[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-19810] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: August 15, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Federal Salary Council; Meetings AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice of meetings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth meetings of the Federal Salary Council will be held at the times and places shown below. At the meetings the Council will continue discussing issues relating to locality-based comparability payments authorized by the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA). Specifically, at the thirty-eighth meeting on September 9, 1994, the Council will consider the establishment or modification of the geographic boundaries of pay localities for future locality-based comparability payments. Both meetings are open to the public. DATE: September 9, 1994, at 10 a.m. ADDRESS: Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 7B09, Washington, DC. DATE: September 28, 1994, at 10 a.m. ADDRESS: Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 5A06A, Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth O'Donnell, Chief, Salary Systems Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 6H31, Washington, DC 20415-0001. Telephone number: (202) 606-2838. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the January 1994 locality comparability payments, the Council recommended and the President's Pay Agent approved 28 locality pay areas; 27 are Metropolitan Statistical Areas or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and the 28th is the Rest of the United States (RUS). The Council also recommended limited criteria for determining ``areas of application''--i.e., counties contiguous to a pay locality or Federal facilities crossing pay locality boundaries. The criteria are: A. County-wide areas of application. To be considered, the affected county must--Be contiguous to a pay locality; Contain at least 2,000 General Schedule (GS) employees; Have a significant level of urbanization; and Demonstrate some common linkage with the survey location for the pay locality. B. Federal facilities crossing pay locality boundaries. To be included in the pay locality, the portion of a Federal facility that crosses pay locality boundaries and is not in the pay locality must-- Have at least 1,000 GS employees; Have the duty station(s) of the majority of the GS employees within 10 miles of the prime critical survey boundary area; and Have a significant number of its employees commuting from the pay locality. The Council welcomes written comments on the identification of pay localities. All such submissions received by September 2, 1994, will be provided to the Council members and included in the record of the September 9, 1994, meeting. The Council will consider brief oral presentations concerning the establishment or modification of pay area boundaries at the September 9, 1994, meeting. Persons wishing to address the Council personally should submit a written request by close of business September 2, 1994. The request should include the name of the person(s) wishing to appear, a short summary of the intended presentation, and an estimate of the time needed. The Council reserves the right to limit oral presentations if time constraints so dictate. Written comments or requests to appear before the Council should be submitted to: Mr. Anthony F. Ingrassia, Acting Chairman, Federal Salary Council, 1900 E Street NW., Room 1340, Washington, DC 20415. The Council will carefully consider oral and written comments before making its recommendations to the President's Pay Agent. The Office of Personnel Management, on behalf of the President's Pay Agent, will later publish proposed regulations regarding the pay area boundaries for a 30-day public comment period. The President Pay Agent will make the final decision on the boundaries and include this decision in its report to the President no later than November 30, 1994. For the President's Pay Agent. Lorraine A. Green, Deputy Director. [FR Doc. 94-19810 Filed 8-12-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325-01-M