Memo (2024): Waiver of Bi-Weekly Limitations on Premium Pay – Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon Wildfires and Flooding

Given that Department of the Interior employees have provided disaster response support for this event under Federal Emergency Management Mission Agreements assigned to the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Department of the Interior employees are authorized a waiver of the bi-weekly limitations on premium pay and are authorized an increase to the calendar year (CY) 2024 pay limitations, as defined by the provisions of 5 U.S.C. §5547, if they perform work in direct response, recovery, emergency management and mitigation efforts for this event. This waiver of bi-weekly pay limitations is effective June 17, 2024, through July 27, 2024.