52928 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 

■ 4. Add § 334.763 to read as follows: 

§ 334.763 Naval Support Activity Panama 

City; Gulf of Mexico; restricted area. 

(a) The area. The area is bounded by 

a line directly connecting the following 

coordinates (listed by latitude, then 

longitude): North point—30°10′29′′ N, 

085°48′20′′ W; East point—30°07′58′′ N, 

085°44′44′′ W; South point—30°05′24′′ 

N, 085°47′29′′ W; West point—30°07′55′′ 

N, 085°51′05′′ W, then northerly to point 

of origin. 

(b) The restrictions. (1) For the 

purposes of this section, ‘‘military 

security zones’’ are specific portion/s 

within any of the restricted areas 

identified in this section that are 

defined by the safety vessels 

accompanying each training exercise. 

The mission of the safety vessels is to 

maximize safety conditions for both 

military and civilian personnel during 

exercises conducted within the 

restricted area by intercepting any 

waterbased activity occurring within the 

active military security zone/s and 

offering navigational advice to ensure 

the activity remains clear of the 

exercise. 

(2) All areas identified in this section 

have the potential to be active at any 

time. The normal/routine activation of 

any area will be noticed to the public 

via a General Local Notice to Mariners. 

Activation of any area for significant 

exercises and training events will be 

noticed, in advance and during the 

event, to the public via Notice to 

Mariners and Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners. 

(c) Enforcement. The regulations in 

this section shall be enforced by the 

Commanding Officer, Naval Support 

Activity, Panama City Florida, and such 

agencies as he/she may designate. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

James R. Hannon, Jr., 

Acting Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil 

Works. 

[FR Doc. E8–21292 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 130 

[EPA–R07–OW–2008–0613; FRL–8713–5] 

Public Notice on the Internet of Region 

7 Disapprovals of Clean Water Act 

Impaired Waters Lists 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of change in procedures. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 7 is announcing 

a change to its procedures for issuing a 

public notice seeking comment on the 

Region’s disapproval of a submittal by a 

state of an impaired waters list under 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d). We 

intend to provide this public notice on 

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ 

region7 rather than by publication in 

newspapers of general circulation 

throughout the state. 

DATES: This change in procedures will 

be effective on September 12, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeannette Schafer at (913) 551–7297 or 

by e-mail at schafer.jeannette@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces a change to the 

manner in which EPA Region 7 issues 

a public notice seeking comment under 

40 CFR 130.7(d)(2) on the Region’s 

disapproval of a submittal by a state of 

a Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’) Section 

303(d) List. 

Under Section 303(d)(1)(A) of the 

CWA, each state is required to identify 

and prioritize those waters within its 

boundaries for which technology-based 

effluent limitations and other required 

controls are not stringent enough to 

achieve the applicable water quality 

standards. See CWA 303(d)(1); 40 CFR 

130.7(b)(1). After a state develops its 

CWA Section 303(d) List, the state must 

then submit the list to EPA for review 

and approval. See 40 CFR 130.7(d)(1). 

Within 30 days of a state’s submission, 

EPA must approve or disapprove the 

state’s list. If EPA disapproves the 

state’s CWA Section 303(d) List, it must 

identify the impaired waters that should 

be listed within 30 days from the date 

of disapproval. EPA regulations provide 

that the Regional Administrator must 

promptly issue a public notice seeking 

comment on EPA’s listing decision. 

After considering public comment and 

making appropriate revisions, the 

Region transmits the list to the state. See 

40 CFR 130.7(d)(2). 

The CWA and applicable regulations 

do not specify the type of public notice 

to be issued for EPA listing actions. In 

the past, EPA Region 7 has issued 

public notices through publication in 

newspapers of general circulation. 

In light of the continuing 

improvements in public access to the 

Internet and EPA’ s ability to 

disseminate materials on the Internet, 

EPA Region 7 intends to notify the 

public of listing actions under 40 CFR 

130.7(d)(2) by placing notices on the 

Internet rather than using publication in 

newspapers of general circulation. The 

Internet provides a more effective and 

efficient means to provide notice. Using 

the Internet makes the notice available 

to the public during the entirety of the 

comment period, rather than only on the 

day the notice is published in the local 

newspaper. The Region believes the 

Internet notice is likely to reach a larger 

audience, since the Internet is generally 

available through schools, work, and 

libraries. Internet notice also enables the 

Region to reach beyond the finite 

distribution areas of local newspapers to 

make interested persons aware of the 

Region’s listing decision. We plan to 

place the notices on the EPA Region 7 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/region7. 

The Region also plans to issue news 

releases notifying media outlets about 

our listing decisions, as well as 

notifications to elected officials and 

interested parties. The letter 

transmitting the final list to the state 

will be accessible from http:// 

www.epa.gov/region7. 

To the extent that this announcement 

may be considered a rule, EPA 

considers it to be a procedural rule 

which is exempt from notice and 

comment rulemaking requirements 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1313(d); 40 CFR 

130.7. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

William A. Spratlin, 

Director, Water, Wetlands and Pesticides 

Division, Region 7. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 412 

[CMS–1554–F] 

RIN 0938–AP19 

Medicare Program; Inpatient 

Rehabilitation Facility Prospective 

Payment System for Federal Fiscal 

Year 2009 

Correction 

In rule document Z8–17797 beginning 

on page 46370 in the issue of Friday, 

August 8, 2008, make the following 

correction: 

On page 46375, in Table 1, in the 

third column, in the ninth entry,‘‘.0347’’ 

should read ‘‘3.0347’’. 

[FR Doc. Z8–17797 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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