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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives
[OMB Number 1140–0030]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Records and Supporting
Data: Importation, Receipt, Storage,
and Disposition by Explosives
Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers, and
Users
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ACTION:
60-Day notice.
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF), will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice requests comments from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed information collection.
Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until
September 9, 2011. This process is
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conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
If you have comments especially on
the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions,
or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information,
please contact William Miller,
William.Miller@atf.gov, Chief,
Explosives Industry Programs Branch,
99 New York Ave., NE., Washington, DC
20226.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more
of the following four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Summary of Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Records and Supporting Data:
Importation, Receipt, Storage, and
Disposition By Explosives Importers,
Manufacturers, Dealers, and Users
Licensed Under Title 18 U.S.C. Chapter
40 Explosives.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form Number: None. Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: None.
Need for Collection
The records show daily activities in
the importation, manufacture, receipt,
storage, and disposition of all explosive
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materials covered under 18 U.S.C.
Chapter 40 Explosives. The records are
used to show where and to whom
explosive materials are sent, thereby
ensuring that any diversions will be
readily apparent and if lost or stolen,
ATF will be immediately notified.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: It is estimated that 50,519
respondents will take 1 hour to
maintain records.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated
637,570 annual total burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
Department of Justice, Two Constitution
Square, Room 2E–508, 145 N Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20530.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Cost-Based and Inter-Agency Billing
Rates for Medical Care or Services
Provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs
Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
President and the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document updates the
Cost-Based and Inter-Agency billing
rates for medical care or services
provided by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) that apply in certain
circumstances. This notice is issued
jointly by the Office of Management and
Budget and the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
DATES: Effective Date: The rates set forth
herein are effective July 11, 2011 and
until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Romona Greene, Chief Business Office
(168), Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20420, (202) 461–1595. (This is not a
toll free number.)
SUMMARY:
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VA’s
methodology for computing Cost-Based
and Inter-Agency billing rates for
medical care or services provided by VA
is set forth in 38 CFR 17.102(h). These
rates apply to medical care or services
provided:
(a) In error or based on tentative
eligibility;
(b) In a medical emergency;
(c) To pensioners of allied nations;
(d) For research purposes in
circumstances under which VA medical
care appropriation is to be reimbursed
by VA research appropriation; and
(e) To beneficiaries of the Department
of Defense (DoD) or other Federal
agencies, when the care or service
provided is not covered by an
applicable sharing agreement. The rates
contained in this notice do not apply to
sharing agreements between VA and
DoD unless otherwise stated.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Two sets of rates are obtained via
application of this methodology: CostBased rates, for use for purposes (a)
through (d), above, and Inter-Agency
rates, for use for purpose (e), above. The
calculations for the Cost-Based and
Inter-Agency rates are the same except
that Inter-Agency rates are not broken
down into three components (Physician;
Ancillary; and Nursing, Room, and
Board), and they do not include
standard fringe benefit costs covering
government employee retirement,
disability costs, and return on fixed
assets.
When VA pays for medical care or
service from a non-VA source under
circumstances in which the Cost-Based
or Inter-Agency Rates would apply if the
care or service had been provided by
VA, the charge for such care or service
will be the actual amount paid by VA
for that care or service.
Inpatient charges will be at the per
diem rates shown for the type of bed
section or discrete treatment unit
providing the care.
The third party pharmacy rate will
remain the same as set forth in the
notice published in the Federal Register
on November 3, 2005 (70 FR 66866)
until VA’s final rule RIN 2900–AN15 for
the ‘‘Charges Billed to Third Parties for
Prescription Drugs Furnished by VA to
a Veteran for a Nonservice-Connected
Disability’’ is effective on March 18,
2011. VA’s current third party pharmacy
rate utilizes the cost-based methodology
set forth in 38 CFR 17.102, which was
only to be used until such time as
charges for prescription drugs were
implemented under the provisions of 38
CFR 17.101. Effective March 18, 2011,
VA will use the new methodology set
forth in 38 CFR 17.101(m).
Current rates obtained via the above
methodology are as follows:
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Cost-based
rates
A. Hospital Care per inpatient day
General Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Neurology:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Rehabilitation Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Blind Rehabilitation:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Spinal Cord Injury:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Surgery:
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
General Psychiatry
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Substance Abuse (Alcohol and Drug Treatment)
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Program
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
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Inter-agency
rates
$2,384
285
621
1,478
$2,232
........................
........................
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3,899
571
1,029
2,299
3,648
........................
........................
........................
2,122
241
648
1,233
1,992
........................
........................
........................
1,240
100
616
524
1,161
........................
........................
........................
1,756
218
442
1,096
1,644
........................
........................
........................
4,533
500
1,375
2,658
4,248
........................
........................
........................
801
76
126
599
749
........................
........................
........................
1,154
110
267
777
1,081
........................
........................
........................
577
36
61
480
540
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Cost-based
rates
Intermediate Medicine
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
Polytrauma Inpatient
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
B. Nursing Home Care, Per Day
All Inclusive Rate ..............................................................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ancillary ............................................................................................................................................................
Nursing Room and Board .................................................................................................................................
C. Outpatient Medical and Emergency Dental Treatment
Outpatient Visit (Other than Emergency Dental) .............................................................................................
Emergency Dental Outpatient Visit ..................................................................................................................
PM&RS Outpatient Visit ...................................................................................................................................
Outpatient PolyTrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury ................................................................................................
Beginning on the effective date
indicated herein, these rates supersede
those established by VA and by the
Director of Office of Management and
Budget on November 3, 2005 (70 FR
66866).
Approved: August 9, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Approved: June 29, 2011.
Jacob J. Lew,
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2011–17263 Filed 7–8–11; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (11–062)]
National Environmental Policy Act;
Wallops Flight Facility; Site-Wide
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
Site-wide Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (PEIS) and to conduct
scoping for expanding operations at
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), in
Virginia.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act, as amended,
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.), the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
Parts 1500–1508), and NASA’s NEPA
policy and procedures (14 CFR Part
1216, subpart 1216.3), NASA intends to
prepare a PEIS for the expansion of
operations at WFF. The Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), Office
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of Commercial Space Transportation
(AST) and Air Traffic Organization
(ATO) Office; the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Environmental Satellite, Data,
and Information Service (NESDIS); the
Department of the Navy, Naval Sea
Systems Command (NAVSEA) and
Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR); the Department of the Army,
Corps of Engineers (USACE); the U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG); and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have
accepted requests to participate as
Cooperating Agencies as they either
have permanent facilities or missions at
WFF or possess regulatory authority or
specialized expertise pertaining to the
Proposed Action.
The purpose of this notice is to
apprise interested agencies,
organizations, and individuals of
NASA’s intent to prepare the PEIS and
to request input regarding the definition
of reasonable alternatives and
significant environmental issues to be
evaluated in the PEIS.
NASA will hold a public scoping
meeting in cooperation with FAA–AST,
FAA–ATO, NOAA–NESDIS, NAVSEA,
NAVAIR, USACE, USCG, and USFWS,
as part of the NEPA process associated
with the development of the PEIS. The
scoping meeting location and date
identified at this time are provided
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
below.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit comments on environmental
issues and concerns, preferably in
writing, on or before August 15, 2011,
to assure full consideration during the
scoping process.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by
mail should be addressed to Shari
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rates
1,920
94
282
1,544
1,796
........................
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3,391
385
1,036
1,970
3,197
........................
........................
........................
993
31
134
828
929
........................
........................
........................
231
487
430
573
214
416
401
535
Silbert, Manager, Site-wide PEIS, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops
Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
23337. Comments may be submitted via
e-mail to Shari.A.Silbert@nasa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shari Silbert, Manager, Site-wide PEIS,
NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops
Island, Virginia 23337; telephone (757)
824–2327; e-mail:
Shari.A.Silbert@nasa.gov. Additional
information about NASA’s WFF may be
found on the Internet at https://
www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/
index.html. Information regarding the
NEPA process for this proposal and
supporting documents (as available) are
located at https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/
code250/site-wide_eis.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
WFF is a NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center field installation located in
Accomack County on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia. The facility consists of three
distinct landmasses—the Main Base,
Wallops Mainland, and Wallops
Island—totaling nearly 2,630 hectares
(6,500 acres). It is the oldest active
launch range in the continental United
States and the only range completely
under NASA management. For over 65
years, WFF has flown thousands of
research vehicles in the quest for
information on the characteristics of
airplanes, rockets, and spacecraft, and to
increase the knowledge of the Earth’s
upper atmosphere and the near space
environment. The flight programs and
projects currently supported by WFF
include sounding rockets, scientific
balloons, manned and unmanned
experimental aircraft, space shuttle and
orbital tracking, next-generation launch
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Cost-Based and Inter-Agency Billing Rates for Medical Care or
Services Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document updates the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency billing
rates for medical care or services provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) that apply in certain circumstances. This notice
is issued jointly by the Office of Management and Budget and the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
DATES: Effective Date: The rates set forth herein are effective July
11, 2011 and until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Romona Greene, Chief Business Office
(168), Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-1595. (This is
not a toll free number.)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA's methodology for computing Cost-Based
and Inter-Agency billing rates for medical care or services provided by
VA is set forth in 38 CFR 17.102(h). These rates apply to medical care
or services provided:
(a) In error or based on tentative eligibility;
(b) In a medical emergency;
(c) To pensioners of allied nations;
(d) For research purposes in circumstances under which VA medical
care appropriation is to be reimbursed by VA research appropriation;
and
(e) To beneficiaries of the Department of Defense (DoD) or other
Federal agencies, when the care or service provided is not covered by
an applicable sharing agreement. The rates contained in this notice do
not apply to sharing agreements between VA and DoD unless otherwise
stated.
Two sets of rates are obtained via application of this methodology:
Cost-Based rates, for use for purposes (a) through (d), above, and
Inter-Agency rates, for use for purpose (e), above. The calculations
for the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency rates are the same except that
Inter-Agency rates are not broken down into three components
(Physician; Ancillary; and Nursing, Room, and Board), and they do not
include standard fringe benefit costs covering government employee
retirement, disability costs, and return on fixed assets.
When VA pays for medical care or service from a non-VA source under
circumstances in which the Cost-Based or Inter-Agency Rates would apply
if the care or service had been provided by VA, the charge for such
care or service will be the actual amount paid by VA for that care or
service.
Inpatient charges will be at the per diem rates shown for the type
of bed section or discrete treatment unit providing the care.
The third party pharmacy rate will remain the same as set forth in
the notice published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2005 (70 FR
66866) until VA's final rule RIN 2900-AN15 for the ``Charges Billed to
Third Parties for Prescription Drugs Furnished by VA to a Veteran for a
Nonservice-Connected Disability'' is effective on March 18, 2011. VA's
current third party pharmacy rate utilizes the cost-based methodology
set forth in 38 CFR 17.102, which was only to be used until such time
as charges for prescription drugs were implemented under the provisions
of 38 CFR 17.101. Effective March 18, 2011, VA will use the new
methodology set forth in 38 CFR 17.101(m).
Current rates obtained via the above methodology are as follows:
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Cost-based Inter-agency
rates rates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A. Hospital Care per inpatient day
General Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate.................. $2,384 $2,232
Physician........................... 285 ..............
Ancillary........................... 621 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 1,478 ..............
Neurology:
All Inclusive Rate.................. 3,899 3,648
Physician........................... 571 ..............
Ancillary........................... 1,029 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 2,299 ..............
Rehabilitation Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate.................. 2,122 1,992
Physician........................... 241 ..............
Ancillary........................... 648 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 1,233 ..............
Blind Rehabilitation:
All Inclusive Rate.................. 1,240 1,161
Physician........................... 100 ..............
Ancillary........................... 616 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 524 ..............
Spinal Cord Injury:
All Inclusive Rate.................. 1,756 1,644
Physician........................... 218 ..............
Ancillary........................... 442 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 1,096 ..............
Surgery:
All Inclusive Rate.................. 4,533 4,248
Physician........................... 500 ..............
Ancillary........................... 1,375 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 2,658 ..............
General Psychiatry
All Inclusive Rate.................. 801 749
Physician........................... 76 ..............
Ancillary........................... 126 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 599 ..............
Substance Abuse (Alcohol and Drug
Treatment)
All Inclusive Rate.................. 1,154 1,081
Physician........................... 110 ..............
Ancillary........................... 267 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 777 ..............
Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation
Program
All Inclusive Rate.................. 577 540
Physician........................... 36 ..............
Ancillary........................... 61 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 480 ..............
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Intermediate Medicine
All Inclusive Rate.................. 1,920 1,796
Physician........................... 94 ..............
Ancillary........................... 282 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 1,544 ..............
Polytrauma Inpatient
All Inclusive Rate.................. 3,391 3,197
Physician........................... 385 ..............
Ancillary........................... 1,036 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 1,970 ..............
B. Nursing Home Care, Per Day
All Inclusive Rate.................. 993 929
Physician........................... 31 ..............
Ancillary........................... 134 ..............
Nursing Room and Board.............. 828 ..............
C. Outpatient Medical and Emergency
Dental Treatment
Outpatient Visit (Other than 231 214
Emergency Dental)..................
Emergency Dental Outpatient Visit... 487 416
PM&RS Outpatient Visit.............. 430 401
Outpatient PolyTrauma/Traumatic 573 535
Brain Injury.......................
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Beginning on the effective date indicated herein, these rates
supersede those established by VA and by the Director of Office of
Management and Budget on November 3, 2005 (70 FR 66866).
Approved: August 9, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Approved: June 29, 2011.
Jacob J. Lew,
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2011-17263 Filed 7-8-11; 8:45 am]
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