[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 79305-79306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32285]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AJ23
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Los Angeles, CA,
Appropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final
rule to remove Inyo County, CA, from the Los Angeles, CA, appropriated
fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. The county, excluding the
China Lake Naval Weapons Center portion, will be defined to the Las
Vegas, NV, FWS wage area. This will affect FWS employees at Death
Valley National Park by placing them on a higher wage schedule.
DATES: Effective Date: This regulation is effective on January 18,
2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter by phone at (202)
606-2838, by FAX at (202) 606-4264, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 17, 2000, the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) published a proposed rule (65 FR 50165) to move Inyo
County, California, from the Los Angeles, CA, appropriated fund Federal
Wage System (FWS) wage area to the Las Vegas, NV, FWS wage area. The
proposed rule had a 30-day period for public comment, during which we
received no comments.
OPM considers the following regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211
when defining FWS wage area boundaries:
(i) Distance, transportation facilities, and geographic features;
(ii) Commuting patterns; and
(iii) Similarities in overall population employment, and the kinds
and sizes of private industrial establishments.
Inyo County is currently an area of application county in the Los
Angeles wage area. Based on our analysis of the
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regulatory criteria for defining appropriated fund FWS wage areas, we
find that Inyo County, excluding the portion occupied by China Lake
Naval Weapons Center, should be part of the Las Vegas wage area. The
distance criterion is the major factor in our determination. The county
is much closer to the Las Vegas survey area than to the Los Angeles
survey area. Inyo County is approximately 429 km (267 miles) from Los
Angeles and 194 km (120 miles) from Las Vegas. The county is
approximately 203 km (126 miles) from Nellis Air Force Base, the Las
Vegas wage area's host installation. We reviewed the other criteria,
but they did not favor one wage area more than another. The Las Vegas,
NV, FWS wage area will consist of two survey counties, Clark and Nye
Counties, NV, and four area of application counties, Esmeralda and
Lincoln Counties, NV, Mohave County, AZ, and Inyo County, CA.
China Lake Naval Weapons Center is located in Inyo, Kern, and San
Bernardino Counties, CA. China Lake Naval Weapons Center will remain a
part of the Los Angeles FWS wage area so that the installation can
continue to be defined to a single wage area. The regulatory criteria
we use to define FWS wage areas indicate that the main employment
locations for FWS employees at China Lake are properly defined to the
Los Angeles wage area.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the
national labor-management committee that advises OPM on FWS pay
matters, recommended these changes by consensus. Based on its review of
the regulatory criteria for defining FWS wage areas, FPRAC recommended
no other changes in the geographic definition of the Los Angeles FWS
wage area.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that these regulations will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they
will 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.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management is amending 5 CFR
part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
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.
2. In appendix C to subpart B, the wage area listing for the State
of California is amended by revising the listing for Los Angeles; and
for the State of Nevada, by revising the listing for Las Vegas, to read
as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey
Areas
* * * * *
California
* * * * *
Los Angeles
Survey Area
California:
Los Angeles
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
California:
Inyo (Includes the China Lake Naval Weapons Center portion only)
Kern (Includes the China Lake Naval Weapons Center, Edwards Air
Force Base, and portions occupied by Federal activities at Boron
(City) only)
Orange
Riverside (Includes the Joshua Tree National Monument portion
only)
San Bernardino (All of San Bernardino County except that portion
occupied by, and south and west of, the Angeles and San Bernardino
National Forests)
Ventura
* * * * *
Nevada
Las Vegas
Survey Area
Nevada:
Clark
Nye
Area of Application. Survey area plus:
Nevada:
Esmeralda
Lincoln
Arizona:
Mohave
California:
Inyo (Excludes the China Lake Naval Weapons Center portion only)
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[FR Doc. 00-32285 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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