(a) If the Board finds that a different normal cost is warranted based on an agency appeal, it will establish a single agency rate for the category of employees in that agency.
(b) The single agency rate will be effective at the beginning of the first pay period beginning 30 days after the date of the Board's decision.
(c) A single agency rate may be higher or lower than the published normal cost percentage and will remain in force for not less than 3 years.
(d) After a single agency rate has been in force for at least 3 years, OPM may—
(1) Require, no more often than annually, that the agency justify continuation of the rate; and/or
(2) When it publishes a notice of normal cost percentages under § 841.407, terminate the single agency rate.
[51 FR 47187, Dec. 31, 1986, as amended at 82 FR 49281, Oct. 25, 2017]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199
cite as: 5 CFR 841.412