{"description":"Documents matching 'technical non-cost factors described'","count":108,"total_pages":6,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=technical+non-cost+factors+described&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots","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 2026 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also 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 systems. In addition, this final rule with comment period announces the closure of a teaching hospital and the opportunity to apply for available slots, and updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency, as well as summarizes comments received in response to a request for information on measure concepts regarding Well-Being and Nutrition for consideration in future years for the OQR, REHQR, and ASCQR programs.","document_number":"2025-20907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20907/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20907.pdf?1763759710","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"basket increase <span class=\"match\">factor</span> of 3.2 percent less a 0.8 percentage point productivity adjustment. \n 3. Other Conversion <span class=\"match\">Factor</span> Adjustments \n To set the OPPS conversion <span class=\"match\">factor</span> for 2026, we proposed to increase the CY 2025 conversion <span class=\"match\">factor</span> of $89.169 by 2.4 percent. In accordance with section 1833(t)(9)(B) of the Act, we proposed to further adjust the conversion <span class=\"match\">factor</span> for CY 2026 to ensure that any revisions made to the wage index and rural adjustment are made on a budget neutral basis. We proposed to apply an overall budget neutrality <span class=\"match\">factor</span> of 1.0116 for"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest, and Related Provisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period sets forth provisions to strengthen the oversight of Medicare national accrediting organizations by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes, and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Additionally, this final rule with comment period revises the psychiatric hospital survey process, adds a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Transplant Programs.","document_number":"2026-12069","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12069/medicare-program-strengthening-oversight-of-accrediting-organizations-aos-and-preventing-ao","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12069.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12069.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-16","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":"provisions <span class=\"match\">describe</span> procedures and deadlines for the completion of activities and the submission of materials required by this rule. For example, the overall structure of 42 CFR 488.5(a) through (e), <span class=\"match\">describing</span> the steps necessary to submit and receive approval of an accreditation program application, would not be severable to the extent that all steps in general of the process are needed in order to result in an approved entity. However, the individual items of information enumerated and being finalized in this rule at § 488.5(a), which <span class=\"match\">describe</span> the range"},{"title":"The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation (DOT), proposes to substantially recalibrate the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program to realign this program with Congressional intent. That recalibration includes proposing to amend DOT's fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles for model years (MYs) 2022- 2026 and MYs 2027-2031. Consistent with statutory requirements, the fuel economy standards proposed in this rule are founded on light-duty vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel fuels, a category that includes non-plug-in hybrid vehicles. In formulating the proposed standards, NHTSA has not considered, consistent with law, the imputed fuel-economy performance of battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) or the electric operation of vehicles that use plug-in hybrid electric powertrains, nor compliance credits or adjustments to the two-cycle fuel economy test procedures to account for air conditioning and off-cycle technologies. NHTSA also is proposing to eliminate the inter-manufacturer credit trading system and to amend the light-duty vehicle fleet classification system to allocate vehicles into passenger and non-passenger automobile fleets appropriately, based on their attributes and capabilities, starting in MY 2028. Elimination of unlawful considerations, combined with several of the proposed changes, would significantly improve the capabilities of manufacturers to meet fuel economy standards, better align the program with Congressional intent, and reduce manufacturer incentives to design vehicles and add features that are not desired by American consumers and that have questionable real-world fuel economy benefits. NHTSA is therefore proposing to set fuel economy standards that increase from newly proposed MY 2022 standards at a rate of 0.5 percent per year through MY 2026, followed by 0.25 percent per year through MY 2031, with MY 2027 stringency established as a bridge between the two sets of standards. The reduced stringency increases in later years, coupled with a reevaluation of the coefficients that define the functions governing fuel economy standards, are intended to establish maximum feasible standards in a manner that gains real-world fuel-economy-benefits, while enabling the industry to adapt to the proposed substantial recalibration of the CAFE program. NHTSA projects that the amended standards would correspond to the industry fleetwide average for all light-duty vehicles of roughly 34.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in MY 2031.","document_number":"2025-22014","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22014/the-safer-affordable-fuel-efficient-safe-vehicles-rule-iii-for-model-years-2022-to-2031-passenger","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22014.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22014.pdf?1764855918","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"Heavy-Duty Vehicle Regulatory Categories \n 3. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments To Remove Civil Penalties for Non-Compliance With Fuel Economy Standards From the CAFE Program \n 4. Additional <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments \n a. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments to Part 523 \n b. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments to Part 531 \n c. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments to Part 533 \n d. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments to Part 536 \n e. <span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Amendments to Part 537 \n VII. Public Participation \n VIII. Regulatory Notices and Analyses \n A. Executive Order 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review”; Executive Order 13563, “Improving"},{"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":"codes that <span class=\"match\">describe</span> a spinal fusion procedure with a custom-made anatomically designed interbody fusion device and procedure codes that <span class=\"match\">describe</span> an SI joint fusion with insertion of an internal fixation device with tulip connector, as well as procedure codes that <span class=\"match\">describe</span> an extensive fusion procedure, the MS-DRG assigned is based on an MDC 01 principal diagnosis code that <span class=\"match\">describes</span> a disease or disorder of the nervous system, therefore, we would not expect to see a significant volume of cases reporting the procedure codes that <span class=\"match\">describe</span> a spinal fusion"},{"title":"Third Party Contracting Guidance","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made available on its website the final updated Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular (C 4220.1G). The updated circular reflects statutory and regulatory changes that have occurred since the last update, provides additional non-binding guidance, and supersedes the previous Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular C 4220.1F. This notice responds to the comments FTA received on the proposed circular, which was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024.","document_number":"2025-00992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00992/third-party-contracting-guidance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00992.pdf?1736948748","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"“premium” further, as its meaning is context-specific and generally understood within the framework of best value procurements. In this context, premium refers to the additional cost a recipient may choose to pay for a proposal offering superior <span class=\"match\">technical</span> quality, performance, or other <span class=\"match\">non-cost</span> <span class=\"match\">factors</span>. Recipients are encouraged to clearly articulate evaluation criteria and the basis for \n \n determining best value in their procurement documentation to ensure transparency and understanding.\n \n \n Comment: \n A consulting firm suggested removing the"},{"title":"Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; North Dakota; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove the regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of North Dakota on August 11, 2022 (North Dakota's 2022 SIP submission), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the program's second implementation period. North Dakota's 2022 SIP submission addresses the requirement that states revise their long-term strategies every implementation period to make reasonable progress towards the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. North Dakota's 2022 SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second implementation period of the regional haze program. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the CAA.","document_number":"2024-14761","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/10/2024-14761/air-plan-partial-approval-and-partial-disapproval-north-dakota-regional-haze-state-implementation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-10/pdf/2024-14761.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14761.pdf?1720529121","publication_date":"2024-07-10","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":"progress states must consider the four statutory <span class=\"match\">factors</span>.” \n 99 \n \n Here, North Dakota used a five-<span class=\"match\">factor</span> BART analysis performed for the first planning period in an attempt to satisfy the requirement to consider the four statutory <span class=\"match\">factors</span> under reasonable progress in the second planning period. Though there is some overlap between the four <span class=\"match\">factors</span> considered under reasonable progress and the five <span class=\"match\">factors</span> considered under BART,\n 100 \n \n North Dakota's analysis failed to consider one of the four <span class=\"match\">factors</span> under reasonable progress: time necessary for"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Second Period Regional Haze Plan","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), dated August 11, 2022 (\"Haze Plan\" or \"2022 Plan\"), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the regional haze program's second planning period. Georgia's SIP submission addresses the requirement that States must periodically revise their long-term strategies for making reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second planning period of the regional haze program. EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Act.","document_number":"2024-12025","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/03/2024-12025/air-plan-approval-georgia-second-period-regional-haze-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-03/pdf/2024-12025.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12025.pdf?1717159516","publication_date":"2024-06-03","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":"conditions are also <span class=\"match\">described</span> under “Summary and Proposed Permit Conditions” in Section 7.8.2 of the Haze Plan. \n \n c. Assessment of Five Additional <span class=\"match\">Factors</span> in 40 CFR 51.308(f)(2)(iv): \n EPA proposes to find that Georgia has satisfied the requirements of 40 CFR 51.308(f)(2)(iv) because GA EPD considered each of the five additional <span class=\"match\">factors</span>, discussed the measures the State has in place to address each <span class=\"match\">factor</span> (or discussed why such measures are not needed), and, where relevant, explained how each <span class=\"match\">factor</span> informed GA EPD's and VISTAS' <span class=\"match\">technical</span> analyses for"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year 2024-Remaining Provisions and Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-07105","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/23/2024-07105/medicare-program-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-and-the-medicare-prescription-drug-benefit","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-23/pdf/2024-07105.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07105.pdf?1712265021","publication_date":"2024-04-23","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":"adjustments for both consolidated, nonrenewed, or otherwise terminated contracts as well as ongoing contracts: (1) MA risk adjustment reconciliation (<span class=\"match\">described</span> in § 422.310(g)), (2) Part D annual reconciliation (<span class=\"match\">described</span> in §§ 423.336 and 423.343), (3) Coverage Gap Discount Program annual reconciliation (<span class=\"match\">described</span> in § 423.2320), and (4) medical loss ratio (MLR) report submission and remittance calculation (<span class=\"match\">described</span> in §§ 422.2460, 422.2470. 423.2460, and 423.2470). Each individual reconciliation process allows the MA organization or Part D sponsor to raise"},{"title":"Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this action, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines to effectuate the best reading of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 202(a). We propose that CAA section 202(a) does not authorize the EPA to prescribe emission standards to address global climate change concerns and, on that basis, propose to rescind the Administrator's prior findings in 2009 that GHG emissions from new motor vehicles and engines contribute to air pollution which may endanger public health or welfare. We further propose, in the alternative, to rescind the Administrator's prior findings in 2009 because the EPA unreasonably analyzed the scientific record and because developments cast significant doubt on the reliability of the findings. Lastly, we propose to repeal all GHG emission standards on the alternative bases that no requisite technology for vehicle and engine emission control can address the global climate change concerns identified in the findings without risking greater harms to public health and welfare.","document_number":"2025-14572","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/01/2025-14572/reconsideration-of-2009-endangerment-finding-and-greenhouse-gas-vehicle-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-01/pdf/2025-14572.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14572.pdf?1753965914","publication_date":"2025-08-01","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":"a definition for “work <span class=\"match\">factor</span>” that is consistent with the definition that is embedded in 40 CFR 86.1819-14. We adopted the definition of “work <span class=\"match\">factor</span>” in 40 CFR 86.1819-14 primarily as a means of accounting for specific vehicle characteristics in establishing GHG emission standards for medium-duty vehicles. We are proposing to remove all of 40 CFR 86.1819-14 as <span class=\"match\">described</span> below. However, we are keeping the definition of work <span class=\"match\">factor</span> to support the definition of “medium-duty passenger vehicle,” which relies on the work <span class=\"match\">factor</span> concept to categorize"},{"title":"Record of Decision for the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury and Designation of a Long-Term Management and Storage Facility","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision (ROD) for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury to meet the purpose and need for agency action, which is to fulfill DOE's statutory responsibility for long-term management and storage of elemental mercury generated within the United States as required by the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 and the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (together referred to herein as MEBA).","document_number":"2024-27859","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/02/2024-27859/record-of-decision-for-the-long-term-management-and-storage-of-elemental-mercury-and-designation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-02/pdf/2024-27859.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27859.pdf?1732887924","publication_date":"2024-12-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"with MEBA. \n D. Alternatives \n As <span class=\"match\">described</span> in Section 2.8 of the Mercury Storage SEIS-II, DOE considered but dismissed the following from detailed analysis: \n • Storage-related alternatives and certain transportation methods eliminated in the 2011 Mercury Storage SEIS, \n • Treatment and disposal options, \n • Commercial facilities <span class=\"match\">described</span> in Section 2.2 of the Mercury Storage SEIS-II, \n • Sites within the DOE complex that met its objective criteria for consideration as a reasonable alternative, but as <span class=\"match\">described</span> in Section 2.2.4 of the Mercury Storage"},{"title":"Information Collection; Special Use Administration","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency) is requesting comment on reapproval and proposed revisions of an approved information collection request (ICR), 0596-0082, Special Use Administration.","document_number":"2024-23216","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-23216/information-collection-special-use-administration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-08/pdf/2024-23216.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23216.pdf?1728305131","publication_date":"2024-10-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"}],"excerpts":"easement is for an NFS road and is subject to the cost sharing provisions of the agreement. \n FS-2700-9e, <span class=\"match\">Non-Cost</span> Share Easement, is the form used by the Forest Service to collect information for and to authorize under FRTA the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and use of a private road under a cost share agreement. The parties to the cost share agreement grant each other easements within the geographic area covered by the agreement. A <span class=\"match\">non-cost</span> share easement is for a private road (rather than an NFS road) and is not subject to the cost sharing"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflict of Interest, and Related Provisions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth a number of provisions to strengthen the oversight of accrediting organizations (AOs) by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Additionally, this proposed rule would revise the psychiatric hospital survey process, add a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Kidney Transplant Programs. This proposed rule also solicits comments from stakeholders and AOs to refine and revise the AO oversight standards and processes. In addition, this proposed rule includes a request for information on the timeframes and expectations for the submission of AO applications.","document_number":"2024-02137","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/15/2024-02137/medicare-program-strengthening-oversight-of-accrediting-organizations-aos-and-preventing-ao-conflict","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-15/pdf/2024-02137.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02137.pdf?1707426916","publication_date":"2024-02-15","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":"would be appropriate for AOs to provide fee-based consultative services to the facilities which they accredit. \n • Whether, and if so, under what specific circumstances CMS should review a potential conflict of interest, and what <span class=\"match\">factors</span> CMS should look at to determine if a conflict of interest exists. \n • A list <span class=\"match\">describing</span> under what circumstances the AOs or stakeholders would believe there to be a conflict; and under which circumstances conflict does not exist. \n • The type of information which would be considered necessary, useful and/or appropriate"},{"title":"Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to impose cyber risk management (CRM) requirements on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited requirement, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of requirements applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a requirement to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other regulatory requirements necessitated by these changes.","document_number":"2024-24704","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24704/enhancing-surface-cyber-risk-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24704.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24704.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"111 \n \n \n \n § 1580.113 \n \n \n (a) \n Applicability. \n This section applies to each owner/operator—\n \n (1) <span class=\"match\">Described</span> in § 1580.1(a)(1) that is a Class I freight railroad. \n (2) <span class=\"match\">Described</span> in § 1580.1(a)(1) that transports one or more of the categories and quantities of RSSM in an HTUA. \n (3) <span class=\"match\">Described</span> in § 1580.1(a)(4) that serves as a host railroad to a freight railroad <span class=\"match\">described</span> in paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) or a passenger operation <span class=\"match\">described</span> in § 1582.101 of this subchapter. \n \n (b) \n Training required for security-sensitive employees. \n No owner/operator"},{"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":"are to obtain an accurate estimate of those costs that are used and useful in providing IPCS.\n \n \n 210. \n Unaccounted <span class=\"match\">Factors</span> Which Support Choosing Lower Rate Caps. \n Our calculation of the lower bound left several other <span class=\"match\">factors</span> unaccounted for, which collectively reinforce our decision to set caps below the midpoints. While we were unable to precisely quantify the effect of these <span class=\"match\">factors</span> upon reported industry costs, the <span class=\"match\">factors</span> nevertheless indicate that providers' reported costs are likely inflated. At the outset, we reiterate that total industry"},{"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":"this service <span class=\"match\">describes</span> collection, interpretation, and reporting, we believe this code <span class=\"match\">describes</span> services that are not inherently non-face-to-face, and therefore, they do not <span class=\"match\">describe</span> a service that is a substitute for an in-person visit. Additionally, the face-to-face portion of the service would require the patient to be physically present.\n \n \n Comment: \n Some commenters agreed with CMS' assessment that Ambulatory Continuous Glucose Monitoring, CPT code 95251, is an inherently non-face-to-face service, and therefore, does not <span class=\"match\">describe</span> a service"},{"title":"Incentives for Advanced Cybersecurity Investment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is revising its regulations to provide incentive-based rate treatment for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce by utilities for the purpose of benefitting consumers by encouraging investments by utilities in Advanced Cybersecurity Technology and participation by utilities in cybersecurity threat information sharing programs, as directed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.","document_number":"2023-08929","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/03/2023-08929/incentives-for-advanced-cybersecurity-investment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-03/pdf/2023-08929.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-08929.pdf?1683031517","publication_date":"2023-05-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"2023. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n \n David DeFalaise (<span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Information), Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8180, \n david.defalaise@ferc.gov \n .\n \n \n Ryan Maca (<span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Information), Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6129, \n ryan.maca@ferc.gov \n .\n \n \n Adam Pollock (<span class=\"match\">Technical</span> Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks (hereinafter referred to as \"commercial water heating (CWH) equipment\"). EPCA requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards for CWH equipment would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (\"NOPR\"), DOE proposes to amend the standards for certain classes of CWH equipment for which DOE has tentatively determined there is clear and convincing evidence to support more-stringent standards. Additionally, DOE is proposing to codify standards for electric instantaneous CWH equipment from EPCA into the Code of Federal Regulations (\"CFR\"). DOE also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and the associated analyses and results.","document_number":"2022-10011","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/19/2022-10011/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-commercial-water-heating-equipment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-05-19/pdf/2022-10011.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-10011.pdf?1652877914","publication_date":"2022-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"were estimated using Emission <span class=\"match\">Factors</span> for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and emissions intensity <span class=\"match\">factors</span> from an EPA publication.\n 155 \n \n \n \n \n 155 \n  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. External Combustion Sources. In Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission <span class=\"match\">Factors</span>. AP-42. Fifth Edition. Volume I: Stationary Point and Area Sources. Chapter 1. Available at \n www.epa.gov/air-emissions-<span class=\"match\">factors</span>-and-quantification/ap-42-compilation-air-emissions-<span class=\"match\">factors</span> \n (last accessed July 1, 2021).\n \n \n The emissions intensity <span class=\"match\">factors</span> are expressed in terms of physical"},{"title":"Notification of Receipt of Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1441 Application Submissions for FY21","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing receipt of Certification of Need applications pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1441. Three public water systems (PWSs) and one publicly owned treatment works (POTW) submitted these applications. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for their specific concerns about the unavailability of treatment chemical(s) via normal procurement channels. EPA is providing an opportunity for written comments from the public on these SDWA Section 1441 applications, from chemical producers and repackagers that could supply the required liquid oxygen, sulfur dioxide, clarifloc SE- 1371, clarifloc SE 1482, gaseous chlorine, and sodium hypochlorite to the applicants, and from any other interested parties. The applications are available in the docket.","document_number":"2021-22830","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/20/2021-22830/notification-of-receipt-of-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-section-1441-application-submissions-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-20/pdf/2021-22830.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-22830.pdf?1634647531","publication_date":"2021-10-20","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":"respond rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID-19. \n D. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? \n You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments: \n Explain your views as clearly as possible. \n <span class=\"match\">Describe</span> any assumptions that you used. \n Provide any <span class=\"match\">technical</span> information and/or data you used that support your views. \n Provide full references for any peer reviewed publication you used that support your views. \n \n Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.\n \n \n Offer alternatives. \n \n Make"},{"title":"Corrosive Waste Rulemaking Petition; Denial","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is responding to a rulemaking petition (``the petition'') requesting revision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrosivity hazardous waste characteristic regulation. The petition requests that the Agency make two changes to the current corrosivity characteristic regulation: Revise the regulatory threshold for defining waste as corrosive from the current value of pH 12.5, to pH 11.5; and expand the scope of the RCRA corrosivity definition to include non- aqueous wastes in addition to the aqueous wastes currently regulated. The Agency published a tentative denial of the rulemaking petition on April 11, 2016. Today the Agency is publishing a final denial of the rulemaking petition.","document_number":"2021-12327","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/15/2021-12327/corrosive-waste-rulemaking-petition-denial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-15/pdf/2021-12327.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-12327.pdf?1623674719","publication_date":"2021-06-15","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":"“corrosivity” to a broad range of possible impacts to human health, for example over a pH range of 9.76-11.5, as <span class=\"match\">described</span> at page 53 of the May 6, 2007 petition support document. When the Agency uses the term “corrosivity” in the context of impacts to exposed humans, it is referring to potentially severe injuries, such as dissolving of skin proteins, chemically combining with cutaneous fats, and severe damage to keratin, as <span class=\"match\">described</span> in the 1980 Background Document supporting the original corrosivity regulation and in the TD (see 81 FR 21297-21299"},{"title":"Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform","type":"Rule","abstract":"PHMSA is amending the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to ease regulatory burdens on the construction, maintenance, and operation of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipeline systems without adversely affecting safety. The amendments in this rule are based on rulemaking petitions from stakeholders, and DOT and PHMSA initiatives to identify appropriate areas where regulations might be repealed, replaced, or modified, and PHMSA's review of public comments. PHMSA also, as of the effective date of this final rule, withdraws the March 29, 2019 \"Exercise of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Farm Taps\" and the unpublished October 27, 2015 letter to the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announcing a stay of enforcement pertaining to certain pressure vessels.","document_number":"2021-00208","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/11/2021-00208/pipeline-safety-gas-pipeline-regulatory-reform","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-11/pdf/2021-00208.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-00208.pdf?1610113527","publication_date":"2021-01-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","id":408,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/408","parent_id":492,"slug":"pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"the revision to § 192.153.\n 55 \n \n The petitioner argued that PHMSA lacked <span class=\"match\">technical</span> justification for a 1.5 times MAOP test <span class=\"match\">factor</span> versus the 1.3 times the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP) \n 56 \n \n test <span class=\"match\">factor</span> permitted in the ASME BPVC since the 2001 edition and all subsequent editions of the standard. PHMSA had incorporated by reference the 2001 edition of the ASME BPVC into part 192 effective July 14, 2004, and the divergence between the required test <span class=\"match\">factor</span> in § 192.505(b) and section VIII, division 1 of ASME BPVC persisted until the"}]}