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notice and comment process is 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest and incorporates a 

statement of the finding and the reasons 

for it into the notice issued. 

The policies and payment 

methodology expressed in the FY 2006 

final rule (70 FR 47880) have previously 

been subjected to notice and comment 

procedures. This correction notice 

merely provides technical corrections to 

the FY 2006 final rule that was 

promulgated through notice and 

comment rulemaking, and does not 

make substantive changes to the policies 

or payment methodology that were 

expressed in the final rule. For example, 

this notice corrects typographical errors 

and typesetting errors, revises 

inaccurate tabular data due to 

inadvertently neglecting to apply any 

rural adjustment amount to estimated 

payments for four IRFs in conformance 

with the hold harmless policy, updates 

the narrative to reflect the correct 

tabular data, corrects some estimated 

dollar impacts due to inadvertently 

computing the estimates using the 

incorrect standard payment conversion 

factor, and makes clarifications to the 

preamble text. Therefore, we find it 

unnecessary to undertake further notice 

and comment procedures with respect 

to this correction notice. We also believe 

it is in the public interest to waive 

notice and comment procedures and the 

30-day delay in effective date for this 

notice. This correction notice is 

intended to ensure that the FY 2006 

final rule accurately reflects the policies 

expressed in the final rule, and that the 

correct information is made available to 

the public prior to October 1, 2005, the 

date on which the final rule becomes 

effective. 

For the reasons stated above, we find 

that both notice and comment and the 

30-day delay in effective date for this 

correction notice are unnecessary and 

impracticable, and that it is in the 

public interest to make this notice 

effective in conjunction with the final 

rule to which the corrections apply (and 

would be contrary to the public interest 

to do otherwise). Therefore, we find 

good cause to waive notice and 

comment procedures and the 30-day 

delay in effective date for this correction 

notice. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Ann C. Agnew, 

Executive Secretary to the Department. 

[FR Doc. 05–19610 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 418 

[CMS–1286–CN] 

RIN 0938–AN89 

Medicare Program; Hospice Wage 

Index for Fiscal Year 2006 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final rule, correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

technical errors that appeared in the 

final rule published in the Federal 

Register on August 4, 2005, entitled 

‘‘Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 

2006.’’ This document is effective on 

October 1, 2005, the effective date of the 

provisions of the final rule. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective 

on October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terri Deutsch, (410) 786–9462. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Federal Register Doc. 05–15290 of 

August 4, 2005 (70 FR 45130), entitled 

‘‘Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 

2006,’’ includes errors that are 

identified and corrected in the 

‘‘Correction of Errors’’ section below. 

The errors in this correcting notice are 

effective as if they had been included in 

the document published on August 4, 

2005. Accordingly, the corrections are 

effective on October 1, 2005, the 

effective date of the provisions of the 

August 4, 2005 final rule. 

II. Summary of the Corrections to the 

August 4, 2005 Final Rule 

In the August 4, 2005 final rule, on 

pages 45146 through 45167, we 

published an Addendum. In Table A of 

the addendum, we published the 

updated urban and rural wage index 

values for hospices utilizing the CoreBased Statistical Areas (CBSA) 

designations. To ensure that hospice 

providers were able to identify their 

current wage index, Table A contains 

the CBSA code, CBSA wage index, 

CBSA county name, and the current 

MSA designation. There are 

typographical errors in the wage indexes 

listed in the table that were as a result 

of formatting the columns. In addition, 

in several sections throughout the table 

(that is, for the CBSA county names 

located in the urban areas of 

Gainesville, FL; Newark Union, NJ–PA; 

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, LA; and 

Wilmington, DE–MD–NJ), we 

inadvertently omitted the asterisk that 

corresponds to the footnotes that appear 

at the end of the table. 

This correction notice is consistent 

with the published hospice wage index 

values that will be used to make 

payment as of October 1, 2005. In 

section III of this notice, we provide a 

description of the errors and the 

changes being made to correct the 

errors. Thus, for clarity, we will 

republish only the section of the table 

that contains errors. 

III. Correction of Errors 

■ In Federal Register Doc. 05–15290 of 

August 4, 2005 (70 FR 45130), we are 

making the following corrections to 

Table A—Hospice Wage Index for Urban 

Areas by CBSA: 

§ 418.304 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 45146, in the third column, 

in lines 15 and 16, for CBSA code 

10420, indent the CBSA county name 

for ‘‘Portage, OH’’ and ‘‘Summit, OH’’ to 

follow the format of the table. 

The CBSA code for 10420 should read 

as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

Index 1 Urban area (constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

10420 ..... 0.9604 Akron, OH .......................................................................................................................................................

Portage, OH 

Summit, OH 

0080 

■ 2. On page 45150, in the third column, 

in lines 25 through 27, for CBSA code 

17420, move the CBSA county name for 

‘‘Cleveland, TN’’ to line-up with the 

column and indent the CBSA county 

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names for ‘‘Bradley, TN’’ and ‘‘Polk, 

TN’’ to follow the format of the table. 

The CBSA code for 17420 should read 

as follows: 

CBSA 

Code 

Wage 

Index 1 Urban area (constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

17420 ..... 0.8337 Cleveland, TN .................................................................................................................................................

Bradley, TN 

Polk, TN 

44 

■ 3. On page 45151—

■ A. In the second column, in the 12th 

entry, for CBSA code 19340, move the 

wage index value ‘‘0.9076’’ from the 

CBSA county name Rock Island, IL* to 

‘‘Mercer, IL*.’’

■ B. In the second column, in the 15th 

entry for CBSA code 19380, move the 

wage index value ‘‘0.9579’’ from the 

CBSA county name Miami, OH* to 

‘‘Prebele, OH*.’’

■ C. In the third column, in the 14th 

line from the bottom, for CBSA code 

19780, remove the figure from in front 

of the word ‘‘Madison.’’ In addition, 

indent the CBSA county name for 

‘‘Madison, IA*,’’ to follow the format of 

the table. 

The table for CBSA codes 19340, 

19380, and 19780 should read as 

follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituents counties or country equivalents) 2 MSA code 

19340 ..... .................. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL.

0.9305 Henry, IL* ..................................................................................................................................................... 1960 

Rock Island, IL* ........................................................................................................................................... 1960 

Scott, IA* ...................................................................................................................................................... 1960 

0.9076 Mercer, IL* ................................................................................................................................................... 14 

* * * * * 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constitutent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

19380 ..... .................. Dayton, OH. ....................................................................................................................................................

0.9829 Greene, OH* ................................................................................................................................................ 2000 

Miami, OH* .................................................................................................................................................. 2000 

Montgomery, OH* ........................................................................................................................................ 2000 

0.9579 Preble, OH* ................................................................................................................................................. 36 

* * * * * 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constitutent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

19780 ..... .................. Des Moines, IA*.

0.9828 Dallas, IA* .................................................................................................................................................... 2120 

Polk, IA* ....................................................................................................................................................... 2120 

Warren, IA* .................................................................................................................................................. 2120 

0.9449 Guthrie, IA* .................................................................................................................................................. 16 

Madison, IA* ................................................................................................................................................ 16 

■ 4. On page 45152, in the third 

column—

■ A. In line 14, for the CBSA code 

20764, format the CBSA county name 

for ‘‘Ocean, NJ*’’ to line-up with the 

CBSA county name ‘‘Monmouth, NJ*.’’

■ B. In the 10th line from the bottom, for 

CBSA code 22500, remove the asterisk 

from the CBSA county name for 

‘‘Florence, SC.’’

■ C. In the 8th and 9th lines from the 

bottom, for CBSA code 22500, add an 

asterisk to the CBSA county name for 

‘‘Florence, SC’’ and indent the CBSA 

county names for ‘‘Darlington, SC* and 

Florence, SC’’ to follow the format of the 

table. 

The table for CBSA code 20764 and 

22500 should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

20764 ..... .................. Edison, NJ.

1.1930 Middlesex, NJ* ............................................................................................................................................. 5015 

Somerset, NJ* ............................................................................................................................................. 5015 

1.1680 Monmouth, NJ* ............................................................................................................................................ 5190 

Ocean, NJ* .................................................................................................................................................. 5190 

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* * * * * 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

22500 ..... .................. Florence, SC.

0.9267 Darlington, SC* ............................................................................................................................................ 42 

0.9436 Florence, SC* .............................................................................................................................................. 2655 

■ 5. On page 45153, in the third column, 

for CBSA code 23540, add an asterisk to 

the CBSA county name for ‘‘Alachua, 

FL’’ and ‘‘Gilchrist, FL.’’

The table for CBSA code 23540 

should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

23540 ..... .................. Gainesville, FL.

0.9642 Alachua, FL* ................................................................................................................................................ 2900 

1.0033 Gilchrist, FL* ................................................................................................................................................ 10 

■ 6. On page 45154, in the third column, 

in the 16th line from the bottom, for 

CBSA code 26580, indent the CBSA 

county name for ‘‘Boyd, KY’’ to follow 

the format of the table. 

The table for CBSA code 26580 

should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

26580 ..... 1.0144 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH ....................................................................................................................

Boyd, KY. 

Cabell, WV. 

Greenup, KY. 

Lawrence, OH. 

Wayne, WV. 

3400 

■ 7. On page 45159, in the third column, 

in lines 19 through 24, for CBSA code 

35084, add an asterisk to the CBSA 

county name for ‘‘Pike, PA’’, ‘‘Essex, 

NJ,’’ ‘‘Morris, NJ,’’ ‘‘Sussex, NJ,’’

‘‘Union, NJ,’’ and ‘‘Hunterdon, NJ.’’

The table for CBSA code 35084 

should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

35084 .................. Newark-Union, NJ-PA.

1.2122 Pike, PA* ..................................................................................................................................................... 5660 

1.2363 Essex, NJ* ................................................................................................................................................... 5640 

Morris, NJ* ................................................................................................................................................... 5640 

Sussex, NJ* ................................................................................................................................................. 5640 

Union, NJ* ................................................................................................................................................... 5640 

1.2223 Hunterdon, NJ* ............................................................................................................................................ 5015 

■ 8. On page 45160—

■ A. In the first column, in the first 

entry from the bottom, for CBSA code 

1.0183, remove the CBSA code ‘‘1.0183’’

and add in its place the CBSA code 

‘‘38540.’’

■ B. In the second column, in the first 

entry from the bottom, in the wage 

index column, add the wage index value 

‘‘1.0183’’ to the CBSA county name 

‘‘Power, ID*.’’

The table for CBSA code 38540 

should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

38540 ..... .................. Pocatello, ID..

0.9773 Bannock, ID* ................................................................................................................................................ 6340 

1.0183 Power, ID* ................................................................................................................................................... 13 

■ 9. On page 45166, in the third column, 

in the 6th through 9th lines from the 

bottom, for CBSA code 47940, add an 

asterisk to the CBSA county names for 

‘‘Black Hawk, IA,’’ ‘‘Bremer, IA’’, and 

‘‘Grundy, IA.’’

The table for CBSA code 47940 

should read as follows: 

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CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

47940 ..... .................. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. 

0.9157 Black Hawk, IA * .......................................................................................................................................... 8920 

0.9113 Bremer, IA * ................................................................................................................................................. 16 

Grundy, IA * ................................................................................................................................................. 16 

■ 10. On page 45167, in the third 

column, in lines 22 through 24, for 

CBSA code 48864, add an asterisk to the 

CBSA county names for ‘‘Cecil, MD’’, 

New Castle, DE,’’ and ‘‘Salem, NJ.’’

The table for CBSA code 48864 

should read as follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Wage 

index 1

Urban area 

(constituent counties or county equivalents) 2 MSA code 

48864 ..... .................. Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ. 

1.1757 Cecil, MD * ................................................................................................................................................... 9160 

New Castle, DE * ......................................................................................................................................... 9160 

1.1600 Salem, NJ * .................................................................................................................................................. 6160 

IV. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking 

We ordinarily publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register to provide a period for public 

comment before the provisions of a rule 

take effect in accordance with section 

553(b) of the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However, 

we can waive this notice and comment 

procedure if the Secretary finds, for 

good cause, that the notice and 

comment process is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest, and incorporate a statement of 

the finding and the reasons therefore in 

the notice. 

The revisions contained in this rule, 

correct formatting and typographical 

errors in various sections of a table. 

These corrections are necessary to 

ensure that the final rule accurately 

reflects the correct wage index value 

used to calculate payment to hospices. 

Since they are not substantive and 

merely technical, we find that public 

comments on these revisions are both 

unnecessary and impracticable. 

Therefore, we find good cause to waive 

notice and comment procedures. 

In addition, the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA) normally requires 

a 30-day delay in the effective date of 

a final rule. Since this notice simply 

makes technical modifications to a final 

rule that has previously gone through 

notice-and-comment rulemaking and 

the corrections are only to formatting 

errors, we believe good cause also exists 

under the APA to waive the 30-day 

delay in the effective date. Thus, this 

notice is effective October 1, 2005. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Ann C. Agnew, 

Executive Secretary to the Department. 

[FR Doc. 05–19609 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

43 CFR Part 10 

RIN 1024–AC84 

Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Act Regulations 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; Technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 

(the Act) assigns responsibility for 

implementation to the Secretary of the 

Interior. Secretarial Order 3261 assigns 

some of these responsibilities to other 

positions in the Department of the 

Interior and National Park Service. This 

technical amendment amends the rule 

to be consistent with the new 

assignment of responsibilities. 

DATES: Effective September 30, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Sherry Hutt, Manager, National 

NAGPRA Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street NW., (2253), 

Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 

354–1479, facsimile (202) 371–5197, email: Sherry_Hutt@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 16, 1990, President 

George H.W. Bush signed the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act of 1990 (the Act) into 

law. The Act addresses the rights of 

lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and 

Native Hawaiian organizations to Native 

American human remains, funerary 

objects, sacred objects, and objects of 

cultural patrimony with which they are 

affiliated. The Act assigns 

implementation responsibilities to the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

Technical Amendment 

Secretarial Order 3261 reassigns some 

of these implementation responsibilities 

to other positions in the Department of 

the Interior and National Park Service to 

ensure efficient and effective 

implementation of the statutory 

requirements. 

Pursuant to the Secretarial Order, the 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife 

and Parks is responsible for issuing 

regulations to carry out the Act after 

consultation with the Assistant 

Secretary for Indian Affairs; granting 

extensions of inventory deadlines; 

awarding grants to assist in 

implementation of NAGPRA to Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

and museums. In consultation with the 

Office of the Solicitor, the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks is also responsible for executing 

provisions of the Act regarding civil 

penalties against museums that fail to 

comply with NAGPRA, including 

investigating allegations of failure to 

comply with NAGPRA requirements 

and developing and assessing civil 

penalties. 

The Manager, National NAGPRA 

Program, reporting to the National Park 

Service Director through the Associate 

Director for Cultural Resources, is 

responsible for managing the operations 

of the National NAGPRA Program and 

provides staff support to the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and