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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
20 CFR Part 404
RIN 0960–AG39
Extension of the Expiration Date for
the Digestive Listings
AGENCY:
Social Security Administration
(SSA).
ACTION:
Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We use the Listing of
Impairments (the listings) in appendix 1
to subpart P of this part, at the third step
of the sequential evaluation process
when we evaluate your claim for
benefits based on disability under title
II and title XVI of the Social Security
Act (the Act). This final rule extends
until July 2, 2007, the date on which the
listings for the digestive system will no
longer be effective.
Other than extending the date during
which the digestive listings will be
effective, we have made no revisions to
the listings; they remain the same as
they now appear in the Code of Federal
Regulations. This extension will ensure
that we continue to have medical
evaluation criteria in the listings to
adjudicate disability claims in this body
system at the third step of the sequential
evaluation process.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
May 5, 2006.
Electronic Version
The electronic file of this document is
available on the date of publication in
the Federal Register at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Lively, Team Leader, Social
Insurance Specialist, Office of Disability
Programs, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21235–6401, (410) 966–1180 or TTY
(410) 966–5609. For information on
eligibility or filing for benefits, call our
national toll-free number, 1–800–772–
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1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit
our Internet Web site, Social Security
Online, at https://
www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We use
the listings at the third step of the
sequential evaluation process to
evaluate claims filed by adults and
children for benefits based on disability
under the title II and title XVI programs.
The listings are in two parts. There are
listings for adults (part A) and for
children (part B). If you are an
individual age 18 or over, we apply the
listings in part A when we assess your
claim, and we never use the listings in
part B. If you are an individual under
age 18, we first use the criteria in part
B of the listings. If the listings in part
B do not apply and the specific disease
process(es) has a similar effect on adults
and children, we then use the criteria in
part A (see 20 CFR 404.1525 and
416.925).
As a result of medical advances in
disability evaluation and treatment, as
well as our program experience, we
periodically review and update the
listings. On November 14, 2001, we
published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal
Register (66 FR 57009) that proposed
revisions to the digestive system
listings. On April 24, 2002, we
published final rules, entitled
‘‘Technical Revisions to Medical
Criteria for Determinations of
Disability’’ (67 FR 20018), which
incorporated minor technical changes to
the digestive listings to include
references to modern imaging
techniques and added listings 5.09 and
105.09 for liver transplantation. On
November 8, 2004, we published a
notice providing a 60-day extension of
the comment period on the NPRM for
the limited purpose of accepting
comments regarding chronic liver
disease (69 FR 64702). We then held an
outreach meeting in Cambridge,
Massachusetts on November 14, 2004,
regarding our listings for chronic liver
disease. Finally, in final rules published
on June 16, 2005 (68 FR 36911), we
extended the expiration date for the
digestive system listings until July 3,
2006.
We intend to publish final rules to
update the digestive listings as
expeditiously as possible; however, we
will not be able to publish revised
listings for the digestive body systems
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by July 3, 2006, the current expiration
date. Therefore, in this final rule, we are
extending the current expiration date for
the digestive listings until July 2, 2007.
Regulatory Procedures
Justification for Final Rule
Pursuant to section 702(a)(5) of the
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5),
we follow the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) rulemaking procedures
specified in 5 U.S.C. 553 in the
development of regulations. The APA
provides exceptions to its notice and
public comment procedures when an
agency finds there is good cause for
dispensing with such procedures on the
basis that they are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. We have determined that,
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), good cause
exists for dispensing with the notice and
public comment procedures for this
rule, because this final rule only extends
the date on which the digestive listings
will no longer be effective. It makes no
substantive changes to those listings.
The current regulations expressly
provide that listings may be extended,
as well as revised and promulgated
again. Therefore, we have determined
that opportunity for prior comment is
unnecessary, and we are issuing this
regulation as a final rule.
In addition, we find good cause for
dispensing with the 30-day delay in the
effective date of a substantive rule, as
provided for by 5 U.S.C. 553(d). As
explained above, we are not making any
substantive changes in the digestive
body system listings. However, without
an extension of the expiration dates for
these listings, we will lack regulatory
criteria for assessing impairments of the
digestive system at the third step of the
sequential evaluation process. In order
to ensure that we continue to have
regulatory criteria for assessing
impairments under these listings, we
find that it is in the public’s interest to
make this final rule effective on the date
of publication.
Executive Order 12866
We have consulted with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and
determined that this final rule does not
meet the criteria for a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866, as amended by Executive Order
13258. We have also determined that
this final rule meets the plain language
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requirement of Executive Order 12866,
as amended by Executive Order 13258.
Federal Highway Administration
Regulatory Flexibility Act
We certify that this final rule will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities
because it affects only individuals.
Therefore, a regulatory flexibility
analysis, as provided in the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, as amended, is not
required.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule imposes no reporting/
recordkeeping requirements
necessitating clearance by OMB.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 96.001, Social Security—
Disability Insurance; 96.002, Social
Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004,
Social Security—Survivors Insurance;
96.006, Supplemental Security Income)
List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 404
Administrative practice and
procedure, Blind, Disability benefits,
Old-Age, Survivors and Disability
Insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Social Security.
Dated: May 1, 2006.
Jo Anne B. Barnhart,
Commissioner of Social Security.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, part 404, subpart P, chapter
III of title 20 of the Code of Federal
Regulations is amended as set forth
below.
I
PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE,
SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY
INSURANCE (1950– )
Subpart P—[Amended]
1. The authority citation for subpart P
of part 404 continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: Secs. 202, 205(a), (b), and (d)–
(h), 216(i), 221(a) and (i), 222(c), 223, 225,
and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 402, 405(a), (b), and (d)–(h), 416(i),
421(a) and (i), 422(c), 423, 425, and
902(a)(5)); sec. 211(b), Pub. L. 104–193, 110
Stat. 2105, 2189.
2. Appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404
is amended by revising item 6 of the
introductory text before part A to read
as follows:
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Appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404—
Listing of Impairments
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6. Digestive System (5.00 and 105.00): July
2, 2007.
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23 CFR Part 625
[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2005–22476]
RIN 2125–AF06
Design Standards for Highways;
Interstate System
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Through this final rule the
FHWA is adopting the revised design
standards that apply to highway
construction and reconstruction projects
on the Interstate System. The FHWA is
adopting as its design standards the
current version of the American
Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO)
publication entitled A Policy on Design
Standards Interstate System, January
2005. This publication has replaced the
previous version of this policy
published in 1991.
DATES: This final rule is effective June
5, 2006. The incorporation by reference
of the publication listed in this
regulation is approved by the Director of
the Office of the Federal Register as of
June 5, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information: Mr. Jon
Obenberger, Office of Program
Administration (HIPA–20), (202) 366–
2221. For legal information: Mr. Robert
Black, Office of the Chief Counsel
(HCC–32), (202) 366–1359, Federal
Highway Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to
4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
This document, the NPRM, and all
comments received may be viewed
online through the Document
Management System (DMS) at: https://
dmses.dot.gov/submit. The DMS is
available 24 hours each day, 365 days
each year. Electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines are
available under the help section of the
Web site.
An electronic copy of this document
may also be downloaded from the Office
of the Federal Register’s home page at:
https://www.archives.gov and the
Government Printing Office’s Web page
at: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
The current design standards are on
file at the Office of the Federal Register
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in Washington, DC, and are available for
inspection and copying at the FHWA
Washington, DC, Headquarters and field
offices as prescribed in 49 CFR part 7.
Copies of the current AASHTO
publications are also available for
purchase by ordering from their Web
site at https://www.aashto.org.
Background
The standards, policies, and standard
specifications that have been approved
by the FHWA for application on all
construction and reconstruction projects
on the National Highway System (NHS)
are incorporated by reference in 23 CFR
part 625 (Design Standards for
Highways). For the Interstate System,
the current document specified in
§ 625.4(a)(2) is the 1991 edition of A
Policy on Design Standards—Interstate
System 1 (Interstate Standards). The
Interstate Standards were revised in
January 2005 2 and the FHWA is
adopting this latest edition as its
geometric design standards for all
construction and reconstruction projects
on the Interstate System.
The Interstate Standards, being only 6
pages, are not intended to be a ‘‘stand
alone’’ document for all of the geometric
design standards that are used in the
development of projects on the
Interstate System. Other publications,
such as A Policy on Geometric Design of
Highways and Streets and the Standard
Specifications for Highway Bridges 3 are
referenced in the Interstate Standards
and used for all geometric design issues
not specifically addressed in the
Interstate Standards.
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The FHWA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on
November 30, 2005 (70 FR 71792). In
the NPRM, the FHWA proposed to
adopt AASHTO’s publication entitled A
Policy on Design Standards Interstate
System, January 2005, as the FHWA’s
policy on geometric design standards for
all construction and reconstruction
projects on the Interstate System.
Discussion of Comments
The FHWA received one submittal
with eight comments from a State
Department of Transportation (DOT).
1 A Policy on Design Standards Interstate System,
1991, is available by ordering from AASHTO at
their Web site at https://www.aashto.org.
2 A Policy on Design Standards Interstate System,
January 2005, is available by ordering from
AASHTO at their Web site at https://
www.aashto.org.
3 A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and
Streets and Standard Specifications for Highway
Bridges are available by ordering from AASHTO at
their Web site at https://www.aashto.org.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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Regulations
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
20 CFR Part 404
RIN 0960-AG39
Extension of the Expiration Date for the Digestive Listings
AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We use the Listing of Impairments (the listings) in appendix 1
to subpart P of this part, at the third step of the sequential
evaluation process when we evaluate your claim for benefits based on
disability under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act (the
Act). This final rule extends until July 2, 2007, the date on which the
listings for the digestive system will no longer be effective.
Other than extending the date during which the digestive listings
will be effective, we have made no revisions to the listings; they
remain the same as they now appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
This extension will ensure that we continue to have medical evaluation
criteria in the listings to adjudicate disability claims in this body
system at the third step of the sequential evaluation process.
DATES: This final rule is effective on May 5, 2006.
Electronic Version
The electronic file of this document is available on the date of
publication in the Federal Register at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Lively, Team Leader, Social
Insurance Specialist, Office of Disability Programs, 107 Altmeyer
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 966-
1180 or TTY (410) 966-5609. For information on eligibility or filing
for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY
1-800-325-0778, or visit our Internet Web site, Social Security Online,
at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We use the listings at the third step of the
sequential evaluation process to evaluate claims filed by adults and
children for benefits based on disability under the title II and title
XVI programs. The listings are in two parts. There are listings for
adults (part A) and for children (part B). If you are an individual age
18 or over, we apply the listings in part A when we assess your claim,
and we never use the listings in part B. If you are an individual under
age 18, we first use the criteria in part B of the listings. If the
listings in part B do not apply and the specific disease process(es)
has a similar effect on adults and children, we then use the criteria
in part A (see 20 CFR 404.1525 and 416.925).
As a result of medical advances in disability evaluation and
treatment, as well as our program experience, we periodically review
and update the listings. On November 14, 2001, we published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (66 FR 57009) that
proposed revisions to the digestive system listings. On April 24, 2002,
we published final rules, entitled ``Technical Revisions to Medical
Criteria for Determinations of Disability'' (67 FR 20018), which
incorporated minor technical changes to the digestive listings to
include references to modern imaging techniques and added listings 5.09
and 105.09 for liver transplantation. On November 8, 2004, we published
a notice providing a 60-day extension of the comment period on the NPRM
for the limited purpose of accepting comments regarding chronic liver
disease (69 FR 64702). We then held an outreach meeting in Cambridge,
Massachusetts on November 14, 2004, regarding our listings for chronic
liver disease. Finally, in final rules published on June 16, 2005 (68
FR 36911), we extended the expiration date for the digestive system
listings until July 3, 2006.
We intend to publish final rules to update the digestive listings
as expeditiously as possible; however, we will not be able to publish
revised listings for the digestive body systems by July 3, 2006, the
current expiration date. Therefore, in this final rule, we are
extending the current expiration date for the digestive listings until
July 2, 2007.
Regulatory Procedures
Justification for Final Rule
Pursuant to section 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.
902(a)(5), we follow the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) rulemaking
procedures specified in 5 U.S.C. 553 in the development of regulations.
The APA provides exceptions to its notice and public comment procedures
when an agency finds there is good cause for dispensing with such
procedures on the basis that they are impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest. We have determined that, under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), good cause exists for dispensing with the notice and
public comment procedures for this rule, because this final rule only
extends the date on which the digestive listings will no longer be
effective. It makes no substantive changes to those listings. The
current regulations expressly provide that listings may be extended, as
well as revised and promulgated again. Therefore, we have determined
that opportunity for prior comment is unnecessary, and we are issuing
this regulation as a final rule.
In addition, we find good cause for dispensing with the 30-day
delay in the effective date of a substantive rule, as provided for by 5
U.S.C. 553(d). As explained above, we are not making any substantive
changes in the digestive body system listings. However, without an
extension of the expiration dates for these listings, we will lack
regulatory criteria for assessing impairments of the digestive system
at the third step of the sequential evaluation process. In order to
ensure that we continue to have regulatory criteria for assessing
impairments under these listings, we find that it is in the public's
interest to make this final rule effective on the date of publication.
Executive Order 12866
We have consulted with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and determined that this final rule does not meet the criteria for a
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, as amended
by Executive Order 13258. We have also determined that this final rule
meets the plain language
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requirement of Executive Order 12866, as amended by Executive Order
13258.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
We certify that this final rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it
affects only individuals. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis,
as provided in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended, is not
required.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule imposes no reporting/recordkeeping requirements
necessitating clearance by OMB.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 96.001, Social
Security--Disability Insurance; 96.002, Social Security--Retirement
Insurance; 96.004, Social Security--Survivors Insurance; 96.006,
Supplemental Security Income)
List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 404
Administrative practice and procedure, Blind, Disability benefits,
Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Social Security.
Dated: May 1, 2006.
Jo Anne B. Barnhart,
Commissioner of Social Security.
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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 404, subpart P, chapter
III of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as set
forth below.
PART 404--FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
(1950- )
Subpart P--[Amended]
0
1. The authority citation for subpart P of part 404 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: Secs. 202, 205(a), (b), and (d)-(h), 216(i), 221(a)
and (i), 222(c), 223, 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402, 405(a), (b), and (d)-(h), 416(i), 421(a) and (i),
422(c), 423, 425, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 211(b), Pub. L. 104-193, 110
Stat. 2105, 2189.
0
2. Appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 is amended by revising item 6 of
the introductory text before part A to read as follows:
Appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404--Listing of Impairments
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6. Digestive System (5.00 and 105.00): July 2, 2007.
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