67304 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 28, 2007 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0282; FRL–8499–8] 

EPA and Army Corps of Engineers 

Guidance Regarding Clean Water Act 

Jurisdiction After Rapanos 

AGENCIES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, DoD; and U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On June 5, 2007, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

announced agency guidance regarding 

Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction 

following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 

decision in the consolidated cases 

Rapanos v. United States and Carabell 

v. United States (‘‘Rapanos’’). The 

agencies issued this guidance to ensure 

that jurisdictional determinations, 

administrative enforcement actions, and 

other relevant agency actions being 

conducted under CWA section 404 are 

consistent with the Rapanos decision 

and provide effective protection for 

public health and the environment. A 

six-month public comment period to 

solicit input on early experience with 

implementing the guidance began on 

June 8, 2007. The agencies are extending 

the public comment period by 45 days. 

DATES: Public comments are now due by 

January 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OW–2007–0282, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http:/www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov. 

Include the docket number, EPA–HQ–

OW–2007–0282 in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Room 3334, Washington, Dc 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operations, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

• Instructions: Instructions for 

submitting comments are provided in 

the notice published on June 8, 2007 (72 

FR 31824). Consideration will be given 

to all comments received by January 21, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Kaiser, Regulatory Community 

of Practice (CECW–CO), U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, 441 G 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20314; 

telephone number: (202) 761–7763: fax 

number: (202) 761–5096; e-mail address: 

Rapanos.Comments@usace.army.mil. 

Donna M. Downing, Office of Water 

(4502T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 566–1783; e-mail address: 

CWAwaters@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the June 

8, 2007, issue of the Federal Register 

(72 FR 31824), the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers announced the issuance of 

agency guidance, which took effect on 

that date, regarding Clean Water Act 

(CWA) jurisdiction following the U.S. 

Supreme Court’s decision in the 

consolidated cases Rapanos v. Carabell 

v. United States (126 S. Ct. 2208 (2006)) 

(‘‘Rapanos’’). 

The agencies invited public comment 

and case studies during the first six 

months implementing the guidance, 

only early experience with 

implementing the guidance. Several 

entities have requested an extension of 

the comment period for the guidance. 

The EPA and the Corps find that a 45- 

day extension of the comment period is 

warranted. Therefore, the comment 

period is extended until January 21, 

2008. 

The agencies, within nine months 

after the Rapanos guidance was issued, 

intend to either reissue, revise, or 

suspend the guidance after carefully 

considering the public comments 

received and field experience with 

implementing the guidance. A copy of 

the guidance can be found on EPA’s 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/owow/ 

wetlands/guidance/CWAwaters.html 

and on the Corps’ Web site at http:// 

www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/. 

Dated: November 21, 2007. 

Benjamin H. Grumbles, 

Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Notice of Open Special Meeting of the 

Advisory Committee of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (ExIM Bank): Correction 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory committee was 

established by Public Law 98–181, 

November 30, 1983, to advise the 

Export-Import Bank on its programs and 

to provide comments for inclusion in 

the reports of the Export-Import Bank of 

the United States to Congress. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Houser, 202–565–3232. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

19, 2007, in FR Doc. 07–5717, on page 

65021, in the middle column, in line 21, 

correct the ‘‘Time and Place’’ caption to 

read: 

Time and Place: Thursday, December 

6, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The 

meeting will be held at Ex-Im Bank in 

the Main Conference Room 1143, 811 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20571. 

Dated: November 21, 2007. 

Kamil P. Cook, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6690–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Financial Participation in State 

Assistance Expenditures; Federal 

Matching Shares for Medicaid, the 

State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, 

Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 

1, 2008 Through September 30, 2009 

AGENCY: Office the Secretary, DHHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Medical 

Assistance Percentages and Enhanced 

Federal Medical Assistance Percentages 

for Fiscal Year 2009 have been 

calculated pursuant to the Social 

Security Act (the Act). These 

percentages will be effective from 

October 1, 2008 through September 30, 

2009. This notice announces the 

calculated ‘‘Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages’’ and ‘‘Enhanced Federal 

Medical Assistance Percentages’’ that 

The U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) will use in 

determining the amount of Federal 

matching for State medical assistance 

(Medicaid) and State Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (SCHIP) 

expenditures, and Temporary 

Assistance for needy Families (TANF) 

Contingency Funds, the federal share of 

Child Support Enforcement collections, 

Child Care Mandatory and Matching 

Funds of the Child Care and 


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Development Funds, Foster Care Title 

IV–E Maintenance payments, and 

Adoption Assistance payments. The 

table gives figures for each of the 50 

States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. Programs under title XIX of the 

Act existing each jurisdiction. Programs 

under titles I, X, and XIV operate only 

in Guam and the Virgin Islands, while 

a program under the title XVI (Aid to 

the Aged, Blind, or Disabled) operates 

only in Puerto Rico. 

Programs under title XXI began 

operating in fiscal year 1998. The 

percentages in this notice apply to State 

expenditures for most medical services 

and medical insurance services, and 

assistance payments for certain social 

services. The statute provides separately 

for Federal matching of administrative 

costs. 

Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of 

the Act require the Secretary, HHS to 

publish the Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages each year. The Secretary is 

to calculate the percentages, using 

formulas in sections 1905(b) and 

1101(a)(8)(B), from the Department of 

Commerce’s statistics of average income 

per person in each State and for the 

Nation as a whole. The percentages are 

within the upper and lower limits given 

in section 1905(b) of the Act. The 

percentages to be applied to the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

the Northern Mariana Islands are 

specified in statute, and thus are not 

based on the statutory formula that 

determines the percentages for the 50 

states. 

The ‘‘Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages’’ are for Medicaid. Section 

1905(b) of the Act specifies the formula 

for calculating Federal Medical 

Assistance Percentages as follows: 

‘‘Federal medical assistance percentage’’

for any State shall be 100 per centum less the 

State percentage; and the State percentage 

shall be that percentage which bears the same 

ratio to 45 per centum as the square of the 

per capita income of such State bears to the 

square of the per capita income of the 

continental United States (including Alaska) 

and Hawaii; except that (1) the Federal 

medical assistance percentage shall in no 

case be less than 50 per centum or more than 

83 per centum, (2) the Federal medical 

assistance percentage for Puerto Rico, the 

Virgin Islands; Guam, the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and American Samoa shall be 50 per 

centum. * * * 

Section 4725(b) of the Balanced 

Budget Act of 1997 amended section 

1905(b) to provide that the Federal 

Medical Assistance Percentage for the 

District of Columbia for purposes of 

titles XIX, and for the purpose of 

calculating the enhanced FMAP under 

title XXI, shall be 70 percent. For the 

District of Columbia, we note under the 

table of Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages the rate that applies in 

certain other programs calculated using 

the formula otherwise applicable, and 

the rate that applies in certain other 

programs pursuant to section 1118 of 

the Social Security Act. 

Section 2105(b) of the Act specifies 

the formula for calculating the 

Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages as follows: 

The ‘‘enhanced FMAP’’, for a State for a 

fiscal year, is equal to the Federal medical 

assistance percentage (as defined in the first 

sentence of section 1905(b)) for the State 

increased by a number of percentage points 

equal to 30 percent of the number of 

percentage points by which (1) such Federal 

medical assistance percentage for the State, is 

less than (2) 100 percent; but in no case shall 

the enhanced FMAP for a State exceed 85 

percent. 

The ‘‘Enhanced Federal Medical 

Assistance Percentages’’ are for use in 

the State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program under Title XXI, and in the 

Medicaid program for certain children 

for expenditures for medical assistance 

described in sections 1905(u)(2) and 

1905(u)(3) of the Act. There is no 

specific requirement to publish the 

Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages. We include them in this 

notice for the convenience of the States. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The percentages 

listed will be effective for each of the 4 

quarter-year periods in the period 

beginning October 1, 2008 and ending 

September 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Musco or Carrie Shelton, Office 

of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

Room 447D-Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690–

6870. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.558: TANF Contingency 

Funds; 93.563: Child Support Enforcement; 

93–596: Child Care Mandatory and Matching 

Funds of the Child Care and Development 

Fund; 93.658: Foster Care Title IV–E; 93.659: 

Adoption Assistance; 93.769: Ticket-to-Work 

and Work Incentives Improvement Act 

(TWWIIA) Demonstrations to Maintain 

Independence and Employment; 93.778: 

Medical Assistance Program; 93.767: State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program) 

Dated: November 19, 2007. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGES AND ENHANCED FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGES, 

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008–SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (FISCAL YEAR 2009) 

State 

Federal medical 

assistance percentages 

Enhanced federal 

medical assistance percentages 

Alabama ....................................................................................................................................................... 67.98 77.59 

Alaska .......................................................................................................................................................... 50.53 65.37 

American Samoa* ........................................................................................................................................ 50.00 65.00 

Arizona ......................................................................................................................................................... 65.77 76.04 

Arkansas ...................................................................................................................................................... 72.81 80.97 

California ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Colorado ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Connecticut .................................................................................................................................................. 50.00 65.00 

Delaware ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

District of Columbia** ................................................................................................................................... 70.00 79.00 

Florida .......................................................................................................................................................... 55.40 68.78 

Georgia ........................................................................................................................................................ 64.49 75.14 

Guam* .......................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Hawaii .......................................................................................................................................................... 55.11 68.58 

Idaho ............................................................................................................................................................ 69.77 78.84 

Illinois ........................................................................................................................................................... 50.32 65.22 

Indiana ......................................................................................................................................................... 64.26 74.98 


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FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGES AND ENHANCED FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGES, 

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008–SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (FISCAL YEAR 2009)—Continued 

State 

Federal medical 

assistance percentages 

Enhanced federal 

medical assistance percentages 

Iowa ............................................................................................................................................................. 62.62 73.83 

Kansas ......................................................................................................................................................... 60.08 72.06 

Kentucky ...................................................................................................................................................... 70.13 79.09 

Louisiana ...................................................................................................................................................... 71.31 79.92 

Maine ........................................................................................................................................................... 64.41 75.09 

Maryland ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Massachusetts ............................................................................................................................................. 50.00 65.00 

Michigan ....................................................................................................................................................... 60.27 72.19 

Minnesota .................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Mississippi .................................................................................................................................................... 75.84 83.09 

Missouri ........................................................................................................................................................ 63.19 74.23 

Montana ....................................................................................................................................................... 68.04 77.63 

Nebraska ...................................................................................................................................................... 59.54 71.68 

Nevada ......................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

New Hampshire ........................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

New Jersey .................................................................................................................................................. 50.00 65.00 

New Mexico ................................................................................................................................................. 70.88 79.62 

New York ..................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

North Carolina .............................................................................................................................................. 64.00 75.22 

North Dakota ................................................................................................................................................ 63.15 74.21 

Northern Mariana Islands* ........................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Ohio ............................................................................................................................................................. 62.14 73.50 

Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................... 65.90 76.13 

Oregon ......................................................................................................................................................... 62.45 73.72 

Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................................ 54.52 68.16 

Puerto Rico* ................................................................................................................................................. 50.00 65.00 

Rhode Island ................................................................................................................................................ 52.59 66.81 

South Carolina ............................................................................................................................................. 70.07 79.05 

South Dakota ............................................................................................................................................... 62.55 73.79 

Tennessee ................................................................................................................................................... 64.28 75.00 

Texas ........................................................................................................................................................... 59.44 71.61 

Utah ............................................................................................................................................................. 70.71 79.50 

Vermont ....................................................................................................................................................... 59.45 71.62 

Virgin Islands* .............................................................................................................................................. 50.00 65.00 

Virginia ......................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

Washington .................................................................................................................................................. 50.94 65.66 

West Virginia ................................................................................................................................................ 73.73 81.61 

Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................... 59.38 71.57 

Wyoming ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00 65.00 

* For purposes of section 1118 of the Social Security Act, the percentage used under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI will be 75 per centum. 

** The values for the District of Columbia in the table were set for the state plan under titles XIX and XXI and for capitation payments and DSH 

allotments under those titles. For other purposes, including program remaining in Title IV of the Act, the percentage for D.C. is 50.00. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and Management; 

Program Support Center; Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority 

Part P, Statement of Organization, 

Functions, and Delegations of Authority 

for the Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Administration and 

Management (AJ), Program Support 

Center (P), as last amended at 68 FR 

69411–12, dated December 12, 2003 is 

being amended to reflect changes in 

Chapter PG, ‘‘Federal Occupational 

Health Service (FOHS).’’ This 

amendment realigns FOHS functions to 

increase efficiency, effectiveness, and 

management controls. 

I. Under Chapter PG, ‘‘Federal 

Occupational Health Service’’ (PG), 

delete the functions entirely and replace 

with the following: 

Section PEK.00 Mission. The mission 

of the Federal Occupational Health 

Service (FOHS) is to improve the health, 

safety, and productivity of the Federal 

workforce through the provision of 

comprehensive, high-quality, customerfocused occupational health services in 

strategic partnership with Federal 

agencies nation-wide. The services 

provided include health and wellness 

programs, employee assistance, work/ 

life, and environmental health and 

safety services. The services that FOHS 

provided include consultations to 

agency management, program design to 

meet customer needs, service provider 

selection, direct provision of services, 

and program oversight and evaluation. 

Section PEK.10 Organization. FOHS is 

headed by a Director who reports to the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program 

Support, and includes the following 

components: 

1. Office of the Director (PGA). 

2. Division of Clinical Services (PGB). 

3. Division of Employee Assistance 

Program Services (PGC). 

4. Division of Environmental Health 

Services (PGE). 

5. Division of Administration and 

Resource Management (PGF). 

6. Division of Business Development 

(PGG). 

Section PEK.20 Functions. 


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