[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: 5CFR550.906]

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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. 550.906  Termination of hazard pay differential.

    An agency shall discontinue payment of hazard pay differential to an 
employee when--
    (a) One or more of the conditions requisite for such payment ceases 
to exist;
    (b) Safety precautions have reduced the element of hazard to a less 
than significant level of risk, consistent with generally accepted 
standards that may be applicable, such as those published by the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor; or

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    (c) Protective or mechanical devices have adequately alleviated 
physical discomfort or distress.

[56 FR 20345, May 3, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 33417, June 29, 1994]