Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 1997 / Notices 52563

F. International Tolerances

There are no Codex maximum residue

levels (MRL) established for residues of

lambda-cyhalothrin in or on avocados;

cereal grain crop group: grain, forage,

hay, straw, aspirated grain dust, bran,

flour; fruiting vegetable crop group; peas

and beans - edible podded crop

subgroup; peas and beans - succulent

shelled crop subgroup; peas and or

beans - dried shelled subgroup. (Beth

Edwards)

[FR Doc. 97–26536 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PP 5E4597; FRL–5746–7]

Milliken & Company; Correction of

Pesticide Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of correction.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects and

extends the comment period of

pesticide petition (PP) 5E4597,

submitted by Milliken & Company

proposing to establish an exemption

from the requirement of a tolerance for

Poly(ethylene glycol) modified FD&C

Blue No. 1, Methyl Poly(ethylene glycol)

modified FD&C Blue No. 1, and

Poly(ethylene glycol) modified Methyl

Violet 2B. Pesticide petition 5E4597,

was published in the Federal Register

on August 29, 1997 (62 FR 45804). EPA

is extending the comment period to

allow additional time for comment.

DATES: The comment period is extended

to October 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Amelia Acierto, Registration

Division, (7505C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location and telephone

number: 4th Floor, CS #1, 2800 Crystal

Drive, Arlington, VA (703)–308–8377; email: ascierto.amelia@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

issued a Notice of Filing in the Federal

Register of August 29, 1997 (62 FR

45804) (PF–758; FRL–5738–2) for

pesticide petitions (PP) 3E4246, 7F4845,

and 5E4597. This notice corrects PP

5E4597.

In FR Doc. 97-23097, in the issue for

August 29, 1997, on page 45808, in the

third column, in the first paragraph

under PP 5E4597, the phrase ‘‘not to

exceed 0.6 parts per billion (ppb),’’

should be corrected to read ‘‘not to

exceed 1 to 5% of the final

formulation.’’

List of subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

James Jones,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–26534; Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Publication of

Recommendations Relating to HIPA A

Health Data Standards

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 1172 (f), Subtitle F of

Pub. L. 104–191, the Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act of

1996, requires the Secretary of Health

and Human Services to publish in the

Federal Register any recommendation of

the National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS) regarding the

adoption of a data standard under that

law. On September 9, the NCVHS

submitted recommendations to the

Secretary relating to the unique

identifier for payers, the unique

identifier for individuals, and security

standards. Accordingly, the full text of

the NCVHS recommendations relating

to HIPAA data standards is reproduced

below. The text of the recommendations

is also available on the NCVHS website:

http//aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Administrative Simplification

provisions of the Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act of

1996 HIPAA), the Secretary of Health

and Human Services is required to

adopt standards for specified

administrative health care transactions

to enable information to be exchanged

electronically. The law requires that,

within 24 months of adoption, all health

plans, health care clearinghouses and

health care providers who choose to

conduct these transactions

electronically must comply with these

standads. Further, the law requires the

Secretary to submit to Congress detailed

recommendations on standards with

respect to the privacy of individually

identifiable health information. In

preparing these reports and

recommendations, the Secretary is

required to consult with the NCHVHS,

the statutory public advisory body to

HHS on health data, privacy and health

information policy. On September 9, the

Committee submitted recommendations

to the Secretary relating to the unique

identifier for payers, the unique

identifier for individuals, and security

standards.

Accordingly, the full text of the

NCVHS recommendations relating to

HIPAA data standards is reproduced

below.

Recommendations Relating to the

National PAYERID

September 9, 1997.

The Honorable Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary, Department of Health and Human

Services, 200 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201

Dear Secretary Shalala: On behalf of the

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics (NCVHS), I am pleased to forward

to you our recommendations relating to

another of the health data standards being

proposed for adoption in accordance with the

administrative simplification provisions of

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The

NCVHS is very pleased to provide support,

advice and consultation to you in this effort.

The NCVHS has been briefed on the

proposal for the national standard for

identifiers for health plans or PAYERID, and

we offer our strong support. The proposal

includes a nine digit numeric identifier that

would be assigned to all health plans. The

identifier includes a check digit and contains

no embedded intelligence. We recommend

that HHS proceed to publish the proposal for

public comment without delay. In the

interests of operational efficiency and

simplification, we suggest that the

Department also leave open the option of

moving to an alphanumeric identifier in the

future. While public comments are likely to

on the technical details of the number and

the optimal approach to enumeration, we

have found broad support for the proposal in

general and urge you to proceed.

The Committee did identify one concern

that we bring to your attention. The

PAYERID, as proposed, replaces the plan ID

and sub ID used in current transactions. The

sub ID is currently used for electronic

routing, and concern has been expressed that

this function will be lost. We recommend

that this functionality be addressed before

the final rule is issued.

We appreciate you national leadership in

health data standards, electronic data

interchange and privacy, and we are

privileged to work with you on these issues.