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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Pears (Bartlett) grown in Oregon et al., 62506-62508


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Commission on Small Farms, 62547


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 62568


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Karnal bunt disease--
        Texas et al., 62504-62506


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Adult Immunization Workshop, 62615


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Bangladesh, 62564
    Bulgaria, 62564-62565
    Czech Republic, 62565
    Slovak Republic, 62566
Export visa requirements; certification, waivers, etc.:
    Taiwan; correction, 62566


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Futurecom--
        Live cattle, 62566-62568


Congressional Budget Office
NOTICES
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-
          Rudman-Hollings):
    Sequestration final report for 1998 FY; transmittal to Congress and 
            OMB, 62568


Defense Department
See Air Force Department


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Privacy Act; implementation, 62670-62672
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 62568-62570
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 62570-62571
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Graduate assistance in areas of national need program; correction, 
            62571
Privacy Act:
    System of records, 62673-62675


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
    Constellation Power Sources, Inc., 62571-62572
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wetland involvement--
        Miamisburg Environmental Management Project; waste processing 
                facility, 62572
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; high flux beam reactor 
            transition project, 62572-62576
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Nuclear Engineering Education Research Program, 62576
    Small Business Innovation Research Program; commercialization 
            assistance, 62576


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Georgia, 62521-62523
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        Uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; listing and deletion policy 
                for Federal facilities, 62523-62526
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 62590-62593
Meetings:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 62593
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Virginia--
        Merck & Co., Inc.; Stonewall Plant, Elkton, VA; site-specific 
                rulemaking, 62594-62595
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Summitville Mine Site, CO, 62595-62607
Water pollution control:
    Clean Water Act--
        Class II administrative penalty assessments, 62607-62608


Executive Offic of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd., 62514-62516

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    Jetstream, 62513-62514
Class D and E airspace, 62516-62517
Class E airspace, 62517-62518
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 62665-62666
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Executive Committee, 62666
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Manchester Airport, NH, 62666-62667


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 62608-62611


Federal Emergency Management Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Disaster assistance:
    Fire suppression assistance; eligibility process simplified and 
            Federal cost share changed, 62542-62543
    Public assistance and hazard mitigation grant programs; appeals 
            review and disposition procedures, 62540-62542
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Nebraska, 62611


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Enfield Operations, L.L.C. et al., 62582-62585
    Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. et al., 62585-62589
Hydroelectric applications, 62590
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 62576-62577
    CNG Transmission Corp., 62577
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 62578
    Florida Power Corp., 62578
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 62579
    Louisiana-Nevada Transit Co., 62579
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 62580-62581
    Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co., 62581
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 62581
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 62581
    Shell Gas Pipeline Co., 62582
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 62582


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Casualty and nonperformance certificates:
    Carnival Corp. et al., 62611
    Fred. Olsen Travel Ltd. et al., 62611-62612


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation
    Correction, 62508-62509
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 62612
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 62612
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 62613


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 62617


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Northwest Sacramento Provincial Advisory Committee, 62547


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation, 62613
State assistance expenditures; Federal financial participation, 62613-
          62615


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine; health promotion 
            and disease prevention curriculum components, 62615-62616
    Dentistry programs; advanced education in general practice; FY 
            1998, 62616


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS program, 62616-62617


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Adoption taxpayer identification numbers (ATIN); use by individuals 
            in process of adopting children, 62518-62521
PROPOSED RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Adoption taxpayer identification numbers (ATIN); use by individuals 
            in process of adopting children; cross reference, 62538-
            62540


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Extruded rubber thread from--
        Malaysia, 62547-62559
Export trade certificates of review, 62559-62562


Judicial Conference of the United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on--
        Criminal Procedure Rules, 62618-62619
        Practice and Procedure Rules, 62619


Justice Department
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 62619

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Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Colorado, 62617-62618


Management and Budget Office
Line Item Veto Act; cancellation of items:
    Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
            Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Interior Department, 
            Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 62682-62686


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Records of Congress Advisory Committee, 62646


National Communications System
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 62646


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 62646-62647
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 62647


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Voluntary product standards:
    Standing Committee--
        Wood-based structural-use panels; performance standard, 62562-
                62563


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Scallop, 62545-62546
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 62543-62545
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    National Estuarine Research Reserve System; FL; meeting, 62563-
            62564


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Little River Canyon National Preserve, AL, 62618
Meetings:
    Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee, 62618


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 62647-62648
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Management of radioactive material safety programs at medical 
            facilities, 62648


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    EBPLife Insurance Co., 62619-62622
    MS Commodity Investments Portfolio II, L.P. et al., 62622-62646


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Employment:
    Reduction in force--
        Retention service credit based on job performance, and other 
                retention rights, 62495-62504
NOTICES
Excepted service:
    Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked--
        Update, 62648-62650


Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Domestic mail Manual:
    Commercial mail receiving agency; delivery of mail; procedure 
            clarification, 62540


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Special observances:
    Great American Smokeout Day, National (Proc. 7051), 62679-62680


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Pipeline Personnel Qualification Negotiated Rulemaking Committee--
        Meetings, 62543


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Electric, telecommunications, and water and waste financial assistance 
          programs; environmental policies and procedures, 62527-62538


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 62650
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 62650-62652
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 62652-62654


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 62654-62655


State Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 62655-62661
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Eastern Europe and independent states of the former Soviet Union; 
            national competitive programs administration, 62661-62663

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Passport travel restrictions, U.S.:
    Libya, 62663-62664


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., 62667
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 62667-62668


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


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Liquidity, 62509-62513


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 62664
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 62664-62665


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Education, 62670-62675


Part III
The President, 62679-62680


Part IV
Office of Management and Budget, 62682-62686
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7051.................................................62679

                           5 CFR
351..................................................62495
430..................................................62495
531..................................................62495

                           7 CFR
301..................................................62504
931..................................................62506
Proposed Rules:
1794.................................................62527

                          12 CFR
261..................................................62508
566..................................................62509

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................62513,
                                                     62514
71 (2 documents)....................................62516,
                                                     62517

                          26 CFR
301..................................................62518
602..................................................62518
Proposed Rules:
301..................................................62538

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
5b...................................................62670

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
111..................................................62540

                          40 CFR
271..................................................62521
300..................................................62521

                          44 CFR
Proposed Rules:
206 (2 documents)...................................62540,
                                                     62542

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
192..................................................62543
195..................................................62543

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
648..................................................62543
679..................................................62545