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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATE, AUGUST

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46859-47242............................................. 1
47243-47652............................................. 2
47653-47824............................................. 3
47825-48134............................................. 4
48135-48346............................................. 7
48347-48600............................................. 8
48601-48884............................................. 9
48885-49188.............................................10
49189-49468.............................................11
49469-49718.............................................14
49719-49894.............................................15
49895-50126.............................................16
50127-50400.............................................17
50401-50594.............................................18
50595-50906.............................................21
50907-51212.............................................22
51213-51514.............................................23
51515-51746.............................................24
51747-51996.............................................25
  


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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING AUGUST

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At the end of each month, the Office of the Federal Register 
publishes separately a List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), 
which lists parts and sections affected by documents published 
since the revision date of each title.

                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7332.................................................47825
Executive Orders:
12722 (See Notice of July 28, 2000)..................47241
12724 (See Notice of July 28, 2000)..................47241
12924 (See Notice of August 3, 2000).................48347
13165................................................49469
13166................................................50121
Administrative Orders:
Notices:
July 28, 2000........................................47241
August 3, 2000.......................................48347
Presidential Determinations:
No. 00-27 of July 21, 2000...........................47827

                           5 CFR
330..................................................47829
532..................................................50127
550..................................................48135
595..................................................48135
610..................................................48135
1201.................................................48885
1203.................................................48885
1204.................................................48885
1205.................................................48886
1206.................................................48886
1207.................................................48886
1208.................................................49895
2640.................................................47830
Proposed Rules:
531..................................................49948
532...........................................48641, 50165
1800.................................................49949

                           7 CFR
2....................................................49471
97...................................................47243
225..................................................50127
246..................................................51213
253..................................................47831
272..................................................49719
274..................................................49719
301.............................50595, 51515, 51516, 51517
353..................................................50128
371..................................................49471
457..................................................47834
905..................................................50907
920..................................................49472
927..................................................48136
929..................................................48349
930..................................................48139
945..................................................48142
982..................................................47245
1240.................................................48318
1479.................................................47840
1710.................................................51747
1717.................................................51747
1718.................................................51747
1755.................................................51749
1951..........................................50401, 50598
3015.................................................49474
3016.................................................49474
3019.................................................49474
Proposed Rules:
46...................................................48185
47...................................................48185
205..................................................48642
300..................................................50655
305..................................................47908
319....................................47908, 50655, 50938
905..................................................46879
1216.................................................50666
1240.................................................48324
1755.................................................51773
1940.................................................47695

                           8 CFR
Proposed Rules:
103..................................................50166
212..................................................46882
214..................................................50166
236..................................................46882
241..................................................46882
248..................................................50166
264..................................................50166

                           9 CFR
78...................................................47653
93...................................................46859
94............................................50603, 51518
Proposed Rules:
1.............................................47908, 50607
2.............................................47908, 50607
79...................................................49770

                          10 CFR
Ch.1.................................................47654
72...................................................50606
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................50937
30...................................................49207
61...................................................49207
431....................................48828, 48838, 48852

                          12 CFR
220..................................................51519
360..................................................49189
1805.................................................49642
Proposed Rules:
14...................................................50882
208..................................................50882
225..................................................47696
343..................................................50882
536..................................................50882

                          13 CFR
120..................................................49481
121....................................48601, 49726, 50744

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400..................................................51521
500..................................................51522
Proposed Rules:
107..................................................49511

                          14 CFR
11............................................47247, 50850
21...................................................47247
25............................................47247, 47841
33...................................................48887
39........46862, 47248, 47252, 47255, 47660, 48144, 48351, 
         48353, 48355, 48358, 48360, 48362, 48364, 48368, 
         48371, 48373, 48605, 48607, 49481, 49727, 49728, 
         49730, 49732, 49734, 49735, 49897, 49899, 49901, 
         49903, 49905, 50131, 50617, 50619, 50621, 50623, 
         50627, 50628, 50630, 50632, 50909, 51229, 51750, 
                                              51752, 51754
71........47258, 47259, 47260, 47261, 47843, 48146, 48147, 
         48608, 48609, 48888, 49192, 50281, 50405, 50635, 
                         50636, 51229, 51522, 51523, 51757
73............................................49483, 50133
91...................................................50744
97................48889, 48891, 48893, 51524, 51525, 51528
121...........................................50744, 51742
125...........................................50744, 51742
1204.................................................47663
Proposed Rules:
23...................................................49513
39........47356, 47701, 48399, 48401, 48402, 48404, 48643, 
         48645, 48646, 48648, 48931, 48933, 48936, 48937, 
         48941, 48943, 48945, 48947, 48950, 49523, 49775, 
         49952, 50166, 50466, 50468, 50667, 51254, 51256, 
                         51259, 51260, 51560, 51562, 51775
71..............................48651, 50470, 50744, 51263
91...................................................51512
121..................................................50945
135..................................................51512
139...........................................50669, 50945
217..................................................50946
241..................................................50946
298..................................................50946

                          15 CFR
287..................................................48894
Proposed Rules:
922..................................................41264

                          16 CFR
2....................................................50632
423...........................................47261, 48148

                          17 CFR
1.............................................47843, 51529
4....................................................47848
30...................................................47275
210..................................................51692
211..................................................51692
228..................................................51692
230..................................................47281
231..................................................47281
240...........................................51692, 51716
243..................................................51716
249...........................................51692, 51716
271..................................................47281
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................49208
3....................................................49208
4....................................................49208
5....................................................49208
15...................................................49208
20...................................................49208
35...................................................49208
36...................................................49208
37...................................................49208
38...................................................49208
39...................................................49208
100..................................................49208
140..................................................49208
155..................................................49208
166..................................................49208
170..................................................49208
180..................................................49208
210..................................................49954
240..................................................49954
240...........................................47900, 48406

                          18 CFR
101..................................................47664
125...........................................48148, 50638
154..................................................47284
161..................................................47284
225...........................................48148, 50638
250..................................................47284
284..................................................47284
330..................................................47294
356..................................................48148
385..................................................47294
Proposed Rules:
342..................................................47355
352..................................................50376
357..................................................50376
385..................................................50376

                          20 CFR
404..................................................50746
416..................................................50746
652..................................................49294
655..................................................51138
660..................................................49294
661..................................................49294
662..................................................49294
663..................................................49294
664..................................................49294
665..................................................49294
666..................................................49294
667..................................................49294
668..................................................49294
669..................................................49294
670..................................................49294
671..................................................49294
Proposed Rules:
416..................................................49208
440..................................................49208
655..................................................50170
656..................................................51777

                          21 CFR
71...................................................51758
73...................................................48375
170..................................................51758
171..................................................51758
172..................................................48377
201...........................................46864, 48902
310..................................................48902
341..................................................46864
344..................................................48902
514..................................................47668
524..................................................50912
556..................................................50913
558....................................50133, 50913, 50914
811..................................................51532
868..................................................47669
876..................................................48609
884..................................................47305
1240.................................................49906
1304.................................................49483
1308.................................................47306
1310..........................................47309, 48546
Proposed Rules:
341..................................................51780
514..................................................51782
890..................................................50949

                          23 CFR
1335.................................................48905
1270.................................................51532
Proposed Rules:
658..................................................50471

                          24 CFR
30...................................................50592
903..................................................49484
2003.................................................50904
Proposed Rules:
5....................................................50842
92...................................................50842
200..................................................50842
236..................................................50842
574..................................................50842
582..................................................50842
583..................................................50842
891..................................................50842
982..................................................50842

                          25 CFR
Proposed Rules:
0....................................................47859
142..................................................47704

                          26 CFR
1........................48379, 49909, 50281, 50405, 50638
31...................................................50405
301...........................................49909, 50405
Proposed Rules:
1......................................48185, 48198, 49955
301..................................................49955

                          27 CFR
Proposed Rules:
9....................................................48953

                          28 CFR
1....................................................48379
91...................................................48392

                          29 CFR
4022.................................................49737
4044.................................................49737

                          30 CFR
250..................................................49485
948..................................................50409
Proposed Rules:
70...................................................49215
72...................................................49215
75...................................................49215
90...................................................49215
206..................................................49957
920..................................................49524

                          32 CFR
199...........................................48911, 49491
310..................................................48169
701..................................................48170
1615.................................................47670
1698.................................................47670
Proposed Rules:
317..................................................48202

                          33 CFR
100......................47316, 48612, 48613, 49493, 49914
117.............................46868, 46870, 50135, 51538
165.......47318, 47321, 48381, 48383, 48614, 48616, 49495, 
                         49497, 49915, 50917, 51539, 51540
Proposed Rules:
26...................................................50479
84...................................................47936
117...........................................50480, 51787
151..................................................48548
155..................................................48548
157..................................................48548
158..................................................48548
160..................................................50481
161..................................................50479
165..................................................50479
183..................................................47936
323..................................................50108

                          34 CFR
600..................................................49134
668...........................................47590, 49134
674..................................................47634
675..................................................49134
682.............................47590, 47634, 49124, 49134
685.............................47590, 47634, 49124, 49134
690...........................................47590, 49134

                          36 CFR
242..................................................51542
Proposed Rules:
242..................................................51648
293..................................................48205
1250.................................................51270
1254.................................................51270

                          37 CFR
1.............................................49193, 50092
201...........................................46873, 48913
202..................................................48913
204..................................................48913

                          38 CFR
21...................................................51763
Proposed Rules:
4....................................................48205
36...................................................46882

                          39 CFR
20............................................47322, 48171
111....................................48385, 50054, 49917
Proposed Rules:
111..................................................47362

                          40 CFR
Ch. I................................................47323
Ch. IV...............................................48108
9.............................................48286, 50136
35...................................................48286
49...................................................51412
52........46873, 47326, 47336, 47339, 47862, 49499, 49501, 
                                                     50651

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60...................................................48914
62...................................................49868
63...................................................47342
70............................................48391, 49919
81...................................................50651
132..................................................47864
180.......47874, 47877, 48617, 48620, 48626, 48634, 48637, 
           49922, 49924, 49927, 49936, 50431, 50438, 51544
271..................................................48392
300......................48172, 48930, 49503, 49739, 50137
302..................................................47342
442..................................................49666
Proposed Rules:
9....................................................49062
51...................................................48825
52................47363, 47705, 48652, 49527, 50669, 51564
61...................................................50672
69...................................................47706
70...................................................49957
80............................................47706, 48058
86............................................47706, 48058
122..................................................49062
123..................................................49062
124..................................................49062
125..................................................49062
141..................................................49638
142..................................................49638
232..................................................50108
260..................................................51080
261...........................................48434, 50284
264..................................................51080
266..................................................50284
271..................................................51080
300.....47363, 48210, 49527, 49528, 49776, 50170, 51567...

                          41 CFR
Ch. 102..............................................48392
101..................................................48392
Proposed Rules:
101-11...............................................48655
102-193..............................................48655
102-194..............................................48655
102-195..............................................48655

                          42 CFR
59...................................................49057
70...................................................49906
130..................................................47348
410...........................................47026, 47054
412...........................................47026, 47054
413....................................47026, 47054, 47670
419..................................................47670
482..................................................47026
485...........................................47026, 47054
Proposed Rules:
405..................................................50171
413...............................................47706...

                          43 CFR
1880.................................................51229
3500.................................................50446

                          45 CFR
160..................................................50312
162..................................................50312
310..................................................50786
1351.................................................50139
Proposed Rules:
309..................................................50800

                          46 CFR
307..................................................47678
506..................................................49741
Proposed Rules:
25...................................................47936
67...................................................49529
172..................................................48548

                          47 CFR
Ch. I................................................50653
0.............................................47678, 51234
1...............................47348, 47678, 49742, 51768
2...................................................48174,
22............................................49199, 49202
54............................................47882, 49941
64............................................47678, 48393
73........48183, 48639, 50141, 50142, 50449, 50653, 51235, 
                                       51236, 51552, 51769
74...................................................48174
78...................................................48174
101..................................................48174
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................49530
1.............................................47366, 48658
36...................................................50172
54.....................................47940, 49216, 50172
69...................................................51572
73........47370, 48210, 50951, 51277, 51278, 51279, 51575, 
                                              51576, 51577
76...................................................48211
78...................................................48211
80...................................................50173
90................................................51788...

                          48 CFR
212..................................................50143
217..................................................50148
219...........................................50148, 50149
222..................................................50150
236...........................................50148, 50151
242..................................................50143
247..................................................50143
252...........................................50150, 50152
Ch. 15...............................................47323
1804.................................................50152
1807.................................................46875
1812.................................................50152
1819.................................................46875
1830.................................................49205
1852.................................................50152
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................50872
4....................................................50872
5....................................................50872
6....................................................50872
7....................................................50872
9....................................................50872
12...................................................50872
13...................................................50872
14...................................................50872
19...................................................50872
22...................................................50872
34...................................................50872
35...................................................50872
36................................................50872...

                          49 CFR
1....................................................49763
10...................................................48184
71...................................................50154
107..................................................50450
171..................................................50450
172..................................................50450
173..................................................50450
174..................................................50450
175..................................................50450
177..................................................50450
178..................................................50450
179..................................................50450
180..................................................50450
385..................................................50919
544..................................................49505
553..................................................51236
571..................................................51769
Proposed Rules:
37...................................................48444
172..................................................49777
175..................................................49777
222..................................................46884
229..................................................46884
243..................................................50952
350..................................................49780
390..................................................49780
393..................................................48660
394..................................................49780
395..................................................49780
398..................................................49780
571..................................................47945
575..................................................46884

                          50 CFR
17...................................................50672
20...................................................51496
21...................................................49508
100..................................................51542
230..................................................49509
622...........................................50158, 51248
635....................................47214, 49941, 50162
648......................46877, 47648, 49942, 50164, 40563
600..................................................51992
679.......47693, 47906, 47907, 49766, 49946, 50935, 51553, 
                                                     51722
Proposed Rules:
17.........49530, 49531, 49781, 49958, 51577, 51578, 51903
20............................................50483, 51174
100..................................................51648
216...........................................48669, 51584
224..................................................49782
635...........................................46885, 48671
648..................................................49959
697..................................................50952

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                         REMINDERS
The items in this list were editorially compiled as an aid 
to Federal Register users. Inclusion or exclusion from 
this list has no legal significance.

          RULES GOING INTO EFFECT AUGUST 25, 2000
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Atlantic bluefish and spiny dogfish; published 7-26-00
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Service Contract Act; commercial item subcontracts; published 7-26-00
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   California; published 7-26-00
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   International common carriers; biennial regulatory review
      Cable landing licenses; correction; published 8-25-00
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Service Contract Act; commercial item subcontracts; published 7-26-00
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Color and food additives:
   Meat and poultry products; substances approved; published 8-25-00
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Service Contract Act; Federal service contracts; labor standards; 
   published 7-26-00
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Service Contract Act; commercial item subcontracts; published 7-26-00
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
   Compressed natural gas fuel container integrity; material and 
      manufacturing process requirements; published 8-25-00
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Customs Service
Merchandise, special classes:
   Products of forced or indentured child labor; seizure and forfeiture; 
      published 7-26-00
VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
   Veterans training--
      Subsistence allowance rates; published 8-25-00
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Fruits and vegetables, processed:
   Inspection and certification; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-
      28-00
Kiwifruit grown in California and imported; comments due by 8-30-00; 
   published 7-31-00
Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in--
   Florida; comments due by 8-31-00; published 8-1-00
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
   Bovine parts importation from Argentina; prohibition; comments due by 
      8-28-00; published 6-28-00
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
   Tuberculosis in cattle and bison--
      State and area classifications; comments due by 8-28-00; published 
         6-28-00
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
   Melon fruit fly; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-28-00
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Commodity Credit Corporation
Loan and purchase programs:
   Bioenergy Program; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-27-00
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Meat and poultry inspection:
   Other consumer protection activities; comments due by 8-29-00; 
      published 6-30-00
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program; comments due 
         by 8-31-00; published 7-17-00
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Summer flounder, scup and black sea bass; comments due by 9-1-00; 
         published 8-2-00
   West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
      Pacfic Coast salmon; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-27-00
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors:
   Commodity pools; profile documents; disclosure; comments due by 8-28-
      00; published 7-27-00
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Automatic residential garage door operators; safety standard; comments 
   due by 8-28-00; published 6-14-00
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts; comments due by 
      9-1-00; published 7-3-00
   Material management and accounting system; comments due by 9-1-00; 
      published 7-3-00
   Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber; comments due by 9-1-00; published 7-
      3-00
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
   TRICARE program--
      Automatic enrollment of families of E-4 and below in TRICARE 
         Prime; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-28-00
      Automatic enrollment of families of E-4 and below in TRICARE 
         Prime; correction; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-21-00
      Medically underserved areas; bonus payments; comments due by 9-1-
         00; published 7-3-00
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Contractor responsibility, labor relations costs, and costs relating 
      to legal and other proceedings; comments due by 8-29-00; published 
      6-30-00
   Truth in Negotiations Act threshold; comments due by 9-1-00; 
      published 7-3-00
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Oil pipelines:
   Producer Price Index for Finished Goods; five-year review; comments 
      due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-00
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
   Boilers and industrial furnaces; data availability; comments due by 
      8-28-00; published 6-27-00
Air programs:
   Ambient air quality standards, national--
      Ground level ozone; 1-hour standard; attainment demonstrations for 
         States; motor vehicle emissions budgets; comments due by 8-28-
         00; published 7-28-00
      Northern Ada County/Boise, ID; PM-10

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         standards nonapplicability finding rescinded; comments due by 
         8-31-00; published 7-26-00
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   California; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-27-00
   Indiana; comments due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-00
   West Virginia; comments due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-00
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
   Virginia; comments due by 8-30-00; published 7-31-00
Superfund program:
   National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
      National priorities list update; comments due by 9-1-00; published 
         8-2-00
Water pollution control:
   State water quality standards--
      Kansas; comments due by 9-1-00; published 7-3-00
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
      Telecommunications deployment and subscribership in unserved or 
         underserved areas, including tribal and insular areas; comments 
         due by 9-1-00; published 8-11-00
   High-cost universal service support for non-rural carriers; CY 2001 
      line count update; comments due by 8-30-00; published 8-17-00
   Wireless telecommunications services--
      Extension to Tribal lands; comments due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-
         00
Practice and procedure:
   Communication between applicants in spectrum auctions
      Correction; comments due by 8-30-00; published 8-9-00
Radio and television broadcasting:
   Experimental broadcast stations; ownership prohibition; comments due 
      by 9-1-00; published 7-5-00
   Major television networks; ownership prohibition; comments due by 9-
      1-00; published 7-5-00
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Missouri; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-25-00
   Puerto Rico; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-18-00
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Electronic fund transfers (Regulation E):
   Financial institutions compliance requirements; official staff 
      interpretation; comments due by 8-31-00; published 6-29-00
Truth in lending (Regulation Z):
   Home-equity lending market; predatory lending practices; hearings; 
      comments due by 9-1-00; published 7-12-00
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Acquisition regulations:
   JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts; comments due by 
      9-1-00; published 7-3-00
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Truth in Negotiations Act; threshold; comments due by 9-1-00; 
      published 7-3-00
Federal Acquisiton Regulation:
   Contractor responsibility, labor relations costs, and costs relating 
      to legal and other proceedings; comments due by 8-29-00; published 
      6-30-00
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Human bone allograft; manipulation and homologous use in spine and other 
   orthopedic reconstruction and repair; public meeting; comments due by 
   9-1-00; published 7-18-00
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicare:
   Hospital inpatient payments and graduate medical education rates and 
      costs; Balanced Budget Refinement Act provisions; comments due by 
      8-31-00; published 8-1-00
   Medicare+Choice program--
      Establishment; changes; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-29-00
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species:
   Critical habitat designations--
      Spectacled eider and Steller's eider; comments due by 8-31-00; 
         published 7-5-00
      Spectacled eider and Steller's eider; comments due by 8-31-00; 
         published 7-31-00
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
   Critical habitat designations--
      Arkansas River Basin; Arkansas River shiner; withdrawal; comments 
         due by 8-29-00; published 6-30-00
Fishery conservation and management:
   Critical habitat designations--
      Peninsular bighorn sheep; comments due by 8-31-00; published 7-5-
         00
Migratory bird hunting:
   Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded 
      lands; comments due by 8-28-00; published 8-18-00
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Prisons Bureau
Administrative remedy program:
   Administrative Remedy Program; excluded matters; comments due by 8-
      28-00; published 6-27-00
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Acquisition regulations:
   JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts; comments due by 
      9-1-00; published 7-3-00
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Truth in Negotiations Act; threshold; comments due by 9-1-00; 
      published 7-3-00
Federal Acquisiton Regulation (FAR):
   Contractor responsibility, labor relations costs, and costs relating 
      to legal and other proceedings; comments due by 8-29-00; published 
      6-30-00
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent 
   storage; licensing requirements:
   Interim storage for greater than class C waste; comments due by 8-30-
      00; published 6-16-00
POSTAL SERVICE
Domestic Mail Manual:
   Invalid ancillary service endorsements; transitional provisions 
      eliminated; comments due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-00
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investment companies:
   Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; consumer 
      consent requirements; exemption; comments due by 9-1-00; published 
      8-2-00
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Federal claims collection:
   Administrative wage garnishment; debt collection through offset; 
      comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-27-00
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Electrical engineering:
   Marine shipboard electrical cable standards; comments due by 8-28-00; 
      published 7-27-00
Ports and waterways safety:
   Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA; traffic separation scheme; comments due 
      by 8-28-00; published 7-28-00
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Airbus; comments due by 9-1-00; published 8-2-00
   Boeing; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-28-00
   British Aerospace; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-27-00

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   Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.; comments due by 8-30-00; 
      published 7-31-00
   McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-13-00
   Rolls-Royce plc.; comments due by 9-1-00; published 7-3-00
   Saab; comments due by 8-30-00; published 7-31-00
   Sikorsky; comments due by 9-1-00; published 7-3-00
Class E airspace; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-3-00
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Consumer information:
   Passenger cars and light multipurpose passenger vehicles and trucks; 
      rollover prevention; comments due by 8-30-00; published 8-1-00
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Surface Transportation Board
Rail carriers:
   Class I reporting regulations; modification; comments due by 9-1-00; 
      published 7-18-00
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Customs Service
Articles conditionally free, subject to reduced rates, etc.:
   Civil aircraft merchandise; duty-free entry; comments due by 8-28-00; 
      published 6-29-00
VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
   Proof of service; evidence certification; comments due by 8-28-00; 
      published 6-27-00
Adult day health care of veterans in State homes; per diem payment 
   mechanism; comments due by 8-28-00; published 6-28-00
Privacy Act:
   Computer matching programs; comments due by 8-28-00; published 7-28-
      00
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