Pursuant to Public Officers Law section 104, the Division of Criminal Justice Services gives notice of a meeting of the New York State Commission on Forensic Science to be held on:

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC)

633 3rd Ave.

37th Fl.

New York, NY

Identification and sign-in are required at this location. For further information, or if you need a reasonable accommodation to attend this meeting, contact Louis Stellato, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Office of Forensic Services, Four Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203, (518) 457-1901.

Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 447.205, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:

The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XIX (Medicaid) State Plan for all services to comply with enacted statutory provisions. The following changes are proposed:

All Services

Under Section 6411 of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), Expansion of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program, which amends section 1902(a)(42) of the Social Security Act, states were required to establish programs to contract with RACs to audit payments to Medicaid providers by December 31, 2010 and fully implement such by April 1, 2011.

New York State is seeking to request an exception to the three-year look back period for the Medicaid RAC program as defined by State regulation, and give the State the ability to grant a look back period for the Medicaid RAC up to six years. The longer look back period will allow the State to review claim specific detail for any overpayments; is more consistent with Medicaid provider record retention requirements required by State regulatory agencies; and allow for additional efficiencies for both the State and provider when a single effort can review and recover an identified overpayment rather than leveraging multiple entities to review and recover different time periods.

This exception shall be effective January 1, 2013, and only apply to reviews based on actual claim specific detail. Audits that require sampling and extrapolation will continue to be limited to the three- year look back period.

There is no additional estimated annual change to gross Medicaid expenditures as a result of the clarifying proposed amendments.

The public is invited to review and comment on this proposed State Plan Amendment. Copies of which will be available for public review on the Department’s website at http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/state_plans/status.

Copies of the proposed State Plan Amendments will be on file in each local (county) social services district and available for public review.

For the New York City district, copies will be available at the following places:

New York County

250 Church Street

New York, New York 10018

Queens County, Queens Center

3220 Northern Boulevard

Long Island City, New York 11101

Kings County, Fulton Center

114 Willoughby Street

Brooklyn, New York 11201

Bronx County, Tremont Center

1916 Monterey Avenue

Bronx, New York 10457

Richmond County, Richmond Center

95 Central Avenue, St. George

Staten Island, New York 10301

The public is invited to review and comment on this proposed State Plan Amendment.

For further information and to review and comment, please contact: Department of Health, Bureau of HCRA Operations & Financial Analysis, 99 Washington Ave., One Commerce Plaza, Suite 810, Albany, NY 12210, (518) 474-1673, (518) 473-8825 (FAX), e-mail: [email protected]

Correction of prior public notice concerning extension of public comment period

On November 28, 2012, a public notice appeared in the State Register which extended the public comment period for revised proposed regulations published on October 31, 2012 concerning Limits on Administrative Expenses and Executive Compensation. The notice extended the public comment period from November 30, 2012 to December 14, 2012 for proposed rules published by a number of state agencies. The public notice listed the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) in error. The close of the public comment period for OPWDD was originally set at December 24, 2012 and is unchanged.

If you have any questions please contact Barbara Brundage, OPWDD Director of Regulatory Affairs, at [email protected] or (518) 474-1830.

The New York State Department of State (DOS) is required by Federal regulations to provide timely public notice for the activities described below, which are subject to the consistency provisions of the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.

In two related projects detailed below, F-2012-0668 and F-2012-0686, the Town of Southampton (applicant and lead agency) has certified that the proposed activities comply with and will be conducted in a manner consistent to the maximum extent practicable with the New York State Coastal Management Program. The applicant's federal consistency certification and accompanying public information and data is available for inspection at the New York State Department of State offices located at One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue in Albany, New York.

In F-2012-0668 (or "Sagaponack" project), the Town proposes to contract for the dredging of approximately 1,035,000 cubic yards of beach compatible sand from an offshore borrow area and placement of the dredged material as nourishment "to restore eroded dunes and beach" along 14,125 linear feet of shoreline fronting both private residential properties and the Town owned beaches and underwater lands. In F-2012-0686 (or the "Bridgehampton-Watermill" project), the Town proposes to contract for the dredging of approximately 950,000 cubic yards of beach compatible sand from an offshore borrow area and placement of the dredged material as nourishment "to restore eroded dunes and beach" along 15,626 linear feet of shoreline fronting both private residential properties and the Town owned beaches and underwater lands. The offshore borrow areas constitute a public resource and are underwater lands held in the public trust for the people of the State of New York. Disposal and use of this resource is at the discretion of the New York State Office of General Services.

According to the information provided to the Department of State: the borrow areas are located on average within two miles of the receiving shorelines (within New York State economic waters); the borrow areas are situated beyond the depth of closure or the distance from shore within which such sand resources may be significant to onshore transport of sand from offshore ridges and thus might be an important contributor over time to the existing sand supplies as part of the natural littoral system; benthic surveys and habitat studies indicate no significant impact would result from proposed dredging of sand from the elevated underwater features; on-shore nourishment activities would be conducted according to currently accepted best management practices and during New York State Department of Environmental Conservation approved windows of time for such activities in order to minimize impacts to birds, fish, and other species; both projects will be funded through taxation of the benefitting property owners via the formation of special erosion control tax districts (ECDs) and in conjunction with contributions from the Town of Southold; the specific details of funding remain to be finalized pending legislative determinations; the Town of Southold has agreed to act as lead agency and shall issue a decision determining the level of environmental review necessary in completing the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) process. No alternative actions have been proposed at this time.

Any interested parties and/or agencies desiring to express their views concerning the above proposed activities may do so by filing their comments, in writing, no later than 4:30 p.m., 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, or, close of business on January 12, 2012. Comments should be addressed to: Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 1010, Albany, NY 12231, (518) 474-6000, Fax (518) 473-2464

This notice is promulgated in accordance with Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 930.

Pursuant to Section 11-2301 and 11-2305 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives Public Notice of the following:

Sealed bids for red pine sawtimber - 458 MBF more or less; scotch pine sawtimber - 93 MBF more or less; pitch pine sawtimber - 153 MBF more or less; red pine pulp - 451 tons more or less; scotch pine pulp - 12 tons more or less; pitch pine pulp - 98 tons more or less, located on Livingston Reforestation Area No. 93, Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area, Stands D-10, D-46, H-1, I-8 and I-11, will be accepted at the Department of Environmental Conservation, Contract Unit, 625 Broadway, 10th Fl., Albany, NY 12233-5023 until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.

For further information, contact: Joel Fiske, Senior Forester, Department of Environmental Conservation, Lands and Forests, Region 8, 7291 Coon Rd., Bath, NY 14810-9728, (607) 776-2165