[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATES, APRIL

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15739-16084............................................. 1
16085-16386............................................. 2
  


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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING APRIL

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At the end of each month, the Office of the Federal Register 
publishes separately a List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), 
which lists parts and sections affected by documents published 
since the revision date of each title.

                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7075.................................................16385

                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XIV..............................................16141

                           7 CFR
91...................................................16370
93...................................................16370
96...................................................16370
1700.................................................16085
1942.................................................16088
1951.................................................16088
Proposed Rules:
1468.................................................16142

                          12 CFR
4....................................................16378
208..................................................16378
337..................................................16378
563..................................................16378

                          13 CFR
Proposed Rules:
121..................................................16148
125..................................................16148
126..................................................16148

                          14 CFR
21...................................................16089
39........16091, 16094, 16096, 16098, 16100, 16102, 16104, 
                                16107, 16109, 16110, 16111
Proposed Rules:
39.........16163, 16165, 16167, 16169 16170, 16172, 16174, 
                                              16175, 16177

                          31 CFR
285..................................................16354

                          33 CFR
100...........................................16114, 16115
165..................................................16116
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................16179
165..................................................16181

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
131..................................................16182

                          42 CFR
121..................................................16296

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................16188

                          48 CFR
Ch. 28...............................................16118

                          49 CFR
571..................................................16215
572..................................................16136
Proposed Rules:
571..................................................16217

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17............................................16217, 16218
285..................................................16220
679..................................................16223

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                         REMINDERS
The items in this list were editorially compiled as an aid 
to Federal Register users. Inclusion or exclusion from 
this list has no legal significance.

           RULES GOING INTO EFFECT APRIL 2, 1998
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Farm Service Agency
Program regulations:
   Water and waste loan and grant programs; published 4-2-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Program regulations:
   Water and waste loan and grant programs; published 4-2-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Housing Service
Program regulations:
   Water and waste loan and grant programs; published 4-2-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Utilities Service
General information, organization and functions, and loan making 
   authority; published 4-2-98
Program regulations:
   Water and waste loan and grant programs; published 4-2-98
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services, etc.:
   Wireless telecommunications licensees; streamlined procedures to 
      reduce carriers' regulatory burden; published 3-3-98
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Economically depressed regions; determination; published 3-3-98
Unsafe and unsound banking practices:
   Small insured institutions; expanded examination cycle; published 4-
      2-98
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Membership of State banking institutions (Regulation H):
   Small insured institutions; expanded examination cycle; published 4-
      2-98
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Abandoned mine land reclamation fund:
   Fund reauthorization; implementation; published 3-3-98
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Federal Acquisition Reform Act, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, 
      and National Performance Review recommendations; implementation; 
      published 4-2-98
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Retirement:
   Civil Service Retirement Systems and Federal Employees Retirement 
      System--
      Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant disappears; 
         published 3-3-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Eurocopter France; published 3-18-98
   Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche (I.A.M.) Model Piaggio P-180 
      airplanes; published 3-11-98
   Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.; published 2-17-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency
Organization and functions:
   Small insured institutions; expanded examination cycle; published 4-
      2-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Foreign Assets Control Office
Cuban assets control regulations:
   Civil penalty cases; administrative hearings or settlement; published 
      3-3-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Fiscal Service
Federal claims collection:
   Transfer of debts to Treasury Department for collection; published 4-
      2-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Thrift Supervision Office
Operations:
   Small insured institutions; expanded examination cycle; published 4-
      2-98
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Onions, imported, and onions grown in--
   Idaho and Oregon; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-3-98
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Halibut donation program; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-4-98
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog; comments due by 4-10-98; 
         published 2-9-98
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent cases:
   Continued prosecution application practice; changes; comments due by 
      4-6-98; published 2-4-98
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Consumer Product Safety Act and Federal Hazardous Substances Act:
   Bunk beds; safety standards; comments due by 4-7-98; published 1-22-
      98
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Army Department
Decorations, medals, awards:
   Heraldic items; manufacture, sale, wear, commercial use and quality 
      control; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Defense Logistics Agency
Privacy Act; implementation; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-6-98
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Domestic source restrictions waiver; comments due by 4-6-98; 
      published 2-4-98
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Progress payments; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-5-98
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
   Oil and natural gas production and natural gas transmission and 
      storage; comments due by 4-7-98; published 2-6-98
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
   facilities and pollutants:
   Arkansas; comments due by 4-9-98; published 3-10-98
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   Alaska; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
   Calfifornia; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
   California; comments due by 4-7-98; published 2-6-98
   Illinois; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
   Louisiana; comments due by 4-8-98; published 3-9-98
   New Hampshire; comments due by 4-9-98; published 3-10-98
   Pennsylvania; comments due by 4-8-98; published 3-9-98
   Texas; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
   Virginia; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
Air quality implementation plans; Aapproval and 
   promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; 
   designation of areas:
   Illinois; comments due by 4-10-98; published 3-11-98
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Oxyfluorfen; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-4-98
   Terbacil; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-4-98
Toxic substances:
   Significant new uses--
      Sinorhizobium meliloti strain RMBPC-2; comments due by 4-9-98; 
         published 3-10-98
Water pollution control:
   National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)--
      Storm water program (Phase I); polluted

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         runoff reduction from priority sources; comments due by 4-9-98; 
         published 1-9-98
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Kentucky; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-20-98
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Progress payments; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-5-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food additives:
   Acidified sodium chlorite solutions; comments due by 4-6-98; 
      published 3-6-98
Human drugs:
   Total parenteral nutrition; aluminum in large and small volume 
      parenterals; labeling requirements; comments due by 4-6-98; 
      published 1-5-98
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
   Indian reservations--
      Single family mortgages under section 248 of National Housing Act; 
         authority to insure suspension; comments due by 4-6-98; 
         published 2-3-98
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Minerals Management Service
Royalty management:
   Oil valuation; Federal leases and Federal royalty oil sale; comments 
      due by 4-7-98; published 3-24-98
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Freedom of Information Act; implementation; comments due by 4-8-98; 
   published 3-9-98
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Progress payments; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-5-98
POSTAL SERVICE
Domestic Mail Manual:
   Mixed BMC/ADC pallets of packages and flats; elimination of mailer 
      options; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-18-98
   Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; eligibility requirements; 
      comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-6-98
International Mail Manual:
   Global priority mail flat rate box rates; comments due by 4-6-98; 
      published 2-3-98
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Securities:
   Over-the-counter derivatives dealers; capital requirements for 
      broker-dealers; net capital rule; comments due by 4-6-98; 
      published 3-6-98
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Small business size standards:
   Size standard changes for engineering services, architectural 
      services, and surveying and mapping services; comments due by 4-6-
      98; published 2-3-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Anchorage regulations:
   Connecticut; comments due by 4-7-98; published 2-6-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Airbus; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-6-98
   AlliedSignal Aerospace; comments due by 4-10-98; published 2-4-98
   Boeing; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-4-98
   Bombardier; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-6-98
   Burkhart Grob Luft-und Raumfahrt; comments due by 4-10-98; published 
      3-6-98
   Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.; comments due by 4-9-98; published 
      3-10-98
   Eurocopter France; comments due by 4-6-98; published 3-5-98
   Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A.; comments 
      due by 4-10-98; published 3-2-98
   McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-19-98
Class E airspace; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-13-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Fuel economy standards:
   Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A./Vector Aeromotive Corp.; exemption 
      request; comments due by 4-6-98; published 2-4-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Pipeline safety:
   Hazardous liquid transportation--
      Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure 
         testing; risk-based alternative; comments due by 4-6-98; 
         published 2-5-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Bank enterprise award program; comments due by 4-6-98; published 12-5-97
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Excise taxes:
   Group health plans; continuation coverage requirements; comments due 
      by 4-7-98; published 1-7-98
Income taxes:
   Interest abatement; comments due by 4-8-98; published 1-8-98
   Qualified zone academy bonds; comments due by 4-7-98; published 1-7-
      98
   Reorganizations; nonqualified preferred stock; cross-reference; 
      comments due by 4-6-98; published 1-6-98