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Vol. 74, No. 94 

Monday, May 18, 2009 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 300 

RIN 3206–AL18 

Time-in-Grade Eliminated, Delay of 

Effective Date 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of the effective 

date. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is extending the 

effective date of the final rule, titled 

Time-in-Grade Elimination, published 

in the Federal Register on November 7, 

2008, for an additional 90 days, from 

May 18, 2009 to August 16, 2009. OPM 

is extending the effective date to address 

comments received from the March 9, 

2009, Federal Register rule, and the 

May 11, 2009, Federal Register 

proposed rule. 

DATES: The effective date for the final 

rule published in the Federal Register 

on November 7, 2008 (73 FR 66157), 

that was delayed until May 18, 2009 

(March, 9, 2009, 74 FR 9951), is delayed 

until August 16, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janice Warren by telephone (202) 606– 

0960; by FAX (202) 606–2329; by TTY 

(202) 418–3134; or by e-mail 

janice.warren@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

11, 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 21771) a 

proposed rule proposing to extend the 

final rule’s effective date to August 16, 

2009. The purpose of the proposed 

extension is to delay the effective date 

so that OPM may thoroughly review and 

consider the comments received from 

the March 9, 2009, Federal Register rule 

(74 FR 9951) to consider issues of law 

and policy raised by the November 7, 

2008, final rule. The public comment 

period for the proposal to extend and/ 

or revoking the final regulation ended 

on May 12, 2009. A discussion of the 

comments follows. 

OPM received comments from four 

agencies, one employee organization, 

and six individuals on the proposal to 

extend the effective date. All four 

agencies and the employee organization 

supported OPM’s proposal to extend the 

effective date of the final regulation. Six 

individuals opposed the proposed delay 

of the effective date. Two individuals 

believe the delay would cause 

additional confusion for agency 

personnel staff. Four individuals 

commented the delay in effective date 

would unfairly penalize highperforming employees who otherwise 

might be eligible for promotions despite 

not meeting the time-in-grade 

requirement. 

OPM has carefully considered these 

comments and has decided to delay the 

effective date of the final regulation 

until August 16, 2009. We note the 

current administration has not had 

adequate time to assess the impact of 

TIG removal. Further, we believe a 

delay in the effective date will provide 

us the opportunity to consider 

additional comments from the May 11, 

2009 proposed rule to consider issues of 

law and policy raised by OPM’s 

November 7, 2008 final rule. We also do 

not wish agencies to undertake the 

significant effort and expense that will 

likely result to achieve the changes that 

would be required if the rule were to go 

into effect on May 18, 2009, which 

might be unnecessary if OPM decides to 

modify the rule. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–11589 Filed 5–14–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–23742; Directorate 

Identifier 2005–NE–53–AD; Amendment 39– 

15896; AD 2009–10–01] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & 

Whitney (PW) JT9D–7R4 Series 

Turbofan Engines; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting 

airworthiness directive (AD) 2009–10– 

01, which was previously published in 

the Federal Register. That AD applies to 

PW JT9D–7R4 series turbofan engines. 

In the Federal Register, the AD number 

in the CFR citation of the headings 

section is incorrect. This document 

corrects that AD number. In all other 

respects, the original document remains 

the same. 

DATES: Effective May 18, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Riley, Aerospace Engineer, Engine 

Certification Office, FAA, Engine and 

Propeller Directorate, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803; 

e-mail: mark.riley@faa.gov; telephone 

(781) 238–7758; fax (781) 238–7199. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 5, 

2009 (74 FR 20580), we published a 

final rule AD, FR Doc, E9–10145, in the 

Federal Register. That AD applies to 

PW JT9D–7R4 series turbofan engines. 

We need to make the following 

correction: 

§ 39.13 [Corrected] 

■ On page 20580, in the second column, 

in the Headings Section, in the CFR 

citation, in the third line, ‘‘AD 2009–10– 

06’’ is corrected to read ‘‘AD 2009–10– 

01’’. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

May 7, 2009. 

Peter A. White, 

Assistant Manager, Engine and Propeller 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11477 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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