August 8, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and the expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on May 23, 2005, [FR 70, page 29553].

This action revises Very High Frequency Omni-directional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-9, V-50, V-67, V-69, V-129, V-173 and V-233; and Jet Routes J-35, J-80, J-101 and J-137 over the Springfield, IL area. The FAA is taking this action due to the relocation of the Capital VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and the renaming of the ``Capital VORTAC'' to the ``Spinner VORTAC'' to enhance the management of aircraft operations over the Springfield, IL area.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is soliciting comments on its proposal to create a voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) Grapes. AMS has received a request from an industry group representing muscadine grape growers to develop a standard for Muscadine Grapes. This proposal will provide a common language for trade and a means of measuring value in the marketing of muscadine grapes, thus promoting orderly and efficient marketing of muscadine grapes.

The Legal Services Corporation (``LSC'' or ``Corporation'') is amending its regulations relating to financial eligibility for LSC- funded legal services and client retainer agreements. The revisions are intended to reorganize the regulation to make it easier to read and follow; simplify and streamline the requirements of the rule to ease administrative burdens faced by LSC recipients in implementing the regulation and to aid LSC in enforcement of the regulation; and to clarify the focus of the regulation on the financial eligibility of applicants for LSC-funded legal services.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Richland- Lexington Airport District for Columbia Metropolitan Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements.

This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), will be conducting consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments on potential issues in Indian Education Programs. The potential issues will be set forth and described in a tribal consultation booklet to be issued prior to the meetings by the Office of Indian Education Programs. The proposed topics are: a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Education regarding education programs for BIA-funded schools, the proposed restructuring of the Office of Indian Education Programs, and a draft policy of the Office of Facilities Management and Construction establishing standards for ``high risk'' grantees seeking construction grants in excess of $100,000.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Premarket Notification for a New Dietary Ingredient'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

This document amends the applicability date of final regulations under sections 883(a) and (c) (TD 9087) which were published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2003 (68 FR 51394). Those final regulations relate to income derived by a foreign corporation from the international operation of ships or aircraft.

This proposed rule would refine the resource-based practice expense relative value units (PE RVUs) and propose changes to payment based on supplemental survey data for practice expense and revisions to our methodology for calculating practice expense RVUs, as well as make other proposed changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. We are also proposing policy changes related to revisions to malpractice RVUs, in addition to revising the list of telehealth services. In this proposed rule, we also discuss multiple procedure payment reduction for diagnostic imaging, and several coding issues. We are proposing these changes to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. This proposed rule also discusses geographic locality changes; payment for covered outpatient drugs and biologicals; supplemental payments to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs); payment for renal dialysis services; the national coverage decision (NCD) process; coverage of screening for glaucoma; private contracts; and physician referrals for nuclear medicine services and supplies to health care entities with which they have financial relationships. In addition, we include discussions on payment for teaching anesthesiologists, the therapy cap, the chiropractic demonstration and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR).