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Agriculture Department
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Rural Telephone Bank


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Injury Prevention and Control Advisory Committee, 63319 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        HIV infection and other important health problems among youth; 
                national programs, 63319-63324 
Meetings:
    Mine Health Research Advisory Committee, 63324 


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63325 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63325-63326 


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Iowa, 63285 
    Maine, 63285 
    Mississippi, 63285 
    Rhode Island, 63285-63286 


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    New York, 63180 
    Texas, 63180-63181 
PROPOSED RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility criteria, etc., 
                63253-63258 


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Technology Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Dominican Republic, 63297 
Special access and special regime program:
    Caribbean Basin countries; participating requirements; temporary 
            amendment, 63297-63298 


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Discontinuance, 63356-63357 


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Settlement agreements:
    Small World Toys, Inc., 63298-63303 


Defense Department
See Navy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility criteria, etc., 
                63253-63258 
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Navy Planning and Steering Advisory Committee, 63303 
Meetings:
    Wage Committee, 63303 


Drug Enforcement Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Records, reports, and exports of listed chemicals:
    Chemical mixtures that contain regulated chemicals, 63253 


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63304 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63304-63305 
Meetings:
    National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, 63305  


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Workforce Investment Act; implementation:
    Comment request, 63373-63383 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Science Office financial assistance program, 63305-63308 


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Energy conservation:
    Distribution transformers; test procedures, 63359-63372 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Pesticide products; State registration--
        Large municipal waste combustors located in States where State 
                plans have not been approved; emission guidelines; 
                implementation, 63191-63209 
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Louisiana, 63181-63191 

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NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63312-63314 
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Technician certification programs; revocation, 63314 
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 63314 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Lake Salvage Co. Site, IL, 63314-63315 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
    High performance computers; export and reexport requirements
        Post-shipment verification reporting procedures, 63141-63143 
NOTICES
National Defense Stockpile; market impact of proposed disposals of 
          excess commodities, 63286-63287 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    British Aerospace, 63130-63132 
    Burkhart GROB Luft-und Raumfahrt GmbH, 63137-63139 
    de Havilland, 63132-63134 
    McDonnell Douglas, 63134-63137 
Class E airspace, 63139-63141    
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX, 63349-63350 
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Chicago Midway Airport, IL, 63350 


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Satellite communications--
        18GHz frequency band redesignation, blanket licensing of 
                satellite Earth stations, and allocation of additional 
                spectrum for broadcast satellite service use, 63258 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63315 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63315-63316  


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Discontinuance, 63356-63357 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Smithland Hydroelectric Project, KY, 63310-63311 
Hydroelectric applications, 63311-63312   
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Colorado City, AZ, 63308-63309 
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 63309 
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 63309 
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 63309-63310 
    Overthrust Pipeline Co., 63310 
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 63310 
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 63310 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Howell, MI, 63350-63351 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation--
        National corridor planning and development program and 
                coordinated border infrastructure program, 63351-63354 


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
RULES
Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation:
    Attorneys' fees and other expenses; award, 63172-63178 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Discontinuance, 63356-63357 
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 63317  
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 63317-63318  
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 63318-63319  


Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Joint partnership program, 63354 


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered Species Convention:
    Appendices and amendments, 63210-63221 


Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medical devices:
    Class I devices; premarket notification requirements; exemption 
            designations, 63222-63253 


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Lambs; selective carcass palpation procedure adoption; inspection 
            procedures change, 63283-63284 


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 Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Hospice wage index; correction, 63326 


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63326-63327 

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Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63357-63358 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Stainless steel bar from--
        India, 63288-63291 
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 63287-63288 
    Automatic liquidation regulation for resellers; comment request
        Rebuttal period, 63288 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    University of--
        Maryland et al., 63292 


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 63327-63329 


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Central Gulf of Mexico--
        Lease sales, 63329 


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Reportable item; definitions, 63209-63210 


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63330-63331  


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Combined Arts Advisory Panel, 63331-63332     


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment--
        Headlighting, 63258-63276 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Atka mackerel, 63221 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        South Atlantic snapper grouper, 63276-63282 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Whaling Commission, 63292-63293 
    New England Fishery Management Council, 63293 
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 63293-63294 


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63333 


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63333 


Navy Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Graviton, Inc., 63303-63304 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Light-water power reactors; criticality accident requirements, 
            63127-63130 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 63337 
Meetings:
    Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 63337-63338 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63338-63339 
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Advanced Medical Systems, Inc., 63339-63342 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Advanced Medical Systems, Inc., 63333 
    Duke Energy Corp., 63333-63335 
    Tennessee Valley Authority, 63335-63336  
    Yankee Atomic Electric Co., 63336 


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
RULES
Single-employer plans:
    Allocation of assets--
        Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement age, 
                63179-63180 
    Benefits payable in terminated plans; disclosure to participants, 
            63178-63179 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Veterans Day (Proc. 7146), 63121-63122 
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Burma; report to Congress regarding conditions and U.S. policy 
          (Memorandum of October 27, 1998), 63123 
Iran; continuation of emergency (Notice of November 9, 1998), 63125 


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group; correction, 63329 
Water resources planning; discount rate change, 63329-63330 


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Hazardous liquid transportation--
        Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure 
                testing within terminals and tank farms, 63210 
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
    Advisory bulletins--
        Potential damage to pipeline facilities caused by passage of 
                Hurricane Georges, 63355 


Rural Telephone Bank
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63284-63285 


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Over-the-counter derivatives dealers
        Correction, 63143-63171 
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Brokers and dealers; books and records requirements--
        Sales practices, 63222 
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 63347-63348 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 63342-63347 


State Justice Institute
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63348 


Technology Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    United States-China Science and Technology Commission; Civil 
            Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee, 63294 
    United States-Greek Ministry of National Economy initiative for 
            technology cooperation with Balkans; Joint Science and 
            Technology Cooperation Council, 63294-63295 
    United States-Northern Ireland Industrial Research and Technology 
            Unit Joint Board on Scientific and Technological 
            Cooperation, 63296 


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63349 


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63355-63356 


Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility criteria, etc., 
                63253-63258 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office, 
          63359-63372 


Part III
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 63373-
          63383 
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7146.................................................63121
Executive Orders:
12170 (See Notice of Nov. 9, 1998)...................63125
Administrative Orders:
Memorandum of Oct. 27, 1998..........................63123
Notice of Nov. 9, 1998...............................63125

                          10 CFR
50...................................................63127
70...................................................63127
Proposed Rules:
432..................................................63360

                          14 CFR
39 (4 documents)....................................63130,
                                       63132, 63134, 63137
71 (4 documents)....................................63139,
                                                     63140

                          15 CFR
740..................................................63141
742..................................................63141

                          17 CFR
200..................................................63143
240..................................................63143
249..................................................63143
Proposed Rules:
240..................................................63222

                          21 CFR
Proposed Rules:
862..................................................63222
864..................................................63222
866..................................................63222
868..................................................63222
870..................................................63222
872..................................................63222
874..................................................63222
876..................................................63222
878..................................................63222
880..................................................63222
882..................................................63222
884..................................................63222
886..................................................63222
888..................................................63222
890..................................................63222
892..................................................63222
1310.................................................63253

                          29 CFR
2704.................................................63172
4011.................................................63178
4022.................................................63178
4044.................................................63179

                          33 CFR
117 (2 documents)....................................63180

                          38 CFR
Proposed Rules:
21...................................................63253

                          40 CFR
52...................................................63181
62...................................................63191

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
25...................................................63258

                          48 CFR
1827.................................................63209
1852.................................................63209

                          49 CFR
195..................................................63210
Proposed Rules:
571..................................................63258

                          50 CFR
23...................................................63210
679..................................................63221
Proposed Rules:
622..................................................63276