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products subject to this order are as
follows.
A. Registrations Listed in Table 1 of
Unit II
The registrants may continue to sell
and distribute existing stocks of
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
until December 28, 2012, which is 1
year after the publication of the
Cancellation Order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, the registrants are
prohibited from selling or distributing
products listed in Table 1, except for
export in accordance with FIFRA
section 17, or proper disposal. Persons
other than the registrants may sell,
distribute, or use existing stocks of
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
until existing stocks are exhausted,
provided that such sale, distribution, or
use is consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the cancelled products.
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B. Registrations Listed in Table 2 of Unit
II Except CA970032 and FL970008
The registrants may sell and distribute
existing stocks of these products until
January 15, 2012, 1 year after the date
on which the maintenance fee was due.
Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited
from selling or distributing the
pesticides identified in Table 2 of Unit
II., except for export consistent with
FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
Persons other than registrants are
allowed to sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks until such stocks are
exhausted, provided that such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms of the previously approved
labeling on, or that accompanied, the
cancelled products.
C. Registration Numbers CA970032 and
FL970008
Mitigation measures included as part
of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision
(RED) for methyl bromide are being
implemented in two phases. The first
phase of mitigation is required to be
placed on all product labels in 2011.To
ensure that all methyl bromide products
in the marketplace have the same
protections at the same time, the
following are the existing stocks
provisions for the cancellation of
registration numbers CA970032 and
FL970008. The registrants may sell and
distribute existing stocks of these
products until December 31, 2011.
Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited
from selling and distributing the
pesticides identified in Table 2 of Unit
II., except for export consistent with
FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
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stocks through April 30, 2012. After
December 28, 2011, remaining stocks
may be used until such stocks are
exhausted, provided that such use is
consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the cancelled products.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
List of Subjects
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: November 17, 2011.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission Nomination Letters
Government Accountability
Office (GAO).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice on letters of nomination.
The Balanced Budget Act of
1997 established the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and
gave the Comptroller General
responsibility for appointing its
members. For appointments to MedPAC
that will be effective May 1, 2012, I am
announcing the following: Letters of
nomination should be submitted
between January 1 and March 8, 2011,
to ensure adequate opportunity for
review and consideration of nominees
prior to the appointment of new
members.
SUMMARY:
GAO:
MedPACappointments@gao.gov. GAO:
441 G Street NW., Washington, DC
20548. MedPAC: 601 New Jersey
Avenue NW., Suite 9000, Washington,
DC 20001.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202)
512–4800. 42 U.S.C. 1395b–6.
Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller of the United States.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–10249 and CMS–
10409]
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Administrative
Requirements for Section 6071 of the
Deficit Reduction Act; Use: Under
section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–171)
subsection (c), the Secretary may require
States to meet requirements and provide
additional information, provisions, and
assurances. Through the Operational
Protocol, States provide the
requirements, information, provisions
and assurances which, following CMS
approval, States may enroll individuals
in the State’s demonstration program or
begin to claim for service dollars. The
Act also requires the Money Follows the
Person Rebalancing Demonstration
(MFP) program be evaluated to
determine program effectiveness. One
aspect of the evaluation is determining
participant quality of life and how the
program affects quality of life. Medicaid
enrollees who participate in the MFP
program are expected to have need for
long-term care services for the rest of
their lives and are a particularly
vulnerable population if the community
setting cannot adequately meet their
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needs or does not provide them a
suitable quality of life.
State Operational Protocols should
provide enough information that: the
CMS Project Officer and other Federal
officials may use it to understand the
operation of the demonstration and/or
prepare for potential site visits without
needing additional information; the
State Project Director can use it as the
manual for program implementation;
and external stakeholders may use it to
understand the operation of the
demonstration. The financial
information collection will be used in
CMS financial statements and shared
with the auditors who validate CMS’
financial position. The Maintenance of
Effort forms as well as the MFP Budget
Form are required each year.
Submissions of MFP Demonstration
Financial Forms are 90 days after the
end of each Federal fiscal quarter. The
MFP Finders File, MFP Program
Participation Data file, and MFP
Services File will be used by the
national evaluation contractor to assess
program outcomes. The MFP Quality of
Life data will be used by the national
evaluation contractor to assess program
outcomes. Specifically, the evaluation
will determine how participants’ quality
of life changes after transitioning to the
community. The semi-annual progress
reports will be used by the national
evaluation contractor and CMS to
monitor program implementation at the
grantee level; Form Number: CMS–
10249 (OCN: 0938–1053); Frequency:
Yearly, Semi-annually, Quarterly, Once;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
43; Total Annual Responses: 360; Total
Annual Hours: 9,360. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Marybeth Ribar at (410) 786–
1121. For all other issues call (410) 786–
1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Long Term Care
Hospital (LCTH) Quality Reporting
Program—Pressure Ulcer Measure Data
Set; Use: Section 3004 of the Affordable
Care Act authorizes the establishment of
a new quality reporting program for
Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs).
LTCHs that fail to submit quality
measure data may be subject to a 2
percentage point reduction in their
annual update to the standard Federal
rate for discharges occurring during a
rate year, beginning in FY 2014. One of
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the quality measures LTCHs are
required to collect and submit data on
is the Percent of Residents with Pressure
Ulcers That Are New or Have Worsened.
Currently, there are no mandatory
standardized data sets being used in
LTCHs. Therefore, we have created a
new data set to be used in LTCHs,
which incorporates data items
contained in other, well known and
clinically established pressure ulcer
data sets, including but not limited to
the Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0)
and CARE data set (Continuity
Assessment Records & Evaluation).
Beginning on October 1, 2012, LTCHs
will begin to use a data collection
document entitled the ‘‘LTCH CARE
Data Set’’ as the vehicle by which to
collect the pressure ulcer data for the
LTCH quality reporting program. This
data set consists of the following
components: (1) Pressure ulcer
documentation; (2) selected covariates
related to pressure ulcers; (3) patient
demographic information; and; (4) a
provider attestation section. The use of
the LTCH CARE Data Set is necessary in
order to allow CMS to collect LTCH
quality measures data in compliance
with Section 3004 of the Affordable
Care Act. There are no other reasonable
alternatives available to CMS for the
collection and submission of pressure
ulcer data.
The 60 day Federal Notice published
on Friday, September 2, 2011 (76 FR
54776). Since September 2, 2011, CMS
has worked on the operational aspects
of the LTCH Quality Reporting Program.
While performing this work, CMS
determined that several non-material
changes were needed on the LTCH
CARE Data Set. These changes have
been made merely to correct minor
errors and do not increase the burden to
the provider. Form Number: CMS–
10409 (OCN: 0938–New); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector: Business or other for-profit and
not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 3,531; Total Annual
Responses: 3,531; Total Annual Hours:
883. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Caroline Gallaher at
(410) 786–8705. For all other issues call
(410) 786–1326.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
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Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on January 27, 2012.
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974,
Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Division-B, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: University Centers for
Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities Education, Research, and
Service—Annual Report.
OMB No.: 0970–0289.
Description
Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 15004) of the
Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act
of 2000) directs the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to develop and
implement a system of program
accountability to monitor the grantees
funded under the DD Act of 2000. The
program accountability system shall
include the National Network of
University Centers for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities Education,
Research, and Service (UCEDDs)
authorized under Part D of the DD Act
of 2000. In addition to the
accountability system, Section 154 (e)
(42 U.S.C. 15064) of the DD Act of 2000
includes requirements for a UCEDD
Annual Report.
Respondents: ADD University
Centers.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10249 and CMS-10409]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Administrative
Requirements for Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act; Use: Under
section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-171)
subsection (c), the Secretary may require States to meet requirements
and provide additional information, provisions, and assurances. Through
the Operational Protocol, States provide the requirements, information,
provisions and assurances which, following CMS approval, States may
enroll individuals in the State's demonstration program or begin to
claim for service dollars. The Act also requires the Money Follows the
Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP) program be evaluated to
determine program effectiveness. One aspect of the evaluation is
determining participant quality of life and how the program affects
quality of life. Medicaid enrollees who participate in the MFP program
are expected to have need for long-term care services for the rest of
their lives and are a particularly vulnerable population if the
community setting cannot adequately meet their
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needs or does not provide them a suitable quality of life.
State Operational Protocols should provide enough information that:
the CMS Project Officer and other Federal officials may use it to
understand the operation of the demonstration and/or prepare for
potential site visits without needing additional information; the State
Project Director can use it as the manual for program implementation;
and external stakeholders may use it to understand the operation of the
demonstration. The financial information collection will be used in CMS
financial statements and shared with the auditors who validate CMS'
financial position. The Maintenance of Effort forms as well as the MFP
Budget Form are required each year. Submissions of MFP Demonstration
Financial Forms are 90 days after the end of each Federal fiscal
quarter. The MFP Finders File, MFP Program Participation Data file, and
MFP Services File will be used by the national evaluation contractor to
assess program outcomes. The MFP Quality of Life data will be used by
the national evaluation contractor to assess program outcomes.
Specifically, the evaluation will determine how participants' quality
of life changes after transitioning to the community. The semi-annual
progress reports will be used by the national evaluation contractor and
CMS to monitor program implementation at the grantee level; Form
Number: CMS-10249 (OCN: 0938-1053); Frequency: Yearly, Semi-annually,
Quarterly, Once; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 43; Total Annual Responses: 360; Total Annual
Hours: 9,360. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Marybeth Ribar at (410) 786-1121. For all other issues call (410) 786-
1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Long Term Care Hospital (LCTH) Quality
Reporting Program--Pressure Ulcer Measure Data Set; Use: Section 3004
of the Affordable Care Act authorizes the establishment of a new
quality reporting program for Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs). LTCHs
that fail to submit quality measure data may be subject to a 2
percentage point reduction in their annual update to the standard
Federal rate for discharges occurring during a rate year, beginning in
FY 2014. One of the quality measures LTCHs are required to collect and
submit data on is the Percent of Residents with Pressure Ulcers That
Are New or Have Worsened.
Currently, there are no mandatory standardized data sets being used
in LTCHs. Therefore, we have created a new data set to be used in
LTCHs, which incorporates data items contained in other, well known and
clinically established pressure ulcer data sets, including but not
limited to the Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0) and CARE data set
(Continuity Assessment Records & Evaluation).
Beginning on October 1, 2012, LTCHs will begin to use a data
collection document entitled the ``LTCH CARE Data Set'' as the vehicle
by which to collect the pressure ulcer data for the LTCH quality
reporting program. This data set consists of the following components:
(1) Pressure ulcer documentation; (2) selected covariates related to
pressure ulcers; (3) patient demographic information; and; (4) a
provider attestation section. The use of the LTCH CARE Data Set is
necessary in order to allow CMS to collect LTCH quality measures data
in compliance with Section 3004 of the Affordable Care Act. There are
no other reasonable alternatives available to CMS for the collection
and submission of pressure ulcer data.
The 60 day Federal Notice published on Friday, September 2, 2011
(76 FR 54776). Since September 2, 2011, CMS has worked on the
operational aspects of the LTCH Quality Reporting Program. While
performing this work, CMS determined that several non-material changes
were needed on the LTCH CARE Data Set. These changes have been made
merely to correct minor errors and do not increase the burden to the
provider. Form Number: CMS-10409 (OCN: 0938-New); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-
profit and not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,531;
Total Annual Responses: 3,531; Total Annual Hours: 883. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Caroline Gallaher at (410)
786-8705. For all other issues call (410) 786-1326.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
Site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on January 27, 2012.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974,
Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division-B, Office of
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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