[Federal Register: October 4, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 192)]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AG93

 
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Guaynabo-San Jaun, PR, 
Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area

agency: Office of Personnel Management.

action: Interim rule with request for comments.

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summary: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim 
regulations to redefine the Guaynabo-San Juan, Puerto Rico, 
nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area by adding Salinas 
Municipality as an area of application for pay-setting purposes. No 
employee's wage rate will be reduced as a result of this change.

dates: This interim rule becomes effective on October 4, 1995.
    Comments must be received by November 3, 1995.

addresses: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant 
Director for Compensation Policy, Human Resources Systems Services, 
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 6H31, 1900 E Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20415, or FAX: (202) 606-0824.

for further information contact: Paul Shields, (202) 606-2848.

supplementary information: The Department of Defense (DOD) notified the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that the Camp Santiago Army and 
Air Force Exchange Service employs nine Federal Wage System (FWS) 
nonappropriated fund (NAF) workers in Salinas Municipality, Puerto 
Rico. With the consensus approval of the DOD Wage Committee, DOD 
recommended that Salinas Municipality be added to the area of 
application of the Guaynabo-San Juan, Puerto Rico, NAF wage area.
    Salinas Municipality is not presently defined to a wage area for 
NAF pay-setting purposes and does not meet the regulatory criteria for 
establishing a new NAF wage area under 5 CFR 532.219. Thus, Salinas 
Municipality must be defined as an area of application to an existing 
wage area.
    There is only one NAF wage area for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands--the Guaynabo-San Juan, Puerto Rico, NAF wage area. It 
currently has two survey municipalities in Puerto Rico and an area of 
application made up to six Puerto Rico municipalities and two islands 
of the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are no alternative NAF wage areas to 
which Salinas Municipality could be defined, given the large separation 
between the island of Puerto Rico and mainland NAF wage areas. With 
this change, the wage rates of the nine NAF employees covered would 
continue to be set using the Guaynabo-San Juan wage schedule.
    The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee reviewed this 
recommendation and by consensus recommended approval.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), I find that good cause exists 
for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. Also, pursuant 
to section 553(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code, I find that good 
cause exists for making this rule effective in less than 30 days. The 
notice is being waived and the regulation is being made effective in 
less than 30 days so that the positions of these employees will be 
included within an FWS wage area and appropriate wage rates authorized 
for their pay.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that these regulations will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they 
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.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
    Accordingly, OPM 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.

Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]

    2. Appendix D to subpart B is amended by revising the list for 
Guaynabo-San Juan, Puerto Rico, to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 532--Nonappropriated Fund Wage and 
Survey Areas
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Puerto Rico

Guaynabo-San Juan

Survey area

Puerto Rico: (municipalities)
    Guaynabo
    San Juan

Area of application. Survey area plus:

Puerto Rico: (municipalities)
    Aguadilla
    Isabela
    Ponce
    Salinas
    Toa Baja
    Ceiba
    Vieques
U.S. Virgin Islands:
    St. Croix
    St. Thomas
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