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(Agreement) entered into on April 21, 

2008, with Central of Georgia Railroad 

Company (CGA), a wholly-owned 

subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company (NSR), approximately 12.5 

miles of CGA’s rail line between 

milepost E–53–3 at Machen, Jasper 

County, GA, and milepost E–65.8 at 

Newborn, Newton County, GA. 

SQS states that the line connects with 

CGA and CSX Transportation, Inc. SQS 

believes its Agreement does not include 

an interchange commitment that 

violates 49 CFR 1150.43(h) (requiring 

submission of complete version of 

agreement that may limit future 

interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier). Nevertheless, SQS 

has concurrently filed with its notice a 

complete version of the Agreement, 

marked ‘‘highly confidential’’ and 

submitted under seal pursuant to 49 

CFR 1104.14(a). SQS also states that 

under the Agreement, it will receive per 

car handling charges from NSR for each 

car originating or terminating on SQS 

and interchanged with CGA. According 

to SQS, the Agreement also provides for 

an annual amount of minimal rental 

which SQS may pay in full or against 

which it can receive an offset from cars 

interchanged to CGA. However, the 

Agreement provides that there is no 

restriction on SQS’s ability to 

interchange traffic with any other 

connecting carrier and that SQS is 

permitted local and switch rates without 

interchange restrictions. 

SQS certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not result in SQS becoming a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier and further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenues will not exceed $5 million. 

SQS states that it expects to 

consummate the transaction on or after 

September 30, 2009. The earliest this 

transaction may be consummated is 

October 1, 2009, the effective date of the 

exemption (30 days after the exemption 

was filed). 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

No. 110–161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than September 24, 

2009 (at least 7 days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35294, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Andrew P. 

Goldstein, McCarthy, Sweeney & 

Harkaway, P.C., 2175 K Street, NW., 

Suite 600, Washington, DC 20037. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 14, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–22387 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 

Market Research Study 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a 

continuing information collection. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the ‘‘Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 

Market Research Study.’’ 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 16, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 

Records and Information Management 

Branch, Room 135, 3700 East-West 

Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Edita Rickard, EFT 

Strategy Division, 401 14th Street, SW., 

Room 304C, Washington, DC 20227, 

202–874–7165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 

Market Research Study. 

OMB Number: 15 10–0074. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: Study of Federal benefit 

recipients to identify barriers to 

significant increases in use of EFT for 

benefit and vendor payments. 

Current Action: Extension of currently 

approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 

hours 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,500. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

cost and cost of operation, maintenance 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: September 10, 2009. 

Rita Bratcher, 

Assistant Commissioner and Chief Disbursing 

Officer, Payment Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–22407 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Reasonable Charges for Inpatient MS– 

DRGs and SNF Medical Services for 

2010; Fiscal Year Update 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: Section 17.101 of Title 38 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations sets 

forth the Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) medical regulations concerning 

‘‘Reasonable Charges’’ for medical care 

or services provided or furnished by VA 

to a veteran: 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

for which the veteran is entitled to 

care (or the payment of expenses of 

care) under a health plan contract; 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

incurred incident to the veteran’s 

employment and covered under a 

worker’s compensation law or plan 

that provides reimbursement or 

indemnification for such care and 

services; or 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

incurred as a result of a motor vehicle 

accident in a State that requires 

automobile accident reparations 

insurance. 

The regulations include 

methodologies for establishing billed 

amounts for the following types of 

charges: acute inpatient facility charges; 

skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility charges; partial 

hospitalization facility charges; 

outpatient facility charges; physician 

and other professional charges, 

including professional charges for 

anesthesia services and dental services; 

pathology and laboratory charges; 

observation care facility charges; 

ambulance and other emergency 

transportation charges; and charges for 

durable medical equipment, drugs, 

injectables, and other medical services, 

items, and supplies identified by 

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding 

System (HCPCS) Level II codes. The 

regulations also provide that data for 

calculating actual charge amounts at 

individual VA facilities based on these 

methodologies will either be published 

in a notice in the Federal Register or 

will be posted on the Internet site for 

the Veterans Health Administration 

Chief Business Office, currently at 

http://www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, under ‘‘Charge Data.’’ Certain 

charges are hereby updated as described 

in the Supplementary Information 

section of this notice. These changes are 

effective October 1, 2009. 

When charges for medical care or 

services provided or furnished at VA 

expense by either VA or non-VA 

providers have not been established 

under other provisions of the 

regulations, the method for determining 

VA’s charges is set forth at 38 CFR 

17.101(a)(8). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Romona Greene, Chief Business Office 

(168), Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 461–1595. (This is not a 

toll free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Of the 

charge types listed in the Summary 

section of this notice, only the acute 

inpatient facility charges and skilled 

nursing facility/sub-acute inpatient 

facility charges are being changed. 

Charges for the following charge types: 

partial hospitalization facility charges; 

outpatient facility charges; physician 

and other professional charges, 

including professional charges for 

anesthesia services and dental services; 

pathology and laboratory charges; 

observation care facility charges; 

ambulance and other emergency 

transportation charges; and charges for 

durable medical equipment, drugs, 

injectables, and other medical services, 

items, and supplies identified by 

HCPCS Level II codes are not being 

changed. These outpatient facility 

charges and Professional charges remain 

the same as set forth in a notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 11, 2008 (73 FR 239). 

Based on the methodologies set forth 

in 38 CFR 17.101(b), this document 

provides an update to acute inpatient 

charges that were based on 2009 

Medicare severity diagnosis related 

groups (MS–DRGs). Acute inpatient 

facility charges by MS–DRGs are set 

forth in Table A and are posted on the 

Internet site of the Veterans Health 

Administration Chief Business Office, 

currently at http://www1.va.gov/CBO/ 

apps/rates/index.asp, under ‘‘Charge 

Data.’’ This Table A corresponds to the 

Table A referenced in the October 1, 

2008, Federal Register Notice. Table A 

referenced in this notice provides 

updated charges based on 2010 MS– 

DRGs and will replace Table A posted 

on the Internet site of the Veterans 

Health Administration Chief Business 

Office, which corresponds to the Table 

A referenced in the October 1, 2008, 

Federal Register notice. 

Also, this document provides for an 

updated all-inclusive per diem charge 

for skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility charge using the 

methodologies set forth in 38 CFR 

17.101(c) and it is adjusted by a 

geographic area factor based on the 

location where the care is provided. The 

skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility per diem charge is set 

forth in Table B and is posted on the 

Internet site of the Veterans Health 

Administration Chief Business Office, 

currently at http://www1.va.gov/CBO/ 

apps/rates/index.asp, under ‘‘Charge 

Data.’’ This Table B corresponds to the 

Table B referenced in the October 1, 

2008, Federal Register Notice. Table B 

referenced in this notice provides 

updated all-inclusive nationwide skilled 

nursing facility/sub-acute inpatient 

facility per diem charge and will replace 

Table B posted on the Internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, which corresponds to 

the Table B referenced in the October 1, 

2008, Federal Register notice. 

The charges in this update for acute 

inpatient facility and skilled nursing 

facility/sub-acute inpatient facility 

services are effective October 1, 2009. 

In this update, we are retaining the 

table designations used for acute 

inpatient facility charges by MS–DRGs 

which is posted on the Internet site of 

the Veterans Health Administration 

Chief Business Office, currently at 

http://www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, under ‘‘Charge Data.’’ We 

also are retaining the table designation 

used for skilled nursing facility/subacute inpatient facility charges which is 

posted on the Internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, currently at http:// 

www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, under ‘‘Charge Data.’’ 

Accordingly, the tables identified as 

being updated by this notice correspond 

to the applicable tables referenced in the 

October 1, 2008, notice beginning with 

Table A through Table B. 

We have updated the list of data 

sources presented in Supplementary 

Table 1 posted on the Internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, currently at http:// 

www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/index.asp 

to reflect the updated data sources used 

to establish the updated charges 

described in this notice. 

We have also updated the list of VA 

medical facility locations. As a 

reminder, in Supplementary Table 3 

posted on the internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, currently at http:// 

www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, we set forth the list of VA 

medical facility locations, which 

includes their three-digit zip codes and 

provider-based/non-provider-based 

designations. 

Consistent with VA’s regulations, the 

updated data tables and supplementary 

tables containing the changes described 

in this notice will be posted on the 

Internet site of the Veterans Health 

Administration Chief Business Office, 

currently at http://www1.va.gov/CBO/ 

apps/rates/index.asp, under ‘‘Charge 

Data.’’ 


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Approved: September 3, 2009. 

John R. Gingrich, 

Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–22382 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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