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Administration on Aging
See Aging Administration


Aging Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National system of legal assistance supporting elder rights 
            activities, 10917-10918


Agriculture Department
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10862
Meetings:
    Air University Board of Visitors, 10863


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Norsk Hydro USA Inc. et al., 10939-10944


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


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review 
          determinations; availability, etc.:
    Columbia River Basin, OR and WA; select area fisheries evaluation 
            project, 10865


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 10918
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10918-10919


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Washington, 10777
Passenger vessels:
    Hull examination alternatives; policy, 10777-10778


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10819-10822


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Merger proposals--
        Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. and New York Cotton 
                Exchange, 10861-10862


Customs Service
RULES
Drawback; manufacturing, unused merchandise, etc., 10970-11072


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Progress payments, 11074-11075


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc., 10944-10945
    MD Pharmaceutical, Inc., 10945
    Noramco of Delaware, Inc., 10945-10946


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10863
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10863-10864
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Technology innovation challenge program, 11078-11082
Meetings:
    Federal Interagency Coordinating Council, 10864-10865


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Halon blends manufacture, intentional release of halon, 
                technician training and disposal of halon and halon-
                containing equipment, 11084-11097
PROPOSED RULES
Water pollution control:
    Water quality standards--
        Alabama, 10799-10816
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10870-10874
Clean Air Act:
    Citizens suits; proposed settlements--
        Northeastern States; ozone transport in eastern United States, 
                10874-10875
Meetings:
    Environmental Policy and Technology National Advisory Council, 
            10875-10876

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class D and Class E airspace, 10758-10760
Standard instrument approach procedures, 10760-10765
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter France, 10783-10785
NOTICES
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 10963
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Delta County Airport, MI, 10963


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Common carrier and private operational fixed microwave services; 
            conditional authorization authority, 10778-10780
    Fixed microwave services--
        38.6-40.0 GHz frequency band; service and auction rules; 
                correction, 10780-10781
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Universal service contribution factors, 10876
Meetings:
    Universal service; report to Congress; En Banc hearing, 10876-10877


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Contribution and expenditure limitations and prohibitions:
    Corporate and labor organizations--
        Membership association member; definition; hearing, 10783
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 10877


Federal Emergency Management Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Disaster assistance:
    Declaration process, 10816-10817
NOTICES
Emergency food and shelter program; National Board implementation plan, 
          10877-10915


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Metropolitan Edison Co. et al., 10866-10868
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Neshkoro Power Associates, 10869
Hydroelectric applications, 10869-10870
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    California Independent System Operator Corp., 10865-10866
    Central Power & Light Co., 10866


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    El Dorado County, CA, 10964


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10915-10916
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 10916
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 10916


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Online information practices; industry guidelines and principles, 
          10916-10917


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Howell's spectacular thelypody, 10817-10818
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Listing priority guidance (1998 and 1999 FYs), 10931-10935
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 10930-10931
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Brevard County, FL; Florida scrub jay, 10935-10936
Marine mammals:
    Stock assessment reports; Alaska sea otter, walrus, and polar bear; 
            comment request, 10936-10937
Marine mammals permit applications, 10936


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Investigational use and approval; adequate and well-controlled 
                studies definition, 10765-10772
PROPOSED RULES
Medical devices:
    Hematology and pathology devices--
        Over-the-counter test sample collection systems for drugs of 
                abuse testing; reclassification and designation as 
                restricted devices, 10792-10798
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee, 10919
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 10919-10920


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Southwest Washington Provincial Advisory Committee, 10819


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Progress payments, 11074-11075


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Stockyards; posting and deposting:
    B&B Sales, GA, et al., 10819
    Spring Valley Sales Co., Inc., MN, 10819


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

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Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10920-10921
Medicare:
    Medicare+Choice program; market research for providers and other 
            partners, 10921-10927


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10929-10930


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Indian Gaming Commission
NOTICES
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; restoration of resources and 
          services injured by oil spill; request for proposals (1999 
          FY), 10930


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Dollar approximate separate transactions method of accounting and 
            profit and loss method of accounting; qualified business 
            unit use; requirements, 10772-10776
PROPOSED RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Interest abatement
        Correction, 10798-10799
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10967
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 10967


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Stainless steel wire rod from--
        Germany, 10847-10849
        Italy, 10831-10835
        Japan, 10854-10860
        Korea, 10825-10831
        Spain, 10849-10854
        Sweden, 10841-10847
        Taiwan, 10836-10841
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Butter cookies in tins from--
        Denmark, 10822-10824
Overseas trade missions:
    Secretarial business development missions to--
        China, 10860


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Sierra Front/Northwest Great Basin, 10937
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Nevada State Office, NV; move location and date; correction, 10938
Public land orders:
    Oregon, 10938
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Alaska, 10938-10939
Survey plat filings:
    California, 10939


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Progress payments, 11074-11075


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Credit union service organizations; update and clarification, 
            10743-10758


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities National Council, 10946-10947
    Humanities Panel, 10947


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., 10964-10965


National Indian Gaming Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:
    Gaming operations on Indian lands; minimum internal control 
            standards, 10798


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992:
    Private land remote-sensing space systems; licensing provisions; 
            hearing, 10785
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10860-10861


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 10947-
          10948
Meetings:
    Biological Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 10948
    Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel, 10948
    Experimental and Integrative Activities Special Emphasis Panel, 
            10948-10949
    Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 10949
    Human Resource Development Special Emphasis Panel, 10949
    Mathematical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 10949


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 10957-10958
    Tennnessee Valley Authority, 10958-10959
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10959

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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Florida Power & Light Co., 10949-10955
    McGriff, Julian H., 10955-10957
    Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., et al., 10957


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 10959


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


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Compensatory benefit arrangements; offers and sales exemption, 
            10785-10792
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 10959-10960
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 10960-10961


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Connecticut, 10961
    Delaware et al., 10961
    Florida, 10962
    Massachusetts, 10962


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 10962-10963


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 10927-10929


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    AT&L Railroad Co., Inc., 10965-10966
Railroad services abandonment:
    San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 10966


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Administrator; Great 
            Lakes pilotage functions oversight authority revoked and 
            delegated to Coast Guard, 10781-10782


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    IRS Citizen Advocacy Panel, 10966


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, 10967-10968
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of the Treasury, Customs Service, 10970-11072


Part III
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 11074-11075


Part IV
Department of Education, 11078-11082


Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 11084-11097
  
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                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................10783
114..................................................10783

                          12 CFR
701..................................................10743
704..................................................10743
712..................................................10743
740..................................................10743

                          14 CFR
71...................................................10758
97 (3 documents)....................................10760,
                                              10761, 10763
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................10783

                          15 CFR
Proposed Rules:
960..................................................10785

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
230..................................................10785

                          19 CFR
7....................................................10970
10...................................................10970
145..................................................10970
173..................................................10970
174..................................................10970
178..................................................10970
181..................................................10970
191..................................................10970

                          21 CFR
514..................................................10765
Proposed Rules:
809..................................................10792
864..................................................10792

                          25 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. III..............................................10798

                          26 CFR
1....................................................10772
Proposed Rules:
301..................................................10798

                          33 CFR
117..................................................10777

                          40 CFR
82...................................................11084
Proposed Rules:
131..................................................10799

                          44 CFR
Proposed Rules:
206..................................................10816

                          46 CFR
71...................................................10777

                          47 CFR
1....................................................10780
101 (2 documents)...................................10778,
                                                     10780

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
32...................................................11074
52...................................................11074
232..................................................11074
252..................................................11074

                          49 CFR
1....................................................10781

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................10817