Differential Pay for Prescribed Wildland Fire Activities
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Aug. 14, 2026. Document 2026-16687. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.
- What it does
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to add prescribed (planned) wildland fire duties as covered activities triggering payment of Hazardous Duty Pay (HDP) for General Schedule (GS) employees and Environmental Differential Pay (EDP) for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees. The final rule authorizes a 25 percent differential for GS and FWS employees participating as a member of a firefighting crew engaged in activities on the fireline directly involving the implementation and control of prescribed wildland fires.
The Personnel Management Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
2 parts of Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Personnel Management Office has published 29 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 14 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3206-AO76 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective date: This regulation is effective September 14, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-16687 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Personnel Management Office |
| Published | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| Effective date | Sept. 14, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 3206-AO76 |
| Docket | OPM-2026-0199 |
| Significant (marked in the Federal Register) | Yes |
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