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Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Central and Eastern Europe and New Independent States of former 
            Soviet Union; market-oriented solutions to environmental 
            problems promotion program, 3920-3921


Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information order; 
          referendum order, 3848-3849


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Farm Service Agency
See Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Livestock markets; handling of reactors, 3849-3851
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Karnal bunt disease--
        Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 3844-3848


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 3922


Army Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Meetings:
    U.S. Military Academy, Board of Visitors, 3884


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Pollution:
    Marine transportation-related facilities and tank vessels; capacity 
            increases review, 3861-3862


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Tree assistance program; CFR part removed, 3791-3792


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Settlement agreements:
    COA, Inc., 3882-3883


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Engineers Corps
See Navy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Electronic data interchange transactions; shipment evidence, 4074
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3884


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Rehabilitation engineering research centers program, 4148-4150


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Atomic energy agreements; subsequent arrangements; correction, 3884-
          3885


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    San Gabriel Canyon, CA; sediment management plan, 3884


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    New nonroad spark-ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts; phase 
            2 emission standards, 3950-4036
Radiation protection programs:
    Spent nuclear fuel, high-level and transuranic radioactive wastes 
            management and disposal; waste isolation pilot plant 
            compliance--
        Air drilling during petroleum exploration; analysis 
                availability, 3863
NOTICES
Clean Water Act:
    Pennsylvania; continuing planning process, 3890
Meetings:
    Drinking water issues--
        Arsenic; national primary drinking water regulation; 
                stakeholders, 3890-3891


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Tree assistance program; implementation, 3791-3792


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 3809-3811

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PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    McDonnell Douglas, 3852-3854
Class E airspace, 3854-3860
NOTICES
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 3944


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Universal service support mechanisms; payment of quarterly 
                contributions in equal monthly installments, 3830-3832
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Colorado, 3832-3833
    Florida, 3834-3835
    Mississippi, 3833
    New York, 3832
    Texas, 3833-3834
    Wisconsin, 3832, 3834
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Satellite notifications; registration and processing cost recovery, 
            3891-3892
    Universal service contribution factors, 3892-3894
Meetings:
    1999/2000 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC 99) Advisory 
            Committee, 3894
    North American Numbering Council, 3894-3895
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3895


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Contribution and expenditure limitations and prohibitions:
    Corporate and labor organizations--
        Membership association member; definition; correction, 3851-
                3852
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 3895-3896


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 3889-3890
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Aurora Power Resources, Inc., 3885
    CNG Transmission Corp., 3885
    Consumers Energy Co., 3885-3886
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 3886
    Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, L.L.C., 3886
    Granite State Gas Transmission Inc., 3886
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., 3886-3887
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 3887
    Millennium Energy Corp., 3887-3888
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 3888
    South Georgia Natural Gas Co., 3888
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp. et al., 3888-3889


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Speed limit enforcement certification:
    National maximum speed limit compliance program; CFR part removed, 
            3811-3812


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Securities credit transactions:
    OTC margin stocks and foreign stocks lists (Regulations G, T, U, 
            and X), 3804-3809
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 3896
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 3896-3897
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 3897
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3897
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Capital and accounting standards; differences among Federal banking 
            and thrift agencies; report to congressional committees, 
            3897-3901


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    San Bernardino kangaroo rat, 3835-3843
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    San Bernardino kangaroo rat, 3877-3878
    Willamette daisy, Fender's Blue butterfly, and Kincaid's lupine, 
            3863-3877
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3908-3909
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 3909-3911


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3902-3903
Human drugs:
    Drug products discontinued from sale for reasons other than safety 
            or effectiveness--
        Minocycline hydrochloride tablets, 3903-3904
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Periogard Periodontal Tissue Monitor, 3904
    VENTAK AV AICD Models 1810/1815 Automatic Implantable Cardioverter 
            Defibrillator, 3905
Meetings:
    Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee, 3905-3906
    Food Advisory Committee, 3906
    Health professional organizations representatives, 3906-3907
    Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee, 3907
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Veterinary medicinal products; analytical procedures validation; 
            definition and terminology and methodology; industry 
            guidance, 3907-3908


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3922


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, 3879


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Electronic data interchange transactions; shipment evidence, 4074

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NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3884


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3901-3902
Federal claims; interest rates on overdue debts, 3902
Meetings:
    Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 3902


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 3890


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Public and Indian housing:
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Rental voucher, rental certificate, and moderate rehabilitation 
                programs; administrative fees; annual factors, 4090-
                4146
    Native American housing block grant program; transition 
            requirements, 4076-4087


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Spouses and unmarried minor children of refugees/asylees; 
            procedures for filing derivative petitions, 3792-3803


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign tax credit claims of U.S. taxpayers; filing requirements, 
            3812-3813
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3946-3947


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
See Justice Programs Office
See National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Abbott Laboratories et al., 3921
    Chester (PA) Residents Concerned for Quality Living et al., 3921
    Young Refining Co., 3921-3922


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3922-3923
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Federal justice statistics program; continuation, 3923-3925


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area, NM; oil and gas development, 3911
Management framework plans, etc.:
    Utah, 3911-3912
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Eastern Washington, 3912


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Cost-effectiveness analysis of Federal programs; discount rates 
          (Circular A-94), 3932-3933


Maritime Administration
RULES
U.S.-flag commercial vessels:
    Carriage of bulk and packaged preference cargoes; fair and 
            reasonable guideline rates determination; procedures and 
            methodology, 3819-3830


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 3912-3913


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Electronic data interchange transactions; shipment evidence, 4074
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3884


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities Panel, 3926


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Speed limit enforcement certification:
    National maximum speed limit compliance program; CFR part removed, 
            3811-3812


National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Drug court evaluation II program, 3925-3926

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    State programs--
        Intent to evaluate performance, 3879-3880
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Individual fishing quotas; public hearings, 3880
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3880
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 3880-3882


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    White House Preservation Committee, 3913


Navy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Personnel:
    Employee conduct standards and reporting procedures on defense 
            related employment; CFR parts removed, 3860-3861


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Northern States Power Co., 3929-3932
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3932
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 3926-3928
    Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 3928-3929
    Westinghouse Electric Corp., 3929


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Construction safety and health standards:
    Scaffolds; effective date and reporting and recordkeeping 
            requirements, 3813-3814


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    MBNA America Bank, National Association et al., 4038-4071


Postal Service
RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Global priority mail; expansion, 3814-3819


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Contract negotiations:
    Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly status report, 
            3913-3920


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 3938-3940
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 3940-3941
    Depository Trust Co., 3941-3942
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 3942-3944
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Daily Money Fund et al., 3933-3938


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 3944
    GRC Holdings Corp., 3945
    Missouri Central Railroad Co., 3945


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Harbor Financial, M.H.C., 3947
    Heritage Federal Savings & Loan Association, 3947
    SouthBanc Shares, M.H.C., 3947


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Assistant Secretary (Financial Markets), 3945-3946
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 3950-4036


Part III
Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, 4038-
          4071


Part IV
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 4074


Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 4076-4087


Part VI
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 4090-4146


Part VII
Department of Education, 4148-4150

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                           7 CFR
783...................................................3791
1478..................................................3791
Proposed Rules:
319...................................................3844
1209..................................................3848

                           8 CFR
207...................................................3792
208...................................................3792
299...................................................3792

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
71....................................................3849

                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
114...................................................3851

                          12 CFR
207...................................................3804
220...................................................3804
221...................................................3804
224...................................................3804

                          14 CFR
39....................................................3809
Proposed Rules:
39....................................................3852
71 (6 documents).....................................3854,
                              3855, 3856, 3857, 3858, 3859

                          23 CFR
1260..................................................3811

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................3812

                          29 CFR
1926..................................................3813

                          32 CFR
Proposed Rules:
721...................................................3860
722...................................................3860

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
154...................................................3861
155...................................................3861

                          39 CFR
20....................................................3814

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
90....................................................3950
194...................................................3863

                          46 CFR
382...................................................3819

                          47 CFR
54....................................................3830
73 (7 documents).....................................3832,
                                                3833, 3834

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
52....................................................4074

                          50 CFR
17....................................................3835
Proposed Rules:
17 (2 documents)................................3863, 3877