November 29, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2010-11-29-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2010-11-29
Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington; Temporary Relaxation of the Minimum Grade Requirement; Correction
Document Number: C1-2010-29105
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is making a correction to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by revising the administrative rules and regulations contained in part 922, Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington. In an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on August 2, 2006 (71 FR 43641), and adopted as a final rule on November 13, 2006 (71 FR 66093), changes were made to section 922.321(a)(1) to relax the minimum grade requirements for Washington apricots for the 2006 season. The changes were in effect from August 3, 2006, through March 31, 2007. After the effective dates for the changes, the text of an entire paragraph was inadvertently omitted, by AMS, from subsequent issues of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the section was reserved. AMS did not intend for the entire paragraph to be removed. This document corrects that error by adding or reinserting the language that was omitted into Title 7 of the CFR, part 922.
Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting
Document Number: 2010-30169
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on rules to facilitate the most efficient use of the UHF and VHF TV bands. These proposals, an important step toward the agency's spectrum goals as outlined in the National Broadband Plan, would take steps to enable mobile broadband use within spectrum currently reserved for use by TV broadcasters, including through innovations such as channel sharing and generating increased value within the VHF band. 2.......................... OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TITLE: Promoting Expanded Opportunities for Radio TECHNOLOGY. Experimentation and Market Studies under Part 5 of the Commission's Rules and Streamlining Other Related Rules; 2006 Biennial Review of Telecommunications RegulationsPart 2 Administered by the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) (ET Docket No. 06-105). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on steps to promote innovation and efficiency in spectrum use under Part 5 Experimental Radio Service (ERS). 3.......................... OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TITLE: Promoting More Efficient Use of Spectrum TECHNOLOGY AND WIRELESS Through Dynamic Spectrum Use Technologies. TELECOMMUNICATIONS. SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on promoting more intensive and efficient use of the radio spectrum, thereby potentially enabling more effective spectrum management, through dynamic spectrum use technologies.
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2010-30093
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Bandon Marsh, Nestucca Bay, and Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuges, Coos, Tillamook, and Lincoln Counties, OR; Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
Document Number: 2010-30063
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for the Bandon Marsh, Nestucca Bay, and Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), in or near the towns of Bandon, Pacific City, Neskowin, and Lincoln City, Oregon. We will also prepare an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential effects of various CCP alternatives. We provide this notice in compliance with our CCP policy to advise other Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and the public of our intentions and to obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issues to consider during the planning process. We are also announcing public meetings and requesting public comments.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2010-30055
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2010-30050
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Art Advisory Panel-Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-30049
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
A closed meeting of the Art Advisory Panel will be held in Washington, DC.
Medicare Program; Listening Session on Development of Additional Imaging Efficiency Measures for Use in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program
Document Number: 2010-29995
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces a listening session to receive comments regarding the development of additional imaging efficiency measures for use in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP), which is authorized under section 1833(t)(17) of the Social Security Act. The purpose of this listening session is to solicit input from stakeholders to identify additional potential imaging efficiency measures that CMS could consider. Measure developers, hospitals, medical specialty societies, medical professionals, and other interested stakeholders are invited to participate either in person or via teleconference. The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is limited to space and teleconference lines available.
Discretionary Grant Programs
Document Number: 2010-29990
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education announces an additional requirement affecting applicants and grantees. We are taking this action to conform our requirements with final guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on September 14, 2010 (Financial Assistance Use of Universal Identifier and Central Contractor Registration). The new guidance affects an applicant's or grantee's registration of its Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and its Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.
Medicare Program; Town Hall Meeting on the Fiscal Year 2012 Applications for Add-on Payments for New Medical Services and Technologies Under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Informational Workshop on the Application Process and Criteria for Add-on Payments for New Medical Services and Technologies Under the Inpatient and Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems
Document Number: 2010-29989
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces a Town Hall meeting in accordance with section 1886(d)(5)(K)(viii) of the Social Security Act (the Act) to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2012 applications for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Interested parties are invited to this meeting to present their comments, recommendations, and data regarding whether the FY 2012 new medical services and technologies applications meet the substantial clinical improvement criterion. Additionally, we will hold an Informational Workshop for all interested parties on the application process and criteria for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the IPPS and the application processes for the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) transitional pass-through payment for drugs, biological, and devices and new technology ambulatory payment classification (APC) group assignments for new services.
New Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Pipeline Corporate Security Review
Document Number: 2010-29988
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on August 20, 2009, 74 FR 42086. The collection encompasses interviews and site visits with pipeline operators regarding company security planning and implementation.
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Change of Meeting Location
Document Number: 2010-29982
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Agency is issuing this notice to change the meeting location of the December 7, 2010 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) meeting. The FIFRA SAP is meeting to consider and review scientific issues associated with pesticide exposure models and climate change.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Andean Trade Preferences
Document Number: 2010-29981
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Andean Trade Preferences. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).
Information Collection Sent To the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0093; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports-Management Authority
Document Number: 2010-29980
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period of Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permits for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
Document Number: 2010-29978
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 1 (EPA), issued a Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES general permits for discharges from small MS4s to certain waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on November 4, 2010. The draft general permits are the Draft Small MS4 General Permits for Massachusetts Interstate, Merrimack, and South Coastal Watersheds. These three general permits are for the discharge of stormwater from Small MS4s to the waters in these watersheds. The November 4, 2010 notice included information on a public hearing. The notice did not meet the time frames required by 40 CFR 124.10. Therefore, EPA has rescheduled the hearing and extended the comment permit of the draft permits. Throughout this documents the terms ``this permit'' and ``the permit'' will refer to all three general permits. Information on the draft permits, appendices and fact sheet is available at: https://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html.
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0102; Applications for Special Use Permits on National Wildlife Refuges
Document Number: 2010-29977
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2011. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1024-0236; National Park Service Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and Reports
Document Number: 2010-29975
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost, and request public comment on this collection request. This information collection is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
Proposed Information Collection; National Park Service Visitor Survey Card
Document Number: 2010-29974
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on renewal of an information collection approved under OMB Control Number 1024-0216.
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1024-0233; National Park Service Leasing Program
Document Number: 2010-29973
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1024-0022; Backcountry Use Permit
Document Number: 2010-29971
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
Document Number: 2010-29970
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews.
Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Partial Rescission and Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2010-29969
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding in part the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper products from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR) of March 1, 2009, to February 28, 2010, with respect to Max Fortune Industrial Limited (Max Fortune Industrial), Max Fortune (FZ) Paper Products Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Max Fortune (FETDE) Paper Products Co., Ltd.) (Max Fortune Fuzhou), and Fujian Provincial Shaowu City Huaguang Special Craft Co., Ltd. (Huaguang Special Craft). This partial rescission is based on the timely withdrawal of the requests for review by the only interested parties that requested the review of these companies. The Department is also fully extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of this administrative review with respect to Max Fortune (Vietnam) Paper Products Company Limited (Max Fortune Vietnam) to no later than March 31, 2011.
Implementation of Section 203 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA); Amendments to Section 340 of the Communications Act
Document Number: 2010-29968
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission modifies its satellite television ``significantly viewed'' rules to implement Section 203 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). Section 203 of the STELA amends Section 340 of the Communications Act, which gives satellite carriers the authority to offer out-of-market but ``significantly viewed'' broadcast television network stations as part of their local service to subscribers. The STELA requires the Commission to promulgate final rules in this proceeding on or before November 24, 2010.
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Document Number: 2010-29967
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Medicare Program; Application by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) for Deeming Authority for Providers of Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology Services.
Document Number: 2010-29966
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This proposed notice acknowledges the receipt of a deeming application from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) for recognition as a national accrediting organization for providers of outpatient physical therapy and speech-language pathology services that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Section 1865(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act requires that within 60 days of receipt of an organization's complete application, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services publish a notice that identifies the national accrediting body making the request, describes the nature of the request, and provides at least a 30-day public comment period.
Magnesium Metal From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2010-29965
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On May 28, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The review covers one manufacturer/exporter of subject merchandise from the PRC, Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (``TMI''). The period of review (``POR'') is April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010. Following the receipt of a certification of no shipments from TMI, we notified all interested parties of the Department's intent to rescind this review and provided an opportunity to comment on the rescission.\2\ We received no comments. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review.
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee-January 19, 2011
Document Number: 2010-29964
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces that a public meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) (``Committee'') will be held on Wednesday, January 19, 2011. The Committee generally provides advice and recommendations concerning the adequacy of scientific evidence needed to determine whether certain medical items and services can be covered under the Medicare statute. This meeting will focus on the currently available evidence regarding the effects of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs) on health outcomes in adult chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients (pre-dialysis and dialysis). This meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)).
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-Diphosphonic Acid From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2010-29963
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
In response to a timely request by one manufacturer/exporter, Aquapharm Chemicals Pvt., Ltd. (Aquapharm), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) from India with respect to Aquapharm. The review covers the period April 23, 2009, through March 31, 2010. We preliminarily determine that Aquapharm did not make sales below normal value (NV). If the preliminary results are adopted in our final results of the administrative review, we will issue appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland; Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2010-29961
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On August 9, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 47788 (August 9, 2010) (Preliminary Results). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results and received no comments.
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities
Document Number: 2010-29960
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on an information collection under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137-0578, titled ``Reporting Safety-Related Conditions on Gas, Hazardous Liquid, and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities.'' PHMSA is preparing to request approval from OMB for a renewal of the current information collection.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Renewal of Deeming Authority of the National Committee for Quality Assurance for Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organizations and Local Preferred Provider Organizations
Document Number: 2010-29959
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This proposed notice announces the receipt of an application to renew the Medicare Advantage Deeming Authority of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations for a term of 4 years. The new term of approval would begin October 19, 2010, and would end October 18, 2014. In addition, this proposed notice announces a 30- day public comment period on the renewal of the application.
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative and Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program
Document Number: 2010-29958
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announces the availability of financial assistance funds in fiscal year (FY) 2011 for up to $15 million in the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) and up to $25 million in the Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP) through the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). These funding levels are available for new MRBI proposals only. However, CCPI and WREP will not be the only funding mechanisms for MRBI in FY 2011. The Chief of NRCS reserves discretion in utilizing other NRCS conservation program funds and mechanisms in support of the objectives of MRBI. Through agreements, partners and NRCS will provide assistance to eligible participants in the 43 designated focus areas (8-digit HUCs) in the following 13 States: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The purpose of this notice is to solicit proposals from potential partners to enter into agreements with NRCS and to inform agricultural producers and landowners of the future availability of program funds through approved partnership projects. Proposals must be based on one or more 12-digit HUCs within the 43 designated focus areas. Partners who are currently involved in approved MRBI agreements through CCPI or WREP and want to work in other 12-digit watersheds must submit new proposals for a new project.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Customer and Other Partners Satisfaction Surveys
Document Number: 2010-29953
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3507(A)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for the opportunity for pubic comment on the proposed data collection projects, the Clinical Center (CC) of the National Institutes of Health, (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on September 21, 2010, pages 57470-57472 and allowed 60 days for public comments. One comment regarding the use of government resources to conduct surveys was received during the 60-day comment period. The purpose of this notice is to provide an additional 30 days for public comment. 5 CFR 1320.5 Respondents to this request for information collection should not respond unless the request displays a currently valid OMB control number. Proposed Collection: Title: Generic Clearance for Satisfaction Surveys of Customer and Other Partners. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension (OMB Control Number: 0925-0458). Need and Use of Information Collection: The information collected in these surveys will be used by Clinical Center personnel: (1) To evaluate the satisfaction of various Clinical Center customers and other partners with Clinical Center services; (2) to assist with the design of modifications of these services, based on customer input; (3) to develop new services, based on customer need; and (4) to evaluate the satisfaction of various Clinical Center customers and other partners with implemented service modifications. These surveys will almost certainly lead to quality improvement activities that will enhance and/or streamline the Clinical Center's operations. The major mechanisms by which the Clinical Center will request customer input is through surveys and focus groups. The surveys will be tailored specifically to each class of customer and to that class of customer's needs. Surveys will either be collected as written documents, as faxed documents, mailed electronically or collected by telephone from customers. Information gathered from these surveys of Clinical Center customers and other partners will be presented to, and used directly by, Clinical Center management to enhance the services and operations of our organization. Frequency of Response: The participants will respond yearly. Affected Public: Individuals and households, businesses and other for profit, small businesses and organizations. Types of Respondents: These surveys are designed to assess the satisfaction of the Clinical Center's major internal and external customers with the services provided. These customers include, but are not limited to, the following groups of individuals: Clinical Center patients, family members of Clinical Center patients, visitors to the Clinical Center, NIH intramural collaborators, private physicians or organizations who refer patients to the Clinical Center, volunteers, vendors and collaborating commercial enterprises, small businesses, regulators, and other organizations. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New System of Records
Document Number: 2010-29952
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, CMS is establishing a new system of records (SOR) titled, ``Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program National Level Repository'' System No. 09-70-0587. The final rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program implements the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5). Specifically, Title IV of Division B of the Recovery Act amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (the Act) by establishing incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) and Medicare Advantage (MA) Organizations participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. These Recovery Act provisions, together with Title XIII of Division A of the Recovery Act, may be cited as the ``Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act,'' or the ``HITECH Act.'' The final rule specified the initial criteria EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA Organizations must meet in order to qualify for an incentive payment; calculation of the incentive payment amounts; payment adjustments under Medicare for covered professional services and inpatient hospital services provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology beginning in 2015; and other program participation requirements. Also, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a closely related final rule that specified the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for certified EHR technology. ONC has also issued a separate final rule on the establishment of certification programs for health information technology (HIT). To register for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA Organizations will be required to provide the following information: Name, National Provider Identifier (NPI), business address and business phone for each EP, eligible hospital or CAH; Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to which the EP, eligible hospital or CAH wants the incentive payment to be made; For EPs, whether they choose to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program or the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program; For eligible hospitals and CAHs, their CMS Certification Number (CCN); and other information as specified by CMS. EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs will also have the option to provide their e-mail address at the time of registration. MA Organizations will be required to provide their contract number on behalf of their MA-affiliated EPs and hospitals. At this time, participation in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs is voluntary for EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs. Per section 1886(n)(4)(B) of the Act, as added by section 4102(c) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary will post on the Internet Web site of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in an easily understandable format, a list of the names, business addresses, and business phone numbers of the Medicare EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs who are meaningful EHR users in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Sections 1853(m)(5) and 1853(l)(7) of the Act, as added by sections 4101(c) and 4102(c) of the HITECH Recovery Act, require the Secretary to post the same information for EPs and eligible hospitals participating in the MA program as would be required if they were in the Medicare FFS program. Additionally, the Secretary must post the names of the qualifying MA Organizations receiving the incentive payment or payments. The routine uses established with this system contain a proper explanation as to the need for the disclosure provisions and provide clarity to CMS' intention to disclose provider- specific information contained in this system. The primary purpose of this system, called the National Level Repository or NLR, is to collect, maintain, and process information that is required for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Information in this system will also be disclosed to: (1) Support regulatory, incentive payments and policy functions such as evaluation and reporting, whether performed by the Agency or by an Agency contractor or consultant; (2) assist another Federal and/or state agency, agency of a state government, or an agency established by state law; (3) assist in making the individual physician-level participation data available through an Agency website and by various other means of data dissemination; (4) assist the Department's Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology's (ONC's) grantees for the purpose of supporting ``eligible professional'' (EP) adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology; (5) support litigation involving the Agency; (6) combat fraud, waste, and abuse in certain health benefits programs, and (7) assist in a response to a suspected or confirmed breach of the security or confidentiality of information. We have provided background information about this new system in the ``Supplementary Information'' section below. Although the Privacy Act requires only that CMS provide an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the proposed routine uses, CMS invites comments on all portions of this notice. See ``Effective Dates'' section for information about the comment period.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule and Fine Particulate Matter Revision
Document Number: 2010-29951
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a draft revision to the Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Protection Division (EPD), to EPA on September 30, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed revision makes two changes for which EPA is proposing approval in today's rulemaking. First, the proposed SIP revision modifies Georgia's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Specifically, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Georgia's PSD permitting requirements for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Second, the proposed SIP revision incorporates provisions for implementing the PSD program for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The first component of this proposed SIP revision is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm Georgia's permitting resources. The second component of this proposed SIP revision (addressing the PM2.5 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)) is necessary to comply with Federal regulations related to PSD permitting. EPA is proposing approval of Georgia's September 30, 2010, SIP revision because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs and the PM2.5 NAAQS.
National Cancer Institute; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-29950
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-29949
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-29947
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Data Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations
Document Number: 2010-29946
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
National Toxicology Program (NTP): Office of Liaison, Policy, and Review; Availability of Draft NTP Technical Reports; Request for Comments; Announcement of a Panel Meeting to Peer Review Draft NTP Technical Reports
Document Number: 2010-29945
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The NTP announces the availability of draft NTP Technical Reports (TRs; available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/36051) that will be peer-reviewed by an NTP Technical Reports Peer Review Panel at a meeting on January 26, 2011. The meeting is open to the public with time scheduled for oral public comment. The NTP also invites written comments on the draft reports (see ``Request for Comments'' below). Summary minutes from the peer review will be posted on the NTP Web site following the meeting.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority, EPA ICR No. 1676.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0306
Document Number: 2010-29942
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire on 05/31/2011. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Review Panel
Document Number: 2010-29939
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting public nominations of experts to form an SAB panel to review EPA's non-cancer health effects assessment for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee; Meetings
Document Number: 2010-29938
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee (DRBOSAC) will meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to discuss and approve DRBOSAC's report on oil spill prevention and response strategies for the Delaware River and Bay. These meetings will be open to the public.
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