{"description":"Documents matching 'security measures recovered per-minute rates'","count":559,"total_pages":28,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+measures+recovered+per-minute+rates&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Prisons: \n $0.094 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.470 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Large Jails: \n $0.086 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.327 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Medium Jails: \n $0.097 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.259 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Small Jails: \n $0.108 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.230 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Very Small Jails: \n $0.128 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.263 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks additional comment and data from stakeholders on adopting permanent audio and video IPCS rate caps and on whether and how the Commission should refine its IPCS data collections going forward to provide the data needed to ensure rate caps are just and reasonable and fairly compensate IPCS providers. It also seeks comment on how and when the Commission should structure a permanent rate additive to account for the recovery of correctional facility costs incurred in making IPCS available, including an additive that potentially varies by facility type and size. Finally, it proposes to retain the prohibition on ancillary service charges previously adopted by the Commission and seeks further comment on this proposal. In the alternative, it seeks comment on a request to reinstate automated payment fees and third-party financial transaction fees as permissible ancillary service charges.","document_number":"2025-22130","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22130/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22130.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22130.pdf?1764855937","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"available data on safety and <span class=\"match\">security</span> costs and of the cost data more generally. Meanwhile, commenters continue to acknowledge a need for permanent <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps. We agree that permanent caps are necessary for IPCS and, accordingly, we seek further comment on how the Commission could best adopt permanent <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps for audio and video IPCS which are just, reasonable, and fairly compensatory and the time frame for implementing any such <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps. \n \n 3. \n Permanent Audio IPCS <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Caps. \n The accompanying Order adopts audio IPCS <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps on an interim basis"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Prisons: \n $0.107 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.326 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Large Jails: \n $0.098 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.223 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Medium Jails: \n $0.110 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.216 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications;\n \n \n • \n Small Jails: \n $0.121 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.208 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications; and\n \n \n • \n Very Small Jails: \n $0.151 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for audio communications and $0.288 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> for video communications"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital. This final rule also revises the payment adjustment factors for teaching status and for IPFs located in rural areas. These changes will be effective for IPF discharges occurring during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. We are finalizing changes to measures used in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program, updating and codifying the Extraordinary Circumstances Exception policy, and summarizing comments received through requests for information regarding future changes to the IPFQR Program.","document_number":"2025-14781","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/05/2025-14781/medicare-program-fy-2026-inpatient-psychiatric-facilities-prospective-payment-system-rate-update","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-05/pdf/2025-14781.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14781.pdf?1754079306","publication_date":"2025-08-05","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":"the IPF ED Visit <span class=\"match\">measure</span> would align with the IPF Unplanned Readmission <span class=\"match\">measure</span>. The proposal would modify the first reporting period for the <span class=\"match\">measure</span> to Quarter (Q)3 CY 2025-Q2 CY 2027 for the FY 2029 payment determination.\n 7 \n \n The proposed 2-year reporting period would allow the IPF ED Visit <span class=\"match\">measure</span> to better complement the IPF Unplanned Readmission <span class=\"match\">measure</span>, resulting in more meaningful IPFQR Program <span class=\"match\">measure</span> data for providers and consumers.\n \n \n \n 7 \n  As finalized in prior rulemaking (89 FR 64659), the IPF ED Visit <span class=\"match\">measure</span> would have been used"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) addresses and resolves multiple pending petitions in the incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) proceeding. The Commission grants the Hamilton Relay, Inc. petition for reconsideration of certain aspects of the 2022 ICS Order released on September 30, 2022. The Commission dismisses the United Church of Christ and Public Knowledge petition for reconsideration of the 2021 ICS Order released on May 24, 2021. The Commission dismisses the portion of the NCIC Inmate Communications petition for reconsideration of the 2021 ICS Order that it had not previously addressed. The Commission dismisses a petition filed by Securus Technologies, LLC seeking clarification of one aspect of the 2021 ICS Order and dismiss in part and otherwise denies the Securus petition for waiver of certain Commission rules.","document_number":"2024-18605","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/26/2024-18605/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-26/pdf/2024-18605.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18605.pdf?1724417115","publication_date":"2024-08-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"and Order. These requirements include compliance with the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps the Report and Order establishes for IPCS. While the new <span class=\"match\">rate</span> cap structure is lower than the preexisting <span class=\"match\">per-minute</span> <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps, given that the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps are based on cost data provided by IPCS providers, including smaller providers, small entities are likely to be able to <span class=\"match\">recover</span> their costs in the same manner as larger providers. Additionally, because the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> caps apply to both interstate and intrastate IPCS, the new <span class=\"match\">rate</span> cap structure reduces the recordkeeping and reporting burdens"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks additional comment on establishing permanent rate caps for video incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) that are just and reasonable, and will fairly compensate IPCS providers, including comment on the video IPCS marketplace and the types of data needed to support its efforts to adopt permanent video IPCS rate caps in the future. It also seeks comment on the possibly of further disaggregating the very small jail rate tier and the types of cost or other data that would identify any additional distinctions within this rate tier. The Commission seeks comment on its authority to address quality of service issues raised in this proceeding and whether it should develop minimum Federal quality of service standards. It again seeks comment on whether to expand the definitions of \"Prison\" and \"Jail\" to capture the full universe of confinement facilities and specifically, the costs providers incur in providing service to confinement facilities that are not correctional institutions. It also seeks comment on whether to incorporate into its inactive account rules a requirement that providers allow account holders to designate a third party to receive refunds from IPCS accounts. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on possibly adopting a uniform additive to the IPCS rate caps to account for correctional facility costs.","document_number":"2024-19038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19038/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19038.pdf?1726663519","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"delivery and call completion concerns. In addition, the Commission has recognized that “[a]n inherent part of any <span class=\"match\">rate</span> setting process is not only the establishment of the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> level and <span class=\"match\">rate</span> structure, but the definition of the service or functionality to which the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> will apply.” We thus believe that quality of service considerations are within the purview of our establishment of a compensation plan to ensure just and reasonable <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for IPCS under section 276(b)(1)(A). Do commenters agree that our traditional sources of statutory authority over"},{"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":"Risk-Standardized Mortality <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Following Heart Failure Hospitalization <span class=\"match\">measure</span>; (3) Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Mortality <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Following Pneumonia Hospitalization <span class=\"match\">measure</span>; (4) Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Mortality <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Following Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Hospitalization <span class=\"match\">measure</span>; and (5) Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Mortality <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery <span class=\"match\">measure</span>. We also include requests for information on two topics: (1) <span class=\"match\">measuring</span> emergency room access"},{"title":"Reforming Legacy Rules for an All-IP Future; Accelerating Network Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to accelerate network modernization by proposing to reform regulations that have hindered the transition to all-internet Protocol (IP) networks. Building upon the Commission's longstanding efforts to reform the legacy intercarrier compensation (ICC) framework, the Commission proposes to move remaining ICC charges to a bill-and-keep framework and detariff them, and invites comment on this proposal. To enable carriers to recover costs from their end users, the Commission proposes to eliminate ex ante pricing regulation and tariffing of end-user charges, also referred to as Telephone Access Charges (TACs). Following the transition of ICC charges to bill-and-keep, the Commission seeks comment on phasing out Connect America Fund Intercarrier Compensation (CAF ICC) support. The NPRM also seeks comment on removing remaining regulatory obligations--including tariffing and outdated account information exchange requirements--for interstate and international long-distance services, given the longstanding competitiveness of these markets. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on the elimination of regulations that will no longer be necessary in a post-Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) environment and invites input on a transitional framework to ensure regulatory and market stability during the shift to an all-IP marketplace. Finally, the Commission encourages commenters to identify ways to promote technological modernization while enhancing long-term efficiency, competition, and service quality for consumers. In all these reforms, the Commission intends to proceed thoughtfully, mindful of the complex issues, transition timelines, and paramount connectivity goals.","document_number":"2026-05727","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05727/reforming-legacy-rules-for-an-all-ip-future-accelerating-network-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05727.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05727.pdf?1774269916","publication_date":"2026-03-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"had previously been capped in the \n USF/ICC Transformation Order, \n as well as transit <span class=\"match\">rates</span> and <span class=\"match\">rate</span>-of-return incumbent LECs' originating intrastate switched access <span class=\"match\">rates</span>, which were not capped in 2011. In the \n 8YY Access Charge Reform Order, \n the Commission created a new 8YY originating joint tandem switched transport <span class=\"match\">rate</span> and capped the <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for this <span class=\"match\">rate</span> element, and lowered and capped the 8YY toll free data base query <span class=\"match\">rate</span>. Under our proposal, these <span class=\"match\">rates</span> also would be transitioned to bill-and-keep over a two-year transition period. This approach"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Conditions for Coverage","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Conditions for Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) to clarify outstanding procedural questions and enable OPOs to make better informed decisions to achieve high performance resulting in the successful procurement, distribution, and transplantation of more life-saving organs. This rule would revise definitions, add new Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) requirements related to medically complex organs and donors, revise the designation requirements for OPOs, clarify when an OPO's service area is open for competition, and update the process for appeals. It also includes a discussion of factors we would consider when selecting a successor OPO during a competition under the tiered approach to re-certification. We are committed to holding all OPOs accountable for their performance and this proposed rule does not revise the focus on improving the volume of donors and transplants assessed in the outcome measures or the tier structure used for re- certification and de-certification of OPOs.","document_number":"2026-01833","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01833/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-organ-procurement-organizations-conditions-for-coverage-revisions-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01833.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01833.pdf?1769616910","publication_date":"2026-01-30","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":"they meet the top 25 percent performance thresholds and are not open for competition. Instead of using a 50 percent <span class=\"match\">rate</span> or a mean <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, we chose the median <span class=\"match\">rate</span> because both the top 25 percent threshold <span class=\"match\">rate</span> and the median <span class=\"match\">rate</span> represent the actual <span class=\"match\">rates</span> performed by one or two OPOs (when there is an even number, the median is calculated by averaging the two <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in the median). The mean <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, on the other hand, is a mathematical <span class=\"match\">rate</span> that may not reflect the performance of an actual OPO and may be dragged down by a small number of very low performing"},{"title":"Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the Expanded HH Value-Based Purchasing Model; Medicare Provider Enrollment, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), and DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule discusses the behavior adjustment and proposes a temporary behavior adjustment and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low- utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2027. Additionally, this proposed rule discusses the provision of home health palliative care services and includes a request for information (RFI) on a home health specific wage index. This rule would also propose changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and summarizes potential initiatives to improve alignment between the HH QRP and expanded Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. Lastly, the rule would--clarify the application of the DMEPOS face-to- face encounter requirements for the replacement of DMEPOS items; make changes to the provider and supplier enrollment requirements; make changes regarding DME benefit expansion for infusion pumps and drugs; and discuss collection of information requirement changes regarding the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) country of origin.","document_number":"2026-13602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13602/calendar-year-2027-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-requirements-for-the-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13602.pdf?1782936912","publication_date":"2026-07-06","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":"future <span class=\"match\">measure</span> concepts for the HH QRP. \n \n For a detailed discussion of the considerations we historically use for <span class=\"match\">measure</span> selection for the HH QRP \n \n quality, resource use, and other <span class=\"match\">measures</span>, we refer readers to the CY 2016 HH PPS final rule (80 FR 68695 through 68696). In the CY 2019 HH PPS final rule with comment period (83 FR 56548 through 56550), we finalized the factors we consider for removing previously adopted HH QRP <span class=\"match\">measures</span>.\n \n C. Quality <span class=\"match\">Measures</span> Currently Adopted for the CY 2026 HH QRP \n The HH QRP currently includes 18 <span class=\"match\">measures</span> for"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this final rule finalizes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and recalibrates the case- mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. This final rule also finalizes changes to the face-to-face encounter policy and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it updates the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it finalizes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-21767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21767/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-02/pdf/2025-21767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21767.pdf?1764364516","publication_date":"2025-12-02","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":"applicable <span class=\"match\">measure</span> set. Additionally, we included in the proposed rule a request for information (RFI) related to potential future performance <span class=\"match\">measure</span> concepts and we summarize comments received in response to this RFI in this final rule. \n We proposed to add a new <span class=\"match\">measure</span> removal factor for the expanded HHVBP Model applicable <span class=\"match\">measure</span> set for <span class=\"match\">measures</span> that are not feasible to implement. We proposed to remove three HHCAHPS Survey-based <span class=\"match\">measures</span>, to align with proposed changes to the HHCAHPS survey. We proposed the addition of four new <span class=\"match\">measures</span>. These"},{"title":"USCIS Immigration Fees and Related Procedures Required by H.R.1 Reconciliation Bill","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issues this interim final rule (IFR) to codify certain immigration fees and other provisions required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1). This IFR amends U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations to codify: the asylum and annual asylum fees, including the consequences of non-payment of these fees; the new Form I-94 fee requirement; the validity period for certain types of employment authorization; and the retention of the Form I-589 filing fee for every application.","document_number":"2026-08333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08333/uscis-immigration-fees-and-related-procedures-required-by-hr1-reconciliation-bill","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-29/pdf/2026-08333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08333.pdf?1777380320","publication_date":"2026-04-29","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"}],"excerpts":"250 words <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>, DHS estimates it will take approximately 1.13 hours to read and understand this rule.\n \n \n \n 105 \n  \n See https://www.healthguidance.org/entry/13263/1/what-is-the-average-reading-speed-and-the-best-<span class=\"match\">rate</span>-of-reading.html. \n \n \n \n To properly calculate these costs, USCIS must account for the opportunity cost of time for the affected population, which requires information regarding the relevant wages. The Federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour,\n 106 \n \n but many states have implemented higher minimum wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span>.\n 107 \n"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule proposes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. Lastly, this proposed rule proposes policy changes to the face-to-face encounter policy. It also proposes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it would update the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it proposes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-12347","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12347/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12347.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12347.pdf?1751314517","publication_date":"2025-07-02","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":"related to potential future performance <span class=\"match\">measure</span> concepts. \n We propose to add a new <span class=\"match\">measure</span> removal factor for the expanded HHVBP Model applicable <span class=\"match\">measure</span> set for <span class=\"match\">measures</span> that are not feasible to implement. We propose to remove three HHCAHPS Survey-based <span class=\"match\">measures</span>, to align with proposed changes to the HHCAHPS survey. We also propose the addition of four new <span class=\"match\">measures</span>. These additions include the claims-based Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Post-Acute Care (MSPB-PAC) <span class=\"match\">measure</span>, and three OASIS-based function <span class=\"match\">measures</span>: Improvement in Bathing, Improvement"},{"title":"Implementation of Certain Australia Group Decisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes agreed to by Australia Group (AG) member countries at recent meetings. These include controlling: instruments for the automated chemical synthesis of peptides (automated peptide synthesizers), dipropylamine, and neosaxitoxin; and revising the controls for botulinum toxins, toxic gas monitors, and centrifugal separators. This rule also makes minor conforming changes for the new controls and revisions to existing controls.","document_number":"2024-30425","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30425/implementation-of-certain-australia-group-decisions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-23/pdf/2024-30425.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30425.pdf?1734702324","publication_date":"2024-12-23","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":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"capable of delivering, from a liquid suspension, an initial droplet “VMD” of less than 50 microns at a flow <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of greater than 2 liters <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>; \n i.2. Spray booms or arrays of aerosol generating units, “specially designed” or modified for fitting to aircraft, “lighter than air vehicles,” or “UAVs,” capable of delivering, from a liquid suspension, an initial droplet “VMD” of less than 50 microns at a flow <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of greater than 2 liters <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>; \n i.3. Aerosol generating units “specially designed” for fitting to the systems as specified in paragraphs"},{"title":"Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Service Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to modernize its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules and seeks comment on the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for speech-to- text conversion and advanced text-to-speech technologies for Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; the need for metrics for IP Relay quality; the compatibility of IP Relay with Real-Time Text (RTT) technology; adding captioning functionality to Video Relay Service (VRS) platforms; amending VRS calling rules for calls to U.S. embassies and consulates by U.S. residents while traveling abroad; adjusting VRS call center requirements; streamlining TRS provider certification and user registration processes; updating or eliminating obsolete rules; and closing outdated dockets. With these proposals, the Commission presents targeted reforms that align internet-based TRS with twenty-first century technological advancements in relay services that can better serve the needs of persons with disabilities while securing the viability and enhancing the effectiveness and functional equivalency of internet-based TRS.","document_number":"2026-05213","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05213/internet-based-telecommunications-relay-service-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-17/pdf/2026-05213.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05213.pdf?1773665121","publication_date":"2026-03-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"of the current differential between IP Relay and IP CTS compensation <span class=\"match\">rates</span>, which may create a risk of waste, fraud, and abuse when these services are delivered on the same platforms. For the current Fund Year, IP Relay providers are compensated at a <span class=\"match\">per-minute</span> <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of $2.1970. By contrast, CA-assisted IP CTS is compensated at $1.40 a minute (plus a potential supplement), while ASR-only IP CTS is compensated at $1.05 <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>. The substantial difference in compensation <span class=\"match\">rates</span> appears to create a financial incentive for providers offering both services"},{"title":"Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury, Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates and revises the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2025. This rule also updates the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury. In addition, this rule updates requirements for the Conditions for Coverage for ESRD Facilities, ESRD Quality Incentive Program, and ESRD Treatment Choices Model.","document_number":"2024-25486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25486/medicare-program-end-stage-renal-disease-prospective-payment-system-payment-for-renal-dialysis","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25486.pdf?1730492128","publication_date":"2024-11-12","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":"the Kt/V Dialysis Adequacy Comprehensive clinical <span class=\"match\">measure</span>, on which facility performance is scored on a single <span class=\"match\">measure</span> based on one set of performance standards, with a Kt/V Dialysis Adequacy <span class=\"match\">measure</span> topic, which would be comprised of four individual Kt/V <span class=\"match\">measures</span> and scored based on a separate set of performance standards for each of those <span class=\"match\">measures</span>. We are also finalizing our proposal to remove the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Dialysis Event reporting <span class=\"match\">measure</span> from the ESRD QIP <span class=\"match\">measure</span> set beginning with PY 2027. We are discussing feedback"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period repeals provisions of the final rule titled \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting.\" This action is taken in view of changes made by by public law, which precludes HHS from implementing, administering, or enforcing certain provisions of the final rule until September 30, 2034.","document_number":"2025-21792","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21792/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-repeal-of-minimum-staffing-standards-for-long-term-care-facilities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-03/pdf/2025-21792.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21792.pdf?1764683110","publication_date":"2025-12-03","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":"the cost of reviewing this interim final rule with comment period \n \n is $132.44 per hour, including overhead and fringe benefits (\n https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm \n ). Assuming an average reading speed of 250 words <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>, we estimate that it would take approximately ([7,000 words/250 words <span class=\"match\">per minute</span>] × 75 percent) 22 minutes for the staff to review 75 percent of this interim final rule with comment period. For each entity that reviews the interim final rule with comment period, the estimated cost is $48.56 (0.37 hours × $132"},{"title":"Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations affecting temporary agricultural (H-2A) and temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers (H-2 programs) and their employers. This rulemaking is intended to better ensure the integrity of the H-2 programs and enhance protections for workers.","document_number":"2024-29353","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29353/modernizing-h-2-program-requirements-oversight-and-worker-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29353.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29353.pdf?1734443140","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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"}],"excerpts":"analysis.\n \n \n \n To estimate the total opportunity cost of time to petitioners who complete and file Form I-129, DHS uses the mean hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of HR specialists of $35.13 as the base wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n 242 \n \n If applicants hire an in-house or outsourced lawyer to file Form I-129 on their behalf, DHS uses the mean hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of $78.74 as the base wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n 243 \n \n DHS multiplied the average hourly U.S. wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for HR specialists and for in-house lawyers by the benefits-to-wage multiplier of 1.45 to estimate the full cost of employee wages. The"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","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":"development of the index <span class=\"match\">rate</span> in accordance with Federal regulations, and the development of plan specific premium <span class=\"match\">rates</span> using allowable modifiers to the index <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n 60 \n \n The issuer is required to provide an explanation of how these modifiers are developed and applied to the market-wide adjusted index <span class=\"match\">rate</span> to derive the plan-adjusted index <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n \n \n \n 58 \n  CMS reviews <span class=\"match\">rate</span> filing justifications from issuers in States without an Effective <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Review Program—currently Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wyoming.\n \n \n \n \n 59 \n  See \n Unified <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Review Instructions"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Port of Alaska Modernization Program Phase 2B: Cargo Terminals Replacement Project in Anchorage, Alaska","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS received a request from the Don Young Port of Alaska (POA) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Cargo Terminals Replacement Project at the existing port facility in Anchorage, Alaska over the course of 5 construction seasons (2026 through 2030). Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations setting forth permissible methods of taking, other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on such marine mammal stocks (i.e., mitigation measures), and requirements pertaining to monitoring and reporting such takes and requests comments on the proposed regulations. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested MMPA regulations, and NMFS's responses to public comments will be summarized in the final notification of our decision.","document_number":"2024-24580","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/28/2024-24580/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-28/pdf/2024-24580.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24580.pdf?1729860314","publication_date":"2024-10-28","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":"24-in piles. Illingworth and Rodkin (2023) suggest that at least for data recorded at the POA, the higher 24-in (61-cm) removal levels are likely due to the piles being removed at <span class=\"match\">rates</span> of 1,600 to 1,700 revolutions <span class=\"match\">per minute</span> (rpm), while 36-in (91-cm) piles, which are significantly heavier than 24-in (61-cm) piles), were removed at a <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of 1,900 rpm. The slower <span class=\"match\">rates</span> combined with the lighter piles would cause the hammer to easily “jerk” or excite the 24-in (61-cm) piles as they were extracted, resulting in a louder rattling sound and louder sound"}]}