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Editorial Note: The following Federal Aviation Administration 
          documents, published in the Federal Register of October 29, 
          1997, were erroneously listed under the Farm Credit System 
          Insurance Corporation.


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Dornier, 56056-56058, 56059-56061
    Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A., 56061-
            56062
    Partenavia Costruzioni Aeronauticas, S.p.A, 56058-56059
    Pilatus Aircraft, Ltd., 56064-56065
    SIAI Marchetti, S.r.l., 56062-56064
Class E airspace, 56065-56073
Class E airspace; correction, 56073
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Saab, 56137-56138
  
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Agency for International Development
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda [Editorial Note: The listing for this document, 
          published at 62 FR 58068 in the Federal Register of October 
          29, 1997, was omitted from that issue's Table of Contents.]


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangloes grown in Florida, 58633-
          58641
Walnuts grown in California, 58641-58644


Agricultural Research Service
RULES
National Arboretum use; fee schedule
    Effective date, 58632


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Agricultural Research Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    CommerceNet Consortium, 58747
    Frame Relay Forum, 58748
    Gas Utilization Research Forum, 58748
    MD Consult, LC, 58748
    QUINTA Corp., 58748-58749
    Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, Inc., 58749


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Autism: Emerging Issues in Prevalence and Etiology; workshop, 58736


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Colorado, 58704
    Illinois, 58704
    Indiana, 58704
    Michigan, 58704


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Mississippi River, LA; regulated navigation area, 58650-58653


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Hong Kong, 58707
    United Arab Emirates, 58707-58708


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Financial Products Advisory Committee, 58708


Customs Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Reconciliation, 58769-58770


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 58709-58711
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
    DRG-based payment system (1998 FY)--
        Revised weights, threshold, and per diem rates, 58711-58724


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Elementary and secondary education--
        Model professional development national awards program, 58870-
                58874
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Rehabilitation engineering research centers program, 58862-
                58867
    Projects With Industry program, 58725-58726

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Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
    Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. and PSI Energy, Inc., 58726


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Antelope Valley improvement project, Lincoln, NE, 58768-58769


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Radiation protection programs:
    Spent nuclear fuel, high-level and transuranic radioactive wastes 
            management and disposal; waste isolation pilot plant 
            compliance--
        Certification decision; comment request, 58792-58838
NOTICES
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Engelhard Corp., 58729-58730
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Butterfield Canyon Site, UT, 58730
    Herriman Residential Soils Removal Action Site, UT, 58730-58731
Toxic and hazardous substance control:
    Acute exposure guideline levels--
        Chemical emergency situations; short-term hazardous chemical 
                exposure information for one time only exposure; 
                comment request, 58840-58851
Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:
    Oil and gas extraction; fundamentally different variance requests; 
            tentative decision, 58731


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office


Farm Credit Administration
RULES
Farm credit system:
    Funding and fiscal affairs, loan policies and operations, and 
            funding operations--
        Cumulative voting by shareholders; effective date, 58644


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Air tour operators; Hawaii, 58854-58859
Class E airspace, 58644-58647
PROPOSED RULES
Class B airspace, 58694-58700
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 58766-58767


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Pay telephone reclassification and compensation provisions, 
                58659-58687
Radio frequency devices:
    Biomedical telemetry transmitters, 58656-58659
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Commercial mobile radio services--
        Calling party pays service option, 58700-58703


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Canning and processing bean endorsement, 58621-58628
    Prunes, 58628-58632


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Financial institutions in receivership; insufficiency of assets to 
          satisfy all claims; determinations, 58732


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58732


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Dam Safety Interagency Committee, 58732-58734


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp, 58726
    Commonwealth Electric Co., 58727
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 58727
    Enova Energy, Inc., 58727
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 58727-58728
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 58728
    Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., 58728
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 58728
    Vastar Power Marketing, Inc., 58728
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 58729


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58767-58768
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Lincoln, NE, 58768-58769


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58734


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 58734
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Strong Forwarding et al., 58734
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58735


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 58735
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 58735
    Permissible nonbanking activities; correction, 58735-58736


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58739-58741

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Coastal Barrier Resources System:
    Florida; boundary modifications--
        North Key Largo Unit, 58741-58742
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 58742


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58749


Forest Service
RULES
Forest development transportation system administration, 58653-58654


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 58736


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58742-58743
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58743


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58736
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58736-58737


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58738


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Tribal rolls:
    Ottawa Indians; Little River Band, 58743


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Advisory Council, 58738-58739


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 58705-58706
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Purdue University, 58706


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Macadamia nuts; economic and competitive conditions affecting the 
            U.S. industry, 58745-58746
    Salinomycin biomass and preparations containing same, 58746-58747


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Alaska Railroad Corp. et al., 58747


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58743-58744
Public land orders:
    Colorado, 58744
    Idaho, 58744
    Wyoming, 58744-58745
Survey plat filings:
    Illinois, 58745


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Racial and ethnic classification standards:
    Revisions, 58782-58790


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Acquisition planning, etc., 58687-58688
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Corken, Inc., 58752
    Grand Illusion/Living Window, Inc.; vapor generator wand, 58752


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 58737
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 58737
    National Institute of Mental Health, 58737-58738


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pacfic cod, 58688-58689
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Carribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Snapper grouper fishery, 58703
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    Consistency appeals--
        Taylor, Jessie W., 58706
Fishery conservation and management:
    Continental Shelf fishery resources; sedentary species list 
            additions, 58706-58707

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National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Antarctic Conservation Act of l978; permit applications, etc., 58752-
          58753
Meetings:
    Astronomical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 58753
    Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 
            58753
    Chemical and Transport Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 58753-58754
    Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 58754
    Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee, 58754
    Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 58754-58755
    Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure Special 
            Emphasis Panel, 58755
    President's Committee on National Medal of Science, 58755
    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee, 58755


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Nuclear power plants--
        Nuclear power reactors; permanent shutdown financial protection 
                requirements, 58690-58694
NOTICES
Certificates of compliance:
    United States Enrichment Corp.--
        Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, OH, 58756-58758
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 58758-58759
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 58755-58756
    Northeast Nuclear Energy Co., 58756


Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    E-Z Trial pilot program implementation and simplified proceedings 
            for adjudicative process; CFR correction, 58650


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    AEW Capital Management, L.P., 58749-58752


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See National Institutes of Health


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58759-58760


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR):
    Paper filing restrictions; submission requirements, 58647-58650
NOTICES
Securities:
    Suspension of trading--
        Great Northern Finance Corp., 58760


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58760-58761
Foreign insurance or pension systems:
    Czech Republic, 58761
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 58761-58762
Social security benefits:
    Cost-of-living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts increase, 
            average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, 
            etc., 58762-58766


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Adventure Trail, 58769


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned, 58700


Treasury Department
See Customs Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    International educational and cultural activities--
        International Visitors program, 58770-58774
    Summer institute for foreign policy officials; United States today 
            program, 58774-58776


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable increase, 58654-
                58656
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58776-58777
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58777-58779
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 58779-58780
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Office of Management and Budget, 58782-58790


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 58792-58838

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Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 58840-58851


Part V
Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 58854-
          58859


Part VI
Department of Education, 58862-58867


Part VII
Department of Education, 58870-58874
  
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                           7 CFR
401..................................................58621
450..................................................58628
457 (2 documents)...................................58621,
                                                     58628
500..................................................58632
905..................................................58633
984..................................................58641

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
50...................................................58690
140..................................................58690

                          12 CFR
615..................................................58644

                          14 CFR
71 (4 documents)....................................58644,
                                              58645, 58647
91...................................................58854
135..................................................58854
Proposed Rules:
71...................................................58694
255..................................................58700

                          17 CFR
232..................................................58647

                          29 CFR
2200.................................................58650

                          33 CFR
165..................................................58650

                          36 CFR
212..................................................58653

                          38 CFR
21...................................................58654

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
194..................................................58792

                          47 CFR
15...................................................58656
64 (2 documents)....................................58659,
                                                     58686
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................58700
22...................................................58700
24...................................................58700
90...................................................58700

                          48 CFR
1807.................................................58687
1816.................................................58687
1817.................................................58687
1827.................................................58687
1832.................................................58687
1837.................................................58687
1842.................................................58687
1845.................................................58687
1852.................................................58687

                          50 CFR
679..................................................58688
Proposed Rules:
622..................................................58703