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Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Cherries (tart) grown in--
    Michigan et al., 3048-3052


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Animal welfare:
    Dogs and cats, humane treatment; wire flooring in primary 
            enclosures, 3017-3023
Animal Welfare Act:
    Pocket pets; handling, care, and treatment at retail pet stores, 
            3017


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3133-3134
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Occupational safety and health--
        Childhood agricultural safety and health research, 3134-3138
    Pfiesteria-related illness surveillance and prevention, 3138-3141


Coast Guard
RULES
Regattas and marine parades:
    Laughlin Aquamoto Sports Challenge and Expo, 3036-3037
PROPOSED RULES
Merchant marine officers and seamen:
    Towing vessels; manning and licensing requirements for officers, 
            3070


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Egypt, 3094-3095
    Turkey; correction, 3095


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3182-3184


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3095-3096


Defense Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3096
Meetings:
    Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel, 3096


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3096-3097
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Disability and rehabilitation research project and centers 
                program, 3240


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tritium production using one or more commercial light water 
            reactors, 3097-3099
Natural gas exportation and importation:
    TPC Corp. et al., 3099-3100


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Electric distribution transformers; test procedures; workshop, 
            3053-3054


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Missouri, 3037-3039
PROPOSED RULES
Pesticide programs:
    Canceled pesticide active ingredients tolerance requirement; 
            tolerances and exemptions revoked, 3057-3060
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 3061-3063
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        California; correction, 3186
Meetings:
    Hazardous air pollutants test rule; enforceable consent agreements 
            development--
        Diethanolamine, 3109-3111
        Ethylene glycol, 3111-3113


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents

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Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3082-3084


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    CFM International, 3031-3032
Airworthiness standards:
    Special conditions--
        Ilyushin Aviation Complex model II-96T airplane, 3023-3030
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    AlliedSignal Inc., 3056-3057
    Stemme GmbH & Co., 3054-3056
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 3178-3179
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 3179
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Bismarck Municipal Airport, ND, 3179-3180
    Chicago O'Hare International Airport, IL, 3180-3181
Technical standard orders:
    Aircraft portable megaphones, 3181
    Emergency evacuation slides, ramps, and slide/raft combinations, 
            3181-3182


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio services, special:
    Fixed microwave services--
        Transfer of license owned by small business to non-small 
                business or small business eligible for smaller bidding 
                credit; partitioning and disaggregation, 3075-3077
Television broadcasting:
    Closed captioning of video programming; accessibility of televised 
            emergency information to persons with hearing disabilities, 
            3070-3075
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3113-3114
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 3114


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3182-3184
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Whitney Bank & Trust, 3114-3115


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Alabama et al., 3039-3047
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Alabama et al., 3063-3069


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3100
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Florida Power & Light Co. et al., 3102-3105
    Jersey Central Power & Light Co. et al., 3105-3106
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Alliance Pipeline L.P., 3106-3107
    Vector Pipeline L.P., 3107-3109
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Green Mountain Power Corp., 3101
    Millennium Power Partners, L.P., 3101
    Nevada Power Co., 3101
    Union Electric Co., 3101
    Western Resources, Inc., 3102
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 3102


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3115


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 3115-3120


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3182-3184
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3120-3121
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 3122
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 3122
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 3122
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3122-3123


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 3123-3127
Prohibited trade practices:
    Berg, Howard S., 3127-3128
    Callahan, Roger J., 3128
    Eller, Jeanie, 3128-3129
    Mega Systems International, Inc. et al., 3129-3131
    Tru-Vantage International, L.L.C., 3131


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    Atlas Assurance Co. of America, 3184


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Kern County, CA; desert tortoise, etc., 3152-3153
        Texas et al.; red-cockaded woodpecker, 3151-3152


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3141-3142
Medical devices:
    Class II (special controls) devices; exemptions from premarket 
            notification; list, 3142-3145
Meetings:
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 3145

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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Human plasma-derived biological products, etc.; chemistry, 
            manufacturing and controls and establishment description 
            information submission, 3145-3146
    New FDA tobacco regulations; frequently asked questions; draft 
            guidance, 3146-3147


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    California, 3084
    North Carolina
        Rike Industries, Inc.; in-line skates assembly facility, 3085


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, CO, 3078-3080


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3131-3132


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 3132-3133


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Health education assistance loan (HEAL) program:
    Defaulted borrowers; list, 3188-3211


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act:
    Escrow accounting procedures, 3214-3238
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3148-3149


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:
    Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California, 3154


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See National Park Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Tribal self-governance program--
        Negotiation and advanced planning (FY 1998), 3150-3151
        Participation applications deadline (1999 FY or 1999 CY), 3149-
                3150
Meetings:
    Alaska Land Managers Forum, 3151


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Cafeteria plans; tax treatment; correction, 3186
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Sales of obligation between interest payment dates; witholding on 
            interest; hearing cancellation, 3057
Procedure and administration:
    Agreements for tax liability payment in installments; correction, 
            3186
    Unauthorized collection actions; civil cause of action; correction, 
            3186
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3184-3185


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Magnesium, pure, from--
        China, 3085-3092


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Executive Office for Immigration Review:
    Aliens who are nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador and Soviet bloc 
            countries; deportation suspension and removal cancellation; 
            motion to reopen, 3154-3155


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Program plans (FY 1998), 3155


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary


National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3080-3081


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3174


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Center for Scientific Review special emphasis panels, 3147
    Human Genome Research National Advisory Council, 3147
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 3148
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 3148
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 3147-3148


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        California; correction, 3186

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Meetings:
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3092-3093
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 3093-3094


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission, 3154


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Rulemaking petitions:
    Crane, Peter G., 3052-3053
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 3174-3175
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., 3174


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3155-3157


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 7064), 3245-3246
    Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 7063), 3243-3244


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


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


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 3081-3082


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Covered securities under section 18 of Securities Act of 1933, 
            3032-3036
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Growth Stock Portfolio et al., 3175-3178


Statistical Reporting Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service


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


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3182-3184


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Capital Budgeting Study Commission, 3182


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions:
    Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary; correction, 
            3185


Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Homeless veterans reintegration projects, 3157-3173
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
          Administration, 3188-3211


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 3214-3238


Part IV
Department of Education, 3240


Part V
The President, 3243-3246
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7063..................................................3243
7064..................................................3245

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
930...................................................3048

                           9 CFR
1.....................................................3017
2.....................................................3017
3 (2 documents).......................................3017

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
50....................................................3052
430...................................................3053

                          14 CFR
25....................................................3023
39....................................................3031
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents).....................................3054,
                                                      3056

                          17 CFR
230...................................................3032

                          24 CFR
3500..................................................3214

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................3186
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................3057
301 (2 documents).....................................3186

                          33 CFR
100...................................................3036

                          40 CFR
52....................................................3037
Proposed Rules:
180...................................................3057
185...................................................3057
186...................................................3057
300...................................................3061

                          44 CFR
65 (2 documents).....................................3039,
                                                      3041
67....................................................3044
Proposed Rules:
67....................................................3063

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
10....................................................3070
15....................................................3070

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
79....................................................3070
101...................................................3075