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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel, 9556


Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    New England et al.
        Correction, 9686-9688
    New England et al.; correction, 9689-9690


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Forest Service


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


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community Services Office; combined program annoucement (1998 FY), 
            9556-9561


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Florida, 9418
    North Carolina, 9418-9419
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Louisiana, 9463
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee, 9625-9626


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Credit Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Loan and purchase programs:
    Foreign markets for agricultural commodities; development 
            agreements, 9451-9453


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        Russian ruble; options and futures, 9507
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9507


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
RULES
Copyright arbitration royalty panels; arbitrator names list, 9419-9420


Education Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 9692-9693


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9578-9579


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    South Table Mountain Site, CO; pipeline right-of-way easement, 
            9507-9508
Meetings:
    Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 9508


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Arizona, 9423-9425
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Bensulfuron methyl, 9430-9435
    Kaolin, 9427-9430
    Norflurazon, 9425-9427
    Thiabendazole, 9435-9441
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Methylenebistrisubstituted aniline, etc.; withdrawn, 9442-9443
        Organotin lithium compound, 9449-9450
        Poly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha substituted-omega-hydroxy-, 
                C16-20 alkyl ethers, etc.; correction, 9441-9442
PROPOSED RULES
Civil penalties, compliance or corrective action order issuances and 
          permit revocation, termination or suspension; administrative 
          assesment:
    Technical admendments, 9464-9494
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Prometryn, 9494-9499
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9516-9517
Inventions, Government-owned; availability, 9517
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    DowElanco et al., 9519-9528
    Uniroyal Chemical Co., 9528-9532
    Valent U.S.A. Corp., 9532-9540
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Ecogen, Inc., 9517-9518
    FMC Corp., 9518-9519
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Lithographic printing industry pollution prevention and risk 
            reduction materials, 9540-9541

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Superfund program:
    Model CERCLA RD/RA consent decree, 9541-9544
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Premanufacture exemption approvals, 9544-9545
    Premanufacture notices receipts, 9712-9718
Water pollution control:
    Clean Water Act--
        Administrative penalty assessments; comments request, 9545-9546


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


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9503-9505


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 9408-9409
    Eurocopter France, 9403-9405
    Pratt & Whitney, 9405-9408
Class D airspace, 9409-9411
Class E airspace, 9411-9413
PROPOSED RULES
Class B and C airspace; correction, 9459-9461
Class E airspace, 9461-9463
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Jackson International Airport, MS, 9626-9627
    Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, MO, 9627
Transport category airplanes:
    Wake vortex characteristics evaluation; inclusion in type 
            certification process, 9627-9629


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Fixed microwave services--
        Local multipoint distribution service; 28 GHz and 31 GHz bands 
                use, 9443-9448


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Louisville Gas & Electric Co. et al., 9513-9515
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995:
    Covered Executive Branch officials, 9515
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CLECO Energy, L.L.C., 9508-9509
    CNG Transmission Corp., 9509
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, 9509
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 9509-9510
    Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 9510
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 9510
    Ocean Vista Power Generation, L.L.C. et al., 9511
    Overthrust Pipeline Co., 9511
    Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant Co., WA, 9511-9512
    Sithe Wyman LLC, 9512
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 9512
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 9513
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 9513


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 9546


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9579


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):
    Loan Application Register modification and technical changes to 
            regulation and reporting forms, 9453-9459
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 9546-9547
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 9547
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 9547
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9547


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Eye Research Associates, Inc. et al., 9547-9549
    Mesa County Physicians Independent Practice Association, Inc., 
            9549-9551
    PacifiCorp et al., 9551-9555


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Consensus standards; recognition and use, 9561-9569
    Medical device appeals and complaints; dispute resolution, 9569-
            9570
    Medical device industry, 9570-9571
    Medical devices; postmarked surveillance, 9571-9572


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Microbiological Criteria for Foods National Advisory Committee, 
            9502


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9502-9503


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Helena National Forest, MT; North Belts Travel Plan/Magpie-
            Confederate Vegetation Restoration Project, 9575-9576
Meetings:
    Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee et al., 9503


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Interagency Committee for Medical Records:
    Medical record-tissue examination (SF 515); form stocking change 
            and revision, 9555


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Grants:
    Departmental appeal procedures simplification, 9499-9500

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NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 9555
    Office of Facilities Services, 9555-9556


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Community development block grants:
    Hispanic-serving institutions work study program, 9682-9683
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9572-9573
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Section 8 rental certificate and rental voucher programs--
        Cost adjustment factors for low-income housing, 9573-9575


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Overseas Private Investment Corporation


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    CD-ROM controllers and products containing same, 9576-9577
    Salinomycin biomass and preparations containing same, 9577


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Future of DNA Evidence National Commission, 9578


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Butte District, Headwaters Resource Area; North Belts Travel Plan/
            Magpie-Confederate Vegetation Restoration Project, 9575-
            9576


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9579


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9579-9580


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic sea scallops and Atlantic salmon, 9500-9501
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. 
            Section Advisory Committee, 9505
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 9505-9507


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Light-water power reactors; criticality accident requirements; 
            withdrawn, 9402-9403
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9580-9581
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9581
Generic letters:
    Laboratory testing of nuclear-grade activated charcoal, 9581-9589
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 9589-9618


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


Overseas Private Investment Corporation
NOTICES
Environmental Handbook; current environmental policies and procedures; 
          publication and electronic access, 9696-9709


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Retirement, health benefits, and life insurance, Federal employees:
    Decennial census employees with dual appointments; continuity of 
            coverage requirements; exemption, 9401-9402


Postal Service
RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Global package link (GPL) service--
        Japan; maximum size and weight limits increase, 9420-9423


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. contribution 
          (Presidential Determination No. 98-14), 9399


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration


Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board, 9629

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Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Form BD amendments, 9413-9417
    Offshore offers and sales, 9632-9647
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Publication or submission of quotations without specified 
            information, 9661-9680
    Registration of offerings to consultants and advisors, 9648-9661
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 9620-9621
    Delta Clearing Corp., 9621-9622
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 9622-9623
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Complete Management, Inc., 9618-9619
    Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, 9619
    Rigel Energy Corp., 9619-9620


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Industry Sector Advisory Committees--
        Electronics and Instrumentation, 9624


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
RULES
Economic regulations:
    Passenger manifest information
        Correction, 9413
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 9624-9625


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Capital Budgeting Study Commission, 9629


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, 9629
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 9632-9680


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 9682-9683


Part IV
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketting Service, 9686-9690


Part V
Department of Education, 9692-9693


Part VI
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Agency, 9696-9709


Part VII
Environmental Protection Agency, 9712-9718
  
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                           3 CFR
Presidential Determinations:
No. 98-14 of February 9, 1998.........................9399

                           5 CFR
831...................................................9401
842...................................................9401
870...................................................9401
890...................................................9401

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1000(2 documents)....................................9686,
                                                      9689
1001..................................................9689
1002..................................................9689
1004..................................................9689
1005..................................................9689
1006..................................................9689
1007..................................................9689
1012..................................................9689
1013..................................................9689
1030..................................................9689
1032..................................................9689
1033..................................................9689
1036..................................................9689
1040..................................................9689
1044..................................................9689
1046..................................................9689
1049..................................................9689
1050..................................................9689
1064..................................................9689
1065..................................................9689
1068..................................................9689
1076..................................................9689
1079..................................................9689
1106..................................................9689
1124..................................................9689
1126..................................................9689
1131..................................................9689
1134..................................................9689
1135..................................................9689
1137..................................................9689
1138..................................................9689
1139..................................................9689
1485..................................................9451

                          10 CFR
50....................................................9402
70....................................................9402

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
203...................................................9453

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents).....................................9403,
                                                9405, 9408
71 (4 documents).....................................9409,
                                                9411, 9412
243...................................................9413
Proposed Rules:
71 (3 documents).....................................9459,
                                                9461, 9462

                          17 CFR
230...................................................9632
249 (2 documents)....................................9413,
                                                      9632
Proposed Rules:
228...................................................9648
229...................................................9648
230...................................................9648
239...................................................9648
240...................................................9661

                          24 CFR
570...................................................9682

                          33 CFR
117 (2 documents).....................................9418
Proposed Rules:
117...................................................9463

                          37 CFR
251...................................................9419

                          39 CFR
20....................................................9420

                          40 CFR
52....................................................9423
180 (4 documents)....................................9425,
                                          9427, 9430, 9435
721 (3 documents)....................................9441,
                                                9442, 9449
Proposed Rules:
22....................................................9464
59....................................................9464
180...................................................9494

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
50....................................................9499

                          47 CFR
101...................................................9443

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
648...................................................9500