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Agriculture Department
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Forest Service


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Non-stockpile chemical warfare materiel; treatment, 65253-65254


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65268-65271
Meetings:
    Biomechanical stress control in drywall installation; NIOSH 
            meeting, 65271


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65271-65272
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65272-65273


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Vessels bound for ports and places; international safety management 
            code verification status, 65203-65207


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Dominican Republic, 65246
    Thailand, 65246-65248


Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65241


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Reporting requirements:
    Large trader reports; reporting levels changes
        Correction, 65203


Defense Department
See Army Department
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 65248-65253
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
    DRG-based payment system (1998 FY)--
        Revised weights, thresholds, and per diem rates; correction, 
                65253


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65254


Energy Department
See Energy Information Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Hanford Site, WA--
        Solid (radioactive and hazardous) waste program, 65254-65255
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Nevada Test Site, 65255


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65255-65256


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Connecticut; correction, 65224-65225
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 65225


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Digital flight data recorder upgrade requirements
        Correction, 65202
Airspace:
    Designations and reporting points; incorporation by reference, 
            65201-65202
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter Deutschland, 65198-65201
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 65227-65228
    Boeing, 65233-65235
    Dassault, 65230-65231
    Dornier, 65228-65230
    Saab, 65231-65233
Class E airspace; correction, 65308
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee, 65305
Technical standard orders:
    Traffic advisory system (TAS) airborne equipment, 65305-65306

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Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 65265
Telecommunications relay services; State certification; applications 
          accepted, 65265


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Nebraska, 65265


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental report preparation training courses; applicant 
          preparation, 65262
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, 65262-65263
Hydroelectric applications, 65263-65264
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 65256-65257
    Continental Natural Gas, Inc., 65257
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 65257
    Gas Transport, Inc., 65257-65258
    Hub Power Co. et al., 65258-65261
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 65261
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 65261
    Southern California Edison Co., 65261-65262


Federal Housing Finance Board
RULES
Federal home loan bank system:
    Federal Home Loan Bank bylaws; approval authority, 65197-65198
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65265-65266


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Air-Sea International, Inc., 65266-65267
    Marlins Freight Forwarders, Inc. et al., 65267


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 65267
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 65267-65268
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65268


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Gray Wolf, 65237-65240
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65280
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 65281-65282
Marine mammals permit applications, 65282


Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Radiological health:
    Diagnostic x-ray systems and major components; performance 
            standard; comments and information request, 65235-65237
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65273-65276
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65276-65278
Meetings:
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee; correction, 65278


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Willamette National Forest, OR, 65241-65243


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Industry Advisory 
            Commission, 65268
State assistance expenditures; Federal financial participation; 
          correction, 65308


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Rural Health National Advisory Committee, 65278


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Decisions and orders, 65264


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Irrigation projects; operation and maintenance charges:
    Fort Belknap Irrigation Project, MT, 65282
    Fort Hall Irrigation Project, ID, 65282-65283


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cased pencils from--
        China; court decision, 65243
Export trade certificates of review, 65245-65246
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Barnard College, 65243-65244
    University of--
        California et al., 65244
        California, Los Alamos, 65245
        Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 65245
        Illinois at Urbana-Champaign et al., 65244-65245
        Washington, 65245


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Digital satellite system (DSS) receivers and components, 65285


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office

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NOTICES
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
          1996; implementation:
    Battery or extreme cruelty and need for specific benefits; 
            standards and methods for determining whether a substantial 
            connection exists; guidance, 65285-65287


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65287


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Calista Corp., 65283
Public land orders:
    Colorado, 65283-65284
    Oregon, 65284
Survey plat filings:
    Oregon and Washington, 65284-65285


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65287-65288


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Executive Director and General Counsel, 65197


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Human Genome Research Institute, 65278-65279
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 65279
    National Institute of Mental Health, 65279
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 65279
    National Instutute of Nursing Research, 65280


Northeast Dairy Compact Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Over-order price regulations:
    Compact over-order price regulations--
        Fluid milk distributions in six New England States during 1998-
                1999 contract year; exemption, 65226-65227


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65288
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    General Atomics, 65288-65289


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Safety and health standards, etc.:
    Electrical power generation; transmission and distribution; 
            electrical protective equipment, 65203


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65289


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 65299-65300
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 65300-65302
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund et al., 65289-65293
    PBHG Insurance Series Fund, Inc. et al., 65293-65298
    Public utility holding company filings, 65298-65299


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 65302-65303


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Social security supplemental agreements:
    Canada and U.S.; entry into force, 65303
    United Kingdom and U.S.; entry into force, 65303


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority et al., 65306-65307


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
See Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65303-65305
International cargo rate flexibility level:
    Standard foreign fare level--
        Index adjustment factors, 65305


Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65307

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Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Disabilities rating schedule:
    Cardiovascular system, 65207-65224
  
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                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1301.................................................65226

                          12 CFR
790..................................................65197
934..................................................65197

                          14 CFR
39...................................................65198
71...................................................65201
121..................................................65202
Proposed Rules:
39 (5 documents)....................................65227,
                                65228, 65230, 65231, 65233
71...................................................65308

                          17 CFR
15...................................................65203

                          21 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1020.................................................65235

                          29 CFR
1910.................................................65203

                          33 CFR
160..................................................65203

                          38 CFR
4....................................................65207

                          40 CFR
52...................................................65224
300..................................................65225

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................65237