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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Hanford Health Projects Inter-tribal Council et al., 57466-57467 
    Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens 
            Advisory Committee, 57467 


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Tomatoes grown in--
    Florida, 57361-57363 
PROPOSED RULES
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act; implementation:
    Limited liability companies; recognition as legal entities, 57405-
            57408 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Rural Utilities Service


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Alcoholic beverages:
    Labeling and advertising; health claims and other health-related 
            statements, 57413-57418 


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 57438 


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Hudson River, NY; safety zone, 57418-57419 
    New York Harbor, NY; safety zone
        Correction, 57419 


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Macau, 57440-57442  


Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Agricultural commodities available for donation overseas; types and 
          quantities, 57437 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Kansas City Board of Trade--
        Western natural gas, 57442 
Meetings:
    Agricultural Advisory Committee, 57442-57443 


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps


Education Department
RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Federal Perkins and Federal Family Education Loan Programs, 57527-
            57531 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 57443-57445 
Postsecondary education:
    William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and Federal Family 
            Education Loan Program
        Interest rates, 57523-57526 


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, ID, 
                57445 


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 57445-57446  


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Water resource development projects:
    Deauthorization lists; correction, 57515-57517 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs; State authority delegations:
    Oklahoma, 57392-57393 
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Ozone areas attaining 1-hour standard; identification of areas 
            where standard will cease to apply
        Findings rescission, 57424-57430 
Confidential business information; elimination of special treatment for 
          certain category, 57421-57424 
Water pollution control:
    Underground injection control program--
        Class V injection well study, 57430-57431 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 57452 
        Weekly receipts, 57451 
Meetings:
    Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, 57452-57455 

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Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospatiale, 57409-57413 


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 57455  


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    California, 57455-57456 
    Connecticut, 57456  
    Florida, 57456-57457  
    Maryland, 57457 
    Pennsylvania, 57457 
    Virginia, 57457 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act):
    Landowner notification, expanded categorical exclusions, and other 
            environmental filing requirements, 57374-57392 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 57446-57447 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 57449-57450 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 57447-57448 
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 57448 


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Equal credit opportunity, electronic fund transfers, consumer leasing, 
          truth in lending, and truth in savings (Regulations B, E, M, 
          Z, and DD):
    Disclosure requirements; delivery by electronic communication, 
            57409 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 57457-57458 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 57458 
    Permissible nonbanking activities; correction, 57458 


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Dog and cat food industry, 57372-57374 
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 57458-57465 
           
Prohibited trade practices:
    New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts, Inc., 
            et al., 57465-57466 


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Plant and animal taxa that are candidates or proposed for listing, 
            findings on recycled petitions, and description of progress 
            on listing actions; review, 57533-57547 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 57467-57468 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 57468-57470 
Meetings:
    Biotechnology in year 2000 and beyond, 57470-57472 
    Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee, 57472 
    Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee, 57472-57473 
Summary judgment and permanent injunction; final amended order
    Appeal, 57473 


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements; 
          comment request, 57519-57521 
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Carrier determinations that supplier fails to meet requirements for 
            Medicare billing privileges; appeals, 57431-57436 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee--
        Maricopa County, AZ, 57473-57474 


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability 
            requirements; comment request, 57519-57521 


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Export trade certificates of review, 57438 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Industrial nitrocellulose from--
        Various countries, 57483-57484 
    Steel rails from--
        Canada, 57484 


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        Eastern Washington, 57479 
        Southwest, 57480 
        Upper Snake River Districts, 57479-57480 

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Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Minerals Management Advisory Board, 57480-57481 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Centennial of Flight Commission, 57484-57485  
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp., 57485 


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Technical amendments, 57363-57365 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Insurer reporting requirements:
    Insurers required to file reports; list, 57393-57397 


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 57474 
    National Center for Research Resources, 57474 
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 57474-57475  
    National Human Genome Research Institute, 57475-57476   
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 57476 
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 57477 
    National Institute on Aging, 57476 
    National Library of Medicine, 57477 
    Scientific Review Center, 57477-57479  


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Critical habitat designation--
        Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon, 57399-57403 
    Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements--
        Matagorda Bay, TX, inshore waters; limited tow times use as 
                alternative to turtle excluder devices, 57397-57399 
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 57403-57404 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Coastal migratory pelagic resources, 57436 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 57438-57439 
    New England Fishery Management Council, 57439-57440 
    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 57440 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Big Cypress National Preserve, FL, 57481 
    Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, AL, 57481-57482 
Meetings:
    Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission, 57482 
    National Capital Memorial Commission, 57482 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radioactive wastes, high-level; disposal in geologic repositories:
    Yucca Mountain, NV
        Defense in depth; round table discussion, 57409 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    PECO Energy Co., 57486 
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 57487 
Memorandums of understanding:
    Illinois; State Resident Engineers, 57487-57488 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Northeast Nuclear Energy Co., 57485-57486 


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
RULES
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements; 
          comment request, 57519-57521 


Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Nonautomation mail processing instructions and letter tray label 
            revisions, 57419-57421 


Public Health Service
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Great River Energy, 57437-57438 


Secret Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 57514 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 57499 
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 57499-57504  
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 57504-57505 
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 57505-57506 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Altos Hornos De Mexico, S.A., De C.V., 57488-57489 
    Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 57489-57493 
    SEI Insurance Products Trust et al., 57493-57499 


Small Business Administration
RULES
Government contracting programs:
    Contract bundling and SBA's authority to appeal adverse decisions 
            made by procuring agency, 57366-57372 
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Connecticut, 57506 

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    Pennsylvania, 57506 
    Virginia, 57506 


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Social security benefits:
    Cost of living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts increase, 
            average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, 
            etc., 57506-57512 


State Department
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Berlin Metropolis: Jew and the New Culture (1890-1918), 57512 


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


Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Transportation Statistics Bureau


Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Motor carriers:
    Financial and operating information; public release of reports; 
            exemption requests, 57512-57513 


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service
See Secret Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 57513-57514  
Meetings:
    International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, 57514 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Treaury, Internal Revenue Service, 57519-57521 


Part III
Department of Education, 57523-57526 


Part IV
Department of Education, 57527-57531 


Part V
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 57533-57547 
  
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Reader Aids

Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, 
online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted 
public laws.


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      CFR PARTS AFFECTED IN THIS ISSUE
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                           7 CFR
966..................................................57361
Proposed Rules:
46...................................................57405

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
63...................................................57409

                          12 CFR
701..................................................57363
703..................................................57363
704..................................................57363
709..................................................57363
712..................................................57363
713..................................................57363
790..................................................57363
791..................................................57363
792..................................................57363
Proposed Rules:
202..................................................57409
205..................................................57409
213..................................................57409
226..................................................57409
230..................................................57409

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................57409

                          13 CFR
121..................................................57366
125..................................................57366

                          16 CFR
241..................................................57372

                          18 CFR
153..................................................57374
157..................................................57374
380..................................................57374

                          26 CFR
54...................................................57520

                          27 CFR
Proposed Rules:
4....................................................57413
5....................................................57413
7....................................................57413

                          29 CFR
2590.................................................57520

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
165 (2 documents)...................................57418,
                                                     57419

                          34 CFR
674..................................................57528
682..................................................57528

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
111..................................................57419

                          40 CFR
60...................................................57392
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................57421
50...................................................57424
144..................................................57430
146..................................................57430

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
405..................................................57431

                          45 CFR
144..................................................57520
146..................................................57520

                          49 CFR
544..................................................57431

                          50 CFR
222..................................................57397
223..................................................57397
226..................................................57399
622..................................................57403
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................57534
622..................................................57436