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


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 55372  


Army Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 55372-55373 


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and 
            Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations Census Advisory 
            Committees, 55360 
    American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Census Advisory 
            Committee, 55360-55361 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Trademarks, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 55397-55398 


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Americans with Disabilities Act; hearing, 55359 


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, 55422 


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Bulgaria, 55368-55369 
    China, 55369 
    Korea, 55369-55370 
    Nepal, 55371 
Special access and special regime programs; participation denial:
    Ezrasons, Inc., 55371 


Comptroller of the Currency
RULES
Federal Deposit Insurance Act:
    Safety and soundness standards, 55486-55489 
        Year 2000 guidelines, 55479-55486 


Customs Service
RULES
Financial and accounting procedures:
    Harbor maintenance fee; exporters liability removed
        Correction, 55332-55333 
NOTICES
Automation program test:
    Account-based declaration prototype, 55426 


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
See Defense Logistics Agency
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Institutions of higher education ineligible for Federal funds; 
            list, 55371-55372 


Defense Logistics Agency
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 55373-55375 


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 55375-55376  
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Freely-associated States educational grant program, 55491-55493 
    Model professional development national awards program, 55495-55496 



Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 55377 


Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Meetings:
    State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, 55387 
Pesticide programs:
    Registration Division (1999 FY) workplan, 55387-55388 


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee, 55361 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Bob Fields Aerocessories, 55321-55324 

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    British Aerospace, 55325-55327 
    Mooney Aircraft Corp., 55324-55325 
    Raytheon Aircraft Co., 55327-55328 
Class E airspace, 55329-55332     
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 55352-55354 
    Boeing, 55343-55345 
    British Aerospace, 55350-55352 
    Dassault, 55348-55350 
    Fokker, 55345-55346 
    Saab, 55346-55348 
Class E airspace, 55354-55355 
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Air crewmember qualifications; briefing material, 55422-55423 
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 55423 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Access charges--
        Special access lines; presubscribed interexchange carrier 
                charge; ceiling increases postponed, 55334-55336 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Telecommunications mergers; En Banc hearings, 55389 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RULES
Federal Deposit Insurance Act:
    Safety and soundness standards, 55486-55489 
        Year 2000 guidelines, 55479-55486 


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 55389 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Consolidated Water Power Co. et al., 55383-55385 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Summit Hydropower, Inc., 55385 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 55385-55387 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Caprock Pipeline Co., 55377 
    Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co., L.L.C., 55377-55378 
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 55378 
    KN Wattenberg Transmission L.L.C., 55378-55379 
    Michigan Gas Storage Co., 55379 
    MIGC, Inc., 55379 
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 55379 
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 55380 
    Nora Transmission Co., 55379-55380 
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 55380-55381 
    Select Energy, Inc., 55381 
    TCP Gathering Co., 55381 
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 55381-55382 
    Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co., 55382 
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 55382 
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 55382 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Milam Cargo, Inc., et al., 55389 


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Federal Deposit Insurance Act:
    Safety and soundness standards, 55486-55489 
        Year 2000 guidelines, 55479-55486 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 55389-55390 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 55390 


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 55391-55397 



Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Human drugs:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        Aldara (4,689,338), 55398-55399 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Non-contraceptive estrogen class labeling; industry guidance, 
            55399-55400 


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Northwest Sacramento Provincial Advisory Committee, 55359 


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Federal Geographic Data Committee:
    Biological nomenclature and taxonomy data standard, 55402 
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Texaco Group Inc., 55402 


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
RULES
General regulations:
    Official agency definition; CFR correction, 55321


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


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Low income housing:
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance 
                restructuring program (mark-to-market program), etc.; 
                correction, 55333 


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 55411-55412 

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Interior Department
See Geological Survey
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Euro currency conversion; tax issues guidance for U.S. taxpayers 
            conducting business with European countries replacing their 
            currencies
        Correction, 55333 
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Earned income credit (EIC) eligibility requirements; cross 
            reference
        Hearing cancelled, 55355 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 55426-55427 
Income taxes:
    Form 1040PC program discontinuance for tax years 1999 and beyond; 
            comment request, 55427 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Automatic liquidation regulation for resellers; comment request, 
            55361-55364 
Critical circumstances determinations; policy change regarding timing 
          of issuance, 55364-55365 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Coated optical waveguide fibers and products containing same, 
            55406-55407 
    Electric rubber tape from--
        India, 55407 
    Five-year sunset reviews--
        Steel jacks from Canada, et al., 55407-55408 


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Akzo Coatings, Inc., et al., 55408 
    Calaveras Cement Co., 55408-55409 
    ConAgra, Inc., 55409 
    Lake Geneva Associates et al., 55409-55410 
    Lightman, Jerome, et al., 55410 
    Navajo Refining Co., 55410 
    North American Galvanizing Co. et al., 55410-55411 
    Occidental Chemical Corp. et al., 55411 


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Eyak Corp., 55402 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Montana/Dakotas; office reorganization and name change, 55402-55403 

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Idaho, 55403-55404 
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Otero and Sierra Counties, NM, 55404-55405 


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Chrysler Corp., 55423-55424 


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Production suspension due to uneconomic market conditions, 
            guidelines; notice to lessees and operators; rescission, 
            55405 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Safety performance standards--
        Vehicle regulatory program, 55424 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 55400 
    Scientific Review Center, 55400-55401 
    Women's Health Research Advisory Committee, 55401 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pacific cod, 55340-55341   
        Pollock, 55342 
        Trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska, 55341-55342 
Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 55339-55340 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council et al.; meetings, 
                55355-55357 
        New England Fishery Management Council; meetings, 55357 
    Northeastern United States fisheries and American lobster--
        Vessels issued limited access Federal fishery permits; 
                regulatory consistency in permit provisions, 55357-
                55358 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 55365 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tortugas Ecological Reserve, Florida Keys National Marine 
            Sanctuary, FL; meetings, 55365-55366 
Meetings:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Steller sea lions and pollock fisheries; avoiding interactions 
                in Gulf of Alasa and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 
                region, 55366 
    International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. 
            Section Advisory Commission, 55367 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Redwood National and State Parks, CA, 55405-55406 


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Field office technical guides; changes:
    Connecticut and Rhode Island, 55359 

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Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 55375 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 55413-55414  
Sealed source and device evaluation and approval authority 
          relinquishment by Arkansas and reassumption by NRC, 55414-
          55415 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    International Uranium (USA) Corp., 55412 
    O'Hern, Shaun P., 55412-55413 


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 55367-55368 


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
RULES
Single-employer plans:
    Allocation of assets--
        Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 55333-55334 
NOTICES
Multiemployer and single-employer plans:
    Interest rates and assumptions, 55415-55416 


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Health benefits, Federal employees--
        Improving carrier performance; conforming changes, 55336-55339 


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Automated flats; new specifications, 55471-55478 
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 55416-55418 


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


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 55418 


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Central Valley Project, CA, 55406 


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 55424-55426   


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 55418-55421 


State Justice Institute
NOTICES
Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines, 55429-55469 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 55421 


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Federal Deposit Insurance Act:
    Safety and soundness standards, 55486-55489 
        Year 2000 guidelines, 55479-55486 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 55421-55422 


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


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Treasures of Russia from Peterhof-Summer Palace of the Czars, 55427 



Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 55428  

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
State Justice Institute, 55429-55469 


Part III
Postal Service, 55471-55478 


Part IV
Department of Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency; Federal Reserve 
          System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Office of 
          Thrift Savings, 55479-55489  


Part V
Department of Education, 55491-55493 


Part VI
Department of Education,, 55495-55496 
  
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                           7 CFR
800..................................................55321

                          12 CFR
30 (2 documents)....................................55462,
                                                     55468
208..................................................55462
263.................................................55462,
                                                     55468
364 (2 documents)...................................55462,
                                                     55468
570 (2 documents)...................................55462,
                                                     55468

                          14 CFR
39 (4 documents)....................................55321,
                                       55324, 55325, 55327
71 (5 documents)....................................55329,
                                              55330, 55331
Proposed Rules:
39 (6 documents)....................................55343,
                         55345, 55346, 55348, 55350, 55352
71...................................................55354

                          19 CFR
24...................................................55332

                          24 CFR
401..................................................55333
402..................................................55333

                          26 CFR
1....................................................55337
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................55355

                          29 CFR
4044.................................................55333

                          39 CFR
111..................................................55454

                          47 CFR
69...................................................55334

                          48 CFR
1609.................................................55336
1632.................................................55336
1652.................................................55336

                          50 CFR
285..................................................55339
679 (5 documents)...................................55340,
                                              55341, 55342
Proposed Rules:
648 (3 documents)...................................55355,
                                                     55357
649..................................................55357