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Vol. 60, No. 61

Thursday, March 30, 1995

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206–AG74

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment

of Clinton, NY, Nonappropriated Fund

Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel

Management is issuing interim

regulations to abolish the Clinton, NY,

nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal

Wage System (FWS) wage area and add

Clinton County, NY, as an area of

application to the Oneida, NY, NAF

wage area for pay-setting purposes. No

employee’s wage rate will be reduced as

a result of this change.

DATES: This interim rule becomes

effective on March 30, 1995. Comments

must be received by May 1, 1995.

Employees paid rates from the Clinton,

NY, NAF wage schedule will continue

to be paid from the schedule until their

conversion to the new Oneida, NY, NAF

wage schedule on its effective date, May

4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to Donald J. Winstead, Acting Assistant

Director for Compensation Policy,

Human Resources Systems Service, U.S.

Office of Personnel Management, Room

6H31, 1900 E Street NW., Washington,

DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Shields, (202) 606–2848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Defense recommended to

the Office of Personnel Management

that the Clinton, NY, NAF wage area be

abolished and that Clinton County be

added as an area of application to the

Oneida, NY, NAF wage area. With the

scheduled 1995 closing of the host

installation, Plattsburgh Air Force Base

(AFB), there will no longer be a local

activity with the capability to do the

Clinton, NY, survey. There will,

however, still be about 23 NAF

employees in Clinton County. Neither of

the current area of application counties,

Chittenden and Franklin, VT, has FWS

NAF employees.

The provisions of 5 CFR 532.219 list

the following criteria for consideration

when two or more counties are to be

combined to constitute a single wage

area:

(1) Proximity of largest activity in

each county;

(2) Transportation facilities and

commuting patterns; and

(3) Similarities of the counties in:

(i) Overall population;

(ii) Private employment in major

industry categories; and

(iii) Kinds and sizes of private

industrial establishments.

There criteria are discussed in turn

below.

Of the largest nearby activities with

NAF employees, Plattsburgh AFB,

Clinton County, NY, is closest to Griffiss

Air Force Base, Oneida, NY. Slightly

more distant are Portsmouth Naval

Shipyard and the U.S. Military

Academy. Distances from Plattsburgh

Air Force Base to the host activities of

the surrounding wage areas are as

follows: Griffiss Air Force Base, Oneida

County, 320 km (199 miles); Portsmouth

Naval Ship Yard, York County, ME, 362

km (225 miles); and the United States

Military Academy, Orange County, NY,

396 km (246 miles).

Considering transportation facilities,

from Plattsburgh AFB, the largest

installations in the three surrounding

survey areas can all be reached easily by

Interstate Highways and some primary

undivided roads. An analysis of 1990

census commuting patterns data

indicates that no workers commute

between Clinton County, NY, and the

three survey counties under

consideration (Oneida, York, and

Orange).

In terms of similarities of the counties

in overall population, private

employment, and kinds and sizes of

private industrial establishments,

Clinton County is most similar to York

County.

In summary, the first criterion,

proximity, favors Oneida County.

Considering the second criterion,

transportation facilities and commuting

patterns, none of the three counties

being considered is favored. The third

criterion, similarities in population and

industry, favors York County. On

balance, evaluation under the criteria

favors the definition of Clinton County

to the Oneida, NY, NAF wage area.

The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee reviewed this

recommendation and by consensus

recommended approval.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), I

find that good cause exists for waiving

the general notice of proposed

rulemaking. Also, pursuant to section

553(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code,

I find that good cause exists for making

this rule effective in less than 30 days.

The notice is being waived and the

regulation is being made effective in less

than 30 days because preparations for

the March 1995 Clinton survey must

otherwise begin immediately.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

I certify that these regulations will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

because they 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.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

Accordingly, OPM is amending 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.

Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 532

[Amended]

2. In Appendix B to subpart B of part

532, the listing for the State of New

York is amended by removing the entry

for Clinton.

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532

[Amended]

3. Appendix D to subpart B of part

532 is amended by removing the entry
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for Clinton, New York, and by revising

the entry for Oneida, New York, to read

as follows:

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532—

Nonappropriated Fund Wage and

Survey Areas

* * * * *

New York

* * * * *

Oneida

Survey area

New York:

Oneida

Area of application. Survey area plus:

New York:

Albany

Clinton (Effective date May 4, 1995)

Jefferson

Onondago

Ontario

Saratoga

Schenectady

Seneca

Steuben

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 68

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

7 CFR Part 868

General Regulations and Standards for

Certain Agricultural Commodities;

Transfer of Regulations

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule reflects the

redesignation of 7 CFR Part 68 as 7 CFR

Part 868. The transfer of Part 68 from 7

CFR Chapter I to 7 CFR Chapter VIII as

Part 868 is being undertaken to

consolidate into one chapter the

regulations of the Federal Grain

Inspection Service (FGIS), a program of

the Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Wollam, GIPSA–FGIS, USDA,

Room 0623 South Building, P.O. Box

96454, Washington, DC, 20090–6454;

FAX/(202) 720–4628; telephone (202)

720–0292.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards

Administration (GIPSA), established by

the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary’s

Memorandum 1010–1, Reorganization

of the Department of Agriculture, on

October 20, 1994, is consolidating those

regulations which the Federal Grain

Inspection Service (FGIS), a program of

GIPSA, is responsible for administering.

The FGIS regulations are currently

found in 7 CFR Chapter I part 68 and

7 CFR Chapter VIII. This rule reflects

the transfer of Part 68 from Chapter I to

Chapter VIII as Part 868, thus

consolidating all FGIS regulations

within Chapter VIII.

This rule relates to internal agency

management. Therefore, pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 553, noticed rulemaking and

opportunity for comment are not

required, and this rule may be made

effective less than 30 days after

publication in the Federal Register.

Further, since this rule relates to

internal agency management, it is

exempt from the provisions of Executive

Order Nos. 12778 and 12868. Finally,

this action is not a rule as defined by the

Regulatory Flexibility Act., Pub. L. No.

96–354, and, thus, is exempt from the

provisions of that Act.

List of Subjects in Part 68

Administrative practice and

procedures, Agricultural commodities.

For reasons set forth in the preamble

and background, 7 CFR Chapters I and

VIII are amended as follows:

PART 68—[REDESIGNATED AS PART

868]

1. Part 68 is transferred from Chapter

I to Chapter VIII and redesignated as

Part 868. The heading of redesignated

Part 868 is revised to read as follows:

PART 868—GENERAL REGULATIONS

AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES

2. The authority citation for

redesignated Part 868 continues to read

as follows:

Authority: Secs 202–208, 60 Stat. 1087, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).

3. Internal paragraph references in

newly redesignated part 868 are revised

as follows:

Old section Old reference New section New reference

68.20(a) ......................................... §§ 68.40 through 68.44 ................. 868.20(a) ....................................... §§ 868.40 through 868.44.

68.20(b) ......................................... §§ 68.50 through 68.52 and

§§ 68.60 through 68.63.

868.20(b) ....................................... §§ 868.50 through 868.52 and

§§ 868.60 through 868.63.

68.21(e) ......................................... § 68.34 .......................................... 868.21(e) ....................................... § 868.34.

68.21(f) .......................................... § 68.24 .......................................... 868.21(f) ........................................ § 868.24.

68.21(j) .......................................... §§ 68.90–68.92 ............................. 868.21(j) ........................................ §§ 868.90–868.92.

68.22 ............................................. § 68.26 .......................................... 868.22 ........................................... § 868.26.

68.24(a) ......................................... § 68.21 .......................................... 868.24(a) ....................................... § 868.21.

68.26 ............................................. §§ 68.22, 68.23, or 68.24 .............. 868.26 ........................................... §§ 868.22, 868.23, or 868.24.

68.33(a)(2) .................................... § 68.35(e) ...................................... 868.33(a)(2) .................................. § 868.35(e).

68.33(a)(3) .................................... § 68.35(e), § 68.61(b) .................... 868.33(a)(3) .................................. § 868.35(e), § 868.61(b).

68.42(a) ......................................... § 68.21 .......................................... 868.42(a) ....................................... § 868.21.

68.43 ............................................. § 68.70 .......................................... 868.43 ........................................... § 868.70.

68.51(a) ......................................... § 68.21 (twice) ............................... 868.51(a) ....................................... § 868.21 (twice).

68.52(a) ......................................... § 68.70 .......................................... 868.52(a) ....................................... § 868.70.

68.52(b) ......................................... § 68.71 .......................................... 868.52(b) ....................................... § 868.71.

68.61(a) ......................................... § 68.21 (twice) ............................... 868.61(a) ....................................... § 868.21 (twice).

68.71(e) ......................................... §§ 68.70–68.75 ............................. 868.71(e) ....................................... §§ 868.70–868.75.

68.74(f) .......................................... § 68.70(b) ...................................... 868.74(f) ........................................ § 868.70(b).

68.75(c) ......................................... § 68.70(b) ...................................... 868.75(c) ....................................... § 868.70(b).

68.81(d) ......................................... § 68.84 .......................................... 868.81(d) ....................................... § 868.84.