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Vol. 89, No. 240 

Friday, December 13, 2024 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 532 

[Docket ID: OPM–2023–0018] 

RIN 3206–AO75 

Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of 

Saratoga County, New York, to a 

Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage 

System Wage Area 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is issuing a final 

rule to define Saratoga County, New 

York, as an area of application to the 

Jefferson, NY, nonappropriated fund 

(NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) 

wage area for pay-setting purposes. This 

change is necessary because there is one 

NAF FWS employee working in 

Saratoga County, and the county is not 

currently defined to a NAF wage area. 

DATES: 

Effective date: This regulation is 

effective January 13, 2025. 

Applicability date: This change 

applies on the first day of the first 

applicable pay period beginning on or 

after January 13, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana 

Paunoiu, by telephone at (202) 606– 

2858 or by email at paypolicy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

21, 2024, OPM issued a proposed rule 

(89 FR 67563) to define Saratoga 

County, NY, as an area of application to 

the Jefferson, NY, NAF FWS wage area 

for pay-setting purposes. The Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 

the national labor-management 

committee responsible for advising 

OPM on matters concerning the pay of 

FWS employees, reviewed and 

recommended these changes by 

consensus. 

The proposed rule had a 30-day 

comment period, during which OPM 

received no comments. Therefore, this 

final rule adopts the proposed rule at 89 

FR 67563 without change. 

Expected Impact of This Rule 

Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code, 

provides OPM with the authority and 

responsibility to define the boundaries 

of NAF FWS wage areas. Any changes 

in wage area definitions can have the 

long-term effect of increasing pay for 

Federal employees in affected locations. 

OPM expects this final rule to impact 

approximately one NAF FWS employee. 

Considering the small number of 

employees affected, OPM does not 

anticipate this rule will substantially 

impact local economies or have a large 

impact in local labor markets. As this 

and future wage area changes may 

impact higher volumes of employees in 

geographical areas and could rise to the 

level of impacting local labor markets, 

OPM will continue to study the 

implications of such impacts in this or 

future rules as needed. 

Regulatory Review 

Executive Orders 13563, 12866, and 

14094 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). This rule is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under the provisions 

of Executive Order 14094 and, therefore, 

was not reviewed by OMB. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Acting Director of OPM certifies 

that this rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

Federalism 

OPM has examined this rule in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, and has determined that 

this rule will not have any negative 

impact on the rights, roles and 

responsibilities of State, local, or tribal 

governments. 

Civil Justice Reform 

This rule meets the applicable 

standard set forth in Executive Order 

12988. 

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 

Section 202 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) 

requires that agencies assess anticipated 

costs and benefits before issuing any 

rule that would impose spending costs 

on State, local, or tribal governments in 

the aggregate, or on the private sector, 

in any 1 year of $100 million in 1995 

dollars, updated annually for inflation. 

That threshold is currently 

approximately $183 million. This rule 

will not result in the expenditure by 

State, local, or tribal governments, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector, in 

excess of the threshold. Thus, no 

written assessment of unfunded 

mandates is required. 

Congressional Review Act 

OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs has determined this 

rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in 

5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not impose any 

reporting or record-keeping 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Freedom of information, 

Government employees, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Wages. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Kayyonne Marston, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

Accordingly, OPM amends 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. In Appendix D to subpart B, amend 

the table by revising the wage area 

listing for the State of New York to read 

as follows: 

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532— 

Nonappropriated Fund Wage and 

Survey Areas 

Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area 

Survey Areas 

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NEW YORK 

Jefferson 

Survey Area 

New York: 

Jefferson 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

New York: 

Albany 

Oneida 

Onondaga 

Ontario 

Saratoga 

Schenectady 

Steuben 

Kings-Queens 

Survey Area 

New York: 

Kings 

Queens 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

New Jersey: 

Essex 

Hudson 

New York: 

Bronx 

Nassau 

New York 

Richmond 

Suffolk 

Niagara 

Survey Area 

New York: 

Niagara 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

New York: 

Erie 

Genesee 

Ohio: 

Trumbull 

Pennsylvania: 

Erie 

Orange 

Survey Area 

New York: 

Orange 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

New York: 

Dutchess 

Westchester 

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[FR Doc. 2024–29355 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products 

CFR Correction 

This rule is being published by the 

Office of the Federal Register to correct 

an editorial or technical error that 

appeared in the most recent annual 

revision of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

In Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 200 to 499, revised as 

of January 1, 2024, make the following 

corrections: 

■ 1. Amend § 430.3 by revising 

paragraph (q)(6) to read as follows: 

§ 430.3 Materials incorporated by 

reference. 

* * * * * 

(q) * * * 

(6) IEC 62301 (‘‘IEC 62301’’), 

Household electrical appliances— 

Measurement of standby power, (Edition 

2.0, 2011–01); IBR approved for 

appendices C1, C2, D1, D2, F, G, I, I1, 

J, J2, N, O, P, Q, U, X1, Y, Y1, Z, BB, 

CC, CC1, EE, and FF to subpart B. 

* * * * * 

■ 2. Amend Appendix X1 to Subpart B 

of Part 430 by: 

■ a. Reinstating section 4.1.1.; 

■ b. Removing the second instance of 

section 4.2.; and 

■ c. Removing sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2. 

The reinstated text reads as follows: 

Appendix X1 to Subpart B of Part 430— 

Uniform Test Method for Measuring the 

Energy Consumption of Dehumidifiers 

* * * * * 

4.1 * * * 

4.1.1 Portable dehumidifiers and wholehome dehumidifiers other than refrigerantdesiccant dehumidifiers. Measure the energy 

consumption in dehumidification mode, 

EDM, in kilowatt-hours (kWh), the average 

percent relative humidity, Ht, either as 

measured using a relative humidity sensor or 

using Tables 2 and 3 when using an 

aspirating psychrometer, and the product 

capacity, Ct, in pints per day (pints/day), in 

accordance with the test requirements 

specified in section 7, ‘‘Test Tolerances,’’ 

section 8, ‘‘Capacity Test,’’ and section 9, 

‘‘Energy Consumption,’’ of AHAM DH–1– 

2022, with two exceptions. First, the rating 

test period must be 2 hours. Second, 

maintain the standard test conditions as 

shown in Table 1. 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH 4.1.1.—STANDARD TEST CONDITIONS FOR DEHUMIDIFIER TESTING

Configuration 

Dry-bulb 

temperature 

(°F) 

Aspirating 

psychrometer 

wet-bulb 

temperature 

(°F) 

Relative humidity 

sensor relative 

humidity 

(%) 

Portable dehumidifiers ......................................................................................................... 65 ± 2.0 56.6 ± 1.0 60 ± 2 

Whole-home dehumidifiers .................................................................................................. 73 ± 2.0 63.6 ± 1.0 60 ± 2 

When using relative humidity and dry-bulb 

temperature sensors, for dehumidifiers with 

multiple process air intake grilles, average 

the measured relative humidities and average 

the measured dry-bulb temperatures to 

determine the overall intake air conditions. 

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH 4.1.1.—RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS A FUNCTION OF DRY-BULB AND WET-BULB TEMPERATURES FOR

PORTABLE DEHUMIDIFIERS

Wet-bulb temperature 

(°F) 

Dry-bulb temperature (°F) 

64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 65 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 65.5 

56.3 .................................................. 60.32 59.94 59.57 59.17 58.8 58.42 58.04 57.67 57.3 56.93 56.56 

56.4 .................................................. 60.77 60.38 60 59.62 59.24 58.86 58.48 58.11 57.73 57.36 56.99 

56.5 .................................................. 61.22 60.83 60.44 60.06 59.68 59.3 58.92 58.54 58.17 57.8 57.43 

56.6 .................................................. 61.66 61.27 60.89 60.5 60.12 59.74 59.36 58.98 58.6 58.23 57.86 

56.7 .................................................. 62.4 61.72 61.33 60.95 60.56 60.18 59.8 59.42 59.04 58.67 58.29 

56.8 .................................................. 62.56 62.17 61.78 61.39 61 60.62 60.24 59.86 59.48 59.1 58.73 

56.9 .................................................. 63.01 62.62 62.23 61.84 61.45 61.06 60.68 60.3 59.92 59.54 59.16 


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