52034 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Parts 410 and 412

[BPD–878–CN]

RIN 0938–AH55

Medicare Program; Changes to the

Hospital Inpatient Prospective

Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1998

Rates; Corrections

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule with comment period;

correction notice.

SUMMARY: In the August 29, 1997, issue

of the Federal Register (62 FR 45966),

we published a final rule with comment

period revising the Medicare hospital

inpatient prospective payment systems

for operating costs and capital-related

costs to implement necessary changes

resulting from the Balanced Budget Act

of 1997, Pub. L. 105–33 and changes

arising from our continuing experience

with the system. This document corrects

technical errors made in that document.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Edwards, (410) 786–4531.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

August 29, 1997, final rule with

comment period contained technical

errors relating to codified regulations

text. Therefore, we are making the

following corrections:

1. On page 46030, first column, in the

amendatory language of item number

17, first line, the phrase ‘‘In § 412.108

paragraph (a)(1)’’ is corrected to read ‘‘In

§ 412.108 the introductory text of

paragraph (a)(1)’’.

2. On page 46037, second column,

26th line, the entry ‘‘§ 410.32(b)(1)’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘§ 410.32(e)(1)’’.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance

Program; No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and No. 93.774, Medicare—

Supplementary Medical Insurance)

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Neil J. Stillman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information

Resource Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26348 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Part 418

[BPD–820–CN]

RIN 0938–AG93

Medicare Program; Hospice Wage

Index; Correction

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Correction notice.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

final rule published August 8, 1997 (62

FR 42859), that established a

methodology to update the wage index

used to adjust Medicare payment rates

for hospice care included in the new

wage index, to be effective October 1,

1997. This notice corrects the wage

index entry for Cherokee, GA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Blackford, (410) 786–5909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are

making the following correction to the

final rule published in the Federal

Register on August 8, 1997 (62 FR

42859):

On page 42864, in the first column

‘‘Urban area (constituent counties or

county equivalent)’’, under Table A, the

wage index entry for Cherokee, GA,

‘‘0.9841’’, is corrected to read ‘‘0.9822’’.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Neil J. Stillman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26468 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Parts 2090, 2110, and 2130

[WO–130–1820–00–24 1A]

RIN 1004–AC98

Gifts; Acquisition of Lands or Interest

in Lands by Purchase or

Condemnation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: BLM is removing the

regulations that explain the procedures

for donating land to the Department of

the Interior, and those that describe the

Department’s authority to acquire land

by purchase or condemnation under the

King Range National Conservation Area

Act. These regulations are either

statements of policy, internal

procedures, or restatements of statutory

provisions. BLM believes that these

regulations can be removed without any

substantive impact on the public.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1997.

ADDRESS: You may send inquiries or

suggestions to: Director (630), Bureau of

Land Management, 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Erica Petacchi, telephone: 202–452–

5084; or David Beaver, telephone: 202–

452–7788.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Final Rule as Adopted

III. Responses to Comments

IV. Procedural Matters

I. Background

The final rule published today is a

stage of a rulemaking process that will

conclude in the removal of the

regulations in 43 CFR parts 2110 and

2130. This rule finalizes a proposed rule

that was published on September 11,

1996, in the Federal Register at 61 FR

47853. The rule provided for a comment

period of 30 days, and BLM received no

comments from the public.

This final rule is part of BLM’s efforts

to streamline its regulations in the Code

of Federal Regulations (CFR). BLM is

removing unnecessary or obsolete

regulations, and making the remainder

of its regulations more understandable

and relevant. The regulations this rule

removes are repetitive of statutory

language, obsolete, or merely

informational. These regulations belong

not in the CFR, but in other publications

such as manuals or brochures.

II. Final Rule as Adopted

The final rule will remove the

regulations in 43 CFR parts 2110 and

2130, with the exception of section

2111.4—Status of Lands, which will be

relocated in subpart 2091.

Subpart 2110—Gifts; General

Most of subpart 2110 merely restates

statutory provisions found in various

sections of the U.S. Code, including two

repealed sections. Section 2110.0–3(a)

repeats language from the Taylor

Grazing Act at 43 U.S.C. 315g. Section

2110.0–3(b) repeats language from the

Public Land Administration Act at 43