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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Tart cherries grown in Michigan et al., 399-406


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Housing Service


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 598-599


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Ruminants, meat and meat products from ruminants, and other 
            ruminant products from countries where bovine spongiform 
            encephalopathy exist; restrictions, 406-408


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Surveys, determinations, etc.:
    Retail trade; annual, 469
    Wholesale trade; annual, 469-470


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee, 595-596


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 469


Defense Department
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Preaward survey of prospective contractor; quality assurance
        Correction, 648
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor purchasing system review exclusions, 649
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 473
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 472-473


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Suspicious Orders Task Force, 574-575
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    King, John Paul, M.D., 573-574


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Character education pilot projects, 638
Meetings:
    President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
            Hispanic Americans, 473-474


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Can Corp. of America et al., 575
    Johns-Manville et al., 575-576
    Onan Corp. et al., 576-577
    R.G. Thomas Corp., 577
    Sweatt's Prefade, Inc., 577
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Delphi Energy and Engine et al., 577-579


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
See Southwestern Power Administration
See Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
    USGen Power Services, et al., 474-475
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act:
    Electric and gas utilities covered in 1998; list, 475-476


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Confidential business information; certification requirements, 418
Air programs:
    Clean Air Act--
        Accidental release prevention requirements; regulated 
                substances and thresholds; amendments, 640-645
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Pennsylvania; correction, 415-416
    Utah, 414-415
Clean Air Act:
    Enhanced monitoring program compliance assurance monitoring; 
            credible evidence revision
        Correction, 414
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Sodium bicarbonate, etc.; correction, 417-418
    Zinc phosphide; correction, 416-417
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Indiana, 456-459
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 559-560
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 560-561

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Executive Office of the President
See Presidential documents


Federal Aviation Administration
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Quad City International Airport, IL, 597
    Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV, 596-597
    Yeager Airport, WV, 597-598


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Digital television spectrum ancillary or supplmentary use by 
                DTV licensees; fees, 460-466
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 561
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 561-563


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    California Department of Water Resources; Feather River 
            Hydroelectric Project, 478
New docket prefix IC establishment, 478-479
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    High Island Offshore System, 476
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 476-477
    Sierra Pacific Power Co., 477
    Southern California Edison Co., 477
    U-T Offshore System, 477-478
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 478


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 563


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 563
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 563-564
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 564


Federal Trade Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act:
    Fluoropolymer, 447-449
    Melamine; new fiber name and identification, 449-451


Federal Transit Administration
RULES
Prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse prevention in transit 
          operations:
    Random drug and alcohol drug testing rates, 418-419


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 570-571
Marine mammal permit applications, 571-572
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Oil and gas industry activities; polar bears, 572-573


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Sponsor name and address changes--
        Alpharma Inc.; correction, 408-409
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 564-565
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Abbott Laboratories, 565-566


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Preaward survey of prospective contractor; quality assurance
        Correction, 648
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor purchasing system review exclusions, 649
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 473
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 472-473


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 566


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 479-483


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:
    Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, NV, 573


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Reorganizations; nonqualified preferred stock, 411-412
    Reorganizations; receipt of rights to acquire corporation 
            securities, 409-410
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Reorganizations; nonqualified preferred stock; cross-reference, 
            453-454


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 573


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration

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Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Mine Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Golden Valley Electric Association Northern Intertie Project; AK, 
            573


Mine Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Coal and metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:
    Occupational noise exposure--
        Miners and miners' representatives; right to observe required 
                operator monitoring, etc.; correction [Editorial Note: 
                The listing for this document, published in the Federal 
                Register of January 5, 1998 (63 FR 290), was 
                inadvertently omitted from that issue's Table of 
                Contents.]


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Preaward survey of prospective contractor; quality assurance
        Correction, 648
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor purchasing system review exclusions, 649
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 473
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 472-473


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico reef fish and red snapper, 443-444
    Fisheries of the Northeastern United States--
        Summer flounder, scup and black sea bass, 444-445
    Magnuson Act provisions, 419-443
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        New England Fishery Management Council; meetings, 466-467
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 470-471
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 471-472


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 579-580


Natural Resources Conservation Service
PROPOSED RULES
Technical assistance:
    State Technical Committees; membership and role expansion
        Comment period extension, 446-447


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Consumers Energy Co., 580-581


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Variance applications, etc.:
    Dixie Divers, Inc., 579


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Health benefits; Federal employees:
    Minimum salary requirement removed, 446
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Partnerhip Council, 581-582


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
    Libya; continuation of emergency (Notice of January 2, 1998), 653


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Tart cherries grown in Michigan et al., 399-406


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 468-469


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Federal regulatory review:
    Rules list and comment request, 451-453
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 582-583
Investment Companies Act of 1940:
    Deregistration applications--
        Lexington Tax Free Money Fund, Inc., et al., 583-584
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 584
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 585-586
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 586-595
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Public utility holding company filings, 583


Sentencing Commission, United States
See United States Sentencing Commission


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Electric power marketing:
    Open access transmission service tariff; final, 483-521


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Funding opportunities FY 1998, 566-570

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Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Oklahoma, 454-456


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 595
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 595


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    The Invisible Made Visible: Angels in the Vatican, 599


United States Sentencing Commission
NOTICES
Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 602-635


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
    Active military certification; eligibility, 413
    Minimum income annuity, 412-413


Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Electric power marketing:
    Open access transmission service tariff; final, 521-559
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
United States Sentencing Commission, 602-635


Part III
Department of Education, 638


Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 640-645


Part V
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 648-649


Part VI
The President, 653
  
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                           3 CFR
Administrative Orders:
Notice of January 2, 1998..............................653

                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
890....................................................446

                           7 CFR
930....................................................399
Proposed Rules:
610....................................................446

                           9 CFR
94.....................................................406
96.....................................................406

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
303 (2 documents).....................................447,
                                                       449

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. II.................................................451

                          21 CFR
510....................................................408
520....................................................408
558....................................................408

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents).......................................409,
                                                       411
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................453

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
936....................................................454

                          38 CFR
3 (2 documents).......................................412,
                                                       413

                          40 CFR
51.....................................................414
52 (3 documents)......................................414,
                                                       415
60.....................................................414
61.....................................................414
68.....................................................640
180(2 documents)......................................416,
                                                       417
Proposed Rules:
52.....................................................456

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................460

                          48 CFR
53.....................................................648
1535...................................................418
1552...................................................418
Proposed Rules:
44.....................................................649

                          49 CFR
653....................................................418
654....................................................418

                          50 CFR
600....................................................419
622....................................................443
648....................................................444
660....................................................419
Proposed Rules:
648....................................................466