phelps 

Pulaski 

Webster 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Missouri: 

Barry 

Barton 

Benton 

Bollinger 

Butler 

Camden 

Cape Girardeau 

Carter 

Cedar 

Dade 

Dallas 

Dent 

Douglas 

Hickory 

Howell 

Iron 

Jasper 

Lawrence 

McDonald 

Madison 

Maries 

Miller 

Mississippi 

Morgan 

New Madrid 

Newton 

Oregon 

Ozark 

Perry 

Polk 

Reynolds 

Ripley 

St. Clair 

Scott 

Shannon 

Stoddard 

Stone 

Taney 

Texas 

Vernon 

Wayne 

Wright 

Kansas: 

Cherokee 

Crawford 

* * * * *

## NEBRASKA 

### Omaha 

#### Survey Area 

                            Nebraska:                                  ( print page 1953)    

Douglas 

Lancaster 

Sarpy 

Iowa: 

Pottawattamie 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Nebraska: 

Adams 

Antelope 

Arthur 

Blaine 

Boone 

Boyd 

Brown 

Buffalo 

Burt 

Butler 

Cass 

Cedar 

Chase 

Cherry 

Clay 

Colfax 

Cuming 

Custer 

Dakota 

Dawson 

Dixon 

Dodge 

Dundy 

Fillmore 

Franklin 

Frontier 

Furnas 

Gage 

Garfield 

Gosper 

Grant 

Greeley 

Hall 

Hamilton 

Harlan 

Hayes 

Hitchcock 

Holt 

Hooker 

Howard 

Jefferson 

Johnson 

Kearney 

Keith 

Keya Paha 

Knox 

Lincoln 

Logan 

Loup 

McPherson 

Madison 

Merrick 

Nance 

Nemaha 

Nuckolls 

Otoe 

Pawnee 

Perkins 

Phelps 

Pierce 

Platte 

Polk 

Red Willow 

Richardson 

Rock 

Saline 

Saunders 

Seward 

Sherman 

Stanton 

Thayer 

Thomas 

Thurston 

Valley 

Washington 

Wayne 

Webster 

Wheeler 

York 

Iowa: 

Adams 

Audubon 

Buena Vista 

Cass 

Cherokee 

Clay 

Crawford 

Fremont 

Harrison 

Ida 

Mills 

Monona 

Montgomery 

O'Brien 

Page 

Palo Alto 

Plymouth 

Pocahontas 

Sac 

Shelby 

Sioux 

Taylor 

Woodbury 

South Dakota: 

Union 

* * * * *

## NEW YORK 

* * * * *

### New York 

#### Survey Area 

New York: 

Bronx 

Kings 

Nassau 

New York 

Queens 

Suffolk 

Westchester 

New Jersey: 

Bergen 

Essex 

Hudson 

Middlesex 

Morris 

Passaic 

Somerset 

Union 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

New York: 

Putnam 

Richmond 

Rockland 

New Jersey: 

Hunterdon 

Monmouth 

Ocean (Excluding the Fort Dix Military Reservation) 

Sussex 

Pennsylvania: 

Pike 

* * * * *

## PENNSYLVANIA 

* * * * *

### Philadelphia 

#### Survey Area 

Pennsylvania: 

Bucks 

Chester 

Delaware 

Montgomery 

Philadelphia 

New Jersey: 

Burlington 

Camden 

Gloucester 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Pennsylvania: 

Carbon 

Lehigh 

Northampton 

New Jersey: 

Atlantic 

Cape May 

Cumberland 

Mercer 

Ocean (Fort Dix Military Reservation only) 

Warren 

* * * * *

### Scranton-Wilkes-Barre 

#### Survey Area 

Pennsylvania: 

Lackawanna 

Luzerne 

Monroe 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Pennsylvania: 

Bradford 

Columbia 

Lycoming (Excluding Allenwood Federal Prison Camp) 

Sullivan 

Susquehanna 

Wayne 

Wyoming 

* * * * *

## SOUTH DAKOTA 

### Eastern South Dakota 

#### Survey Area 

South Dakota: 

Minnehaha 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

South Dakota: 

Aurora 

Beadle 

Bennett 

Bon Homme 

Brookings 

Brown 

Brule 

Buffalo 

Campbell 

Charles Mix 

Clark 

Clay 

Codington 

Corson 

Davison 

Day 

Deuel 

                            Dewey                                   ( print page 1954)    

Douglas 

Edmunds 

Faulk 

Grant 

Gregory 

Haakon 

Hamlin 

Hand 

Hanson 

Hughes 

Hutchinson 

Hyde 

Jerauld 

Jones 

Kingsbury 

Lake 

Lincoln 

Lyman 

McCook 

McPherson 

Marshall 

Mellette 

Miner 

Moody 

Potter 

Roberts 

Sanborn 

Spink 

Stanley 

Sully 

Todd 

Tripp 

Turner 

Walworth 

Washabaugh 

Yankton 

Ziebach 

Iowa: 

Dickinson 

Emmet 

Lyon 

Osceola 

Minnesota: 

Jackson 

Lincoln 

Lyon 

Murray 

Nobles 

Pipestone 

Rock 

* * * * *

## VIRGINIA 

* * * * *

### Richmond 

#### Survey Area 

Virginia (cities): 

Colonial Heights 

Hopewell 

Petersburg 

Richmond 

Virginia (counties): 

Charles City 

Chesterfield 

Dinwiddie 

Goochland 

Hanover 

Henrico 

New Kent 

Powhatan 

Prince George 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Virginia (cities): 

Charlottesville 

Emporia 

Virginia (counties): 

Albemarle 

Amelia 

Brunswick 

Buckingham 

Caroline 

Charlotte 

Cumberland 

Essex 

Fluvanna 

Greensville 

King and Queen 

King William 

Lancaster 

Louisa 

Lunenberg 

Mecklenburg 

Middlesex 

Northumberland 

Nottoway 

Orange 

Prince Edward 

Richmond 

Sussex 

Westmoreland 

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## WISCONSIN 

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### Milwaukee 

#### Survey Area 

Wisconsin: 

Milwaukee 

Ozaukee 

Washington 

Waukesha 

#### Area of Application. Survey Area Plus 

Wisconsin: 

Brown 

Calumet 

Door 

Fond du Lac 

Kewaunee 

Manitowoc 

Outagamie 

Racine 

Sheboygan 

Walworth 

Winnebago 

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