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Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative. Under the no-action
alternative, the NRC would not approve
the LTP or the license amendment
request because regulatory requirements
have not been met.
If the NRC was unable to approve the
LTP because the regulatory
requirements were not met, ADP would
need to take additional actions to
prepare an LTP that meets the
requirements in 10 CFR 50.82(a)(10).
Under that scenario, ADP would
resubmit the LTP, activities at the CR3
would likely continue, and the
environmental impacts would not
change as a result of the additional time
required for the LTP resubmission.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On May 20, 2024, the NRC staff
provided a copy of the draft EA to the
Florida Department of Health for its
review and comment. In a letter dated
June 7, 2024, the State responded with
no comments on the draft EA.
NRC staff conducted National Historic
Preservation Act consultation pursuant
to 36 CFR 800.8(c), including submitting
required notification to the Florida State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
and Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (ACHP). The NRC staff
solicited comments from the public on
the historic and cultural resources
sections of the draft EA and findings.
Staff published the draft sections on the
NRC website and electronically notified
the four Federally recognized Indian
Tribes with historic and ancestral ties to
the project vicinity, the Florida SHPO,
and members of the public who have
indicated their interest in the CR3. No
members of the public commented on
the historic and cultural resources
sections of the draft EA and findings.
The NRC staff received a response from
the Seminole Tribe of Florida indicating
that the Tribe had no objections or other
comments. The NRC staff did not
receive a response from the other Indian
Tribes it contacted. Staff made a
determination of no historic properties
affected and has received SHPO
concurrence and no objections from
other parties. The Florida SHPO
responded on May 20, 2024, with its
concurrence with NRC staff’s
determination. The ACHP responded on
May 20, 2024, confirming receipt of
NRC’s notification pursuant to 36 CFR
800.8(c).
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
Based on its review of the proposed
license amendment request, in
accordance with the requirements of 10
CFR part 51, the NRC staff has
determined that issuing the requested
amendment, if appropriate, amending
ADP’s DPR–72 license would not
significantly affect the quality of human
environment. No significant radiological
or non-radiological impacts are
expected from the proposed action.
Therefore, the NRC staff has determined
that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31,
‘‘Determinations based on
environmental assessment,’’ preparation
of an EIS is not required for the
proposed action, and pursuant to 10
CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of no significant
impact,’’ a FONSI is appropriate. In
accordance with 10 CFR 51.32(a)(4), this
FONSI incorporates the EA set forth in
this notice by reference.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS.
ADAMS accession
No.
Document description
ADP CR3, LLC, License Amendment Request, Addition of License Condition 2.C.21, ‘‘License Termination Plan,’’ dated December 12, 2022 ........................................................................................................................................................................
ADP CR3, LLC, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the LTP, dated March 29, 2024 ..........................
ADP CR3, LLC, Response to Request for Additional Information for the EA of the LTP, dated May 9, 2024 ...........................
Crystal River LTP Environmental Assessment .............................................................................................................................
NUREG–0586, Supplement 1, Volume 1 GEIS on Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities ............................................................
Crystal River Unit 3—Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report, dated December 2, 2013 ........................................
Crystal River Unit 3—30-Day Spent Fuel Cask Registration and Certification of Permanent Removal of All Spent Fuel Assemblies from the Spent Fuel Pools, dated January 15, 2018 .................................................................................................
Transmittal of Draft EA to Florida Department of Health, dated May 20, 2024 ...........................................................................
Florida Department of Health Comments on Draft EA, dated June 7, 2024 ................................................................................
Request to initiate Section 106 Consultation Regarding the License Termination Plan for Crystal River, Unit 3, April 2, 2024
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Florida SHPO Response to initiate Section 106 Consultation Regarding the License Termination Plan for Crystal River, Unit
3, dated May 20, 2024 ...............................................................................................................................................................
ACHP Response to initiate Section 106 Consultation Regarding the License Termination Plan for Crystal River, Unit 3,
dated May 20, 2024 ...................................................................................................................................................................
NRC Request for Concurrence with Endangered Species Act Determinations for Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating
Plant License Termination Plan, dated February 29, 2024 .......................................................................................................
Supplemental to Request for Concurrence with Endangered Species Act Determinations for Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant License Termination Plan, dated June 18, 2024 ..........................................................................................
RAI2 NRC Response to FWS ESA Crystal River Unit 3 LTP, dated July 3, 2024 ......................................................................
FWS Concurrence for Crystal River Unit 3 ...................................................................................................................................
Dated: July 12, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Director, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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January 2024 Pay Schedules
Office of Personnel
Management.
AGENCY:
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The President adjusted the
rates of basic pay and locality payments
for certain Federal civilian employees
effective in January 2024. The Executive
Order authorizes a 4.7 percent acrossthe-board increase for statutory pay
systems and locality pay increases
costing approximately 0.5 percent of
basic payroll, reflecting an overall
average pay increase of 5.2 percent. This
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 17, 2024 / Notices
notice serves as documentation for the
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tameka Gillis; Pay, Leave, and
Workforce Flexibilities; Workforce,
Policy and Innovation; Office of
Personnel Management; (202) 606–2858
or paypolicy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 21, 2023, the President signed
Executive Order (E.O.) 14113 (88 FR
89259), which implemented pay
adjustments for certain Federal civilian
employees in January 2024. E.O. 14113
provides an overall average pay increase
of 5.2 percent for the statutory pay
systems. This is consistent with the
President’s alternative pay plan issued
under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a on
August 31, 2023. The pay rates in E.O.
14090 have been superseded.
The publication of this notice satisfies
the requirement in Section 5(b) of E.O.
14113 that the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) publish appropriate
notice of the 2024 locality payments in
the Federal Register.
Schedule 1 of E.O. 14113 provides the
rates for the 2024 General Schedule (GS)
and reflects a 4.7 percent increase from
2023. Executive Order 14113 also
includes the percentage amounts of the
2024 locality payments. (See Section 5
and Schedule 9 of Executive Order
14113.)
General Schedule employees receive
locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304.
Locality payments apply in the United
States (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4))
and its territories and possessions. In
2024, locality payments ranging from
16.82 percent to 45.41 percent apply to
GS employees in the 58 locality pay
areas. The 2024 locality pay area
definitions 1 can be found on OPM’s
website.
The 2024 locality pay percentages
became effective the first day of the first
pay period beginning on or after January
1, 2024 (January 14, 2024). An
employee’s locality rate of pay is
computed by increasing his or her
scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined
in 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable
locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR
531.604 and 531.609.)
Executive Order 14113 establishes the
new Executive Schedule (EX), which
incorporates a 4.6 percent increase
required under 5 U.S.C. 5318 (rounded
to the nearest $100). By law, Executive
Schedule officials are not authorized to
receive locality payments.
1 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘2024 Locality
Pay Area Definitions.’’ https://www.opm.gov/policydata-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/
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Executive Order 14113 establishes the
2024 range of rates of basic pay for
members of the Senior Executive
Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 5382. The
minimum rate of basic pay for the SES
is $147,649 in 2024. The maximum rate
of the SES rate range is $221,900 (level
II of the Executive Schedule) for SES
members who are covered by a certified
SES performance appraisal system and
$204,000 (level III of the Executive
Schedule) for SES members who are not
covered by a certified SES performance
appraisal system.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the
senior-level (SL) and scientific and
professional (ST) rate range was
increased by 4.7 percent ($147,649 in
2024), which is the amount of the
across-the-board GS increase. The
applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST
rate range is $221,900 (level II of the
Executive Schedule) for SL or ST
employees who are covered by a
certified SL/ST performance appraisal
system and $204,000 (level III of the
Executive Schedule) for SL or ST
employees who are not covered by a
certified SL/ST performance appraisal
system. Agencies with certified
performance appraisal systems for SES
members and employees in SL and ST
positions must also apply a higher
aggregate limitation on pay—up to the
Vice President’s salary ($284,600 in
2024.)
Note that section 747 of title VII of
division B of the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118–
47, March 23, 2024), contains a
provision that continues the freeze on
the payable pay rates for the Vice
President and certain senior political
appointees at the rates of pay and
applicable limitations on payable rates
of pay throughout calendar year 2024.
Unless extended by new legislation, the
pay freeze will end on the last day of the
last pay period that begins in calendar
year 2024 (i.e., January 11, 2025, for
those on the standard biweekly payroll
cycle.) Future Congressional action will
determine whether the pay freeze
continues beyond that date. OPM
guidance on the continued pay freeze
for certain senior political officials can
be found in CPM 2024–09.2 OPM also
provided guidance on the continued pay
freeze for certain senior political
2 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘Continued
Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials.’’
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officials in CPM–2024–02 3 and CPM–
2024–07.4
Executive Order 14113 provides that
the rates of basic pay for administrative
law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372
are increased by 4.7 percent (rounded to
the nearest $100) in 2024 (except for
those at AL–1 who received a 4.6
percent increase). The rate of basic pay
for AL–1 is $191,900 (equivalent to the
rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule). The rate of basic pay for AL–
2 is $187,300. The rates of basic pay for
AL–3/A through 3/F range from
$128,200 to $177,600.
The rates of basic pay for members of
Contract Appeals Boards are calculated
as a percentage of the rate for level IV
of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C.
5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic
pay are increased by 4.6 percent in
2024.
On November 29, 2023, OPM issued
a memorandum 5 on behalf of the
President’s Pay Agent (the Secretary of
Labor and the Directors of the Office of
Management and Budget and OPM) that
continues GS locality payments for ALJs
and certain other non-GS employee
categories in 2024. By law, EX officials,
SES members, employees in SL/ST
positions, and employees in certain
other equivalent pay systems are not
authorized to receive locality payments.
(Note: An exception applies to certain
grandfathered SES, SL, and ST
employees stationed in a nonforeign
area on January 2, 2010. See CPM 2009–
27).6
On December 21, 2023, OPM issued a
memorandum (CPM 2023–20) 7 on the
2024 pay adjustments. The
memorandum transmitted Executive
Order 14113 and provided the 2024
salary tables, locality pay areas and
percentages, and information on general
pay administration matters and other
related guidance. The 2024 ‘‘Salaries &
3 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘Continued
Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials.’’
https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-payfreeze-certain-senior-political-officials-9.
4 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘Continued
Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials.’’
https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-payfreeze-certain-senior-political-officials-11.
5 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘Continuation
of Locality Payments for Non-General Schedule
Employees.’’ https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2023/extensionof-locality-payments-for-non-general-scheduleemployees-november-29-2023.pdf.
6 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘Nonforeign
Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act.’’ https://
www.chcoc.gov/content/nonforeign-arearetirement-equity-assurance-act.
7 Office of Personnel Management. ‘‘January 2024
Pay Adjustments.’’ https://chcoc.gov/content/
january-2024-pay-adjustments.
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Wages’’ posted on OPM’s website 8 are
the official rates of pay for affected
employees and are hereby incorporated
as part of this notice.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2024–15653 Filed 7–16–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325–39–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. CP2024–262; MC2024–423 and
CP2024–430]
New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing a
recent Postal Service filing for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
a negotiated service agreement. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: July 19,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Introduction
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
I. Introduction
The Commission gives notice that the
Postal Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to negotiated service agreement(s). The
request(s) may propose the addition or
removal of a negotiated service
agreement from the Market Dominant or
the Competitive product list, or the
modification of an existing product
currently appearing on the Market
Dominant or the Competitive product
list.
Section II identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, the title of each Postal
Service request, the request’s acceptance
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of Personnel Management. ‘‘Salaries &
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date, and the authority cited by the
Postal Service for each request. For each
request, the Commission appoints an
officer of the Commission to represent
the interests of the general public in the
proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505
(Public Representative). Section II also
establishes comment deadline(s)
pertaining to each request.
The public portions of the Postal
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
the Commission’s website (https://
www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of
the Postal Service’s request(s), if any,
can be accessed through compliance
with the requirements of 39 CFR
3011.301.1
The Commission invites comments on
whether the Postal Service’s request(s)
in the captioned docket(s) are consistent
with the policies of title 39. For
request(s) that the Postal Service states
concern Market Dominant product(s),
applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39
U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39
CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s)
that the Postal Service states concern
Competitive product(s), applicable
statutory and regulatory requirements
include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633,
39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and
39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment
deadline(s) for each request appear in
section II.
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
1. Docket No(s).: CP2024–262; Filing
Title: USPS Request to Add Priority
Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS
Ground Advantage & Parcel Select
Contract 5, Filed Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: July 11, 2024; Filing
Authority: 39 CFR 3035.105; Public
Representative: Arif Hafiz; Comments
Due: July 19, 2024.
2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–423 and
CP2024–430; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority
Mail & USPS Ground Advantage
Contract 157 to Competitive Product
List and Notice of Filing Materials
Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date:
July 11, 2024; Filing Authority: 39
U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through
3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public
Representative: Christopher C. Mohr;
Comments Due: July 19, 2024.
This Notice will be published in the
Federal Register.
Table of Contents
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
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[Docket Nos. CP2023–56; MC2024–418 and
CP2024–425; MC2024–419 and CP2024–426;
MC2024–420 and CP2024–427; MC2024–421
and CP2024–428; MC2024–422 and CP2024–
429]
New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing a
recent Postal Service filing for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
a negotiated service agreement. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: July 18,
2024.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
I. Introduction
The Commission gives notice that the
Postal Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to negotiated service agreement(s). The
request(s) may propose the addition or
removal of a negotiated service
agreement from the Market Dominant or
the Competitive product list, or the
modification of an existing product
currently appearing on the Market
Dominant or the Competitive product
list.
Section II identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, the title of each Postal
Service request, the request’s acceptance
date, and the authority cited by the
Postal Service for each request. For each
request, the Commission appoints an
officer of the Commission to represent
the interests of the general public in the
proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505
(Public Representative). Section II also
establishes comment deadline(s)
pertaining to each request.
The public portions of the Postal
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
the Commission’s website (https://
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January 2024 Pay Schedules
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality
payments for certain Federal civilian employees effective in January
2024. The Executive Order authorizes a 4.7 percent across-the-board
increase for statutory pay systems and locality pay increases costing
approximately 0.5 percent of basic payroll, reflecting an overall
average pay increase of 5.2 percent. This
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notice serves as documentation for the public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tameka Gillis; Pay, Leave, and
Workforce Flexibilities; Workforce, Policy and Innovation; Office of
Personnel Management; (202) 606-2858 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2023, the President signed
Executive Order (E.O.) 14113 (88 FR 89259), which implemented pay
adjustments for certain Federal civilian employees in January 2024.
E.O. 14113 provides an overall average pay increase of 5.2 percent for
the statutory pay systems. This is consistent with the President's
alternative pay plan issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a on August
31, 2023. The pay rates in E.O. 14090 have been superseded.
The publication of this notice satisfies the requirement in Section
5(b) of E.O. 14113 that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
publish appropriate notice of the 2024 locality payments in the Federal
Register.
Schedule 1 of E.O. 14113 provides the rates for the 2024 General
Schedule (GS) and reflects a 4.7 percent increase from 2023. Executive
Order 14113 also includes the percentage amounts of the 2024 locality
payments. (See Section 5 and Schedule 9 of Executive Order 14113.)
General Schedule employees receive locality payments under 5 U.S.C.
5304. Locality payments apply in the United States (as defined in 5
U.S.C. 5921(4)) and its territories and possessions. In 2024, locality
payments ranging from 16.82 percent to 45.41 percent apply to GS
employees in the 58 locality pay areas. The 2024 locality pay area
definitions \1\ can be found on OPM's website.
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Definitions.'' https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/locality-pay-area-definitions/.
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The 2024 locality pay percentages became effective the first day of
the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (January 14,
2024). An employee's locality rate of pay is computed by increasing his
or her scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined in 5 CFR 531.602) by
the applicable locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 531.604 and
531.609.)
Executive Order 14113 establishes the new Executive Schedule (EX),
which incorporates a 4.6 percent increase required under 5 U.S.C. 5318
(rounded to the nearest $100). By law, Executive Schedule officials are
not authorized to receive locality payments.
Executive Order 14113 establishes the 2024 range of rates of basic
pay for members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C.
5382. The minimum rate of basic pay for the SES is $147,649 in 2024.
The maximum rate of the SES rate range is $221,900 (level II of the
Executive Schedule) for SES members who are covered by a certified SES
performance appraisal system and $204,000 (level III of the Executive
Schedule) for SES members who are not covered by a certified SES
performance appraisal system.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the senior-level (SL) and
scientific and professional (ST) rate range was increased by 4.7
percent ($147,649 in 2024), which is the amount of the across-the-board
GS increase. The applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range is
$221,900 (level II of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees
who are covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system and
$204,000 (level III of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees
who are not covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system.
Agencies with certified performance appraisal systems for SES members
and employees in SL and ST positions must also apply a higher aggregate
limitation on pay--up to the Vice President's salary ($284,600 in
2024.)
Note that section 747 of title VII of division B of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-47, March 23, 2024),
contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates
for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees at the
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay
throughout calendar year 2024. Unless extended by new legislation, the
pay freeze will end on the last day of the last pay period that begins
in calendar year 2024 (i.e., January 11, 2025, for those on the
standard biweekly payroll cycle.) Future Congressional action will
determine whether the pay freeze continues beyond that date. OPM
guidance on the continued pay freeze for certain senior political
officials can be found in CPM 2024-09.\2\ OPM also provided guidance on
the continued pay freeze for certain senior political officials in CPM-
2024-02 \3\ and CPM-2024-07.\4\
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\2\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-12.
\3\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-9.
\4\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continued Pay Freeze for
Certain Senior Political Officials.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-11.
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Executive Order 14113 provides that the rates of basic pay for
administrative law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 are increased by
4.7 percent (rounded to the nearest $100) in 2024 (except for those at
AL-1 who received a 4.6 percent increase). The rate of basic pay for
AL-1 is $191,900 (equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule). The rate of basic pay for AL-2 is $187,300. The rates of
basic pay for AL-3/A through 3/F range from $128,200 to $177,600.
The rates of basic pay for members of Contract Appeals Boards are
calculated as a percentage of the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic pay are
increased by 4.6 percent in 2024.
On November 29, 2023, OPM issued a memorandum \5\ on behalf of the
President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and the Directors of the
Office of Management and Budget and OPM) that continues GS locality
payments for ALJs and certain other non-GS employee categories in 2024.
By law, EX officials, SES members, employees in SL/ST positions, and
employees in certain other equivalent pay systems are not authorized to
receive locality payments. (Note: An exception applies to certain
grandfathered SES, SL, and ST employees stationed in a nonforeign area
on January 2, 2010. See CPM 2009-27).\6\
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\5\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Continuation of Locality
Payments for Non-General Schedule Employees.'' https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2023/extension-of-locality-payments-for-non-general-schedule-employees-november-29-2023.pdf.
\6\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Nonforeign Area Retirement
Equity Assurance Act.'' https://www.chcoc.gov/content/nonforeign-area-retirement-equity-assurance-act.
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On December 21, 2023, OPM issued a memorandum (CPM 2023-20) \7\ on
the 2024 pay adjustments. The memorandum transmitted Executive Order
14113 and provided the 2024 salary tables, locality pay areas and
percentages, and information on general pay administration matters and
other related guidance. The 2024 ``Salaries &
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Wages'' posted on OPM's website \8\ are the official rates of pay for
affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this notice.
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\7\ Office of Personnel Management. ``January 2024 Pay
Adjustments.'' https://chcoc.gov/content/january-2024-pay-adjustments.
\8\ Office of Personnel Management. ``Salaries & Wages.'' https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/
Office of Personnel Management.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2024-15653 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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