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Agriculture Department
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70381 


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 70399 


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Pearson Plc, et al., 70422-70431 


Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
RULES
Conflict of interests, 70341-70342 
PROPOSED RULES
Meetings:
    Regulatory Negotiation Committee, 70359 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Access Board, 70386-70387 


Commerce Department
See Economics and Statistics Administration
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70387 


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70397 
Meetings:
    Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Advisory Board, 
            70397-70398  
    Electron Devices Advisory Group, 70398-70399    


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Seglin, Melvin N., M.D., 70431-70433 


Economics and Statistics Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Census Advisory Committees, 70387-70388 
    Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census Advisory Committee, 70388 


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70433-70434 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 70348-70350 
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 70359-70360 
Hazardous waste:
    Identification and listing--
        Exclusions, 70367-70368 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70403-70404  
Clean Air Act:
    Prevention of significant deterioration air quality; permit, 70404 
Confidential business information and data, 70404-70405 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Arkansas River Ranch, CO, 70405-70406 


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Presidential Documents


Farm Credit Administration
NOTICES
Farm credit system:
    Young, beginning, and small farmers, ranchers, and producers or 
            harvesters of aquatic products; credit and related 
            services, 70406-70407 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 70316-70319 
    Bombardier, 70319-70321 
    British Aerospace, 70322-70324 
    Dornier, 70321-70322 
Class D and Class E airspace, 70324 
Class E airspace, 70325-70332      
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Pratt & Whitney, 70352-70353 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Universal service--
        Support mechanisms; Schools and Libraries Corp. and Rural 
                Health Care Corp. merger into Universal Service 
                Administrative Co., 70563-70578 

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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Administrative regulations:
    Statutory and regulatory provisions; interpretations, 70312-70313 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 70399-70400 
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 70400 
    Lake Benton Power Partners L.L.C., 70400 
    Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C., 70400-70401 
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 70401-70402 
    NYSEG Solutions, Inc., 70402 
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 70402 
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 70402-70403 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:
    National intelligent transportation systems architecture and 
            standards; conformity guidance, 70443-70453 


Federal Maritime Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Tariffs and service contracts:
    Carrier automated tariff systems, 70368-70380 
NOTICES
Agreements filed, 70407 


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Adhesive compositions, deceptive labeling and advertising; CFR part 
            removed, 70332-70333 
    Decorative wall paneling industry; CFR part removed, 70333-70334 
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Asociacion de Farmacias Region de Arecibo, Inc., et al., 70407-
            70409 
    Columbia River Pilots, 70409-70410 


Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:
    National intelligent transportation systems architecture and 
            standards; conformity guidance, 70443-70453 


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    All America Insurance Co., 70454 
    Central Mutual Insurance Co., 70454 


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 70412-70413 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Alameda National Wildlife Refuge, CA, 70413 


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Chlortetracycline and monensin sodium, 70335 
    Oxytetracyline tablet/bolus, 70334-70335 
NOTICES
Human drugs:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        Requip, 70411 
    Patent extenson; regulatory review period determinations--
        Sucralose, 70411-70412 


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Dixie National Forest, UT; wild and scenic river suitability study, 
            70381-70383 
    Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act--
        Pilot project, 70383-70385 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Caribbean National Forest, PR; Rio Sabana day use picnic area, 
            70385-70386 


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Freight shipment test pilot project; third party logistics services 
          solicitation, 70410-70411 


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Agency designation actions:
    Indiana, 70386 


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Aliens--
        Alien registration receipt card; name changed to Permanent 
                resident card (Form I-551), 70313-70316 


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70414 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Welfare assistance funds; distribution method, 70414-70415 


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Determining earned income credit eligibility; paid preparer due 
            diligence requirements, 70339-70341 

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Income taxes and employment taxes and collection of income taxes at 
          source:
    Retirement plans; increase in cash-out limit, 70335-70339 
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Determining earned income credit eligibility; paid preparer due 
            diligence requirements, 70357-70359 
    Intercompany obiligations; transfer or extinguishment of rights, 
            70354-70356 
    Retirement plans; increase in cash-out limit, 70356-70357 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        United Kingdom, 70388 
    Large newspaper printing presses and components, whether assembled 
            or unassembled, from--
        Germany, 70389 
    Oil country tubular goods from--
        Korea, 70389 


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Allegiance Healthcare Corp. et al., 70421 
    Wisconsin Central Limited et al., 70421-70422 


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Arizona, 70415-70416 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    California Desert Conservation Area, CA--
        Grazing allotments management, 70416 
    Navy Fallon Range Training Complex, NV, 70416 
    White Mountains National Recreation Area; designated off-road 
            vehicle use, 70416-70417 
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Arizona, 70417 
        Mojave-Southern Great Basin, 70418 
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 70418-70419 
    Oregon, 70419 
Survey plat filings:
    Wyoming, 70419 


Management and Budget Office
RULES
OMB circulars; listing, 70311 
NOTICES
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-
          Rudman-Hollings):
    Sequestration final report; transmittal to President and Congress, 
            70443 
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; definition standards review and 
          alternative approaches, 70525-70561 


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70419-70420 


National Archives and Records Administration
RULES
Privacy Act; implementation, 70342-70348 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Child restraint systems--
        Labeling requirements, 70380 
NOTICES
Insurer reporting requirements:
    Motor vehicle theft loss experiences report filing; list, 70453 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 70351 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70389-70390 
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 70390-70392   
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 70392 
    New England Fishery Management Council, 70392-70393 
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 70393 
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 70393-70395  
    Marine mammals, 70395-70396  


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 70420-70421 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 70440-70441 
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 70442 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 70442 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 70435-70436 
    Metropolitan Edison Co. et al., 70436 
    Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 70437-70438 
    Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 70438-70440  


Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
NOTICES
Meetings
    Panel meeting; Yucca Mountain repository, 70442-70443 


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70434-70435 


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office

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Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70396-70397 


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Soviet Union, New Independent States of the Former; assistance program 
          (Presidential Determination No. 99-8 of December 8, 1998), 
          70309 


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group and Glen Canyon 
            Technical Work Group; correction, 70421 


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Telecommunications standards and specifications:
    Materials, equipment, and construction--
        Customer access locations; service installation standard, 
                70455-70523 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Medco Research, Inc., 70443 


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 70443 


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Surface coal mining and reclamation operations:
    Ownership and control mining operations; definitions, permit 
            requirements, enforcement actions, etc., 70579-70628 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Boycotts, international:
    Countries requiring cooperation; list, 70453-70454 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, 70455-70523 


Part III
Office of Management and Budget, 70525-70561 


Part IV
Federal Communications Commission, 70563-70578 


Part V
Department of the Interior, Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
          Office, 70579-70628 
  
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                           3 CFR
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations No. 99-8 of December 
8, 1998..............................................70309

                           5 CFR
1310.................................................70311

                           7 CFR
400..................................................70312
Proposed Rules:
1755.................................................70456

                           8 CFR
100..................................................70313
101..................................................70313
103..................................................70313
204..................................................70313
210..................................................70313
211..................................................70313
216..................................................70313
245..................................................70313
247..................................................70313
264..................................................70313
299..................................................70313
316..................................................70313
338..................................................70313
341..................................................70313

                          14 CFR
39 (4 documents)....................................70316,
                                       70319, 70321, 70322
71 (7 documents)....................................70324,
                  70325, 70326, 70327, 70328, 70330, 70331
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................70352

                          16 CFR
235..................................................70332
243..................................................70333

                          21 CFR
520..................................................70334
558..................................................70335

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents)...............................70335, 70339
31...................................................70335
602..................................................70339
Proposed Rules:
1 (3 documents).....................................70354,
                                              70356, 70357

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
701..................................................70580
724..................................................70580
773..................................................70580
774..................................................70580
778..................................................70580
842..................................................70580
843..................................................70580
846..................................................70580

                          36 CFR
1152.................................................70341
1202.................................................70342
Proposed Rules:
1190.................................................70359
1191.................................................70359

                          40 CFR
52...................................................70348
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................70359
261..................................................70360

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
514..................................................70368
520..................................................70368

                          47 CFR
54...................................................70564
69...................................................70564

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
571..................................................70380

                          50 CFR
648..................................................70351