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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Spearmint oil produced in Far West, 8559-8562


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Army Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 8623-8626


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act:
    Mine shift atmospheric conditions; respirable dust sample; finding; 
            correction, 8739
Meetings:
    Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs Translation Advisory 
            Committee, 8650


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8650
State median income estimates for four-person families (1999 FY), 8650-
          8651


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See National Technical Information Service
See National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Commodity Exchange Act:
    Risk disclosure statements; distribution by futures commission 
            merchants and introducing brokers, 8566-8571
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8613-8614


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8614


Customs Service
NOTICES
Commercial laboratory accreditations:
    Approval--
        Columbia Inspection, Inc., 8737-8738


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Defense Logistics Agency
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 8614-8617
Travel per diem rates, civilian personnel; changes, 8618-8622


Defense Logistics Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Procurement technical assistance program, 8626-8627
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 8627-8628


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arnold, Samuel, D.D.S., 8687-8688


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 8690-8692


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Michigan, 8573-8577
Pesticide programs:
    Termite insecticide bait stations; child-resistant packaging 
            requirements; exemption from adult portion of testing 
            specifications, 8577-8578
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 8634-8635
        Weekly receipts, 8634
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    DowElanco et al., 8635-8644


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Federal sector equal employment opportunity:
    Complaint processing regulations; alternative dispute resolution 
            programs availability, etc., 8594-8606


Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class D airspace, 8562-8563
Class E airspace, 8563-8564
Jet routes, Federal airways, and reporting points, 8564-8566
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Burlington International Airport, VT, 8734


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    International settlement rate benchmarks, 8578

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Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Colorado, 8580-8581
    Indiana, 8580
    Kentucky, 8579, 8581
    Mississippi, 8579-8580
    Tennessee et al., 8578-8579
    Utah, 8579
    Washington, 8581
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Kentucky, 8606
NOTICES
Payment accepted from non-Federal sources; semiannual report, 8742-8782
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 8645


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Repurchase agreements of depository institutions with securities 
          dealers and others; policy statement, 8645-8649


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 8633
Hydroelectric applications, 8633-8634
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 8628
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 8628
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 8628-8629
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 8629
    Long Island Lighting Co., 8629
    MAC Power Marketing, L.L.C., 8629
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 8629-8630
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 8630
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 8630
    Paiute Pipeline Co., 8630-8631
    Questar Pipeline Co., 8631
    Southern Company Services, Inc., 8631
    Sumas International Pipeline Inc., 8631
    TCP Gathering Co., 8631-8632
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 8632
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 8632
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 8632-8633


Federal Highway Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation--
        Brake hoses used on commercial motor vehicles; meeting, 8606-
                8607


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8649


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    Atlas Assurance Co. of America; correction, 8738
    Great Lakes American Reinsurance Co., 8738


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 8657-8658
Marine mammals permit applications, 8658


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Sodium stearate, 8572-8573
Food additives:
    Polymers--
        Polyamide/polyether block copolymers, 8571-8572


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8688


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Malheur National Forest, OR, 8609


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Industry Advisory 
            Commission, 8649
    Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 8649-8650


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 8784-8824


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Immigration:
    Direct mail program; expansion, 8688-8689


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Export trade certificates of review, 8609-8610
Export Trading Company Affairs Office; Export Yellow Pages; 
          collaboration opportunity, 8610-8611


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 8659-8687


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

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NOTICES
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation:
    Mexico--
        Workers at ITAPSA export processing plant in Ciudad de los 
                Reyes; freedom of association issues, etc.; Submission 
                No. 9703 hearing, 8690


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Olinghouse Mine Project, NV, 8658-8659
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Colorado, 8659


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act:
    Mine shift atmospheric conditions; respirable dust sample; finding; 
            correction, 8739
    Significant and substantial; statutory phrase interpretation, 8692-
            8693
Respirable coal mine dust; standard noncompliance determinations; 
          correction, 8739


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee, 
            8694


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8694


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Research and development programs, 8734-8735
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Cosco, Inc., 8735-8736


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 8652
Meetings:
    National Human Genome Research Institute, 8653
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            8654
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 8653-8654
    National Institute of Mental Health, 8653
    Scientific Review Center special emphasis panels, 8654-8655
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Information Technology Center, 8656-8657


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Essential fish habitat, 8607-8608
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Whaling Commission, 8611-8612
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 8612
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 8612-8613


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 
            8694-8695
    Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 8695


National Technical Information Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Board, 8613


National Telecommunications and Information Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Internet names and addresses; technical management improvement, 8826-
          8833


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Florida Power & Light Co., 8695-8696
Meetings:
    Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel, 8696
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 8696-8697
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Northeast Utilities, 8697-8702
    Northern States Power Co., 8703-8710


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 8693


Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


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


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Telecommunications standards and specifications:
    Materials, equipment, and construction--
        Special equipment contract (including installation), 8582-8594


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations:
    Clearing agency registration applications--
        Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 8711-8723
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 8723-8725
    Depository Trust Co., 8725-8727
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 8727-8729
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 8729-8731
    Options Clearing Corp., 8731-8733
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Moreland Management Co., 8710-8711

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Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8733


State Justice Institute
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8733


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Cost recovery procedures--
        Productivity adjustment factor, 8736
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Pioneer Industrial Railway Co., 8736-8737
    Pioneer Railcorp, 8737


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 8733


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


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Fiscal Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Federasl Communications Commission, 8742-8782


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 8784-8824


Part IV
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
          Administration, 8826-8833
  
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                           7 CFR
985...................................................8559
Proposed Rules:
Ch. 1755..............................................8582

                          14 CFR
71 (3 documents).....................................8562,
                                                8563, 8564

                          15 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XXIII.............................................8826

                          17 CFR
1.....................................................8566
30....................................................8566
33....................................................8566
190...................................................8566

                          21 CFR
177...................................................8571
573...................................................8572

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1614..................................................8594

                          40 CFR
52....................................................8573
157...................................................8577

                          47 CFR
43....................................................8578
73 (8 documents).....................................8578,
                                          8579, 8580, 8581
Proposed Rules:
73....................................................8606

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
393...................................................8606

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
600...................................................8607