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contribution, award, or payment made

and accepted under authority of this

section: The recipient’s name; the

organization’s name; the amount and

nature of the contribution, award, or

payment and the purpose for which it

is to be used; and a copy of the written

authorization required by § 410.502(a).

Subpart F—Evaluating Training

§ 410.601 Responsibility of the head of an

agency.

Under provisions of chapter 41 of title

5, United States Code, and Executive

Order 11348, the agency head shall

evaluate training to determine how well

it meets short and long-range program

needs by occupations, organizations, or

other appropriate groups. The agency

head may conduct the evaluation in the

manner and frequency he or she

considers appropriate.

§ 410.602 Records.

An agency head shall keep records of

these evaluations as he or she considers

appropriate.

Subpart G—Reports

§ 410.701 Reports.

Each agency shall maintain records of

its training plans, expenditures and

activities and report its plans,

expenditures and activities to the Office

of Personnel Management and at such

times and in such form as the Office

prescribes.

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

5 CFR Parts 831 and 842

RIN 3206–AG16

Retirement; Alternative Forms of

Annuity

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) is issuing final

regulations on alternative forms of

annuity. The regulations establish a new

standard for determining what

constitutes a critical medical condition

and implement the changes made by the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1993. Under this law the alternative

form of annuity was repealed for

employees whose annuities commence

on or after October 1, 1994, except for

employees who have a life-threatening

affliction or other critical medical

condition. The regulations also revise

the list of critical medical conditions

that are qualifying.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold L. Siegelman, (202) 606–0299.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 25, 1995, we published (at 60

FR 54585) interim regulations on

alternative forms of annuity to change

the standard for determining what

constitutes a critical medical condition.

Our previous regulations used a 1-yearor-less life expectancy as the standard,

but the interim regulations adopted a 2-

year-or-less standard. The interim

regulations also make effective the

previously proposed regulations

(published on November 4, 1994, at 59

FR 55211) on alternative forms of

annuity (AFA) to implement the

changes in sections 8343a and 8420a of

title 5, United States Code, made by the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1993, Pub. L. 103–66. The Act included

a provision terminating this benefit for

employees whose annuities commence

on or after October 1, 1994, except for

employees who have a life-threatening

affliction or other critical medical

condition. The interim regulations also

made effective a revised list of critical

medical conditions. This revised list

was included in the 1994 general notice

of proposed rulemaking. We received no

comments on the interim regulations.

We addressed the one comment that we

received on the 1994 proposed

regulations in the supplementary

information section of the interim

regulations.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

I certify that this regulation will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

because the regulation will only affect

Federal employees and agencies and

retirement payments to retired

Government employees and their

survivors.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Parts 831 and

842

Administrative practice and

procedure, Air traffic controllers,

Claims, Disability benefits, Firefighters,

Government employees, Income taxes,

Intergovernmental relations, Law

enforcement officers, Pensions,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Retirement.

Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

Accordingly, under authority of 5

U.S.C. 8347 and 8467, OPM is adopting

its interim rules amending 5 CFR parts

831 and 842, published on October 25,

1995, at 60 FR 54585, as final rules

without change.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–ASO–7]

Amendment to Class D and E2

Airspace and Establishment of Class

E4 Airspace; Jackson, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This amendment modifies

Class D and E2 Airspace and establishes

Class E4 Airspace at Jackson, TN, for the

McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. This

amendment is necessary because the

arrival extension, which is currently

part of the Class D surface area airspace,

is greater than 2 miles and must, by

regulation, be designated as Class E4

airspace.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, August 15,

1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Benny L. McGlamery, System

Management Branch, Air Traffic

Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, PO Box 20636, Atlanta,

Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305–

5570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On March 18, 1996, the FAA

proposed to amend part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

Part 71) by modifying Class D and E2

and establishing Class E4 airspace at

Jackson, TN 61 FR 10908). This action

would provide adequate Class E

airspace for IFR operations at the

McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments objecting to the proposal

were received. Class D airspace

designations, Class E airspace

designations for airspace areas

designated as a surface area for an

airport and Class E airspace

designations for airspace areas

designated as an extension to a Class D

surface area are published in Paragraphs

5000, 6002 and 6004, respectively, of

FAA Order 7400.9C, dated August 17,

1995, and effective September 16, 1995,