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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Livestock and poultry disease control:
    Brucellosis; increased indemnity for cattle and bison, 47419-47423 


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47502-47503  


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Louisiana, 47427-47428 
    Texas, 47426-47427 
Ports and waterways safety:
    Custom House Reach, Charleston Harbor, SC; safety zone, 47428-47429 

Regattas and marine parades:
    Busch Beer Drag Boat Classic, 47425-47426 
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Hackensack River, NJ; safety zone, 47455 


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See Minority Business Development Agency
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47547-47548 


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries; quality assurance
        Correction, 47439 
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contract financing; flexible progress payments, 47460-47461 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request,   47485-47486 
Meetings:
    Military Justice Joint Service Committee, 47486 


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47486-47487 


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Opportunity areas for out-of-school youth pilot demonstration, 
            47520-47528 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Personnel assurance program:
    DOE and DOE contractor employees assigned nuclear explosive duties 
            at DOE facilities; procedures and standards, 48059-48074 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 47487 


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Electric cooktops, self-cleaning ovens, and microwave ovens; energy 
            conservation standards, 48037-48057 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
          facilities and pollutants:
    Virginia, 47436-47438 
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Illinois, 47431-47434 
    Louisiana, 47429-47431 
    Pennsylvania, 47434-47436 
Drinking water:
    Safe Drinking Water Act--
        Public water system program; administrative compliance orders 
                procedures removed, 48075-48077 
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
          facilities and pollutants:
    Virginia, 47459 
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Illinois, 47459 
    Louisiana, 47458-47459 
Drinking water:
    Safe Drinking Water Act--
        Public water system program; citizen suits; complaint notice 
                requirements, 48078-48080 
NOTICES
Air programs:
    Ambient air quality standards, national--
        Liberty Borough, PA, PM-10 nonattainment area; attainment 
                determination, 47493 

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        Power-Bannock Counties, ID, PM-10 nonattainment area; 
                attainment determination; settlement agreement, 47493-
                47494 
Meetings:
    Carbon monoxide; air quality criteria; peer-review workshop, 47494 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Hansen Container Site, CO, 47494-47495 
    Quality Plating Site, IL, 47495 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 47423-47425 
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 47447-47448 
    British Aerospace, 47440-47442,  47445-47447 
    McDonnell Douglas, 47443-47445 
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Aircraft--
        Electronic displays installation, 47544-47545 
        Equipment, systems, and installations, 47544 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Regulatory fees (1998 FY); assessment and collection
        Correction, 47438-47439 
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Wireless communication services--
        Regulations streamlining, 47460 
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 47495 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Vector Pipeline L.P., 47490-47491 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Little Horn Energy Wyoming, Inc., 47491-47492 
Hydroelectric applications, 47492 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Abacus Group Ltd., 47487 
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 47488 
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 47488 
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co. et al., 47489 
    KO Transmission Co., 47488-47489 
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 47489-47490 
    Wiliiams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 47490 
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 47490 


Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
NOTICES
Truth in Lending Act; administrative enforcement; restitution policy 
          statement, 47495-47498 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 47499 
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Transoptima et al., 47499 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 47545 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 47499-47501 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 47501 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Keller & Heckman LLP, 47503-47504 
Meetings:
    Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, 47504 
    Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, 47504 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Antibiotic resistance marker genes use in transgenic plants; 
            industry guidance, 47505-47506 


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
North American Free Trade Agreement:
    Frozen concentrated orange juice from Mexico; temporary duty 
            imposition, 47465 


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal travel:
    Privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement, 47438 


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Healthy People 2010 objectives; comment request, 47501-47502 


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment system, 47551-
            48036 
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Medicare+Choice program--
        Risk adjusted payment implementation; meeting, 47506-47513 
Meetings:
    Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee, 47513-47514 


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment system, 47551-
            48036 

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Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    S corporation subsidiaries
        Hearing postponement, 47455 


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Overseas Private Investment Corporation


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from--
        Japan, 47465-47469 
    Oil country tubular goods from--
        Korea, 47469-47474 
    Titanium sponge from--
        Kazakhstan, 47478-47480 
        Russian Federation, 47474-47477 


Justice Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47519-47520 


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47516-47517 
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Koniag, Inc., Regional Native Corp., 47517  
Classification of public lands:
    Nevada, 47517-47518 
Right-of-way; applications, etc.:
    New Mexico, 47518 


Minority Business Development Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Minority business opportunity committee program, 47480-47484 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47529 
Meetings:
    Space Science Advisory Committee, 47529 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc., 47545-47546 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pollock, 47439 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Groundfish observer program, 47462-47464 
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        South Atlantic snapper-grouper, 47461-47462 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, CO; lodging accommodations, 
            etc.; cancellation, 47518 
    Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; instruction and guide services, 
            47518-47519 
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Appalachian National Scenic Trail, NH, 47519 


National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters 
            Advisory Committee, 47484-47485 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
High-level radioactive wastes disposal, geologic repositories:
    Investigation and evaluation of potentially adverse conditions; 
            withdrawn, 47440 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Toledo Edison Co. et al., 47531-47532 
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 47532-47534 
    Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 47534-
            47540 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 47529-47531 
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 47531 


Overseas Private Investment Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47519 


Postal Rate Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Library reference rule, 47456-47458 


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


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47541-47542 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    DG Investor Series et al., 47540-47541 


Special Counsel Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47542-47543 

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State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Communications and Information Policy Advisory 
            Committee, 47543 
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 47543 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 47514-47516 
Meetings:
    Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory Council, 47516 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Allentown Lines, Inc., 47546-47547 


Tennessee Valley Authority
PROPOSED RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 47448-47455 


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47548 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47548-47549 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47543-47544 
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 47544 


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 
            47549 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, and Inspector General Office, 47551-48036 


Part III
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office 
          48037-48057 


Part IV
Department of Energy, 48059-48074 


Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 48075-48080 
  
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                           9 CFR
51...................................................47491

                          10 CFR
430..................................................48038
711..................................................48060
Proposed Rules:
60...................................................47440

                          14 CFR
39...................................................47423
Proposed Rules:
39 (4 documents)....................................47440,
                                       47443, 47445, 47447

                          18 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1301.................................................47448

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................47455

                          33 CFR
100..................................................47425
117 (2 documents)...................................47426,
                                                     47427
165..................................................47428
Proposed Rules:
165..................................................47455

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3001.................................................47456

                          40 CFR
52 (3 documents)....................................47429,
                                              47431, 47434
62...................................................47436
142..................................................48076
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents)....................................47458,
                                                     47459
62...................................................47459
135..................................................48078

                          41 CFR
301-10...............................................47438

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
409..................................................47552
410..................................................47552
411..................................................47552
412..................................................47552
413..................................................47552
419..................................................47552
489..................................................47552
498..................................................47552
1003.................................................47552

                          47 CFR
1....................................................47438
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................47460

                          48 CFR
246..................................................47439
Proposed Rules:
232..................................................47460
252..................................................47460

                          50 CFR
679..................................................47462
Proposed Rules:
622..................................................47461
679..................................................47462