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speed in order to return the bridge to 

normal operation as soon as possible. 

Should the bridge maintenance 

authorized by this temporary deviation 

be completed before the end of the 

effective period published in this notice, 

the Coast Guard will rescind the 

remainder of this temporary deviation, 

and the bridge shall be returned to its 

normal operating schedule. Notice of 

the above action shall be provided to the 

public in the Local Notice to Mariners 

and the Federal Register, where 

practicable. 

This deviation from the operating 

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 

117.35. 

Dated: September 25, 2006. 

Gary Kassof, 

Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. E6–16316 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[CGD01–06–120] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Kennebec River, Bath and Woolwich, 

ME 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast 

Guard District, has issued a temporary 

deviation from the regulation governing 

the operation of the Carlton Bridge 

across the Kennebec River at mile 14.0, 

between Bath and Woolwich, Maine. 

Under this temporary deviation, the 

bridge may remain in the closed 

position from 7 a.m. on October 16, 

2006 through 8 p.m., on October 17, 

2006. This deviation is necessary to 

facilitate scheduled bridge maintenance. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

October 16, 2006 through October 17, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Materials referred to in this 

document are available for inspection or 

copying at the First Coast Guard 

District, Bridge Branch Office, 408 

Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 

02110, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The telephone number is (617) 

223–8364. The First Coast Guard 

District Bridge Branch Office maintains 

the public docket for this temporary 

deviation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McDonald, Project Officer, First Coast 

Guard District, at (617) 223–8364. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Carlton Bridge, across the Kennebec 

River at mile 14.0, between Bath and 

Woolwich, Maine, has a vertical 

clearance in the closed position of 10 

feet at mean high water and 16 feet at 

mean low water. The existing 

drawbridge operation regulations are 

listed at 33 CFR 117.525. 

The owner of the bridge, Maine 

Department of Transportation, requested 

a temporary deviation to facilitate 

scheduled bridge maintenance, 

replacement of the bridge lift cables. 

The bridge will not be able to open 

while the bridge maintenance is 

underway. 

Under this temporary deviation, the 

Carlton Bridge need not open for the 

passage of vessel traffic from 7 a.m. on 

October 16, 2006 through 8 p.m. on 

October 17, 2006. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c), 

this work will be performed with all due 

speed in order to return the bridge to 

normal operation as soon as possible. 

Should the bridge maintenance 

authorized by this temporary deviation 

be completed before the end of the 

effective period published in this notice, 

the Coast Guard will rescind the 

remainder of this temporary deviation, 

and the bridge shall be returned to its 

normal operating schedule. Notice of 

the above action shall be provided to the 

public in the Local Notice to Mariners 

and the Federal Register, where 

practicable. 

This deviation from the operating 

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 

117.35. 

Dated: September 25, 2006. 

Gary Kassof, 

Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. E6–16318 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Parts 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 

424, 485, 489, and 505 

[CMS–1488–CN] 

RIN 0938–AO12 

Medicare Program; Changes to the 

Hospital Inpatient Prospective 

Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 

Rates; Correction 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Correction of final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

technical errors that appeared in the 

final rule published in the Federal 

Register on August 18, 2006 entitled 

‘‘Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient 

Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal 

Year 2007 Rates.’’

DATES: Effective Date: These corrections 

are effective on October 1, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marc Hartstein, (410) 786–4548. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In FR Doc. 06–6692 of August 18, 

2006 (71 FR 47870), the final rule 

entitled ‘‘Changes to the Hospital 

Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems 

and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates’’ (hereinafter 

referred to as the FY 2007 IPPS final 

rule) there were several minor 

typographical and technical errors that 

we are identifying and correcting in 

section III. of this notice. The provisions 

in this correction notice are effective as 

if they had been included in the 

published FY 2007 IPPS final rule. 

Accordingly, the corrections are 

effective October 1, 2006. 

II. Summary of the Corrections to the 

FY 2007 IPPS Final Rule 

On page 47944, in our preamble 

discussion regarding Carotid Artery 

Stents, we erroneously stated that we 

were creating a new DRG 583, when, in 

fact, we were creating a new DRG 577. 

Therefore, in section III. A. of this 

notice, we are correcting that error. This 

technical correction merely corrects the 

description of the new DRG in the 

preamble text and does not affect the 

GROUPER or the relative weight for the 

new DRG. 

On page 48137, we made several 

errors in the first amendatory statement 

for § 412.25. First, we misstated that we 

were amending the introductory text of 

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§ 412.25(e) when instead we were 

amending § 412.25(e)(1). Second, we 

inadvertently misquoted a portion of 

§ 412.25(e)(1). Specifically, we stated 

that we were removing the phrase 

‘‘paragraph (e)(2) and (e)(4)’’ in the 

existing regulations. However, the 

existing regulation states ‘‘paragraphs 

(e)(2) through (e)(4)’’. Third, we made a 

typographical error in describing the 

phrase that was replacing the crossreference described above. Specifically, 

we stated that ‘‘paragraph (e)(2) and 

(e)(5)’’ was replacing ‘‘paragraph (e)(2) 

and (e)(4).’’ (We note that our final 

regulations make paragraphs (e)(2) 

through (e)(5), not just paragraphs (e)(2) 

and (e)(5), applicable to satellite 

facilities.) Therefore, in section III. B. of 

this notice, we are correcting the 

aforementioned errors by revising the 

first amendatory statement of § 412.25 to 

indicate that in paragraph (e)(1) we are 

removing the cross-reference to 

‘‘paragraphs (e)(2) through (e)(4)’’ and 

adding the cross-reference ‘‘paragraphs 

(e)(2) through (e)(5)’’ in its place. 

On pages 48191, 48201, and 48202, in 

Table 5—List of Diagnosis-Related 

Groups (DRGS), Relative Weighting 

Factors, and Geometric and Arithmetic 

Mean Length of Stay (LOS), we 

inadvertently listed the incorrect DRG 

title for several DRGs and the incorrect 

major diagnosis category (MDC) for DRG 

566 and DRG 572. Therefore, we are 

correcting these errors in section III. C. 

of this notice. 

III. Correction of Errors 

In FR Doc. 06–6692 of August 18, 

2006 (71 FR 47870), make the following 

corrections: 

A. Corrections to Errors in the Preamble 

On page 47944, first column, second 

full paragraph, lines 1 and 5, the figure 

‘‘583’’ is corrected to read ‘‘577’’. 

B. Corrections to Errors in the 

Regulations Text 

§ 412.25 [Corrected] 

On page 48137, first column, lines 10 

through 14, in the first amendatory 

statement for § 412.25, the sentence ‘‘In 

paragraph (e) introductory text, remove 

the cross-reference ‘paragraph (e)(2) and 

(e)(4)’ and add the cross-reference 

‘paragraph (e)(2) and (e)(5)’ in its place.’’

is corrected to read, ‘‘In paragraph (e)(1), 

remove the cross-reference ‘paragraphs 

(e)(2) through (e)(4)’ and add the crossreference ‘paragraphs (e)(2) through 

(e)(5)’ in its place.’’

C. Corrections to Errors in the 

Addendum 

Note: The addendum does not appear in 

the Code of Federal Regulations. 

1. On pages 48191, 48201, and 48202 

in Table 5—List of Diagnosis-Related 

Groups (DRGS), Relative Weighting 

Factors, and Geometric and Arithmetic 

Mean Length of Stay (LOS) the 

following DRG titles (column 6) are 

corrected to read as follows: 

DRG DRG title 

DRG 303 ................. Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm. 

DRG 304 ................. Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm With CC. 

DRG 305 ................. Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm Without CC. 

DRG 543 ................. Craniotomy With Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis. 

DRG 568 ................. Stomach, Esophageal & Duodenal Proc Age >17 W CC W/O Major GI DX. 

2. On page 48202, in Table 5—List of 

Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGS), 

Relative Weighting Factors, and 

Geometric and Arithmetic Mean Length 

of Stay (LOS),—

a. Row 9, DRG 566, the MDC (column 

4) ‘‘06’’ is corrected to read ‘‘04’’. 

b. Row 15, DRG 572, the MDC 

(column 4) ‘‘08’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘06’’. 

IV. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking 

and Delay in Effective Date 

We ordinarily publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register to provide a period for public 

comment before the provisions of a rule 

take effect in accordance with section 

553(b) of the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However, 

we can waive this notice and comment 

procedure if the Secretary finds, for 

good cause, that the notice and 

comment process is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest, and incorporates a statement of 

the finding and the reasons therefore in 

the notice. 

Section 553(d) of the APA ordinarily 

requires a 30-day delay in effective date 

of final rules after the date of their 

publication in the Federal Register. 

This 30-day delay in effective date can 

be waived, however, if an agency finds 

for good cause that the delay is 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest, and the agency 

incorporates a statement of the findings 

and its reasons in the rule issued. 

Therefore, we are waiving proposed 

rulemaking and the 30-day delayed 

effective date for the technical 

corrections in this notice. This notice 

merely corrects typographical and 

technical errors in the preamble, 

regulations text, and addendum of the 

FY 2007 IPPS final rule and does not 

make substantive changes to the policies 

or payment methodologies that were 

adopted in the final rule. As a result, 

this notice is intended to ensure that the 

FY 2007 IPPS final rule accurately 

reflects the policies adopted in the final 

rule. Therefore, we find that 

undertaking further notice and comment 

procedures to incorporate these 

corrections into the final rule or 

delaying the effective date of these 

changes is unnecessary and contrary to 

the public interest. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: September 28, 2006. 

Ann C. Agnew, 

Executive Secretary to the Department. 

[FR Doc. 06–8429 Filed 9–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[I.D. 092506B] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

retention limit adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has determined that 

the daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) 

retention limits for the Atlantic tunas 

General category should be adjusted to 

allow for a reasonable opportunity to 

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