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Agriculture Department
See Farm Service Agency
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Housing Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70119 , 70119-70120 


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Council on Food Safety, 70168-70171 


Children and Families Administration
RULES
Head Start Program:
    Selection and funding of grantees; policies and procedures, 69924-
            69926 


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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:
    Philippines, 69991 , 69991-69992 


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 69992 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 69992-69993 , 69993-
            69994 


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
    TRICARE program--
        Family member dental plan, 69981 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Multiple-award contracts competition, 70157-70161 


Education Department
RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Strengthening Institutions Program and Developing Hispanic-Serving 
            Institutions Program, 70145-70155 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Southwestern Power Administration
See Western Area Power Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Nuclear waste repositories:
    Yucca Mountain Site, NV; suitability guidelines
        Hearings, 69963 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Sandia National Laboratories, NM, 69996-70003 
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Energy Biosciences Program, 70003 


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlantic Coast of Long Island, NY; Fire Island Inlet to Montauk 
            Point; storm damage protection; correction, 70121 
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Centre and Clearfield Counties, PA; Corridor O, S.R. 0322, Section 
            B02 development; correction, 70121 
Nationwide permits (NWPs); issuance, reissuance, and modification, 
          69994-69995 


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines; and fuels and 
          fuel additives:
    Tier 2 motor vehicle emission standards and gasoline sulfur control 
            requirements
        Correction, 70121 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70013-70014 , 70014-
            70015 , 70015-70016 
Meetings:
    Chemicals in international trade; prior informed consent, 70016-
            70017 
    President's Council on Food Safety, 70168-70171 
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Helix, 70017-70019 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Unreasonable adverse effects of pesticides on environment; 
            information disclosure; class determination, 70019-70020 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Hercules Inc. Site, NJ, 70021 
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        Mechanic Street Realty Corp. Site, NJ, 70020-70021 
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Lead-based paint activities in target housing and child-occupied 
            facilities; State and Indian Tribe authorization 
            applications--
        Missouri, 70021-70023 
    Test guideline; availability and comment request, 70023-70025 


Executive Office of the President
See National Drug Control Policy Office
See Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Farm Service Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Program regulations:
    Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 
            70123-70144 


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 69964-69967 
    British Aerospace, 69967-69969 
NOTICES
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; task assignments, 70104-70105 
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 70105-70106 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Airport improvement program; discretionary grants and letters of 
            intent; airport capacity projects benefit cost analysis; 
            policy and guidance, 70107-70112 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Satellite commmunications--
        Over-the-air reception devices; local zoning regulations and 
                restrictions preemption; reconsideration petition, 
                69926 
Radio services, special:
    Personal radio services--
        Medical implant communications service in 402-405 MHz band; 
                establishment, 69926-69934 
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 70025-70028 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Non-Geostationary and Geostationary Satellite Orbits, and Fixed 
            Satellite Service; meeting results for World 
            Radiocommunication Conference consideration, 70028 
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 70028-
          70029 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 70029 


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 70029 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Southhaven Power, LLC, et al., 70006-70009 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Kaukauna, WI, 70009 
    Willamette Falls Hydroelectric Project et al., 70009-70010 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 70003-70004 
    Northeast Generation Co., 70004 
    PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp., 70004-70005 , 70005 
    Reesor, Laura Lee, 70005 
    Southwest Gas Storage Co., 70005 
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 70005-70006 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 70029 
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Cargo Express, Inc., et al., 70029 
    Red Eagle Shipping Agencies Pvt. Ltd. et al., 70030 


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Canadian Pacific Railway, 70112-70113 
    Long Island Rail Road Co., 70113 
    Northeast Illinois Railroad Corp., 70113-70114 , 70114 , 70114-
            70115 
    Thrall Car Manufacturing Co., 70115 


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, 
            69963 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 70030 
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 70030-70031 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 70031 
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 70031 , 70031 


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70031-70033 
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 70034-70036 
          , 70036-70039 , 70039-70042 


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 70048 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Bastrop County, TX; Houston toad, 70048-70049 , 70049 
        Travis County, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, 70049-70050 


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Paper and paperboard components--
        4,5-dichloro-1,2-dithiol-3-one, 69898-69901 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Council on Food Safety, 70168-70171 


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Council on Food Safety, 70168-70171 


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    California, 69988-69989 

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General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Multiple-award contracts competition, 70157-70161 


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers:
    Administrative data standards and related requirements--
        Individually identifiable health information; privacy 
                standards, 69981-69982 
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Culturally and linguistically appropriate health care standards; 
            regional informational meetings, 70042-70044 


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Memorandums of understanding:
    IRS and PWBA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
            of 1996; implementation, 70163-70166 


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70044-70045 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    HIV/AIDS Bureau, 70045-70046 
    Midwest Field Cluster, 70046-70047 


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Immigration Examinations Fee Account; small volume application 
            fees; adjustment, 69883-69888 


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnership interests; adjustments following sales, 69903-69922 
NOTICES
Memorandums of understanding:
    PWBA and HCFA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
            of 1996; implementation, 70163-70166 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Cotton shop towels from--
        Peru, 70052 
    Rare-earth magnets and magnetic materials and articles containing 
            same, 70052-70053 


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Upper Snake River District, ID; areas of critical environmental 
            concern, 70050-70051 
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, CA; recreation management 
            plan, 70051 


Minerals Management Service
RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Boiler and pressure vessel codes, 69923-69924 
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region Offshore Advisory Committee, 
            70051-70052 


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Safety standard petitions:
    Energy Fuels Coal, Inc., et al., 70053-70055 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Multiple-award contracts competition, 70157-70161 


National Drug Control Policy Office
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 69901-69903 


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Ford Motor Co., 70115-70116 


National Institute of Standards and Technology
PROPOSED RULES
Fastener Quality Act; implementation, 69969-69975 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Northern anchovy/coastal pelagic species, 69888-69898 
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic highly migratory species--
        Pelagic longline management, 69982-69987 
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        South Atlantic pelagic Sargassum habitat, 69989-69991 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Oil and gas plans of operations; availability, etc.:
    Big Cypress National Preserve, FL, 70052 

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Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Field office technical guides; changes:
    Indiana, 69988 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Duke Energy Corp., 70072-70073 
    Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 70073-70076 
    Northeast Nuclear Energy Co. et al., 70076-70077 
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 70077-70098 
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 70098 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Houston Lighting & Power Co. et al., 70071-70072 
    Hydro Resources, Inc., 70072 


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70056 


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


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:
    Cross-trades of securities by Index and Model-Driven Funds, 70057-
            70070 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
    Cross-trades of securities by investment managers; hearing, 70070-
            70071 
Memorandums of understanding:
    IRS and HCFA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
            of 1996; implementation, 70163-70166 


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
RULES
Single-employer plans:
    Allocation of assets--
        Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 69922-69923 
NOTICES
Multiemployer plans:
    Interest rates and assumptions, 70099 


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Pay administration:
    Payments during evacuation, 69936-69937 


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 70099 


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
PROPOSED RULES
Program regulations:
    Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 
            70123-70144 
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program, 69937-69946 


Rural Housing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Program regulations:
    Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 
            70123-70144 


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Program regulations:
    Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 
            70123-70144 
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program, 69937-69946 
Telecommunication loans:
    Guaranteed and insured loans; post-loan policies and procedures, 
            69946-69962 


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Unlisted trading privileges, 69975-69981 
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 70099-70101 
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 70101 


Small Business Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Business loans:
    Certified development companies; areas of operations, 69964 


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Inspector General Office, 70101-70103 


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Integrated System power rates:
    Rate schedule changes, 70010-70011 


State Department
NOTICES
Lethal military equipment; sanctions:
    Kazakhstan, 70103 
Meetings:
    Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 70103-70104 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 70047-70048 


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Norfolk Southern Corp., 70116-70118 

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


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Industry Sector Advisory Committees--
        Small and Minority Business, 70104 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Simplified acquisition procedures, 69934-69935 


Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Power rate adjustments:
    Boulder Canyon Project; firm power services base charge and rates, 
            70011-70013 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Rural Business 
          Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities 
          Service, 70123-70144 


Part III
Department of Education, 70145-70155 


Part IV
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 70157-70161 


Part V
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, 
          and Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 70163-
          70166 


Part VI
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, and 
          Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease 
          Control, Food and Drug Administration, and Environmental 
          Protection Agency, 70167-70171 
  
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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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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
550..................................................69936

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1703.................................................69937
1744.................................................69946
1980.................................................70124
3555.................................................70124
4280.................................................69937

                           8 CFR
103..................................................69883

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
960..................................................69963
963..................................................69963

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
202..................................................69963
205..................................................69963
213..................................................69963
226..................................................69963
230..................................................69963

                          13 CFR
Proposed Rules:
120..................................................69964

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................69964,
                                                     69967

                          15 CFR
902..................................................69888
Proposed Rules:
280..................................................69969

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
240..................................................69975

                          21 CFR
176..................................................69898
1401.................................................69901

                          26 CFR
1....................................................69903
602..................................................69903

                          29 CFR
4044.................................................69922

                          30 CFR
250..................................................69923

                          32 CFR
Proposed Rules:
199..................................................69981

                          34 CFR
606..................................................70146
607..................................................70146

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
80...................................................70121
85...................................................70121
86...................................................70121

                          45 CFR
1302.................................................69924
Proposed Rules:
160..................................................69981
161..................................................69981
162..................................................69981
163..................................................69981
164..................................................69981

                          47 CFR
1 (2 documents).....................................69926,
                                                     69926
2....................................................69926
95...................................................69926

                          48 CFR
808..................................................69934
812..................................................69934
813..................................................69934
852..................................................69934
853..................................................69934
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................70158
16...................................................70158
37...................................................70158

                          50 CFR
660..................................................69888
Proposed Rules:
635..................................................69982