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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Kiwifruit grown in--
    California, 44541-44544 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee, 44603 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Brucellosis in cattle and bison--
        State and area classifications, 44544-44545 
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Mediterranean fruit fly, 44538-44541  
    Mexican fruit fly, 44537-44538 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Genetically engineered organisms; field test permits--
        Tobacco etch virus, 44603-44604 
    Nonregulated status determinations--
        Novartis Seeds et al.; genetically engineered sugar beets, 
                44604-44605 
Meetings:
    Veterinary biological products, 44605 


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 44606-44607 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44607, 44608 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs Translation Advisory 
            Committee, 44626 


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Board of Trade--
        Wheat, 44609-44610 


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Dana Corp., 44653 
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Gillette Co. et al., 44653-44657 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Energy Information Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    State Energy Advisory Board, 44610-44611 


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44611 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Amines, N-cocoalkyltrimethylenedi, citrates, etc., 44562-44583 
NOTICES
Drinking water:
    Public water supply supervision program--
        Indiana, 44620 
        Wisconsin, 44620-44621 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    President's Export Council, 44608 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter France, 44552-44553 
    Textron Lycoming et al., 44545-44552 
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Normal and transport category rotorcraft--
        Load combination safety requirements and maximum weight and 
                passenger seat limitation, 44668 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Private land mobile services--
        220-222, 470-512, 800, and 900 MHz bands; finder's preference 
                program elimination, 44585-44587 
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Arkansas et al., 44584 
    New York, 44583-44584 
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Satellite communications--
        Mobile-satellite service above 1 GHz, 44597-44599 

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    Universal service--
        Forward-looking economic cost mechanism for determining support 
                for non-rural local exchange carriers, 44599-44600 
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    North Carolina, 44600 
    Washington, 44601 
    Wyoming, 44601 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Application, notice and request procedures, and authority 
            delegations; revision, 44685-44751 
NOTICES
Bank merger transactions; policy statement, 44761-44764 
Deposit insurance applications; policy statement, 44752-44761 
Domestic branch (includes remote service facilities) establishment 
          applications; policy statement; rescission, 44766 
Liability of commonly controlled depository institutions; policy 
          statement, 44764-44766 
Main office or branch (includes remote service facilities) relocation 
          applications; policy statement; rescission, 44766-44767 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    California Independent System Operator Corp. et al., 44616-44617 
    Western Resources, Inc., et al., 44617-44619 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wolverine Power Corp., 44619-44620 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Continental Energy, 44611-44612 
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 44612 
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 44612 
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 44612-44613 
    MIGC, Inc., 44613 
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 44613 
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 44614 
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 44614 
    Overthrust Pipeline Co.; correction, 44684
    PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp., 44614-44615 
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 44615  
    Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd., 44615 
    Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd., 44616 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 44668-44669 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:
    HUAL AS, 44621-44623 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; working group activities and status 
          reports, 44669-44670 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 44624 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 44623 


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Feather and down products, 44553-44555 
Trade regulation rules:
    Negative option plans use by sellers in commerce; costs and 
            benefits, 44555-44562 
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    GeoCities, 44624-44626 


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Winkler cactus, 44587-44595 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44633-44634 
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 44634 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Whatcom and Skagit Counties, WA; northern spotted owl, etc., 
                44634-44635 
Meetings:
    Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 44635 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    FDA Cares about Consumers: A Conversation with America; district 
            consumer forum, 44626-44627 
    FDA Modernization Act of 1997, section 406(b); statutory 
            obligations under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 
            44627-44629  


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 44629-44630 


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44632-44633 
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance restructuring 
            program; qualifications request (mark-to-market program); 
            correction, 44684


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau

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International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Finch University of Health Sciences et al., 44608-44609 
    University of--
        California, 44609 


Justice Department
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Nonparticipating State program--
        Kentucky, 44637-44642 
        South Dakota, 44648-44653 
        Wyoming, 44643-44648 


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Montana, 44635-44636 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Yarnell Mining Project, Yavapai County, AZ, 44636 


Merit Systems Protection Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 44657-44658 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Space Station Advisory Committee, 44658 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 44630  
    National Human Genome Research Institute, 44630-44631  
    National Institute of Mental Health, 44631  
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 44631-44632 
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            44632 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Rock sole/flathead sole/other flatfish, 44595-44596 
    Carribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico stone crab, 44595 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic swordfish, 44602 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Grand Canyon National Park, CO; overnight accommodations, etc., 
            44636 
Meetings:
    Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee, 44636 


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 44658 
    Engineering Advisory Committee, 44658-44659 


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 44659 


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 44605-44606 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availablity, etc.:
    Plant-specific changes to licensing basis; approach for using 
            probabilistic risk assessment in risk-informed decisions, 
            44659-44662 


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44662-44663 


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); blocking 
          property and prohibiting transactions (EO 13098), 44769-44772 



Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 44637 


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous liquid transportation--
        Liquefied compressed gases in cargo tank motor vehicles; safety 
                standards for unloading; negotiated rulemaking 
                committee; meetings, 44601-44602 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Securities:
    Suspension of trading--
        Midland, Inc., 44665-44666 
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Depository Trust Co., 44666-44667 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Diversified Investors Portfolios et al., 44663-44665 
    Public utility holding company filings, 44665 


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Iowa, 44667 

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State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 44667-44668 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Waybill data; release for use, 44670 
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Pacific Harbor Line, Inc., 44670 
    Wulfson, David W., et al., 44670-44671 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Capital Budgeting Study Commission, 44671 


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    College and university affiliations program, 44671-44676  
    Multi-regional and regional projects for international visitors, 
            44676-44681 
    U.S. based training program for overseas educational advisers, 
            44681-44683 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 44685-44767      


Part III
The President, 44769-44772 
  
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                           3 CFR
Executive Order
12865 (see EO 13098).................................44771

                           7 CFR
301 (3 documents)...................................44537,
                                              44538, 44539
920..................................................44541

                           9 CFR
78...................................................44544

                          12 CFR
303..................................................44686
333..................................................44686
337..................................................44686
341..................................................44686
347..................................................44686
359..................................................44686

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................44545,
                                                     44552

                          16 CFR
253..................................................44553
425..................................................44555

                          40 CFR
721..................................................44562

                          47 CFR
73 (2 documents)....................................44583,
                                                     44584
90...................................................44585
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................44597
25...................................................44597
54...................................................44599
73 (3 documents)....................................44600,
                                                     44601
97...................................................44597

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
171..................................................44601
177..................................................44601
178..................................................44601
180..................................................44601

                          50 CFR
17...................................................44587
654..................................................44595
679..................................................44595
Proposed Rules:
630..................................................44602