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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2012-07-13.xml --- 77 135 Friday, July 13, 2012 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Farm Service Agency See Rural Business-Cooperative Service See Rural Housing Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41350 2012-17066 Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Determinations of Nonregulated Status:
Monsanto Co., Soybean Genetically Engineered to Produce Stearidonic Acid, 41350-41351 2012-17168 Findings of No Significant Impact; Preliminary Decisions to Extend Determinations of Nonregulated Status: Bayer CropScience LP, Cotton Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance and Insect Resistance, 41351-41353 2012-17133 Petitions for Determination of Nonregulated Status; Availability: BASF Plant Science, LP, Soybean Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41363-41364 2012-17139 Bayer CropScience LP, Soybean Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41358-41359 2012-17136 Dow AgroSciences LLC, Soybean Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41361-41362 2012-17134 GENECTIVE SA, Maize Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41353-41354 2012-17130 Monsanto Co., Canola Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41357-41358 2012-17132 Monsanto Co., Maize Genetically Engineered with Tissue-Selective Glyphosate Tolerance, etc., 41359-41361 2012-17142 Monsanto Co., Soybean Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41356-41357 2012-17129 Monsanto Co., Soybean Genetically Engineered for Increased Yield, 41354-41355 2012-17164 Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc., Apples Genetically Engineered to Resist Browning, 41362-41363 2012-17144 Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Canola Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41364-41366 2012-17135 Petitions, Plant Pest Risk Assessments, and Environmental Assessments, etc.:
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Corn Genetically Engineered for Insect Resistance, 41366-41367 2012-17161 Petitions, Plant Pest Risk Assessments, etc. for Determination of Nonregulated Status: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Soybean Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance, 41367-41368 2012-17166 Arts and Humanities, National Foundation See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Census Bureau Census Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test, 41370-41371 2012-17099 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services PROPOSED RULES Medicare Programs: Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2013, Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements, etc., 41548-41600 2012-16836 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zones: Newburgh to Beacon Swim, Newburgh, Hudson River, NY, 41271-41273 2012-17085 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Economic Analysis Bureau See Economic Development Administration See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41370 2012-17101 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals; Correction, 41376-41377 2012-17093 Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 41377 2012-17095 Procurement List; Proposed Additions, 41377-41378 2012-17094 Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Second Amendment to Swap Regulation Order, 41260-41266 2012-16987 NOTICES Privacy Act;
Systems of Records, 41378-41384 2012-17087 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41476-41477 2012-17063 Defense Department Defense Department See Navy Department NOTICES Meetings: Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 41384-41385 2012-17111 Defense Nuclear Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board RULES FOIA Fee Schedule Update, 41258-41259 2012-17097 Economic Analysis Bureau Economic Analysis Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Foreign Airline Operator Revenues and Expenses in the U.S., 41371-41372 2012-17138 Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of U.S. Carriers; U.S. Airline Operator Foreign Revenues and Expenses, 41372-41373 2012-17140 Economic Development Economic Development Administration NOTICES Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility to Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 41373 2012-17102 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Applications for New Awards:
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation and Developing Strategies to Meet Employer Needs in Changing Economic Environments, 41387-41391 2012-17190 Final Priorities: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation and Developing Strategies to Meet Employer Needs in Changing Economic Environments, 41391-41394 2012-17186 Requests for Information: Disaggregation of Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Student Data, 41394-41395 2012-17185 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41452-41453 2012-17068 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 41395-41396 2012-17108 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Maryland; Reasonably Available Control Technology for 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 41278-41279 2012-16949 Pennsylvania;
Nonattainment New Source Review; Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), 41276-41278 2012-16943 Pennsylvania; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, 41279-41284 2012-16428 Final Authorization of State-initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program: Louisiana, 41292-41300 2012-16825 Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Revisions to Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II), 41300-41316 2012-16951 Pesticide Tolerances:
Azoxystrobin, 41284-41291 2012-17021 PROPOSED RULES Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Delaware; Control Technique Guidelines for Plastic Parts, Metal Furniture, Large Appliances, and Miscellaneous Metal Parts, 41337-41343 2012-16950 Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: North Dakota; Prevention of Significant Deterioration, Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority and Tailoring Rule, PM2.5, 41343-41346 2012-17141 Final Authorization of State-initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program:
Louisiana, 41348-41349 2012-16827 Proposed Pesticide Tolerances: Trinexapac-ethyl, 41346-41348 2012-17143 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc., 41402-41403 2012-17188 Meetings: Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee, 41403-41404 2012-17160 Equal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 41404 2012-17224 Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents Farm Service Farm Service Agency RULES Disaster Designation Process, 41248-41256 2012-17137 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Limit Change, 41256-41258 2012-17061 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Modification of Class E Airspace:
Plentywood, MT, 41259-41260 2012-16946 NOTICES Proposed Technical Standard Orders, etc., 41473-41475 2012-17115 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Commercial Mobile Alert System, 41331 2012-17125 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41404-41405 2012-17106 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Updated Listing of Financial Institutions in Liquidation, 41405 2012-17116 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Final Flood Elevation Determinations, 41323-41331 2012-17191 Suspension of Community Eligibility, 41320-41323 2012-17060 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission RULES Integration of Variable Energy Resources, 41482-41546 2012-15762 NOTICES Applications:
Mahoning Hydropower, LLC, 41396-41397 2012-17044 Combined Filings, 41397-41399 2012-17149 2012-17150 2012-17157 2012-17158 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations: AV Solar Ranch 1, LLC, 41400 2012-17153 Canadian Hills Wind, LLC, 41400 2012-17152 EC and R O and M, LLC, 41399-41400 2012-17151 GUSC Energy Inc., 41401 2012-17156 Harvest II Windfarm, LLC, 41401 2012-17155 Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC, 41400-41401 2012-17154 Staff Attendances:
California Independent System Operator Meeting, 41402 2012-17045 Techincal Conferences: Review of Small Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures, etc., 41402 2012-16883 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41405-41406 2012-17183 Financial Crimes Financial Crimes Enforcement Network PROPOSED RULES Public Hearing: Request for Comments; Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions, 41334-41336 2012-17065 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Class II Special Controls Guidance Document; Automated Blood Cell Separator Device, 41410-41411 2012-17080 Request for Samples and Protocols, 41408-41410 2012-17079 Determinations that Drugs Were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness: TOPOTECAN INJECTION (Topotecan Hydrochloride) 1 Milligram (Base)/1 Milliliter, 3 Milligram (Base)/3 Milliliter, 4 Milligram (Base)/4 Milliliter, 41411-41412 2012-17090 Determinations that Drugs Were Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness:
CHLOROMYCETIN (Chloramphenicol) Capsules, 250 Milligrams, 41412-41413 2012-17091 Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff: Medical Devices; The Pre-Submission Program and Meetings with FDA Staff, 41413-41415 2012-17078 Enforcement Action Dates: Single-Ingredient, Immediate-Release Drug Products Containing Oxycodone for Oral Administration and Labeled for Human Use; Correction, 41415-41416 2012-17089 Meetings: FDA, Xavier University Global Outsourcing Conference, 41416-41417 2012-17077 Regulatory Science Considerations for Medical Countermeasure Radiation Biodosimetry Devices, 41417-41418 2012-17082 Statement of Cooperation Between FDA and the Secretaria of Health of the United Mexican States:
Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Shellfish Exported from Mexico to the United States, 41418-41428 2012-17081 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Blocked Persons and Property: Designations Pursuant to Executive Order 13224, 41477-41479 2012-16855 Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, 41479-41480 2012-17172 2012-17178 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Reorganizations and Expansions Under Alternative Site Framework: Foreign-Trade Zone 64, Jacksonville, FL, 41374 2012-17159 Foreign-Trade Zone 99, Wilmington, DE, 41373-41374 2012-17167 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41442 2012-17088 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Nomination to the Office of Health Assessment and Translation, 41406 2012-17114 Request for Nominations for Independent Expert Panel and Submission of Relevant Data:
Evaluation of In Vitro Tests for Identifying Eye Injury Hazard Potential of Chemicals and Products, 41406-41408 2012-17118 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S. Customs and Border Protection Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Announcement of Funding Awards; Fair Housing Initiatives Program Fiscal Year 2012, 41436-41441 2012-17131 Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless, 41441 2012-16900 Indian Health Indian Health Service See Indian Health Service NOTICES Proposed Single Source Cooperative Agreement with National Congress of American Indians:
Healthy Lifestyles in Youth Project, 41428-41431 2012-17182 Interior Interior Department See Geological Survey See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service See Ocean Energy Management Bureau Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit, 41270 C1--2012--12421 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, 41374-41375 2012-17147 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 41451-41452 2012-17275 Justice Department Justice Department RULES Federal Bureau of Investigation Anti-Piracy Warning Seal Program, 41316-41320 2012-16506 NOTICES Lodging of Consent Decree Under CERCLA, 41452 2012-17054 Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Draft Orders of the Secretary; Availability: Oil and Gas and Potash Development Within the Designated Potash Area, Eddy and Lea Counties, NM, 41442-41444 2012-16909 Environmental Impact Statements;
Availability, etc.: Rio Puerco Field Office, NM, 41444-41446 2012-17146 Meetings: Utah Resource Advisory Council/Recreation Resource Advisory Council, 41447 2012-17107 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: General Clearance for Guidelines, Applications, and Reporting Forms, 41453-41454 2012-17169 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Impact of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education, etc., 41431-41432 2012-17120 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Arrowtooth Flounder, Flathead Sole, Rex Sole, Deep-water Flatfish, and Shallow-water Flatfish in the Gulf of Alaska Management Area; Closure, 41332-41333 2012-17163 Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska;
Closure, 41332 2012-17162 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Limits on Applications of Take Prohibitions, 41375-41376 2012-17092 Meetings: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 41376 2012-17083 National Park National Park Service NOTICES National Register of Historic Places: Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 41447-41448 2012-17064 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Proposed Modernization and Expansion of Townsend Bombing Range, GA; Public Meetings, 41385-41387 2012-17098 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses: Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.; Withdrawal, 41454 2012-17121 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Entergy Nuclear Indian Point Unit 2, LLC, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point Unit 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 41454-41457 2012-17110 Interim Staff Guidances:
Aging Management Associated with Wall Thinning Due to Erosion Mechanisms, 41457-41458 2012-17117 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Final Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, 41448-41451 2012-17048 Pension Benefit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Paying Benefits, 41270-41271 2012-17165 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Prevailing Rate Systems:
Abolishment of the Washington, D.C. Special Wage Schedule for Printing Positions, 41247-41248 2012-17123 NOTICES Excepted Service, 41458-41460 2012-17128 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Analytical Methods Used in Periodic Reporting, 41336-41337 2012-16570 Postal Service Postal Service PROPOSED RULES Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems; Discontinued Indicia, 41336 2012-17067 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Burma;
Blocking Property of Persons Threatening Peace, Security, or Stability (EO 13619), 41243-41245 2012-17264 Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Disaster Designation Process, 41248-41256 2012-17137 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Limit Change, 41256-41258 2012-17061 Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Service RULES Disaster Designation Process, 41248-41256 2012-17137 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Limit Change, 41256-41258 2012-17061 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service RULES Disaster Designation Process, 41248-41256 2012-17137 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Limit Change, 41256-41258 2012-17061 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;
Availability, etc.: Dairyland Power Cooperative; CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse Transmission Line Project, 41369-41370 2012-17127 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Process for Submissions for Review of Security-Based Swaps for Mandatory Clearing and Notice Filing Requirements for Clearing Agencies: Technical Amendments to Rule 19b-4 and Form 19b-4 Applicable to All Self-Regulatory Organizations, 41602-41661 2012-16233 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Form 1-E, Regulation E, 41463 2012-17074 Form N-4, 41461-41462 2012-17075 Form N-6, 41462-41463 2012-17076 Rule 17f-6, 41463-41464 2012-17071 Rule 206(4)-3, 41461 2012-17073 Rule 30e-2, 41460-41461 2012-17072 Applications: IndexIQ Advisors LLC and IndexIQ Active ETF Trust, 41464-41467 2012-17070 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: C2 Options Exchange, Inc., 41472 C1--2012--16375 NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC, 41467-41472 2012-17096 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Meetings:
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, 41472-41473 2012-17109 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Lion Attacking a Horse, 41473 2012-17179 Projects 98, Slavs and Tartars, 41473 2012-17170 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 41432-41436 2012-17084 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Asset Acquisitions:
El Expreso Group, LLC, from CUSA EE, LLC D/B/A El Expreso, 41475-41476 2012-17184 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Financial Crimes Enforcement Network See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service RULES Extension of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Objects and Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials from Cyprus, 41266-41270 2012-16989 NOTICES Meetings:
Debt Management Advisory Committee, 41476 2012-16947 Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Extension of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Objects and Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials from Cyprus, 41266-41270 2012-16989 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Core Values and Characteristics of the Department, 41273-41276 2012-17069 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 41482-41546 2012-15762 Part III Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 41548-41600 2012-16836 Part IV Securities and Exchange Commission, 41602-41661 2012-16233 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.
To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 77 135 Friday, July 13, 2012 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 532 RIN 3206-AM59 Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Washington, DC, Special Wage Schedule for Printing Positions AGENCY: U.S.
Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule to abolish the Washington, DC, Federal Wage System
(FWS)special wage schedule for printing and lithographic positions. Printing and lithographic employees in the Washington, DC, wage area will now be paid from the regular Washington, DC, appropriated fund FWS wage schedule. This change is necessary because Federal employment in printing and lithographic occupations in the Washington, DC, wage area has declined sharply in recent years, and a separate wage schedule is no longer viable or beneficial to employees. DATES: *Effective date:* This regulation is effective on July 13, 2012. We must receive comments on or before August 13, 2012. *Applicability date:* Agencies will place employees who are paid from the Washington, DC, special wage schedule on the Washington, DC, regular wage schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after October 21, 2012. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Jerome D. Mikowicz, Deputy Associate Director for Pay and Leave, Employee Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; email *pay-leave-policy@opm.gov;* or Fax:
(202)606-4264. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez,
(202)606-2838; email *pay-leave-policy@opm.gov;* or Fax:
(202)606-4264. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management
(OPM)is issuing an interim rule to abolish the Washington, DC, Federal Wage System
(FWS)special wage schedule for printing and lithographic positions. The Department of Defense
(DOD)recommended that we abolish this special wage schedule because Federal employment in printing and lithographic occupations in the Washington, DC, wage area has declined sharply in recent years, from 235 employees in 2004 to 24 today. Of the 24 remaining employees, there are 20 nonsupervisory (XP), 2 leaders (XL), and 2 supervisors
(XS)employed by 10 agencies, and DOD expects the decline to continue. None of the 24 employees benefit from being paid from the special printing schedule compared to what they would be paid under the regular wage schedule for the Washington, DC, wage area. OPM regulations provide that special printing schedules must have three step rates. Section 532.279(g) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, provides that no step 3 rate on a special printing schedule may be less than the maximum rate of the corresponding grade on the regular wage schedule for the wage area. This means that each step 3 printing survey rate is compared to the step 5 regular schedule rate, and the higher rate for each grade is selected for the special printing schedule. The step 3 rates for the first 10 XP and XL grades and all XS grades in the special printing schedule are equal to the step 5 rates in the Washington, DC, regular wage schedule. Although the remaining grades in the XP and XL schedules are higher than the Washington, DC, regular wage schedule step 5 rates, there are no employees in these remaining grades. Printing and lithographic employees will convert to the Washington, DC, FWS regular wage schedule on a grade-by-grade basis. Each employee's new rate of pay will be set at the step-rate for the applicable grade of the regular wage schedule that equals the employee's existing rate of pay. If an employee's existing rate of pay falls between two steps on the regular schedule, the new rate will be set at the higher of the two steps. If an employee's existing rate of pay is higher than the highest rate for his or her grade on the regular schedule, the employee will, if otherwise eligible, be entitled to pay retention. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-management committee that advises OPM on FWS pay matters, reviewed and concurred by consensus with this change. Since the special wage schedule for printing and lithographic occupations in the Washington, DC, wage area was the sole special printing schedule remaining, this interim rule removes section 532.279 from title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. Waiver of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Delay in Effective Date Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), I find that good cause exists to waive the general notice of proposed rulemaking. Also pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), I find that good cause exists for making this rule effective in less than 30 days. The notice of proposed rulemaking is being waived and the regulation is being made effective in less than 30 days because notice and comment on this matter is unnecessary. Federal employment in printing and lithographic occupations in the Washington, DC, wage area has declined sharply in recent years and is expected to continue to decline until there are no printing and lithographic employees left in the wage area; no affected employees will lose pay as result of converting to the FWS regular wage schedule; and, requiring DOD to conduct a full-scale wage survey for the diminishing number of employees in printing and lithographic positions in the Washington, DC, wage area in August 7, 2012, would be an unnecessary expenditure of resources. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that these regulations would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they would 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. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. John Berry, Director. Accordingly, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management amends 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. § 532.279 [Removed] 2. Remove § 532.279. [FR Doc. 2012-17123 Filed 7-12-12; 8:45 am]
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