{"description":"Documents matching 'nors include neck floats'","count":116,"total_pages":6,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=nors+include+neck+floats&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Mandatory Toy Safety Standards: Requirements for Neck Floats","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. ASTM F963-23, however, does not establish specific performance requirements for aquatic toys, such as neck floats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing this final rule establishing additional performance requirements specifically for neck floats and revised labeling requirements for neck floats to address fatal hazards associated with neck floats. The Commission is also amending CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include neck floats.","document_number":"2025-22827","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22827/mandatory-toy-safety-standards-requirements-for-neck-floats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22827.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22827.pdf?1765547125","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"bathtubs and pools. Retail prices for <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">float</span> products intended for children typically range from $10 to $60 depending on material type and art design, with inherently buoyant products being more expensive than inflatable products. \n <span class=\"match\">Neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> <span class=\"match\">include</span>: (1) inflatable <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>; (2) inherently buoyant (non-inflatable) <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>; and (3) <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> that use a combination of inflatable and inherently buoyant components. All other products that are not <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>, under the definition of “<span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">float</span>” in § 1250.5(b), are outside the scope"},{"title":"Extension of the Date by Which Neck Floats Must Be Tested and Certified Subject to the Submission of Samples","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is announcing that the Commission is extending, by 60 days, the date by which manufacturers (including importers) of neck floats must comply with the third party testing and certification requirements for children's products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). The extension is being provided because the Commission has determined that there is an insufficient number of third party conformity assessment bodies accredited by the Commission to permit testing and certification of neck floats by the effective date of June 15, 2026. To be eligible for this extension, manufacturers (including importers) must submit a sample of the finished product, intended for sale, to the Commission. This extension for third party testing and certification does not apply to any other requirements of the neck float final rule. All neck floats within the scope of the neck float final rule must be sold in compliance with all other requirements of that rule as of June 15, 2026, the effective date of the final rule.","document_number":"2026-09977","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-09977/extension-of-the-date-by-which-neck-floats-must-be-tested-and-certified-subject-to-the-submission-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-09977.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09977.pdf?1779108311","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"list the <span class=\"match\">NOR</span> for <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> at 16 CFR 1112.15(b)(32)(v), as Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for <span class=\"match\">Neck</span> <span class=\"match\">Floats</span>, upon the effective date of the rule. \n \n Pursuant to the final rule, laboratories applying for CPSC-acceptance as a third party conformity assessment body to test to the new requirements for <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> are required to meet the third party conformity assessment body accreditation requirements in Part 1112. A laboratory that meets the requirements to be a CPSC-accepted third party conformity assessment body for the <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> rule can"},{"title":"Mandatory Toy Safety Standards: Requirements for Neck Floats","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This toy safety standard sets forth only minimal labeling requirements for aquatic toys such as neck floats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) proposes to establish new performance and revised labeling requirements to address potentially deadly hazards associated with neck floats. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include neck floats.","document_number":"2024-25446","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-25446/mandatory-toy-safety-standards-requirements-for-neck-floats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-20/pdf/2024-25446.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25446.pdf?1732023915","publication_date":"2024-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"for use by children up to and including 4 years of age.” \n <span class=\"match\">Neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> <span class=\"match\">include</span>: (1) inflatable <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>; (2) inherently buoyant (non-inflatable) <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>; and (3) <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span> that use a combination of inflatable and inherently buoyant components. All other products that are not <span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">floats</span>, under the proposed definition of “<span class=\"match\">neck</span> <span class=\"match\">float</span>” in § 1250.5(b), are outside the scope of this rule. Life-saving flotation devices regulated by the Coast Guard, including those that attach to the <span class=\"match\">neck</span> of a user, are also outside the scope of this rule. \n III"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Mal Coombs Stairway Replacement Project in Shelter Cove, California","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Mal Coombs Stairway Replacement Project in Shelter Cove, California. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, 1-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2026-05987","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05987/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-mal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05987.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05987.pdf?1774529114","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"may have the potential to cause Level B harassment of pinnipeds hauled out on the beach and intertidal rocks at Mal Coombs Park. This section <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a summary and discussion of the ways that the types of stressors associated with the specified activity (\n e.g., \n personnel presence and noise from use of construction equipment) have been observed to impact marine mammals. This discussion may also <span class=\"match\">include</span> reactions that we consider to rise to the level of a take and those that we do not consider to rise to the level of a take. This section provides"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Rim Rock Crowned Snake and Key Ring-Necked Snake and Designation of Critical Habitat","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list two Florida species, the Key ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus acricus) and the rim rock crowned snake (Tantilla oolitica), and propose to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on the petition to list the Key ring-necked snake and the rim rock crowned snake. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing both species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list both species as endangered species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add the species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to both species. We also propose to designate critical habitat for the Key ring-necked snake and the rim rock crowned snake under the Act. In total, approximately 2,604 acres (ac) (1,054) hectares (ha) in Monroe County, Florida, and approximately 5,972 ac (2,418 ha) in Miami-Dade County and Monroe County, Florida, fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation for the Key ring-necked snake and the rim rock crowned snake, respectively. We announce the availability of a draft economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for both species.","document_number":"2022-21543","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/14/2022-21543/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-rim-rock-crowned-snake","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-10-14/pdf/2022-21543.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-21543.pdf?1665665118","publication_date":"2022-10-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"the Key ring-<span class=\"match\">necked</span> snake (\n Diadophis punctatus acricus \n ) is presented in the SSA report (version 1.0; Service 2021a, pp. 2-5). The Key ring-<span class=\"match\">necked</span> snake is one of 14 distinct subspecies of ring-<span class=\"match\">necked</span> snakes in North America, all of which are subspecies of \n D. punctatus. \n It is one of the smallest subspecies of the Family Dipsadidae; an adult specimen will average between 6 and 10 inches (in) (15.2 to 25.4 centimeters (cm)). A recent review of phylogenetic data supports the current subspecies classification for the Key ring-<span class=\"match\">necked</span> snake (Hoffman"},{"title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research","type":"Rule","abstract":"NMFS' Office of Protected Resources (OPR), upon request from NMFS' Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOAs) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. Upon publication of this final rule, NMFS will issue an LOA to PIFSC for the effective period of the final rule.","document_number":"2025-08349","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08349/taking-and-importing-marine-mammals-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-pacific-islands-fisheries","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08349.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08349.pdf?1747313110","publication_date":"2025-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"research gear has the potential for entangling humpback whales surfacing from dives. Such instruments <span class=\"match\">include</span> aMOUSS, BotCam, baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) deployed from a vessel and connected to the surface with a line to a <span class=\"match\">float</span> or vessel; environmental sampling instruments deployed by line; and baited or unbaited bottom traps such as lobster traps and fish traps deployed from a vessel and connected to the surface with line to a <span class=\"match\">float</span>.\n \n \n Therefore PIFSC requested, and NMFS is authorizing, one take of humpback whale (Hawai'i stock)"},{"title":"Updates to Marine Engineering Standards","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Coast Guard is updating marine engineering standards that are incorporated by reference and eliminating outdated or unnecessarily prescriptive regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations. This regulatory action is consistent with the standards currently used by industry and supports the Coast Guard's maritime safety mission.","document_number":"2024-10341","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/12/2024-10341/updates-to-marine-engineering-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-12/pdf/2024-10341.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10341.pdf?1718109921","publication_date":"2024-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"excerpts":"constructed and located to minimize the effects of vessel roll and pitch. <span class=\"match\">Float</span> chamber low water cutoff controls using stuffing boxes to transmit the motion of the <span class=\"match\">float</span> from the chamber to the external switches are prohibited. No outlet connection other than pressure controls, water columns, drains, and steam gages may be installed on the <span class=\"match\">float</span> chamber or on the pipes connecting the <span class=\"match\">float</span> chamber to the boiler. The water inlet valve must not feed water into the boiler through the <span class=\"match\">float</span> chamber. The boiler feed piping must comply with the applicable requirements"},{"title":"Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We propose to add new requirements to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to support and stabilize the Head Start workforce, including requirements for wages and benefits, breaks for staff, and enhanced supports for staff health and wellness. We also propose to enhance several existing requirements and add new requirements to promote consistent quality of services across Head Start programs. This includes proposed enhancements to requirements for mental health services to better integrate these services into every aspect of programs as well as elevate the role of mental health consultation to support the well-being of children, families, and staff. Enhancements are also proposed in the areas of family service, worker family assignments, identifying and meeting community needs, ensuring child safety, services for pregnant women and people, and alignment with State early childhood systems. Finally, we propose minor clarifications to existing standards to promote better transparency and clarity of understanding for grant recipients.","document_number":"2023-25038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/20/2023-25038/supporting-the-head-start-workforce-and-consistent-quality-programming","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-20/pdf/2023-25038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25038.pdf?1700083040","publication_date":"2023-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"S.C. 403 including housing acquired under the alternative authority under 10 U.S.C. 169 or any related provision of law). The revised definition is clear that gross income only <span class=\"match\">includes</span> sources of income provided in the definition; it does not <span class=\"match\">include</span> refundable tax credits <span class=\"match\">nor</span> any forms of public assistance. \n As mentioned previously, the current HSPPS definition <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a link to a 250+ page Census Bureau document from 1992. We believe the definition and reference to the document are outdated and complicated for programs to utilize. We propose"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2026-07203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07203/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07203.pdf?1775852113","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"explained that the MedPAR claims data now <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a field that identifies whether or not the claim <span class=\"match\">includes</span> expanded access use of immunotherapy. We stated that for the FY 2022 MedPAR claims data, this field identifies whether or not the claim <span class=\"match\">includes</span> condition code ZB, and for the FY 2023 MedPAR data and subsequent years, this field will identify whether or not the claim <span class=\"match\">includes</span> condition code 90. We further noted that the MedPAR files now also <span class=\"match\">include</span> a variable that indicates whether the claim <span class=\"match\">includes</span> the payer-only condition code “ZC”, which"},{"title":"National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; Product Schedule Listing and Authorization of Use Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is amending the requirements in Subpart J of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) that govern the use of dispersants, other chemicals and other spill mitigating substances when responding to oil discharges into jurisdictional waters of the United States. This action addresses the efficacy and toxicity of dispersants and other chemical and biological agents, as well as public, state, local, and federal officials' concerns regarding their use. Specifically, the Agency is amending the Subpart J regulatory requirements for the NCP Product Schedule in two distinct ways. First, the Agency is adding new listing criteria, revising the efficacy and toxicity testing protocols, and clarifying the evaluation criteria for removing products from the NCP Product Schedule. Second, the Agency is amending requirements for the authorities, notifications, and data reporting when using chemical or biological agents in response to oil discharges to Clean Water Act (CWA) section 311 jurisdictional waters and adjoining shorelines. These requirements are anticipated to encourage the development of safer and more effective spill mitigating products and better target the use of these products to reduce the risks of oil discharges and response technologies to human health and the environment. Further, the amendments are intended to ensure that On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs), Regional Response Teams (RRTs), and Area Committees (ACs) have sufficient information to support agent authorization of use decisions.","document_number":"2023-11904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/06/12/2023-11904/national-oil-and-hazardous-substances-pollution-contingency-plan-product-schedule-listing-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-12/pdf/2023-11904.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-11904.pdf?1686150915","publication_date":"2023-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"must explicitly <span class=\"match\">include</span> a classification for different types of bioremediation. The definition for bioremediation agents in the final action <span class=\"match\">includes</span> microorganisms, enzymes, and nutrients, to capture their different mechanisms of action (\n e.g., \n amending rate limiting nutrients vs. adding microbial cultures). The final revisions do not prevent EPA from grouping similar bioremediation agents together on the NCP Product Schedule, if appropriate.\n \n \n A commenter suggested that the definition of bioremediation agents should <span class=\"match\">include</span> language prohibiting"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments, Community Mental Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor; Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2024 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) Program. In this final rule, we are also establishing a payment for certain intensive outpatient services under Medicare, beginning January 1, 2024. In addition, this final rule updates and refines requirements for hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency. We are finalizing changes to the community mental health center (CMHC) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to provide requirements for furnishing intensive outpatient (IOP) services, and we are finalizing the proposed personnel qualifications for mental health counselors (MHCs) and marriage and family therapists (MFTs). Additionally, we are finalizing the removal of discussion of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) Medicare Code Editor (MCE) from the annual IPPS rulemakings, beginning with the fiscal year (FY) 2025 rulemaking. Finally, we are finalizing a technical correction to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) CoPs under the standard for the designation and certification of REHs.","document_number":"2023-24293","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/22/2023-24293/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-22/pdf/2023-24293.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24293.pdf?1698959177","publication_date":"2023-11-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"information is true, accurate, and complete, and to <span class=\"match\">include</span> a statement affirming this in the machine-readable file (MRF); (3) new data elements that hospitals must <span class=\"match\">include</span> in their MRFs, as well a requirement that hospitals encode standard charge information in a CMS template layout; (4) phased implementation timeline applicable to the new requirements we are finalizing in this final rule with comment period; (5) a requirement that hospitals to <span class=\"match\">include</span> a .txt file in the root folder that <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a direct link to the MRF and a link in the footer"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Proposed Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor; Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2024 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed rule, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. This proposed rule also would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) Program. This proposed rule would also establish payment for certain intensive outpatient services under Medicare, beginning January 1, 2024. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine requirements for hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency. We also propose to codify provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, in Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation (CoPs). We propose to revise the personnel qualifications of Mental Health Counselors and add personnel qualifications for Marriage and Family Therapists in the CMHC CoPs. We also seek comment on separate payment under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for establishing and maintaining access to a buffer stock of essential medicines to foster a more reliable, resilient supply of these medicines. Finally, we propose to address any future revisions to the IPPS Medicare Code Editor (MCE), including any additions or deletions of claims edits, as well as the addition or deletion of ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes to the applicable MCE edit code lists, outside of the annual IPPS rulemakings. Additionally, we propose a technical correction to the Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation.","document_number":"2023-14768","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/31/2023-14768/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-31/pdf/2023-14768.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-14768.pdf?1689279319","publication_date":"2023-07-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"anticipate that IOP weeks would generally <span class=\"match\">include</span> 9-19 hours of services and PHP weeks would generally <span class=\"match\">include</span> 20 or more hours of services, we did not restrict the data for this analysis by weekly hours. Because IOP is a new benefit, we do not have definitive data on utilization. However, if IOP utilization is similar to the data we analyzed for beneficiary weeks with 9 to 19 hours of mental health services, then we expect that IOP days will mostly <span class=\"match\">include</span> three services or fewer, but may sometimes <span class=\"match\">include</span> four or more. Given the uncertainty about"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Implementing Requirements for Manufacturers of Certain Single-dose Container or Single-use Package Drugs To Provide Refunds With Respect to Discarded Amounts; and COVID-19 Interim Final Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to certain Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment policies, including for skilled nursing facilities; updates to conditions of payment for DMEPOS suppliers; HCPCS Level II coding and payment for wound care management products; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); updates to the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System; provisions under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and finalizes the CY 2022 Methadone Payment Exception for Opioid Treatment Programs IFC. We are also finalizing, as implemented, a few provisions included in the COVID-19 interim final rules with comment period.","document_number":"2022-23873","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/18/2022-23873/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2023-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-18/pdf/2022-23873.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-23873.pdf?1667420129","publication_date":"2022-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"generally <span class=\"match\">include</span> the surgical procedure and any services typically provided during the pre- and postoperative periods (including evaluation and management (E/M) services and hospital discharge services). There are three types of global packages: \n • The 0-day global package, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> the procedure and the preoperative and postoperative physicians' services on the day of the procedure. \n • The 10-day global package, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> services on the day of, and 10 days after, the procedure. \n • The 90-day global package, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> services"},{"title":"Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2021-22673","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/15/2021-22673/grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-15/pdf/2021-22673.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-22673.pdf?1634216471","publication_date":"2021-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"provides important winter habitat for elk and contains a significant number of cultural sites used by Ancestral Pueblos and the Fremont. Specimens of petrified wood can be found across the Circle Cliffs area, including in the well-known Wolverine Petrified Wood Area, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> some largely intact logs nearly 100 feet in length. Additionally, the Circle Cliffs landscape is rich in paleontological resources. The area, with geology dating back to the Triassic and Permian Periods, contains at least 45 known paleontological sites, including one in"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries and Ecosystem Research","type":"Rule","abstract":"NMFS' Office of Protected Resources (OPR), upon request from NMFS' Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. Upon publication of this final rule, NMFS will issue an LOA to NEFSC for the effective period of the final rule.","document_number":"2021-22858","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/21/2021-22858/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-21/pdf/2021-22858.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-22858.pdf?1634733928","publication_date":"2021-10-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"multi-species stock assessments Gulf of Maine. It <span class=\"match\">includes</span> the Maine/New Hampshire inshore trawl program, conducted by Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) in the northern segment \n Bottom Trawl \n Modified GoM shrimp otter trawl \n U.S.-Canada to NH-MA border from shore to 300 ft depth \n Spring and Fall \n 30-50 \n Y \n \n \n NEAMAP Near Shore Trawl Program—Southern Segment \n This project provides data collection and analysis in support of single and multispecies stock assessments in the Mid-Atlantic. It <span class=\"match\">includes</span> the inshore trawl program NEAMAP Mid-Atlantic"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare and Medicaid Provider Enrollment Policies, Including for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Conditions of Payment for Suppliers of Durable Medicaid Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS); and Implementing Requirements for Manufacturers of Certain Single-Dose Container or Single-Use Package Drugs To Provide Refunds With Respect to Discarded Amounts","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to certain Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment policies, including for skilled nursing facilities; updates to conditions of payment for DMEPOS suppliers; HCPCS Level II coding and payment for wound care management products; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); updates to the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System; and provisions under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.","document_number":"2022-14562","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-14562/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2023-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-29/pdf/2022-14562.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-14562.pdf?1657224928","publication_date":"2022-07-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"represented in the county-level GSA data file. For example, Locality A <span class=\"match\">includes</span> county 1 and county 2. If the GSA data <span class=\"match\">includes</span> county 1 (with a population of 1,000), but not county 2 (population of 50), we included Locality A in the analysis, as it met the 50 percent and 75 percent thresholds. In contrast, if the GSA data <span class=\"match\">includes</span> county 2 (population of 50), but not county 1 (population of 1,000), we did not perform analysis on Locality A. The January 2017 GSA data file <span class=\"match\">includes</span> information on approximately 8,200 GSA leases across the country, which"},{"title":"2021-2022 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open, for the first time, seven National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) that are currently closed to hunting and sport fishing. In addition, we open or expand hunting and sport fishing at 81 other NWRs, and add pertinent station-specific regulations for other NWRs that pertain to migratory game bird hunting, upland game hunting, big game hunting, and sport fishing for the 2021-2022 season. We also open hunting or sport fishing on one unit of the National Fish Hatchery System (NFH). We add pertinent station-specific regulations that pertain to migratory game bird hunting, upland game hunting, big game hunting, and sport fishing at this NFH for the 2021-2022 season. Finally, we make regulatory changes to existing station-specific regulations in order to reduce the regulatory burden on the public, increase access for hunters and anglers on Service lands and waters, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain language standards.","document_number":"2021-18426","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/31/2021-18426/2021-2022-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-31/pdf/2021-18426.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-18426.pdf?1630327521","publication_date":"2021-08-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"parent/guardian, if a youth hunter) understands the terms and conditions of the permit.\n \n \n Requested revisions to FWS Form 3-2439: \n \n With this submission, we updated the title of the form to <span class=\"match\">include</span> NFHs. We also updated the Privacy Act Statement on the form to <span class=\"match\">include</span> applicability to all hunting permits (rather than only migratory bird hunting) and to also <span class=\"match\">include</span> references to authorized hunting on NFHs. \n Harvest/Fishing Activity Reports \n We have four harvest/fishing activity reports, depending on the species. We ask users to report on their success"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries and Ecosystem Research","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS Office of Protected Resources (OPR) has received a request from the NMFS' Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to fisheries and ecosystem research conducted in the Atlantic Ocean, over the course of five years. This would be the second set of regulations and 5-year LOA issued to the NEFSC. The proposed regulations would be effective September 10, 2021 through September 9, 2026. As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations to govern that take, and requests comments on the proposed regulations. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final announcement of our decision.","document_number":"2021-11188","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/04/2021-11188/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-04/pdf/2021-11188.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-11188.pdf?1622724322","publication_date":"2021-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"2020; and December 3, 2020. The December application was deemed adequate and complete on December 9, 2020. In accordance with the MMPA, we published a notice of receipt (<span class=\"match\">NOR</span>) of the NEFSC's application in the \n Federal Register \n , requesting comments and information related to the NEFSC request for thirty days (85 FR 83901, December 23, 2020). We did not receive comments on the <span class=\"match\">NOR</span>.\n \n \n The NEFSC's request is for take of a small number of 10 species of marine mammals by mortality or serious injury incidental to gear interaction and 32 species or"},{"title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS's Office of Protected Resources (OPR) has received a request from NMFS's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions, over the course of five years from the date of issuance. As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations to govern that take, and requests comments on the proposed regulations. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2021-05128","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/22/2021-05128/taking-and-importing-marine-mammals-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-pacific-islands-fisheries","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-22/pdf/2021-05128.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-05128.pdf?1616157917","publication_date":"2021-03-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"Main Hawaiian Islands insular stock, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> animals found within 72 km (38.9 nm) of the MHIs; (2) the NWHI stock, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> animals inhabiting waters within the NWHI and a 50 nmi radius around Kauai; (3) the Hawai`i pelagic stock, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> animals found inhabiting waters greater than 11 km (5.9 nmi) from the MHI, including adjacent high seas waters; (4) the Palmyra Atoll stock, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> animals found within the U.S. EEZ of Palmyra Atoll; and (5) the American Samoa stock, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> animals found within the U.S. EEZ of American"},{"title":"Updates to Marine Engineering Standards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Coast Guard proposes to incorporate by reference updated marine engineering standards and eliminate outdated or unnecessarily prescriptive regulations in Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subchapter F. This proposed rule is part of a continuing effort for regulatory reform that increases compliance options for the regulated public while providing a cost savings to the regulated public and the U.S. government.","document_number":"2021-15664","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/19/2021-15664/updates-to-marine-engineering-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-19/pdf/2021-15664.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-15664.pdf?1634561118","publication_date":"2021-10-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"excerpts":"protected from mechanical damage. For barges in inland service, the vents must extend at least six inches above the deck.\n \n (7) * * * \n (i) A ball check valve where the ball <span class=\"match\">float</span>, normally in the open position, will <span class=\"match\">float</span> up and close under the action of a submerging wave. The valve must be designed so that the effective clear discharge area through the valve with the <span class=\"match\">float</span> in the open position is not less than the inlet area of the vent pipe to which the valve is connected; or \n \n \n (10) The diameter of each vent pipe must not be less than 1\n 1/2"}]}