Contents Federal Register
Vol. 63, No. 248
Monday, December 28, 1998

Actuaries, Joint Board for Enrollment

See Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Agricultural Marketing Service

PROPOSED RULES

Fruits; import regulations:

    Table grapes, 71403-71405 [FR Doc. 98-34208]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Agriculture Department

See Agricultural Marketing Service

See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

See Forest Service

Air Force Department

RULES

Acquisition regulations:

    Extraordinary contractual actions; CFR part removed, 71390 [FR Doc. 98-34192]
    [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

Children and Families Administration

NOTICES

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    Community Services Office; combined programs, 71479-71492 [FR Doc. 98-34279]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Coast Guard

PROPOSED RULES

Load lines:

    Unmanned dry cargo river barges on Lake Michigan routes; exemption from Great Lakes load line requirements, 71411-71412 [FR Doc. 98-34200]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, 71536-71537 [FR Doc. 98-34341]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Commerce Department

See Foreign-Trade Zones Board

See International Trade Administration

See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71446-71447 [FR Doc. 98-34322]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

NOTICES

Procurement list; additions and deletions, 71445 [FR Doc. 98-34335]
71445-71446 [FR Doc. 98-34336]
[TEXT]   [PDF]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 71446 [FR Doc. 98-34337]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

NOTICES

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Customs Service

RULES

Financial and accounting procedures:

    Israeli products; customs user fees; exemption, 71371-71372 [FR Doc. 98-34334]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Defense Department

See Air Force Department

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Defense Environmental Response Task Force, 71452 [FR Doc. 98-34241]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Security Senior Advisory Board, 71452-71453 [FR Doc. 98-34240]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Employment Standards Administration

See Wage and Hour Division

NOTICES

Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 71506-71507 [FR Doc. 98-34006]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Energy Department

See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office

See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

NOTICES

Atomic energy agreements; subsequent arrangements, 71453 [FR Doc. 98-34318]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
      Kirtland Area Office (Sandia), NM, 71453 [FR Doc. 98-34319]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 71454 [FR Doc. 98-34320]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office

NOTICES

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    State energy programs special projects, 71454-71455 [FR Doc. 98-34321]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Environmental Protection Agency

RULES

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

    Pulp and paper production, 71385-71389 [FR Doc. 98-34306]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Wood furniture manufacturing operations, 71376-71385 [FR Doc. 98-34308]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 71375-71376 [FR Doc. 98-34304]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

PROPOSED RULES

Acquisition regulations:

    Contracting by negotiation, 71415-71424 [FR Doc. 98-33627]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

    Pulp and paper production, 71408-71411 [FR Doc. 98-34307]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Hazardous waste:

    Project XL program; site-specific projects--
      New York State public utilities, 71411 [FR Doc. 98-34295]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Benchmark dose software; availability; comment request, 71465 [FR Doc. 98-34300]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 71464-71465 [FR Doc. 98-34294]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Endocrine disruptor screening program, 71568-71570 [FR Doc. 98-34299]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Pesticide programs:

    Endocrine disruptor screening program; policy statement, 71541-71568 [FR Doc. 98-34298]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

    Lead-based paint activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities; State and Indian Tribe authorization applications--
      District of Columbia, 71465-71467 [FR Doc. 98-34293]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Aviation Administration

RULES

Airworthiness standards:

    Special conditions--
      Raytheon Aircraft Co.; model 390 airplane, 71369-71371 [FR Doc. 98-34162]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Communications Commission

RULES

Radio stations; table of assignments:

PROPOSED RULES

Radio stations; table of assignments:

    Massachusetts, 71413 [FR Doc. 98-34234]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Montana, 71413-71414 [FR Doc. 98-34233]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71467-71468 [FR Doc. 98-34239]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Network Reliability and Interoperability Council, 71468 [FR Doc. 98-34373]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

    Early closing (December 24, 1998), 71468 [FR Doc. 98-34173]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

NOTICES

Crop revenue coverage:

    Corn and soybeans, 71426-71441 [FR Doc. 98-34250]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Emergency Management Agency

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 71469 [FR Doc. 98-34288]
    71469-71470 [FR Doc. 98-34289]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

NOTICES

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

    Industrial Gas & Electric Co. et al., 71456-71460 [FR Doc. 98-34218]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Sithe New England Holdings, LLC, et al., 71460-71463 [FR Doc. 98-34219]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Wisconsin Power & Light Co. et al., 71463-71464 [FR Doc. 98-34220]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

    Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc., 71455 [FR Doc. 98-34216]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 71455-71456 [FR Doc. 98-34215]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    PP&L EnergyPlus Co., 71456 [FR Doc. 98-34217]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Maritime Commission

NOTICES

Freight forwarder licenses:

    Next Generation Logistics, Inc., 71470 [FR Doc. 98-34201]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Register, Administrative Committee

See Federal Register Office

Federal Register Office

NOTICES

American Institute in Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in United States; agreements list availability, 71507-71510 [FR Doc. 98-34297]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Reserve System

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 71470-71473 [FR Doc. 98-34183]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Banks and bank holding companies:

    Change in bank control, 71473 [FR Doc. 98-34184]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 71473-71474 [FR Doc. 98-34185]
    71474 [FR Doc. 98-34338]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Federal Trade Commission

NOTICES

Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71474 [FR Doc. 98-34389]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 71474-71478 [FR Doc. 98-34227]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Prohibited trade practices:

    General Signal Power Systems, Inc., 71478-71479 [FR Doc. 98-34226]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Fish and Wildlife Service

PROPOSED RULES

Endangered and threatened species:

    Pecos pupfish, 71424-71425 [FR Doc. 98-34213]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 71496-71497 [FR Doc. 98-34207]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Marine mammals:

    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
      Oil and gas industry activities; polar bears and Pacific walruses, 71497-71498 [FR Doc. 98-34325]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration

NOTICES

Food additive petitions:

    GEO Specialty Chemicals, 71492 [FR Doc. 98-34170]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Zeneca Biocides, 71493 [FR Doc. 98-34172]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Human drugs:

    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
      Meridia, 71493-71494 [FR Doc. 98-34171]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

NOTICES

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Forest Service

NOTICES

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

    Caribbean National Forest, PR; correction, 71441-71442 [FR Doc. 98-34247]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Kootenai National Forest, MT, 71442-71444 [FR Doc. 98-34191]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory Committee, 71444-71445 [FR Doc. 98-34326]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

NOTICES

Eligible institutions of higher education; nominations, 71539 [FR Doc. 98-34199]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Health and Human Services Department

See Children and Families Administration

See Food and Drug Administration

See National Institutes of Health

Housing and Urban Development Department

RULES

Low income housing:

    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
      Multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance restructuring program (mark-to-market program), etc.; correction, 71372-71374 [FR Doc. 98-34314]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

PROPOSED RULES

Community development block grants:

    Fair housing performance standards for acceptance of consolidated plan certifications and compliance with performance review criteria, 71405 [FR Doc. 98-34313]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 71494-71496 [FR Doc. 98-34315]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

    Small cities community development block grant programs, etc.--
      New York; correction, 71496 [FR Doc. 98-34188]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Interior Department

See Fish and Wildlife Service

See Land Management Bureau

See Minerals Management Service

See National Park Service

See Reclamation Bureau

Internal Revenue Service

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Proposed collection; comment request, 71538-71539 [FR Doc. 98-34211]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

International Trade Administration

NOTICES

Antidumping:

    Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and unfinished, from--

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

    U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee, 71449-71450 [FR Doc. 98-34193]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

    Solder joint pressure pipe fittings, etc., from--
      United States, 71450 [FR Doc. 98-34194]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Actuarial Examinations Advisory Committee, 71426 [FR Doc. 98-34212]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Labor Department

See Employment Standards Administration

See Wage and Hour Division

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71505-71506 [FR Doc. 98-34244]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

    Assistant Secretary for Pension and Welfare Benefits, 71506 [FR Doc. 98-34242]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Land Management Bureau

NOTICES

Closure of public lands:

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

    Imperial County, CA; Newmont Gold Co. mesquite mine, 71499 [FR Doc. 98-34248]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Resource advisory councils--
      Lower Snake River District, 71499 [FR Doc. 98-34190]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
      Northeastern Great Basin, 71499-71500 [FR Doc. 98-34196]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

Public land orders:

    Colorado; correction, 71500 [FR Doc. 98-34197]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Minerals Management Service

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Minerals Management Advisory Board, 71503 [FR Doc. 98-34225]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Archives and Records Administration

See Federal Register Office

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

RULES

Motor vehicle safety standards:

    Occupant crash protection--
      Air bag depowering; performance standard changed; correction, 71390-71396 [FR Doc. 98-34249]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Institutes of Health

NOTICES

Meetings:

    National Eye Institute, 71494 [FR Doc. 98-34284]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 71494 [FR Doc. 98-34283]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 71450-71451 [FR Doc. 98-34285]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 71451 [FR Doc. 98-34286]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Permits:

    Marine mammals, 71451 [FR Doc. 98-34287]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Park Service

NOTICES

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

    Joshua Tree National Park, CA
      Backcountry and wilderness management plan, 71503 [FR Doc. 98-34222]
      [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Natchez Trace Parkway, MS; Southern Terminus, 71503-71504 [FR Doc. 98-34224]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Meetings:

    Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission, 71504 [FR Doc. 98-34223]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

National Science Foundation

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Advanced Networking Infrastructure Research Special Emphasis Panel, 71510 [FR Doc. 98-34266]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Astronomical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 71510-71511 [FR Doc. 98-34272]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Biological Infrastructure Advisory Panel, 71511 [FR Doc. 98-34263]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 71511 [FR Doc. 98-34269]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Computer-Communications Research Special Emphasis Panel, 71511 [FR Doc. 98-34275]
    71511 [FR Doc. 98-34276]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis Panel, 71511-71512 [FR Doc. 98-34260]
    71512 [FR Doc. 98-34274]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 71512 [FR Doc. 98-34262]
    71512-71513 [FR Doc. 98-34278]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education Special Emphasis Panel, 71513 [FR Doc. 98-34264]
    71513 [FR Doc. 98-34271]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel, 71513 [FR Doc. 98-34265]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Information and Intelligent Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 71513 [FR Doc. 98-34268]
    71514 [FR Doc. 98-34270]
    71514 [FR Doc. 98-34277]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 71514 [FR Doc. 98-34261]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 71514 [FR Doc. 98-34267]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Research, Evaluation, and Communication Special Emphasis Panel, 71514-71515 [FR Doc. 98-34273]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NOTICES

Meetings:

    Medical use licensees; inspection and enforcement, 71516-71517 [FR Doc. 98-34246]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

    Indiana Michigan Power Co., 71515-71516 [FR Doc. 98-34245]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Postal Service

RULES

Domestic Mail Manual:

    Location-based post office box fees; expansion, 71374-71375 [FR Doc. 98-34221]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Public Health Service

See Food and Drug Administration

See National Institutes of Health

Railroad Retirement Board

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71517 [FR Doc. 98-34195]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Reclamation Bureau

NOTICES

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

    Central Valley Project, CA, 71505 [FR Doc. 98-33949]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Securities and Exchange Commission

NOTICES

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

    American Stock Exchange LLC, 71524-71530 [FR Doc. 98-34251]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 71530-71531 [FR Doc. 98-34259]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 71532-71534 [FR Doc. 98-34258]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 71534-71535 [FR Doc. 98-34253]
    71535 [FR Doc. 98-34254]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Options Clearing Corp., 71535-71536 [FR Doc. 98-34252]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

    Calvert Social Investment Fund et al., 71517-71518 [FR Doc. 98-34255]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    IEI Capital Corp., 71519-71520 [FR Doc. 98-34204]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Series et al., 71520-71522 [FR Doc. 98-34257]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Principal Management Corp. et al., 71522-71524 [FR Doc. 98-34256]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    Public utility holding company filings, 71524 [FR Doc. 98-34205]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Small Business Administration

NOTICES

Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 71536 [FR Doc. 98-34189]
[TEXT]   [PDF]

Surface Transportation Board

RULES

Rate procedures:

    Service inadequacies; expedited relief, 71396-71402 [FR Doc. 98-34187]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

NOTICES

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

    Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Co., 71537 [FR Doc. 98-34280]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Railroad services abandonment:

    Kansas Southwestern Railway, L.L.C., 71537-71538 [FR Doc. 98-33571]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Textile Agreements Implementation Committee

See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Transportation Department

See Coast Guard

See Federal Aviation Administration

See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

See Surface Transportation Board

Treasury Department

See Customs Service

See Internal Revenue Service

NOTICES

Agency information collection activities:

    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 71538 [FR Doc. 98-34202]
    71538 [FR Doc. 98-34203]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation

See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

United States Information Agency

NOTICES

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

    Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry, 71539 [FR Doc. 98-34327]
    [TEXT]   [PDF]

Wage and Hour Division

PROPOSED RULES

Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 71405-71408 [FR Doc. 98-34243]
[TEXT]   [PDF]


Separate Parts In This Issue

Part II

Environmental Protection Agency, 71541-71568 [FR Doc. 98-34298]
71568-71570 [FR Doc. 98-34299]
[TEXT]   [PDF]
[TEXT]   [PDF]


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