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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Preventive Services Task Force, U.S.; membership nomination, 879-
            880


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Grapes grown in--
    California, 655-658


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Forest Service


Broadcasting Board of Governors
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 778


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Commodity Exchange Act:
    Eligible bunched orders, account identification, 695-707
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    New York Futures Exchange--
        NYSE small composite index; correction, 924


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Future contracting limitation, 691-692
    Outdated or unnecessary coverage; removal, 690-691
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    National low emission vehicle program; voluntary standards; State 
            commitments, 926-987
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Alabama, 674-676
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Missouri, 683-684
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Gamma aminobutyric acid, 676-679
    Glutamic acid, 679-682
Solid wastes:
    Beverage containers and resource recovery facilities; management 
            guidelines--
        Federal regulatory reform; CFR Parts removed; correction, 683
Toxic and hazardous substances:
    Health and safety data reporting rule--
        List additions, 684-685
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Aliphatic Ester, 686-687
        Benzidine-based chemical substances, 673-674
        Certain chemical substances, 685-686
Water pollution control:
    Ocean dumping; site designations--
        San Francisco, CA, 682-683
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Alabama, 714
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain provisions--
        Allowances for utility units in 1998; revision methodology, 
                714-770
NOTICES
Pesticide programs:
    Microbial products' composition amended via recombinant DNA 
            technology; amendment application; comment request, 844
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Gaynor Stafford Industries Site, CT, 845
    Reclaim Barrel Site, UT, 845-846
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        Portland Cement Site, UT, 844-845
Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):
    Gulf of Mexico; Eastern portion of Outer Continental Shelf, 846-877


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airmen certification:
    Robinson model R-22 or R-44 helicopters; pilots and certified 
            instructors special training and experience requirements, 
            660-666
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 658-660
Class E airspace; correction, 924
Standard instrument approach procedures, 666-667


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Formal complaints filed against common carriers; processing, 990-
            1042
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Competitive bidding procedures
        Spectrum auction program; minority-based and gender-based 
                designated entity provisions, etc., 770-777
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 878


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
State nonmember banks; independent external auditing programs; policy 
          statement rescission, 878-879

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 842-843
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Atlantic City Electric Co., 834-835
    Automated Power Exchange, Inc., 835
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 835
    Citizens Utilities Co., 835
    Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 835-836
    Encogen Hawaii, L.P., 836
    Enfield Energy Centre Limited, 836
    Enfield Operations L.L.C., 836
    Kansas City Power & Light Co., 836-837
    New England Power Pool, 837
    Northeast Empire Limited Partnership No. 2, 837-838
    Northeast Utilities Service Co., 838
    Northern Indiana Public Service Co., 838
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 838
    Northern States Power Co., 838-839
    Phelps Dodge Corp. et al., 839
    Portland General Electric Co., 839-840
    PSI Energy, Inc., 840
    Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 840-841
    Southern California Edison Co., 841
    Southern Company Services, Inc., 841
    Southern Energy Retail Trading and Marketing, Inc., 842
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 842
    Washington Water Power Co., 842


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Brother's Island Tuatara, 692-694


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    California, 778-779


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientists Committee, 778


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 885-886
Federal Geographic Data Committee:
    Government unit boundary data content standard; comment request, 
            886-887


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Medicare Part B services; application of inherent reasonableness, 
            687-690


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Immigration:
    Direct mail program; expansion, 891-893


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Indian tribes, acknowledgement of existence determinations, etc.:
    Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc., 888-889


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Qualified zone academy bonds, 671-673
PROPOSED RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; continuation coverage requirements, 708-712
Income taxes:
    Qualified zone academy bonds, 707-708


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Brass sheet and strip from--
        Canada, 779
    Cased pencils from--
        China, 779-781
    Cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from--
        Korea, 781-805
    Color television receivers from--
        Taiwan, 805-808
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products and cut-to-length 
            carbon steel plate from--
        Canada, 808
Countervailing duties:
    Stainless steel wire rod from--
        Italy, 809-827
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    City University of New York (CUNY), 808
    Cornell University, 808-809
    Princeton University et al., 809


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, 
            893


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Center for Scientific Review special emphasis panels, 880
    National Cancer Institute, 880-881
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 881-882
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 882
    National Institute of Dental Research, 882

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    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            883
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 882-883


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic tuna, 667-669
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands corals and reef associated 
            plants and invertebrates, 827-828
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Fishing industry research and development projects--
        Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Coastal States fisheries, 
                828-834
Meetings:
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 834
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 834


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 889


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Generic letters:
    Steam generator internals at foreign pressurized-water reactor 
            facilities; degradation, 896
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 896-897
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 893-896


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 897-899
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 899-900


Selective Service System
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 901


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Florida, 901-902
    Guam, 902
Small business size standards; full table four-digit standard 
          industrial classification code, 902-921


State Department
RULES
Visas; nonimmigrant documentation:
    Aliens, inadmissibility, nonimmigrants, passports, and visas; place 
            of application, 669-671


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 883-885


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Louisiana, 712-713
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 890
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 890-891


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Rutland Line, Inc., 922
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 923


Thrift Supervision Office
PROPOSED RULES
Capital distributions, 1044-1050
Capital distributions:
    Withdrawal, 1044


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 921-922


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 926-987


Part III
Federal Communications Commission, 990-1042


Part IV
Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1044-1050
  
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                           7 CFR
925....................................................655

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
563 (2 documents)......................................563
563b...................................................563

                          14 CFR
39.....................................................658
61.....................................................660
71.....................................................924
97.....................................................666

                          15 CFR
902....................................................667

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................695

                          22 CFR
40.....................................................669
41.....................................................669

                          26 CFR
1......................................................671
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................707
54.....................................................708

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
918....................................................712

                          40 CFR
9 (2 documents).......................................673,
                                                       926
52.....................................................674
85.....................................................926
86.....................................................926
180 (2 documents).....................................676,
                                                       679
228....................................................682
244....................................................683
245....................................................683
271....................................................683
712....................................................684
716....................................................684
721 (3 documents).....................................673,
                                                  685, 686
Proposed Rules:
52.....................................................714
73.....................................................714

                          42 CFR
405....................................................687

                          47 CFR
0......................................................990
1......................................................990
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................770
21.....................................................770
24.....................................................770
26.....................................................770
27.....................................................770
90.....................................................770
95.....................................................770

                          48 CFR
1505...................................................690
1514...................................................690
1537...................................................690
1548...................................................690
1552 (2 documents)....................................690,
                                                       691

                          50 CFR
17.....................................................692
285....................................................667