Prevailing Rate Systems; Special Appropriated Fund Wage Schedules for U.S. Insular Areas, 3729-3730 [2019-02113]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
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purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206–AN76
Prevailing Rate Systems; Special
Appropriated Fund Wage Schedules
for U.S. Insular Areas
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) is issuing a
proposed rule that would amend the
special appropriated fund wage
schedules for U.S. insular areas, to
designate the Department of Defense
(DOD) as the sole lead agency for
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam,
Midway, and the U.S. Virgin Island. The
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory
Committee (FPRAC) approved this
change by consensus.
DATES: We must receive comments on or
before March 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and/or
Regulatory Information Number (RIN)
and title, by the following method:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and docket
number or RIN for this document. The
general policy for comments and other
submissions from members of the public
is to make these submissions available
for public viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at
(202) 606–2838 or by email at pay-leavepolicy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM is
issuing a proposed rule to amend
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section 532.259(a) of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations. This section
provides that lead agencies establish
and issue special wage schedules for
U.S. civil service wage employees in
certain U.S. insular areas.
When the Federal Wage System
(FWS) was established in 1972, certain
agency policies and practices, including
the special wage schedules for U.S. civil
service wage employees in certain U.S.
insular areas, were continued as special
schedules under the FWS. These U.S.
insular areas special schedules are
currently codified in 5 CFR 532.259.
Section 532.259(a) lists DOD as the lead
agency for Guam, Midway, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; the Department of
Transportation (DOT) as the lead agency
for American Samoa; and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) as the
lead agency for the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands. DOT was
given lead agency responsibility for
American Samoa and DOI was given
lead agency responsibility for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands because they were the only
agencies with wage employees in those
duty locations at the time the original
lead agency determinations were made.
The Department of the Army now has
five wage employees in American
Samoa. DOI has two wage employees in
American Samoa and four wage
employees in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands. DOT no
longer has wage employees in American
Samoa.
Under 5 CFR 532.259(b), the special
schedules for U.S. insular areas must be
established at the same time and with
rates identical to the foreign area
appropriated fund wage schedules
established under section 532.255. DOD
is the lead agency for the foreign area
appropriated fund wage schedules.
Since these U.S. insular areas special
schedules must be identical to the
foreign wage schedule issued by DOD,
the administration of the U.S. insular
areas wage schedules would be
streamlined if DOD becomes the sole
lead agency issuing these special
schedules. DOT and DOI agree with this
determination.
FPRAC, the national labormanagement committee responsible for
advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees, reviewed
and concurred by consensus with these
changes. These changes would apply on
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the first day of the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after 30 days
following publication of the final
regulations.
Regulatory Impact Analysis
This action is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under the terms of
Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993) and is therefore
not subject to review under E.O. 12866
and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011)
Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
This proposed rule is not expected to
be subject to the requirements of E.O.
13771 because this proposed rule is not
significant under E.O. 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
OPM certifies that this proposed rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities because they will affect only
Federal agencies and employees.
Federalism
We have examined this rulemaking in
accordance with Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, and have determined that
this proposed rule will not have any
negative impact on the rights, roles and
responsibilities of State, local, or tribal
governments.
Civil Justice Reform
This proposed regulation meets the
applicable standard set forth in
Executive Order 12988.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This proposed rule will not result in
the expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or
by the private sector, of $100 million or
more in any year and it will not
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. Therefore, no actions were
deemed necessary under the provisions
of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995.
Congressional Review Act
This action pertains to agency
management, personnel, and
organization and does not substantially
affect the rights or obligations of
nonagency parties and, accordingly, is
not a ‘‘rule’’ as that term is used by the
Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of
the Small Business Regulatory
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Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
(SBREFA)). Therefore, the reporting
requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not
apply.
Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
ACTION:
Federal Aviation Administration
This action proposes to
modify VHF Omnidirectional Range
(VOR) Federal airways V–8, V–92, V–
214, and V–438 due to planned
decommissioning of the Grantsville,
MD, VOR/DME navigation aid which
provides navigation guidance for
segments of the routes.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this
proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1
(800) 647–5527 or (202) 366–9826. You
must identify FAA Docket No. FAA–
2018–1073; Airspace Docket No. 18–
AEA–17 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit
comments through the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FAA Order 7400.11C, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed
online at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/
publications/. For further information,
you can contact the Airspace Policy
Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is
also available for inspection at the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of FAA
Order 7400.11C at NARA, call (202)
741–6030, or go to https://
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on
September 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Gallant, Airspace Policy Group, Office
of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
14 CFR Part 71
Authority for This Rulemaking
SUMMARY:
Paperwork Reduction Act
This proposed rule does not impose
any new 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.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
Accordingly, OPM 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:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707
also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.
2. Section 532.259 is amended by
revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
■
§ 532.259 Special appropriated fund wage
schedules for U.S. insular areas
(a) The lead agency shall establish
and issue special wage schedules for
U.S. civil service wage employees in
certain U.S. insular areas. The
Department of Defense is the lead
agency for American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, Midway, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands. These schedules shall
provide rates of pay for nonsupervisory,
leader, supervisory, and production
facilitating employees.
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The FAA’s authority to issue rules
regarding aviation safety is found in
Title 49 of the United States Code.
Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator.
Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs,
describes in more detail the scope of the
agency’s authority. This rulemaking is
promulgated under the authority
described in Subtitle VII, Part A,
Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that
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section, the FAA is charged with
prescribing regulations to assign the use
of the airspace necessary to ensure the
safety of aircraft and the efficient use of
airspace. This regulation is within the
scope of that authority as it would
modify the VOR Federal airway route
structure in the eastern United States to
maintain the efficient flow of air traffic.
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to
participate in this proposed rulemaking
by submitting such written data, views,
or arguments as they may desire.
Comments that provide the factual basis
supporting the views and suggestions
presented are particularly helpful in
developing reasoned regulatory
decisions on the proposal. Comments
are specifically invited on the overall
regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related
aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify both
docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA–
2018–1073; Airspace Docket No. 18–
AEA–17 and be submitted in triplicate
to the Docket Management Facility (see
ADDRESSES section for address and
phone number). You may also submit
comments through the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this action must submit with those
comments a self-addressed, stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA
Docket No. FAA–2018–1073; Airspace
Docket No. 18–AEA–17’’. The postcard
will be date/time stamped and returned
to the commenter.
All communications received on or
before the specified comment closing
date will be considered before taking
action on the proposed rule. The
proposal contained in this action may
be changed in light of comments
received. A report summarizing each
substantive public contact with FAA
personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRM’s
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded through the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through
the FAA’s web page at https://
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments
received and any final disposition in
person in the Dockets Office (see
ADDRESSES section for address and
phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AN76
Prevailing Rate Systems; Special Appropriated Fund Wage Schedules
for U.S. Insular Areas
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed
rule that would amend the special appropriated fund wage schedules for
U.S. insular areas, to designate the Department of Defense (DOD) as the
sole lead agency for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, Midway, and the U.S. Virgin Island. The Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) approved this change by
consensus.
DATES: We must receive comments on or before March 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or
Regulatory Information Number (RIN) and title, by the following method:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and docket
number or RIN for this document. The general policy for comments and
other submissions from members of the public is to make these
submissions available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers
or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at
(202) 606-2838 or by email at pay-leave-policy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM is issuing a proposed rule to amend
section 532.259(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. This
section provides that lead agencies establish and issue special wage
schedules for U.S. civil service wage employees in certain U.S. insular
areas.
When the Federal Wage System (FWS) was established in 1972, certain
agency policies and practices, including the special wage schedules for
U.S. civil service wage employees in certain U.S. insular areas, were
continued as special schedules under the FWS. These U.S. insular areas
special schedules are currently codified in 5 CFR 532.259. Section
532.259(a) lists DOD as the lead agency for Guam, Midway, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; the Department of Transportation (DOT) as the lead
agency for American Samoa; and the Department of the Interior (DOI) as
the lead agency for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
DOT was given lead agency responsibility for American Samoa and DOI was
given lead agency responsibility for the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands because they were the only agencies with wage employees
in those duty locations at the time the original lead agency
determinations were made.
The Department of the Army now has five wage employees in American
Samoa. DOI has two wage employees in American Samoa and four wage
employees in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. DOT no
longer has wage employees in American Samoa.
Under 5 CFR 532.259(b), the special schedules for U.S. insular
areas must be established at the same time and with rates identical to
the foreign area appropriated fund wage schedules established under
section 532.255. DOD is the lead agency for the foreign area
appropriated fund wage schedules.
Since these U.S. insular areas special schedules must be identical
to the foreign wage schedule issued by DOD, the administration of the
U.S. insular areas wage schedules would be streamlined if DOD becomes
the sole lead agency issuing these special schedules. DOT and DOI agree
with this determination.
FPRAC, the national labor-management committee responsible for
advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed
and concurred by consensus with these changes. These changes would
apply on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on
or after 30 days following publication of the final regulations.
Regulatory Impact Analysis
This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the
terms of Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993)
and is therefore not subject to review under E.O. 12866 and 13563 (76
FR 3821, January 21, 2011)
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
This proposed rule is not expected to be subject to the
requirements of E.O. 13771 because this proposed rule is not
significant under E.O. 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
OPM certifies that this proposed rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they
will affect only Federal agencies and employees.
Federalism
We have examined this rulemaking in accordance with Executive Order
13132, Federalism, and have determined that this proposed rule will not
have any negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of
State, local, or tribal governments.
Civil Justice Reform
This proposed regulation meets the applicable standard set forth in
Executive Order 12988.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This proposed rule will not result in the expenditure by State,
local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private
sector, of $100 million or more in any year and it will not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no
actions were deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Congressional Review Act
This action pertains to agency management, personnel, and
organization and does not substantially affect the rights or
obligations of nonagency parties and, accordingly, is not a ``rule'' as
that term is used by the Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of the
Small Business Regulatory
[[Page 3730]]
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA)). Therefore, the reporting
requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This proposed rule does not impose any new 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.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
Accordingly, OPM 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; Sec. 532.707 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 552.
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2. Section 532.259 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:
Sec. 532.259 Special appropriated fund wage schedules for U.S.
insular areas
(a) The lead agency shall establish and issue special wage
schedules for U.S. civil service wage employees in certain U.S. insular
areas. The Department of Defense is the lead agency for American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Midway, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. These schedules shall provide rates of pay for
nonsupervisory, leader, supervisory, and production facilitating
employees.
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