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Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Pistachios grown in--
    California, 45989-46033


Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Food Safety and Inspection Service
See  Rural Telephone Bank


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Exotic Newcastle disease; quarantine area designations--
        Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; portions removed, 
                45741-45745
PROPOSED RULES
Biological agents and toxins; possession, use, and transfer:
    Listing criteria; meetings cancelled, 45787


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    DVD Copy Control Association, 45854-45855
    Gaming Standards Association, 45855
    International SEMATECH, 45855


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Summit/Westward Project, Federal Columbia River Transmission 
            System, Columbia County, OR, 45798-45799


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45823-45825
Meetings:
    Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
            Emphasis Panels, 45825


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
RULES
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Skilled nursing facilities; prospective payment system and 
            consolidated billing; update, 46035-46072
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45825-45826


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Florida, 45784-45785
Oceanographic research vessels:
    Inspection frequency; CFR correction, 45785
    International safety standards harmonization; CFR correction, 45785
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45833-45834
Meetings:
    Towing Safety Advisory Committee and National Boating Safety 
            Advisory Council, 45834-45835


Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45790-45792


Comptroller of the Currency
PROPOSED RULES
New Basel Capital Accord; implementation:
    Risk-based capital guidelines, 45899-45948
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    New Basel Capital Accord; implementation--
        Internal ratings-based systems for corporate credit and 
                operational risk advanced measurement approaches for 
                regulatory capital, 45948-45988


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45795-45796


Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45796-45797


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45797
Postsecondary education:
    Accrediting agencies and State approval agencies for vocational and 
            nurse education institutions; national recognition, 45797-
            45798


Energy Department
See  Bonneville Power Administration
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New Jersey; correction, 45897
PROPOSED RULES
Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment
    Technical correction, 45788
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45812-45816
Meetings:
    All Appropriate Inquiry Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, 45816-
            45817
    Brownfields grants guidelines, 45817

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Water pollution control:
    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System--
        Massachusetts; storm water discharges from construction 
                activities; general permit, 45817-45819
    Total maximum daily loads--
        Arkansas; state-wide waters list, 45819


Federal Aviation Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 45891


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Texas
        CFR correction, 45786
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications relay services--
        State certification and renewal applications, 45819-45820


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
New Basel Capital Accord; implementation:
    Risk-based capital guidelines, 45899-45948
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    New Basel Capital Accord; implementation--
        Internal ratings-based systems for corporate credit and 
                operational risk advanced measurement approaches for 
                regulatory capital, 45948-45988


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Arizona, 45835
    Indiana, 45835
    Kentucky, 45835-45836
    Nebraska, 45836
    Ohio, 45837
    Texas, 45837-45838
    West Virginia, 45838


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    AEP Texas North Co. et al., 45808-45809
    PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., et al., 45809-45811
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Electric Quarterly Reports; public utility filing requirements, 
            etc., 45811-45812
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., et al., 
            45799-45808


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:
    United Parcel Service, Inc., 45820


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45857


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
New Basel Capital Accord; implementation:
    Risk-based capital guidelines, 45899-45948
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 45820
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    New Basel Capital Accord; implementation--
        Internal ratings-based systems for corporate credit and 
                operational risk advanced measurement approaches for 
                regulatory capital, 45948-45988


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Monetary equitable remedies in competition cases; policy statement, 
            45820-45823


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Travis County, TX: golden-cheeked warbler, 45849
    Survival enhancement permits--
        Houston toad; Bastrop County, TX; safe harbor agreement, 45849-
                45850
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Mount Diablo State Park, CA, 45850-45851


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food for human consumption:
    Identity standards deviation; market testing permits--
        Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc.; canned tuna, 45827
Meetings:
    Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, 
            45827


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Meat, poultry, and egg products; transportation and distribution 
            safety and security guidelines, 45789-45790


Foreign Assets Control Office
RULES
Sierra Leone and Liberia sanctions regulations; rough diamonds, 45777-
          45783


Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45823


Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  National Institutes of Health


Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard
See  Federal Emergency Management Agency
See  Transportation Security Administration

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45839-45843
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
            Opportunity et al., 45843-45849


Indian Affairs Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
No Child Left Behind Act; implementation:
    Negotiated Rulemaking Committee--
        Meetings, 45787


Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Indian Affairs Bureau
See  Minerals Management Service


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Golden parachute payments, 45745-45772
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments; arbitrage 
            and private activity restrictions; investment-type property 
            and private loan (prepayment), 45772-45777


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Preserved mushrooms from--
        China, 45792-45793
    Stainless steel bar from--
        India, 45793-45794


Justice Department
See  Antitrust Division
See  Justice Programs Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45856-45857


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:
    BETTY T., 45891-45892
    DREAM TIME, 45892


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45851-45854


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 45857-45859


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:
    Jones, Kent: petition denied, 45892-45893


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 45828
    National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 45828
    National Center for Research Resources, 45828-45829
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 45831-45832
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            45829-45830
    National Institute of Mental Health, 45831
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 45830-
            45831
    National Institute of Nursing Research, 45831
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 45830
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, 45830
    National Library of Medicine, 45832
    Scientific Review Center, 45832-45833


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45859


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Rock sole, flathead sole, other flatfish, 45786
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    Consistency appeals--
        Millennium Pipeline Co., 45794
Meetings:
    International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. 
            Section Advisory Committee, 45794-45795
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 45795


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Decommissioning plans; sites:
    Quehanna Site, Karthaus, PA, 45859-45860


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45860-45861


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45861-45864
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 45866-45869
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 45869-45870
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 45865-45875
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 45875-45890
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Detwiler, Mitchell & Co., 45864
    Dot Hill Systems Corp., 45864-45865


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Kentucky, 45890-45891

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    Michigan, 45891


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 45893


Thrift Supervision Office
PROPOSED RULES
New Basel Capital Accord; implementation:
    Risk-based capital guidelines, 45899-45948
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    New Basel Capital Accord; implementation--
        Internal ratings-based systems for corporate credit and 
                operational risk advanced measurement approaches for 
                regulatory capital, 45948-45988


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


Transportation Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45839


Treasury Department
See  Comptroller of the Currency
See  Foreign Assets Control Office
See  Internal Revenue Service
See  Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 45893-45894


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission, 45894-
            45895
    Chiropractic Advisory Committees, 45895
    Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 45896

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Federal Reserve System; Treasury 
          Department, Comptroller of the Currency; Treasury Department, 
          Thrift Supervision Office, 45899-45988


Part III
Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service, 45989-46033


Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
          Services, 46035-46072

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                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
331..................................................45787
983..................................................45990

                           9 CFR
82...................................................45741

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3....................................................45900
208..................................................45900
225..................................................45900
325..................................................45900
567..................................................45900

                          25 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................45787

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents)...............................45745, 45772

                          31 CFR
591..................................................45777
592..................................................45777

                          33 CFR
117..................................................45784

                          40 CFR
52...................................................45897
Proposed Rules:
19...................................................45788
27...................................................45788

                          42 CFR
409..................................................46036
411..................................................46036
413..................................................46036
440..................................................46036
483..................................................46036
488..................................................46036
489..................................................46036

                          46 CFR
188..................................................45785
189..................................................45785

                          47 CFR
73...................................................45786

                          50 CFR
679..................................................45786