[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: 5CFR550.903]

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                    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. 550.903  Establishment of hazard pay differentials.

    (a) A schedule of hazard pay differentials, the hazardous duties or 
duties involving physical hardship for which they are payable, and the 
period during which they are payable is set out as appendix A to this 
subpart and incorporated in and made a part of this section.
    (b) Amendments to appendix A of this subpart may be made by OPM on 
its own motion or at the request of the head of an agency (or authorized 
designee). The head of an agency (or authorized designee) may recommend 
the rate of hazard pay differential to be established and must submit, 
with its request for an amendment, information about the hazardous duty 
or duty involving physical hardship showing--
    (1) The nature of the duty;

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    (2) The degree to which the employee is exposed to hazard or 
physical hardship;
    (3) The length of time during which the duty will continue to exist;
    (4) The degree to which control may be exercised over the physical 
hardship or hazard; and
    (5) The estimated annual cost to the agency if the request is 
approved.

[56 FR 20344, May 3, 1991, as amended at 64 FR 69179, Dec. 10, 1999]