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5 CFR Part 843
RIN 3206–AN16
Federal Employees’ Retirement
System; Present Value Conversion
Factors for Spouses of Deceased
Separated Employees
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) is adopting its
proposed rule to revise the table of
reduction factors for early commencing
dates of survivor annuities for spouses
of separated employees who die before
the date on which they would be
eligible for unreduced deferred
annuities. This rule is necessary to
ensure that the tables conform to the
economic and demographic
assumptions adopted by the Board of
Actuaries and published in the Federal
Register on March 20, 2015.
DATES: Effective October 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roxann Johnson, (202) 606–0299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
20, 2015, OPM published at 80 FR
15036, a notice in the Federal Register
to revise the normal cost percentages
under the Federal Employees’
Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986,
Public Law 99–335, 100 Stat. 514, as
amended, based on economic
assumptions and demographic factors
adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the
Civil Service Retirement System. Under
5 U.S.C. 8461(i), the demographic
factors and economic assumptions
require corresponding changes in factors
used to produce actuarially equivalence
when required by the FERS Act. As a
result, on April 3, 2015, at 80 FR 18159,
OPM published a proposed rule in the
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Federal Register to revise the table of
reduction factors in Appendix A to
subpart C of part 843, Code of Federal
Regulations, for early commencing dates
of survivor annuities for spouses of
separated employees who die before the
date on which they would be eligible for
unreduced deferred annuities. OPM
received no written comments on the
proposed rule.
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I certify that this regulation will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities
because the regulation will only affect
retirement payments to surviving
current and former spouses of former
employees and Members who separated
from Federal service with title to a
deferred annuity.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 843
Air traffic controllers, Disability
benefits, Firefighters, Government
employees, Law enforcement officers,
Pensions, Retirement.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Office of Personnel
Management amends 5 CFR part 843 as
follows:
PART 843—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEATH
BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS
1. The authority citation for part 843
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; §§ 843.205,
843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 8424; § 843.309 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 8442; § 843.406 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 8441.
Subpart C—Current and Former
Spouse Benefits
2. Revise Appendix A to subpart C of
part 843 to read as follows:
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APPENDIX A TO SUPART C OF PART
843—PRESENT VALUE CONVERSION
FACTORS FOR EARLIER COMENCING
DATE OF ANNUITIES OF CURRENT
AND FORMER SPOUSES OF
DISEASED SEPARATED EMPLOYEES
With at least 10 but less than 20 years of
creditable service—
Age of separated employee at
birthday before death
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
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Multiplier
.0726
.0792
.0859
.0930
.1002
.1081
.1165
.1252
.1343
.1443
.1550
.1664
.1786
.1914
.2053
.2200
.2358
.2528
.2710
.2905
.3114
.3337
.3580
.3839
.4118
.4419
.4745
.5097
.5477
.5889
.6336
.6822
.7350
.7926
.8556
.9244
With at least 20, but less than 30 years of
creditable service—
Age of separated employee at
birthday before death
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
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Multiplier
.1810
.1943
.2086
.2236
.2398
.2570
.2754
.2953
.3166
.3394
.3638
.3899
.4182
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Age of separated employee at
birthday before death
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
Multiplier
..............................................
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..............................................
.4485
.4812
.5164
.5545
.5955
.6400
.6881
.7404
.7972
.8590
.9264
With at least 30 years of creditable
service—
Age of separated employee at birthday before death
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
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Multiplier by separated employee’s
year of birth
After
1966
.4561
.4889
.5244
.5624
.6035
.6476
.6954
.7469
.8027
.8631
.9287
From
1950
through
1966
.4910
.5264
.5646
.6055
.6497
.6973
.7487
.8042
.8643
.9294
1.0000
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RIN 1904–AD19
Energy Conservation Program: Test
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Office of Energy Efficiency and
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On March 13, 2014, the U.S.
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Telephone: (202) 586–7935. Email:
PTACs@ee.doe.gov.
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rule incorporates by reference into Part
431 the following industry standards:
(1) AHRI Standard 310/380–2014
(‘‘AHRI 310/380–2014’’), (Supersedes
ANSI/AHRI 310/380–2004), ‘‘Standard
for Packaged Terminal Air-Conditioners
and Heat Pumps,’’ published February
2014.
(2) ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 16–1983
(RA 2014), (‘‘ANSI/ASHRAE 16’’),
‘‘Method of Testing for Rating Room Air
Conditioners and Packaged Terminal
Air Conditioners,’’ ASHRAE reaffirmed
July 3, 2014.
(3) ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 58–1986
(RA 2014), (‘‘ANSI/ASHRAE 58’’),
‘‘Method of Testing for Rating Room
Air-Conditioner and Packaged Terminal
Air-Conditioner Heating Capacity,’’
ASHRAE reaffirmed July 3, 2014.
(4) ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 37–2009,
(‘‘ANSI/ASHRAE 37’’) (Supersedes
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 37–2005),
‘‘Methods of Testing for Rating
Electrically Driven Unitary AirConditioning and Heat Pump
Equipment,’’ ASHRAE approved June
20, 2009; ANSI approved June 25, 2009.
You can obtain copies of AHRI
standards from the Air-Conditioning,
Heating, and Refrigeration Institute,
2111 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500,
Arlington, VA 22201, 703–524–8800, or
www.ahrinet.org. You can obtain copies
of ASHRAE standards from the
American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, 1791 Tullie Circle, NE.
Atlanta, GA 30329, 404–636–8400, or
www.ashrae.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Authority and Background
A. General Test Procedure Rulemaking
Process
B. DOE PTAC and PTHP Test Procedures
II. Summary of the Final Rule
III. Discussion
A. Break-In Duration
B. Wall Sleeve Sealing
C. Pre-Filling Condensate Drain Pan
D. ANSI/ASHRAE 16 vs. ANSI/ASHRAE
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E. AHRI Standard 310/380–2014 and
Reaffirmed ASHRAE Standards
F. Wall Sleeve Size and Filter
Requirements for Testing
G. Barometric Pressure Correction
H. Part-Load Efficiency Metric and Varying
Ambient Conditions
I. Cooling Capacity Verification
J. Additional Comments
K. Compliance Date of the Test Procedure
Amendments
IV. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review
A. Review Under Executive Order 12866
B. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 843
RIN 3206-AN16
Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Conversion
Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting its
proposed rule to revise the table of reduction factors for early
commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated
employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for
unreduced deferred annuities. This rule is necessary to ensure that the
tables conform to the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by
the Board of Actuaries and published in the Federal Register on March
20, 2015.
DATES: Effective October 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxann Johnson, (202) 606-0299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 20, 2015, OPM published at 80 FR
15036, a notice in the Federal Register to revise the normal cost
percentages under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act
of 1986, Public Law 99-335, 100 Stat. 514, as amended, based on
economic assumptions and demographic factors adopted by the Board of
Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System. Under 5 U.S.C.
8461(i), the demographic factors and economic assumptions require
corresponding changes in factors used to produce actuarially
equivalence when required by the FERS Act. As a result, on April 3,
2015, at 80 FR 18159, OPM published a proposed rule in the Federal
Register to revise the table of reduction factors in Appendix A to
subpart C of part 843, Code of Federal Regulations, for early
commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated
employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for
unreduced deferred annuities. OPM received no written comments on the
proposed rule.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Review
This rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget
in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, as amended by E.O.
13258 and E.O. 13422.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities because the regulation
will only affect retirement payments to surviving current and former
spouses of former employees and Members who separated from Federal
service with title to a deferred annuity.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 843
Air traffic controllers, Disability benefits, Firefighters,
Government employees, Law enforcement officers, Pensions, Retirement.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Office of Personnel
Management amends 5 CFR part 843 as follows:
PART 843--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--DEATH BENEFITS AND
EMPLOYEE REFUNDS
0
1. The authority citation for part 843 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. Sec. 843.205, 843.208, and
843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; Sec. 843.309 also issued
under 5 U.S.C. 8442; Sec. 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441.
Subpart C--Current and Former Spouse Benefits
0
2. Revise Appendix A to subpart C of part 843 to read as follows:
APPENDIX A TO SUPART C OF PART 843--PRESENT VALUE CONVERSION FACTORS
FOR EARLIER COMENCING DATE OF ANNUITIES OF CURRENT AND FORMER SPOUSES
OF DISEASED SEPARATED EMPLOYEES
With at least 10 but less than 20 years of creditable service--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier
------------------------------------------------------------------------
26......................................................... .0726
27......................................................... .0792
28......................................................... .0859
29......................................................... .0930
30......................................................... .1002
31......................................................... .1081
32......................................................... .1165
33......................................................... .1252
34......................................................... .1343
35......................................................... .1443
36......................................................... .1550
37......................................................... .1664
38......................................................... .1786
39......................................................... .1914
40......................................................... .2053
41......................................................... .2200
42......................................................... .2358
43......................................................... .2528
44......................................................... .2710
45......................................................... .2905
46......................................................... .3114
47......................................................... .3337
48......................................................... .3580
49......................................................... .3839
50......................................................... .4118
51......................................................... .4419
52......................................................... .4745
53......................................................... .5097
54......................................................... .5477
55......................................................... .5889
56......................................................... .6336
57......................................................... .6822
58......................................................... .7350
59......................................................... .7926
60......................................................... .8556
61......................................................... .9244
------------------------------------------------------------------------
With at least 20, but less than 30 years of creditable service--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier
------------------------------------------------------------------------
36......................................................... .1810
37......................................................... .1943
38......................................................... .2086
39......................................................... .2236
40......................................................... .2398
41......................................................... .2570
42......................................................... .2754
43......................................................... .2953
44......................................................... .3166
45......................................................... .3394
46......................................................... .3638
47......................................................... .3899
48......................................................... .4182
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49......................................................... .4485
50......................................................... .4812
51......................................................... .5164
52......................................................... .5545
53......................................................... .5955
54......................................................... .6400
55......................................................... .6881
56......................................................... .7404
57......................................................... .7972
58......................................................... .8590
59......................................................... .9264
------------------------------------------------------------------------
With at least 30 years of creditable service--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Multiplier by
separated
employee's year of
birth
Age of separated employee at birthday before death -------------------
From
After 1950
1966 through
1966
------------------------------------------------------------------------
46.................................................. .4561 .4910
47.................................................. .4889 .5264
48.................................................. .5244 .5646
49.................................................. .5624 .6055
50.................................................. .6035 .6497
51.................................................. .6476 .6973
52.................................................. .6954 .7487
53.................................................. .7469 .8042
54.................................................. .8027 .8643
55.................................................. .8631 .9294
56.................................................. .9287 1.0000
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