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Rules and Regulations Federal Register

40669 

Vol. 82, No. 165 

Monday, August 28, 2017 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 532 

RIN 3206–AN50 

Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of 

Brown County, Wisconsin, and Forsyth 

and Mecklenburg Counties, North 

Carolina, to Nonappropriated Fund 

Federal Wage System Wage Areas 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the 

geographic boundaries of three 

nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal 

Wage System (FWS) wage areas. Based 

on consensus recommendations of the 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee (FPRAC), the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) is 

defining Brown County, Wisconsin, as 

an area of application county to the 

Lake, Illinois, NAF FWS wage area; 

Forsyth County, North Carolina, as an 

area of application to the Cumberland, 

NC, NAF FWS wage area; and 

Mecklenburg County, NC, as an area of 

application to the Richland, South 

Carolina, NAF FWS wage area. These 

changes are necessary because there are 

NAF FWS employees working in these 

three counties, and the counties are not 

currently defined in regulation to NAF 

wage areas. 

DATES:

Effective date: This regulation is 

effective on August 28, 2017. 

Applicability date: This change 

applies on the first day of the first 

applicable pay period beginning on or 

after September 27, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at 

(202) 606–2838 or by email at pay-leavepolicy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

15, 2017, OPM issued a proposed rule 

(82 FR 22298) to define— 

• Brown County, WI, as an area of 

application county to the Lake, IL, NAF 

FWS wage area; 

• Forsyth County, NC, as an area of 

application to the Cumberland, NC, 

NAF FWS wage area; and 

• Mecklenburg County, NC, as an area 

of application to the Richland, SC, NAF 

FWS wage area. 

FPRAC, the national labormanagement committee responsible for 

advising OPM on matters concerning 

the pay of FWS employees, reviewed 

and recommended these changes by 

consensus. These changes will apply on 

the first day of the first applicable pay 

period beginning on or after 30 days 

following publication of the final 

regulations. 

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. 

E.O. 13771, Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs 

This rule is not an E.O. 13771 

regulatory action because this rule is not 

significant under E.O. 12866. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Kathleen M. McGettigan, 

Acting Director. 

Accordingly, OPM is amending 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 D to subpart B is 

amended by revising the wage area 

listing for the Lake, IL; Cumberland, NC; 

and Richland, SC, wage areas to read as 

follows: 

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532— 

Nonappropriated Fund Wage and 

Survey Areas 

* * * * * 

ILLINOIS 

Lake 

Survey Area 

Illinois: 

Lake 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

Illinois: 

Cook 

Rock Island 

Vermilion 

Iowa: 

Johnson 

Michigan: 

Dickinson 

Marquette 

Wisconsin: 

Brown 

Dane 

Milwaukee 

* * * * * 

NORTH CAROLINA 

* * * * * 

Cumberland 

Survey Area 

North Carolina: 

Cumberland 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

North Carolina: 

Durham 

Forsyth 

Rowan 

* * * * * 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

* * * * * 

Richland 

Survey Area 

South Carolina: 

Richland 

Area of Application. Survey area plus: 

North Carolina: 

Buncombe 

Mecklenburg 

South Carolina 

Sumter 

Tennessee 

Washington 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2017–18204 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] 

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