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would no longer be allowed under the 

proposed amendment. 

The full text of the program 

amendment is available for you to read 

at the locations listed above under 

ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov. 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

Under the provisions of 30 CFR 

732.17(h), we are seeking your 

comments on whether the amendment 

satisfies the applicable program 

approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If we 

approve the amendment, it will become 

part of the State program. 

Electric or Written Comments 

If you submit written or electronic 

comments on the proposed rule during 

the 30-day comment period, they should 

be specific, confined to issues pertinent 

to the proposed regulations, and explain 

the reason for any recommended 

change(s). We appreciate any and all 

comments, but those most useful and 

likely to influence decisions on the final 

regulations will be those that either 

involve personal experience or include 

citations to and analyses of SMCRA, its 

legislative history, its implementing 

regulations, case law, other pertinent 

State or Federal laws or regulations, 

technical literature, or other relevant 

publications. 

We cannot ensure that comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or sent to an address 

other than those listed (see ADDRESSES) 

will be included and considered in the 

docket for this rulemaking. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Public Hearing 

If you wish to speak at the public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

4:00 p.m., E.S.T. on November 6, 2015. 

If you are disabled and need reasonable 

accommodations to attend a public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. We 

will arrange the location and time of the 

hearing with those persons requesting 

the hearing. If no one requests an 

opportunity to speak, we will not hold 

a hearing. 

To assist the transcriber and ensure an 

accurate record, we request, if possible, 

that each person who speaks at the 

public hearing provide us with a written 

copy of his or her comments. The public 

hearing will continue on the specified 

date until everyone scheduled to speak 

has been given an opportunity to be 

heard. If you are in the audience and 

have not been scheduled to speak and 

wish to do so, you will be allowed to 

speak after those who have been 

scheduled. We will end the hearing after 

everyone scheduled to speak and others 

present in the audience who wish to 

speak, have been heard. 

Public Meeting 

If only one person requests an 

opportunity to speak, we may hold a 

public meeting rather than a public 

hearing. If you wish to meet with us to 

discuss the amendment, please request 

a meeting by contacting the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All such meetings are open to 

the public and, if possible, we will post 

notices of meetings at the locations 

listed under ADDRESSES. We will make 

a written summary of each meeting a 

part of the administrative record. 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

Executive Order 12866—Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This rule is exempted from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Executive Order 12866. 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSMRE for review, our 

regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require 

us to publish a notice in the Federal 

Register indicating receipt of the 

proposed amendment, its text or a 

summary of its terms, and an 

opportunity for public comment. We 

conclude our review of the proposed 

amendment after the close of the public 

comment period and determine whether 

the amendment should be approved, 

approved in part, or not approved. At 

that time, we will also make the 

determinations and certifications 

required by the various laws and 

executive orders governing the 

rulemaking process and include them in 

the final rule. 

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 946 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: July 13, 2015. 

Thomas D. Shope, 

Regional Director, Appalachian Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 56 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0616; FRL–9936–11– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS53 

Amendments to Regional Consistency 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On August 19, 2015, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

proposed revisions to its Regional 

Consistency regulations. The EPA is 

reopening the comment period on the 

proposed rule that closed on October 19, 

2015. The EPA received a single letter 

from 16 trade and business 

organizations requesting additional time 

to review and comment on the proposed 

rule revisions. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the proposed rule published in the 

Federal Register on August 19, 2015 (80 

FR 50250), is being reopened. Written 

comments must be received on or before 

November 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2014–0616, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

If you need to include CBI as part of 

your comment, please visit http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html 

for instructions. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. For additional submission 

methods, the full EPA public comment 

policy, and general guidance on making 

effective comments, please visit http:// 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Greg 

Nizich, Air Quality Policy Division, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (C504–03), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 

number (919) 541–3078; fax number 

(919) 541–5509; email address: 

nizich.greg@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After 

considering the request received from 

16 trade and business organizations to 

extend the public comment period, the 

EPA has decided to reopen the public 

comment period until November 3, 

2015. This extension will help ensure 

that the public has additional time to 

review the proposed changes to the 

existing rule. 

Dated: October 16, 2015. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2015–26942 Filed 10–21–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 600 

[CMS–2396–PN] 

RIN 0938–ZB21 

Basic Health Program; Federal 

Funding Methodology for Program 

Years 2017 and 2018 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Proposed methodology. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

methodology and data sources necessary 

to determine federal payment amounts 

made in program years 2017 and 2018 

to states that elect to establish a Basic 

Health Program under the Affordable 

Care Act to offer health benefits 

coverage to low-income individuals 

otherwise eligible to purchase coverage 

through Affordable Insurance 

Marketplaces. 

DATES: To be assured consideration, 

comments must be received at one of 

the addresses provided below, no later 

than 5 p.m. on November 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, refer to file 

code CMS–2396–PN. Because of staff 

and resource limitations, we cannot 

accept comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

You may submit comments in one of 

four ways (please choose only one of the 

ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS 2396–PN, P.O. Box 8016, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–8016. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address only: Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–2396–PN, 

Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

4. By hand or courier. Alternatively, 

you may deliver (by hand or courier) 

your written only to the following 

addresses: 

a. For delivery in Washington, DC— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert 

H. Humphrey Building, 200 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

(Because access to the interior of the 

Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not 

readily available to persons without 

Federal government identification, 

commenters are encouraged to leave 

their comments in the CMS drop slots 

located in the main lobby of the 

building. A stamp-in clock is available 

for persons wishing to retain a proof of 

filing by stamping in and retaining an 

extra copy of the comments being filed.) 

b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

If you intend to deliver your 

comments to the Baltimore address, call 

telephone number (410) 786–7195 in 

advance to schedule your arrival with 

one of our staff members. 

Comments erroneously mailed to the 

addresses indicated as appropriate for 

hand or courier delivery may be delayed 

and received after the comment period. 

Submission of comments on 

paperwork requirements. You may 

submit comments on this document’s 

paperwork requirements by following 

the instructions at the end of the 

‘‘Collection of Information 

Requirements’’ section in this 

document. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Truffer, (410) 786–1264; 

Stephanie Kaminsky (410) 786–4653. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post all comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period on the following Web 

site as soon as possible after they have 

been received: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

Comments received timely will also 

be available for public inspection as 

they are received, generally beginning 

approximately 3 weeks after publication 

of a document, at the headquarters of 

the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244, Monday 

through Friday of each week from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an 

appointment to view public comments, 

phone 1–800–743–3951. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Provisions of the Proposed Methodology 

A. Overview of the Funding Methodology 

and Calculation of the Payment Amount 

B. Federal BHP Payment Rate Cells 

C. Sources and State Data Considerations 

D. Discussion of Specific Variables Used in 

Payment Equations 

E. Adjustments for American Indians and 

Alaska Natives 

F. State Option to Use 2016 or 2017 QHP 

Premiums for BHP Payments 

G. State Option to Include Retrospective 

State-Specific Health Risk Adjustment in 

Certified Methodology 

H. Example Application of the BHP 

Funding Methodology 

III. Collection of Information Requirements 

IV. Response to Comments 

V. Regulatory Impact Statement 

A. Overall Impact 

B. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

D. Federalism 

I. Background 

Section 1331 of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111– 

148, enacted on March 23, 2010), as 

amended by the Health Care and 

Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–152, enacted on March 30, 

2010) (collectively referred as the 

Affordable Care Act) provides states 

with an option to establish a Basic 

Health Program (BHP). In the states that 


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