April 4, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on March 15, 2023. That document amended test procedures for television sets. This document corrects an amendatory error in that final rule.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the establishment of a docket to obtain information and comments that will assist the Agency in assessing whether in-home disposal products can be expected to meet the public health goal of mitigating the risk of nonmedical use or overdose if the Agency were to require drug manufacturers to make in-home disposal products available to patients under a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS). The Agency would like information and comments on the issues to be discussed at the public workshop convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's (NASEM's) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation entitled ``Defining and Evaluating In-Home Disposal Systems for Opioid Analgesics'' on June 26 and 27, 2023.

The DoD is amending TRICARE reimbursement of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and outpatient services provided in Cancer and Children's Hospitals (CCHs). These amendments are in accordance with the TRICARE statute that requires TRICARE's payment methodologies for institutional care be determined, to the extent practicable, in accordance with the same reimbursement rules as apply to payments to providers of services of the same type under Medicare. In accordance with this requirement, TRICARE finalizes the adoption of Medicare's payment methodology for ASCs, and adoption of Medicare's payment methodology for outpatient services provided in CCHs as set forth in this final rule.

The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) will hold its quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors to discuss the agency's programs and administration. This meeting will occur at the USADF office.

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is establishing a new department-wide system of records titled Personnel (Employee and Non-Employee) Recruitment Program Records Not Covered by Other Notices, system number 09-90-2301. HHS is also rescinding two related systems of records: OGC Attorney Applicant Files, system number 09-90-0066; and Fellowship Program and Guest Researcher Records, system number 09-20-0112.

This action amends the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Greer, SC Class C airspace description to update the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport name, and the geographic coordinates of the airport reference point (ARP) to match the FAA's National Airspace System Resources (NASR) database information. Additionally, this action amends the airspace description by updating the header format and replacing the outdated terms ``Notice to Airmen'' and ``Airport/Facility Directory'' with the current terminology. This action does not change the boundaries, altitudes, or operating requirements of the Class C airspace area.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing five general licenses (GLs) issued in the Venezuela Sanctions program: GLs 32, 33, 34, 34A, and 35, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the West Virginia Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a series of planning meetings via web conference. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss and plan matters related to the Committee's civil rights project on the civil rights impact of WV public school disciplinary policies, practices and procedures on students of color, students with disabilities and LGBTA+ students.

The Coast Guard is withdrawing the sixty-day notice for the Information Collection Request (ICR) regarding Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1625-0041, for Various International Agreement Pollution Prevention Certificates and Documents, and Equivalency Certificates. The Coast Guard published a notice of ICR in the Federal Register on November 29, 2022, titled ``Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0041''. We are withdrawing that notice because it is a duplicate submission of the subsequent sixty-day notice and request for public comment associated with this ICR that we published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2023.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), are releasing (meaning introducing) the Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), known locally as the sihek, on Palmyra Atoll as an experimental population under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Currently, sihek exists only in captivity and has been extinct in the wild for more than 30 years. The introduction on Palmyra Atoll is outside sihek's historical range because its primary habitat within its native range on Guam has been indefinitely altered by the accidental introduction of the predatory brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) in the mid-twentieth century. Tools to manage brown treesnakes at a landscape level are beginning to be deployed, but it will take time before these tools are effective enough for the reintroduction of sihek on Guam. We anticipate significant declines in sihek population that threaten the species' viability before reintroduction to Guam could occur. The introduction of sihek to Palmyra Atoll is not intended to be a permanent introduction that would support a self-sustaining population; rather, it is intended to facilitate the gathering of information and analysis to optimize efforts for reestablishment of the species on Guam once brown treesnakes can be sufficiently controlled at a landscape scale. The introduction of sihek to Palmyra Atoll is also likely to help increase the global population of this extinct-in-the-wild species in advance of a reintroduction effort on Guam. We classify this population as a nonessential experimental population (NEP) under the Act and provide regulations for the take of sihek within the NEP area. The best available data indicate the introduction of sihek to Palmyra Atoll is biologically feasible and will promote the conservation of the species.

The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for the annual Opening Day on the San Francisco Bay Boat Parade on April 30, 2023 to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways in the San Francisco Bay during this event. Our regulation for marine events in Northern California identifies the regulated area for this event in San Francisco, CA. During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or loitering or anchoring in the regulated area, unless authorized by the designated Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area.

The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for the annual Blessing of the Fleet Boat Parade on April 30, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways in the San Francisco Bay during this event. Our regulation for marine events in Northern California identifies the regulated area for this event in San Francisco, CA. During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or loitering or anchoring in the regulated area, unless authorized by the designated Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area.

This action establishes Class E airspace at Vinita, OK. This action supports the establishment of public instrument procedures at Vinita Municipal Airport, Vinita, OK.

This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2024. This rule includes information on hospice utilization trends and solicits comments regarding information related to the provision of higher levels of hospice care; spending patterns for non-hospice services provided during the election of the hospice benefit; ownership transparency; equipping patients and caregivers with information to inform hospice selection; and ways to examine health equity under the hospice benefit. This rule also proposes conforming regulations text changes related to the anticipated expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). In addition, this rule proposes updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; discusses the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation tool; provides an update on Health Equity and future quality measures; and provides updates on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, Hospice Survey Mode Experiment. This rule also proposes to codify hospice data submission thresholds and discusses updates to hospice survey and enforcement procedures. Additionally, the rule proposes to require hospice certifying physicians to be Medicare-enrolled or to have validly opted-out.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) will hold a virtual meeting for members to discuss issues related to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) that will be a part of the Committee's Report to the President. All the PCPID meetings, in any format, are open to the public. This virtual meeting will be conducted in a discussion and presentation format with testimony from people with intellectual disabilities and other stakeholders to provide more information about their experiences with HCBS.

The Department of Energy hereby publishes a notice of open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). This meeting will be held virtually for members of the public, and in-person for SEAB members. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule six synthetic cannabinoids and their optical and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such isomers and salts is possible, in schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act. When it is issued, the temporary scheduling order will impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle these six specified controlled substances.

This notice informs the public that the Space Systems Command, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, Timing Directorate will host an out-of-cycle 2023 Public Interface Control Working Group on June 7, 2023. The working group will review proposed changes to NAVSTAR GPS public document ICD-GPS-870 (Control Segment (OCX) to User Support Interface), as well as familiarize GPS users with new GPS (XML based) data products and a conversion tool associated with the upcoming fielding of the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). Additional details can be found below.