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Vol. 74, No. 124 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 532 

RIN 3206–AL83 

Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition 

of the New Haven-Hartford and New 

London, CT, Appropriated Fund 

Federal Wage System Wage Areas 

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 HavenHartford, 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; email 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: 

Hartford 

New Haven 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

Connecticut: 

Fairfield 

Litchfield 

Middlesex 

Tolland 

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: 

Agawam 

Chicopee 

East Longmeadow 

Feeding Hills 

Hampden 

Holyoke 

Longmeadow 

Ludlow 

Monson 

Palmer 

Southwick 

Springfield 

Three Rivers 

Westfield 

West Springfield 

Wilbraham 

Hampshire County: 

Easthampton 

Granby 

Hadley 

Northampton 

South Hadley 

Worcester County: 

Warren 

West Warren 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

Massachusetts: 

Berkshire 

Franklin 


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Worcester (except Blackstone and Millville) 

The following cities and towns in: 

Hampshire County: 

Amherst 

Belchertown 

Chesterfield 

Cummington 

Goshen 

Hatfield 

Huntington 

Middlefield 

Pelham 

Plainfield 

Southampton 

Ware 

Westhampton 

Williamsburg 

Worthington 

Hampden County: 

Blandford 

Brimfield 

Chester 

Granville 

Holland 

Montgomery 

Russell 

Tolland 

Wales 

Middlesex County: 

Ashby 

Shirley 

Townsend 

New Hampshire: 

Belknap 

Carroll 

Cheshire 

Grafton 

Hillsborough 

Merrimack 

Sullivan 

Vermont: 

Addison 

Bennington 

Caledonia 

Essex 

Lamoille 

Orange 

Orleans 

Rutland 

Washington 

Windham 

Windsor 

* * * * * 

Rhode Island 

Narragansett Bay 

Survey Area 

Rhode Island: 

Bristol 

Newport 

The following cities and towns: 

Kent County: 

Anthony 

Coventry 

East Greenwich 

Greene 

Warwick 

West Warwick 

Providence County: 

Ashton 

Burrillville 

Central Falls 

Cranston 

Cumberland 

Cumberland Hill 

East Providence 

Esmond 

Forestdale 

Greenville 

Harrisville 

Johnston 

Lincoln 

Manville 

Mapleville 

North Providence 

North Smithfield 

Oakland 

Pascoag 

Pawtucket 

Providence 

Saylesville 

Slatersville 

Smithfield 

Valley Falls 

Wallum Lake 

Woonsocket 

Washington County: 

Davisville 

Galilee 

Lafayette 

Narragansett 

North Kingstown 

Point Judith 

Quonset Point 

Saunderstown 

Slocum 

Massachusetts: 

The following cities and towns: 

Bristol County: 

Attleboro 

Fall River 

North Attleboro 

Rehoboth 

Seekonk 

Somerset 

Swansea 

Westport 

Norfolk County: 

Caryville 

Plainville 

South Bellingham 

Worcester County: 

Blackstone 

Millville 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

Rhode Island: 

The following cities and towns in: 

Kent County: 

West Greenwich 

Providence County: 

Foster 

Glocester 

Scituate 

Washington County: 

Charlestown 

Exeter 

Hopkinton 

New Shoreham 

Richmond 

South Kingstown 

Westerly 

Massachusetts: 

The following cities and towns in: 

Bristol County: 

Acushnet 

Berkley 

Dartmouth 

Dighton 

Fairhaven 

Freetown 

Mansfield 

New Bedford 

Norton 

Raynham 

Taunton 

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[FR Doc. E9–15474 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Parts 301 and 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0189] 

RIN 0579–AC67 

Movement of Hass Avocados From 

Areas Where Mexican Fruit Fly or 

Sapote Fruit Fly Exist 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are amending the 

regulations to relieve certain restrictions 

regarding the movement of Hass variety 

avocados. Specifically, we are amending 

our domestic quarantine regulations to 

provide for the interstate movement, 

with a certificate, of Hass avocados from 

areas in the United States quarantined 

for Mexican fruit fly or sapote fruit fly, 

provided that the fruit is safeguarded 

after harvest in accordance with specific 

measures. We are also amending our 

foreign quarantine regulations to remove 

trapping and bait spray treatment 

requirements related to Anastrepha spp. 

fruit flies for imported Hass avocados 

from Michoacan, Mexico. These actions 

are warranted in light of research 

demonstrating the limited host status of 

Hass avocados to various species of fruit 

flies in the genus Anastrepha, including 

Mexican fruit fly and sapote fruit fly. By 

amending both our domestic and foreign 

quarantine regulations, we are making 

them consistent with each other and 

relieving restrictions for Mexican Hass 

avocado producers. In addition, this 

action provides an alternative means for 

Hass avocados to be moved interstate if 

the avocados originate from a Mexican 

fruit fly or sapote fruit fly quarantined 

area in the United States. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regarding the interstate movement of 

Hass avocados from Mexican fruit fly 

and sapote fruit fly quarantined areas, 


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