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Agriculture Department
See Food and Nutrition Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Newport Chemical Depot, IN; pilot testing neutralization/
            supercritical water oxidation of VX agent, 71624-71625 
Meetings:
    Army Education Advisory Committee, 71625 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Emerging Infections Sentinel Networks, 71649-71652 
Meetings:
    Advisory Committee to the Director, 71652 
    Data systems as the scientific foundation in support of newborn 
            screening programs; workshop, 71652 
    National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 71652-71653 
    Preventing neural tube birth defects with folic acid: working 
            together for healthier babies, 71653-71654 


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Cambodia, 71620 
Export visa requirements; certification, waivers, etc.:
    Hong Kong, 71621-71622 
Textile and apparel categories:
    Quota and visa requirements; exemptions--
        Coverage of unit quantity requirement; various countries, 
                71622-71623 
Textile consultation; review of trade:
    Mexico and Canada, 71623 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71623 


Defense Department
See Army Department
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Affirmative action in Federal procurement; reform
        Correction, 71721-71723 
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Cost-reimbursement architect-engineer contracts, 71709-71711 
    Increased payment protection, 71711-71712 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71623-71624  


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    B.I. Chemical, Inc., 71655 


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Minority Science and Engineering Improvement program, 71625-71626 
    Native Hawaiian Curriculum Development, et al., 71626-71628 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Savannah River Site, SC--
        High-level waste tanks, closure, 71628-71630 


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71630 
Consumer product test procedures. waiver petitions:
    Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, et al. ficiency testing, 
            71630-71631 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 71596-71599    
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Chemical testing--
        Data receipt, 71599-71600 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71634-71637    
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Environmental Justice Office small grants program, 71637-71641 
Meetings:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 71641 
    Environmental Policy and Technology National Advisory Council, 
            71642 
    Risk assessment forum; setting ecological management objectives; 
            stakeholders, 71642 
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals; list:
        Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; waste minimization 
                policy, 71643 


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

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Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Export licensing:
    Commerce control list--
        Microprocessors controlled by ECCN 3A001; license exception CIV 
                eligibility level adjustment, 71580-71581 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee, 71617 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 71577-71580 
    McDonnell Douglas, 71575-71577 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Controller Pilot Data Link Communications Industry Day, 71666 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio broadcasting:
    Call sign assignments for broadcast stations, 71601-71604 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71643-71644 
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 71644 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 71631-71632 
    Ketchikan Public Utilities, 71632-71633  
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 71633 
    Questar Pipeline Co., 71633-71634 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Bernalillo County, NM, 71666-71667 


Federal Procurement Policy Office
NOTICES
Acquisition regulations:
    Small disadvantaged business procurement; affirmative action in 
            Federal procurement; reform, 71724 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, 71667-71668  


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 71644 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 71644-71645 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 71645 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71645 


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Miscellaneous rules, 71582-71583 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71645-71649 


Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Summer Food Service Program for Children (FY 1999), 71616-71617 


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Illinois
        Abbot Laboratories, Inc.; pharmaceutical facilities, 71617-
                71618 


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Congressional Review Act:
    Final and interim rules issued by Federal Agencies; quarterly list, 
            71671-71683 


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Affirmative action in Federal procurement; reform
        Correction, 71721-71723 
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Cost-reimbursement architect-engineer contracts, 71709-71711 
    Increased payment protection, 71711-71712 
Federal property management:
    Utilization and disposal--
        Excess personal property reporting requirements, 71685-71686 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71623-71624  
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71649 


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:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71654-71655 


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Asset transfers to tax-exempt entities, 71591-71596 
    Consolidated return regulations--
        Consolidated groups; overall foreign loss accounts; recapture 
                limitation, 71589-71591 
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Consolidated return regulations--
        Consolidated groups; overall foreign losses and separate 
                limitation losses; cross-reference, 71609-71615 


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration

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Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; 
          nondiscrimination based on age, 71713-71720 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National Advisory 
            Committee, 71655-71656 


Management and Budget Office
See Federal Procurement Policy Office


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    MidRange procurement procedures, 71604 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Affirmative action in Federal procurement; reform
        Correction, 71721-71723 
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Cost-reimbursement architect-engineer contracts, 71709-71711 
    Increased payment protection, 71711-71712 
Management fee prohibition; grant and cooperative agreement handbook, 
          71609 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 71623-71624  


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Truth in Savings Act--
        Fee disclosure, dividend rates, annual percentage yield et al., 
                71573-71575 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Alcohol-impaired driving prevention projects--
        Incentive grants, 71687-71707 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
        Regional fishery management councils; nominees, appointees, and 
                voting members, financial disclosure requirements; 
                correction, 71581-71582 
NOTICES
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 71618-71619 


National Transportation Safety Board
RULES
Board employee testimony:
    Use of Board reports in litigation, etc., 71606-71608 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Technical amendments, 71605-71606 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Duke Energy Corp., 71659-71660 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 71656-71657 
    Northeast Nuclear Energy Co., 71657-71659 


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 
            71656 


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


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Trademark protection:
    Native American tribes, official insignia; statutorily required 
            study, 71619-71620 


Postal Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71660 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of; extending U.S. copyright protections 
          (Proc. 7161), 71571-71572 


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials:
    Safety advisories--
        High-pressure compressed gas cylinders; hydrostatic testing, 
                71668-71669 


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Electric loans:
    Quarterly municipal interest rates
        Correction, 71617 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Options Clearing Corp., 71664-71665 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Telesystem International Wireless Inc., 71660-71662 
    Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio et al., 71662-71664 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Cost of capital; railroad industry's 1997 decision, 71669 
Railroad services abandonment:
    Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 71669-71670 
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 71670 


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

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Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
World Trade Organization:
    European Communities; banana importation, sale, and distribution, 
            71665-71666 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 71587-71589 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
General Accounting Office, 71671-71683 


Part III
General Services Administration, 71685-71686 


Part IV
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety 
          Administration, 71687-71707 


Part V
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 71709-71712  


Part VI
Department of Labor, 71713-71720 


Part VII
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Office Of 
          Management and Budget, and Office of Federal Procurement 
          Policy, 71721-71724 
  
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online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted 
public laws.


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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7161.................................................71571

                          12 CFR
707..................................................71573

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................71575,
                                                     71577
Proposed Rules:
1260.................................................71609

                          15 CFR
774..................................................71580
902..................................................71581

                          16 CFR
0....................................................71582
300..................................................71582
301..................................................71582
303..................................................71582
460..................................................71582

                          22 CFR
503..................................................71587

                          23 CFR
1313.................................................71688

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents).....................................71589,
                                                     71591
602..................................................71591
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................71609

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
35...................................................71714

                          40 CFR
300 (4 documents)...................................71596,
                                              71597, 71598
710..................................................71599

                         41-43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
101..................................................71686

                          47 CFR
73...................................................71601
74...................................................71601

                          48 CFR
19...................................................71722
52...................................................71722
1871.................................................71604
Proposed Rules:
28...................................................71711
36...................................................71710
44...................................................71710
49...................................................71710
52 (2 documents)..............................71710, 71711

                          49 CFR
800..................................................71605
831..................................................71605
835..................................................71606