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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
See Historic Preservation, Advisory Council


Agency for International Development
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62333-62336 


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Limes and avocados grown in--
    Florida, 60204-60209 
Nectarines and and peaches grown in--
    California, 60209-60212 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee, 60292 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Farm Service Agency
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61421-61520 


Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62337-62340 


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


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review 
          determinations; availability, etc.:
    Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Feasibility Project, WA, 60311 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Ryan White CARE Act; implementation:
    HIV testing of newborns; HHS Secretary's determination, 60351-60352 



Civil Rights Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62341-62342 


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Florida, 60213-60214 
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Florida, 60226-60227 


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61521-61607 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60292-60293  


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Jamaica, 60305 
    Mauritius, 60306 
    Oman, 60306-60307 
    Ukraine, 60307-60308 
    United Arab Emirates, 60308-60309 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62647-62651 


Consumer Product Safety Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62653-62660 


Corporation for National and Community Service
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62343-62345 


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contract action reporting, 60217-60218 
    Contract action reporting; affirmative action reform, 60216-60217 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency; name change from Defense Special 
            Weapons Agency, 60212-60213 
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Semi-annual agenda, 62633-62645 
Semi-annual agenda, 61609-61646 


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61647-61655 


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Performance guarantees, 60268-60270 
Semi-annual agenda, 61657-61677 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Hanford Site, WA, 60309 
        Nevada Test Site, NV, 60309 
    International Energy Agency Industry Supply Advisory Group, 60310 
Natural gas exportation and importation:
    Renaissance Energy (U.S.) Inc., 60310 

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Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 60214-60216 
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 60256 
Semi-annual agenda, 62347-62478
NOTICES
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals and chemical 
            categories; list; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
            waste minimization policy, 60332-60343 


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62479-62483


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Farm Credit Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Farm credit system:
    Loan policies and operations--
        Chartered territories, 60219-60222 
Semi-annual agenda, 62661-62666
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 60343 


Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62667-62668 


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Warehouses:
    Tobacco auction warehouses; licensing requirements, 60203-60204 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:
    Airport security areas, unescorted access privileges; employment 
            history, verification, and criminal history records check
        Correction, 60448
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 60222-60224 
    Schempp-Hirth K.G., 60224-60226 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Global Positioning System/Wide Area and Local Area Augmentation 
            Systems; capabilities, 60440 


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62669-62696 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62697-62705


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 60344 


Federal Emergency Management Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62487-62491
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Project Impact communities and States with Project Impact 
            communities, 60344 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62707-62711 
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Northern Indiana Public Service Co. et al., 60322-60327 
    Wisconsin Electric Power Co. et al., 60327-60330 
Hydroelectric applications, 60330-60332   
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 60311 
    ANR Pipeline Co., 60312 
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.,  60312-60313 
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 60313 
    Cranberry Pipeline Corp., 60313 
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 60313-60314 
    Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 60314 
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.,  60314-60315  
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 60315 
    Granite State Gas Transmission Co., 60315 
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 60315-60316 
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 60316 
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 60316 
    KN Wattenberg Transmission Liability Co., 60317 
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 60317 
    Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., 60317-60318  
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 60318  
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 60319 
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 60319  
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 60319-60320 
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 60320 
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 60320-60321  
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.,  60321-60322 


Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62533-62535 


Federal Housing Finance Board
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62713-62717


Federal Maritime Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62719-62722
NOTICES
Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.
    World Line Shipping, Inc., et al., 60345-60346 


Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62493-62494 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Traffic control systems; discontinuance or modification:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., et al., 60440-60441 

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Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62723-62736 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 60346-60347 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 60346 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 60347 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 60347 


Federal Trade Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62737-62746 
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Koninklijke Ahold nv et al., 60347-60350 


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Migratory bird hunting:
    Mid-continent light geese; harvest increase, 60271-60278 
    Mid-continent light goose populations reduction; conservation order 
            establishment, 60278-60287 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Kern County, CA; habitat conservation plan, 60368-60370 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices:
    Mammography Quality Standards Act--
        Alternative requirement approval, 60352 
Protection of human subjects:
    Institutional Review Board; research categories list; expedited 
            review procedure, 60353-60356 


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    California, 60293 
    Ohio, 60294 
    Wisconsin
        Mercury Marine (Inc.); marine propulsion products manufacturing 
                facilities, 60293-60294 
        Polaris Industries, Inc.; internal-combustion engines 
                manufacturing facilities, 60294 


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 60350-60351 


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Semi-annual agenda, 62633-62645 
Semi-annual agenda, 62497-62507 


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 60370-60380          


Government Ethics Office
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62537-62544 


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Stockyards; posting and deposting:
    Crawford County Livestock Auction, AR, et al., 60292 


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
See National Institutes of Health
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61679-61786 


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request,  60356-60357 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60357 


Historic Preservation, Advisory Council
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62331-62332 


Housing and Urban Development Department
See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61787-61817 
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 60367-60368 


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Program exclusions; list, 60357-60361 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Minerals Management Service
See National Indian Gaming Commission
See National Park Service
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61819-61905 


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request,  60446-60447 


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development
See Overseas Private Investment Corporation


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products and cut-to-length 
            carbon steel plate from--
        Canada, 60294-60295 
    Extruded rubber thread from--
        Malaysia, 60295-60299 
    Gray portland cement and clinker from--
        Mexico, 60299 

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    Helical spring lock washers from--
        China, 60299-60302 
    Industrial nitrocellulose from--
        Korea, 60302-60303 
        United Kingdom, 60303 
    Manganese metal from--
        China, 60303-60304 
    Silicon metal from--
        Brazil, 60304 
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests; correction, 60448
Export trade certificates of review, 60304-60305 


Justice Department
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61907-61965 
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Global Criminal Justice Information Network Advisory Committee, 
            60385-60386 
Meetings:
    Global Criminal Justice Information Network Advisory Committee, 
            60386 
    Violence Against Women National Advisory Council, 60386 


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 61967-62017 


Management and Budget Office
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62545-62549 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60414-60416 


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act:
    Oil and gas lease of submerged lands (Form MMS-2005); revision, 
            60380-60383 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Semi-annual agenda, 62633-62645 
Semi-annual agenda, 62509-62512 


National Archives and Records Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62513-62519 
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 60410-60411 


National Credit Union Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62747-62752


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda:
    Institute of Museum and Library Services, 62521-62522 
    National Endowment for the Arts, 62523-62525 
    National Endowment for the Humanities, 62527-62528 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities National Council, 60412 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Air bag sensor design; petition denied, 60270-60271 


National Indian Gaming Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62753-62757 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Leukemia, lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and 
            other hematologic malignancies; therapeutic treatment, 
            60361-60362 
Meetings:
    Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council, 60362-60363 
    National Cancer Institute, 60363  
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            60364 
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, 60363-60364 
Protection of human subjects:
    Institutional Review Board; research categories list; expedited 
            review procedure, 60364-60367 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Atka mackerel, 60288-60291 
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico essential fish habitat designations, 60287 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:
    Piscataway Park, MD, 60383-60384 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, WA, 60384 
Meetings:
    Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission, 60384 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Wetland protection; director's order and procedural manual, 60384-
            60385 


National Science Foundation
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62529-62531


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62759-62779
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Southern California Edison Co., 60412-60414 
    STP Nuclear Operating Co., 60414 


Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Office of the Special Counsel
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62575-62576 

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Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Overseas Private Investment Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62577-62578


Panama Canal Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62579-62581 


Peace Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62583-62585 


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    Moody-Day, Inc., et al., 60386-60391 
    Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 60391-60398 
    U.S. West, Inc., et al., 60398-60410 


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62587-62592 


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62551-62574 


Postal Service
NOTICES
Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications:
    Domestic mail classification schedule changes and accompanying rate 
            and fee changes, 60416-60418 


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


Railroad Retirement Board
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62593-62598 


Regulatory Information Service Center
PROPOSED RULES
Unified agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions, 61201-
          61419 


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62781-62806
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 60429-60430 
    Boston Stock Exchange, 60430-60431 
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 60431-60435 
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 60435-60436 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CD Radio Inc., 60418-60419 
    John Hancock Bond Trust et al., 60419-60422 
    Public utility holding company filings, 60422-60424 
    Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust et al., 60424-60428 


Selective Service System
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62599-62600 


Small Business Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62601-62608 


Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62609-62628


Special Counsel Office
See Office of the Special Counsel


State Department
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62019-62024 
NOTICES
Foreign passports validity; list of countries, 60436-60437 
Meetings:
    Fine Arts Committee, 60437 
    International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 60437 


Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62807-62811 
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Canadian National Railway Co. et al., 60441-60442 
Railroad services abandonment:
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Co., Inc., 60442-60443 


Tennessee Valley Authority
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62629-62630 


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


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
    World Trade Organization--
        Sanitary and phytosanitary issues in foreign trade measures; 
                comment request, 60437-60440 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62025-62202 


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62203-62302 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request,  60443-60445   


United States Information Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Semi-annual agenda, 62631-62632 

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Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Health care resources; simplified acquisition procedures, 60256-
            60268 
Medical benefits:
    Nursing home care of veterans in State homes; per diem payments, 
            60227-60255 
Semi-annual agenda, 62303-62330 


Vice President of the United States
PROPOSED RULES
Regulatory Plan statement, 61201-61203 
  
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 A cumulative list of the parts affected this month can be 
 found in the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue.
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  Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / 
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  Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / 
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  Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / 
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                           7 CFR
737..................................................60203
911..................................................60204
915..................................................60204
916..................................................60209
917..................................................60209

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
611..................................................60219
614..................................................60219
618..................................................60219

                          14 CFR
107..................................................60448
108..................................................60448
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................60222,
                                                     60224

                          32 CFR
318..................................................60214

                          33 CFR
117..................................................60212
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................60226

                          38 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................60227
51...................................................60227

                          40 CFR
52...................................................60214
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................60257

                          48 CFR
253 (2 documents)...................................60216,
                                                     60217
Proposed Rules:
801..................................................60257
806..................................................60257
812..................................................60257
837..................................................60257
852..................................................60257
873..................................................60257
909..................................................60269
970..................................................60269

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
571..................................................60271

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................60278
21...................................................60278
622..................................................60287
679..................................................60288