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Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 49028
Agriculture Department
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee; nominations, 48982
Meetings:
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; performance assessment and public education
working group, 48982-48983
Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 48996
Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Individuals with disabilities--
Vocational rehabilitation services, 48996-48997
Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Flood plain and wetlands protection; environmental review
determinations; availability, etc.:
St. Louis Airport Site, MO, 48997-48999
Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated
facilities and pollutants:
Oregon; correction, 48949-48950
Superfund program:
National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
National priorities list update, 48950-48951
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution, hazardous; national emission standards:
Steel pickling facilities, 49052-49075
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
Michigan, 48972-48981
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 49007-49009
Meetings:
Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus Group, 49009
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
Denver Radium/Operable Unit VIII site, CO, 49009-49010
Water pollution control:
Clean Water Act--
Class II administrative penalty assessments, 49010
Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
Sikorsky, 48961-48963
Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
Pioneer's preference program; termination, 48951-48952
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49011
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
Canola and rapeseed, 48956-48961
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
Corby Power Ltd., et al., 49003-49006
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Portland Natural Gas Transmission System et al., 49006-49007
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Black Marlin Pipeline Co., 49000
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 49000-49001
East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 49000
Florida Gas Transmission Co., 49001
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 49001-49002
Great River Gas Co., 49002
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 49002
Northern States Power Co., 49002-49003
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 49003
Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarders licenses:
First USA Real Estate Inc., et al., 49011
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
RULES
Arbitration services:
Expedited arbitration, 48948-48949
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
Systems of records, 49031-49032
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Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Safety advisory bulletins, and directives:
Safety practices to reduce risk of accidents from authorization of
train movements past stop indications; abosolute signals,
49047-49048
Safety practices to reduce risk of casualties from unsecured and
unattended locomotives, cars, trains, etc. left on sidings
or other tracks, 49046-49047
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
RULES
Thrift savings plan:
Administrative errors correction, 48936
Withdrawing funds; methods, 49112-49119
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
Systems of records, 49011-49014
Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
New drug applications--
Cyclosporine, 48940
Sponsor name and address changes--
K.C. Pharmacal, Inc., 48939-48940
Medical devices:
Investigational device exemptions therapeutic and diagnostic
devices; treatment use, 48940-48948
PROPOSED RULES
Food for human consumption:
Dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, 48968-48969
NOTICES
Meetings:
Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, 49015
Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, 49015-49016
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Population pharmacokinetics use in drug development process;
studies/analyses issues, 49016
Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
Food security; U.S. action plan development, 48983
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
RULES
Fees:
Official inspection and weighing services, 48936-48939
Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee; nominations, 48982
Meetings:
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 49014
Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:
Leonhard, Christopher, 49014-49015
Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 1998 FY rates
Correction, 49049
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49016-49017
Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49017-49020
Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 49022
Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
Gray portland cement from--
Mexico; correction, 49049
Countervailing duties:
Extruded rubber thread from--
Malaysia, 48985-48989
International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
Generalized System of Preferences--
Advice concerning possible modifications, 49028-49029
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49029
Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
Plum Creek Manufacturing, L.P., 49029-49030
Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49030-49031
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Eugene Resource Management Plan, OR; amendment, 49022-49023
Powder River Resource Area, MT; coal exchange, 49023-49024
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Meetings:
Resource advisory councils--
Montana, 49024
Public land orders:
Colorado, 49024
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
Arizona, 49024-49025
Merit Systems Protection Board
RULES
Practices and procedures:
Board's adjudicatory proceedings; Federal employee witness
participation; official time requirements, 48935-48936
Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Morris K. Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National Environmental
Policy Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49032
National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
National Cancer Institute, 49020-49021
National Institute of Nursing Research, 49021
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 49021
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
49021
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
Magnuson Act provisions--
Highly migratory species managemnt; administrative procedures,
48990-48995
Permits:
Endangered and threatened species, 48995-48996
National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
Coronado National Forest, AZ; inventory, 49025-49026
Nebraska State Historical Society, NE; inventory, 49026-49027
National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 49032
Research, Evaluation, and Communication Special Emphasis Panel,
49032
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Conservation Practices National Handbook:
Conservation practice standards, new or revised; comment request,
48983
Field office technical guides; changes:
Delaware, 48983
Oklahoma, 48984
Northeast Dairy Compact Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 49032-49033
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 49033-49034
Petitions; Director's decisions:
Northeast Utilities, 49034-49043
Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Excepted service:
Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked--
Consolidated list, 49078-49110
Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
Railroad Retirement Board
RULES
Federal claims collection:
Administrative offset
Correction, 49049
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49043
Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Contra Costa Water District Multi-Purpose Pipeline Project, CA;
correction, 49027
Prineville Reservoir reallocation, OR, 49027-49028
Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Pipeline safety:
Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards--
Miscellaneous amendments, 48952-48953
Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Electric loans:
Quarterly municipal interest rates, 48984
Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; correction, 49049
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 49043
Frank Russell Investment Co., et al., 49043-49045
Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Social security benefits and supplemental security income:
Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance--
Circuit court law; application, 48963-48968
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 49045-49046
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
Indiana; correction, 49049
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Surface Transportation Board
RULES
General provisions:
Miscellaneous amendments, 48953-48955
Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
Veterans education--
Educational assistance; reduction in required reports, 48969-
48972
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 49052-49075
Part III
Office of Personnel Management, 49078-49110
Part IV
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 49112-49119
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5 CFR
1201.................................................48935
1605.................................................48936
1650.................................................49112
7 CFR
800..................................................48936
Proposed Rules:
457..................................................48956
14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................48961
20 CFR
367..................................................49049
Proposed Rules:
404..................................................48963
416..................................................48963
21 CFR
510..................................................48939
524..................................................48940
812..................................................48940
Proposed Rules:
111..................................................48968
29 CFR
1404.................................................48948
30 CFR
914..................................................49049
38 CFR
Proposed Rules:
21...................................................48969
40 CFR
62...................................................48949
300 (2 documents)....................................48950
48951
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................48972
63...................................................49052
81...................................................48972
42 CFR
400..................................................49049
409..................................................49049
410..................................................49049
411..................................................49049
412..................................................49049
413..................................................49049
424..................................................49049
440..................................................49049
485..................................................49049
488..................................................49049
489..................................................49049
498..................................................49049
47 CFR
0....................................................48951
1....................................................48951
5....................................................48951
49 CFR
193..................................................48952
1000.................................................48953
1001.................................................48953
1011.................................................48953