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facilities and geographic features criteria
favor the Memphis wage area because
Interstate Highway 55 provides direct
access from Panola County to the
Memphis survey area while access to
the major cities in the Northern
Mississippi survey area (Columbus,
Greenwood, and Tupelo) is mainly by
secondary and multilane divided
highways. Similarities in overall
population, total private sector
employment, and kinds and sizes of
private industrial establishments favor
the Northern Mississippi wage area.
Based on this analysis, we recommend
that Panola County be redefined to the
Memphis wage area.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory
Committee (FPRAC), the national labormanagement committee responsible for
advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees,
recommended this change by
consensus. This change would be
effective on the first day of the first
applicable pay period for FWS
employees in Panola County beginning
on or after 30 days following
publication of final regulations. FPRAC
did not recommend other changes in the
geographic definitions of the Northern
Mississippi and Memphis wage areas at
this time.
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.
John Berry,
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.
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532—
Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
2. Appendix C to subpart B is
amended by revising the wage area
listings for the Northern Mississippi and
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Memphis, TN, wage areas to read as
follows:
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MISSISSIPPI
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Northern Mississippi
Survey Area
Mississippi:
Clay
Grenada
Lee
Leflore
Lowndes
Monroe
Oktibbeha
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Mississippi:
Alcorn
Bolivar
Calhoun
Carroll
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Coahoma
Itawamba
Lafayette (Does not include the Holly
Springs National Forest portion)
Montgomery
Noxubee
Pontotoc (Does not include the Holly
Springs National Forest portion)
Prentiss
Quitman
Sunflower
Tallahatchie
Tishomingo
Union (Does not include the Holly Springs
National Forest portion)
Washington
Webster
Winston
Yalobusha
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TENNESSEE
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Survey Area
Arkansas:
Crittenden
Mississippi
Mississippi:
De Soto
Tennessee:
Shelby
Tipton
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Arkansas:
Craighead
Cross
Lee
Poinsett
St. Francis
Mississippi:
Benton
Lafayette (Holly Springs National Forest
portion only)
Marshall
Panola
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Chapters I and XXXV
45 CFR Chapter VIII
48 CFR Chapters 16, 17, and 21
Reducing Regulatory Burden;
Retrospective Review Under E.O.
13563
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
The Office of Personnel
Management has posted on its public
open government Web site a
preliminary plan for retrospective
review of its existing regulations. OPM
prepared this plan in compliance with
Executive Order 13563, Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,
issued January 18, 2011. The Executive
Order outlines the President’s plan to
create a 21st-century regulatory system
that is simpler and smarter and that
protects the interests of the American
people in a pragmatic and cost-effective
way.
DATES: The deadline for submitting
comments is July 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The public is encouraged to
submit comments through OPM’s public
Web site (https://www.opm.gov/open).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mauro Morales, Policy Counsel, Office
of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street
NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC
SUMMARY:
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Pontotoc (Holly Springs National Forest
portion only)
Tate
Tippah
Tunica
Union (Holly Springs National Forest
portion only)
Missouri:
Dunklin
Pemiscot
Tennessee:
Carroll
Chester
Crockett
Dyer
Fayette
Gibson
Hardeman
Hardin
Haywood
Lake
Lauderdale
Madison
McNairy
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20415. Phone (202) 606–1700 or e-mail
at Mauro.Morales@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM’s
plan sets forth a process for obtaining
input from the public on an annual
basis concerning the regulations that
OPM should review. The plan also
identifies the regulations that OPM
plans on examining this year.
OPM is now seeking public comment
on its plan. Any comments that are
submitted will also be viewable by the
public. OPM will review the comments
and post the final plan to its public
open government Web site.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 36
[Document No. AMS–FV–07–0100]
Procedures by Which the Agricultural
Marketing Service Develops, Revises,
Suspends, or Terminates Voluntary
Official Grade Standards: United
States Standards for Grades of Frozen
Okra
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) of the Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise
the United States Standards for Grades
of Frozen Okra. The standards for frozen
okra would be changed from a ‘‘variable
score point’’ system to an ‘‘individual
attribute’’ grading system; the ‘‘dual
grade nomenclature’’ would be replaced
with single letter grade designation and
editorial changes would be included.
These changes would bring the
standards for frozen okra in line with
the present quality levels being
marketed today and would provide
guidance in the effective utilization of
frozen okra.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
mailed to Brian E. Griffin, Inspection
and Standardization Section, Processed
Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
0709, South Building; STOP 0247,
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Washington, DC 20250; fax: (202) 690–
1527; or Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. The proposed
United States Standards for Grades of
Frozen Okra are available through the
address cited above. All comments
should reference the document number,
date, and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register. All comments will
be posted without change, including
any personal information provided. All
comments submitted in response to this
notice will be included in the record
and will be made available to the public
on the Internet via https://
www.regulations.gov. Comments will be
made available for public inspection at
the above address during regular
business hours or can be viewed at:
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Brian E. Griffin, at the address
above, or phone (202)720–5021; or fax
(202) 690–1527. Copies of the proposed
U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen
Okra are available on the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946, as amended, directs and
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
‘‘to develop and improve standards of
quality, condition, quantity, grade, and
packaging, and recommend and
demonstrate such standards in order to
encourage uniformity and consistency
in commercial practices.’’
AMS is committed to carrying out this
authority in a manner that facilitates the
marketing of agricultural commodities
and makes copies of official standards
available upon request. Those United
States Standards for Grades of Fruits
and Vegetables no longer appear in the
Code of Federal Regulations but are
maintained by USDA, AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs. AMS is proposing
revisions in the U.S. Standards for
Grades of Frozen Okra using the
procedures that appear in part 36 of
Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (7 CFR part 36).
Background: AMS received a petition
from the American Frozen Food
Institute (AFFI) requesting the revision
of the standards for frozen okra. The
petitioners represent almost all of the
processors of frozen okra in the United
States. The grade standards are
presently based on the variable score
points grading system.
It is proposed that the standards be
modified to convert them to a
statistically-based individual attribute
grading system, similar to the United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Green and Wax Beans (58 FR 4295;
January 14, 1993). The individual
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attribute grading system uses sample
size and acceptable quality levels
(AQLs), as well as tolerances and
acceptance numbers (number of
allowable defects), to determine the
quality level of a lot. This change would
bring the standards in line with current
marketing practices and innovations in
processing techniques.
In addition, AMS proposes to replace
the dual grade nomenclature with single
letter designations. ‘‘U.S. Grade A’’
(or ‘‘U.S. Fancy’’) and ‘‘U.S. Grade B’’
(or ‘‘U.S. Extra Standard’’) would
become ‘‘U.S. Grade A’’ and ‘‘U.S. Grade
B’’, respectively.
These revisions would also include
minor editorial changes. These changes
provide a uniform format consistent
with recent revisions of other U.S. grade
standards. This format has been
designed to provide industry personnel
and agricultural commodity graders
with simpler and more comprehensive
standards. Definitions of terms and
easy-to-read tables would be
incorporated to assure a better
understanding and uniform application
of the standards.
Prior to undertaking research and
other work associated with revising the
standards, AMS sought public
comments on the petition (see 64 FR
52266).
More recently, a notice requesting
additional comments on the proposed
revision to the United States Standards
for Grades of Frozen Okra was
published in the December 12, 2007,
Federal Register (72 FR 70565). At the
request of AFFI, a notice reopening and
extending the comment period was
published in the May 16, 2008, Federal
Register (73 FR 28424). A 60 day period
was provided for interested persons to
submit comments on the proposed
standards. AMS received a comment
from AFFI that requested a tolerance be
established for ‘‘Cap Ends’’ for both
‘‘Whole’’ and ‘‘Cut’’ styles as follows:
Portion of ‘‘stem’’ extending between 3⁄8
and 1⁄2 inch beyond the cap scar equals
‘‘poor or excessive trim’’; ‘‘Stem’’
extending greater than 1⁄2 inch beyond
cap scar equals ‘‘EVM’’. In addition, the
petitioner requested that in Table II,
‘‘Excessive Trim (included in
Mechanical Damage)’’ be better defined.
The petitioner noted that this
criterion was removed from the prior
‘‘Small Pieces/Misshapen’’ category and
moved to the proposed 10 percent
‘‘Mechanical Damage’’ category. For cut
style, AFFI stated that less than 1⁄4 inch
be the limit for small pieces, but AFFI
suggested that tolerances should be
based on percent by weight. In doing
this, ‘‘Small Pieces’’ would be taken out
of the ‘‘Mechanical Damage’’ category.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Chapters I and XXXV
45 CFR Chapter VIII
48 CFR Chapters 16, 17, and 21
Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management has posted on its public
open government Web site a preliminary plan for retrospective review of
its existing regulations. OPM prepared this plan in compliance with
Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,
issued January 18, 2011. The Executive Order outlines the President's
plan to create a 21st-century regulatory system that is simpler and
smarter and that protects the interests of the American people in a
pragmatic and cost-effective way.
DATES: The deadline for submitting comments is July 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The public is encouraged to submit comments through OPM's
public Web site (https://www.opm.gov/open).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mauro Morales, Policy Counsel, Office
of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC
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20415. Phone (202) 606-1700 or e-mail at Mauro.Morales@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM's plan sets forth a process for
obtaining input from the public on an annual basis concerning the
regulations that OPM should review. The plan also identifies the
regulations that OPM plans on examining this year.
OPM is now seeking public comment on its plan. Any comments that
are submitted will also be viewable by the public. OPM will review the
comments and post the final plan to its public open government Web
site.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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