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Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5965


Agricultural Marketing Service
NOTICES
Beef promotion and research:
    Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board; certification and 
            nomination, 5925-5926
Meetings:
    Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee, 5926-5927


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5925


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        McClellan Air Force Base, CA, 5932


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Allied Van Lines, Inc., et al., 5967-5968
National cooperative research notifications:
    Caterpillar Inc., 5968
    CommerceNet Consortium, 5968-5969
    Fastcast Consortium, 5969
    Interconnection Technology Research Institute, 5969
    National Elevator Industry, Inc., 5969-5970
    National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols Solutions 
            for Manufacturing-Adaptable Replicable Technology, 5970-
            5971
    SCM Fiber L.L.C., 5971


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Savannah River Site environmental dose reconstruction project; 
            workshops, 5951
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Review of NIOSH report to Congress on workers' home contamination 
            study under Workers' Family Protection Act; comment 
            request, 5952-5957


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


Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Meetings, 5931


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, 5931
    Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, 5931


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5932-5933


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Kirtland Area Office (Sandia), 5933


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Ambient air quality standards, national--
        Particulate matter, 6032-6037
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Methyl bromide emissions; control through use of tarps, 6008-
                6010
Air programs; State authority delegations:
    New Mexico, 5891-5892
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Methyl bromide emissions; control through use of tarps, 5906-
                5907
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Ferbam, etc., 5907-5915
Toxic substances:
    Testing requirements--
        Biphenyl, etc.; clarification, 5915-5918
Water programs:
    Underground injection control program; Class V injection wells; 
            stakeholders meeting, 5907
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5947-5949
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Safe Drinking Water Act; guidance for States on implementing 
            capacity development provisions, 6018-6029


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents

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Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5928
Meetings:
    Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee, 5928


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 5878-5879
    Cessna, 5879-5881
    Dornier, 5875-5876
    EXTRA Flugzeugbau GmbH, 5881-5882
    Fokker, 5873-5875
    Short Brothers, 5876-5878
Class B airspace; correction, 6001
IFR altitudes, 5882-5886
Standard instrument approach procedures, 5886-5887
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospatiale, 5900-5902
    Alexander Schleicher, 5904-5905
    Saab, 5902-5903
    SOCATA-Groupe AEROSPATIALE, 5898-5900
NOTICES
Acquisition Management System:
    Procurement contracts and screening information requests; changes 
            6, 7, and 8 of standard clauses; availability, 5994


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5949-5950
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 5950


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5950


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Disaster assistance:
    Damaged facilities restoration, 5895-5897


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5933-5934
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Northrop Grumman Corp. et al., 5940-5943
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C., 5943
Hydroelectric applications, 5944
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS) and conduct 
            standards; industry report on future of OASIS, 5944-5945
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CNG Transmission Corp., 5934
    Enserch Energy Services, Inc., 5934-5935
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 5935
    KN Wattenberg Transmission L.L.C., 5935-5936
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 5936
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 5936, 5937
    Northern Indiana Public Service Co., 5937
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 5937-5938
    Southern Company Services, Inc., 5938
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 5938-5939
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 5939
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 5939
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 5939-5940
    Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd., 5940


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Suffolk County, NY, 5994


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 5950-5951
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Leader Mutual Freight System Inc. et al., 5951


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fine Arts Commission
See Commission of Fine Arts


Fiscal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Financial management services:
    Automated Clearing House; Federal Government participation
        Correction, 6001


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 5963
Marine mammals permit applications, 5963


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 5957
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Section 507 repeal; guidance 
            and clarification for reviewers, 5957-5958


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Microbiological Criteria for Foods National Advisory Committee, 
            5927
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Equivalence criteria; Codex Alimentarius Commission discussion 
            paper, 5927


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Oklahoma, 5929


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal property management:
    Utilization and disposal--
        Personal property replacement pursuant to exchange/sale 
                authority, 5892-5895

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Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5958


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Decisions and orders, 5945-5947


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Lead-based paint hazard control program, 5962


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Watches and watch movements:
    Allocation of duty exemptions--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana 
                Islands, 5887-5888
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Water Policy Review Commission, 5962-5963


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
RULES
Watches and watch movements:
    Allocation of duty exemptions--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana 
                Islands, 5887-5888
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Stainless steel wire rods from--
        India, 5930-5931
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 5929-5930


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Fresh Atlantic salmon from--
        Chile, 5965-5967


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Alcas Cutlery Corp. et al., 5967
    Rockford, IL, 5967


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


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Jack Morrow Hills Area, WY; coordinated activity plan, 5963-5964
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Upper Snake River Districts, 5964
Survey plat filings:
    Wyoming, 5964-5965
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Oregon; correction, 5965


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act:
    Significant and substantial; statutory phrase interpretation, 6012-
            6015
Safety standard petitions:
    H.D.F., Inc., et al., 5971-5972


National Communications System
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Telecommunications Service Priority System Oversight Committee, 
            5972


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Organization and operations:
    Board meetings; scheduling and subject matter, 5859
PROPOSED RULES
Credit unions:
    Mergers or conversions of federally-insured credit unions--
        Plain English disclosure statement, 5898
        Voluntary termination or conversion of insured status; 
                disclosure forms amended, 5898


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Universal design exemplars program, 5972-5973


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 5958-5959
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 5959
    National Institute of Dental Research, 5960
    National Institute of Mental Health, 5960
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5959-5960
    Scientific Review Center special emphasis panels, 5960-5961


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; hearings, 6004-6005


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Philadelphia Electric Co., 5973-5974

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Safety and health standards:
    Tuberculosis; occupational exposure
        Meetings, 5905-5906


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Committees; establishment
    White House Millennium Council (EO 13072), 6041-6043


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Hazardous liquid transportation--
        Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure 
                testing; risk-based alternative, 5918-5924
    Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards--
        National Fire Protection Association standard for production, 
                storage, and handling of liquefied natural gas; 
                meeting, 5918


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Deregistration applications--
        Value Line Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc., et al., 5982
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 5982-5985
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 5985-5986
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 5986-5987
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Public utility holding company filings, 5974-5976
    Sessions Group et al., 5976-5978
    Virtus Funds et al., 5978-5979
    Weiss, Peck, & Greer Funds Trust et al., 5979-5981


Small Business Administration
RULES
Small business investment companies:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 5859-5873


State Department
NOTICES
Arms Export Control Act:
    Export licenses; Congressional notifications, 5987-5993


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5961-5962
Meetings:
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 5962


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Virginia, 5888-5891


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Turners Island, LLC, et al., 5994-5995


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Creative arts exchange program, 5995-5998
    Summer institute for educators from South Africa and Namibia, 5998-
            6000
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraton, 
          6004-6005


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 6008-6010


Part IV
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 6012-6015


Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 6018-6029


Part VI
Environmental Protection Agency, 6032-6037


Part VII
The President, 6041-6043
  
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                          12 CFR
791...................................................5859
Proposed Rules:
708 (2 documents).....................................5898

                          13 CFR
107...................................................5859

                          14 CFR
39 (6 documents).....................................5873,
                              5875, 5876, 5878, 5879, 5881
71....................................................6001
95....................................................5882
97....................................................5886
Proposed Rules:
39 (4 documents).....................................5898,
                                          5900, 5902, 5904

                          15 CFR
303...................................................5887

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1910..................................................5905

                          30 CFR
946...................................................5888

                          31 CFR
Proposed Rules:
210...................................................6001

                          40 CFR
50....................................................6032
60....................................................5891
61....................................................5891
82....................................................6008
Proposed Rules:
82....................................................5906
144...................................................5907
146...................................................5907
180...................................................5907
186...................................................5907
799...................................................5915

                          41 CFR
101-46................................................5892

                          44 CFR
206...................................................5895

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
193...................................................5918
195...................................................5918

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
622...................................................6004