[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING DECEMBER

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publishes separately a List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), 
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since the revision date of each title.

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                         REMINDERS
The items in this list were editorially compiled as an aid 
to Federal Register users. Inclusion or exclusion from 
this list has no legal significance.

         RULES GOING INTO EFFECT DECEMBER 1, 1998
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act; implementation:
   Retailers, grocery wholesalers, and other licensees; license renewal 
      periods; published 11-19-98
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent cases:
   Patent Cooperation Treaty application procedures; revisions; 
      published 12-1-98
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Poison prevention packaging:
   Sucraid; exemption; published 12-1-98
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Iowa; published 10-28-98
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Depository institutions; reserve requirements (Regulation D):
   Low reserve tranche adjustment; published 11-30-98
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal property management:
   Utilization and disposal--
      Excess personal property reporting requirements; published 7-27-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
   New drug applications--
      Melengestrol acetate and lasalocid; published 12-1-98
Food additives:
   White Mineral Oil, USP; published 12-1-98
Food for human consumption:
   Natamycin (Pimaricin); published 12-1-98
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
   Illinois; published 11-16-98
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Nonimmigrant classes:
   Nonimmigrant workers (H-1B category); petitioning requirements--
      Fee schedule and filing requirements; published 11-30-98
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Privacy Act; implementation; published 10-22-98
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Copyright office and procedure:
   Supplementary registration applications; corrections and 
      amplifications
      Correction; published 12-1-98
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Single-employer plans:
   Allocation of assets--
      Interest assumptions for valuing benefits; published 11-13-98
POSTAL SERVICE
Practice and procedure:
   Rules of procedure before judicial officer; address, titles and 
      references, and technical and grammatical changes; published 12-1-
      98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs:
   Opiate threshold levels; changes; published 11-25-98
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Cherries (tart) grown in--
   Michigan; comments due by 12-1-98; published 11-17-98
   Michigan et al.; comments due by 12-3-98; published 11-18-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
   Orchids in growing media; importation; comments due by 12-2-98; 
      published 10-29-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Fees:
   Official inspection and weighing services; comments due by 12-1-98; 
      published 10-2-98
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Electric loans:
   Year 2000 compliant electric systems; comments due by 11-30-98; 
      published 9-29-98
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
      Northern anchovy; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-30-98
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent cases:
   Patent business goals; implementation; comments due by 12-4-98; 
      published 10-5-98
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Freedom of Information; implementation
   National Security Agency/Central Security Service; comments due by 
      11-30-98; published 9-30-98
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Special education and rehabilitative services:
   State vocational rehabilitation services program; comments due by 11-
      30-98; published 10-14-98
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
   Fluorescent lamp ballasts; energy conservation standards; comments 
      due by 11-30-98; published 10-30-98
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act):
   Facilities construction and operation, etc.; filing of applications; 
      comments due by 12-1-98; published 10-16-98
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
   Petroleum refineries--
      Catalytic cracking (fluid and other) units, catalytic reforming 
         units, and sulfur plant units; comments due by 12-1-98; 
         published 11-30-98
Air quality implementation plans; Aapproval and 
   promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; 
   designation of areas:
   Connecticut; comments due by 12-2-98; published 11-2-98
Clean Air Act:
   Interstate ozone transport reduction--
      Section 126 petitions, findings of significant contribution and 
         rulemaking; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-21-98
   Interstate ozone transport reduction; Section 126 petitions and 
      Federal implementation plans; comments due by 11-30-98; published 
      9-30-98
   Regional transport of ozone, Eastern States; Federal implementation 
      plans; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-21-98
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
   Michigan; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-29-98
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Pyridaben; comments due by 12-4-98; published 10-5-98
Superfund program:
   National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
      National priorities list update; comments due

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         by 11-30-98; published 9-29-98
Toxic substances:
   Lead-based paint; identification of dangerous levels of lead; 
      comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-1-98
Water pollution control:
   Underground injection control program--
      Class V wells; requirements for motor vehicle waste and industrial 
         waste disposal wells and cesspools in ground water-based source 
         protection areas; comments due by 11-30-98; published 9-29-98
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   Interstate services of local exchange carriers; authorized unitary 
      rate of return; comments due by 12-3-98; published 10-20-98
Radio services, special:
   Amateur services--
      Novice class and technician plus operator licenses phaseout, etc.; 
         comments due by 12-1-98; published 9-14-98
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Nevada; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-19-98
   Texas; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-19-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food additives:
   Adjuvants, production aids, and sanitizers--
      2,9-dichloro-5,12-dihydroquinone[2,3-b]acridine-7,14-dione (C.I. 
         Pigment Red 202); comments due by 12-3-98; published 11-3-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicaid:
   Managed care programs; comments due by 11-30-98; published 9-29-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Health care programs; fraud and abuse:
   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act--
      Data collection program; final adverse actions reporting; comments 
         due by 11-30-98; published 10-30-98
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services 
Department
Health care programs; fraud and abuse:
   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act--
      Data collection program; final adverse actions reporting; comments 
         due by 11-30-98; published 10-30-98
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration:
   Aliens--
      Deportation suspension, removal cancellation, and status 
         adjustment cases; comments due by 11-30-98; published 9-30-98
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Parole Commission
Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:
   District of Columbia Code; incorporation into Parole Commission 
      regulations; comments due by 12-1-98; published 7-21-98
   District of Columbia Code; prisoners serving sentences; comments due 
      by 12-1-98; published 10-26-98
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Employment and Training Administration
Aliens:
   Nonimmigrant agricultural workers; temporary employment; labor 
      certification process; administrative measures to improve program 
      performance; comments due by 12-1-98; published 10-2-98
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Credit unions:
   Member business loans and appraisals; comments due by 11-30-98; 
      published 9-29-98
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Independent storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
   waste; licensing requirements:
   30-day hold in loading spent fuel after preoperational testing of 
      independent spent fuel or monitored retrievable storage 
      installations; reporting requireme
       nt eliminated; comments due by 11-30-98; published 9-14-98
Rulemaking petitions:
   American National Standards Institute; comments due by 11-30-98; 
      published 9-15-98
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
Shipping and navigation:
   Marine accidents; investigations, control, responsibility; comments 
      due by 11-30-98; published 10-22-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Air carrier certification and operations:
   Major repair data development (SFAR No. 36); comments due by 12-2-98; 
      published 11-2-98
Airworthiness directives:
   Boeing; comments due by 11-30-98; published 9-30-98
   Mooney Aircraft Corp.; comments due by 12-4-98; published 10-9-98
   Pratt & Whitney; comments due by 11-30-98; published 8-31-98
   Twin Commander Aircraft Corp.; comments due by 12-2-98; published 10-
      9-98
Airworthiness standards:
   Special conditions--
      Raytheon model 390 airplane; comments due by 12-2-98; published 
         11-2-98
Class E airspace; comments due by 11-30-98; published 10-16-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Highway Administration
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:
   Open container laws; comments due by 12-4-98; published 10-6-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Anthropomorphic test devices:
   Occupant crash protection--
      Hybrid III test dummies; fifth percentile female adult dummy 
         design and performance specifications; comments due by 12-2-98; 
         published 9-3-98
Motor vehicle safety standards:
   Occupant crash protection--
      Occupant protection incentive grants criteria; comments due by 11-
         30-98; published 10-1-98
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:
   Open container laws; comments due by 12-4-98; published 10-6-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Hazardous materials:
   Infectious substances and genetically modified micro-organisms 
      standards; requirements and exceptions clarification and public 
      meeting; comments due by 12-1-98; published 9-2-98
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Transportation Statistics Bureau
ICC Termination Act; implementation:
   Motor carriers of property; reporting requirements; comments due by 
      12-3-98; published 11-3-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Customs Service
Drawback:
   False drawback claims; penalties; comments due by 11-30-98; published 
      9-29-98
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Income taxes:
   Taxpayer Relief Act--
      Qualified retirement plan benefits; section 411(d)(6) protected 
         benefits; comments due by 12-3-98; published 9-4-98
      Roth IRAs; comments due by 12-2-98; published 9-3-98
Procedure and administration:
   Tax refund offset program; revisions; comments due by 11-30-98; 
      published 8-31-98

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                    LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS
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Note: The list of Public Laws for the second session of 
the 105th Congress has been completed and will resume when 
bills are enacted into law during the first session of the 
106th Congress, which convenes on January 6, 1999.

A cumulative list of Public Laws for the second session of 
the 105th Congress is in Part II of this issue of the 
Federal Register.
  


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TABLE OF EFFECTIVE DATES AND TIME PERIODS--DECEMBER 1998
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    This table is used by the Office of the Federal Register to compute 
certain dates, such as effective dates and comment deadlines, which 
appear in agency documents. In computing these dates, the day after 
publication is counted as the first day.
    When a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the next Federal 
business day is used. (See 1 CFR 18.17)
    A new table will be published in the first issue of each month.

 
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