This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 129

Thursday, July 5, 2001

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–7003–5]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region VIII proposes to

delete the residential soil portions of the

Jacobs Smelter Superfund Site, Utah,

known as Operable Unit One (OU1),

from the National Priorities List and

requests public comment on this action.

The NPL constitutes Appendix B to the

National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40

CFR Part 300, which EPA promulgated

pursuant to Section 105 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA). This action is being

taken because EPA, with concurrence

from the Utah Department of

Environmental Quality (UDEQ), has

determined that all appropriate

response actions have been taken and

that no further response at OU1 is

appropriate.

A detailed rationale for this Proposal

to Delete is set forth in the direct final

rule which can be found in the Rules

and Regulations section of this Federal

Register. The direct final rule is being

published because EPA views this

deletion action as a noncontroversial

revision and anticipates no significant

adverse or critical comments. If no

significant adverse or critical comments

are received, no further activity is

contemplated. If EPA receives

significant adverse or critical 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the direct final rule will be withdrawn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. EPA will

not institute a second comment period.

Any parties interested in commenting

should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments concerning this

action must be received by EPA on or

before August 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Mr. Jim Christiansen, Remedial

Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region VIII,

EPR–SR, 999 18th Street, Suite 300,

Denver, CO 80202, (303) 312–6748.

Email: christiansen.jim@epa.gov.

Information Repositories:

Comprehensive information on the

Jacobs Smelter Site as well as

information specific to this proposed

partial deletion is available for review at

EPA’s Region VIII office in Denver,

Colorado. The Administrative Record

for OU1 and the Deletion Docket for this

partial deletion are maintained at the

following information repositories:U.S.

EPA Region VIII, Superfund Records

Center, 5th Floor, 999 18th Street,

Denver, Colorado, 80202, (303) 312–

6473, Hours of Operation: M–F 8:00

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tooele County Library,

100 West Vine Street, Tooele, Utah,

84074.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Jim Christiansen, Remedial Project

Manager, U.S. EPA Region VIII, EPR–

SR, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver,

CO 80202, (303) 312–6748. Email:

christiansen.jim@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the direct

final rule which is located in the Rules

and Regulations section of this Federal

Register.

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1312(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.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

Patricia D. Hull,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region

VIII.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Parts 416, 482, and 485

[HCFA–3070–P]

RIN 0938–AK95

Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

Hospital Conditions of Participation:

Anesthesia Services

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would

amend the physician supervision

requirement for certified registered

nurse anesthetists furnishing anesthesia

services in hospitals, critical access

hospitals, and ambulatory surgical

centers that participate in the Medicare

and Medicaid programs. Under this

proposed rule, the current physician

supervision requirement would be

maintained, unless the Governor of a

State, in consultation with the State’s

Boards of Medicine and Nursing,

exercises the option of exemption from

this requirement, consistent with State

law.

These proposed changes are an

integral part of our efforts to improve

the quality of care furnished through

Federal programs, while at the same

time recognizing a State’s traditional

domain in establishing professional

licensure and scope-of-practice laws. It

will give States the flexibility to

improve access and address safety

issues.

DATES: We will consider comments if

we receive them at the appropriate

address, as provided below, no later

than 5 p.m. on September 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments (1

original and 3 copies) to the following

address only: Health Care Financing

Administration, Department of Health

and Human Services, Attention: HCFA–

3070–P, P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, MD

21207–8013.

To ensure that mailed comments are

received in time for us to consider them,

please allow for possible delays in

delivering them.

If you prefer, you may deliver (by

hand or courier) your written comments

(1 original and 3 copies) to one of the