Federal Funding Report

Volume 16, Number 21 (Period of May 22, 2006 -- May 26, 2006)

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**FEDERAL FUNDING REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS**

This Federal Funding Report is a weekly compilation of items published
in the Federal Register which affect Federal domestic assistance
programs. No attempt is made to include Federal Register notices not
directly related to Grants and Loans programs. The summary consists of
three parts: (1) Federal Register Summary, (2) Early Warning Grants
Report, and (3) Disaster Loan Applications.

Periodically, a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
will not be listed in the announcement. There are two (2) basic reasons
for this: 1) a CFDA number has been applied for and not yet received, or
2) the CFDA number has not been put in by the agency yet. Please call
the contact person listed in the Federal Register announcement for the
correct CFDA number. The new number should appear in the next edition of
the CFDA, which is published in June and December of each year.

PART 1. FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY

> (Each week, HIR summarizes information from Federal Register
> announcements that may significantly affect grants programs. The
> Federal Register is available online from GPO Access at
> http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.) The House of
> Representatives\' Federal Funding Report contains the following
> sections:

I.  Availability of Funds - An expansion of the highlights, including
    synopsis on

> Notice, CFDA, and Federal Register references

II\. Notice of Rules - Synopsis of rule-making notices affecting Grants
with CFDA and Federal Register References

> III\. Other Federal Register Notices - For items not falling into the
> Rules or Availability sections

PART 2. EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT

(Listing of programs for which applications are being especially
solicited and which have been mentioned in the Federal Register in
recent weeks, listed in order of expiration date).

PART 3. DISASTER LOAN APPLICATIONS

> (Listing of areas for which Disaster Loan Programs are open, those
> with the most immediate closing dates listed first, those with the
> most recent disasters at the end. This part is divided into two
> sections, reflecting type of loan.)

I. Economic Injury Loans - For business losses

> II\. Physical Disaster Loans - For repair and replacement of real and
>
> personal property

VOLUME 16, NUMBER 21, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: May 22, 2006 -- May 26, 2006

**FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY**

This section contains summaries of those Federal Register entries
appearing during the last 2 weeks, which may significantly affect
Federal domestic assistance programs. For detailed information about a
specific assistance program, the program can be found in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) by looking it up by its 5-digit
program number. Each summary represents H.I.R.\'s interpretation of the
major import of an entry and does not reflect the full content of the
Federal Register announcement. Consult the Federal Register for the full
text of items of interest.

I. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.315 **AMOUNT:** \$30,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily
Housing Projects Designated for Occupancy

**FR Date:** 05/22/06 **PAGE:** 29537 **DEADLINE:** Not Listed

**CONTACT:** G. DeWayne Kimbrough **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3000

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner; Emergency Capital
Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects Designated for Occupancy
by the Elderly. HUD will accept applications on a first-come,
first-serve basis upon publication of this notice and will award
emergency capital repair grants until available amounts are expended.
Applicants should submit their applications as soon as they have
prepared an application that complies with the procedures and
requirements contained in this notice. Applications must be submitted to
the local HUD Field Office for the project covered by the application.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.870 **AMOUNT:** \$43,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30148 **DEADLINE:** 08/08/06

**CONTACT:** Public and Indian Housing Information and Resources Center
**TELEPHONE:**1-800-955-2232

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Public and Indian
Housing; Funding Opportunity Title: ROSS Family and Homeownership, under
the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program; for fiscal
year 2006. Corrections: New Funding Amount; deadline date remains the
same. Applications submitted through <http://www.Grants.gov/Apply> must
be received and validated by Grants.gov, deadline date by August 8,
2006. Originally was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.875 **AMOUNT:** \$17,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Grants

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30148 **DEADLINE:** 07/21/06

**CONTACT:** Public and Indian Housing Information and Resources Center
**TELEPHONE:** 1-800-955-2232

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Public and Indian
Housing; Funding Opportunity Title: Public Housing Neighborhood Networks
Program; for fiscal year 2006. Corrections: New Funding Amount; and New
Deadline Date. Electronic applications must be submitted through
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), must be received and
validated by Grants.gov, by July 21, 2006 deadline. Originally was
published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.876 **AMOUNT:** \$16,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Grants

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30148 **DEADLINE:** 07/13/06

**CONTACT:** Public and Indian Housing Information and Resources Center
**TELEPHONE:** 1-800-955-2232

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Public and Indian
Housing; Funding Opportunity Title: Resident Opportunity and
Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) -- Elderly/Persons With Disabilities Program
(formerly known as Resident Service Delivery Model -- Elderly/Persons
With Disabilities); for fiscal year 2006. Corrections: New Funding
Amount; deadline date remains the same. Applications must be submitted
through [http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), must be
received and validated by Grants.gov, by July 13, 2006 deadline.
Originally was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29702 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/07

**CONTACT:** Disaster Area 3 Office (Ft. Worth, Texas)

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #10466 and #10467
for Essex County in the State of Massachusetts; and for the following
contiguous counties of Middlesex and Suffolk, in the State of
Massachusetts; and Hillsborough, and Rockingham counties in the State of
New Hampshire, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by
Condominium Complex Fire occurring on April 15, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29702 **DEADLINE:** 07/17/06

**CONTACT:** Disaster Area 3 Office (Ft. Worth, Texas)

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #10466 and #10467 for
Essex County in the State of Massachusetts, consttitute a disaster area
due to damage caused by Condominium Complex Fire occurring on April 15,
2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.048 **AMOUNT:** \$4,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Programs for the Aging -- Title IV -- and
Title II -- Discretionary Projects

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30140 **DEADLINE:** 07/21/06

**CONTACT:** Greg Case **TELEPHONE:** 202 357-3442

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Administration on Aging;
Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Aging and Disability Resource
Center Initiative: Building Upon Success; Funding Opportunity Number:
HHS-2006-AoA-DR-0605. Only state that received an AoA and CMS Aging and
Disability Resource Center Grant in FY 2003 are eligible to apply. These
states are Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, and West Virginia. Application electronic submissions must be
sent to: [http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), or by mail and
Hand-delivered, by July 21, 2006 deadline date.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.051

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30318

**CONTACT:** Gene Rosera **TELEPHONE:** 202 720-8481

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Commodity Credit Corporation;
Storage, Handling, and Ginning Requirements for Cotton Marketing
Assistance Loan Collateral. The major proposed regulatory changes would
impact the Administration of the program by amending regulations
governing: the outside storage of upland cotton pledged as collateral
for CCC loans; the certification provided by approved ginners to produce
bales that are compliant with the CCC loan eligibility requirements; the
reconcentration and transfer of upland cotton pledged as collateral for
CCC loans; and the storage credit provided to producers when an upland
cotton marketing assistance loan is repaid.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.054

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Emergency Conservation Program

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30263

**CONTACT:** Clayton Furukawa **TELEPHONE:** 202 690-0571

**SUMMARY:** Interim final rule regarding Farm Service Agency; Emergency
Conservation Program. This interim final rule amends the regulations for
the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to implement provisions of the
Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriation to address
Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act 2006
providing assistance to nursery, oyster, and poultry producers and
non-industrial private forest landowners to rehabilitate public or
private oyster reefs or farmland damaged by hurricanes during calendar
year 2005.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.117

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Mortgage Insurance - Homes

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29754

**CONTACT:** Margaret Burns **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-2121

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Housing -- Federal Housing Commissioner; Approval of Condominiums in
Puerto Rico on Evidence of Presentment of Legal Documents.

This proposed rule would enable parties to obtain mortgage insurance
upon presentment of legal documents, whether the condominium regime is
under construction, proposed for construction, or was established by
conversion.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.133

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Mortgage Insurance -- Purchase of Units in
Condominiums

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29754

**CONTACT:** Margaret Burns **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-2121

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Housing -- Federal Housing Commissioner; Approval of Condominiums in
Puerto Rico on Evidence of Presentment of Legal Documents.

This proposed rule would enable parties to obtain mortgage insurance
upon presentment of legal documents, whether the condominium regime is
under construction, proposed for construction, or was established by
conversion.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.218

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** Stan Gimont, For Entitlement Communities **TELEPHONE:** 202
708-1577

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.219

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities
Program

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** Michael Sowell, For State CDBG, Small Cities & Insular
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.225

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Special Purpose
grants/Insular Areas

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** Michael Sowell, For State CDBG, Small Cities & Insular
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.228

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/State's Program

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** Michael Sowell, For State CDBG, Small Cities & Insular
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.246

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Brownfields
Economic Development Initiative

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** William Seedyke, For EDI & BEDI **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3484

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.248

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants -- Section 108
Loan Guarantees

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30026

**CONTACT:** Richard Kennedy, Office of Block Grants Assistance
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3587

**CONTACT:** Paul Webster, For Section 108 Program Participants
**TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1871

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Prohibition on Use of Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant Assistance for Job-Pirating Activities.
Specifically, the interim rule prohibited state and local governments
from using CDBG funds for "job-pirating" activities that are likely to
result in significant job loss. This final rule follows publication of
the December 23, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, interim rule, and
makes no changes at this final rule stage.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.218

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.219

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities
Program

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.225

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Special Purpose
Grants/Insular Areas

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.228

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/State's Program

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.246

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Brownfields
Economic Development Initiative

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development
**CFDA#:**14.248

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants -- Section 108
Loan Guarantees

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Steve Higginbotham **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant
Program; Revision of CDBG Eligibility and National Objective
Regulations. This final rule revises the CDBG program regulations to
clarify the eligibility of brownfields cleanup, development, or
redevelopment within existing program eligibility categories. In
addition, this final rule makes changes to CDBG national objectives that
relate to brownfields and clarifies regulatory language.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30100

**CONTACT:** Gerald Yakowenko, Office of Program Administration
**TELEPHONE:** 202 366-1562

**CONTACT:** Michael Harkins, Office of the Chief Counsel **TELEPHONE:**
202 366-4928

**SUMMARY:** Notice of Proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding Federal
Highway Administration; Design-Build Contracting. The FHWA proposes to
revise its regulations for design-build contracting. The primary
revision would involve a statutory requirement that FHWA not preclude
State transportation departments or local transportation agencies from
issuing request-for-proposal documents, awarding contracts, and issuing
notice-to-proceed for preliminary design work prior to the conclusion of
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.563

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Child Support Enforcement

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29590

**CONTACT:** Paige Biava **TELEPHONE:** 202 401-5635

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Administration for Children and
Families; Child Support Enforcement Program; Reasonable Quantitative
Standard for Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders. This rule
permits States to use a reasonable quantitative standard to determine
whether or not to proceed with an adjustment of an existing child
support award amount after conducting a review of the order, regardless
of the method of review used.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30289

**CONTACT:** Eric Lang **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3199

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; State Health Insurance Assistance Program.
This rule adopts as final the provisions in the interim final regulation
that was published in June 1, 2000, which explain the terms and
conditions that apply to State grants for counseling and assistance to
Medicare beneficiaries, and makes several minor technical
clarifications.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30289

**CONTACT:** Eric Lang **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3199

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; State Health Insurance Assistance Program.
This rule adopts as final the provisions in the interim final regulation
that was published in June 1, 2000, which explain the terms and
conditions that apply to State grants for counseling and assistance to
Medicare beneficiaries, and makes several minor technical
clarifications.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30358

**CONTACT:** Anne Tayloe **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4546

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Revisions to the Payment Policies of
Ambulance Services Under the Fee Schedule for Ambulance Services. We are
proposing to set forth changes to the fee schedule for payment of
ambulance services by adopting revised geographic designations for urban
and rural areas as set forth in Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) standard.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30358

**CONTACT:** Anne Tayloe **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4546

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Revisions to the Payment Policies of
Ambulance Services Under the Fee Schedule for Ambulance Services. We are
proposing to set forth changes to the fee schedule for payment of
ambulance services by adopting revised geographic designations for urban
and rural areas as set forth in Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) standard.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.778

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30358

**CONTACT:** Anne Tayloe **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4546

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Revisions to the Payment Policies of
Ambulance Services Under the Fee Schedule for Ambulance Services. We are
proposing to set forth changes to the fee schedule for payment of
ambulance services by adopting revised geographic designations for urban
and rural areas as set forth in Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) standard.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.420

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30121

**CONTACT:** Laurie McGilvray **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-3155, Ext. 158

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; Notice of Designation of the Mission-Aransas National
Estuarine Research Reserve in Texas. Is hereby given that the NOAA, U.S.
Dept. of Commerce has designated certain lands and waters of the Mission
Aransas estuary in Texas, as the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserves.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.432

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Joint and Cooperative Institutes

**FR Date:** 05/24/06 **PAGE:** 29921

**CONTACT:** Dr. John Cortinas **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-9397, Ext. 206

**SUMMARY:** Notice of Correction regarding National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Northern gulf of Mexico Cooperative
Institute (Grants). The Office of (OAR) published a notice in the
Federal Register on April 10, 2006 announcing available of funds to
establish a Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) Cooperative Institute (CI).
That notice contained an error in the description of how proposals on
cost-sharing would be evaluated. This notice corrects the error.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/23/06 **PAGE:** 29706

**CONTACT:** Mark L. Vonder Embse, P.E. Sr. Transportation Engineer,
FHWA **TELEPHONE:** 614 280-6854

**CONTACT:** Tim Hill, Ohio Department of Transportation **TELEPHONE:**
614 644-0377

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration; Limitation
on claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and other Federal
agencies. The actions relate to a proposed highway project that
relocates SR-73 from near Mitchell Road northwest of the City of
Wilmington, to near Airborne Road east of the City of Wilmington, in
Clinton County, Ohio. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and
approvals for the project.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/25/06 **PAGE:** 30220

**CONTACT:** Mark Chandler, Field Operations, FHWA **TELEPHONE:** 608
829-7514

**CONTACT:** Eugene Johnson, Director, Wisconsin DOT **TELEPHONE:** 608
267-9527

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration, and
Wisconsin Department of Transportation; are issuing this notice to
advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be
prepared for proposed transportation improvements in the United States
Highway (US) 51 corridor in the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
generally between US 12/18 (South Beltline Highway) and State Trunk
Highway (STH)19. in Oconto and Marinette Counties, Wisconsin.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30470

**CONTACT:** Leland Dong, Team Leader -- North Region, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 916 498-5860

**CONTACT:** Kim Floyd, Project Manager, California Dept. of
Transportation **TELEPHONE:** 707 441-5739

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration, is
republishing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental
Impact Statement will be prepared for the proposed highway project along
U.S. Highway (Highway) 101 in Humbolt County, in the cities of Eureka
and Arcata, and the unincorporated area between the two cities,
California. The NOI is being republished due to project changes of
adding roadway rehabilitation work and new alternatives to the proposed
project.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.184D

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities --
National Programs

**FR Date:** 05/22/06 **PAGE:** 29321

**CONTACT:** Robyn Disselkoen **TELEPHONE:** 202 260-3954

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
proposed priority, eligibility and application requirements, and
selection criteria under the Grants for School-Based Student
Drug-Testing Programs, for competitions in fiscal year 2006 and later
years. We take this action to focus Federal financial assistance on an
identified national need.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30422

**CONTACT:** Shaheen Halim, Ph.D. **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0641

**SUMMARY:** Final notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Approval of URAC for Deeming Authority for
Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organizations and Local Preferred
Provider Organizations. This final notice announces the approval of URAC
for deeming authority as a national accreditation organization for
health maintenance organizations and local preferred provider
organizations participating in the Medicare Advantage program, for a
term of 6 years upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30422

**CONTACT:** Shaheen Halim, Ph.D. **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0641

**SUMMARY:** Final notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Approval of URAC for Deeming Authority for
Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organizations and Local Preferred
Provider Organizations. This final notice announces the approval of URAC
for deeming authority as a national accreditation organization for
health maintenance organizations and local preferred provider
organizations participating in the Medicare Advantage program, for a
term of 6 years upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.001

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Disability Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30467

**CONTACT:** Michelle Hungerman **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-2289

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Social Security Administration; Titles II
and XVI: Evaluating Cases Involving Tremolite Asbestos-Related
Impairments. We refer in this Ruling only to initial adult claims for
disability benefits under titles II and XVI of the Act, and the steps of
the sequential evaluation process we use to determine disability in
those claims. We use a different sequential evaluation process for
children who apply for benefits based on disability under title XVI of
the Act.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.006

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supplemental Security Income

**FR Date:** 05/26/06 **PAGE:** 30467

**CONTACT:** Michelle Hungerman **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-2289

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Social Security Administration; Titles II
and XVI: Evaluating Cases Involving Tremolite Asbestos-Related
Impairments. We refer in this Ruling only to initial adult claims for
disability benefits under titles II and XVI of the Act, and the steps of
the sequential evaluation process we use to determine disability in
those claims. We use a different sequential evaluation process for
children who apply for benefits based on disability under title XVI of
the Act.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.036

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 05/22/06 **PAGE:** 29346

**CONTACT:** Magda Ruiz **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-2705

**SUMMARY:** Emergency and Related Determinations regarding, having
determined that the impact in certain areas of the State of Connecticut,
resulting from the record snowfall during the period of February 11-12,
2006.

**EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT**

Below are deadlines for the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Programs that have appeared in the Federal Register in the past
several weeks.

DEADLINE CFDA NUMBER PROGRAM TITLE

07/13/06 14.876 Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Grants

07/21/06 14.875 Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Grants

07/21/06 93.048 Special Programs for the Aging -- Title -- IV -- and
Title II

08/08/06 14.870 Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services

> **DISASTER LOANS**

**59.002 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS** **CLOSING DATE**:

Massachusetts -- various counties 02/16/07

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

Massachusetts -- Essex county 07/17/06