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Agriculture Department
See Food and Consumer Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9776-9777


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9779-9780


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    North Dakota, 9778
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9778


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Vessels; inspected passenger and small passenger vessels; emergency 
          response plans, 9916-9920


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9900-9904


Customs Service
NOTICES
Customs bonds:
    Authorized facsimile signatures and seal; approvals to use, 9904-
            9905
IRS interest rate used in calculating interest on overdue accounts and 
          refunds, 9905


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9779


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Suspicious Orders Task Force, 9861


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9780


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information 
            Dissemination Program, 9780-9781
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Fernald Site, 9781
        Kirtland Area Office (Sandia), 9781-9782
        Los Alamos National Laboratory, 9782


Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9791-9792
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    U.S. Representative to North American Commission on Environmental 
            Cooperation--
        Governmental Advisory Committee, 9792-9793
        National Advisory Committee, 9792
Meetings:
    Science Advisory Board, 9914


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    AlliedSignal Inc., 9732-9734
    Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH, 9734-9736
    Pratt & Whitney, 9730-9732
Class D and Class E airspace; correction, 9912
PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Commercial passenger-carrying operations in single-engine aircraft; 
            gyroscopic instrumentation redundant power; instrument 
            flight rule clarification
        Correction, 9912
NOTICES
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 9896-9897


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Computer III further remand proceedings; Bell Operating Co. 
            enhanced services provision; safeguards and requirements 
            review, 9749-9770
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 9793
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 9793


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9900-9904


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9793-9794

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    CNG Transmission Corp. et al., 9788-9790
Hydroelectric applications, 9790
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 9782
    Atlantic City Electric Co. et al., 9782
    Cinergy Services, Inc., 9783
    CNG Transmission Corp., 9783-9784
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 9784
    Fitchburg Gas and Electric Co., 9784
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 9784-9785
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 9785
    Montaup Electric Co., 9786
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 9786
    Questar Pipeline Co., 9786
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 9786-9787
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 9787
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 9787-9788
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 9788


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9900-9904


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Complex, AK, 
            9855-9856


Food and Consumer Service
RULES
Child nutrition programs:
    Child and adult care food program--
        Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 et al.; 
                implementation, 9721-9730


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee et al., 9794
    Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, 9794-
            9795
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 9795
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Good guidance practices; development, issuance, and use; policies 
            and procedures; list, 9795-9843


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Food security; U.S. action plan development
        Public briefing, 9777


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9856-9857


Health and Human Services Department
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, 9843-9845
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9845-9846


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Mortgage aand loan insurance programs:
    Lending institutions and mortgages approval; Federal regulatory 
            reform
        Correction, 9742


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Irrigation projects; operation and maintenance charges:
    San Carlos Irrigation Project, AZ, 9857


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9905-9908


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Overseas Private Investment Corporation


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration


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


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9857-9858
Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:
    Loon Lake Recreation Area, OR, 9858
Closure of public lands:
    Clark County, NV; occupancy and camping, 9858-9859
    Clark County, NV; shooting, 9859
    Las Vegas Valley, NV; off-highway vehicles, 9859-9860
    Montana, 9860
Survey plat filings:
    Missouri, 9860


Mississippi River Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9870


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee, 9870

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Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    TekQuest, Inc., 9870


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 9897


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Live attenuated dengue viruses for use as vaccines in humans; 
            development project, 9846
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 9846-9847
    National Center for Research Resources, 9847
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 9848
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 9848
    National Institute of Mental Health, 9849
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            9848-9849
    Scientific Review Center special emphasis panels, 9849-9851


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pollock, 9745-9746
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 9771-9775


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Tonto National Forest, AZ; inventory; correction, 9912


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Computer and Computation Research Special Emphasis Panel, 9871
    Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 9871
    Experimental Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research Special 
            Emphasis Panel, 9871
    Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 9871
    Human Resource Development Special Emphasis Panel, 9871-9872


Navy Department
RULES
Navigation, COLREGS compliance exemptions:
    USS Bonhomme Richard, 9742-9744
    USS Denver, 9744-9745


Northeast Dairy Compact Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 9872


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 9872
    IES Utilities Inc. et al., 9872-9874, 9874-9875


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 
            9861-9862
Meetings:
    Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 9862


Overseas Private Investment Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9861


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:
    SmartRetirement:The OLDE 401 (k) Plan, 9862-9870


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Armed Forces; ordering the Selected Reserve to active duty (EO 13076), 
          9719
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulations; continuation of 
          emergency (Notice of February 25, 1998), 9923


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9876
Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise 
          tax, 9876


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9777-9778


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Public utility and nonutility subsidiary companies of registered 
            public utility holding companies; exemption of issuance and 
            sale, 9736-9742
NOTICES
Foreign issuers:
    Information submitted under exemption to certain foreign 
            securities, 9879-9893
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 9893-9895
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 9895-9896
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Franklin Floating Rate Trust et al., 9876-9877
    Van Kampen American Capital Distributors, Inc. et al., 9877-9879

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Conference grants and HIV/AIDS cost study, 9851-9854
Meetings:
    SAMHSA Special Emphasis Panel II, 9855
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 9854-9855


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Arkansas, 9747-9749


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9896


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9897-9900


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    International visitors; multi-regional groups project development, 
            9908-9911


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Future of Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 9911
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 9914


Part III
Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, 9916-9920


Part IV
The President, 9923
  
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                           3 CFR
Executive Orders:
13076.................................................9719
Presidential Documents:
Notice of February 25, 1998...........................9923

                           7 CFR
Ch. II................................................9721
226...................................................9721

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents).....................................9730,
                                                9732, 9734
71....................................................9912
Proposed Rules:
135...................................................9912

                          17 CFR
250...................................................9736

                          24 CFR
30....................................................9742
202...................................................9742

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
904...................................................9747

                          32 CFR
706 (2 documents)....................................9742,
                                                      9744

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.................................................9916

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
51....................................................9749
53....................................................9749
64....................................................9749

                          50 CFR
679...................................................9745
Proposed Rules:
648...................................................9771