Contents Federal Register
Vol. 63, No. 6
Friday, January 9, 1998

Agriculture Department

See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

See Food Safety and Inspection Service

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

RULES

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

    Karnal bunt disease--
      Wheat seed and straw (1995-1996 crop); compensation, [FR Doc. 98-550]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Antitrust Division

NOTICES

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

    International Business Machines Corp. et al., 1499-1508 [FR Doc. 98-522]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Army Department

NOTICES

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

    Base realignment and closure--
      U.S. Army Garrison-Fitzsimons, CO, [FR Doc. 98-83]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Army Education Advisory Committee, 1446-1447 [FR Doc. 98-682]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are

See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Census Bureau

NOTICES

Census 2000:

    Block group program; final criteria, 1422-1425 [FR Doc. 98-544]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Census county division program; final criteria, 1425-1427 [FR Doc. 98-543]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NOTICES

Vaccine information materials; diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP/DTaP/DT), 1729-1733 [FR Doc. 98-525]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Children and Families Administration

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 1474-1475 [FR Doc. 98-490]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    Native American language projects, 1475-1484 [FR Doc. 98-583]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Commerce Department

See Census Bureau

See International Trade Administration

See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

NOTICES

Procurement list; additions and deletions, 1420-1422 [FR Doc. 98-577]
1422 [FR Doc. 98-578]
[TEXT]   [PDF]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 1422 [FR Doc. 98-579]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Consumer Product Safety Commission

NOTICES

Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1446 [FR Doc. 98-695]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Customs Service

NOTICES

Commercial gauger

    Approval--
      Bay Area Services, 1530 [FR Doc. 98-586]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Defense Department

See Army Department

RULES

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Novation and related agreements; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic commerce use; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Employment Standards Administration

NOTICES

Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 1509-1511 [FR Doc. 98-239]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Energy Department

See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Environmental Protection Agency

RULES

Air quality implementation plans:

    Preparation, adoption, and submittal--
      Vehicle inspection maintenance program evaluation requirements, [FR Doc. 98-551]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

    Thiodicarb

PROPOSED RULES

Water pollution control:

    National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)--
      Storm water program (Phase I); polluted runoff reduction from priority sources, [FR Doc. 98-180]  
      1535-1584 [TXT]  [PDF]
      1585-1634 [TXT]  [PDF]
      1635-1643 [TXT]  [PDF]

NOTICES

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

    Agency statements--
      Weekly receipts, 1454-1455 [FR Doc. 98-587]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and territories--

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

    BASF Corp. et al., 1456-1464 [FR Doc. 98-557]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

    Allersearch Laboratories, 1455-1456 [FR Doc. 98-554]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

    Chemical testing--
    Testing requirements--
      Hydrogen fluoride, 1467-1469 [FR Doc. 98-559]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
      Maleic anhydride, 1464-1467 [FR Doc. 98-558]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
      Phthalic anhydride; enforceable consent agreement development; participation solicitation and meeting, 1469-1471 [FR Doc. 98-562]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

RULES

Freedom of Information Act; implementation:

Federal Aviation Administration

RULES

Airworthiness directives:

    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., [FR Doc. 98-103]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Precision Airmotive Corp., [FR Doc. 98-70]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Meetings:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

NOTICES

Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1471 [FR Doc. 98-696]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Emergency Management Agency

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1471-1472 [FR Doc. 98-546]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Disaster and emergency areas:

    Northern Mariana Islands, 1473 [FR Doc. 98-547]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

NOTICES

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 1451-1452 [FR Doc. 98-521]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Hydroelectric applications, 1452-1453 [FR Doc. 98-509]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Hydropower licensing program; public outreach, 1453 [FR Doc. 98-505]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Nondiscriminatory transmission services, processes for assuring; conference, 1453-1454 [FR Doc. 98-529]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 1447-1448 [FR Doc. 98-506]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 1448 [FR Doc. 98-520]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 1449 [FR Doc. 98-517]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 1450-1451 [FR Doc. 98-519]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Sea Robin Pipeline Co., 1451 [FR Doc. 98-518]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 1451 [FR Doc. 98-516]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 1453 [FR Doc. 98-508]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Highway Administration

RULES

Motor carrier safety standards:

    Glazing materials; parts and accessories necessary for safe operation, [FR Doc. 98-567]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Motor carrier safety regulations:

    Driver qualification--
      Rauenhorst, David R.; vision requirements waiver, 1524-1527 [FR Doc. 98-568]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Maritime Commission

NOTICES

Casualty and nonperformance certificates:

    Carnival Corp. et al., 1473-1474 [FR Doc. 98-524]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Ivaran Agencies Inc. et al., 1474 [FR Doc. 98-523]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Freight forwarder licenses:

    Ideal Consolidators, Inc., et al., 1474 [FR Doc. 98-493]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Railroad Administration

PROPOSED RULES

Railroad power brakes and drawbars:

    Train and locomotive power braking systems; advance technology use; two-way end-of-train telemetry devices

Federal Reserve System

NOTICES

Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1474 [FR Doc. 98-662]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Transit Administration

NOTICES

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

    Everett and Seattle, WA; Commuter Rail Project, 1527-1529 [FR Doc. 98-491]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Fish and Wildlife Service

PROPOSED RULES

Endangered and threatened species:

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 1490-1491 [FR Doc. 98-501]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Comprehensive conservation plans; availabiity, etc.

    Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA, 1491-1492 [FR Doc. 98-653]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

    Incidental take permits--
      Western Geophysical et al.; polar bears, 1492 [FR Doc. 98-585]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 1484-1486 [FR Doc. 98-590]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Food Safety and Inspection Service

NOTICES

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

    Microbiological Criteria for Foods National Advisory Committee, 1420 [FR Doc. 98-571]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Meat and Poultry Inspection National Advisory Committee, 1420 [FR Doc. 98-572]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

General Services Administration

RULES

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Novation and related agreements; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic commerce use; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

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 Indian Health Service

See National Institutes of Health

Health Care Financing Administration

RULES

Medicare:

    End stage renal disease--
      Optional prospectively determined payment rates for skilled nursing facilities, [FR Doc. 98-268]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Physicians' referrals; advisory opinions, [FR Doc. 98-270]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

PROPOSED RULES

Medicare and medicaid:

    Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they have financial relationships, [FR Doc. 98-282]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Housing and Urban Development Department

NOTICES

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    Facilities to assist homeless--
      Excess and surplus Federal property, 1489 [FR Doc. 98-377]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Immigration and Naturalization Service

RULES

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

    Temporary entry of business persons; facilitation, [FR Doc. 98-601]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Indian Affairs Bureau

NOTICES

Liquor and tobacco sale or distribution ordinance:

    Prairie Band of Potawatomi Reservation, KS, 1492-1495 [FR Doc. 98-694]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Indian Health Service

NOTICES

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

    California Area Indian Health Service, 1486-1487 [FR Doc. 98-534]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Interior Department

See Fish and Wildlife Service

See Indian Affairs Bureau

See Land Management Bureau

See National Park Service

See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

Internal Revenue Service

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 1530 [FR Doc. 98-596]
    1530-1531 [FR Doc. 98-597]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

International Trade Administration

NOTICES

Antidumping:

    Fresh cut flowers from--
    Porcelain-on-steel cookware from--
    Welded stainless steel pipe from--

Countervailing duties:

    Industrial phosphoric acid from--

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    American business center in Russia, 1441-1443 [FR Doc. 98-589]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Justice Department

See Antitrust Division

See Immigration and Naturalization Service

PROPOSED RULES

Justice Acquisition Regulations (JAR):

    Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the National Performance Review Recommendations; implementation, [FR Doc. 98-380]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Labor Department

See Employment Standards Administration

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1508-1509 [FR Doc. 98-570]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National Advisory Committee, 1509 [FR Doc. 98-569]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Land Management Bureau

NOTICES

Public land order:

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Legal Services Corporation

RULES

Cost standards and procedures; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

RULES

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Novation and related agreements; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic commerce use; correction, [FR Doc. 98-99999]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Institutes of Health

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, 1487-1488 [FR Doc. 98-591]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1488 [FR Doc. 98-595]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1489 [FR Doc. 98-594]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 1488-1489 [FR Doc. 98-592]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1489 [FR Doc. 98-593]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RULES

Marine mammals:

    Designated critical habitats--
      Umpqua river cutthroat trout, [FR Doc. 98-545]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and territories--

National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring:

    Weather Service offices--
      Automation certifications; transmittal to Congress, 1444-1445 [FR Doc. 98-499]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Permits:

    Marine mammals, 1445-1446 [FR Doc. 98-492]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Park Service

NOTICES

Concession contract negotiations:

    Colonial National Historical Park, VA; retail sales, 1498 [FR Doc. 98-527]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Gates of Arctic National Park and Preserve Subsistence Resource Commission, 1498-1499 [FR Doc. 98-526]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Register of Historic Places:

    Pending nominations, 1499 [FR Doc. 98-584]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Northeast Dairy Compact Commission

PROPOSED RULES

Over-order price regulations:

    Compact over-order price regulations--

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

RULES

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

    Nuclear power plants--
      IEEE national consensus standard; safety systems; power, instrumentation, and control portions; incorporation by reference; withdrawn; correction, [FR Doc. 98-533]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

NOTICES

Substantial damage determination requests:

    Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Fund, 1511-1512 [FR Doc. 98-536]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Public Health Service

See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

See Food and Drug Administration

See Indian Health Service

See National Institutes of Health

Securities and Exchange Commission

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1512-1513 [FR Doc. 98-540]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Joint industry plan:

    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 1515-1517 [FR Doc. 98-497]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1517-1519 [FR Doc. 98-538]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 1519-1520 [FR Doc. 98-496]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1520-1521 [FR Doc. 98-539]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Options Clearing Corp., 1521-1523 [FR Doc. 98-494]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Participants Trust Co., 1523-1524 [FR Doc. 98-495]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

    Advantus Capital Management, Inc., et al., 1513-1515 [FR Doc. 98-537]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

RULES

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

PROPOSED RULES

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Surface Transportation Board

NOTICES

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

    Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 1529 [FR Doc. 98-581]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    RailTex, Inc., et al., 1529 [FR Doc. 98-580]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Transportation Department

See Federal Aviation Administration

See Federal Highway Administration

See Federal Railroad Administration

See Federal Transit Administration

See Surface Transportation Board

Treasury Department

See Customs Service

See Internal Revenue Service


Separate Parts In This Issue

Part II

Environmental Protection Agency, [FR Doc. 98-180]  
1535-1584 [TXT]  [PDF]
1585-1634 [TXT]  [PDF]
1635-1643 [TXT]  [PDF]

Part III

Department�20of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, [FR Doc. 98-270]
[FR Doc. 98-282]
[TEXT]   [PDF]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Part IV

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, 1729-1733 [FR Doc. 98-525]
[TEXT]   [PDF]


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