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Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National food safety research conference, 52677 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Research Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Commercial activities performance (OMB A-76); cost comparison studies, 
          52687-52690 


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
RULES
Firearms:
    Firearms and ammunition manufacturers excise taxes
        Parts and accessories inclusion in tax calculation, 52601-52603 



Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Witchweed, 52579 


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Medical Mutual of Ohio, 52764-52771 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Disease, Disablility, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
            Emphasis Panel, 52703 


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52703-52739  
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52739-52740 
Meetings:
    Kinship Care Advisory Panel, 52740 


Coast Guard
RULES
Lifesaving equipment for U.S. inspected vessels, 52801-52822 
Ports and waterways safety:
    Strait of Juan de Fuca and Northwest Washington coast; regulated 
            navigation area, 52603-52609 


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52794-52798 


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National food safety research conference, 52677 


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52687 


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Navy Department


Education Department
RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Federal work-study programs--
        Institutional-share requirement for mathematics tutors of 
                children in elementary school through ninth grade; 
                waiver, 52853-52856 
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Assessment of Educational Progress program, 52943-52944 
    Special education and rehabilitative services--
        Disability and rehabilitation research project, etc., 52919-
                52942 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Toxic substances:
    Lead-based paint; identification of dangerous levels of lead, 
            52662-52663 
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Implementation order to streamline small grants, 52693-52696 
Information processing standards, Federal:
    Waivers, 52693 
Pesticide programs:
    Pesticide data submitters list; availability, 52696 
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Uniroyal Chemical Co. et al.; correction, 52696-52697 


Executive Office of the President
See National Drug Control Policy Office

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 52579-52583 
    Aviat Aircraft, Inc., 52585-52586 
    Boeing, 52587-52589 
    Mitsubishi, 52583-52585 
Class E airspace, 52589-52591     
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Manchester Airport, NH, 52787-52788 
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 52788-52790 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 52617-52626 
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Commercial mobile radio services--
        Wireless services compatibility with enhanced 911 services, 
                52665-52666 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52697-52698 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 52698-52699 
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 52699 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52794-52798 


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 52699 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 52692-52693  
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 52691 
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 52691-52692 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Transtar Shipping, Inc., et al., 52699-52700 


Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52700-52701 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52794-52798 
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 52701 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 52701-52702 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 52702 


Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 52702 


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Black-footed ferrets; reintroduction into northwestern Colorado and 
            northeastern Utah, 52823-52841 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Service permit applications; addresses and OMB control numbers 
            update, 52632-52638 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Pima County, AZ; cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl, 52741-52742 
Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:
    Grand Calumet River et al., IN, 52742 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
FDA Modernization Act of l997; implementation:
    Allergenic patch test kits; comment and data request, 52740-52741 


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Foreign market development projects and technical assistance 
            activities; foreign currencies availability, 52677-52678 


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 52702 


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Agency designation actions:
    Illinois, 52678 
    Illinois et al., 52678-52680 
    Ohio, 52680-52681 
    Texas et al., 52681 
Grain inspection:
    Wheat protein content results certification on moisture basis; 
            comment request, 52681-52682 
Pilot programs allowing multiple agencies to provide official services 
          within single geographic area, 52682-52683 


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 52703 


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 1999 FY rates
        Correction, 52614-52615 

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    Medicare+Choice program--
        Establishment; correction, 52610-52614 
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Ambulatory surgical centers; ratesetting methodology, payment rates 
            and policies, and covered surgical procedures list, 52663-
            52665 


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Low income housing:
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Fair market rent schedules for rental certificate, loan 
                management, property disposition, moderate 
                rehabilitation, rental voucher programs, etc., 52857-
                52917 


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Medicare+Choice organizations; compliance program guidance; correction, 
          52799 


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Business expenses; mileage allowances use to substantiate 
            automobile expenses, 52600-52601 
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Business expenses; mileage allowances use to substantiate 
            automobile expenses, 52660-52662 
    S corporations--
        Corporate subsidiaries treatment; hearing, 52660 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Five-year (sunset) reviews; conduct policies, 52683-52684 
Countervailing duties:
    Agricultural tillage tools from--
        Brazil, 52684-52685 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Cold-reduced flat-rolled steel products of carbon steel from--
        Germany et al., 52686 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    University of--
        Vermont, 52684 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Anhydrous sodium metasilicate from--
        France, 52748-52750 
    Barium carbonate from--
        Germany et al., 52750-52753 
    High-power microwave amplifiers from--
        Japan, 52753-52755 
    Small electric motors from--
        Japan, 52755-52757 
    Sorbitol from--
        France, 52757-52759 
    Sugar and syrups from--
        European Union et al., 52759-52761 
    Television receivers from--
        Japan et al., 52761-52763 


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Wayne County, MI, et al., 52763-52764 


Land Management Bureau
RULES
Land resource management:
    Land exchanges; streamlining and CFR parts removal, 52615-52617 
Minerals management:
    Mineral resources information; public availability, 52945-52955 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Carbon County, MT, et al., 52742-52744 
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Gulkana National Wild River, AK; moratorium on new commercial 
            operations, 52744-52745 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Space Science Advisory Committee, 52771 


National Drug Control Policy Office
NOTICES
High intensity drug trafficking areas designations; list, 52697 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Child restraint systems; air bag warning label on rear-facing 
                child seats; modification; correction, 52626-52630 
        Occupant protection incentive grants criteria, 52592-52600 
Odometer disclosure requirements:
    Exemptions, 52630-52632 


National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Board, 52771 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        License limitation program, 52642-52657 
        Pollock, 52658-52659   
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Dealer and vessel reporting requirements, 52639-52641 

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PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
        Northeastern United States; domestic fisheries; exempted 
                fishing permit application to conduct experimental 
                fishing, 52676 
NOTICES
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 52686-52687 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    U.S. Army Engineers Corps, Tulsa, OK; inventory from Marshall 
            County, OK, 52745-52747 
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mesa, AZ; medicine bags, fire 
            starter kits, etc., 52745 
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
            PA--
        Inventory from Munnsville, NY, 52748 
        Inventory from Puget Sound, WA, 52747-52748 


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advanced Networking Infrastructure Research Special Emphasis Panel, 
            52771-52772 
    Engineering Education and Centers Special Emphasis Panel, 52772 
    Experimental and Integrative Activities Special Emphasis Panel, 
            52772 


Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52690 
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 52690 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Petrotomics Co., 52777-52778 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Northern States Power Co., 52772-52774 
    Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 52774-52777 


Patent and Trademark Office
RULES
Patent cases:
    Fee revisions (1999 FY)
        Effective date delay, 52609-52610 


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


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Editorial corrections and clarifications, 52843-52851 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Deregistration applications--
        First Eagle International Fund, Inc., et al., 52778-52779 
        Williamsburg Investment Trust et al., 52779-52780 
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 52780-52782 
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 52782-52784 
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 52784-52786 


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Florida, 52786 
    New York, 52786-52787 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    New York & Ogdensburg Railway Co., Inc., 52790-52791 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 52666-52676 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52787 


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52791-52794   
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, 52801-52822 


Part III
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife, 52823-52841 


Part IV
Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 52843-52851 


Part V
Department of Education, 52853-52856 


Part VI
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 52857-52917 


Part VII
Department of Education, 52919-52942 


Part VIII
Department of Education, 52943-52944 


Part IX
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 52945-52955 
  
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                           7 CFR
301..................................................52579

                          14 CFR
39 (4 documents)....................................52579,
                                       52583, 52585, 52587
71 (5 documents)....................................52589,
                                              52590, 52591

                          23 CFR
1345.................................................52592

                          24 CFR
888..................................................52858

                          26 CFR
1....................................................52600
Proposed Rules:
1 (2 documents)......................................52660

                          27 CFR
53...................................................52601

                          33 CFR
165..................................................52603

                          34 CFR
675..................................................52854

                          37 CFR
1....................................................52609

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
745..................................................52662

                          42 CFR
400..................................................52610
403..................................................52610
405..................................................52614
410..................................................52610
411..................................................52610
412..................................................52614
413..................................................52614
417..................................................52610
422..................................................52610
Proposed Rules:
416..................................................52663
488..................................................52663

                          43 CFR
2200.................................................52615
2210.................................................52615
2240.................................................52615
2250.................................................52615
2270.................................................52615
3100.................................................52946
3150.................................................52946
3160.................................................52946
3180.................................................52946
3200.................................................52946
3500.................................................52946
3510.................................................52946
3520.................................................52946
3530.................................................52946
3540.................................................52946
3550.................................................52946
3580.................................................52946
3590.................................................52946
3600.................................................52946
3800.................................................52946
3860.................................................52946

                          46 CFR
28...................................................52802
107..................................................52802
108..................................................52802
109..................................................52802
133..................................................52802
168..................................................52802
199..................................................52802

                          47 CFR
0....................................................52617
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................52665

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1201.................................................52666
1205.................................................52666
1206.................................................52666
1211.................................................52666
1213.................................................52666
1215.................................................52666
1237.................................................52666
1252.................................................52666
1253.................................................52666

                          49 CFR
107..................................................52844
171..................................................52844
172..................................................52844
173..................................................52844
175..................................................52844
176..................................................52844
177..................................................52844
178..................................................52844
179..................................................52844
180..................................................52844
571..................................................52626
580..................................................52630

                          50 CFR
2....................................................52632
10...................................................52632
13...................................................52632
14...................................................52632
15...................................................52632
16...................................................52632
17 (2 documents)....................................52632,
                                                     52824
21...................................................52632
22...................................................52632
23...................................................52632
648..................................................52639
679 (4 documents)...................................52642,
                                              52658, 52659
Proposed Rules:
600..................................................52676
648..................................................52676