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Agricultural Marketing Service
NOTICES
Mushrooms, canned; grade standards, 67040-67041 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
RULES
Administrative practice and procedure:
    Civil rights adjudication; waiver of applicable statutes of 
            limitation, 67391-67398 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Chief Economist et al., 66979 


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Noxious weed lists:
    Update, 67011-67014 
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables; importation--
        Grapefruit, lemons, and oranges from Argentina, 67011 


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Army National Guard pest management program, 67054-67055 


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Surveys, determinations, etc.:
    Business Register multiestablishment companies; 1998 company 
            organization survey, 67044-67045 


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67073-67074 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67074-67075 


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Year 2000 (Y2K) problems in marine industry; comment request, 67166-
          67167 


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 67044 


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    China, 67046-67048 
    Hong Kong, 67048-67050 
    Philippines, 67050-67051 
    Romania, 67051-67052 
    Taiwan, 67052-67053 
Textile and apparel categories:
    Various countries; unit of quantity requirement, 67053-67054 


Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community development financial institutions program, 67168-67169 


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67054  


Customs Service
NOTICES
Generalized System of Preferences:
    Program renewal, 67169-67170 
Textile costumes; tariff classification, 67170-67171 


Defense Department
See Army Department


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Riegel, Ronald J., D.V.M., 67132-67135 


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Berg Electronics Group, Inc., 67141 
    BWD Automotive of Alabama, 67141 
    Electronic Components et al., 67141-67142 
    Fairchild Semiconductor, 67142 
    General Electric Co., 67142 
    Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing et al., 67142-67143 
    Levi Strauss & Co., 67143-67144 
    Nabors Drilling USA, Inc., 67144 
    Pioneer Finishing, 67144 
    Semitool, Inc., 67144-67145 
    Sweet-Orr & Co., 67145 
    TransTexas Gas Corp., 67145 
Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Kunkle Foundry Co., Inc., 67139 
    Zilog, Inc., et al., 67139-67141 
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67145-67146 
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Arrow-Ace Die Cutting et al., 67146-67147 
    Becton Dickinson, 67147 
    Berg Electronics Group, Inc., 67147-67148 
    Farah USA, Inc., 67148 

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    J.L. Clark, Tube Division, 67148 
    Kodak Polychrome Graphics, 67148-67149 
    Levi Strauss & Co., 67149 


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 67149-67150 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, 67055 
    National Petroleum Council, 67055 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation operations
        Chamber exhaust and aeration room vents; requirements 
                suspended, 66990-66994 
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Food and food by-products, 66999-67001 
    Myclobutanil, 66996-66999 
    Thiabendazole, 66994-66996 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 67062 
        Weekly receipts, 67062-67063 
Pesticide programs:
    Food Quality Protection Act--
        Proposed threshold of regulation policy when food use does not 
                require tolerance, etc.; science policy issues, 67063-
                67066 
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Iprodione, 67066-67067 
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Chemical testing--
        Data receipt, 67067-67068 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67045 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus; correction, 66979-66980 
Class D and Class E airspace, 66980-66982  
Class E airspace, 66982-66983 , 
Class E airspace; correction, 67172
PROPOSED RULES
Class D and Class E airspace, 67014-67015 
Class E airspace, 67016 
Class E airspace; withdrawn, 67017  


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Universal service--
        Universal service worksheet; contributor reporting requirements 
                and reimbursement clarification, 67006-67010 
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Texas, 67036 
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Wireless telecommunications services--
        Location and monitoring service licenses auction; revised pre-
                auction deadlines and NTIA deployment and technical 
                information, 67068-67069 


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67069 


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Arizona et al., 67001-67003 
    California et al., 67003-67006  
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Arizona et al., 67026-67030 
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Florida, 67069  
    Kansas, 67069-67071     
    Missouri, 67071 
    New York, 67071 
    Texas, 67072   
    Washington, 67072 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    SEI Wisconsin, L.L.C., et al., 67056-67059 
Hydroelectric applications, 67059-67061   
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 67056 
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 67056 


Federal Maritime Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Marine carriers in foreign commerce:
    Governing restrictive foreign shipping practices and controlled 
            carriers, 67030-67036 
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67072-67073 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67073 


Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67073 


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 67172

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Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Migratory bird hunting:
    Tin shot; temporary approval as non-toxic for 1998-1999 season, 
            67037-67039 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Rohm & Haas Co., 67075 
Medical devices:
    Surgical lamps (class II devices); exemptions from premarket 
            notification; petition denied, 67075-67076 
    Used medical devices; reconditioners and rebuilders; compliance 
            policy guide revoked, 67076-67078 


Forest Service
NOTICES
Appealable decisions; legal notice:
    Southern region, 67041-67044 


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Medicare supplemental insurance; recognition of NAIC model 
            regulation standards, 67078-67121 


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 67127 


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Immigration:
    Treaty trader and treaty investor (E), and alien entrepreneur (EB-
            5) classification; location of filing petitions and 
            applications, 67135-67136 


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Judgment funds; plans for use and distribution:
    Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 67127-67131 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67171 


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Drug prevention program, 67136 


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67136-67139 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67121-67122 
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 67122-67124 
Meetings:
    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
            Diseases, 67126 
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            67125 , 67125 
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 67124 
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 67124-67125 
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, 67125-67126 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 67045-67046 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Big Thicket National Preserve, TX; 3-D seismic survey, 67131 
    Sitka National Historical Park, AK, 67131-67132 


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67150-67151 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67151 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Duke Energy Corp., 67151-67152 


Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Postal rate changes, 67017-67026 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    AIDS Day, World (Proc. 7153), 66977


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration

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See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Securities offerings, regulatory structure; modernization and 
            clarification, 67173-67331 
    Takeovers and security holder communications; regulation 
            modernization, 67331-67389 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67152 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67154-67155 
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 67155-67157 
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 67157-67160 
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 67160-67164   
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 67164-67165 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 67152-67154 


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 67165 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67126-67127 


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Alabama, 66983-66987 
    Ohio, 66987-66989 
    Utah, 66989-66990 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 67168 


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 67173-67390 


Part III
Department of Agriculture, 67391-67398 
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7153.................................................66977

                           7 CFR
2....................................................66979
15f..................................................67392
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................67011
319..................................................67011
360..................................................67011
361..................................................67011

                          14 CFR
39...................................................66979
71 (5 documents)....................................66980,
                                       66981, 66982, 67175
Proposed Rules:
71 (4 documents)....................................67014,
                                              67016, 67017

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
200 (2 documents)....................................67174
202..................................................67174
210..................................................67174
228..................................................67174
229 (2 documents)...................................67174,
                                                     67331
230 (2 documents)....................................67174
                                                     67331
232 (2 documents)....................................67174
                                                     67331
239 (2 documents)....................................67174
                                                     67331
240 (2 documents)....................................67174
                                                     67331
249..................................................67174

                          30 CFR
901..................................................66983
935..................................................66987
944..................................................66989

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................67017

                          40 CFR
63...................................................66990
180 (3 documents)...................................66994,
                                              66996, 66999

                          44 CFR
65 (2 documents)....................................67001,
                                                     67003
67...................................................67004
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................67026

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
550..................................................67030
551..................................................67030
555..................................................67030
560..................................................67030
565..................................................67030
585..................................................67030
586..................................................67030
587..................................................67030
588..................................................67030

                          47 CFR
54...................................................67006
64...................................................67006
69...................................................67006
Proposed Rules:
73...................................................67036

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
20...................................................67037