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a manner that ensures the deed notice
continues to be protective. NJDEP is to
conduct biennial inspections and certify
the continued protectiveness of all
residential properties containing deed
notices.
A deed notice was required on
Borough of Manville roads and right-ofways that contained residual
contamination at levels exceeding the
remedial goals established for the Site.
The Borough has applied deed notices
to all areas that were required.
A deed notice was also required on
the Rustic Mall commercial property.
The owners have applied a deed notice
to this property in accordance with the
remedy selected in the OU3 ROD. The
commercial property owner is
responsible to conduct biennial
inspections and provide certification to
NJDEP that specifications of the deed
notice continue to be protective.
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Five-Year Review
Hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants will remain at the Site
above levels that allow for unlimited
use and unrestricted exposure. In
accordance with CERCLA Section 121
(c), the remedies at the Site will be
reviewed no less than every five years.
The first five-year review was
completed in June 2007. A second fiveyear review was completed on May 3,
2012. This second five-year review
determined that the implemented
actions at the Site currently protect
human health and the environment
because soil excavation activities and
institutional controls prevent direct
exposure to contaminated soils. EPA
will complete the next five-year-review
prior to May 3, 2017.
Community Involvement
A very high level of community
concern was demonstrated by residents,
commercial property owners, business
owners, and borough officials at the
time the Site was discovered in 1997.
This level of community concern
persisted to the completion of cleanup
activities in 2008.
Initially, public meetings were used to
convey information to the community.
At these meetings, residents were
informed of plans for indoor air
sampling and soil sampling on their
properties. As results of the sampling
events were produced, EPA held public
availability sessions in which EPA
representatives met with residents oneon-one to discuss the sampling results.
As with the public meetings, these
public availability sessions were well
attended and preferred by many
members of the community. A
Community Advisory Group (CAG) was
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formed early on in the project. The CAG
obtained information from EPA and
provided community input on the
implementation of field activities
associated with investigations, design
and remedial construction. As the
project moved through the remedial
investigation to the remedial design and
remedial action, the on-site presence of
equipment and contractor personnel
associated with these activities gained
higher visibility and became more
intrusive to the community. EPA
distributed informational fact sheets to
property owners immediately before
field activities were to take place in any
area of the community. The fact sheets
informed the community of Site
activities such as utility mark-offs, road
closures, equipment to be used for
upcoming work, number of personnel
involved in the work and the duration
of the work as well as upcoming
meetings. In addition, EPA distributed
periodic newsletters informing the
community of cleanup progress and
plans for future cleanup activities. EPA
held multiple interviews with different
media (newspaper, television and radio
news) to report on progress of the Site
investigation and cleanup activities.
Press events were also held to announce
major milestones of the project. Meeting
one-on-one with residents at their
homes was a critical component of
community relations activities at this
Site. A wide range of issues were
addressed at these meetings such as
access agreements, property specific
plans for upcoming environmental
testing and remediation, interpretation
of sampling results, permanent and
temporary relocation assistance, and
resident’s concerns regarding intrusive
remediation of their properties.
A notice will be published in the local
newspaper informing the public of
EPA’s intent to delete the Site. This
public notice will request public
comment on the proposed deletion and
provide EPA’s point of contact to accept
comments.
Determination That the Site Meets the
Criteria for Deletion in the NCP
All response actions required in each
of the RODs have been completed and
all remedial action objectives have been
met. One of the three criteria for Site
deletion specifies that EPA may delete
a site from the NPL if all appropriate
Fund-financed response under CERCLA
has been implemented, and no further
response action by responsible parties is
appropriate. EPA, with the concurrence
of the State of New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection, believes
that this criterion for deletion has been
met. Subsequently, EPA is proposing
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deletion of this Site from the NPL.
Documents supporting this action are
available from the docket.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous
waste, Hazardous substances,
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.
9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,
1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923,
3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.193.
Dated: January 31, 2014.
Judith Enck
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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Administrative Simplification:
Certification of Compliance for Health
Plans; Extension of Comment Period
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Proposed rule; extension of the
comment period.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This document extends the
comment period for the Administrative
Simplification: Certification of
Compliance for Health Plans proposed
rule, which was published in the
January 2, 2014 Federal Register. The
comment period for the proposed rule,
which would have ended on March 3,
2014, is extended to April 3, 2014.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published in the January
2, 2014 Federal Register (79 FR 298) is
extended to April 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer
to file code CMS–0037–P. Because of
staff and resource limitations, we cannot
accept comments by facsimile (FAX)
transmission.
You may submit comments in one of
four ways (please choose only one of the
ways listed):
1. You may submit electronic
comments on this regulation to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address ONLY:
SUMMARY:
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Attention: CMS–
0037–P, P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore,
MD 21244–8013.
Please allow sufficient time for mailed
comments to be received before the
close of the comment period.
3. By express or overnight mail. You
may send written comments to the
following address ONLY:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Attention: CMS–
0037–P, Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244–1850.
4. By hand or courier. If you prefer,
you may deliver (by hand or courier)
your written comments before the close
of the comment period to either of the
following addresses:
a. For delivery in Washington, DC—
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert
H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20201.
(Because access to the interior of the
Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not
readily available to persons without
Federal government identification,
commenters are encouraged to leave
their comments in the CMS drop slots
located in the main lobby of the
building. A stamp-in clock is available
for persons wishing to retain a proof of
filing by stamping in and retaining an
extra copy of the comments being filed.)
b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD—
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–
1850.
If you intend to deliver your
comments to the Baltimore address,
please call telephone number (410) 786–
7195 in advance to schedule your
arrival with one of our staff members.
Comments mailed to the addresses
indicated as appropriate for hand or
courier delivery may be delayed and
received after the comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geanelle G. Herring, (410) 786–4466.
Matthew Albright, (410) 786–2546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
January 2, 2014 Federal Register (79 FR
298), we published the Administrative
Simplification: Certification of
Compliance for Health Plans proposed
rule (hereafter, Compliance Certification
proposed rule), which proposes that
controlling health plans must submit
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certain information and documentation
that demonstrates compliance with the
standards and operating rules adopted
under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
for three electronic transactions:
Eligibility for a health plan, health care
claim status, and health care electronic
funds transfers (EFT) and remittance
advice. This proposed rule would also
establish penalty fees for a CHP that
fails to comply with the certification of
compliance requirements.
The proposed rule is different from
previous HIPAA administrative
simplification regulations in that the
number and type of entities that would
be impacted by the requirements is
much greater. For example, many selffunded health plans that meet the
HIPAA definition of health plan would
be subject to the requirements in the
proposed rule; however, many selffunded health plans have not been
impacted by previous HIPAA
administrative simplification
requirements because many do not
directly conduct HIPAA covered
transactions.
Representatives of entities that are
new to HIPAA administrative
simplification requirements have
requested more time to analyze the
Compliance Certification proposed rule
and educate themselves and their peers,
as well as solicit feedback from their
membership on the business impact of
the propose rule, which they believe can
be better achieved with more time for
public comments. We concur.
Therefore, we are extending the
comment period until April 3, 2014.
Dated: February 27, 2014.
Oliver A. Potts,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the
Department, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to911 and Other Next Generation 911
Applications; Framework for Next
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Federal Communications
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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
In this Second Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (Second
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Further Notice) the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) seeks comment on a
proposed timeframe and several aspects
of implementation of text-to-911 service,
particularly relating to the technical
ability of interconnected text providers
to comply with a text-to-911 mandate.
Specifically, the Commission seeks
comment on a proposal that text-to-911
capability should be made available by
all text providers no later than
December 31, 2014, and should be
provided within a reasonable time after
a PSAP has made a valid request for
service, not to exceed six months. The
Commission also seeks further comment
on several issues that we anticipate will
be part of the long-term evolution of
text-to-911, though it does not propose
to require their implementation by a
date certain. These include: Developing
the capability to provide Phase IIcomparable location information in
conjunction with emergency texts;
delivering text-to-911 over non-cellular
data channels; and supporting text-to911 for consumers while roaming on
Commercial Mobile Radio Service
(CMRS) networks. The Second Further
Notice is adopted with the goal of
obtaining information from the public
on proposed rules for the
implementation of text-to-911.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
April 4, 2014 and reply comments by
May 5, 2014. Written comments on the
Paperwork Reduction Act proposed
information collection requirements
must be submitted by the public, Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), and
other interested parties on or before May
5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by PS Docket No. 10–255 and
PS Docket No. 11–153, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Communications
Commission’s Web site: https://
fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
• People with Disabilities: Contact the
FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format
documents, sign language interpreters,
CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov
or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–
418–0432.
For detailed instructions for submitting
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
Parties wishing to file materials with
a claim of confidentiality should follow
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[FR Doc No: 2014-04828]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
45 CFR Parts 160 and 162
[CMS-0037-N]
Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for
Health Plans; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the
Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for Health
Plans proposed rule, which was published in the January 2, 2014 Federal
Register. The comment period for the proposed rule, which would have
ended on March 3, 2014, is extended to April 3, 2014.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published in the
January 2, 2014 Federal Register (79 FR 298) is extended to April 3,
2014.
ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer to file code CMS-0037-P. Because
of staff and resource limitations, we cannot accept comments by
facsimile (FAX) transmission.
You may submit comments in one of four ways (please choose only one
of the ways listed):
1. You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the ``Submit a comment'' instructions.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address ONLY:
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Attention: CMS-0037-P, P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, MD
21244-8013.
Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received
before the close of the comment period.
3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to
the following address ONLY:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Attention: CMS-0037-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
4. By hand or courier. If you prefer, you may deliver (by hand or
courier) your written comments before the close of the comment period
to either of the following addresses:
a. For delivery in Washington, DC--
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
(Because access to the interior of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building
is not readily available to persons without Federal government
identification, commenters are encouraged to leave their comments in
the CMS drop slots located in the main lobby of the building. A stamp-
in clock is available for persons wishing to retain a proof of filing
by stamping in and retaining an extra copy of the comments being
filed.)
b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD--
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and
Human Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
If you intend to deliver your comments to the Baltimore address,
please call telephone number (410) 786-7195 in advance to schedule your
arrival with one of our staff members.
Comments mailed to the addresses indicated as appropriate for hand
or courier delivery may be delayed and received after the comment
period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanelle G. Herring, (410) 786-4466.
Matthew Albright, (410) 786-2546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the January 2, 2014 Federal Register (79
FR 298), we published the Administrative Simplification: Certification
of Compliance for Health Plans proposed rule (hereafter, Compliance
Certification proposed rule), which proposes that controlling health
plans must submit certain information and documentation that
demonstrates compliance with the standards and operating rules adopted
under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) for three electronic transactions: Eligibility for a health
plan, health care claim status, and health care electronic funds
transfers (EFT) and remittance advice. This proposed rule would also
establish penalty fees for a CHP that fails to comply with the
certification of compliance requirements.
The proposed rule is different from previous HIPAA administrative
simplification regulations in that the number and type of entities that
would be impacted by the requirements is much greater. For example,
many self-funded health plans that meet the HIPAA definition of health
plan would be subject to the requirements in the proposed rule;
however, many self-funded health plans have not been impacted by
previous HIPAA administrative simplification requirements because many
do not directly conduct HIPAA covered transactions.
Representatives of entities that are new to HIPAA administrative
simplification requirements have requested more time to analyze the
Compliance Certification proposed rule and educate themselves and their
peers, as well as solicit feedback from their membership on the
business impact of the propose rule, which they believe can be better
achieved with more time for public comments. We concur. Therefore, we
are extending the comment period until April 3, 2014.
Dated: February 27, 2014.
Oliver A. Potts,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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