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substances, Hazardous Waste,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

David Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region V.

40 CFR part 300 is amended as

follows:

PART 300—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 300

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,

1991 Comp.; p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923,

3 CFR, 1987 Comp.; p. 193.

Appendix B—[Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300

is amended by removing the Site

‘‘Bowers Landfill, Circleville County,

Ohio.’’

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–5914–4]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Contingency Plan;

National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the

Northern Engraving Corporation

Superfund Site from the National

Priorities List (NPL).

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of

the Northern Engraving Corporation

Superfund Site in Wisconsin from the

National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL

is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which

is the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Contingency Plan (NCP),

which EPA promulgated pursuant to

section 105 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as amended. This action is

being taken by EPA and the State of

Wisconsin, because it has been

determined that Responsible Parties

have implemented all appropriate

response actions required. Moreover,

EPA and the State of Wisconsin have

determined that remedial actions

conducted at the site to date remain

protective of public health, welfare, and

the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Whippo (312) 886–1476 (SR–6J),

Remedial Project Manager or Gladys

Beard at (312) 886–7253, Associate

Remedial Project Manager, Superfund

Division, U.S. EPA—Region V, 77 West

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.

Information on the site is available at

the local information repository located

at: Sparta Free Library, W. Main & Court

Sts., Sparta, WI 54656. Requests for

comprehensive copies of documents

should be directed formally to the

Regional Docket Office. The contact for

the Regional Docket Office is Jan

Pfundheller (H–7J), U.S. EPA, Region V,

77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604,

(312) 353–5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to

be deleted from the NPL is: Northern

Engraving Corporation Superfund Site

located in Sparta, Wisconsin. A Notice

of Intent to Delete for this site was

published September 11, 1997 (62 FR

47784). The closing date for comments

on the Notice of Intent to Delete was

October 10, 1997. EPA received no

comments and therefore no

Responsiveness Summary was prepared.

The EPA identifies sites which appear

to present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of Hazardous Substance

Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed

remedial actions. Any site deleted from

the NPL remains eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Section

300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that

Fund-financed actions may be taken at

sites deleted from the NPL in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede agency efforts

to recover costs associated with

response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous

substances, Hazardous Waste,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

David Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region V.

40 CFR part 300 is amended as

follows:

PART 300—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 300

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,

1991 Comp.; p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923,

3 CFR, 1987 Comp.; p. 193.

Appendix B—[Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300

is amended by removing the Site

‘‘Northern Engraving Co., Sparta,

Wisconsin.’’

[FR Doc. 97–28551 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Part 489

[BPD–748–F]

RIN 0938–AG03

Medicare Program; Changes in

Provider Agreement Regulations

Related to Federal Employees Health

Benefits

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule makes two

changes to Medicare’s provider

agreement regulations concerning

payment for inpatient hospital services

furnished to retired enrollees of fee-forservice Federal Employees Health

Benefits (FEHB) plans who do not have

Medicare Part A coverage. The first

change specifies that payment for

inpatient hospital services furnished to

retired Federal workers age 65 or older

who are enrolled in a fee-for-service

FEHB plan but are not covered under

Medicare Part A is limited to a payment

amount that approximates the Medicare

diagnosis-related group payment rates

established under Medicare’s inpatient

hospital prospective payment system.

The second change specifies that

HCFA will consider termination or

nonrenewal of a hospital’s provider

agreement with Medicare if a hospital

knowingly and willfully fails to accept,

on a repeated basis, the Medicare rate as

payment in full for inpatient hospital

services provided to a retired Federal

worker who is enrolled in a fee-forservice FEHB plan and who does not

have Medicare Part A coverage.

This final rule implements section

7002(f) of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990.