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 Office of Personnel Management 5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AL83
 AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
 ACTION: Final rule.
 SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to define the New Haven-Hartford and New London, CT, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas by county rather than by city and town boundaries. Defining the New England FWS wage areas by primarily considering county boundaries provides greater consistency in how OPM defines FWS wage areas and improves the ability to make direct data comparisons with Census Bureau data. The final rule defines the New Haven-Hartford wage area to include Hartford and New Haven Counties, CT, as the survey area and Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, and Tolland Counties, CT, as the area of application and the New London wage area to include New London County, CT, as the survey area and Windham County, CT, as the area of application.
 DATES: *Effective Date:*
                         This regulation is effective on June 30, 2009. *Applicability date for the New Haven-Hartford, CT, wage area:*
                         This rule applies for the full-scale wage survey scheduled to begin in April 2011. *Applicability date for the New London, CT, wage area:*
                         This rule applies for the full-scale wage survey scheduled to begin in September 2010.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-mail 
                        *pay-performance-policy@opm.gov*; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 24, 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (74 FR 12280) to make the following three changes: (1) Define the New Haven-Hartford and New London, CT, appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas by county rather than by city and town boundaries; (2) Define the New Haven-Hartford wage area to include Hartford and New Haven Counties, CT, as the survey area and Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, and Tolland Counties, CT, as the area of application; and (3) Define the New London wage area to include New London County, CT, as the survey area and Windham County, CT, as the area of application. These changes are based on consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee. The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM received no comments. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they will 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 amends 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.In appendix C to subpart B, the wage area listing for the State of Connecticut is amended by revising the listings for New Haven-Hartford and New London; for the State of Massachusetts, by revising the listing for Central and Western Massachusetts; and for the State of Rhode Island, by revising the listing for Narragansett Bay, to read as follows: Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532—Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas 
 **Connecticut****New Haven-Hartford***Survey Area*Connecticut:HartfordNew Haven*Area of Application. Survey area plus:*Connecticut:FairfieldLitchfieldMiddlesexTolland**New London***Survey Area*Connecticut:New London*Area of Application. Survey area plus:*Connecticut:Windham*    *    *    *    ***Massachusetts***    *    *    *    ***Central and Western Massachusetts***Survey Area*Massachusetts:The following cities and towns in:*Hampden County:*AgawamChicopeeEast LongmeadowFeeding HillsHampdenHolyokeLongmeadowLudlowMonsonPalmerSouthwickSpringfieldThree RiversWestfieldWest SpringfieldWilbraham*Hampshire County:*EasthamptonGranbyHadleyNorthamptonSouth Hadley*Worcester County:*WarrenWest Warren*Area of Application. Survey area plus:*Massachusetts:BerkshireFranklin( print page 31154)Worcester (except Blackstone and Millville)The following cities and towns in:*Hampshire County:*AmherstBelchertownChesterfieldCummingtonGoshenHatfieldHuntingtonMiddlefieldPelhamPlainfieldSouthamptonWareWesthamptonWilliamsburgWorthington*Hampden County:*BlandfordBrimfieldChesterGranvilleHollandMontgomeryRussellTollandWales*Middlesex County:*AshbyShirleyTownsendNew Hampshire:BelknapCarrollCheshireGraftonHillsboroughMerrimackSullivanVermont:AddisonBenningtonCaledoniaEssexLamoilleOrangeOrleansRutlandWashingtonWindhamWindsor*    *    *    *    ***Rhode Island****Narragansett Bay***Survey Area*Rhode Island:BristolNewportThe following cities and towns:*Kent County:*AnthonyCoventryEast GreenwichGreeneWarwickWest Warwick*Providence County:*AshtonBurrillvilleCentral FallsCranstonCumberlandCumberland HillEast ProvidenceEsmondForestdaleGreenvilleHarrisvilleJohnstonLincolnManvilleMaplevilleNorth ProvidenceNorth SmithfieldOaklandPascoagPawtucketProvidenceSaylesvilleSlatersvilleSmithfieldValley FallsWallum LakeWoonsocket*Washington County:*DavisvilleGalileeLafayetteNarragansettNorth KingstownPoint JudithQuonset PointSaunderstownSlocumMassachusetts:The following cities and towns:*Bristol County:*AttleboroFall RiverNorth AttleboroRehobothSeekonkSomersetSwanseaWestport*Norfolk County:*CaryvillePlainvilleSouth Bellingham*Worcester County:*BlackstoneMillville*Area of Application. Survey area plus:*Rhode Island:The following cities and towns in:*Kent County:*West Greenwich*Providence County:*FosterGlocesterScituate*Washington County:*CharlestownExeterHopkintonNew ShorehamRichmondSouth KingstownWesterlyMassachusetts:The following cities and towns in:*Bristol County:*AcushnetBerkleyDartmouthDightonFairhavenFreetownMansfieldNew BedfordNortonRaynhamTaunton


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