Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Arapahoe-Denver, Colorado, Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area, 67519-67520 [2024-18739]
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Vol. 89, No. 162
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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are keyed to and codified in the Code of
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50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
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the Superintendent of Documents.
Expected Impact of This Rule
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
[Docket ID: OPM–2024–0010]
RIN 3206–AO67
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition
of the Arapahoe-Denver, Colorado,
Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage
System Wage Area
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) is issuing a final
rule to remove Denver County, CO, from
the Arapahoe-Denver, CO,
nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal
Wage System (FWS) wage area. In
addition, OPM is changing the name of
the Arapahoe-Denver NAF FWS wage
area to Arapahoe. These changes are
necessary because no NAF FWS
employment has been reported in
Denver County since 2018.
DATES:
Effective date: This regulation is
effective September 20, 2024.
Applicability date: This change
applies on the first day of the first
applicable pay period beginning on or
after September 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
Paunoiu, by telephone at (202) 606–
2858 or by email at paypolicy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3,
2024, OPM issued a proposed rule (89
FR 36720) to remove Denver County,
CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver, CO,
NAF FWS wage area, and change the
name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF FWS
wage area to Arapahoe. The Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee,
the national labor-management
committee responsible for advising
OPM on matters concerning the pay of
FWS employees, reviewed and
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recommended these changes by
consensus.
The proposed rule had a 30-day
comment period, during which OPM
received no comments. Therefore, this
final rule adopts the proposed rule at 89
FR 36720 without change.
Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code,
provides OPM with the authority and
responsibility to define the boundaries
of NAF FWS wage areas. Any changes
in wage area definitions can have the
long-term effect of increasing pay for
Federal employees in affected locations.
OPM expects this final rule to impact
approximately 69 NAF FWS employees.
Considering the small number of
employees affected, OPM does not
anticipate this rule will substantially
impact local economies or have a large
impact in local labor markets. As this
and future wage area changes may
impact higher volumes of employees in
geographical areas and could rise to the
level of impacting local labor markets,
OPM will continue to study the
implications of such impacts in this or
future rules as needed.
Regulatory Review
Executive Orders 13563, 12866, and
14094 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). This rule is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under the provisions
of Executive Order 14094 and, therefore,
was not reviewed by OMB.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Civil Justice Reform
This regulation meets the applicable
standard set forth in Executive Order
12988.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This 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
OMB’s Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs has determined this
rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in
5 U.S.C. 804(2). OPM will submit to
Congress and the Comptroller General of
the United States a report regarding the
issuance of this rule before its effective
date.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not impose any
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.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
Accordingly, OPM amends 5 CFR part
532 as follows:
PART 532—PREVAILING RATE
SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 532
continues to read as follows:
The Director of OPM certifies that this
rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
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Federalism
■
OPM has examined this rule in
accordance with Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, and have determined that
this rule will not have any negative
impact on the rights, roles and
responsibilities of State, local, or tribal
governments.
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707
also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.
2. In appendix D to subpart B, amend
the table by revising the wage area
listing for the State of Colorado to read
as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532—
Nonappropriated Fund Wage and
Survey Areas
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DEFINITIONS OF WAGE AREAS AND
WAGE AREA SURVEY AREAS
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COLORADO
Arapahoe
Survey Area
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Colorado:
Arapahoe
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
Mesa
El Paso
Survey Area
Colorado:
El Paso
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
Bent
Otero
Pueblo
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 959
[Doc. No. AMS–SC–23–0086]
Onions Grown in South Texas;
Increased Assessment Rate
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule implements a
recommendation from the South Texas
Onion Committee (Committee) to
increase the assessment rate established
for the 2023–2024 and subsequent fiscal
periods from $0.05 to $0.08 per 50pound container or equivalent for South
Texas onions. The assessment rate will
remain in effect indefinitely unless
modified, suspended, or terminated.
DATES: Effective September 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delaney Fuhrmeister, Marketing
Specialist, or Christian Nissen, Chief,
Southeast Region Branch, Market
Development Division, Specialty Crops
Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (863)
324–3375 or Email:
Delaney.Fuhrmeister@usda.gov or
Christian.Nissen@usda.gov.
Small businesses may request
information on complying with this
regulation by contacting Richard Lower,
Market Development Division, Specialty
Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237,
Washington, DC 20250–0237;
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Telephone: (202) 720–8085, or Email:
Richard.Lower@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553,
amends regulations issued to carry out
a marketing order as defined in 7 CFR
900.2(j). This rule is issued under
Marketing Order No. 959, as amended (7
CFR part 959), regulating the handling
of onions grown in South Texas. Part
959 (referred to as the ‘‘Order’’) is
effective under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The Committee
locally administers the Order and is
comprised of producers and handlers of
onions operating within the area of
production.
The Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) is issuing this final rule in
conformance with Executive Orders
12866, 13563, and 14094. Executive
Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies
to assess all costs and benefits of
available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select
regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health
and safety effects, distributive impacts,
and equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility. Executive Order
14094 reaffirms, supplements, and
updates Executive Order 12866 and
further directs agencies to solicit and
consider input from a wide range of
affected and interested parties through a
variety of means. This action falls
within a category of regulatory actions
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) exempted from Executive
Order 12866 review.
This final rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 13175—
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments, which
requires Federal agencies to consider
whether their rulemaking actions would
have Tribal implications. AMS has
determined that this rule is unlikely to
have substantial direct effects on one or
more Indian Tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal Government and
Indian Tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal Government and Indian Tribes.
This final rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988—Civil
Justice Reform. Under the Order now in
effect, South Texas onion handlers are
subject to assessments. Funds to
administer the Order are derived from
such assessments. It is intended that the
assessment rate will be applicable to all
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assessable onions for the 2023–2024
fiscal period, and continue until
amended, suspended, or terminated.
The Act provides that administrative
proceedings must be exhausted before
parties may file suit in court. Under
section 8c(15)(A) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
608c(15)(A)), any handler subject to an
order may file with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) a petition stating
that the order, any provision of the
order, or any obligation imposed in
connection with the order is not in
accordance with law and request a
modification of the order or to be
exempted therefrom. Such handler is
afforded the opportunity for a hearing
on the petition. After the hearing, USDA
would rule on the petition. The Act
provides that the district court of the
United States in any district in which
the handler is an inhabitant, or has his
or her principal place of business, has
jurisdiction to review USDA’s ruling on
the petition, provided an action is filed
not later than 20 days after the date of
the entry of the ruling.
This final rule increases the
assessment rate for South Texas onions
handled under the Order from $0.05 per
50-pound container or equivalent, the
rate that was established for the 2020–
2021 and subsequent fiscal periods, to
$0.08 per 50-pound container or
equivalent for the 2023–2024 and
subsequent fiscal periods.
Sections 959.41 and 959.42 authorize
the Committee, with the approval of
AMS, to formulate an annual budget of
expenses and collect assessments from
handlers to administer the program. The
members of the Committee are familiar
with the Committee’s needs and with
the costs of goods and services in their
local area and are able to formulate an
appropriate budget and assessment rate.
The assessment rate is formulated and
discussed in a public meeting, and all
directly affected persons have an
opportunity to participate and provide
input.
For the 2020–2021 and subsequent
fiscal periods, the Committee
recommended, and AMS approved, an
assessment rate of $0.05 per 50-pound
container or equivalent of South Texas
onions within the production area. That
rate continues in effect from fiscal
period to fiscal period until modified,
suspended, or terminated by AMS upon
recommendation and information
submitted by the Committee or other
information available to AMS.
The Committee met on November 1,
2023, and unanimously recommended
2023–2024 fiscal period expenditures of
$280,657 and an assessment rate of
$0.08 per 50-pound container or
equivalent of South Texas onions
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[FR Doc No: 2024-18739]
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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 21, 2024 /
Rules and Regulations
[[Page 67519]]
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
[Docket ID: OPM-2024-0010]
RIN 3206-AO67
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Arapahoe-Denver,
Colorado, Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final
rule to remove Denver County, CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver, CO,
nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. In
addition, OPM is changing the name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF FWS wage
area to Arapahoe. These changes are necessary because no NAF FWS
employment has been reported in Denver County since 2018.
DATES:
Effective date: This regulation is effective September 20, 2024.
Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the
first applicable pay period beginning on or after September 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Paunoiu, by telephone at (202)
606-2858 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 2024, OPM issued a proposed rule
(89 FR 36720) to remove Denver County, CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver,
CO, NAF FWS wage area, and change the name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF
FWS wage area to Arapahoe. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory
Committee, the national labor-management committee responsible for
advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, reviewed
and recommended these changes by consensus.
The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM
received no comments. Therefore, this final rule adopts the proposed
rule at 89 FR 36720 without change.
Expected Impact of This Rule
Section 5343 of title 5, U.S. Code, provides OPM with the authority
and responsibility to define the boundaries of NAF FWS wage areas. Any
changes in wage area definitions can have the long-term effect of
increasing pay for Federal employees in affected locations. OPM expects
this final rule to impact approximately 69 NAF FWS employees.
Considering the small number of employees affected, OPM does not
anticipate this rule will substantially impact local economies or have
a large impact in local labor markets. As this and future wage area
changes may impact higher volumes of employees in geographical areas
and could rise to the level of impacting local labor markets, OPM will
continue to study the implications of such impacts in this or future
rules as needed.
Regulatory Review
Executive Orders 13563, 12866, and 14094 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). This rule
is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the provisions of
Executive Order 14094 and, therefore, was not reviewed by OMB.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director of OPM certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Federalism
OPM has examined this rule in accordance with Executive Order
13132, Federalism, and have determined that this rule will not have any
negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of State,
local, or tribal governments.
Civil Justice Reform
This regulation meets the applicable standard set forth in
Executive Order 12988.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This 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
OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined
this rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). OPM
will submit to Congress and the Comptroller General of the United
States a report regarding the issuance of this rule before its
effective date.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not impose any 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.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
Accordingly, OPM amends 5 CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
0
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. In appendix D to subpart B, amend the table by revising the wage
area listing for the State of Colorado to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and
Survey Areas
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[[Page 67520]]
Definitions of Wage Areas and Wage Area Survey Areas
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COLORADO
Arapahoe
Survey Area
Colorado:
Arapahoe
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
Mesa
El Paso
Survey Area
Colorado:
El Paso
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Colorado:
Bent
Otero
Pueblo
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