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Agriculture Department
See Food and Nutrition Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Halliburton Co. et al., 58770-58780 
    Loews Theatres et al., 58780-58785 
National cooperative research notifications:
    Bell Communications Research, Inc., 58785-58786 
    Center for Emissions Control, Inc., 58786 
    Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, 58786-58787    
    CropTech Development Corp., 58787 
    Digital Imaging Group, Inc., 58787-58788 
    Key Recovery Alliance, 58788  
    Mobile Information Infrastructure for Digital Video and Multimedia 
            Applications, 58788-58789 
    OBI Consortium, Inc., 58789 
    Salutation Consortium, Inc., 58789-58790   
    Sarnoff Corp., 58790 
    South Carolina Research Authority, 58790 
    Southwest Research Institute, 58790 


Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Boards; membership, 58704-58705 


Army Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    RSI Industries & Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.; correction, 58811


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58705-58706 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Safety and Occupational Health Study Section; NIOSH meeting, 58741 
            , 58741-58742 


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Child Care Bureau, 58742-58743 


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC; 
            safety zone, 58635-58636 
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Virginia, 58676-58677 
Load lines:
    Unmanned dry cargo river barges on Lake Michigan routes; exemption 
            from Great Lakes load line requirements, 58679-58685 


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


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Miscellaneous amendments
        Correction, 58811


Congressional Budget Office
NOTICES
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-
          Rudman-Hollings):
    Sequestration final report for 1999 FY; transmittal to Congress and 
            OMB, 58712 


Defense Department
See Army Department


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee, 58712 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Connecticut, 58637-58645 
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Pennsylvania, 58637 
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Connecticut, 58678-58679 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58721-58722 
Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):
    Gulf of Mexico OCS operations--
        Western portion; oil and gas extraction category; general 
                permit, 58722-58738 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents

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Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Export privileges, actions affecting:
    Export Materials, Inc., et al., 58706-58707 
    Thane-Coat, Inc., et al., 58707-58709 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Fokker, 58625-58627 
    Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH, 58622-58624 
    Slingsby Aviation Ltd., 58625 
Class D and Class E airspace, 58627 
Class E airspace, 58627-58630   
Class E airspace; correction, 58811
PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Major repair data development (SFAR No. 36), 59191-19195 
Airworthiness standards:
    Special conditions--
        Raytheon model 390 airplane, 58660-58671 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Private land mobile services--
        700 MHz band; public safety radio spectrum; priority access 
                service requirements, 58645-58658 
PROPOSED RULES
Meetings:
    Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
        En banc; affordable telephone service, 58685 
Radio services, special:
    Private land mobile services--
        700 MHz band; public safety radio spectrum; priority access 
                service requirements, 58685-58692 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58738 
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 58738-58739 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58739 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Arizona Public Service Co. et al., 58717-58719 
    Tampa Electric Co. et al., 58719-58721 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 58712-58713 
    Atlantic City Electric Co. et al., 58713 
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 58713 
    Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc., 58714 
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 58714 
    MIGC, Inc., 58715 
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 58715-58716 
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 58716 
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 58716-58717 
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 58717 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Amador County, CA, 58808 
Meetings:
    Transportation infrastructure finance and innovation, 58808-58809 


Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for State, Local, and International Law Enforcement 
            Training Advisory Committee, 58809 


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Membership of State banking institutions (Regulation H):
    Simplification, update, and regulatory burden reduction
        Technical amendments, 58620-58622 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 58739-58740 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 58740 


Federal Trade Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in 
          labeling and advertising:
    Comparability ranges--
        Clothes washers, 58671-58675 


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Coupons Under Book-Entry Safekeeping (CUBES), and Bearer Corpora 
          Conversion System (BECCS) programs; extension of operations, 
          58809-58810 


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Short-tailed albatross, 58692-58701 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Dover Chemical Corp., 58743 
Meetings:
    Biologics Evaluation and Research Center; medical device action 
            plan, 58743-58744 
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 58744 
    Pharmaceutical production control; out-of-specification laboratory 
            test results, 58744-58745 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Advisory committees; FDA Modernization Act of 1997; Section 120 
            implementation, 58745-58746 
    FDA Modernization Act of 1997; third party programs, 58746-58747 


Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58702 


Government Ethics Office
RULES
Government ethics:
    Model qualified trust certificates of independence and compliance; 
            paperwork revisions, 58619-58620 

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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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medically underserved populations and health professional shortage 
          areas; designation process consolidation, 58679 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 58740-58741 
    Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 58741 


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Physician fee schedule (1999 CY); payment policies and relative 
            value unit adjustments, 58813-59187 
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Physicians' services; sustainable growth rate for 1999 FY, 59188-
            59190 


Housing and Urban Development Department
PROPOSED RULES
Housing programs:
    Uniform financial reporting standards
        Intent to issue technical amendment, 58675-58676 


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Business expenses; mileage allowances use to substantiate 
            automobile expenses
        Correction, 58811
    Taxpayer Relief Act--
        Qualified retirement plan benefits; section 411(d)(6) protected 
                benefits; correction, 58811
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign partnerships; information reporting requirements
        Correction, 58811


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Five-year (sunset) reviews; conduct policies
        Initiation of reviews, 58709-58710 
Overseas trade missions:
    Power-GEN Reverse Trade Mission, Atlanta, GA, et al.; application 
            opportunity, 58710-58711 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Brass fire protection products from--
        Italy, 58754-58756 
    Carbon steel wire rod from--
        Argentina, 58756-58758 
    Castings; iron metal, iron construction, and heavy iron 
            construction from--
        India et al., 58758-58761 
    Chloropicrin from--
        China, 58761-58763 
    Greige polyester cotton printcloth from--
        China, 58763-58765 
    Potassium permanganate from--
        China and Spain, 58761-58763 
    Refrigeration compressors from--
        Singapore, 58767-58769 


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Chevon Industries Inc., 58769 
    Cytec Industries, Inc., et al., 58769-58770 
    FMC Corp., Inc., 58770 


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Oregon, 58749 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    San Juan Resource Area et al., UT, 58749-58750 
Public land orders:
    Montana, 58750-58751 
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 58751-58752 
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    California, 58752 


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58790-58791 


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Museum Service Office programs, 58791-58794 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pollock, 58658 
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Critical habitat designation--
        Swordfish, 58701 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Joshua Tree National Park, CA; backcountry and wilderness 
            management plan, 58752 
    Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, ME, 58753 
    Yellowstone National Park and Montana; bison management plan, 58753 



Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58702-58704  
Field office technical guides; changes:
    Alabama, 58704 

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Fire protection functional inspection program workshop, 58797 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 58794-58796  


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Patents:
    Biotechnological applications; written description requirements; 
            guidelines; comment request, 58711 
    Medical devices--
        T-SCAN; interim patent extension, 58711-58712 


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Prevailing rate systems, 58659-58660 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7144), 59197-59200 
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Terrorist-list states; waiver of requirements relating to blocked 
          property (Presidential Determination No. 99-1 of October 21, 
          1998), 59201 


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Central Valley Project, CA, 58753-58754 


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Transfer agents; Year 2000 readiness reports, 58630-58635 
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58801-58802 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Public utility holding company filings, 58797-58801 


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Supplemental security income:
    Aged, blind, and disabled--
        Payment for medical or social services; treatment of cash 
                received and conserved; demonstration project, 58802-
                58804 


State Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Eastern Europe and independent states of former Soviet Union; 
            national competitive programs administration, 58804-58807 
Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; bomb attacks on U.S. 
          Embassies; Accountability Review Boards convened, 58807 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 58747-58749 
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 58749 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 58807 
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 58807-58808 


Treasury Department
See Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Medical benefits:
    Advance healthcare planning; written directives and verbal and 
            nonverbal instructions, 58677-58678 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Finance 
          Administration, 58813-59190 


Part III
Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 59191-
          59195 


Part IV
The President, 59197-59201 
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7144.................................................59197
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations:
No. 99-1 of October 21, 1998.........................59201

                           5 CFR
2634.................................................58619
Proposed Rules:
532..................................................58659

                          12 CFR
208..................................................58620
211..................................................58620
215..................................................58620
225..................................................58620
262..................................................58620
263..................................................58620
265..................................................58620

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents)....................................58622,
                                              58624, 58625
71 (5 documents)....................................58627,
                                       58628, 58629, 58811
Proposed Rules:
23...................................................58660
121..................................................59192
135..................................................59192
145..................................................59192

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
305..................................................58671

                          17 CFR
10...................................................58811
240..................................................58630

                          24 CFR
Proposed Rules:
5....................................................58675

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents)......................................58811
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................58811

                          33 CFR
165..................................................58635
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................58676

                          38 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................58677

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents).....................................58637
81...................................................58637
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................58678
81...................................................58678

                          42 CFR
405..................................................58814
410..................................................58814
413..................................................58814
414..................................................58814
415..................................................58814
424..................................................58814
485..................................................58814
Proposed Rules:
5....................................................58679
51c..................................................58679

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
45...................................................58679

                          47 CFR
2....................................................58645
90...................................................58645
Proposed Rules:
54...................................................58685
90...................................................58685

                          50 CFR
679..................................................58658
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................58692
222..................................................58701
227..................................................58701