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Administration on Aging
See Aging Administration


Aging Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71290-71291 


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Peanuts, imported, 71345-71367 
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Seed Act:
    Noxious-weed seeds; prohibition of shipment of agricultural and 
            vegetable seeds containing them, 71232 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Economic Research Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; disease status change--
        Liechtenstein, 71209-71210 


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


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Surveys, determinations, etc.:
    Communications services; annual, 71267 
    Service industries; annual, 71267 
    Transportation, annual, 71267-71268 


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Cape Fear River, NC; safety zone, 71219-71220 
PROPOSED RULES
Management information system requirements:
    Chemical testing, 71257-71262 


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Board of Trade--
        PJM Western Hub Electricity; futures and options, 71271 
    Kansas City Board of Trade--
        Internet Stock Prices Index (ISDEX); futures and options, 
                71271-71272 


Comptroller of the Currency
RULES
Municipal securities dealers; reporting and recordkeeping requirements
    Correction, 71342-71343


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71272 


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
PROPOSED RULES
Copyright arbitration royalty panel rules and procedures:
    Mechanical and digital phonorecord delivery rate adjustment 
            proceeding, 71249-71251 


Customs Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71341 


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    DoD activities; names and addresses updates; technical amendments, 
            71230-71231 
NOTICES
Acquisition regulations:
    Small business competitiveness demonstration program; reinstatement 
            of small business set-asides, 71272-71273 


Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71273 


Economic Research Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71263 


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71273-71274 
Postsecondary education:
    Accrediting agencies and State approval agencies for vocational and 
            nurse education institutions; national recognition, 71274-
            71275 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Boards--
        Hanford Site, 71275-71276 
        Rocky Flats, 71276 

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act:
    Gas and electric utilities covered in 1999; list, 71276-71278 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Tallahassee, City of, 71275 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation, various 
          States:
    Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region, 71220-71225 
Universal waste:
    Hazardous waste management system; hazardous waste recycling 
            regulatory program; modification, 71225-71230 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Weekly receipts, 71285-71286 
Hazardous waste:
    Land disposal restrictions--
        E.I. du Pont de Numours & Co., Inc.; Orange, TX; class I 
                injection wells, 71286 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Clean Air Act; ozone and particulate matter; national ambient air 
            quality standards and regional haze program, 71286-71287 


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71287 


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


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 71214-71216 
    Dassault; correction, 71342-71343
Class E airspace, 71216-71219 
VOR airways; correction, 71219 
PROPOSED RULES
Class D airspace, 71233-71234 
Class E airspace, 71234-71237 
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 71330 
Meetings:
    Research, Engineering, and Development Advisory Committee, 71330 
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Austin Straubel International Airport, WI, 71330-71331 
    Duluth International Airport and Sky Harbor Airport; MN, 71331 
    Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, MN et al., 71331-71333 


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71287-71288 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 71280-71285 
Meetings:
    St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project; New York State Power Authority; 
            licensing, 71285 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 71278 
    Constellation Energy Source, Inc., 71278 
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 71278-71279 
    Trunkline Gas Co., 71279 
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 71279-71280 


Federal Highway Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Right-of-way and environment:
    Right-of-way program administration, 71238-71249 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Jackson County, OR, 71333-71334 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, 71288 
Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:
    National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, 71288 



Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Safety advisories, bulletins, and directives:
    Prescription and over-the-counter drugs; safe use, 71334 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 71288-71289 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 71289 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 71289 


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
    Wyandotte and Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuges, MN and 
            MI, 71298-71299 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71291-71294 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71294 
Food additive petitions:
    Dow Corning Corp., 71294-71295 
    Troy Corp., 71295 


Forest Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    California Coast Provincial Advisory Committee, 71263-71264 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Colville National Forest, WA, 71264-71265 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Caribou National Forest, ID, 71265-71266 
Meetings:
    Scientists Committee, 71266-71267 


Health and Human Services Department
See Aging Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration

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See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    HIV/AIDS; technical assistance for crisis response teams, 71290 
Meetings:
    Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee, 71290 


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Hospices; national accreditation programs; application, etc.--
        Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, 
                71296-71297 


Health Resources and Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
National practitioner data bank for adverse information on physicians 
          and other health care practitioners:
    Medical malpractice payments reporting requirements, 71255-71257 


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 71298 


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Nonimmigrant classes:
    Nonimmigrant workers (H-1B category); petition,
        Correction, 71342-71343
NOTICES
Immigration:
    Treaty trader and treaty investor (E), and alien entrepreneur (EB-
            5) classification; location of filing petitions and 
            applications
        Correction, 71342-71343


Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71297-71298 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Alaska Land Managers Forum, 71298 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products and cut-to-length 
            carbon steel plate from--
        Canada, 71268 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Gray portland cement and clinker from--
        Mexico, 71269 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    University of--
        Colorado, et al., 71268-71269 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Stainless steel plate from--
        Sweden, 71300-71301 


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
RULES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Sealaska Corp.; correction, 71342-71343
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Dos Pobres/San Juan Project, AZ, 71299-71300 


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, 
            71311 
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Associated Technical Management Corp., 71311 


National Bipartisan Commission on Future of Medicare
NOTICES
Meetings, 71311-71312 


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Credit union service organizations; update and clarification
        Correction, 71342-71343
    Organization and operations--
        Purchase of member's principal residence; assumption of credit 
                union member long-term residential real estate loan by 
                nonmember, 71213-71214 


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities panel, 71312 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 71269-71270 
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 71270-71271 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Special nuclear material; domestic licensing:
    Rulemaking activities; comment request, 71232-71233 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71312-71313 
Enforcement actions:
    Policy and procedure; general statement, 71314-71316 

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Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Northern States Power Co., 71316-71317 
    Washington Public Power Supply System, 71317-71318 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Duke Energy Corp., 71313 
    Entergy Operations, Inc., 71314 
    Southern California Edison Co., 71314 


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


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Citizens Bank of New Hampshire, et al., 71301-71311 


Postal Rate Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Post office closings; petitions for appeal:
    Encinitas, CA, 71251 
Practice and procedure:
    Library reference rule, 71251-71255 


Presidio Trust
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice if intent:
    Letterman Complex, San Francisco, CA, 71318 


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Indian Health Service


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program:
    Participants--
        Chevron Pipe Line Co., 71334-71340 


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Electric, telecommunications, and water and waste financial assistance 
          programs; environmental policies and procedures
    Correction, 71342-71343


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Deregistration--
        Inventor Funds, Inc., et al., 71319 
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 71319-71322 
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 71322-71326 


Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Social security benefits:
    Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance and aged, 
            blind, and disabled--
        Employer identification numbers for State and local government 
                employment, 71237-71238 
NOTICES
Disability determination procedures:
    Testing modifications--
        Federal processing center testing; claim adjudication, 71326-
                71327 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Soo Line Railroad Co., 71340-71341 


Tennessee Valley Authority
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71327 


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Technical amendments, 71210-71213 


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
World Trade Organization:
    Dispute settlement requests--
        Mexico; high fructose corn syrup, 71327-71328 


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71328-71329 


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Customs Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
  
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                           7 CFR
999..................................................71345
1780.................................................71342
Proposed Rules:
201..................................................71232

                           8 CFR
214..................................................71342

                           9 CFR
94...................................................71209

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
70...................................................71232

                          12 CFR
10...................................................71343
506..................................................71210
528..................................................71210
545..................................................71210
557..................................................71210
566..................................................71210
571..................................................71210
574..................................................71210
584..................................................71210
701 (2 documents)...................................71213,
                                                     71342

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................71214,
                                                     71342
71 (4 documents)....................................71216,
                                       71217, 71218, 71219
Proposed Rules:
71 (4 documents)....................................71233,
                                       71234, 71235, 71236

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
404..................................................71237
422..................................................71237

                          23 CFR
Proposed Rules:
710..................................................71238
712..................................................71238
713..................................................71238

                          33 CFR
100..................................................71219

                          37 CFR
Proposed Rules:
255..................................................71249

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3001 (2 documents)...................................71251

                          40 CFR
51...................................................71220
96...................................................71220
266..................................................71225
273..................................................71225

                          45 CFR
Proposed Rules:
60...................................................71255

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
16...................................................71257

                          48 CFR
Ch. 2................................................71230