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analysis requirements of 5 U.S.C. 603 

and 604 do not apply. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, when regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, and other advantages; 

distributive impacts; and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 (Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review) 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs has 

determined that this rule is a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. The Regulatory Impact Analysis 

associated with this rulemaking can be 

found as a supporting document at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

one year. This proposed rule would 

have no such effect on State, local, and 

tribal governments, or on the private 

sector. 

Assistance Listing 

The Assistance Listing program 

numbers and titles for this proposed 

rule are as follows: 64.009, Veterans 

Medical Care Benefits; 64.012, Veterans 

Prescription Service; 64.019, Veterans 

Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drug 

Dependence; 64.041, VHA Outpatient 

Specialty Care; 64.045, VHA Outpatient 

Ancillary Services; 64.047, VHA 

Primary Care; 64.048, VHA Mental 

Health Clinics. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, 

Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug 

abuse, Government contracts, Grant 

programs—health, Grant programs— 

veterans, Health care, Health facilities, 

Health professions, Health records, 

Homeless, Medical and Dental schools, 

Medical devices, Medical research, 

Mental health programs, Nursing 

homes, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Travel and transportation 

expenses, Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on June 8, 2021, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Consuela Benjamin, 

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of General Counsel, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Department of Veterans 

Affairs proposes to amend 38 CFR part 

17 as set forth below: 

PART 17—MEDICAL 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in 

specific sections. 

* * * * * 

■ 2. Amend § 17.108 by revising 

paragraph (c)(1) and adding paragraph 

(c)(5) to read as follows: 

§ 17.108 Copayments for inpatient hospital 

care and outpatient medical care. 

* * * * * 

(c)(1) Except as provided in 

paragraphs (d), (e), or (f) of this section, 

a veteran, as a condition for receiving 

outpatient medical care provided by VA 

(provided either directly by VA or 

obtained by VA by contract, provider 

agreement, or sharing agreement), must 

agree to pay VA (and is obligated to pay 

VA) a copayment as set forth in 

paragraph (c)(2), (c)(4) or (c)(5) of this 

section. 

* * * * * 

(5) The copayment for outpatient 

medical care furnished to a veteran who 

VA determines to be at high risk for 

suicide is zero dollars ($0). This 

copayment level will begin once the 

veteran is determined to be at high risk 

for suicide and will remain in place 

until the veteran is no longer at high 

risk for suicide. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 17.110 by adding 

paragraph (b)(6) to read as follows: 

§ 17.110 Copayments for medication. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(6) Veterans at high risk for suicide. 

Veterans who VA determines to be at 

high risk for suicide will be charged a 

$2 medication copayment amount for all 

medications for each 30-day or shorter 

supply of a medication. The initiation 

and duration of this medication 

copayment level are the same as those 

established for outpatient copayments 

in § 17.108(c)(5). 

* * * * * 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0155; FRL–8391–03– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AV44 

National Perchloroethylene Air 

Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning 

Facilities Technology Review; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On December 27, 2021, the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) proposed amendments to the 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 

dry cleaning facilities using 

perchloroethylene (PCE) as the cleaning 

solvent (PCE Dry Cleaning NESHAP). 

The proposed amendments addressed 

the results of the technology review for 

the PCE Dry Cleaning NESHAP, in 

accordance with section 112 of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). This action is 

being issued to correct a typographical 

error which stated that we would hold 

a virtual public hearing if anyone 

contacted us requesting a public hearing 

on or before January 11, 2022 (i.e., 15 

days after publication of the proposed 

rule). However, that same notice also 

said that if requested, the virtual hearing 

would be held on January 11, 2022. 

Logistically, we cannot have the same 

date for both actions because we need 

to know several days ahead of time 

whether stakeholders request a hearing 

so that we have sufficient time to plan 

accordingly and make all the necessary 

arrangements. For most proposed rules, 

the EPA states that if anyone contacts us 

requesting a public hearing on or before 

a date five days after publication of the 

proposed rule, that the EPA will hold 

such public hearing on a date 15 days 

after publication of such rule. To correct 

this error, in this correction notice, EPA 

states that if anyone contacts us 

requesting a public hearing on or before 

January 10, 2022 the virtual hearing will 

be held on January 20, 2022. As 


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described below, several other dates 

regarding the preparations for such 

hearing and the deadline for submitting 

public comments have also been revised 

accordingly. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 

73207) must be received on or before 

February 22, 2022. 

Public hearing: If anyone contacts us 

requesting a public hearing on or before 

January 10, 2022, we will hold a virtual 

public hearing. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for information on 

requesting and registering for a public 

hearing. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2005–0155, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2005–0155 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0155. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0155, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday 

(except Federal holidays). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this correction, contact 

Brian Storey, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (Mail Code D243– 

04), Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 

number: (919) 541–1103; fax number: 

(919) 541–4991; and email address: 

brian.storey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the 

sake of clarity, the EPA is reiterating 

information concerning the public 

hearing and comment processes, with 

the correct dates provided below. 

Participation in virtual public 

hearing. Please note that because of 

current Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) recommendations, as 

well as state and local orders for social 

distancing to limit the spread of 

COVID–19, the EPA cannot hold inperson public meetings at this time. 

To request a virtual public hearing, 

contact the public hearing team at (888) 

372–8699 or by email at 

SPPDpublichearing@epa.gov. If 

requested, the virtual hearing will be 

held on January 20, 2022. The hearing 

will convene at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time 

(ET) and will conclude at 3:00 p.m. ET. 

The EPA may close a session 15 minutes 

after the last pre-registered speaker has 

testified if there are no additional 

speakers. The EPA will announce 

further details at https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/drycleaning-facilities-nationalperchloroethylene-air-emission. 

If a public hearing is requested, the 

EPA will begin pre-registering speakers 

for the hearing upon publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. To 

register to speak at the virtual hearing, 

please use the online registration form 

available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/drycleaning-facilities-nationalperchloroethylene-air-emission or 

contact the public hearing team at (888) 

372–8699 or by email at 

SPPDpublichearing@epa.gov. The last 

day to pre-register to speak at the 

hearing will be January 18, 2022. Prior 

to the hearing, the EPA will post a 

general agenda that will list preregistered speakers in approximate 

order at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/drycleaning-facilities-nationalperchloroethylene-air-emission. 

The EPA will make every effort to 

follow the schedule as closely as 

possible on the day of the hearing; 

however, please plan for the hearings to 

run either ahead of schedule or behind 

schedule. 

Each commenter will have 5 minutes 

to provide oral testimony. The EPA 

encourages commenters to provide the 

EPA with a copy of their oral testimony 

electronically (via email) by emailing it 

to brian.storey@epa.gov. The EPA also 

recommends submitting the text of your 

oral testimony as written comments to 

the rulemaking docket. 

The EPA may ask clarifying questions 

during the oral presentations but will 

not respond to the presentations at that 

time. Written statements and supporting 

information submitted during the 

comment period will be considered 

with the same weight as oral testimony 

and supporting information presented at 

the public hearing. 

Please note that any updates made to 

any aspect of the hearing will be posted 

online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/drycleaning-facilities-nationalperchloroethylene-air-emission. While 

the EPA expects the hearing to go 

forward as set forth above, please 

monitor our website or contact the 

public hearing team at (888) 372–8699 

or by email at SPPDpublichearing@

epa.gov to determine if there are any 

updates. The EPA does not intend to 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing updates. 

If you require the services of a 

translator or special accommodation 

such as audio description, please preregister for the hearing with the public 

hearing team and describe your needs 

by January 12, 2022. The EPA may not 

be able to arrange accommodations 

without advanced notice. 

Docket. The EPA has established a 

docket for this rulemaking under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0155. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

https://www.regulations.gov/. Although 

listed, some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. With the 

exception of such material, publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically in Regulations.gov. 

Instructions. Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0155. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. This type of 

information should be submitted by 

mail as discussed below. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

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you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the Web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

The https://www.regulations.gov/ 

website allows you to submit your 

comment anonymously, which means 

the EPA will not know your identity or 

contact information unless you provide 

it in the body of your comment. If you 

send an email comment directly to the 

EPA without going through https://

www.regulations.gov/, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

digital storage media you submit. If the 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the EPA may not 

be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should not include 

special characters or any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA’s public docket, visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Due to public health concerns related 

to COVID–19, the Docket Center and 

Reading Room are open to the public by 

appointment only. Our Docket Center 

staff also continues to provide remote 

customer service via email, phone, and 

webform. Hand deliveries or couriers 

will be received by scheduled 

appointment only. For further 

information and updates on EPA Docket 

Center services, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

The EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the CDC, local area health departments, 

and our federal partners so that we can 

respond rapidly as conditions change 

regarding COVID–19. 

Submitting CBI. Do not submit 

information containing CBI to the EPA 

through https://www.regulations.gov/ or 

email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 

information that you claim to be CBI. 

For CBI information on any digital 

storage media that you mail to the EPA, 

mark the outside of the digital storage 

media as CBI and then identify 

electronically within the digital storage 

media the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comments that 

includes information claimed as CBI, 

you must submit a copy of the 

comments that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI directly to 

the public docket through the 

procedures outlined in Instructions 

above. If you submit any digital storage 

media that does not contain CBI, mark 

the outside of the digital storage media 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and the 

EPA’s electronic public docket without 

prior notice. Information marked as CBI 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

part 2. Send or deliver information 

identified as CBI only to the following 

address: OAQPS Document Control 

Officer (C404–02), OAQPS, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2005–0155. Note that written 

comments containing CBI and 

submitted by mail may be delayed and 

no hand deliveries will be accepted. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Hazardous 

substances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Joseph Goffman, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

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