# Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain 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 redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following wage areas: Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI.
**DATES:**
*Effective date:* This regulation is effective on May 4, 2009. *Applicability date:* Agencies will place affected employees on their new wage schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after June 3, 2009.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-mail *[email protected];* or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (74 FR 1948) to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. This proposed rule would redefine the following counties:
• Chilton County, AL, to the Birmingham, AL, area of application;
• Broomfield County, CO, to the Denver, CO, survey area;
• Clarke, Spotsylvania, and Warren Counties, VA; Fredericksburg City, VA; and Jefferson County, WV, to the Washington, DC, area of application;
• Jasper, Lamar, and Meriwether Counties, GA, to the Atlanta, GA, area of application;
• Kenosha County, WI, to the Chicago, IL, area of application;
• Brown County, IN, to the Indianapolis, IN, area of application;
• Union County, SD, to the Omaha, NE, area of application;
• Washington County, IN, to the Louisville, KY, area of application;
• Queen Anne's County, MD, to the Baltimore, MD, area of application;
• Moniteau County, MO, to the St. Louis, MO, area of application;
• Hunterdon County, NJ, and Pike County, PA, to the New York, NY, area of application; and
• Carbon County, PA, to the Philadelphia, PA, area of application.
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.
**5 CFR Part 532**
Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management 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; § 532.707 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552.
2. Appendix C to subpart B is amended by revising the wage area listings for Birmingham, AL; Denver, CO; Wilmington, DE; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, GA; Macon, GA; Chicago, IL; Bloomington-Bedford-Washington, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA; Eastern South Dakota; Richmond, VA; and Milwaukee, WI, to read as follows:
**Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 532—Appropriated Fund Wage and Survey Areas**
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| Alabama: |
| Jefferson |
| St. Clair |
| Shelby |
| Tuscaloosa |
| Walker |
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| Alabama: |
| Bibb |
| Blount |
| Chilton |
| Cullman |
| Fayette |
| Greene |
| Hale |
| Lamar |
| Marengo |
| Perry |
| Pickens |
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| * * * * * |
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| Colorado: |
| Adams |
| Arapahoe |
| Boulder |
| Broomfield |
| Denver |
| Douglas |
| Gilpin |
| Jefferson |
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| Colorado: |
| Clear Creek |
| Eagle |
| Elbert |
| Garfield |
| Grand |
| Jackson |
| Lake |
| Larimer |
| Logan |
| Morgan |
| Park |
| Phillips |
| Pitkin |
| Rio Blanco |
| Routt |
| Sedgwick |
| Summit |
| Washington |
| Weld |
| Yuma |
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| * * * * * |
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| Delaware: |
| Kent |
| New Castle |
| Maryland: |
| Cecil |
| New Jersey: |
| Salem |
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| Delaware: |
| Sussex |
| Maryland: |
| Caroline |
| Dorchester |
| Kent |
| Somerset |
| Talbot |
| Wicomico |
| Worcester (Does not include the Assateague Island portion.) |
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| * * * * * |
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| District of Columbia: |
| Washington, DC |
| Maryland: |
| Charles |
| Frederick |
| Montgomery |
| Prince George's |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Alexandria |
| Fairfax |
| Falls Church |
| Manassas |
| Manassas Park |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Arlington |
| Fairfax |
| Loudoun |
| Prince William |
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| Maryland: |
| Calvert |
| St. Mary's |
| Virginia (city): |
| Fredericksburg |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Clarke |
| Fauquier |
| King George |
| Spotsylvania |
| Stafford |
| Warren |
| West Virginia: |
| Jefferson |
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| * * * * * |
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| * * * * * |
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| Georgia: |
| Butts |
| Cherokee |
| Clayton |
| Cobb |
| De Kalb |
| Douglas |
| Fayette |
| Forsyth |
| Fulton |
| Gwinnett |
| Henry |
| Newton |
| Paulding |
| Rockdale |
| Walton |
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| Georgia: |
| Banks |
| Barrow |
| Bartow |
| Carroll |
| Chattooga |
| Clarke |
| Coweta |
| Dawson |
| Fannin |
| Floyd |
| Franklin |
| Gilmer |
| Gordon |
| Greene |
| Habersham |
| Hall |
| Haralson |
| Heard |
| Jackson |
| Jasper |
| Lamar |
| Lumpkin |
| Madison |
| Meriwether |
| Morgan |
| Murray |
| Oconee |
| Oglethorpe |
| Pickens |
| Pike |
| Polk |
| Rabun |
| Spalding |
| Stephens |
| Towns |
| Union |
| White |
| Whitfield |
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| * * * * * |
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| Georgia (counties): |
| Chattahoochee |
| Georgia (consolidated government): |
| Columbus |
| Alabama: |
| Autauga |
| Elmore |
| Lee |
| Macon |
| Montgomery |
| Russel |
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| Georgia: |
| Harris |
| Marion |
| Quitman |
| Schley |
| Stewart |
| Talbot |
| Taylor |
| Webster |
| Alabama: |
| Bullock |
| Butler |
| Chambers |
| Coosa |
| Crenshaw |
| Dallas |
| Lowndes |
| Pike |
| Tallapoosa |
| Wilcox |
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| Georgia: |
| Bibb |
| Houston |
| Jones |
| Laurens |
| Twiggs |
| Wilkinson |
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| Georgia: |
| Baldwin |
| Bleckley |
| Crawford |
| Crisp |
| Dodge |
| Dooly |
| Hancock |
| Johnson |
| Macon |
| Monroe |
| Montgomery |
| Peach |
| Pulaski |
| Putnam |
| Telfair |
| Treutlen |
| Upson |
| Washington |
| Wheeler |
| Wilcox |
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| * * * * * |
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| * * * * * |
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| Illinois: |
| Cook |
| Du Page |
| Kane |
| Lake |
| McHenry |
| Will |
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| Illinois: |
| Boone |
| De Kalb |
| Grundy |
| Iroquois |
| Kankakee |
| Kendall |
| La Salle |
| Lee |
| Livingston |
| Ogle |
| Stephenson |
| Winnebago |
| Indiana: |
| Benton |
| Jasper |
| Lake |
| La Porte |
| Newton |
| Porter |
| Pulaski |
| Starke |
| Wisconsin: |
| Kenosha |
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| |
| Indiana: |
| Daviess |
| Greene |
| Knox |
| Lawrence |
| Martin |
| Monroe |
| Orange |
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| Indiana: |
| Crawford |
| Dubois |
| Gibson |
| Jackson |
| Owen |
| Perry |
| Pike |
| Posey |
| Spencer |
| Vanderburgh |
| Warrick |
| Illinois: |
| Edwards |
| Gallatin |
| Hardin |
| Lawrence |
| Richland |
| Wabash |
| White |
| Kentucky: |
| Crittenden |
| Daviess |
| Hancock |
| Henderson |
| Livingston |
| McLean |
| Ohio |
| Union |
| Webster |
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| * * * * * |
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| Indiana: |
| Boone |
| Hamilton |
| Hancock |
| Hendricks |
| Johnson |
| Marion |
| Morgan |
| Shelby |
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| Indiana: |
| Bartholomew |
| Brown |
| Clay |
| Clinton |
| Decatur |
| Delaware |
| Fayette |
| Fountain |
| Henry |
| Madison |
| Montgomery |
| Parke |
| Putnam |
| Rush |
| Sullivan |
| Tippecanoe |
| Tipton |
| Vermillion |
| Vigo |
| Warren |
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| * * * * * |
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| * * * * * |
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| Kentucky: |
| Bullitt |
| Hardin |
| Jefferson |
| Oldham |
| Indiana: |
| Clark |
| Floyd |
| Jefferson |
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| Kentucky: |
| Breckinridge |
| Grayson |
| Hart |
| Henry |
| Larue |
| Meade |
| Nelson |
| Shelby |
| Spencer |
| Trimble |
| Indiana: |
| Harrison |
| Jennings |
| Scott |
| Washington |
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| * * * * * |
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| * * * * |
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| Maryland: |
| Baltimore City |
| Anne Arundel |
| Baltimore |
| Carroll |
| Harford |
| Howard |
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| Maryland: |
| Queen Anne's |
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| |
| Maryland: |
| Washington |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Franklin |
| West Virginia: |
| Berkeley |
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| Maryland: |
| Allegany |
| Garrett |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Fulton |
| Virginia (cities): |
| Harrisonburg |
| Winchester |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Culpeper |
| Frederick |
| Greene |
| Madison |
| Page |
| Rappahannock |
| Rockingham |
| Shenandoah |
| West Virginia: |
| Hampshire |
| Hardy |
| Mineral |
| Morgan |
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| * * * * * |
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| * * * * * |
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| Missouri: |
| St. Louis City |
| Franklin |
| Jefferson |
| St. Charles |
| St. Louis |
| Illinois: |
| Clinton |
| Madison |
| Monroe |
| St. Clair |
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| Missouri: |
| Audrain |
| Boone |
| Callaway |
| Clark |
| Cole |
| Crawford |
| Gasconade |
| Knox |
| Lewis |
| Lincoln |
| Marion |
| Moniteau |
| Monroe |
| Montgomery |
| Osage |
| Pike |
| Ralls |
| Randolph |
| St. Francois |
| Ste. Genevieve |
| Scotland |
| Shelby |
| Warren |
| Washington |
| Illinois: |
| Alexander |
| Bond |
| Calhoun |
| Clay |
| Effingham |
| Fayette |
| Franklin |
| Greene |
| Hamilton |
| Jackson |
| Jefferson |
| Jersey |
| Johnson |
| Macoupin |
| Marion |
| Massac |
| Montgomery |
| Morgan |
| Perry |
| Pike |
| Pope |
| Pulaski |
| Randolph |
| Saline |
| Scott |
| Union |
| Washington |
| Wayne |
| Williamson |
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| Missouri: |
| Christian |
| Greene |
| Laclede |
| Phelps |
| Pulaski |
| Webster |
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| Missouri: |
| Barry |
| Barton |
| Benton |
| Bollinger |
| Butler |
| Camden |
| Cape Girardeau |
| Carter |
| Cedar |
| Dade |
| Dallas |
| Dent |
| Douglas |
| Hickory |
| Howell |
| Iron |
| Jasper |
| Lawrence |
| McDonald |
| Madison |
| Maries |
| Miller |
| Mississippi |
| Morgan |
| New Madrid |
| Newton |
| Oregon |
| Ozark |
| Perry |
| Polk |
| Reynolds |
| Ripley |
| St. Clair |
| Scott |
| Shannon |
| Stoddard |
| Stone |
| Taney |
| Texas |
| Vernon |
| Wayne |
| Wright |
| Kansas: |
| Cherokee |
| Crawford |
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| * * * * * |
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| Nebraska: |
| Douglas |
| Lancaster |
| Sarpy |
| Iowa: |
| Pottawattamie |
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| Nebraska: |
| Adams |
| Antelope |
| Arthur |
| Blaine |
| Boone |
| Boyd |
| Brown |
| Buffalo |
| Burt |
| Butler |
| Cass |
| Cedar |
| Chase |
| Cherry |
| Clay |
| Colfax |
| Cuming |
| Custer |
| Dakota |
| Dawson |
| Dixon |
| Dodge |
| Dundy |
| Fillmore |
| Franklin |
| Frontier |
| Furnas |
| Gage |
| Garfield |
| Gosper |
| Grant |
| Greeley |
| Hall |
| Hamilton |
| Harlan |
| Hayes |
| Hitchcock |
| Holt |
| Hooker |
| Howard |
| Jefferson |
| Johnson |
| Kearney |
| Keith |
| Keya Paha |
| Knox |
| Lincoln |
| Logan |
| Loup |
| McPherson |
| Madison |
| Merrick |
| Nance |
| Nemaha |
| Nuckolls |
| Otoe |
| Pawnee |
| Perkins |
| Phelps |
| Pierce |
| Platte |
| Polk |
| Red Willow |
| Richardson |
| Rock |
| Saline |
| Saunders |
| Seward |
| Sherman |
| Stanton |
| Thayer |
| Thomas |
| Thurston |
| Valley |
| Washington |
| Wayne |
| Webster |
| Wheeler |
| York |
| Iowa: |
| Adams |
| Audubon |
| Buena Vista |
| Cass |
| Cherokee |
| Clay |
| Crawford |
| Fremont |
| Harrison |
| Ida |
| Mills |
| Monona |
| Montgomery |
| O'Brien |
| Page |
| Palo Alto |
| Plymouth |
| Pocahontas |
| Sac |
| Shelby |
| Sioux |
| Taylor |
| Woodbury |
| South Dakota: |
| Union |
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| New York: |
| Bronx |
| Kings |
| Nassau |
| New York |
| Queens |
| Suffolk |
| Westchester |
| New Jersey: |
| Bergen |
| Essex |
| Hudson |
| Middlesex |
| Morris |
| Passaic |
| Somerset |
| Union |
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| New York: |
| Putnam |
| Richmond |
| Rockland |
| New Jersey: |
| Hunterdon |
| Monmouth |
| Ocean (Excluding the Fort Dix Military Reservation) |
| Sussex |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Pike |
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| Pennsylvania: |
| Bucks |
| Chester |
| Delaware |
| Montgomery |
| Philadelphia |
| New Jersey: |
| Burlington |
| Camden |
| Gloucester |
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| Pennsylvania: |
| Carbon |
| Lehigh |
| Northampton |
| New Jersey: |
| Atlantic |
| Cape May |
| Cumberland |
| Mercer |
| Ocean (Fort Dix Military Reservation only) |
| Warren |
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| * * * * * |
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| Pennsylvania: |
| Lackawanna |
| Luzerne |
| Monroe |
| |
| Pennsylvania: |
| Bradford |
| Columbia |
| Lycoming (Excluding Allenwood Federal Prison Camp) |
| Sullivan |
| Susquehanna |
| Wayne |
| Wyoming |
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| * * * * * |
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| South Dakota: |
| Minnehaha |
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| South Dakota: |
| Aurora |
| Beadle |
| Bennett |
| Bon Homme |
| Brookings |
| Brown |
| Brule |
| Buffalo |
| Campbell |
| Charles Mix |
| Clark |
| Clay |
| Codington |
| Corson |
| Davison |
| Day |
| Deuel |
| Dewey |
| Douglas |
| Edmunds |
| Faulk |
| Grant |
| Gregory |
| Haakon |
| Hamlin |
| Hand |
| Hanson |
| Hughes |
| Hutchinson |
| Hyde |
| Jerauld |
| Jones |
| Kingsbury |
| Lake |
| Lincoln |
| Lyman |
| McCook |
| McPherson |
| Marshall |
| Mellette |
| Miner |
| Moody |
| Potter |
| Roberts |
| Sanborn |
| Spink |
| Stanley |
| Sully |
| Todd |
| Tripp |
| Turner |
| Walworth |
| Washabaugh |
| Yankton |
| Ziebach |
| Iowa: |
| Dickinson |
| Emmet |
| Lyon |
| Osceola |
| Minnesota: |
| Jackson |
| Lincoln |
| Lyon |
| Murray |
| Nobles |
| Pipestone |
| Rock |
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| Virginia (cities): |
| Colonial Heights |
| Hopewell |
| Petersburg |
| Richmond |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Charles City |
| Chesterfield |
| Dinwiddie |
| Goochland |
| Hanover |
| Henrico |
| New Kent |
| Powhatan |
| Prince George |
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| Virginia (cities): |
| Charlottesville |
| Emporia |
| Virginia (counties): |
| Albemarle |
| Amelia |
| Brunswick |
| Buckingham |
| Caroline |
| Charlotte |
| Cumberland |
| Essex |
| Fluvanna |
| Greensville |
| King and Queen |
| King William |
| Lancaster |
| Louisa |
| Lunenberg |
| Mecklenburg |
| Middlesex |
| Northumberland |
| Nottoway |
| Orange |
| Prince Edward |
| Richmond |
| Sussex |
| Westmoreland |
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| Wisconsin: |
| Milwaukee |
| Ozaukee |
| Washington |
| Waukesha |
| |
| Wisconsin: |
| Brown |
| Calumet |
| Door |
| Fond du Lac |
| Kewaunee |
| Manitowoc |
| Outagamie |
| Racine |
| Sheboygan |
| Walworth |
| Winnebago |