[Federal Register: June 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 124)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 31153-31154] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr30jn09-1] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each week. ======================================================================== [[Page 31153]] OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 532 RIN 3206-AL83 Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the New Haven-Hartford and New London, CT, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to define the New Haven-Hartford and New London, CT, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas by county rather than by city and town boundaries. Defining the New England FWS wage areas by primarily considering county boundaries provides greater consistency in how OPM defines FWS wage areas and improves the ability to make direct data comparisons with Census Bureau data. The final rule defines the New Haven-Hartford wage area to include Hartford and New Haven Counties, CT, as the survey area and Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, and Tolland Counties, CT, as the area of application and the New London wage area to include New London County, CT, as the survey area and Windham County, CT, as the area of application. DATES: Effective Date: This regulation is effective on June 30, 2009. Applicability date for the New Haven-Hartford, CT, wage area: This rule applies for the full-scale wage survey scheduled to begin in April 2011. Applicability date for the New London, CT, wage area: This rule applies for the full-scale wage survey scheduled to begin in September 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e- mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 24, 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (74 FR 12280) to make the following three changes: (1) Define the New Haven-Hartford and New London, CT, appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas by county rather than by city and town boundaries; (2) Define the New Haven-Hartford wage area to include Hartford and New Haven Counties, CT, as the survey area and Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, and Tolland Counties, CT, as the area of application; and (3) Define the New London wage area to include New London County, CT, as the survey area and Windham County, CT, as the area of application. These changes are based on consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee. The proposed rule had a 30-day comment period, during which OPM received no comments. 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. John Berry, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 0 Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part 532 as follows: PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS 0 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. 0 2. In appendix C to subpart B, the wage area listing for the State of Connecticut is amended by revising the listings for New Haven-Hartford and New London; for the State of Massachusetts, by revising the listing for Central and Western Massachusetts; and for the State of Rhode Island, by revising the listing for Narragansett Bay, to read as follows: Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532--Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas * * * * * Connecticut New Haven-Hartford Survey Area Connecticut: Hartford New Haven Area of Application. Survey area plus: Connecticut: Fairfield Litchfield Middlesex Tolland New London Survey Area Connecticut: New London Area of Application. Survey area plus: Connecticut: Windham * * * * * Massachusetts * * * * * Central and Western Massachusetts Survey Area Massachusetts: The following cities and towns in: Hampden County: Agawam Chicopee East Longmeadow Feeding Hills Hampden Holyoke Longmeadow Ludlow Monson Palmer Southwick Springfield Three Rivers Westfield West Springfield Wilbraham Hampshire County: Easthampton Granby Hadley Northampton South Hadley Worcester County: Warren West Warren Area of Application. Survey area plus: Massachusetts: Berkshire Franklin [[Page 31154]] Worcester (except Blackstone and Millville) The following cities and towns in: Hampshire County: Amherst Belchertown Chesterfield Cummington Goshen Hatfield Huntington Middlefield Pelham Plainfield Southampton Ware Westhampton Williamsburg Worthington Hampden County: Blandford Brimfield Chester Granville Holland Montgomery Russell Tolland Wales Middlesex County: Ashby Shirley Townsend New Hampshire: Belknap Carroll Cheshire Grafton Hillsborough Merrimack Sullivan Vermont: Addison Bennington Caledonia Essex Lamoille Orange Orleans Rutland Washington Windham Windsor * * * * * Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Survey Area Rhode Island: Bristol Newport The following cities and towns: Kent County: Anthony Coventry East Greenwich Greene Warwick West Warwick Providence County: Ashton Burrillville Central Falls Cranston Cumberland Cumberland Hill East Providence Esmond Forestdale Greenville Harrisville Johnston Lincoln Manville Mapleville North Providence North Smithfield Oakland Pascoag Pawtucket Providence Saylesville Slatersville Smithfield Valley Falls Wallum Lake Woonsocket Washington County: Davisville Galilee Lafayette Narragansett North Kingstown Point Judith Quonset Point Saunderstown Slocum Massachusetts: The following cities and towns: Bristol County: Attleboro Fall River North Attleboro Rehoboth Seekonk Somerset Swansea Westport Norfolk County: Caryville Plainville South Bellingham Worcester County: Blackstone Millville Area of Application. Survey area plus: Rhode Island: The following cities and towns in: Kent County: West Greenwich Providence County: Foster Glocester Scituate Washington County: Charlestown Exeter Hopkinton New Shoreham Richmond South Kingstown Westerly Massachusetts: The following cities and towns in: Bristol County: Acushnet Berkley Dartmouth Dighton Fairhaven Freetown Mansfield New Bedford Norton Raynham Taunton * * * * * [FR Doc. E9-15474 Filed 6-29-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325-39-P