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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Technical Review Committee,  67897-67898 


Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67849-67852 


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 67862 


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Poultry carcasses from regions where exotic Newcastle disease 
            exists, 67809-67813 


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    General Electric Co. and InnoServ Technologies, Inc., 67920-67938 


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Census Monitoring Board
NOTICES
Meetings, 67852 


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Louisiana, 67852 
    South Dakota, 67853 


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology


Commodity Credit Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Loan and purchase program:
    Upland cotton user market certificate program, 67806-67809 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67860-67861 


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
All-terrain vehicles; resolution commending industry members, 67861-
          67862 


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Engineers Corps
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Hazardous waste disposal, 67804 
    Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations support; waiver authority, 
            67803-67804 
    International agreements; competition exception, 67803 
    Service contracts that cross fiscal years, 67804-67805 


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67862 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards Advisory Committee, 67862-
            67863 


Engineers Corps
RULES
Danger zones and restricted areas:
    Naval Station Annapolis, MD; small boat basin off Severn River, 
            68139-68141 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants; national emission standards:
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and other 
            processes subject to equipment leaks negotiated regulation
        Correction, 67787-67794 
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 67784-67787 
    Maryland, 67780-67784  
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Oklahoma, 67800-67802 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Environmental Appeals Board, 67779-67780 
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Zinc phosphide, 67794-67799 
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contractor proposal evaluations, 67845-67848 
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry wastewater; 
            volatile organic compounds, 67987-68113 
Air programs:
    Ambient air quality surveillance--
        Air quality index reporting, 67818-67834 

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Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Maryland,  67817-67818 
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Oklahoma, 67834 
Pesticide programs:
    Antimicrobial pesticide products program; streamlining procedures; 
            notification to Agriculture and Health and Human Services 
            Secretaries, 67834 
NOTICES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Health effects testing requirements for baseline gasoline and 
                oxygenated nonbaseline gasolines and alternative 
                emissions generator approval, 67877-67879 
Clean Air Act:
    Citizens suits; proposed settlements--
        Coalition for Clean Air, Inc., 67879-67880 
        Wellman, Inc. et al., 67879 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes priorities and funding guidance, 67880 
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Malathion and diazinon, 67880-67882 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67882 
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        C&M Plating Co. Site, IN, 67883 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aircraft Belts, Inc., 67775-67778 
    Boeing, 67769-67775  
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 67813-67816 
Class E airspace, 67816-67817 
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    General Mitchell International Airport, WI, 67975 
    Rochester International Airport, MN, 67975-67976 


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Universal service policy, 67837-67845 
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67883 
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 67883 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Jersey Central Power & Light Co. et al., 67871-67874 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 67874-67875 
Hydroelectric applications, 67875-67877  
Meetings:
    Landowner notification, residential area designation, and 
            environmental filing requirements; staff conference, 67877 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 67863 
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 67863  
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 67864 
    Commodore Electric, 67864 
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 67864 
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 67864-67865 
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 67865 
    Kansas Pipeline Co., 67865-67866 
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 67866 
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 67866,   67867 
    South Georgia Natural Gas Co., 67866 
    Stingray Pipeline Co., 67867 
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 67868 
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 67868 
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp.,  67868-67869 
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.,   67869-67870 
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 67870  
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 67870-67871 


Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67883-67884 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Emergency orders:
    Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 67976-67980  


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 67884-67897 
            


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Plum Creek Timber Co., King and Kittitas Counties, WA, 67914 


Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Human drugs:
    Laxative products (OTC)--
        Oral and rectal sodium phosphate products; tentative final 
                monograph; partial withdrawal, 67817 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Biologics Evaluation and Research Center; investigational 
            biological product trials; clinical hold review committee, 
            67898-67899 


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arizona
        Meadowcraft, Inc.; wrought iron patio furniture finishing and 
                distribution facility, 67853 
    Maryland
        Northrop Grumman Corp.; electronic sensoring, processing, and 
                communications technologies manufacturing facilities, 
                67853-67854 
    New Jersey, 67854 

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General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal property management:
    Utilization and disposal--
        Federal surplus firearms; donation to State or local law 
                enforcement activities, 68135-68138 


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing, 67899-
            67908 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67908-67911 


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67913-67914 
Low income housing:
    Difficult development areas and qualified census tracts; 
            statutorily mandated designation for tax credit, 68115-
            68127 
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 68129-68133 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
PROPOSED RULES
Wild and scenic rivers, 67834-67837 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Magnesium, pure, from--
        Ukraine, 67854-67855 
    Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from--
        Taiwan, 67855-67857 
    Titanium sponge from--
        Russian Federation, 67857-67858 
    Uranium from--
        Kazakhstan, 67858 
Countervailing duties:
    Iron-metal castings from--
        India, 67858-67860 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Ferrosilicon from--
        Brazil et al., 67917-67918 
    Lens-fitted film packages, 67918 
    Stainless steel plate from--
        Belgium et al., 67918-67920 


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Northwest California, 67914-67915 


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67915-67916 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 67981-67985    


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability, 67860 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 67912-67913 

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            67912 
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 67911-67912 
    National Institute of Mental Health, 67911 
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 67912 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Alexandria and Arlington County, VA; Commonwealth Atlantic 
            properties; land exchange, 67916-67917 
Meetings:
    Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor 
            Commission, 67917 
Telecommunications facilities; construction and operation:
    Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, 67917 


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Cedar Run Watershed, VA, 67852 


Northeast Dairy Compact Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 67939 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Certificates of compliance:
    United States Enrichment Corp.--
        Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, OH, 67941-67942 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 67942-67943 
    Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 67943-67944 
    Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 67944 
Regulatory agreements:
    Maine; correction, 67945-67946 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Materials licenses, consolidated guidance--
        Broad scope licenses; program-specific guidance, 67946 

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    Nuclear power reactors decommissioning; staff responses to 
            frequently asked questions, 67946-67947 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Advanced Medical Systems, Inc., 67939  
    Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. et al., 67939-67940 
    Consolidated Edison Co., 67940 
    STP Nuclear Operating Co., 67940-67941 


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


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 67947 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7155), 
            67765-67766 
    Gore, Albert, Sr. death (Proc. 7157), 67769-67771 
    Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 7156), 67767-67768 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Government agencies and employees:
    Pay rates (EO 13106), 68151-68152 
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Palestine Liberation Organization; waiver of statutory provisions 
          relating to terrorism (Presidential Determination No. 99-5 of 
          November 25, 1998), 68143-68145 


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.,  67956-67958 
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 67958-67962 
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 67912 
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 67964-67970    
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 67970-67972  
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 67972-67973 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CCB Funds, 67947-67948 
    Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., 67948-67951 
    P.H. Glatfelter Co., 67951-67952 
    Quebecor Inc., 67952 
    Select Advisors Trust A et al., 67952-67954 
    Western-Southern Life Assurance Co. et al., 67954-67956 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Red River Valley & Western Railroad Co., 67985-67986 


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
United States-European Union Transatlantic Economic Partnership; 
          barrier reduction negotiations; comment request
    Road safety and marine safety equipment and calibration services, 
            67973-67975 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67986  


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Dependents education--
        Educational assistance rates, 67778-67779 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 67987-68113 


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 68115-68127 


Part IV
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 68129-68133 


Part V
General Services Administration, 68135-68138 


Part VI
Department of Defense, Corps of Engineers, 68139-68141 


Part VII
The President, 68143-68145 


Part VIII
The President, 67769-67771,  68147-68160 
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7155 of December 4, 1998.............................67765
7156 of December 4, 1998.............................67767
7157.................................................68149
Executive Orders:
13106................................................68151
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations:
No. 99-5 of November 25, 1998........................68145

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1427.................................................67806

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
94...................................................67809

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents)....................................67769,
                                              67771, 67775
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................67813
71...................................................67816

                          21 CFR
Proposed Rules:
334..................................................67817

                          33 CFR
334..................................................68140

                          38 CFR
21...................................................67778

                          40 CFR
1....................................................67779
52 (3 documents)....................................67780,
                                              67782, 67784
63...................................................67787
180..................................................67794
271..................................................67800
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents)....................................67817,
                                                     67818
58...................................................67818
60...................................................67988
152..................................................67834
156..................................................67834
271..................................................67834

                          41 CFR
Proposed Rules:
101-42...............................................68136
101-43...............................................68136

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................67834

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
36...................................................67837
54...................................................67837

                          48 CFR
206..................................................67803
217..................................................67803
223..................................................67804
237..................................................67804
252..................................................67804
Proposed Rules:
1526.................................................67845
1552.................................................67845