February 4, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces an extension of the timeline for publication of the ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions for Coverage for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities'' final rule. This notice is issued in accordance with section 1871(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which requires that a notice be published in the Federal Register if a final regulation, due to exceptional circumstances, will take longer to publish than 3 years after the publication date of the proposed rule. In this case, the complexity of the rule and scope of public comments warrants the extension of the timeline for publication.

The Postal Regulatory Commission published a document in the Federal Register on November 9, 2007 (72 FR 63662), adopting new rules. That document inadvertently misidentified, in section 3020.91, the length of time for the Postal Service to file a notice of certain types of corrections to product descriptions in the Mail Classification Schedule and mischaracterized, in section 3020.93, the scope of a product list. This document corrects the final regulations by revising these sections.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for CFM International, S.A. CFM56-7B series turbofan engines. This AD requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) in the Engine Shop Manual (ESM) and the air carrier's approved continuous airworthiness maintenance program (CAMP) to add mandatory inspections of certain low pressure turbine rear frames (TRFs) to the ALS or CAMP. This AD results from a refined lifing analysis by the engine manufacturer that shows the need to identify an initial threshold for inspecting certain TRFs. We are issuing this AD to prevent failure of the TRF from low-cycle fatigue cracks. Failure of the TRF could result in engine separation from the airplane, which could lead to loss of control of the airplane.

EPA is approving a revision to the Ohio oxides of nitrogen (NOX) State Implementation Plan (SIP) containing provisions which control emissions of NOX from large internal combustion (IC) engines, makes corrections to typographical errors in the previously approved Phase I NOX SIP, and expands the definition of NOX budget unit. This approval requires reductions in NOX emissions from large IC engines, based on cost-effective control measures. Large IC engines are defined in the State rule as emitting one ton or more of NOX per day during the ozone season. The Ohio NOX SIP Call IC engine inventory is based on the inventory of IC engines compiled by EPA as part of the NOX SIP Call rule. Including these engines in the Ohio plan reduces NOX to a level at which the State will meet its ozone season NOX budget. EPA is approving the State's revision because it satisfies the Federal requirements for Phase II sources and demonstrates that these rules will meet the Phase II budget for Ohio.

The Department of Justice, through its component, EOUST, is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (rule) pursuant to Section 602 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). The BAPCPA requires the Department to issue rules requiring uniform forms for final reports (Uniform Forms) by trustees in cases under chapters 7, 12, and 13 of title 11. The BAPCPA requires the rule to strike the best achievable practical balance between: the reasonable needs of the public for information about the operational results of the Federal bankruptcy system; economy, simplicity, and lack of undue burden on persons with a duty to file these reports; and appropriate privacy concerns and safeguards.

This action proposes to establish Class E5 airspace at Indianapolis, IN. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using new RNAV Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP). The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft operations at Hendricks County-Gordon Graham Field Airport, Indianapolis, IN.