[Federal Register: December 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 251)]
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Agency for International Development
RULES
Commodities and services financed by USAID: source, origin, and
          nationality rules, 72181

Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Agricultural commodities; U.S. grade standards and other selected
          regulations removed; Federal regulatory reform
    Correction, 72101-72102
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Transfer of regulations under Egg Products Inspection Act to FSIS,
            72351-72356

Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Tuberculosis in cervids--
        Identification requirements, 72104-72129

Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    ATM forum, 72329
    CommerceNet Consortium, 72329
    Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc., 72329-72331
    Frame Relay Forum, 72331
    Gas Utilization Research Forum, 72331-72332
    Network Management Forum, 72332
    OBI Consortium, Inc., 72332
    Phase Change Brake Team, 72332
    Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd., 72333
    Xerox Parc, 72333

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Committee to Director, 72316
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, 72316
    National Center for Environmental Health--
        Public Health Response to Asthma, 72316-72317
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health--
        Scientific Counselors Board, 72317

Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Upper Mississippi River, 72189-72190
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Kill Van Kull Channel et al., NY and NJ; regulated navigation area,
            72219-72222

Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile consultation; review of trade:
    Pakistan, 72288-72289

Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72289-72290

Delaware River Basin Commission
NOTICES
Hearings, 72290

Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
RULES
Occupational radiation protection:
    Primary standards and compliance requirements
        Correction, 72129-72130

Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    California, 72195-72200
    North Carolina, 72190-72193
    Tennessee, 72193-72195
Drinking water:
    National primary and secondary drinking water regulations--
        Chemical and microbiological contaminants; analytical methods
                for compliance determinations; withdrawal, 72200
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    California, 72223-72224
    North Carolina, 72222
    Tennessee, 72222-72223
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements-
        Comment availability, 72310-72311
    Weekly receipts, 72311
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes binational toxics strategy; preliminary draft
            pesticides, alkyl-lead, and octachlorostyrene reports,
            72311
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements etc.:
    Standard scrape site, IL, 72311-72312

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Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Encryption items, 72156-72167

Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Avions Pierre Robin, 72137-72139
    Boeing, 72143-72148
    British Aerospace, 72139-72143
    New Piper Aircraft, Inc., 72132-72137
    Pratt & Whitney, 72148-72154
    Raytheon, 72130-72132
Class E airspace, 72154-72156
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Class B airspace, 72342-72343
    RTCA, Inc., 72343

Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72312-72313
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 72313
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 72313-
          72314

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72314

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
    Persons holding interlocking directorates; filing requirements,
            72167-72171
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    ERI Enterprises, L.L.C., et al., 72303-72306
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Buckley, Jerry B., et al., 72306
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Allegheny Energy, Inc., and DQE, Inc., 72290-72291
    Alliant Services, Inc., et al., 72291
    ANR Pipeline Co., 72291
    CET Marketing, L.P., et al., 72291-72292
    CNG Transmission Corp., 72292
    Columbia Gas Transmission Co., 72292-72293
    Commonwealth Chesapeake Co., L.L.C., 72293
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 72293-72294
    Energy East Beaver Falls, LLC, 72294
    Equitrans, L.P., 72294-72295
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 72295
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 72295-72296
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 72296
    Louisville Gas & Electric Co. et al., 72296
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 72296-72297
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 72297
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 72297-72298
    Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, 72298
    South Carolina Public Service Authority, 72298
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 72298
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 72298-72299
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp, 72299-72300
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 72300-72301
    Union Pacific Highlands & Gathering Co., 72301-72302
    Western Area Power Administration, 72302
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 72302-72303

Federal Labor Relations Authority
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Regional offices: geographical jurisdictional changes
        Correction, 72350

Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 72314-72315

Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control:
    Safety integration plans, 72225-72242
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Texas State Railroad, 72343-72344

Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation CC):
    Software changes related to merger; implementation time, 72216-
            72217
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 72315
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 72315

Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Private vocational and distance education schools; correction,
            72350

Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service

Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72346
Interest rates:
    Renegotiation Board and prompt payment rates, 72346-72347

Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Queen Anne's County, MD; Delmarva fox squirrel, 72321-72322

Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Administrative practice and procedure:
    Clinical investigators; financial disclosure, 72171-72181

Food Safety and Inspection Service
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Agency responsibilities, organization, terminology and transfer of
            regulations under Egg Products Inspection Act from AMS,
            72351-72356

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Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Flathead National Forest, MT, 72243-72244

Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 72315-72316

Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72317-72318

Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 72306-72307
Decisions and orders, 72307-72310

Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 72319
Public and Indian housing:
    Public housing assessment system--
        Real Estate Assessment Center; advisory scores issuances,
                72319-72320

Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72333-72334

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

Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72182-72183
Income taxes, etc.:
    Withholding of tax on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign
            persons and related collection, refunds, and credits; etc.,
            72183-72189
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72218-72219

International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development

International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Fresh and chilled Atlantic Salmon from--
        Norway, 72244-72245
    Preserved mushrooms from--
        China, 72255-72268
        India, 72246-72255
        Indonesia, 72268-72283
    Stainless steel plates from--
        Sweden, 72283-72284

International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Organic photo-conductor drums and products containing same, 72327
    Synthetic methionine from--
        Japan, 72327-72328

Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Pfizer, Inc., 72328-72329

Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wild and Scenic John Day River and related resource management
            plans, 72323-72324
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Arizona, 72324
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Idaho, 72324-72326

Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Submerged lands; gas lease, 72327

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Red snapper, 72200-72203
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 72203-72215
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    State programs--
        Evaluation findings availability, 72284
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Washington State Department of Corrections; harbor seals,
                72285-72287
Meetings:
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 72287
    New England Fishery Management Council, 72287-72288
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 72288

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Byproduct material; domestic licensing:
    Generally licensed industrial devices containing byproduct
            material, 72216
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    CBS Corp., 72338-72339
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations;
          biweekly notices, 72339-72341

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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Clark, William H., 72334-72336
    Entergy Operations, Inc., 72336
    Florida Power & Light Co. et al., 72336-72337
    Indiana Michigan Power Co., 72337
    Public Service Company of Colorado, 72337-72338
    Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 72338

Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 72288

Personnel Management Office
RULES
Employment:
    Federal employee training; correction, 72097
Pay administration:
    Indebted government employees; collection by offset, 72098-72101
Prevailing rate systems:
    Lead agency responsibility, 72097-72098

Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service

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

Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72341

Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous materials transportation--
        DOT cylinder specifications and maintenance, requalification,
                and repair requirements, 72224
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
    One-call systems study; information collection and solicitation of
            public participation, 72344-72345

Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Materials and construction--
        Electric overhead distribution lines; specification and
                drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction, 72102-
                72104

Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Federal regulatory review:
    Rules list and comment request, 72217-72218

Special Counsel Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72341-72342

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 72318
    Substance Abuse Prevention Center, National Advisory Council,
            72318-72319

Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control:
    Safety integration plans, 72225-72242
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 72345-72346

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

Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board

Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service

United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, 72347

Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance rate,
          72347-72349

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, and Food
          Safety and Inspection Service, 72351-72356

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