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this amendment is exempt from the

initial and final regulatory flexibility

analysis requirements of sections 603

and 604.

This regulatory amendment has been

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget under the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory

Planning and Review, dated September

30, 1993.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance program numbers are 64.104 and

64.109.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 4

Disability benefits, Individuals with

disabilities, Pensions, Veterans.

Approved: November 5, 1996.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 38 CFR part 4, subpart B, is

proposed to be amended as set forth

below:

PART 4—SCHEDULE FOR RATING

DISABILITIES

1. The authority citation for part 4

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155.

2. Section 4.71a is amended by

revising diagnostic code 5293 and

adding an authority citation at the end

of the section to read as follows:

§ 4.71a Schedule of ratings—

musculoskeletal system.

The Spine

* * * * *

5293 Intervertebral disc syndrome:

Evaluate intervertebral disc syndrome

(preoperatively or postoperatively)

based on either its chronic

manifestations or on the annual

duration of incapacitating episodes,

whichever results in a higher

evaluation.

With incapacitating episodes having a

total duration of at least six weeks

per year ...................................................60

With incapacitating episodes having a

total duration of at least four weeks

but less than six weeks per year

.................................................................40

With incapacitating episodes having a

total duration of at least two weeks

but less than four weeks per year

.................................................................20

With incapacitating episodes having a

total duration of at least one week

but less than two weeks per year

.................................................................10

Note (1): An incapacitating episode of

intervertebral disc syndrome means a

period of acute symptoms (orthopedic,

neurologic, or both), requiring bed rest

and treatment by a physician.

Note (2): When evaluating on the

basis of chronic manifestations, evaluate

orthopedic manifestations, such as

limitation of motion of lumbar or

cervical spine, paravertebral muscle

spasm, or scoliosis of the spine, under

DC 5293, using evaluation criteria for an

appropriate diagnostic code; evaluate

neurologic manifestations, such as

footdrop, muscle atrophy, sensory loss,

or neurogenic bladder separately under

DC 5293, using evaluation criteria for an

appropriate diagnostic code.

* * * * *

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155.)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA–13–0027b; FRL–5688–1]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, South

Coast Air Quality Management District

and Yolo-Solano Air Quality

Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which

concern the control of volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions from

wastewater separators and

pharmaceutical manufacturing

operations.

The intended effect of proposing

approval of these rules is to regulate

emissions of VOCs in accordance with

the requirements of the Clean Air Act,

as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

In the final rules section of this Federal

Register, the EPA is approving the

state’s SIP revision as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

revision amendment and anticipates no

adverse comments. A detailed rationale

for this approval is set forth in the direct

final rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this rule. If EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. The EPA will not

institute a second comment period on

this document. Any parties interested in

commenting on this action should do so

at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by March

26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to: Andrew

Steckel, Rulemaking Section [Air-4], Air

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.

Copies of the rule revisions and EPA’s

evaluation report of each rule are

available for public inspection at EPA’s

Region 9 office during normal business

hours. Copies of the submitted rule

revisions are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95812.

South Coast Air Quality Management

District, 21865 E. Copley Drive,

Diamond Bar, CA 91765–4182.

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management

District, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite

103, Davis, CA 95616.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Vineyard, Rulemaking Section

[Air-4], Air Division, Air and Toxics

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901,

Telephone: (415) 744–1197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document concerns South Coast Air

Quality Management District Rule 464,

Wastewater Separators; and Yolo-Solano

Air Quality Management District, Rule

2.35, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Operations, submitted to EPA on May

13, 1991 and November 30, 1994,

respectively, by the California Air

Resources Board. For further

information, please see the information

provided in the direct final action

which is located in the rules section of

this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: February 3, 1997.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

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