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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Exhibit Logistics Support Technical Review Committee, 4453-4454
    Health care quality and effectiveness research, etc.; 
            subcommittees, 4454


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Melons grown in Texas, 4366-4368
Raisins produced from grapes grown in California, 4368-4372


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4454-4455


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Child Support Enforcement Office, 4455-4457


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4428


Commerce Department
See Economic Development Administration
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4428-4429


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4432-4433


Congressional Budget Office
NOTICES
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-
          Rudman-Hollings):
    Sequestration preview report for 1999 FY; transmittal to Congress 
            and OMB, 4433


Customs Service
NOTICES
Country of origin marking:
    Mexico; PC cards, 4522-4523


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps


Economic Development Administration
NOTICES
Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:
    Dina, Inc., et al., 4429


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4433-4434
Meetings:
    President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
            Universities, 4434


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Central Valley, CA; Hamilton City pumping plant fish screen 
            improvement project, 4471


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Louisiana; correction, 4396-4397
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 4397-4398
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4445
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    Urban buses (1993 and earlier model years); retrofit/rebuild 
            requirements; equipment certification--
        Engine Control Systems Ltd., 4445-4448
Meetings:
    Ozone Transport Commission, 4448
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    True Temper Sports Facility Removal Action Site, OH, 4448-4449


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 4374-4376
Class D and Class E airspace, 4376-4379
Class E airspace, 4379-4393
Class E airspace; correction, 4529
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    British Aerospace, 4404-4406
    Fokker, 4406-4408


Federal Bureau of Investigation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4475

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Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Texas, 4398
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4449-4450


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Nursery crop; 1995 and prior crop years, 4399-4403


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Rulemaking petitions:
    Wheeling, John J., 4404


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Minnesota Power Co. et al., 4438-4442
    Western Energy Marketers, Inc., et al., 4442-4444
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Co., Inc., 4445
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 4434
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 4434-4435
    Montaup Electric Co., 4435
    Northeast Empire L.P. No. 2, 4435
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 4435-4436
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 4436
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 4436-4437
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 4437
    Trunkline Gas Co., 4437-4438
    Utility-Trade Corp., 4438
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 4438


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Boston Logistics, Inc., et al., 4450


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4450-4453
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 4453


Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
RULES
Thrift savings plan:
    Administrative errors correction, 4365-4366


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 4463-4464
Marine mammals permit applications, 4464-4465


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Interstim Sacral Nerve Stimulation System, 4457
Meetings:
    Microbiology Devices Panel et al., 4458
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 4458


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT, 4427-4428


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4465
Meetings:
    Water Information Advisory Committee, 4466


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4459
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4459


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
National practitioner data bank:
    User fee, etc., 4460


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Tribal consultation on Tribal trust fund accounts, 4466-4467


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See Reclamation Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Central Utah Water Conservancy District:
    Strawberry Water Users Association; contract negotiation, 4463


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Bad debts modifications and dealer assignments of notional 
            principal contracts, 4394-4396
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnership interests; adjustments following sales, 4408-4426


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Germany, 4429-4430
    Porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from--
        China, 4430-4431

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Justice Department
See Federal Bureau of Investigation
See National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4472-4473
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    American Recovery Co. et al., 4473-4474
    Ameritech Corp. et al., 4474
    Andover Water District, 4474
    University of Notre Dame Du Lac, 4474-4475


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


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    California, 4467
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Campbell County, WY; coalbed methane development projects, 4467-
            4468
    Molycorp Mountain Pass Mine, CA; 30-year expansion and waste 
            management plan, 4468-4470
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    New Mexico, 4470-4471


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4490-4491


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    California; crude oil produced offshore; marine transportation, 
            4471


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 4491-4492
Meetings:
    Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, 
            4492-4493
    Space Science Advisory Committee, 4493
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    SGL Carbon Composites, Inc., 4493-4494


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Organization and operations--
        Membership field overlaps and community chartering policy; 
                interpretive ruling and policy statement, 4372-4374


National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4475-4476


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 4460-4461
    National Center for Research Resources, 4461
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 4462
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            4462
    National Institute of Mental Health, 4462-4463
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 4461-4462
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            4462


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Atlantic shark; exempted fishing permits, 4431-4432
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 4464-4465


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    NSF2000 Steering Committee, 4494
Meetings:
    Engineering Advisory Committee, 4494
    Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel, 4494
    Information and Intelligent Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 4494-
            4495
    Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 4495
    Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 4495


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Philadelphia Electric Co., 4497-4498
Generic letters:
    Year 2000 readiness of computer systems at nuclear power plants, 
            4498-4501
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Envirocare of Utah, Inc., 4501
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. et al., 4495-4496
    Philadelphia Electric Co., 4496-4497


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Shipyard employment safety and health standards:
    Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
            Advisory Committee--
        Meetings, 4426


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
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
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4501-4502

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Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Central Valley, CA; Hamilton City pumping plant fish screen 
            improvement project, 4471


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 4506-4507
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 4507-4509
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 4509-4510
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 4510-4513
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 4513-4515
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 4517
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    American Century Capital Investment Management, Inc. et al., 4502-
            4504
    Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 4504-4506


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Florida, 4517
    Maine, 4517
    New York, 4518
    North Carolina, 4518
    Pennsylvania et al., 4518-4519
    Tennessee, 4519
Small business size standards; full table publication of four-digit 
          standard industrial classification code; correction, 4532-
          4552


State Department
RULES
Visas; immigrant documentation:
    Number of immigrant visas issued to immediate relatives; 
            requirement to factor number into annual worldwide 
            limitation on immigration, 4393-4394
    Religious workers; new special immigrant visa classification, 4394
NOTICES
Arms Export Control Act:
    Export licenses; Congressional notifications, 4519


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Alabama; correction, 4529
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4472


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Birmingham Southern Railroad Co., 4519-4520
    Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc., 4520-4521


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4521-4522


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 4523-4528


Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rural homeless veterans reintegration projects, 4476-4489
  
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Small Business Administration, 4532-4552
  
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                           5 CFR
1605..................................................4365

                           7 CFR
979...................................................4366
989...................................................4368
Proposed Rules:
406...................................................4399
457...................................................4399

                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.................................................4404

                          12 CFR
701...................................................4372

                          14 CFR
39....................................................4374
71 (18 documents)....................................4376,
    4379, 4380, 4381, 4383, 4384, 4385, 4386, 4387, 4388, 
                              4389, 4390, 4391, 4392, 4529
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)................................4404, 4406

                          22 CFR
42 (2 documents).....................................4393,
                                                      4394

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................4394
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................4408

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1915..................................................4426

                          30 CFR
901...................................................4529

                          40 CFR
52....................................................4396
300...................................................4397

                          47 CFR
73....................................................4398