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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
Interagency Ocean Policy Task
Force—Interim Framework for
Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial
Planning
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AGENCY: Council on Environmental
Quality.
ACTION: Notice of Availability,
Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force’s
‘‘Interim Framework for Effective
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning’’.
SUMMARY: On June 12, 2009, the
President established an Interagency
Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the
Chair of the Council on Environmental
Quality. The Task Force was charged
with, within 180 days, developing a
recommended framework for effective
coastal and marine spatial planning.
On December 9, 2009, the Task Force
submitted its Interim Framework for
Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial
Planning (Interim Framework) to the
President. To allow for additional
public engagement and comment before
the President makes any final decision
on the Interim Framework, the Task
Force endorsed issuing it for public
review and comment.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before February 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force Interim
Framework is available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/oceans. Comments
on the Task Force Interim Framework
should be submitted electronically to
https://www.whitehouse.gov/oceans or in
writing to The Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Michael
Weiss, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Weiss, Deputy Associate
Director for Ocean and Coastal Policy, at
(202) 456–3892.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
12, 2009, President Obama issued a
Memorandum to the Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies that
established an Interagency Ocean Policy
Task Force, led by the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality. That
Presidential memo charged the Task
Force with, within 90 days, developing
recommendations that include: (1) A
national policy for the oceans, our
coasts, and the Great Lakes; (2) a United
States framework for policy
coordination of efforts to improve
stewardship of the oceans, our coasts,
and the Great Lakes; and (3) an
implementation strategy that identifies
and prioritizes a set of objectives the
United States should pursue to meet the
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objectives of a national policy. On
September 17, 2009, the Task Force’s
Interim Report addressing these three
items was issued for 30 days public
comment. Comments were requested to
be submitted by October 17, 2009.
The Task Force was also charged
with, within 180 days, developing a
recommended framework for effective
coastal and marine spatial planning.
The memorandum provides that the
framework should be ‘‘a comprehensive,
integrated, ecosystem-based approach
that addresses conservation, economic
activity, user conflict, and sustainable
use of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
resources consistent with international
law, including customary international
law as reflected in the 1982 United
Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea.’’
In response to this direction, the Task
Force has completed its Interim
Framework for Effective Coastal and
Marine Spatial Planning (Interim
Framework). The Interim Framework
proposes a new, integrated approach to
better determine how the ocean, coasts,
and Great Lakes are sustainably used
and protected now and for future
generations. It offers a foundation for
coastal and marine spatial planning in
the United States, and describes a
flexible path forward for the regional
development and implementation of
comprehensive and ecosystem-based
coastal and marine spatial plans. The
Interim Report is now available at the
Council on Environmental Quality Web
site at https://www.whitehouse.gov/
oceans.
Public comments are requested on or
before February 12, 2010.
Dated: December 14, 2009.
Nancy H. Sutley,
Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DoD–2008–HA–0167]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Defense has
submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 19, 2010.
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Title and OMB Number: Certification
of Non-contributory TRICARE
Supplemental Insurance Plan; OMB
Control Number 0720–TBD.
Type of Request: New.
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,500.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 250 hours.
Needs and Uses: Section 707 of the
John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
added section 1097c to Title 10. Section
1097c prohibits employers from offering
financial or other incentives to certain
TRICARE-eligible employees to not
enroll in an employer-offered grouphealth plan. In other words, employers
may no longer offer TRICARE
supplemental insurance plans as part of
an employee benefit package. Employers
may, however, offer TRICARE
supplemental insurance plans as part of
an employee benefit package provided
the plan is not paid for in whole or in
part by the employer and is not
endorsed by the employer. When such
TRICARE supplemental plans are
offered, the employer must properly
document that they did not provide any
payment for the benefit nor receive any
direct or indirect consideration or
compensation for offering the benefit;
the employer’s only involvement is
providing the administrative support.
That certification will be provided upon
request to the Department of Defense.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Mr. Kraemer at the Office of
Management and Budget, Desk Officer
for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
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personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia
Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/
Information Management Division, 1777
North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000,
Arlington, VA 22209–2133.
Dated: December 4, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of an Extension of a TRICARE
Demonstration Project for the State of
Alaska
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AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs)/TRICARE
Management Activity, Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of extension of
demonstration project.
SUMMARY: This notice advises interested
parties of the extension of a Military
Health System (MHS) demonstration
project entitled ‘‘TRICARE
Demonstration Project for the State of
Alaska.’’ The original demonstration
notice was published on May 18, 2004
(69 FR 28124–28125), and described a
demonstration project to exempt the
underwriting provisions for the cost of
civilian health care in the State of
Alaska from the TRICARE managed care
support contract for the Western Region.
The demonstration was to be conducted
for up to 5 years after the start of health
care delivery under the contract and
therefore, was scheduled to end on
March 31, 2009. On February 23, 2009,
a notice was published in the Federal
Register (74 FR 8068–8069) to extend
the demonstration for 1 additional year.
As the rulemaking process has not yet
been completed, the demonstration
project will now be extended for 1
additional year (March 31, 2011).
There is no cost impact that is caused
by this extension.
DATES: Effective Date: The extension of
the demonstration will be effective
April 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael O’Bar, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)—
TRICARE Management Activity,
TRICARE Policy and Operations
Directorate, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite
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810, Falls Church, VA 22041–3206;
telephone (703) 681–0039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
For additional information on the
TRICARE Demonstration Project for the
State of Alaska, please see 74 FR 8068–
8069. The demonstration notice focused
on the unique situation involved in the
delivery of health care services in the
State of Alaska, which cannot be
addressed fully by applying all of the atrisk standards that apply to the
TRICARE managed care support
contracts under which services are
provided in the other 49 States without
some modification. Under the extended
demonstration, the current Western
Region managed care support contractor
will continue to be exempt from the
underwriting provisions for the cost of
civilian health care in the State of
Alaska. The contractor shall provide all
the services required for Alaska as
specified in the TRICARE Operations
Manual, Chapter 23, but will not be
responsible for the underwriting fee
associated with providing those services
under that chapter. All other provisions
contained in the TRICARE managed
care support contract, TRICARE
Operations Manual (6010.51–M),
TRICARE Policy Manual 6010.54–M),
TRICARE Systems Manual (7950.1–M),
and TRICARE Reimbursement Manual
(6010.55–M), shall apply in Alaska.
B. Description of Extension of
Demonstration Project
The demonstration project will now
be extended for 1 additional year
(March 31, 2011).
Dated: December 15, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Extension of Provider Reimbursement
Demonstration Project for the State of
Alaska
Department of Defense (DoD).
Notice of demonstration
extension.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice provides an
extension of the demonstration project
in the State of Alaska for individual
provider payment rates. Under the
demonstration, payment rates for
physicians and other non-institutional
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individual professional providers in the
State of Alaska have been set at a rate
higher than the Medicare rate. Further,
the enhanced portion of the State of
Alaska demonstration that provides for
reimbursement of 101 percent of
reasonable costs for inpatient and
outpatient facilities of Critical Access
Hospitals (CAHs) is terminated because
it is no longer necessary based on
publication of the TRICARE
Reimbursement of CAHs final rule (74
FR 44752) on August 31, 2009.
DATES: The portion of the demonstration
regarding payment rates for physicians
and other non-institutional providers is
extended through December 31, 2010.
The CAH portion of the demonstration
shall end on November 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management
Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, 16401 East
Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–
9066.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn J. Corn, TRICARE Management
Activity, Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, telephone (303)
676–3566.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 20, 2006, DoD published a
Notice of a TRICARE demonstration
project for the State of Alaska, with an
effective date of January 1, 2007 (71 FR
67113), to set payment rates for
physicians and other non-institutional
individual professional providers in the
State of Alaska at a rate higher than the
Medicare rate. The demonstration was
effective January 1, 2007, for a period of
three years, ending on December 31,
2009. Since that time, DoD has
determined that increasing provider
payment rates (factor rate increase) in
Alaska, across all services, has shown
mixed results on provider participation,
beneficiary access to care, cost of health
care services, military readiness, and
morale and welfare. The Agency feels an
extension of the demonstration is
needed to provide more time to fully
evaluate and implement a
comprehensive framework for managing
TRICARE in the State of Alaska. In the
meantime, the Agency is looking toward
developing a more comprehensive,
updated management and
reimbursement strategy that will
provide a foundation for developing and
implementing a comprehensive longterm plan through collaboration with
Federal Service Partners for mutually
accepted Federal rates. The
demonstration continues to be
conducted under statutory authority
provided in 10 United States Code 1092.
Subsequent to the publication of the
initial notice creating the increased rates
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DoD-2008-HA-0167]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January
19, 2010.
Title and OMB Number: Certification of Non-contributory TRICARE
Supplemental Insurance Plan; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
Type of Request: New.
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,500.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 250 hours.
Needs and Uses: Section 707 of the John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 added section 1097c to Title 10.
Section 1097c prohibits employers from offering financial or other
incentives to certain TRICARE-eligible employees to not enroll in an
employer-offered group-health plan. In other words, employers may no
longer offer TRICARE supplemental insurance plans as part of an
employee benefit package. Employers may, however, offer TRICARE
supplemental insurance plans as part of an employee benefit package
provided the plan is not paid for in whole or in part by the employer
and is not endorsed by the employer. When such TRICARE supplemental
plans are offered, the employer must properly document that they did
not provide any payment for the benefit nor receive any direct or
indirect consideration or compensation for offering the benefit; the
employer's only involvement is providing the administrative support.
That certification will be provided upon request to the Department of
Defense.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any
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personal identifiers or contact information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA
22209-2133.
Dated: December 4, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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