[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.902]

[Page 532]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart I--Pay for Duty Involving Physical Hardship or Hazard
 
Sec. 550.902  Definitions.

    In this subpart: Agency has the meaning given that term in 5 U.S.C. 
5102(a)(1).
    Duty involving physical hardship means duty that may not in itself 
be hazardous, but causes extreme physical discomfort or distress and is 
not adequately alleviated by protective or mechanical devices, such as 
duty involving exposure to extreme temperatures for a long period of 
time, arduous physical exertion, or exposure to fumes, dust, or noise 
that causes nausea, skin, eye, ear, or nose irritation.
    Employee means an employee covered by the General Schedule (i.e., 
covered by chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code).
    Hazardous duty means duty performed under circumstances in which an 
accident could result in serious injury or death, such as duty performed 
on a high structure where protective facilities are not used or on an 
open structure where adverse conditions such as darkness, lightning, 
steady rain, or high wind velocity exist.
    Hazard pay differential means additional pay for the performance of 
hazardous duty or duty involving physical hardship.
    Head of an agency means the head of an agency or an official who has 
been delegated the authority to act for the head of the agency in the 
matter concerned.

[56 FR 20344, May 3, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 33416, June 29, 1994; 64 
FR 69179, Dec. 10, 1999]