Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Orlando, FL, Appropriated Fund Wage Area

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AI04

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Orlando, FL,

Appropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to

abolish the Orlando, Florida, appropriated fund Federal Wage System

wage area. This change is being made because of the closure of the

Orlando wage area's host installation, the Orlando Naval Training

Station. This closure left the lead agency for the Orlando wage area,

the Department of Defense, without an installation in the wage area

capable of hosting annual local wage surveys.

DATES: This final regulation is effective on May 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins at (202) 606-2848,

FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 1997, the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) published an interim rule (62 FR 51759) to remove the

requirement that a full-scale wage survey be conducted in the Orlando,

Florida, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. The

Orlando wage area consisted of Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia

Counties in Florida. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee

(FPRAC), the national labor-management committee responsible for

advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees,

recommended by consensus that we abolish the Orlando wage area. A full-

scale wage survey was scheduled to begin in the wage area in September

1997. However, at that time, the Orlando wage area's host installation,

the Orlando Naval Training Station, was preparing to close. The

Department of Defense (DOD), the lead agency for the Orlando wage area,

was left without an installation in the wage area capable of hosting

annual local wage surveys. Without a host installation, DOD was unable

to conduct the scheduled 1997 full-scale wage survey.

The interim rule provided a 30-day public comment period, during

which OPM did not receive any comments. Based on FPRAC's previous

consensus recommendation, the interim rule is being adopted as a final

rule with no changes.

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.

Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 5343, the interim rule

(62 FR 51759) amending 5 CFR part 532 published on October 3, 1997, is

being adopted as final with no changes.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 99-9159 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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