Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 2014 / Proposed Rules 64687 

Oneida 

Pepin 

Portage 

Price 

Richland 

Rusk 

Shawano 

Taylor 

Vernon 

Vilas 

Waupaca 

Wood 

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[FR Doc. 2014–25903 Filed 10–30–14; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 9501 

RIN 3206–AL02 

Office of Personnel Management 

Criteria for Internal Revenue Service 

Broadbanding Systems 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) hereby withdraws a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

regarding the criteria governing the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

broadbanding systems, published in the 

Federal Register April 17, 2007. OPM 

has determined withdrawal of the 

NPRM is appropriate as it would be 

impractical to issue this rule at this 

time. 

DATES: Effective Date: The proposed 

rule, published on April 17, 2007, in the 

Federal Register (72 FR 19126), is 

withdrawn as of October 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Melvin, Senior Human 

Resources Specialist, Office of 

Personnel Management, Employee 

Services, Pay and Leave, Room 7H31, 

1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 

20415. Email: jennifer.melvin@opm.gov; 

Telephone: (202) 606–2858; or 

Facsimile: (202) 606–0824. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 5 U.S.C. 9509, the Secretary of 

the Treasury may, under criteria 

prescribed by the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM), establish one or 

more broadbanding systems covering all 

or any portion of the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) workforce that would 

otherwise be covered by the General 

Schedule (GS) pay and classification 

system. OPM published its criteria for 

IRS broadbanding systems as a final 

notice in the Federal Register on 

December 19, 2000 (65 FR 79433) and 

the criteria in that notice are still in 

effect. 

On April 17, 2007, OPM issued a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 19126) to 

amend title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, to establish a new chapter 

XCV and part 9501 providing revised 

criteria for IRS broadbanding systems. 

The proposed regulations would have 

provided the Department of the 

Treasury with the flexibility, in 

coordination with OPM, to establish 

broader bands for covered IRS 

employees and would have established 

a more direct relationship between pay 

and performance. The proposed 

regulations would have also revised the 

criteria consistent with changes in the 

GS pay administration rules made by 

the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 

2004 and OPM implementing 

regulations. 

The comment period for the NPRM 

closed on June 18, 2007. OPM received 

and considered all five written 

comments in response to the NPRM. 

Comments were received from one 

Federal agency, one labor organization, 

two professional associations, and one 

individual. The following is a general 

overview of the comments OPM 

received during the public comment 

period raised in connection with the 

merits of the proposed rule. 

The comments received were varied. 

The main items of concern included the 

role of labor organizations in applying 

the IRS broadbanding system authority 

and OPM criteria, the maximum number 

of grades that may be combined into a 

band, the requirements and flexibilities 

for providing various within-band pay 

adjustments, performance ratings and 

the IRS performance management 

system, limitations on the maximum 

rates of pay for bands, and the flexibility 

to establish control points that limit 

salary progression within bands. Several 

commenters also asked for clarification 

regarding the language used in various 

parts of the proposed rule. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 94 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0032] 

Importation of Beef From a Region in 

Argentina 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our proposed rule 

that would allow, under certain 

conditions, the importation of fresh 

(chilled or frozen) beef from a region in 

Argentina located north of Patagonia 

South and Patagonia North B, referred to 

as Northern Argentina. This action will 

allow interested persons additional time 

to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on August 29, 

2014 (79 FR 51508) is reopened. We will 

consider all comments that we receive 

on or before December 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS–2014–0032. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0032, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS–2014–0032 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation 

Services, National Import Export 

Services, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 851–3313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

29, 2014, we published in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 51508–51514, Docket 

No. APHIS–2014–0032) a proposal to 

allow, under certain conditions, the 


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