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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Preventive Health Allowance
Demonstration Project
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs)/TRICARE
Management Activity, Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of a Preventive Health
Allowance Demonstration Project.
SUMMARY: This notice is to advise
interested parties of a Military Health
System (MHS) demonstration project
entitled ‘‘Preventive Health Allowance
Demonstration Project for TRICARE
Active Duty Personnel and their Family
Members’’. This demonstration project
is designed to evaluate the efficacy of
providing a preventive health services
allowance to encourage healthy
behaviors on the part of eligible MHS
beneficiaries.
DATES: Effective Date: This
demonstration is effective from
December 1, 2009, until December 31,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Barry Cohen, Director, Healthcare
Operations–TRICARE Management
Activity, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810,
Falls Church, VA 22041–3206;
telephone (703) 681–4029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Background
Studies have been performed in
health organizations to assess the
effectiveness of waiving co-pays for
clinical preventive services, as well as
financial incentives for healthy
behavioral change. No studies to date
have assessed the effects of providing
financial incentives for increasing
compliance with recommended and, in
some instances, mandated clinical
preventive services in an Active Duty
military population. This demonstration
project will be the first such effort
among Active Duty military personnel
and their family members. The results of
this demonstration will have a direct
impact on the future utility of this type
of intervention.
B. National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09)
Preventive Health Allowance Directive
Section 714 of the NDAA for FY09
authorizes the Department to conduct a
demonstration project designed to
evaluate the efficacy of providing an
annual allowance to members of the
armed forces to increase the use of
preventive health services by such
members and their dependents. To meet
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eligibility standards to receive this
benefit, the member of the armed forces
must be serving on active duty for a
period of more than 30 days and meet
the medical and dental readiness
requirements for their branch of service.
Not more than 1,500 members of each
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
Marine Corps may receive a preventive
health services allowance during any
year, of which half in each Service shall
be members without dependents and
half shall be members with dependents.
The Secretary of the military
department concerned shall pay a
preventive health services allowance to
a member selected to receive the
allowance in an amount equal to $500
per year in the case of a member
without dependents, and $1,000 per
year in the case of a member with
dependents.
C. Description of Demonstration Project
The Preventive Health Allowance
demonstration project will be conducted
to evaluate whether a preventive health
services allowance will increase the
utilization of clinical preventive
services among Active Duty personnel
and their family members. Clinical
Preventive Services, with respect to age
and gender-specific recommendations
included in this study, are screening for
colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical
cancer, and prostate cancer; an annual
physical exam; an annual dental exam;
weight and body mass screening; and
immunizations.
The TRICARE Management Activity
(TMA) will establish the methodology,
implement the demonstration, and
obtain the necessary data to evaluate the
outcome effectively. There will be 1,500
Active Duty members enrolled from
each Service, with 750 being single
Active Duty members, and 750 having
family members. The Secretary of the
military department concerned shall
pay the preventive health allowance at
the rate of $500 or $1,000 per year for
single Active Duty members or for
Active Duty with family members
respectively for those in compliance
with the appropriate clinical preventive
services recommendations. The selected
participants will be provided
information regarding the nature of the
study, their obligations during the
study, the incentive that can be
achieved with compliance and a tollfree telephone number for enrollment
and/or questions.
D. Evaluation
An independent evaluation of the
demonstration will be conducted. The
evaluation will be designed to
determine whether the provision of a
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preventive health allowance increased
the utilization rate of clinical preventive
services among TRICARE Active Duty
personnel and their family members.
Dated: November 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995), has obtained
emergency approval of an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). In
order to obtain OMB’s approval for the
next three years, comments are now
invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 26,
2010. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Tony Johnson, Program Analyst,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, Washington, DC
20585 or by fax at 202–586–0573 or by
e-mail at Tony.Johnson@Hq.Doe.Gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Tony Johnson as described
above in the address section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–5142; (2) Information
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Collection Request Title: Recovery Act
Reviewer Web site; (3) Type of Review:
New; (4) Purpose: This website site uses
approximately 30 information fields to
ask for the biographical information,
educational background, and area of
specialty of potential reviewers of
financial assistance proposals under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009. DOE will then use the
information to select reviewers; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2000; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
2000; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 300; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: 0.
Statutory Authority: Department of Energy
Organization Act, Public Law 95–91, Section
5315, title 5, August 4, 1977, which vests the
Secretary of Energy with the executive
direction and management functions,
authority, and responsibilities for the
Department.
including the environment, labor,
research, and academia. Membership
and representation of all interests will
continue to be determined in
accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, and
implementing regulations.
The renewal of the Council has been
deemed essential to the conduct of the
Department’s business and in the public
interest in conjunction with the
performance of duties imposed upon the
Department of Energy by law. The
Council will continue to operate in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and
implementing regulations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Samuel at 202/586–3279.
Issued at Washington, DC on November 20,
2009.
Carol A. Matthews,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–28408 Filed 11–25–09; 8:45 am]
Issued in Washington, DC on November 20,
2009.
Ingrid Kolb,
Director, Office of Management, Office of
Management—MA–1.1.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Coal Council
Department of Energy, Office of
Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Charter Reestablishment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section
14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463) and
in accordance with Title 41 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, section 102–
3.65, and following consultation with
the Committee Management Secretariat
of the General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the National
Coal Council has been re-established for
a two-year period ending November 6,
2011. The Council will continue to
provide advice, information, and
recommendations to the Secretary of
Energy on a continuing basis regarding
general policy matters relating to coal
issues.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council
members are chosen to assure a wellbalanced representation from all
sections of the country, all segments of
the coal industry, including large and
small companies, and commercial and
residential consumers. The Council also
has diverse members who represent
interests outside the coal industry,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Proposed Federal Loan Guarantee to
Support the Construction and Startup
of the Medicine Bow Fuel & Power
Coal-to-Liquid Facility in Carbon
County, WY
Department of Energy.
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Conduct a Public Scoping Meeting, and
Notice of Proposed Floodplain and
Wetlands Involvement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces its intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), and the DOE
NEPA implementing procedures (10
CFR part 1021) to assess the potential
environmental impacts for its proposed
action of issuing a Federal loan
guarantee to Medicine Bow Fuel &
Power LLC (MBFP) (DOE/EIS–0432).
MBFP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC, submitted
an application to DOE under the Federal
loan guarantee program pursuant to the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005)
to support the construction and startup
of the MBFP coal-to-liquids (CTL)
facility, a coal mine and associated coal
handling facilities in Carbon County,
Wyoming (the Facility).
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MBFP proposes to develop the
Facility in eastern Carbon County north
of I–80 between Rawlins and Laramie,
Wyoming. The CTL facility and coalhandling facility would be located near
the mouth of the Saddleback Hills Mine,
located approximately 6 miles northeast
of the Town of Elk Mountain and
approximately 13 miles southwest of the
Town of Medicine Bow. The CTL
facility would use an advanced
industrial gasification and liquefaction
(IGL) process to convert coal into
approximately 21,000 barrels per day
(bpd) of low-sulfur, low-benzene regular
gasoline. The Facility would capture at
least 50 percent of the CO2 and over 99
percent of the sulfur compounds that
would be otherwise be emitted. The CO2
stream would be compressed and
delivered at the fenceline to another
party for pipeline transportation to
enhanced oil recovery operations and
geologic storage at a location to be
determined by the offtaker.
The EIS will evaluate the potential
impacts of the issuance of a DOE Loan
Guarantee for MBFP’s proposed project
and reasonable alternatives.
The purpose of this Notice of Intent
is to inform the public about DOE’s
proposed action, invite public
participation in the EIS process,
announce plans for a public scoping
meeting, solicit public comments for
consideration in establishing the scope
and content of the EIS, and provide
notice of proposed floodplain and
wetlands involvement. DOE invites
those agencies with jurisdiction by law
or special expertise to be cooperating
agencies. The Bureau of Land
Management has expressed interest in
becoming a cooperating agency for this
EIS.
DATES: To ensure that all of the potential
environmental issues related to this
proposal are addressed, DOE invites
comments on the proposed scope and
content of the EIS from all interested
parties. Comments must be postmarked
or e-mailed by December 28, 2009 to
ensure consideration. Late comments
will be considered to the extent
practicable. In addition to receiving
written comments (see ADDRESSES
below), DOE will conduct a public
scoping meeting in the vicinity of the
proposed project at which government
agencies, private-sector organizations,
and the general public are invited to
provide comments or suggestions with
regard to the alternatives and potential
impacts to be considered in the EIS.
Further details about the public scoping
meeting will be announced through
local news media and on the DOE Loan
Guarantee Program Office Web site
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995), has obtained emergency approval of an
information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). In order to obtain OMB's approval for the next three years,
comments are now invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before January 26, 2010. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Tony Johnson, Program
Analyst, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC
20585 or by fax at 202-586-0573 or by e-mail at
Tony.Johnson@Hq.Doe.Gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Tony Johnson as described above in the address section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5142; (2) Information
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Collection Request Title: Recovery Act Reviewer Web site; (3) Type of
Review: New; (4) Purpose: This website site uses approximately 30
information fields to ask for the biographical information, educational
background, and area of specialty of potential reviewers of financial
assistance proposals under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009. DOE will then use the information to select reviewers; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000; (6) Annual Estimated
Number of Total Responses: 2000; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 300; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost
Burden: 0.
Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act,
Public Law 95-91, Section 5315, title 5, August 4, 1977, which vests
the Secretary of Energy with the executive direction and management
functions, authority, and responsibilities for the Department.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 20, 2009.
Ingrid Kolb,
Director, Office of Management, Office of Management--MA-1.1.
[FR Doc. E9-28395 Filed 11-25-09; 8:45 am]
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