This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 75, No. 185 

Friday, September 24, 2010 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 532 

RIN 3206–AM28 

Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition 

of the Shreveport, LA; Texarkana, TX; 

Milwaukee, WI; and Southwestern 

Wisconsin Appropriated Fund Federal 

Wage System Wage Areas 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management is issuing a proposed rule 

that would redefine the geographic 

boundaries of the Shreveport, LA; 

Texarkana, TX; Milwaukee, WI; and 

Southwestern Wisconsin appropriated 

fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage 

areas. The proposed rule would redefine 

Upshur County, TX, from the Texarkana 

wage area to the Shreveport wage area 

and Oconto County, WI, from the 

Southwestern Wisconsin wage area to 

the Milwaukee wage area. These 

changes are based on recent consensus 

recommendations of the Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee to 

best match the counties proposed for 

redefinition to a nearby FWS survey 

area. No other changes are proposed for 

the Shreveport, Texarkana, Milwaukee, 

and Southwestern Wisconsin FWS wage 

areas. 

DATES: We must receive comments on or 

before October 25, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to Jerome D. Mikowicz, Deputy 

Associate Director for Pay and Leave, 

Employee Services, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 

1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20415–8200; e-mail pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606– 

4264. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; 

or FAX: (202) 606–4264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management is 

issuing a proposed rule that would 

redefine the geographic boundaries of 

the Shreveport, LA; Texarkana, TX; 

Milwaukee, WI; and Southwestern 

Wisconsin appropriated fund Federal 

Wage System (FWS) wage areas. This 

proposed rule would redefine Upshur 

County, TX, from the Texarkana wage 

area to the Shreveport wage area and 

Oconto County, WI, from the 

Southwestern Wisconsin wage area to 

the Milwaukee wage area. 

OPM considers the following 

regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211 

when defining FWS wage area 

boundaries: 

(i) Distance, transportation facilities, 

and geographic features; 

(ii) Commuting patterns; and 

(iii) 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). 

OPM recently completed reviews of 

the definitions of the Longview, TX and 

Green Bay, WI MSAs and, based on 

analyses of the regulatory criteria for 

defining wage areas, is proposing the 

changes described below. The Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee 

(FPRAC), the national labormanagement committee responsible for 

advising OPM on matters concerning 

the pay of FWS employees, 

recommended these changes by 

consensus. 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 

Shreveport, Texarkana, Milwaukee, and 

Southwestern Wisconsin wage areas. 

Longview, TX Metropolitan Statistical 

Area 

Gregg, Rusk, and Upshur Counties, 

TX, comprise the Longview, TX MSA. 

The Longview MSA is currently split 

between the Shreveport, LA, and 

Texarkana, TX, wage areas. Gregg and 

Rusk Counties are part of the area of 

application of the Shreveport wage area 

and Upshur County is part of the area 

of application of the Texarkana wage 

area. 

Based on an analysis of the regulatory 

criteria for Gregg County, the core 

county in the Longview MSA, we 

recommend that the entire Longview 

MSA be defined to the Shreveport area 

of application. The distance criterion for 

Gregg County favors the Shreveport 

wage area more than the Texarkana 

wage area. All other criteria are 

inconclusive. However, even though the 

commuting patterns criterion is 

inconclusive, about 10 times as many 

people currently commute from Gregg 

County into the Shreveport survey area 

(0.47 percent of the resident workforce) 

than into the Texarkana survey area 

(0.05 percent). Based on this analysis, 

we believe Gregg County is 

appropriately defined to the Shreveport 

wage area. Since there appear to be no 

unusual circumstances that would 

permit splitting the Longview MSA, 

OPM proposes to redefine Upshur 

County to the Shreveport wage area so 

that the entire Longview MSA is in one 

wage area. There are currently no FWS 

employees working in Upshur County. 

Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical 

Area 

Brown, Kewaunee and Oconto 

Counties, WI, comprise the Green Bay, 

WI MSA. The Green Bay MSA is 

currently split between the Milwaukee, 

WI, and Southwestern Wisconsin wage 

areas. Brown and Kewaunee Counties 

are part of the area of application of the 

Milwaukee wage area and Oconto 

County is part of the area of application 

of the Southwestern Wisconsin wage 

area. 

Based on an analysis of the regulatory 

criteria for Brown County, the core 

county in the Green Bay MSA, we 

recommend that the entire Green Bay 

MSA be defined to the Milwaukee wage 

area. The distance criterion for Brown 

County favors the Milwaukee wage area 

more than the Southwestern Wisconsin 

wage area. All other criteria are 

inconclusive. Based on the mixed 

nature of our regulatory analysis 

findings, we believe Brown County is 

appropriately defined to the Milwaukee 

wage area. Since there appear to be no 

unusual circumstances that would 

permit splitting the Green Bay MSA, 

OPM proposes to redefine Oconto 

County to the Milwaukee wage area so 

that the entire Green Bay MSA is in one 


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wage area. There are currently no FWS 

employees working in Oconto 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. 

John Berry, 

Director, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

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 the Shreveport, LA; 

Texarkana, TX; Milwaukee, WI; and 

Southwestern Wisconsin wage areas to 

read as follows: 

Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532— 

Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey 

Areas 

* * * * * 

LOUISIANA 

* * * * * 

Shreveport 

Survey Area 

Louisiana: (parishes) 

Bossier 

Caddo 

Webster 

Area of Application. Survey Area Plus: 

Louisiana: (parishes) 

Bienville 

Claiborne 

De Soto 

East Carroll 

Jackson 

Lincoln 

Morehouse 

Ouachita 

Red River 

Richland 

Union 

West Carroll 

Texas: 

Cherokee 

Gregg 

Harrison 

Panola 

Rusk 

Upshur 

* * * * * 

TEXAS 

* * * * * 

Texarkana 

Survey Area 

Texas: 

Bowie 

Arkansas: 

Little River 

Miller 

Area of Application. Survey Area Plus: 

Texas: 

Camp 

Cass 

Franklin 

Marion 

Morris 

Red River 

Titus 

Arkansas: 

Columbia 

Hempstead 

Howard 

Lafayette 

Nevada 

Sevier 

* * * * * 

WISCONSIN 

* * * * * 

Milwaukee 

Survey Area 

Wisconsin: 

Milwaukee 

Ozaukee 

Washington 

Waukesha 

Area of Application. Survey Area Plus: 

Wisconsin: 

Brown 

Calumet 

Door 

Fond du Lac 

Kewaunee 

Manitowoc 

Oconto 

Outagamie 

Racine 

Sheboygan 

Walworth 

Winnebago 

Southwestern Wisconsin 

Survey Area 

Wisconsin: 

Chippewa 

Eau Claire 

La Crosse 

Monroe 

Trempealeau 

Area of Application. Survey Area Plus: 

Wisconsin: 

Adams 

Barron 

Buffalo 

Clark 

Crawford 

Dunn 

Florence 

Forest 

Jackson 

Juneau 

Langlade 

Lincoln 

Marathon 

Marinette 

Menominee 

Oneida 

Pepin 

Portage 

Price 

Richland 

Rusk 

Shawano 

Taylor 

Vernon 

Vilas 

Waupaca 

Waushara 

Wood 

Minnesota: 

Fillmore 

Houston 

Wabasha 

Winona 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2010–23956 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0857; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–NM–156–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Koito 

Industries, Ltd., Seats and Seating 

Systems Approved Under Technical 

Standard Order (TSO) TSO–C39b, 

TSO–C39c, or TSO–C127a 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Koito Industries, Ltd., seats and seating 

systems approved under TSO–C39b, 

TSO–C39c, or TSO–C127a. This 

proposed AD would require 

determining if affected seats and seating 

systems and their components are 

compliant with certain FAA regulations, 

and removing those seats, seating 

systems, and their components from the 

affected fleet that are shown to be 

unsafe. This proposed AD results from 

a determination that the affected seats 

and seating systems may not meet 

certain flammability and strength 

criteria. Failure to meet strength criteria 

could result in injuries to the flightcrew 

and passengers during emergency 


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