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9006 of RCRA Subtitle I and other 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

provisions. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register, EPA is approving this 

action by a direct final rule. If no 

significant negative comment is 

received, EPA will not take further 

action on this proposed rulemaking, and 

the direct final rule will be effective 60 

days from the date of publication in this 

Federal Register. If you want to 

comment on EPA’s proposed approval 

of Delaware’s revisions to its state UST 

program, you must do so at this time. 

DATES: Send written comments by 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments, 

identified by EPA–R03–UST–2021– 

0862, by one of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: cato.diashinae@epa.gov. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–UST–2021– 

0862. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov, or email. The 

federal website https://

www.regulations.gov, is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means 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 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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties, and cannot 

contact you for clarification, EPA may 

not be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. EPA encourages electronic 

submittals, but if you are unable to 

submit electronically, please reach out 

to the EPA contact person listed in the 

document for assistance. If you need 

assistance in a language other than 

English, or you are a person with 

disabilities who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you, please 

reach out to the EPA contact person by 

email or phone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diashinae Cato, (215) 814–2738, 

cato.diashinae@epa.gov, RCRA 

Programs Branch; Land, Chemicals, and 

Redevelopment Division; EPA Region 3, 

Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. 

Kennedy Blvd. (Mailcode 3LD30), 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2852. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

explained the reasons for this action in 

the preamble to the direct final rule. For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule published in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Authority: This proposed rule is issued 

under the authority of section 9004 of the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6991c. 

Adam Ortiz, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 3. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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R1] 

Vermont: Final Approval of State 

Underground Storage Tank Program 

Revisions, Codification, and 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA 

or Act), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the State of Vermont’s 

Underground Storage Tank (UST) 

program submitted by the Vermont 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (VT DEC). This action is 

based on the EPA’s determination that 

these revisions satisfy all requirements 

needed for program approval. This 

action also proposes to codify EPA’s 

approval of Vermont’s State program 

and incorporate by reference those 

provisions of the State regulations that 

we have determined meet the 

requirements for approval. The 

provisions will be subject to EPA’s 

inspection and enforcement authorities 

under sections 9005 and 9006 of RCRA 

Subtitle I and other applicable statutory 

and regulatory provisions. 

DATES: Send written comments by 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments, 

identified by EPA–R01–UST–2022– 

0204, by one of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: coyle.joan@epa.gov. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–UST–2022– 

0204. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov, or email. The 

Federal https://www.regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means 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 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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties, and cannot 

contact you for clarification, EPA may 

not be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. You can view and copy the 

documents that form the basis for this 

codification and associated publicly 

available materials either through 

www.regulations.gov or at the EPA 

Region 1 Office, 5 Post Office Square, 

1st floor, Boston, MA 02109–3912. The 

facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays and facility closures 

due to COVID–19. We recommend that 

you call Joan Coyle, RCRA Waste 

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Section, at (617) 918–1303, before 

visiting the Region 1 office. Interested 

persons wanting to examine these 

documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least two 

weeks in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan 

Coyle, RCRA Waste Management, UST, 

and Pesticides Section, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, 

MA 02109–3912; (617) 918–1303; 

coyle.joan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule published in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Authority: This rulemaking is issued under 

the authority of Sections 2002(a), 9004, and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6991c, 6991d, and 

6991e. 

Dated: June 30, 2022. 

David W. Cash, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 410, 482, 483, 485, 488 

[CMS–3347–RCN] 

RIN 0938–AT36 

Medicare and Medicaid Program; 

Requirements for Long-Term Care 

Facilities: Regulatory Provisions To 

Promote Efficiency, and Transparency 

Final Rule 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Extension of timeline. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security Act (the 

Act) specifies that a Medicare final rule 

must be published no later than 3 years 

after the publication date of the 

proposed rule or interim final rule, as 

applicable, except under exceptional 

circumstances. In accordance with the 

Act, this document announces an 

extension of the timeline for publication 

of the final rule and includes a brief 

explanation of the justification for the 

variation. 

DATES: As of July 14, 2022, the timeline 

for publication of the final rule to 

finalize the provisions of the proposed 

rule published on July 18, 2019 (84 FR 

34737), is extended until July 18, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronisha Blackstone, CMS, (410) 786– 

6682. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

18, 2019, we published a proposed rule 

in the Federal Register entitled 

‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) 

Facilities: Provisions to Promote 

Efficiency and Transparency’’ (84 FR 

34737), which would revise the 

Medicare and Medicaid long-term care 

facility requirements that the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services had 

identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or 

excessively burdensome. This proposed 

rule aimed to increase the ability of 

health care professionals to apportion 

resources to improve resident care by 

eliminating or reducing requirements 

that could impede quality care or that 

divert resources away from providing 

high quality care. 

Section 1871(a)(3)(B) of the Social 

Security Act (the Act) requires the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (the Secretary) to 

publish a Medicare final rule no later 

than 3 years after the publication date 

of the proposed rule or interim final 

rule, as applicable, except under 

exceptional circumstances. 

In such circumstances, the Secretary 

may vary the final rule publication 

timeline if the Secretary publishes a 

Federal Register notice of the different 

timeline, including a brief explanation 

of the justification for the variation, by 

no later than the previously established 

timeline. To meet the 3-year timeline, 

the final rule would have to be 

published by July 18, 2022. For the 

reasons discussed below, we are unable 

to publish the final rule by July 18, 

2022. 

Since the beginning of the COVID–19 

Public Health Emergency (PHE), we 

have prioritized our efforts to address 

the immediate needs relevant to the 

COVID–19 pandemic by issuing 

appropriate regulatory changes to 

increase public health and safety, while 

taking into consideration ways to create 

flexibility and minimize unnecessary 

regulatory burdens. These efforts have 

required considerable focus and 

resources, especially to prioritize the 

publication of interim final rules 

relevant to the PHE and to provide 

guidance to health care facilities. In 

response to the proposed rule, we 

received over 1,500 timely comments 

from a variety of stakeholders. The 

commenters presented robust policy 

and technical issues for our 

consideration, which require extensive 

consultation and analysis. Likewise, we 

need to re-evaluate the policies and 

consider the comments provided in 

light of the current needs of residents, 

the impact of the COVID–19 PHE on 

long-term care facilities, and the current 

priorities of the Department of Health 

and Human Services related to health 

and safety and equity. 

Therefore, this notice extends the 

timeline to finalize the provisions in the 

June 18, 2022 proposed rule for 1 year, 

until July 18, 2023. 

Dated: July 11, 2022. 

Wilma Robinson, 

Deputy Executive Secretary to the 

Department, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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