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the effective date will also allow the

industry more time to prepare to comply

with the new regulations, and that in

turn will help reduce the number of

errors or other problems that might

occur as a result of transition to the new

rules. The phase-in of implementation

over 12-months, rather than a single

date, will allow for a more manageable

distribution of work for the regional

offices, fiscal intermediaries, and

hospitals. (As noted earlier,

implementation by cost reporting

periods means that a provider with a

cost reporting period starting after

January 10, 2001, would not be affected

by the new regulations until the start of

its next cost reporting period. Thus, a

provider with an April 1 cost period

would not be affected until April 1,

20001, a provider with a July 1 cost

period would not be affected until July

1, 20001, and so on.) We expect to issue

further clarification of administrative,

procedural, and technical issues as soon

as possible.

To provide for uniform and consistent

application of the ‘‘good faith’’

exception to periods before the revised

date, we are revising § 413.65(i)(2) to

state that the exception will be available

only for main provider cost reporting

periods beginning on or after January

10, 2001 or, in the case of a facility or

organization paid as a provider-based

entity, for that entity’s cost reporting

periods beginning on or after January

10, 2001.

In October 2000, we plan to host a

town hall meeting to discuss specific

aspects of the provider-based

regulations at our headquarters in

Baltimore, Maryland. The subjects of

this meeting will be the ways in which

a facility or organization can

demonstrate that it serves the same

patient population as the main provider

(§ 413.65(d)(7)(i)), and the applicability

of provisions on management contracts

(§ 413.65(f)) to certain on-campus

hospital departments. We will make

further details regarding the town hall

meeting available on our website,

www.hcfa.gov.

III. Impact Statement

In the April 2000 final rule, we

discussed the impact of the providerbased regulations on providers and

beneficiaries. Because we are delaying

the implementation of the final rule, the

current provider-based criteria, as stated

in HCFA program manuals, will remain

in effect for an additional period of

time. We believe that any impact on

small entities would be positive because

the delay in effective date will allow

more time for them to come into

compliance with the new regulations,

and also permit the new regulations to

be implemented in a more clear and

consistent manner.

Correction of Errors

In FR Doc. 00–8215 of April 7, 2000

(65 FR 18434), make the following

correction:

Regulations Text

§ 413.65 [Corrected]

On page 18540, in column 3, § 413.65

(i)(2) is corrected to read as follows:

§ 413.65 Requirements for a determination

that a facility or an organization has

provider-based status.

* * * * *

(i) * * *

(2) Recovery of overpayments. If

HCFA finds that payments for services

at the facility or organization have been

made as if the facility or organization

were provider-based, even though

HCFA had not previously determined

that the facility or organization qualified

for provider-based status, HCFA will

recover the difference between the

amount of payments that actually were

made and the amount of payments that

HCFA estimates should have been made

in the absence of a determination of

provider-based status. Recovery will not

be made for any main provider cost

reporting periods beginning before

January 10, 2001 or, in the case of a

facility organization paid as a providerbased entity, for that entity’s cost

reporting periods beginning before

January 10, 2001 if, during all of those

periods, the management of the facility

or organization made a good faith effort

to operate it as a provider-based facility

or organization, as described in

paragraph (h)(3) of this section.

* * * * *

(Authority: Section 1888(t) of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395yy(t))

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25373 Filed 9–29–00; 12:41 pm]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2207, MM Docket No. 00–103; RM–

9878]

Digital Television Broadcast Services;

Killeen, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of White Knight Broadcasting of

Killeen License Corporation, licensee of

TV station KAKW(TV), substitutes DTV

Channel 13 for DTV Channel 23 at

Killeen, Texas. See 65 FR 37752, June

16, 2000. DTV Channel 13 can be

allotted to Killeen at coordinates (30–

43–33 N. and 97–59–24 W.) with a

power of 39.4, HAAT of 553 meters, and

with a DTV service population of 1307

thousand.

With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

DATES: Effective November 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–103,

adopted September 29, 2000, and

released October 2, 2000. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334. 336.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Texas, is amended by removing DTV

Channel 23 and adding DTV Channel 13

at Killeen.

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Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 00–25358 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2206, MM Docket No. 00–98; RM–

9811]

Digital Television Broadcast Services;

Thomasville, GA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of WCTV Licensee Corporation,

licensee of TV Station WCTV–TV,

substitutes DTV Channel 46 for DTV

Channel 52 at Thomasville, Georgia. See

65FR 36808, June 12, 2000. DTV

Channel 46 can be allotted to

Thomasville at coordinates (30–40–13

N. and 83–56–26 W.) with a power of

1000, HAAT of 619 meters, and with a

DTV service population of 832

thousand.

With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

DATES: Effective November 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–98,

adopted September 29, 2000, and

released October 2, 2000. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20036.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

47 CFR PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334. 336.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Georgia, is amended by removing DTV

Channel 52 and adding DTV Channel 46

at Thomasville.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

48 CFR Parts 1511, 1515, 1517, 1519,

1523, 1528, 1535, 1542, 1545 and 1552

[FRL–6878–9]

Acquisition Regulation; Administrative

Amendments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: EPA is issuing this interim

rule amending the EPA Acquisition

Regulation (EPAAR) to add clauses to

the EPAAR which have been repeatedly

used in EPA procurements but which

have not formally been incorporated

into the EPAAR, make other

administrative changes, and remove

from the EPAAR unnecessary coverage

that duplicates existing Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) coverage.

DATES: Effective Date: October 3, 2000.

Comment Date: Interested parties

should submit written comments to the

address shown below on or before

December 4, 2000 to be considered in

the formulation of a final rule.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Acquisition

Management, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Attention: Paul Schaffer,

Mail Code (3802R), Washington, DC

20460. Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (E-mail) to:

Schaffer.Paul@epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in Corel WordPerfect

format or ASCII file format. No

confidential business information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

Electronic comments on this rule may

be filed on-line at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Schaffer, U.S. EPA, Office of

Acquisition Management, Mail Code

(3802R), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20460, Telephone:

(202) 564–4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This interim rule amends the EPA

Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) (48

CFR Chapter 15) to publish for public

comment EPA contract clauses which

have not previously undergone formal

Agency rulemaking subject to public

review and comment because of the

necessity of complying with FAR

policies and procedures on a timely

basis. As a result of recent procurement

reform and streamlining initiatives, EPA

has undertaken an extensive review of

its procurement regulations. As part of

this effort, EPA identified a number of

clauses it has regularly used in its

solicitations and contracts which had

not previously undergone formal

Agency rulemaking subject to public

review and comment and which had not

been incorporated into the EPAAR. This

rulemaking action is to incorporate

these existing EPA clauses into the

EPAAR. EPA does not anticipate any

adverse comments because, as stated

above, these clauses have been regularly

used in EPA solicitations and contracts

for some time now without any

objections or questions raised by entities

responding to EPA procurements and/or

contracting with the Agency.

B. Executive Order 12866

This interim rule is not a significant

regulatory action for the purposes of

Executive Order 12866; therefore, no

review is required by the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

within the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The information collection

requirement in 1552.245–73,

Government Property, is covered by

OMB clearance number 9000–0075. The

Paperwork Reduction Act does not

apply to any other clause herein because

this interim rule does not contain any

new information collection

requirements that require the approval

of OMB under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as

Amended by the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of

1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.

The RFA generally requires an agency

to prepare a regulatory flexibility

analysis of any rule subject to notice