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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Radiation studies and research program, 69076-69079 


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Massachusetts, 69000-69001 
Regattas and marine parades:
    Baltimore New Year's Eve Extravaganza Fireworks display, 68999-
            69000 


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    China, 69052-69054  
    India, 69054 
    Indonesia, 69055-69056 
    Singapore, 69056-69057 
    Taiwan, 69057-69059 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 69059 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69059-69060         


Consumer Product Safety Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer Product Safety Act:
    Multi-purpose lighters; child resistance standard
        Oral presentation of comments, 69030-69031 


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Architectural and engineering services and construction design, 
            69007-69008 
    Electronic signature of receiving reports, 69006-69007 
    E-mail/Internet addresses on contracts and modifications, 69005-
            69006 
    Short form research contract, 69007 
    Spanish laws and insurance; compliance, 69006 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69060-69061 
Meetings:
    Wage Committee, 69061 


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Special education and rehabilitative services--
        Vocational rehabilitation service projects for American Indians 
                with disabilities, 69061-69062 


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Federal-State unemployment compensation program:
    Extended benefit periods; changes, 69082 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Job Training Partnership Act--
        Title III dislocated worker manufacturing technology 
                demonstration program, 69082-69102 
        Title III incumbent worker demonstration program, 69103-69116 
Meetings:
    Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Employment and Training Advisory 
            Committee, 69117 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes regional biomass energy program management project, 
            69062-69063 
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specifc Advisory Board--
        Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 69063 


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Geothermal energy program, 69063 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Superfund program:
    CERCLA hazardous substances list; additions and removals--
        Caprolactam, 69165-69168 
PROPOSED RULES
Superfund program:
    CERCLA hazardous substances list; additions and removals--
        Caprolactam, 69169 
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 69032-69034 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69073 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Anchor Chemical Site, NY, 69074 
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        Avtex Fibers Site, VA, 69073-69074 

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Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69074-69075 


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Preparedness:
    Offsite radiological emergency preparedness program; services fee, 
            69001-69005 
NOTICES
Preparedness:
    Offsite radiological emergency preparedness program; services fee; 
            1999 FY hourly rate, 69075 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Holyoke Water Power Co. et al., MA, 69069-69070 
Hydroelectric applications, 69070-69073    
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Bay Gas Storage Co., Ltd., 69064 
    Charlotte Hill Gas Co., 69064 
    CNG Transmission Corp., 69064-69065 
    Consumers Energy Co., 69065 
    E.W. Dahlgren Trust, 69065-69066 
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 69066-69067 
    Harken Energy Corp., 69067-69068 
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 69068 
    W.A.R. Gas Co., 69068-69069 
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 69069 


Federal Maritime Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Tariffs and service contracts:
    Shipping Act of 1984; agreements by ocean carriers and marine 
            terminal operators, 69034-69044 


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation CC):
    Nonlocal check availability schedule; maximum time limit on hold 
            shortened, 69027-69030 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 69075-69076 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 69076 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69076 


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Topeka shiner, 69008-69021 


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Chicago Map Corp., 69079 


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Health Care Financing Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69079 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card and debit card, 
            68995-68998 
PROPOSED RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card and debit card; 
            cross-reference; and payment by check or money order, 
            69031-69032 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Countervailing duties:
    Cold-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products and corrosion-
            resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products from--
        Korea, 69045 
    Refrigeration compressors from--
        Singapore, 69045-69049 


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office
See Victims of Crime Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 69081 


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Public land orders:
    Alaska, 69079-69080 


National Capital Planning Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Prince George's County, MD; mixed-use waterfront destination 
            resort, 69117 


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69117-69118 


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Partnership Advisory Panel, 69118 


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award--
        Board of Overseers, 69049 

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Information processing standards, Federal:
    Digital signature standard; comment request, 69049-69051 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        North Pacific groundfish observer program; extension, 69024-
                69025 
Fishery products, etc.:
    Inspection and certification fees and charges, 69021-69024 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pelagic, crustacean, bottomfish and seamount groundfish, and 
                precious corals fisheries; correction, 69134
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; workshop, 69052 


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 69080-69081 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Byproduct material; medical use:
    Comprehensive quality assurance in medical use and standard of 
            care; withdrawn
        Correction, 69026 
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Nuclear power plants--
        Steam generator tube integrity; withdrawn; correction, 69026 
    Nuclear power reactors--
        Risk-significant systems and equipment; reporting reliability 
                and availability information; withdrawn; correction, 
                69026 
Radioactive wastes, high-level; disposal in geologic repositories:
    Conforming amendments; withdrawn
        Correction, 69026-69027 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69118-69119 
Certificates of compliance:
    United States Enrichment Corp.--
        Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 69120-69122  
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Materials licenses, consolidated guidance--
        Self-shielded irradiator licenses; program-specific guidance, 
                69122-69123 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Shelwell Services, Inc., 69119 


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
RULES
Single-employer plans:
    Allocation of assets--
        Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 68998-68999 
NOTICES
Multiemployer plans:
    Interest rates and assumptions, 69123 


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69123 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Children's Memorial Day, National (Proc. 7159), 69171-69173 
    Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 
            7158), 68989-68990 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Capital Budgeting, Commission To Study; amendments (EO 13108), 
            69175 
Human rights; implementation of treaties (EO 13107), 68991-68993 


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Cross-border tender offers, business combinations, and rights 
            offerings, 69135-69163 
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 69125-69127 
    Depository Trust Co., 69127-69128 
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; correction, 69134
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 69128-69132 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Cableuropa S.A., 69124-69125 


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; district and regional advisory councils:
    Connecticut, 69132 
    Wisconsin, 69132 


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 69132 
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 69132-69133 


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Dosso Dossi, Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara, 69133 


Victims of Crime Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69081-69082 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 69135-69163 


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 69165-69169  


Part IV
The President, 69171-69175  
  
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                           3CFR
Proclamations:
7158.................................................68989
7159.................................................69173
Executive Orders:
13037(Amended by EO 13108)...........................69175
13107................................................68993
13108................................................69175

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
35...................................................69026
50 (2 documents).....................................69026
60...................................................69026

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
229..................................................69027

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1212.................................................69030

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
200..................................................69136
230..................................................69136
239..................................................69136
240..................................................69136
249..................................................69136
260..................................................69136

                          26 CFR
301..................................................68995
Proposed Rules:
301..................................................69031

                          29 CFR
4044.................................................68998

                          33 CFR
100..................................................68999
117..................................................69000

                          40 CFR
302..................................................69166
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................69032
302..................................................69169

                          44 CFR
354..................................................69001

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
535..................................................69034
572..................................................69034

                          48 CFR
204..................................................69005
228..................................................69006
232..................................................69006
235..................................................69007
236..................................................69007
252..................................................69006
253..................................................69007

                          50 CFR
17...................................................69008
260..................................................69021
679..................................................69024
Proposed Rules:
660..................................................69134