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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