Federal Register/Vol. 63, No. 162/Friday, August 21, 1998/Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[FRL-6147-3]

Dated: August 11, 1998.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional A dm inistrator, Region 10.

[FR Doc. 98 22544 Filed 8 20 98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

Washington: Withdrawal of Immediate DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

Final Rule for Authorization of State HUMAN SERVICES

Hazardous Waste Management

Program Revision Administration for Children and

Families

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Immediate final rule

withdrawal.

SUMMARY: Due to receipt of an adverse

written comment, EPA is withdrawing

the immediate final rule published on

Tuesday, July 7, 1998 (63 FR 36587) for

the approval of the State of

Washington's authorization revision to

its hazardous waste program under the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA). As stated in the Federal

Register document, if adverse written

comments were received by August 6,

1998, a notice of withdrawal of the

immediate final rule would be

published in the Federal Register. EPA

will address the comments received in

a subsequent final action in the near

future.

DATES: This withdrawal is effective on

August 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nina Kocourek, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200

Sixth Avenue, WCM-122, Seattle, WA

98101. Telephone: (206) 553-6502.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the immediate

final rule located in the final rules

section of the July 7, 1998 (63 FR

36587), Federal Register, and in the

short document located in the proposed

rule section of the July 7, 1998 (63 FR

36652) Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Confidential business information,

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste

transportation, Incorporation by

reference, Indian lands,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and record keeping

requirements, Water pollution control,

Water supply.

Authority: This action is issued under the

authority of sections 2002(a), 3006 and

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, 6974(b).

45 CFR Parts 302, 304 and 307

RIN 0970-AB70

Computerized Support Enforcement

Systems

AGENCY: Office of Child Support

Enforcement (OCSE), ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule implements

provisions of the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA),

related to child support enforcement

program automation. Under PRWORA,

States must have in effect a statewide

automated data processing and

information retrieval system which by

October 1, 1997, meets all the

requirements of title IV-D of the Social

Security Act enacted on or before the

date of enactment of the Family Support

Act of 1988, and by October 1, 2000,

meets all the title IV-D requirements

enacted under PRWORA. The law

further provides that the October 1,

2000, deadline for systems

enhancements will be delayed if HHS

does not issue final regulations by

August 22, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective

August 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robin Rushton (202) 690-1244.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

This regulation is published under the

authority of several provisions of the

Social Security Act (the Act), as

amended by the Personal Responsibility

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Sections

454(16), 454(24), 454A and 455(a)(3)(A)

of the Act (42 U.S.C. 654(16), (24),

654A, and 655(a)(3)(A)), contain

requirements for automated data

processing and information retrieval

systems to carry out the State's IV-D

State plan. Other sections, such as

section 453 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 653)

specify data that the system must

furnish or impose safeguarding and

disclosure requirements that the system

must meet.

This regulation is also published

under the general authority of section

1102 (42 U.S.C. 1302) of the Act which

requires the Secretary to publish

regulations that may be necessary for

the efficient administration of the

provisions for which she is responsible

under the Act.

Background

Full and complete automation is

pivotal to improving the performance of

the nation's child support program.

With a current national caseload of 20

million, caseworkers are dependent on

enhanced technology and increased

automation to keep up with the massive

volume of information and transactions

critical to future success in providing

support to children.

Under PRWORA, States must build on

existing automation efforts to

implement the programmatic

enhancements the law included for

strengthening child support

enforcement, including new

enforcement tools and a shift in child

support distribution requirements to a

family-first policy. By October 1, 2000,

States must have in place an automated

statewide system that meets all the

requirements and performs all the

functions specified in PRWORA.

These requirements include:

* Functional requirements specified

by the Secretary related to management

of the program (454A(b)).

* Calculation of performance

indicators (454A(c)).

* Information integrity and security

requirements (454A(d)).

* Development of a State case registry

(45 4A(e)).

* Expanded information comparisons

and other disclosures of information

(454A(f)), including to the Federal case

registry of child support orders and the

Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)

and with other agencies in the State,

agencies of other States and interstate

information networks, as necessary and

appropriate.

* Collection and distribution of

support payments (454A(g)), including

facilitating the State's centralized

collection and disbursement unit and

modifications to meet the revised

distribution requirements.

* Expedited Administrative

Procedures (454A(h)).

We issued proposed rules in the

Federal Register on March 25, 1998, (63

FR 14402) setting forth the framework

for automation that State systems must

have in place by the October 1, 2000,

deadline. Thirty letters from State

agencies and other interested parties

were received as a result. While the vast

majority of these comments did not

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