Section 532.269 - Special wage schedules for Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army navigation lock and dam employees(a) The Department of Defense shall establish special wage schedules for nonsupervisory, leader, and supervisory wage employees of the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, who are engaged in operating lock and dam equipment or who repair and maintain navigation lock and dam operating machinery and equipment.(b) Employees shall be subject to one of the following pay provisions: (1) If all navigation lock and dam installations under a District headquarters office are located within a single wage area, the employees shall be paid from special wage schedules having rates identical to the regular wage schedule applicable to that wage area.(2) If navigation lock and dam installations under a District headquarters office are located in more than one wage area, employees shall be paid from a special wage schedule having rates identical to the regular wage schedule authorized for the headquarters office.(c) Each special wage schedule shall be effective on the same date as the regular schedule on which it is based.55 FR 46145, Nov. 1, 1990