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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206–AL76
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition
of the Little Rock, AR, Southern
Missouri, and Tulsa, OK, Appropriated
Fund Federal Wage System Wage
Areas
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AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel
Management is issuing a proposed rule
that would redefine the geographic
boundaries of the Little Rock, AR,
Southern Missouri, and Tulsa, OK,
appropriated fund Federal Wage System
(FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule
would redefine Crawford and Sebastian
Counties, AR, from the Little Rock wage
area to the Tulsa wage area and Madison
County, AR, and McDonald County,
MO, from the Southern Missouri wage
area to the Tulsa wage area. These
changes are based on recent consensus
recommendations of the Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee to
best match the counties proposed for
redefinition to a nearby FWS survey
area. No other changes are proposed for
the Little Rock, Southern Missouri, and
Tulsa FWS wage areas.
DATES: We must receive comments on or
before January 7, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and
Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, Room 7H31,
1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC
20415–8200; e-mail pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606–
4264.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov;
or FAX: (202) 606–4264.
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The U.S.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
is issuing a proposed rule to redefine
the Little Rock, AR, Southern Missouri,
and Tulsa, OK, appropriated fund
Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas.
This proposed rule would redefine
Crawford and Sebastian Counties, AR,
from the Little Rock wage area to the
Tulsa wage area and Madison County,
AR, and McDonald County, MO, from
the Southern Missouri wage area to the
Tulsa wage area.
OPM considers the following
regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211
when defining FWS wage area
boundaries:
(i) Distance, transportation facilities,
and geographic features;
(ii) Commuting patterns; and
(iii) Similarities in overall population,
employment, and the kinds and sizes of
private industrial establishments.
OPM recently completed reviews of
the definitions of the FayettevilleSpringdale-Rogers, AR–MO and Fort
Smith, AR–OK Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSAs) and, based on analyses of
the regulatory criteria for defining wage
areas, is proposing the changes
described below. 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 these changes
by consensus. FPRAC recommended no
other changes in the geographic
definitions of the Little Rock, Southern
Missouri, and Tulsa wage areas. The
affected employees in Crawford,
Madison, and Sebastian Counties, AR,
and McDonald County, MO, would be
placed on the wage schedule for the
Tulsa wage area on the first day of the
first applicable pay period beginning on
or after 30 days following publication of
the final regulations.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR–
MO MSA: Benton, Madison, and
Washington Counties, AR, and
McDonald County, MO, comprise the
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR–MO
MSA. The Fayetteville-SpringdaleRogers MSA is split between the Little
Rock, AR, Southern Missouri, and
Tulsa, OK, wage areas. Madison County
is part of the area of application of the
Little Rock wage area, McDonald
County is part of the area of application
of the Southern Missouri wage area, and
Benton and Washington Counties are
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part of the area of application of the
Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory
criteria for Washington County, the
location of the main population center
in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
MSA, we recommend that the entire
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA be
defined to the Tulsa wage area. The
distance criterion for Washington
County favors the Tulsa wage area more
than Little Rock or Southern Missouri
wage areas. All other criteria are
inconclusive. We believe our regulatory
analysis findings indicate that
Washington County is appropriately
defined to the Tulsa wage area. OPM
regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 permit
splitting MSAs only in very unusual
circumstances (e.g., organizational
relationships among closely located
Federal activities). There appear to be
no unusual circumstances that would
permit splitting the FayettevilleSpringdale-Rogers MSA. To comply
with OPM regulations not to split
MSAs, Madison and McDonald
Counties would be redefined to the
Tulsa wage area. The remaining county
in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
MSA, Benton County, is already defined
to the Tulsa wage area.
Fort Smith, AR–OK MSA: Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, AR,
and Le Flore and Sequoyah Counties,
OK, comprise the Fort Smith, AR–OK
MSA. The Fort Smith MSA is split
between the Little Rock, AR, wage area
and the Tulsa, OK, wage area. Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties are
part of the area of application of the
Little Rock wage area, and Le Flore and
Sequoyah Counties are part of the area
of application of the Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory
wage area criteria in 5 CFR 532.211, we
recommend that Crawford and
Sebastian Counties be redefined to the
Tulsa area of application. The distance
criterion favors the Tulsa wage area
more than the Little Rock wage area. All
other criteria are inconclusive. Based on
the mixed nature of our regulatory
analysis findings, there is no clear
indication that Crawford or Sebastian
Counties should be placed in a different
FWS wage area. However, since OPM
regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 permit
splitting MSAs only in very unusual
circumstances (e.g., organizational
relationships among closely located
Federal activities) and the Fort Smith
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MSA is adjacent to the Tulsa survey
area but not adjacent to the Little Rock
survey area, we recommend that
Crawford and Sebastian Counties be
redefined to the Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory
wage area criteria, we recommend that
Franklin County remain part of the
Little Rock area of application. When
measuring from cities, the distance
criterion favors the Little Rock wage
area. When measuring from host
installations, the distance criterion
favors the Tulsa wage area. All other
criteria are inconclusive. Based on our
regulatory analysis findings, there is no
clear indication that Franklin County
should be placed in a different FWS
wage area. In addition, the western part
of the Ozark National Forest is located
in portions of Crawford and Franklin
Counties. There are no FWS employees
working in Crawford County, but there
are nine FWS Forest Service employees
working in Franklin County. OPM
regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 permit
splitting MSAs in unusual
circumstances. Since there are FWS
Forest Service employees working at
Ozark National Forest locations in
closely located counties, we recommend
that Franklin County remain defined to
the Little Rock wage area. This would
continue to provide equal pay treatment
for FWS employees with employment
locations in the Forest.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that these regulations would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities
because they would 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.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Michael W. Hager,
Acting Director.
Accordingly, the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management is proposing to
amend 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; § 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
Arkansas is amended by revising the
listing for Little Rock; for the State of
Missouri, by revising the listing for
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Southern Missouri, and for the State of
Oklahoma, by revising the listing for
Tulsa, to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532—
Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
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*
Arkansas
Little Rock
Survey Area
Arkansas:
Jefferson
Pulaski
Saline
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Arkansas:
Arkansas
Ashley
Baxter
Boone
Bradley
Calhoun
Chicot
Clay
Clark
Cleburne
Cleveland
Conway
Dallas
Desha
Drew
Faulkner
Franklin
Fulton
Garland
Grant
Greene
Hot Spring
Independence
Izard
Jackson
Johnson
Lawrence
Lincoln
Logan
Lonoke
Marion
Monroe
Montgomery
Newton
Ouachita
Perry
Phillips
Pike
Polk
Pope
Prairie
Randolph
Scott
Searcy
Sharp
Stone
Union
Van Buren
White
Woodruff
Yell
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Missouri
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Southern Missouri
Survey Area
*
Missouri:
Christian
Greene
Laclede
Phelps
Pulaski
Webster
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Missouri:
Barry
Barton
Benton
Bollinger
Butler
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Cedar
Dade
Dallas
Dent
Douglas
Hickory
Howell
Iron
Jasper
Lawrence
Madison
Maries
Miller
Mississippi
Moniteau
Morgan
New Madrid
Newton
Oregon
Ozark
Perry
Polk
Reynolds
Ripley
St. Clair
Scott
Shannon
Stoddard
Stone
Taney
Texas
Vernon
Wayne
Wright
Kansas:
Cherokee
Crawford
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Oklahoma
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Tulsa
Survey Area
*
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Oklahoma:
Creek
Mayes
Muskogee
Osage
Pittsburg
Rogers
Tulsa
Wagoner
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Oklahoma:
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a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
Docket Office (telephone 1–800–647–
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Enander, Central Service Center,
Operations Support Group, Federal
Aviation Administration, Southwest
Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort
Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone: (817)
222–5582.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Adair
Cherokee
Choctaw
Craig
Delaware
Haskell
Kay
Latimer
Le Flore
McCurtain
McIntosh
Nowata
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Ottawa
Pawnee
Pushmataha
Sequoyah
Washington
Arkansas:
Benton
Carroll
Crawford
Madison
Sebastian
Washington
Missouri:
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AL76
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Little Rock, AR,
Southern Missouri, and Tulsa, OK, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System
Wage Areas
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed
rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Little Rock,
AR, Southern Missouri, and Tulsa, OK, appropriated fund Federal Wage
System (FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule would redefine Crawford and
Sebastian Counties, AR, from the Little Rock wage area to the Tulsa
wage area and Madison County, AR, and McDonald County, MO, from the
Southern Missouri wage area to the Tulsa wage area. These changes are
based on recent consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing
Rate Advisory Committee to best match the counties proposed for
redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area. No other changes are proposed
for the Little Rock, Southern Missouri, and Tulsa FWS wage areas.
DATES: We must receive comments on or before January 7, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room
7H31, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; e-mail pay-
performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-
mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to redefine the Little Rock, AR,
Southern Missouri, and Tulsa, OK, appropriated fund Federal Wage System
(FWS) wage areas. This proposed rule would redefine Crawford and
Sebastian Counties, AR, from the Little Rock wage area to the Tulsa
wage area and Madison County, AR, and McDonald County, MO, from the
Southern Missouri wage area to the Tulsa wage area.
OPM considers the following regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211
when defining FWS wage area boundaries:
(i) Distance, transportation facilities, and geographic features;
(ii) Commuting patterns; and
(iii) Similarities in overall population, employment, and the kinds
and sizes of private industrial establishments.
OPM recently completed reviews of the definitions of the
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO and Fort Smith, AR-OK
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and, based on analyses of the
regulatory criteria for defining wage areas, is proposing the changes
described below. 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 these changes by consensus. FPRAC recommended no other
changes in the geographic definitions of the Little Rock, Southern
Missouri, and Tulsa wage areas. The affected employees in Crawford,
Madison, and Sebastian Counties, AR, and McDonald County, MO, would be
placed on the wage schedule for the Tulsa wage area on the first day of
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 30 days following
publication of the final regulations.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA: Benton, Madison, and
Washington Counties, AR, and McDonald County, MO, comprise the
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA. The Fayetteville-Springdale-
Rogers MSA is split between the Little Rock, AR, Southern Missouri, and
Tulsa, OK, wage areas. Madison County is part of the area of
application of the Little Rock wage area, McDonald County is part of
the area of application of the Southern Missouri wage area, and Benton
and Washington Counties are part of the area of application of the
Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory criteria for Washington
County, the location of the main population center in the Fayetteville-
Springdale-Rogers MSA, we recommend that the entire Fayetteville-
Springdale-Rogers MSA be defined to the Tulsa wage area. The distance
criterion for Washington County favors the Tulsa wage area more than
Little Rock or Southern Missouri wage areas. All other criteria are
inconclusive. We believe our regulatory analysis findings indicate that
Washington County is appropriately defined to the Tulsa wage area. OPM
regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 permit splitting MSAs only in very unusual
circumstances (e.g., organizational relationships among closely located
Federal activities). There appear to be no unusual circumstances that
would permit splitting the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA. To
comply with OPM regulations not to split MSAs, Madison and McDonald
Counties would be redefined to the Tulsa wage area. The remaining
county in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA, Benton County, is
already defined to the Tulsa wage area.
Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA: Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties,
AR, and Le Flore and Sequoyah Counties, OK, comprise the Fort Smith,
AR-OK MSA. The Fort Smith MSA is split between the Little Rock, AR,
wage area and the Tulsa, OK, wage area. Crawford, Franklin, and
Sebastian Counties are part of the area of application of the Little
Rock wage area, and Le Flore and Sequoyah Counties are part of the area
of application of the Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory wage area criteria in 5 CFR
532.211, we recommend that Crawford and Sebastian Counties be redefined
to the Tulsa area of application. The distance criterion favors the
Tulsa wage area more than the Little Rock wage area. All other criteria
are inconclusive. Based on the mixed nature of our regulatory analysis
findings, there is no clear indication that Crawford or Sebastian
Counties should be placed in a different FWS wage area. However, since
OPM regulations at 5 CFR 532.211 permit splitting MSAs only in very
unusual circumstances (e.g., organizational relationships among closely
located Federal activities) and the Fort Smith
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MSA is adjacent to the Tulsa survey area but not adjacent to the Little
Rock survey area, we recommend that Crawford and Sebastian Counties be
redefined to the Tulsa wage area.
Based on an analysis of the regulatory wage area criteria, we
recommend that Franklin County remain part of the Little Rock area of
application. When measuring from cities, the distance criterion favors
the Little Rock wage area. When measuring from host installations, the
distance criterion favors the Tulsa wage area. All other criteria are
inconclusive. Based on our regulatory analysis findings, there is no
clear indication that Franklin County should be placed in a different
FWS wage area. In addition, the western part of the Ozark National
Forest is located in portions of Crawford and Franklin Counties. There
are no FWS employees working in Crawford County, but there are nine FWS
Forest Service employees working in Franklin County. OPM regulations at
5 CFR 532.211 permit splitting MSAs in unusual circumstances. Since
there are FWS Forest Service employees working at Ozark National Forest
locations in closely located counties, we recommend that Franklin
County remain defined to the Little Rock wage area. This would continue
to provide equal pay treatment for FWS employees with employment
locations in the Forest.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that these regulations would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they
would 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.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Michael W. Hager,
Acting Director.
Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is proposing
to amend 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; Sec. 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 Arkansas is amended by revising the listing for Little Rock; for the
State of Missouri, by revising the listing for Southern Missouri, and
for the State of Oklahoma, by revising the listing for Tulsa, to read
as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Survey Area
Arkansas:
Jefferson
Pulaski
Saline
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Arkansas:
Arkansas
Ashley
Baxter
Boone
Bradley
Calhoun
Chicot
Clay
Clark
Cleburne
Cleveland
Conway
Dallas
Desha
Drew
Faulkner
Franklin
Fulton
Garland
Grant
Greene
Hot Spring
Independence
Izard
Jackson
Johnson
Lawrence
Lincoln
Logan
Lonoke
Marion
Monroe
Montgomery
Newton
Ouachita
Perry
Phillips
Pike
Polk
Pope
Prairie
Randolph
Scott
Searcy
Sharp
Stone
Union
Van Buren
White
Woodruff
Yell
* * * * *
Missouri
* * * * *
Southern Missouri
Survey Area
Missouri:
Christian
Greene
Laclede
Phelps
Pulaski
Webster
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Missouri:
Barry
Barton
Benton
Bollinger
Butler
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Cedar
Dade
Dallas
Dent
Douglas
Hickory
Howell
Iron
Jasper
Lawrence
Madison
Maries
Miller
Mississippi
Moniteau
Morgan
New Madrid
Newton
Oregon
Ozark
Perry
Polk
Reynolds
Ripley
St. Clair
Scott
Shannon
Stoddard
Stone
Taney
Texas
Vernon
Wayne
Wright
Kansas:
Cherokee
Crawford
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Oklahoma
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Tulsa
Survey Area
Oklahoma:
Creek
Mayes
Muskogee
Osage
Pittsburg
Rogers
Tulsa
Wagoner
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Oklahoma:
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Adair
Cherokee
Choctaw
Craig
Delaware
Haskell
Kay
Latimer
Le Flore
McCurtain
McIntosh
Nowata
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Ottawa
Pawnee
Pushmataha
Sequoyah
Washington
Arkansas:
Benton
Carroll
Crawford
Madison
Sebastian
Washington
Missouri:
McDonald
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[FR Doc. E8-28916 Filed 12-5-08; 8:45 am]
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