Rule2024-29355
Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Saratoga County, New York, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
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Published
December 13, 2024
Effective
January 13, 2025
Issuing agencies
Personnel Management Office
Abstract
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to define Saratoga County, New York, as an area of application to the Jefferson, NY, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area for pay-setting purposes. This change is necessary because there is one NAF FWS employee working in Saratoga County, and the county is not currently defined to a NAF wage area.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 100721-100722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29355]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
[Docket ID: OPM-2023-0018]
RIN 3206-AO75
Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Saratoga County, New York,
to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final
rule to define Saratoga County, New York, as an area of application to
the Jefferson, NY, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS)
wage area for pay-setting purposes. This change is necessary because
there is one NAF FWS employee working in Saratoga County, and the
county is not currently defined to a NAF wage area.
DATES:
Effective date: This regulation is effective January 13, 2025.
Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 13, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Paunoiu, by telephone at (202)
606-2858 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d0c1d9d0cfccc9c3d9e0cfd0cd8ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3747564e47585b5e544e7758475a19505841">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 2024, OPM issued a proposed
rule (89 FR 67563) to define Saratoga County, NY, as an area of
application to the Jefferson, NY, NAF FWS wage area for pay-setting
purposes. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national
labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters
concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed and recommended these
changes by consensus.
The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM
received no comments. Therefore, this final rule adopts the proposed
rule at 89 FR 67563 without change.
Expected Impact of This Rule
Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code, provides OPM with the authority
and responsibility to define the boundaries of NAF FWS wage areas. Any
changes in wage area definitions can have the long-term effect of
increasing pay for Federal employees in affected locations. OPM expects
this final rule to impact approximately one NAF FWS employee.
Considering the small number of employees affected, OPM does not
anticipate this rule will substantially impact local economies or have
a large impact in local labor markets. As this and future wage area
changes may impact higher volumes of employees in geographical areas
and could rise to the level of impacting local labor markets, OPM will
continue to study the implications of such impacts in this or future
rules as needed.
Regulatory Review
Executive Orders 13563, 12866, and 14094 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). This rule
is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the provisions of
Executive Order 14094 and, therefore, was not reviewed by OMB.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Acting Director of OPM certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Federalism
OPM has examined this rule in accordance with Executive Order
13132, Federalism, and has determined that this rule will not have any
negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of State,
local, or tribal governments.
Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets the applicable standard set forth in Executive
Order 12988.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA)
requires that agencies assess anticipated costs and benefits before
issuing any rule that would impose spending costs on State, local, or
tribal governments in the aggregate, or on the private sector, in any 1
year of $100 million in 1995 dollars, updated annually for inflation.
That threshold is currently approximately $183 million. This rule will
not result in the expenditure by State, local, or tribal governments,
in the aggregate, or by the private sector, in excess of the threshold.
Thus, no written assessment of unfunded mandates is required.
Congressional Review Act
OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined
this rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not impose any reporting or record-keeping
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
Accordingly, OPM amends 5 CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
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1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec. 532.707 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 552.
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2. In Appendix D to subpart B, amend the table by revising the wage
area listing for the State of New York to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and
Survey Areas
Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
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NEW YORK
Jefferson
Survey Area
New York:
Jefferson
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
New York:
Albany
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Saratoga
Schenectady
Steuben
Kings-Queens
Survey Area
New York:
Kings
Queens
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
New Jersey:
Essex
Hudson
New York:
Bronx
Nassau
New York
Richmond
Suffolk
Niagara
Survey Area
New York:
Niagara
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
New York:
Erie
Genesee
Ohio:
Trumbull
Pennsylvania:
Erie
Orange
Survey Area
New York:
Orange
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
New York:
Dutchess
Westchester
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[FR Doc. 2024-29355 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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