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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 100721-100722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29355]

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under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / 
Rules and Regulations

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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.

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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 [email protected].

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

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

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

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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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