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clinical oversight of a physician,
regardless of State or local law
Administrative practice and
restrictions, when that APRN is working
procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism,
within the scope of their VA
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug
employment.
abuse, Foreign relations, Government
(c) Granting of full practice authority.
contracts, Grant programs—health,
VA may grant full practice authority to
Grant programs—veterans, Health care,
an APRN subject to the following:
Health facilities, Health professions,
(1) Verification that the APRN meets
Health records, Homeless, Medical and
the requirements established in
dental schools, Medical devices,
paragraph (a) of this section; and
Medical research, Mental health
(2) Determination that the APRN has
programs, Nursing homes, Philippines,
demonstrated the knowledge and skills
Reporting and recordkeeping
necessary to provide the services
requirements, Scholarships and
described in paragraph (d) of this
fellowships, Travel and transportation
section without the clinical oversight of
expenses, Veterans.
a physician, and is thus qualified to be
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privileged for such scope of practice.
(d) Services provided by an APRN
Michael Shores,
with full practice authority. (1) Subject
Acting Director, Office of Regulation Policy
to the limitations established in
& Management, Office of Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
paragraph (d)(2) of this section, the full
practice authority for each of the four
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, we propose to amend 38 CFR APRN roles includes, but is not limited
to, providing the following services:
part 17 as follows:
(i) A CNP has full practice authority
PART 17—MEDICAL
to:
(A) Take comprehensive histories,
■ 1. The authority citation for part 17
provide physical examinations and
continues to read as follows:
other health assessment and screening
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in
activities, diagnose, treat, and manage
specific sections.
patients with acute and chronic
illnesses and diseases;
■ 2. Amend part 17 by adding an
(B) Order, perform, supervise, and
undesignated center heading and
interpret laboratory and imaging
§ 17.415 immediately after § 17.410 to
studies;
read as follows:
(C) Prescribe medication and durable
Nursing Services
medical equipment;
(D) Make appropriate referrals for
§ 17.415 Full practice authority for
patients and families, and request
advanced practice registered nurses.
consultations;
(a) Advanced practice registered nurse
(E) Aid in health promotion, disease
(APRN). For purposes of this section, an prevention, health education, and
advanced practice registered nurse
counseling as well as the diagnosis and
(APRN) is an individual who:
management of acute and chronic
(1) Has completed a nationallydiseases.
accredited, graduate-level educational
(ii) A CRNA has full practice
program that prepares them for one of
authority to:
the four APRN roles of Certified Nurse
(A) Plan and initiate anesthetic
Practitioner (CNP), Certified Registered
techniques (general, regional, local) and
Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical
sedation;
Nurse Specialist (CNS), or Certified
(B) Provide post-anesthesia evaluation
Nurse-Midwife (CNM);
and discharge;
(2) Has passed a national certification
(C) Order and evaluate diagnostic
examination that measures knowledge
tests;
in one of the APRN roles described in
(D) Request consultations;
paragraph (a)(1) of this section;
(D) Perform point-of-care testing; and
(3) Has obtained a license from a State
(E) Respond to emergency situations
licensing board in one of four
for airway management.
recognized APRN roles described in
(iii) A CNS has full practice authority
paragraph (a)(1) of this section; and
to provide diagnosis and treatment of
(4) Maintains certification and
health or illness states, disease
licensure as required by paragraphs
management, health promotion, and
(a)(2) and (3) of this section.
prevention of illness and risk behaviors
(b) Full practice authority. For
among individuals, families, groups,
purposes of this section, full practice
and communities within their scope of
authority means the authority of an
practice.
APRN to provide services described in
(iv) A CNM has full practice authority
paragraph (d) of this section without the to provide a range of primary health
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care services to women, including
gynecologic care, family planning
services, preconception care (care that
women veterans receive before
becoming pregnant, including reducing
the risk of birth defects and other
problems such as the treatment of
diabetes and high blood pressure),
prenatal and postpartum care,
childbirth, and care of a newborn, and
treating the partner of their female
patients for sexually transmitted disease
and reproductive health, if the partner
is also enrolled in the VA healthcare
system or is not required to enroll.
(2) The full practice authority of an
APRN is subject to the limitations
imposed by the Controlled Substances
Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq., and that
APRN’s State licensure on the authority
to prescribe, or administer controlled
substances, as well as any other
limitations on the provision of VA care
set forth in applicable Federal law and
policy.
(e) Preemption of State and local law.
To achieve important Federal interests,
including but not limited to the ability
to provide the same comprehensive care
to veterans in all States under 38 U.S.C.
7301, this section preempts conflicting
State and local laws relating to the
practice of APRNs when such APRNs
are working within the scope of their
VA employment. Any State or local law,
or regulation pursuant to such law, is
without any force or effect on, and State
or local governments have no legal
authority to enforce them in relation to
this section or decisions made by VA
under this section.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7301, 7304, 7402, and
7403)
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40 CFR Part 52
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9936–62–Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Sulfur
Content of Fuel Oil Burned in
Stationary Sources
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the State of
Connecticut on April 22, 2014, with
supplemental submittals on June 18,
SUMMARY:
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2015 and September 25, 2015. This
revision establishes sulfur in fuel oil
content limits for use in stationary
sources. In addition, the submittal
includes minor clarifying revisions to
the methods for sampling, emission
testing, sample analysis, and reporting.
The intended effect of this action is to
propose approval of these requirements
into the Connecticut SIP. This action is
being taken under the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R01–OAR–2014–0364 by one of the
following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. Email: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918–0047.
4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification
Number EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0364,
Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5
Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail
code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–
3912.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver
your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA New England Regional Office,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air
Quality Unit, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, (mail code OEP05–2), Boston,
MA 02109–3912. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Regional
Office’s normal hours of operation. The
Regional Office’s official hours of
business are Monday through Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding legal
holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OAR–2014–
0364. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit through
www.regulations.gov, or email,
information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected. The
www.regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
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to EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit
an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the
electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5
Post Office Square—Suite 100, Boston,
MA. EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays.
In addition, copies of the state
submittal are also available for public
inspection during normal business
hours, by appointment at the State Air
Agency; Bureau of Air Management,
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection, State Office
Building, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT
06106–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne K. McWilliams, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston,
MA 02109–3912, telephone (617) 918–
1697, facsimile (617) 918–0697, email
mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP submittals as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
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submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
Please note that if EPA receives adverse
comment on an amendment, paragraph,
or section of this rule and if that
provision may be severed from the
remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt
as final those provisions of the rule that
are not the subject of an adverse
comment.
For additional information, see the
direct final rule which is located in the
Rules Section of this Federal Register.
Dated: November 5, 2015.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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Clean Air Act Redesignation Substitute
for the Dallas-Fort Worth 1-Hour Ozone
and 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment
Areas; Texas
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
redesignation substitute and make a
finding of attainment for both the 1-hour
ozone and the 1997 8-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for the Dallas-Fort Worth
nonattainment area (DFW area). The
redesignation substitute demonstration
states that the area has attained both the
revoked 1-hour ozone and the revoked
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS due to
permanent and enforceable emission
reductions, and that it will maintain
those NAAQS for ten years from the
date of the EPA’s approval of this
demonstration. Final approval of the
redesignation substitute will result in
the area no longer being subject to any
remaining applicable anti-backsliding
requirements and the nonattainment
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0364; A-1-FRL-9936-62-Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Sulfur Content of Fuel Oil Burned
in Stationary Sources
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the
State of Connecticut on April 22, 2014, with supplemental submittals on
June 18,
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2015 and September 25, 2015. This revision establishes sulfur in fuel
oil content limits for use in stationary sources. In addition, the
submittal includes minor clarifying revisions to the methods for
sampling, emission testing, sample analysis, and reporting. The
intended effect of this action is to propose approval of these
requirements into the Connecticut SIP. This action is being taken under
the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R01-OAR-2014-0364 by one of the following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. Email: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918-0047.
4. Mail: ``Docket Identification Number EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0364, Anne
Arnold, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional
Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5
Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-
3912.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, Air Quality Unit, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (mail
code OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional
Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OAR-
2014-0364. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit through www.regulations.gov, or
email, information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning
Unit, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if
at all possible, you contact the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays.
In addition, copies of the state submittal are also available for
public inspection during normal business hours, by appointment at the
State Air Agency; Bureau of Air Management, Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection, State Office Building, 79 Elm Street,
Hartford, CT 06106-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne K. McWilliams, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2),
Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone (617) 918-1697, facsimile (617) 918-
0697, email mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittals as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.
Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
For additional information, see the direct final rule which is
located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.
Dated: November 5, 2015.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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