Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 23241 

D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on April 16, 2015, for 

publication. 

List of Subjects 

38 CFR Part 1 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Archives and records, 

Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Crime, 

Flags, Freedom of information, 

Government contracts, Government 

employees, Government property, 

Infants and children, Inventions and 

patents, Parking Penalties, Privacy 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Seals and insignia, 

Security measures, Wages. 

38 CFR Part 17 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Claims, Health care, Health 

facilities, Health records, Nursing 

homes, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Veterans. 

Approved: April 21, 2015. 

Michael Shores, 

Chief Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation 

Policy & Management, Office of the General 

Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, we amend 38 CFR parts 1 and 

17 as follows: 

PART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), and as noted 

in specific sections. 

■ 2. Revise § 1.956(a)(2)(iv) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1.956 Jurisdiction. 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(iv) The Chief Financial Officer of the 

Consolidated Patient Account Center is 

authorized to waive veterans’ debts 

arising from medical care copayments 

(§ 17.105(c) of this chapter). 

* * * * * 

PART 17—MEDICAL 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read as follows: 

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

specific sections. 

§ 17.103 [Amended] 

■ 4. Amend § 17.103 by: 

■ a. In the heading of paragraph (a), 

removing the term ‘‘Chiefs of Fiscal 

activities’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Chief Financial Officers of the 

Consolidated Patient Account Centers’’. 

■ b. In paragraph (a) introductory text, 

removing ‘‘If the debt represents charges 

made under § 17.101(a), the compromise 

offer shall be referred to the Chief of the 

Fiscal activity of the facility’’ and 

adding, in its place, ‘‘If the debt 

represents charges made under 

§§ 17.108, 17.110, or 17.111, the 

compromise offer shall be referred to the 

Chief Financial Officer of the 

Consolidated Patient Account Center 

(CPAC)’’. 

■ c. In paragraph (a)(2), removing the 

term ‘‘a field station’’ and adding, in its 

place, ‘‘the CPAC’’. 

§ 17.104 [Amended] 

■ 5. Amend § 17.104 by removing from 

paragraph (a) ‘‘If the debt represents 

charges made under § 17.101 (a) or (b) 

questions concerning suspension or 

termination of collection action shall be 

referred to the Chief of the Fiscal 

activity of the station’’ and adding, in its 

place, ‘‘If the debt represents charges 

made under §§ 17.108, 17.110, or 17.111 

questions concerning suspension or 

termination of collection action shall be 

referred to the Chief Financial Officer of 

the Consolidated Patient Account 

Center’’. 

■ 6. Revise § 17.105(c) to read as 

follows: 

§ 17.105 Waivers. 

* * * * * 

(c) Of charges for copayments. If the 

debt represents charges for outpatient 

medical care, inpatient hospital care, 

medication or extended care services 

copayments made under §§ 17.108, 

17.110, or 17.111, the claimant must 

request a waiver by submitting VA Form 

5655 (Financial Status Report) to the 

Consolidated Patient Account Center 

(CPAC) Chief Financial Officer. The 

claimant must submit this form within 

the time period provided in § 1.963(b) of 

this chapter and may request a hearing 

under § 1.966(a) of this chapter. The 

CPAC Chief Financial Officer may 

extend the time period for submitting a 

claim if the Chairperson of the 

Committee on Waivers and 

Compromises could do so under 

§ 1.963(b) of this chapter. The CPAC 

Chief Financial Officer will apply the 

standard ‘‘equity and good conscience’’ 

in accordance with §§ 1.965 and 

1.966(a) of this chapter, and may waive 

all or part of the claimant’s debts. A 

decision by the CPAC Chief Financial 

Officer under this provision is final 

(except that the decision may be 

reversed or modified based on new and 

material evidence, fraud, a change in 

law or interpretation of law, or clear and 

unmistakable error shown by the 

evidence in the file at the time of the 

prior decision as provided in § 1.969 of 

this chapter) and may be appealed in 

accordance with 38 CFR parts 19 and 

20. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 37 

Specifications for Medical 

Examinations of Coal Miners 

CFR Correction 

In Title 42 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 1 to 399, revised as of 

October 1, 2014, on page 183, in § 37.51, 

in paragraph (d)(1)(i), remove the text 

‘‘P=’56734’≤’’. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09757 Filed 4–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 141021887–5172–02] 

RIN 0648–XD918 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch 

in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the 

Eastern Aleutian district (EAI) of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

management area (BSAI) by vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery. This action is necessary 

to prevent exceeding the 2015 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean 

perch in the EAI allocated to vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), April 22, 2015, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 


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