FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 General Accounting Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 40288 
 
         Congressional Review Act: 
 
             Final and interim rules issued by Federal Agencies; 
 quarterly list, 71672 
 
         Cost Accounting Standards Board Review Panel; web page 
 establishment and comment request, 19728 
 
         Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board; proposed 
 statement of recommended standards; exposure draft; comment request, 
 64717 
 
         Financial management systems: 
 
             Core financial system and human resources and payroll 
 systems requirements; comment request, 64260 
 
             Requirements checklists; availability, 31995 
 
         Government auditing standards: 
 
             Auditor communication, 42636 
 
             Computer-related controls; additional documentation 
 requirements when assessing control risk at maximum, 42636 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Cost Accounting Standards Board Review Panel, 27973 
 
             Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 15421, 18202, 
 30229, 39091, 46793, 52702, 60350, 64089, 66546 
 
             Government Auditing Standards Advisory Council, 48509 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9235, 29013 
 
 
 
 
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 General Services Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Electronic reporting of sales under Federal Supply Service 
 Schedule program; sales reporting requirement; quarterly payment of 
 industrial funding fee, 19193 
 
             Federal supply service contracts; 10-day payment clause, 
 12966, 38330 
 
                 Correction, 39934 
 
             Leasehold interests in real property; negotiation 
 procedures, 18843 
 
             Small entity compliance guide, 12969 
 
         Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): 
 
             Affirmative action in Federal procurement; reform, 52426 
 
                 Correction, 71722 
 
             Alternative dispute resolution (1996), 58594 
 
             Audits of States, local governments, and non-profit 
 organizations (OMB Circular A-133), 9054 
 
             Caribbean Basin country end products, 9059 
 
             Certificates of competency, 9053 
 
             Civil defense costs, 58599 
 
             Contract administration and audit cognizance changes, 9061 
 
             Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, 
 1533 
 
             Contractor personnel compensation; allowability 
 limitation, 9066, 70287 
 
             Contractor purchasing system review exclusions, 70288 
 
             Contract quality requirements, 70289 
 
             Cost accounting standards: 
 
                 Applicability; administrative changes, 9060 
 
                 Coverage applicability, 9053 
 
             Cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-award-fee contracts; 
 fee limits, 34073 
 
             Costs related to legal/other proceedings, 58599 
 
             Electronic commerce in Federal procurement, 58590 
 
             Electronic data interchange transactions; evidence of 
 shipment, 70291 
 
             Federal compliance with right-to-know laws and pollution 
 prevention requirements, 9051 
 
             Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office national pre- 
 award registry, 70282 
 
             Federal procurement; affirmative action reform, 36120 
 
                 Correction, 56738 
 
             General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; 
 correction, 1532 
 
             Historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) 
 empowerment contracting program, 70265 
 
             Indefinite-quantity contracts; limits, 70282 
 
             Individuals with disabilities; employment and advancement, 
 34073 
 
             Introduction, 9048, 34058, 58586, 70264 
 
             Liquidated damages, 34064 
 
             Mandatory government source inspection, 70290 
 
             Modular contracting, 9068 
 
             No-cost value engineering change proposals, 34078, 70290 
 
             Novation and related agreements; correction, 1533 
 
             Pay-as-you-go pension costs, 58595 
 
             Payment due dates, 58601 
 
             Preaward survey of prospective contractor; quality 
 assurance; correction, 648 
 
             Primary contractor identification; data universal 
 numbering system use, 9049 
 
             Procurement integrity clauses review, 9052 
 
             Service contracts, 58600 
 
             Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; 
 electronic commerce use; correction, 1532 
 
             Small/disadvantaged business concerns; affirmative action 
 reform, 35719 
 
             Small business competitiveness demonstration program, 9056 
 
             Small entity compliance guide, 9069, 34080, 35726, 36128, 
 52428, 58608, 70306 
 
             Software copyrights, 34077 
 
             Special disabled and Vietnam Era veterans, 9057 
 
             Specifications availability, 34062 
 
             Standard industrial classification code and size standard 
 appeals, 9055 
 
             Subcontract consent, 34059 
 
             Sudan; purchases restrictions, 34076 
 
             Taxpayer identification numbers, 58587 
 
             Technical amendments, 9069, 34079, 58602, 70292 
 
             Trade agreements thresholds, 34075 
 
             Transfer of assets following business consolidation, 9067 
 
             Travel reimbursement, 34078 
 
             Workers with disabilities; employment and advancement, 
 58598 
 
         Federal property management: 
 
             Aviation, transportation and motor vehicles -- 
 
                 Aircraft accident and incident reporting and 
 investigation, 43638 
 
             Public buildings and space -- 
 
                 Tobacco smoking policy, 35846 
 
             Telecommunications resources management and use -- 
 
                 Government telephone systems, etc.; FIRMR provisions 
 relocation, 27682 
 
             Utilization and disposal -- 
 
                 Donations to service educational activities, 56089 
 
                 Excess and exchange/sale information technology (IT) 
 equipment disposal; provisions removed, 41432 
 
                 Excess personal property reporting requirements, 
 40058, 65710 
 
                 Personal property replacement pursuant to 
 exchange/sale authority, 5892 
 
                 Surplus personal property; donation to nonprofit 
 providers of assistance to impoverished families and individuals, 8351 
 
         Federal travel: 
 
             Federal travel regulation; general guidance and temporary 
 duty travel allowances, 15950 
 
                 Correction, 35537 
 
             Fly America Act; use of U.S. flag air carriers, 63417 
 
             Per diem localities; maximum lodging and meal allowances, 
 26488, 66674 
 
                 Correction, 8352 
 
             Privately owned vehicles -- 
 
                 Mileage reimbursement, 47438 
 
                 Return transportation from outside United States; 
 approval or authorization, 5742 
 
             Relocation income tax allowance tax tables, 14637 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 56839 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): 
 
             Brand name items; use of purchase descriptions, 63778 
 
             Business class airfare, 43239 
 
             Civil defense costs, 13771 
 
             Competition under multiple award task and delivery order 
 contracts, 48416 
 
             Conditionally accepted items, 57878 
 
             Contractor purchasing system review exclusions, 649 
 
             Cost-reimbursement architect-engineer contracts, 71710 
 
             Electronic data interchange transactions; shipment 
 evidence, 4074 
 
             Electronic funds transfer, 36522 
 
             Foreign acquisition; Part 25 rewrite, 
 
             Increased payment protection, 71711 
 
             Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act participating nonprofit agencies; 
 name change or successor in interest procedures, 57568 
 
             Mandatory Government source inspection, 13770 
 
             Offeror or contractor representation requirements; 
 reduction or removal, 25382 
 
             Part 45 rewrite; meeting, 5714 
 
             Professional services; proposal evaluations, 45112 
 
             Progress payments, 11074 
 
             Recruitment costs principle, 43238 
 
             Semi-annual agenda, 22902, 62634 
 
             Taxes associated with divested segments; withdrawn, 43127 
 
             Value engineering change proposals, 43236 
 
             Voluntary consensus standards use (OMB Circular A-119), 
 68344 
 
         Federal property management: 
 
             Telecommunications resources management and use -- 
 
                 Network registration services; user fees, 66102 
 
             Utilization and disposal -- 
 
                 Donations to service educational activities, 42310 
 
                 Excess personal property reporting requirements, 71686 
 
                 Federal surplus firearms; donation to State or local 
 law enforcement activities, 68136 
 
                 Public benefit conveyance of excess Federal government 
 real property for housing, law enforcement, and emergency management 
 purposes, 42792 
 
         Federal travel: 
 
             Fly America Act; use of U.S. flag air carriers, 16936 
 
             Payment of expenses in connection with death of employees 
 or immediate family members, 45781 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 33023 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22762, 62496 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Defense Authorization Act; executive compensation 
 benchmark amount determination, 8981 
 
             Payments accepted from non-Federal source; semiannual 
 report, etc. (SFs 326 and 326A); forms establishment, 31480 
 
             Settlement proposal (inventory basis) (SF 1435); revision, 
 45064 
 
             Solicitation, offer and award (SF 33); revision and 
 stocking change, 19920 
 
             U.S. Government national credit card (SF 149) and U.S. 
 Goverment fleet credit card (SF 149a); cancellation, 40716 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 1833, 3748, 5384, 
 8455, 19264, 27087, 67484, 71623, 71624, 71915, 71929 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3131, 3132, 
 12814, 19264, 19920, 19921, 20614, 23468, 29412, 29413, 31480, 33064, 
 33667, 34424, 34425, 37117, 42401, 42402, 43715, 45064, 45816, 45817, 
 47025, 49577, 53672, 56653, 63735, 64717, 69294, 71649 
 
         Distribution system practices for acquiring freight 
 transportation services, 45817 
 
         Electronic posting of business opportunities and 
 solicitations; system implementation, 48733 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Dade County, FL; Immigration and Naturalization Service; 
 lease construction and consolidation, 24547 
 
             Eugene, OR; Federal Courthouse, 64718 
 
             Fresno, CA; U.S. Courthouse, 8981 
 
             Governors Island, Upper New York Bay, NY; disposition, 
 34426, 64261 
 
             Riverside, CA; Federal Courthouse, 13858 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, TN; 
 disposal, 58051 
 
         Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): 
 
             Agency information collection activities -- 
 
                 Proposed collection; comment request, 473, 1093, 1094, 
 2218, 6728, 8442, 9212, 11424, 13640, 15834, 29187, 29976, 29977, 
 29978, 31448, 31449, 31450, 31451, 31758, 31759, 31964, 32192, 33055, 
 46003, 59950, 65756, 65757, 65758, 65759, 67673, 71097, 71098, 71099, 
 71100, 71101, 71102 
 
                 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 472, 3722, 
 3884, 5547, 6161, 12453, 12454, 12455, 13842, 14680, 19476, 24532, 
 27061, 31452, 44239, 44240, 44241, 44242, 44243, 44244, 44245, 44246, 
 44849, 57670, 57671, 59549, 63712 
 
         Federal property management: 
 
             Public buildings and space -- 
 
                 Antennas placement fees, 10631 
 
                 POW/MIA flag display, 14715 
 
             SF 123A, Transfer Order Surplus Personal Property; 
 revision, 68771 
 
         Federal travel: 
 
             Centralized household goods traffic management program 
 (CHAMP); broker and direct move management services provider 
 participation; provisions removed, 30496 
 
                 Move management services continuation, 38653, 50915 
 
         Freight shipment test pilot project; third party logistics 
 services solicitation, 42402, 43398, 70410 
 
         Information processing standards, Federal: 
 
             Commercial-off-the-shelf products, waiver to acquire and 
 use, 31779 
 
         Interagency Committee for Medical Records: 
 
             Chronological record of medical care (SF 600); automation, 
 44460 
 
             Medical record-tissue examination (SF 515); form stocking 
 change and revision, 9555 
 
             Pediatric nursing notes (SF 536), automation, 31480 
 
             Tissue examination (SF 515), automation, 31481 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Aircraft Management Policy Advisory Board, 6761, 19265 
 
             President's Commission on Celebration of Women in American 
 History, 36235, 49577, 53673, 58052, 59627 
 
         National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 34895 
 
         Red Cross headquarters expansion project; review of historic 
 preservation memorandum of agreement, 45064 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 57301 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 53673, 65793 
 
 
 
 
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 Geological Survey 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 9856, 11691, 17886, 
 40728 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 250, 885, 
 4465, 4664, 6200, 33944, 34917, 37130, 37902, 69644 
 
         Digital map showing potential sources of crushed stone; 
 contribution acceptance from National Stone Association, 24567 
 
         Federal Geographic Data Committee: 
 
             Biological nomenclature and taxonomy data standard, 51586, 
 55402 
 
             Coastal and inland waterways hydrographic data content 
 standard, 17439 
 
             Digital cartographic data sets; revised prices, 51366 
 
             Digital geospatial metadata; biological data profile of 
 content standard, 41584 
 
             Governmental unit boundary data content standard; comment 
 request, 886 
 
             NSDI framework road data model standard, 36933 
 
             Spatial data transfer standard -- 
 
                 Computer aided design and drafting profile; comment 
 request, 34471 
 
                 Part 5; raster profile and extensions, 30510, 32891 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             Chicago Map Corp., 69079 
 
             Environmental Systems Research Institute, 27994 
 
             Esso Explorations Inc., 14728 
 
             Laser-Scan, Inc., 19507 
 
             Mobil Technology Co., 52284 
 
             RD Instruments, Inc., 18208 
 
             Sedona GeoServices, Inc., 8470 
 
             Texaco Group Inc., 55402 
 
             U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, VA, et al., 
 25229 
 
             University of Florida-Gainesville, 13424 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Species at risk program, 52284 
 
             U.S. industries and academic institutions consortium, 9011 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Advisory 
 Committee, 16568 
 
             National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive 
 Advisory Committee, 57308 
 
             Water Information Advisory Committee, 4466, 39591 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 60370, 60371, 60372, 60373, 60374, 
 60375, 60376, 60377, 60378, 60379 
 
         World Energy Project; contribution acceptance from Exxon 
 Exploration Co., 6766 
 
 
 
 
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 Government Ethics Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation: 
 
             Technical amendments, 13115 
 
         Executive Branch financial disclosure, qualified trusts, and 
 certificates of divestiture: 
 
             Employee confidential financial disclosure reporting; 
 complaints about positions designation; rewiew finality, 15273 
 
             Technical amendments, 69991 
 
         Government ethics: 
 
             Model qualified trust certificates of independence and 
 compliance; paperwork revisions, 58619 
 
             Statutory honorarium bar provisions and supplemental 
 reporting requirements removed and other conforming technical 
 amendments, 43067 
 
         Standards of ethical conduct for executive branch employees, 
 69992 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Ethical conduct standards for executive branch employees, 
 45415 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 66769 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22804, 62538 
 
         Standards of ethical conduct for executive branch employees, 
 41476 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 20411, 33668, 56189 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45817, 49697 
 
 
 
 
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 Government Printing Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Depository Library Council, 14119, 50915 
 
 
 
 
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 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Agricultural commodities standards: 
 
             Inspection services; use of contractors, 29530 
 
         Clear title; farm product purchasers protection: 
 
             Effective financing statements; statewide central filing 
 systems; establishment and management, 66720 
 
         Fees: 
 
             Official inspection and weighing services, 32713, 70990 
 
                 CFR correction, 43289 
 
         General regulations: 
 
             Official agency definition; CFR correction, 55321 
 
         Grain inspection: 
 
             Equipment performance requirements; corn oil, protein, and 
 starch; near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) analyzers, 35502 
 
             Official moisture meters; tolerances, 34554 
 
         Grain standards: 
 
             Rye, 20054 
 
         Official/unofficial weighing services, 45676 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Agricultural commodities standards: 
 
             Inspection services; use of contractors, 2353 
 
         Clear title; farm product purchasers protection: 
 
             Effective financing statements; statewide central filing 
 systems; establishment and management, 31130 
 
         Fees: 
 
             Official inspection and weighing services, 14840, 52987 
 
         Grain inspection: 
 
             Rice; fees increase, 65134 
 
         Grain standards: 
 
             Sorghum, 43641 
 
         Official/unofficial weighing services, 15104 
 
         Packers and Stockyards Act: 
 
             Non-reporting of price as condition of purchase or sale of 
 livestock; prohibition, 48450 
 
         Rulemaking petitions: 
 
             Western Organization of Resource Councils; packer 
 livestock procurement practices, 16913 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency designation actions: 
 
             Arkansas, 5352 
 
             Illinois, 52678, 66118 
 
             Illinois et al., 15827, 24527, 41224, 46409, 52678 
 
             Indiana, 5352, 70386 
 
             Iowa, 16959 
 
             Kansas et al., 31198 
 
             Michigan et al., 15827 
 
             Nebraska et al., 10187, 41225 
 
             New York, 6511 
 
             Ohio, 38367, 45995, 52680 
 
             Ohio et al., 50 
 
             Texas et al., 29695, 52681 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 19471 
 
         Barge inspection services; pilot program, 2360 
 
         Central filing systems; State certifications: 
 
             Oklahoma, 35187 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Grain Inspection Advisory Committee, 47225 
 
         Grain inspection: 
 
             Corn, soybeans, and sunflower seeds; official moisture 
 meter, 34629 
 
             Official moisture meter; implementation, 17356 
 
             Wheat protein content results certification on moisture 
 basis; comment request, 52681 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Grain Inspection Advisory Committee, 16758, 55087 
 
         Pilot programs allowing multiple agencies to provide official 
 services within single geographic area, 52682, 66119 
 
         Stockyards; posting and deposting: 
 
             B&B Sales, GA, et al., 10819 
 
             Bloomington Livestock Auction, IL, et al., 46996 
 
             Coosa Valley Livestock Market, Inc., GA, et al., 35565 
 
             Crawford County Livestock Auction, AR, et al., 60292 
 
             Holland's Livestock Sales, GA, 11652 
 
             M&H Horse Sales, AL, 20167 
 
             North Iowa Livestock Exchange, Ltd., IA, et al., 19472 
 
             Ranburne Stockyard, AL, et al., 58007 
 
             Southwest Livestock Auction, NM, 46997 
 
             Southwest Livestock Auction, NM, et al., 58007 
 
             Spring Valley Sales Co., Inc., MN, 10819 
 
             St. James Horse Sales Co., MO, et al., 18362 
 
             Varner Horse Co. MS, et al., 36209 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Eligible institutions of higher education; nominations, 71539 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 71077 
 
 
 
 
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 Health and Human Services Department 
 
     See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
 
     See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
 
     See Aging Administration 
 
     See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
 
     See Children and Families Administration 
 
     See Food and Drug Administration 
 
     See Health Care Financing Administration 
 
     See Health Resources and Services Administration 
 
     See Indian Health Service 
 
     See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department 
 
     See National Institutes of Health 
 
     See Program Support Center 
 
     See Public Health Service 
 
     See Refugee Resettlement Office 
 
     See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Fellowships, internships, training: 
 
             Service fellowships, 9949 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Departmental appeal procedures simplification, 66062 
 
         Health resources development: 
 
             Organ procurement and transplantation network; operation 
 and performance goals, 16296, 35847 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Administrative requirements: 
 
             Security and electronic signature standards, 43242 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Departmental appeal procedures simplification, 9499 
 
         Health care programs; fraud and abuse: 
 
             Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- 
 
                 Data collection program; final adverse actions 
 reporting, 58341, 71819 
 
         Health insurance reform: 
 
             National standard employer identifier, 32784 
 
         Medically underserved populations and health professional 
 shortage areas; designation process consolidation, 46538, 58679 
 
         Protection of human subjects: 
 
             Pregnant women, human fetuses, and newborns as research 
 subjects and pertaining to human in vitro fertilization, 27794 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 21932, 61680 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 15846, 25049, 27974, 
 36409, 45067, 64261, 66187, 70135 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3901, 15203, 
 23289, 31482, 38404, 45067, 48509, 48510, 51073, 56653 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee, 39289 
 
             Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee, 70136 
 
             Genetic Testing Advisory Committee, 43398 
 
         Federal claims; interest rates on overdue debts, 3902, 20197, 
 39290, 56931 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             Albert Einstein Medical Center, 15421 
 
             Congress of National Black Churches, Inc., 4642 
 
             Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, 70775 
 
             Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco, 70775 
 
             Minority Faculty Development Program/Harvard Medical 
 School, 10229 
 
             National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance 
 Abuse, Inc., 10230 
 
             National Latino Children's Institute, 38404 
 
             Quality Education for Minorities Network, 18202 
 
             Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc., 
 49578 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Bilingual/bicultural service demonstration program, 10226, 
 13256 
 
             Children's health and well-being indicator initiatives; 
 grants to States, 33668 
 
             Family planning information, education and clinical 
 services linkage innovations research project, 24551 
 
             Family planning services projects, 10726 
 
             HIV/AIDS; technical assistance for crisis response teams, 
 71290 
 
             Teen pregnancy prevention program, 25049 
 
             Temporary assistance to needy families program; research 
 into status of recipients who leave program, etc., 27974, 30496 
 
         Healthy People 2010 objectives; comment request, 47501 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee, 15421, 
 34187, 42403, 57695, 71290 
 
             Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Industry 
 Advisory Commission, 2394, 8649 
 
             Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, 46115 
 
             Food Safety Research Joint Institute, 63536 
 
             Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 
 2010, Secretary's Council, 6940 
 
             HIV/AIDS Presidential Advisory Council, 4643, 25054, 49916 
 
             National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 3132, 8983, 19500, 
 34900, 45819, 52703, 58740, 72315 
 
             Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 80, 3902, 
 4268, 7419, 8649, 13858, 26807, 29738, 29997, 36410, 37583, 38405, 
 45819, 46052, 54480, 58741, 64719, 70776 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Consumer Affairs Office; abolishment, 3577 
 
             Facilities Services Office, 9555 
 
             Food and Drugs Commissioner, 9555 
 
             Health Care Financing Administration, 34190 
 
             Health Policy Office, Health Delivery Systems Division, 
 12097 
 
             Health Resources and Services Administration, 4268, 13858 
 
             HHS Management and Budget Office, 38836 
 
             Information and Resources Management Office, 31779 
 
             Inspector General Office, Investigations Office, 53059 
 
             National Institutes of Health, 64731 
 
             Program Support Center, 20412, 44461, 71143 
 
             Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
 1112 
 
         Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
 Act of 1996; implementation: 
 
             Federal public benefit; interpretation, 41658 
 
         Poverty income guidelines; annual revision, 9235 
 
         Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions: 
 
             Berezniak, Katrina, M.A., 53059 
 
             Glennon, Eileen, 64966 
 
             King, Cynthia, 19921 
 
             Lowe, Patrina, 19921 
 
             Park, George A.S., M.S., 49578 
 
             Pender, Benjamin S., 43183 
 
             Reisine, Terry D., Ph.D., 35933 
 
             Restrepo, Rocio del Carmen, 69630 
 
         State assistance expenditures; Federal financial 
 participation, 25054 
 
 
 
 
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 Health Care Financing Administration 
 
     See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department 
 
     RULES 
 
         Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act: 
 
             Accreditation, laboratories exemptions under State 
 licensure program, proficiency testing, and inspection, 26722 
 
                 Correction, 32699 
 
             Clinical laboratory requirements; effective dates 
 extension, 55031 
 
         Group health plans and individual health insurance market; 
 access, portability, and renewability requirements: 
 
             Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, 57546 
 
         Medicaid: 
 
             Civil money penalties, assessments, exclusions, and 
 related appeals procedures, 68687 
 
             Clinical laboratory requirements; effective dates 
 extension, 55031 
 
             Home health agencies -- 
 
                 Surety bond and capitalization requirements, 292 
 
                 Surety bond requirements, 10730, 29648, 41170 
 
             Hospital participation conditions; potential organ, 
 tissue, and eye donors identification and transplant hospitals' 
 transplant-related data provision, 33856 
 
             Inpatient psychiatric services for individuals (under age 
 21), 64195 
 
             Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
 Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation -- 
 
                 Unemployed parent; definition revision, 42270 
 
             Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, speech language 
 pathology, occupational therapy services; salary equivalency 
 guidelines, 5106 
 
                 Correction, 15315 
 
         Medicare: 
 
             Bone mass measurements, coverage and payment, 34320 
 
             Civil money penalties, assessments, exclusions, and 
 related appeals procedures, 68687 
 
             Clinical laboratory requirements; effective dates 
 extension, 55031 
 
             Clinical psychologist and clinical social worker services; 
 scope of benefits and application of outpatient mental health 
 treatment limitation, 20110 
 
             End-stage renal disease -- 
 
                 Depreciable asset recognized as allowance for 
 depreciation and interest on capital indebtedness after ownership 
 change valuation limit, 1379 
 
             Home health agencies -- 
 
                 Costs for cost reporting periods beginning on or after 
 October 1, 1997, schedule of per-beneficiary limitations, 15718 
 
                 Surety bond and capitalization requirements, 292 
 
                 Surety bond requirements, 10730, 29648, 41170 
 
             Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 1999 FY 
 rates, 11147, 26318, 40954 
 
                 Correction, 52614 
 
             Hospital participation conditions; potential organ, 
 tissue, and eye donors identification and transplant hospitals' 
 transplant-related data provision, 33856 
 
             Hospital wage data; limited additional opportunity to 
 request revisions, 64191 
 
             Incentive programs; fraud and abuse, 31123 
 
             Inpatient hospital operating costs; preadmission services 
 payment, 6864 
 
             Medicare+Choice program -- 
 
                 Establishment, 34968, 36488, 52610, 54526 
 
                 Provider-sponsored organization and related 
 requirements; definitions, 18124 
 
             Medicare Part B services (other than physician services); 
 application of inherent reasonableness, 687 
 
             Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, speech language 
 pathology, occupational therapy services; salary equivalency 
 guidelines, 5106 
 
                 Correction, 15315 
 
             Physician fee schedule (1998 CY); payment policies and 
 relative value unit adjustments and clinical psychologist fee 
 schedule; establishment; correction, 4595 
 
             Physician fee schedule (1999 CY); payment policies and 
 relative value unit adjustments, 58814 
 
             Physicians' referrals; advisory opinions, 1646 
 
             Provider-sponsored organizations; waiver requirements and 
 solvency standards, 25360 
 
             Skilled nursing facilities; prospective payment system and 
 consolidated billing, 26252, 37498, 65561 
 
                 Correction, 53301 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Medicaid: 
 
             Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 
 1996 -- 
 
                 Electronic transactions standards; administrative 
 requirements, 25272 
 
                 National standard health care provider identifier; 
 administrative requirements, 25320 
 
             Home health agencies; surety bond requirements, 10732 
 
             Hospital participation conditions; provider agreements and 
 supplier approval, 7743 
 
             Managed care programs, 52022 
 
             Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which 
 they have financial relationships, 1659, 11649 
 
         Medicare: 
 
             Accounting policy; accrual basis, 27251 
 
             Ambulatory surgical centers; ratesetting methodology, 
 payment rates and policies, and covered surgical procedures list, 
 32290, 43655, 52663, 63430 
 
             Clinical diagnostic laboratory testing; coverage and 
 administrative policies; negotiated rulemaking committee -- 
 
                 Establishment and meetings, 30166 
 
                 Meetings, 42796 
 
             Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and 
 supplies; supplier standards, 2926 
 
             Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 
 1996 -- 
 
                 Electronic transactions standards; administrative 
 requirements, 25272 
 
                 National standard health care provider identifier; 
 administrative requirements, 25320 
 
             Home health agencies; surety bond requirements, 10732 
 
             Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 1999 FY 
 rates, 25576 
 
                 Correction, 26565 
 
             Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment system, 
 47552, 63429 
 
             Hospital participation conditions; provider agreements and 
 supplier approval, 7743 
 
             Medicare+Choice program; timeframes for submission of 
 contract applications, 2920 
 
             Medicare integrity program establishment, fiscal 
 intermediary and carrier functions, and conflict of interest 
 requirements, 13590 
 
             Medicare overpayment liability; ``without fault'' and 
 waiver of recovery from individual, 14506 
 
             Physician fee schedule (1999 CY); payment policies and 
 relative value unit adjustments, 30818 
 
                 Correction, 50545 
 
             Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which 
 they have financial relationships, 1659, 11649 
 
             Provider-Sponsored Organization Solvency Standards 
 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee -- 
 
                 Meetings, 7359 
 
             Rural health professional shortage areas; 
 teleconsultations payment plan, 33882 
 
             Skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies; cost 
 limits, 42797 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 1114, 1115, 3329, 
 4459, 4645, 5958, 9843, 9844, 12474, 14719, 17877, 17878, 19502, 
 20204, 20639, 20652, 25214, 25215, 26810, 27990, 28394, 32888, 34903, 
 34904, 38838, 39583, 39880, 40723, 42409, 44629, 48734, 49698, 49699, 
 57301, 57697, 60356, 63478, 64724, 65213, 69079, 69635, 72317, 72318 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1114, 1115, 
 2405, 4459, 7175, 7421, 7811, 9844, 9845, 10400, 10920, 11263, 12474, 
 12475, 12476, 14720, 16563, 18924, 19503, 19504, 20205, 20639, 20640, 
 26810, 27303, 28394, 28395, 29415, 32234, 33376, 33377, 34442, 35239, 
 36249, 36250, 37129, 38413, 38839, 39101, 39585, 39881, 42054, 42638, 
 43403, 45249, 45828, 45829, 49699, 49700, 49701, 53923, 55631, 56655, 
 56656, 57301, 58058, 58059, 59795, 60357, 63936, 65601, 66551, 66552, 
 68290, 69635, 69637, 71654 
 
         Clinical laboratories improvement: 
 
             Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare 
 Organizations, American Association of Blood Banks, and American 
 Osteopathic Association; approval, 17429 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee, 68780 
 
             Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, 63068 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             AIDS Healthcare Foundation of Los Angeles, 42055 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Congestive heart failure or diabetes mellitus; case 
 management demonstration project, 32015 
 
             Informatics, telemedicine, and education use in treatment 
 of diabetes mellitus in rural and inner-city Medicare populations, 
 13260 
 
         Medicaid: 
 
             Ambulatory surgical centers national accreditation program 
 -- 
 
                 American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory 
 Surgery Facilities, Inc., 23790 
 
             Demonstration project proposals, new and pending -- 
 
                 July (1997) et al., 5809 
 
                 December (1997) et al., 11686 
 
                 February (1998), 32889 
 
                 March (1998), 32889 
 
             Disproportionate share hospital payments; aggregate 
 payments limitations; mental disease institutions, 54142 
 
             Emergency health services furnished to undocumented 
 aliens; State allotments (1998-2001 FYs), 10400 
 
             Hospices; national accreditation programs; application, 
 etc. -- 
 
                 Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation 
 Facilities, 71296 
 
                 Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc. and Joint 
 Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for Hospices, 
 48735 
 
             Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in designated 
 areas; hospitals requesting waivers; list, 11687, 50919 
 
             Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly 
 listing, 30499, 42857, 49598, 67899 
 
             Quality improvement system for managed care; meeting and 
 comment request, 26811 
 
             State allotments for payment of Medicare Part B premiums 
 for qualifying individuals (1998 FY), 3752 
 
             State plan amendments, reconsideration; hearings -- 
 
                 New York, 36924 
 
         Medicare: 
 
             Ambulatory surgical center payment rates update, 8462 
 
             Ambulatory surgical centers national accreditation program 
 -- 
 
                 American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory 
 Surgery Facilities, Inc., 23790, 66554 
 
             Demonstration project proposals, new and pending -- 
 
                 July (1997) et al., 5809 
 
             Fiscal intermediaries and carriers -- 
 
                 Criteria and standards for evaluating performance; 
 millennium compliance, 68464 
 
             Home health agencies -- 
 
                 Costs for cost reporting periods beginning on or after 
 October 1, l998, schedules of per-visit and per-beneficiary 
 limitations, 42912, 57698 
 
                 Costs per visit; schedule of limits, 89 
 
             Hospices; national accreditation programs; application, 
 etc. -- 
 
                 Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation 
 Facilities, 71296 
 
                 Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc. and Joint 
 Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for Hospices, 
 48735 
 
             Hospice wage index, 53446, 63326 
 
             Inpatient hospital deductible and hospital and extended 
 care services coinsurance amounts (1999 CY), 56199 
 
             Medicare+Choice program -- 
 
                 Market research for providers and other partners, 
 10921 
 
                 Risk adjusted payment implementation; meeting, 47506 
 
             Medicare supplemental insurance; recognition of NAIC model 
 regulation standards, 67078 
 
             Monthly actuarial rates and supplementary medical 
 insurance (Part B) premium rates (1999 CY), 56201 
 
             Monthly hospital insurance premium (Part A premium); for 
 uninsured aged, etc. (1999 CY), 56212 
 
             Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in designated 
 areas; hospitals requesting waivers; list, 11687, 50919 
 
             Peer review organization contracts; statements of interest 
 from in-State organizations, 40534 
 
             Physicians' services; sustainable growth rate for 1999 FY, 
 59188 
 
             Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly 
 listing, 30499, 42857, 49598, 67899 
 
             Quality improvement system for managed care; meeting and 
 comment request, 26811 
 
             Salivary gland electrostimulation for xerostomia (dry 
 mouth) treatment and electrostimulation devices; noncoverage; 
 withdrawn; assessment request, 29743 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee, 19926, 32019, 
 47513, 54721, 69638 
 
             Medicare program; administrative coverage decisions 
 process, 48517 
 
             Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, 10641, 31513, 
 48736, 65213 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations:, 28513 
 
             Actuary Office, 11448 
 
         Patient anti-dumping statute; special advisory bulletin, 67486 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 28396, 38414, 39101, 40297, 43187 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 25216, 44265, 67908 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 566 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Health Resources and Services Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Vaccine injury compensation program: 
 
             Hepatitis B, Hib, and varicella vaccines; effective date 
 provisions of coverage to vaccine injury table, 25777 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         National practitioner data bank: 
 
             Self-queries; charge, 14059 
 
         National practitioner data bank for adverse information on 
 physicians and other health care practitioners: 
 
             Medical malpractice payments reporting requirements, 71255 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 46229 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 12103, 13050, 19926, 
 19927, 23469, 30766, 32674, 33379, 33935, 34904, 37891, 43404, 53680, 
 54721, 58398 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10028, 13413, 
 34905, 41860, 45075, 46229, 50576, 50577, 53682, 58399, 63326, 67695 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             AIDS Advisory Committee, 48517 
 
             Childhood Vaccines Advisory Commission, 38415 
 
         Competitive comprehensive grants preview (1998 FY); 
 availability, 7812, 10029, 12104, 14121, 19268, 19268, 23470 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control 
 and Prevention, Inc., 47032 
 
             National Rural Health Association, 41265 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Competitive grants preview publication; 1998 summer 
 edition, 33073 
 
             Dentistry programs; residency training and advanced 
 education, 6572 
 
             Health professions and nursing programs -- 
 
                 Low income levels, 6573 
 
             Healthy Start Initiative; Milwaukee, 7421 
 
             Human immunodefiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency 
 syndrome (AIDS) -- 
 
                 Specialized technical assistance activities; 
 development and performance; limited competition, 49131 
 
             Iowa; health care and other facilities, 38416 
 
             Mississippi Delta; Healthy Start Initiative-Phase II, 
 29234 
 
             National organ and tissue donation initiative; partnership 
 opportunities, 49702 
 
             Rural health State office program, 8982 
 
             Ryan White Title IV human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 
 program -- 
 
                 Children, youth, women, and families; coordinated 
 services and access to research; pre-application technical assistance 
 workshops, 2989 
 
             Special projects of national significance program, 47301 
 
         Health education assistance loan (HEAL) program: 
 
             Defaulted borrowers; list, 3188 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             AIDS Advisory Committee, 12104, 49131, 59326 
 
             Childhood Vaccines Advisory Commission, 26195, 45830, 
 63937 
 
             Graduate Medical Education Council, 19736, 43952, 64725 
 
             Health careers opportunity programs; technical assistance 
 workshops, 49606 
 
             Health Professions and Nurse Education Special Emphasis 
 Panel, 46230 
 
             Infant Mortality Advisory Committee, 1976, 27584, 51943 
 
             Maternal and Child Health Research Grants Review 
 Committee, 19268, 51943 
 
             Migrant Health National Advisory Council, 19928, 56036 
 
             National Health Service Corps National Advisory Council, 
 3577, 13414, 30766, 45076 
 
             Nurse Education and Practice National Advisory Council, 
 12104, 57129 
 
             Rural Health National Advisory Committee, 45076 
 
         National Practitioner Data Bank: 
 
             User fee, etc., 4460, 5811, 7421, 7812 
 
         National vaccine injury compensation program: 
 
             Health insurance policy; average cost revision, 16264 
 
             Petitions received, 10402, 34906, 59796 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Field Coordination Office, 33379 
 
             Field Operations Office, 44865 
 
             Information Technology Office, 7422 
 
             Managed Care Center, 47033 
 
             National Health Service Corps Division, Primary Health 
 Care Bureau, 35938 
 
             Telehealth Advancement Office, 38189 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 14121, 14123, 27734, 71145 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 45831 
 
         Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Care Act 
 Title IV program; research protocols, 19269 
 
         Veterans Health Care Act: 
 
             Limitation on prices of drugs purchased by covered 
 entities -- 
 
                 340B drug pricing program; participation, 56656 
 
                 Rebate option, 35239 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Cases filed, 479, 480, 481, 482, 3736, 3890, 6563, 8976, 8977, 
 29731, 29732, 29983, 29984, 29985, 37561, 39854, 41817, 64956, 64957, 
 67682, 67683, 67684, 72306 
 
         Decisions and orders, 5945, 5946, 5947, 6170, 6171, 6563, 
 6564, 6565, 6566, 7781, 7783, 7784, 8977, 8978, 29733, 29985, 29986, 
 30219, 30737, 30738, 30739, 31988, 31989, 31991, 32202, 32203, 32875, 
 32876, 32877, 37562, 39854, 39855, 40270, 40271, 40272, 63466, 63467, 
 63468, 63469, 64959, 64960, 64961, 72307, 72308, 72309 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Historic Preservation, Advisory Council 
 
     RULES 
 
         Employee responsibilities and conduct, 54354 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22584, 62332 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings, 10358, 32808, 56904 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Housing and Urban Development Department 
 
     See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Community development block grants: 
 
             Hispanic-serving institutions work study program, 9682, 
 48437 
 
         Community facilities: 
 
             Community development work study program; repayment 
 requirements, 31868 
 
             Empowerment zones and enterprise communities; round oue 
 designations, 10714 
 
             Urban empowerment zones; round two designations, 19151, 
 53262 
 
         Conduct standards, 15268 
 
         Disaster recovery initiative; use of grant funds; 
 clarification, 35135 
 
         Environmental review procedures for entities assuming HUD 
 environmental responsibilities; technical amendments, 15270 
 
         Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae): 
 
             Mortgage-backed securities; book entry securities, 51250 
 
         Housing programs: 
 
             Uniform financial reporting standards, 46582 
 
             Uniform physical condition standards and physical 
 inspection requirements, 46566 
 
         HUD building products standards and certification program; use 
 of materials bulletins, 5422 
 
         Land registration: 
 
             Interstate land sales registration fees; mailing address 
 change and electronic payment authority, 54332 
 
         Low income housing: 
 
             Housing assistance payments (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Contract rent annual adjustment factors, 11956, 51223, 
 51224 
 
                 Fair market rent schedules for rental certificate, 
 loan management, property disposition, moderate rehabilitation, rental 
 voucher programs, etc., 52858 
 
                 Multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance 
 restructuring program (mark-to-market program), etc., 48926, 50527, 
 55333, 71372 
 
         Manufactured home construction and safety standards: 
 
             Manufactured homes transportation; overloading of tires by 
 up to 18 percent, 8330 
 
             Metal roofing requirements in high wind areas 
 
                 Interpretative bulletin, 26386 
 
         Mortgage and loan insurance programs: 
 
             Home equity conversion mortgage insurance; condominium 
 associations; right of first refusal, 17654 
 
             Lending institutions and mortgagees approval; Federal 
 regulatory reform 
 
                 Correction, 9742 
 
             Multifamily housing mortgage insurance premiums; 
 electronic payment, 1302 
 
             Single family mortgagee's origination approval agreement; 
 termination, 44360 
 
             Single family mortgage insurance; electronic underwriting, 
 29506 
 
             Supportive housing for elderly and persons with 
 disabilities; rent control preemption, 64802 
 
         Public and Indian housing: 
 
             Certificate and voucher programs (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Conforming rule, 23826, 31624 
 
             Indian housing loan guarantees; direct guarantee 
 processing, 48988 
 
             Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
 Act of 1996; implementation, 12334 
 
                 Correction, 13105 
 
             Public housing assessment system, 46596 
 
             Rental voucher and certificate programs (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Leasing to relatives; restrictions, 27434 
 
                 Management assessment program; establishment, 48548 
 
             Replacement housing factor in modernization funding, 46104 
 
         Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: 
 
             Escrow accounting procedures, 3214 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Community development block grants: 
 
             Fair housing performance standards for acceptance of 
 consolidated plan certifications and compliance with performance 
 review criteria, 57882, 71405 
 
         Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal 
 Home Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac): 
 
             Non-mortgage investments; regulatory requirements; 
 correction, 1997 
 
         Floodplain management and wetlands protection; implementation, 
 30046 
 
         Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; implementation: 
 
             Nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving 
 assistance under Title I; discrimination complaint filing procedures, 
 26022 
 
         Housing assistance programs: 
 
             Uniform financial reporting standards, 35662, 41754 
 
             Uniform physical condition standards and physical 
 inspection requirements, 35650, 41754 
 
         Housing programs: 
 
             Uniform financial reporting standards 
 
                 Intent to issue technical amendment, 58675 
 
         HUD building products standards and certification program; use 
 of materials bulletins, 6798 
 
         HUD-owned properties: 
 
             HUD-acquired single family property disposition, 29496 
 
         Lead-based paint hazards in federally owned residential 
 property and housing receiving Federal assistance; notification, 
 evaluation, and reduction, 54422 
 
         Low income housing: 
 
             Housing assistance payments (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Fair market rent schedules for rental certificate, 
 loan managment, property disposition, moderate rehabilitation, rental 
 voucher programs, etc., 24846 
 
         Manufactured home construction and safety standards: 
 
             Incorporation by reference standards, 58570 
 
             Metal roofing requirements in high wind areas, 26392 
 
         Manufactured home procedural and enforcement regulations: 
 
             Revision, 54528 
 
         Mortgage and loan insurance programs: 
 
             Home equity conversion mortgage program; consumer 
 protection from excessive fees, 12930 
 
             Multifamily mortgagees; electronic reporting requirements, 
 26702 
 
             Single family mortgage insurance -- 
 
                 Indian reservations; suspension of authority to insure 
 mortgages, 5660 
 
                 Reduced FHA premium for properties located in central 
 cities, 24736 
 
         National Housing Act: 
 
             Minimum property standard; 1995 model energy code 
 adoption, 32958 
 
         Public and Indian housing: 
 
             Public housing assessment system, 35672, 40682 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22044, 61788 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 239, 3579, 3580, 
 4645, 4654, 5396, 9004, 9572, 10405, 13868, 14726, 15853, 23791, 
 23792, 26195, 29240, 29416, 29417, 29418, 30244, 30245, 31517, 32675, 
 33088, 33089, 34442, 34470, 34911, 34912, 35250, 35259, 36253, 36254, 
 38190, 38418, 40130, 42867, 46465, 48237, 49921, 49922, 53686, 53687, 
 55136, 56037, 58410, 63741, 64539, 64732, 67913, 68785, 70153, 71494 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 246, 2257, 
 3148, 3330, 4654, 6194, 6195, 6196, 6197, 6950, 7427, 7428, 9005, 
 10929, 10930, 12480, 12481, 13266, 13267, 13268, 13868, 13869, 14470, 
 16567, 17204, 17878, 17879, 18436, 19739, 20417, 20418, 23470, 24562, 
 27099, 27100, 27742, 29245, 29745, 30246, 31796, 33687, 33688, 36930, 
 39105, 40131, 40540, 41583, 43190, 44269, 44632, 45831, 45832, 47033, 
 47034, 49364, 49922, 52283, 56037, 63484, 63742, 64733, 67489 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             National Manufactured Home Advisory Council, 30508 
 
         Empowerment zones; designation, 18437 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Porterville, CA; section 108 loan guarantee funded 
 infrastructure project, 12816 
 
         Fair housing enforcement; occupancy standards; policy 
 statement, 70256 
 
             Republication, 70982 
 
         Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards: 
 
             Private consensus standards development organizations; 
 selection -- 
 
                 National Fire Protection Association, 30509 
 
         Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal 
 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); utility allowance, 36931 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             Community development work study program, 56038 
 
             Community outreach partnership centers program, 56040 
 
             Community partnerships for resident uplift and economic 
 development program, 9006 
 
             Emergency shelter program -- 
 
                 Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native villages; set-aside 
 allocation, 4655 
 
             Fair housing initiatives program, 8465 
 
             Hispanic-serving institutions work study program, 57304 
 
             Historically black colleges and universities program, 
 63743 
 
             Homeless assistance continuum of care systems, 53063 
 
             Housing counseling program, 37584, 45832 
 
             Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS program, 50920 
 
             HUD Colonias Initiative, 63744 
 
             Lead-based paint hazard control -- 
 
                 Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 23471 
 
                 Community Resources, Inc., 5962 
 
                 Privately owned housing, 45087 
 
                 QuanTech, Inc., 41934 
 
             Low income housing -- 
 
                 Drug elimination program, 4656 
 
             Mark-to-market (M2M) program -- 
 
                 Intermediaries to administer preservation technical 
 assistance grants, 65604 
 
                 Outreach and training grants to conduct outreach and 
 training development for HUD tenants, 65605 
 
             Native American rural housing and economic development 
 initiative, 70154 
 
             Public and Indian housing -- 
 
                 Drug elimination program, 31796 
 
                 Economic development and supportive services program, 
 5396 
 
                 HOME program; Indian applicants, 25061 
 
                 Tenant opportunities program, 17204 
 
             Residential lead-based paint hazards; evaluation and 
 control improvement research, 71147 
 
             Urban revitalization demonstration program (HOPE VI), 
 57305 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Capacity building for community development and affordable 
 housing, 5220, 29418, 48984 
 
             Community development block grant and other program funds 
 for obligation and expenditure; deadlines limiting availability, 53080 
 
             Community development block grant program -- 
 
                 Disaster recovery initiative, 56764, 56777 
 
                 Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages, 29834, 41936 
 
             Community development work study program, etc., 16340 
 
             Community outreach partnership centers program, 16348 
 
             Community planning and development, public and Indian 
 housing, housing, and lead hazard control programs (SuperNOFA), 29824 
 
             Economic development and empowerment programs (SuperNOFA), 
 23876 
 
             Economic development initiative program, 40166 
 
             Facilities to assist homeless -- 
 
                 Excess and surplus Federal property, 106, 1489, 2684, 
 3580, 4663, 6197, 7428, 8784, 10030, 11264, 12481, 13680, 14946, 
 16634, 17880, 19270, 20419, 24187, 25500, 27101, 28398, 29420, 30767, 
 32235, 33689, 34912, 36255, 37406, 38665, 39883, 40913, 42492, 43716, 
 44866, 46059, 47314, 48742, 49922, 51366, 53081, 54484, 55635, 56933, 
 58411, 60011, 63485, 64514, 65606, 67127, 68467, 70155, 71298, 72319 
 
             Fair housing initiatives and housing counseling programs, 
 29490 
 
             Housing and community development programs (SuperNOFA), 
 15490, 24843 
 
                 National lead hazard awareness campaign; technical 
 correction, 53688 
 
             Housing assistance payments (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Family self-sufficiency program coordinators, 29860 
 
                 Family unification program, 29866 
 
             HUD Colonias Initiative, 38252, 42550 
 
             Indian housing block grant program, 18804 
 
                 Cost limits for former 1937 Act development projects, 
 53084 
 
             National competition programs (National SuperNOFA), 23958, 
 37024, 38454 
 
             Persons with disabilities -- 
 
                 Section 8 rental vouchers and certificates; tenant- 
 based assistance, 24050 
 
             Portfolio reengineering transition program guidelines, 
 36130 
 
             Public and Indian housing -- 
 
                 Demolition of obsolete and/or severely distressed 
 public housing projects (HOPE IV demolition), 29852 
 
                 Service coordinator program, 29874 
 
                 Title VI loan guarantee capacity-building program, 
 39686 
 
                 Title VI loan guarantee demonstration program, 39682 
 
             Residential lead-based paint hazards; evaluation and 
 control research, 29882 
 
             Self-help homeownership opportunity program, 29828 
 
             Severely distressed public housing revitalization program 
 (HOPE VI); application clarification, 41384 
 
             Small cities community development block grant programs, 
 etc. -- 
 
                 New York, 6762, 65456, 65486, 67490, 71496 
 
             Targeted housing and homeless assistance programs 
 (SuperNOFA), 23988 
 
             Urban empowerment zones; round two designations, 19162 
 
         Low income housing: 
 
             Difficult development areas; statutorily mandated 
 designation for tax credit, 9006 
 
             Difficult development areas and qualified census tracts; 
 statutorily mandated designation for tax credit, 68116 
 
             Housing assistance payments (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Cost adjustment factors for low-income housing 
 preservation and resident homeownership projects, 9573, 57306 
 
             Qualified census tract designations; tax credits, 34748 
 
         Mortgage and loan insurance programs: 
 
             Debenture interest rates, 3331, 53689 
 
             Debenture recall, 53690 
 
             Mortgage loan sales information disclosure -- 
 
                 Notice to bidders, 36255 
 
                 Policy statement, 10031 
 
             Multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance 
 restructuring program; qualifications request (mark-to-market 
 program), 44102, 44684 
 
             Non-conforming mortgage loans to low-wealth borrowers; 
 secondary market; demonstration program, 41702 
 
         Mortgagee Review Board; administrative actions, 26197 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
 Development, 3761 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, 54336 
 
             Chief Procurement Officer, 54722 
 
             Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs et 
 al., 53085, 54336 
 
             Deputy Secretary, 66193 
 
             Director, Procurement and Contracts Office, et al., 54723 
 
             Enforcement Center, Director, et al., 57133 
 
             General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
 Equal Opportunity et al., 11904, 11905, 11906 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 247, 60367, 66193, 68130 
 
             Systems of records, 6764, 8468 
 
         Public and Indian housing: 
 
             Housing assistance payments (Section 8) -- 
 
                 Rental voucher, rental certificate, and moderate 
 rehabilitation programs; administrative fees; annual factors, 4090 
 
             Native American housing block grant program; transition 
 requirements, 4076 
 
             Public housing assessment system -- 
 
                 Real Estate Assessment Center; advisory scores 
 issuances, 72319 
 
         Regulatory waiver requests; quarterly listing, 7530, 16658, 
 29510, 63110, 63538 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 1120, 15854, 18437, 
 26204, 27101, 27743, 29245, 35277, 36256, 39106, 44270, 51088, 53690, 
 53691, 57134, 57135, 67491 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Peformance Review Board; membership, 57308 
 
         Single family property disposition program: 
 
             Officer next door sales program, 1886 
 
         Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act; 
 implementation; comment request, 28214 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Immigration and Naturalization Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Immigration: 
 
             Affidavits of support on behalf of immigrants; 
 clarification, 27193 
 
             Aliens -- 
 
                 Alien registration receipt card; name changed to 
 Permanent resident card (Form I-551), 70313 
 
                 Arriving alien; regulatory definition, 19382 
 
                 Deportation suspension, removal cancellation, and 
 status adjustment cases, 52134 
 
                 Detention and release of criminal aliens and custody 
 redeterminations, 27441, 32288 
 
                 Temporary protected status, registration deadlines 
 exception; persons in valid immigrant/nonimmigrant status during 
 initial registration period, 63593, 67724 
 
             Benefits applicants and petitioners fingerprinting fees 
 and requirements for conducting criminal background checks before 
 final naturalization adjudication, 12979 
 
                 Correction, 17489 
 
             Carriers; passenger screening requirements, 23643 
 
             Health care workers; interim procedures, 55007 
 
             Immigration examinations fee account; adjustment, 43604 
 
             Inadmissibility waivers for applicants seeking admission 
 for permanent residence; documentary requirements, 39217 
 
             Nicaraguan and Cuban nationals; status adjustment, 27823 
 
                 Correction, 35309, 39121 
 
             Paroled Cuban or Haitian nationals; resettlement 
 assistance eligibility, 31895 
 
             Refugees and asylees; status adjustment applications 
 processing under direct mail program, 30105 
 
             Spouses and unmarried minor children of refugees/asylees; 
 procedures for filing derivative petitions, 3792 
 
             User fee requirements; technical changes for submission, 
 51271 
 
                 Correction, 54526 
 
             Visa waiver pilot program -- 
 
                 Andora et al., 71726 
 
         Nonimmigrant classes: 
 
             Aliens -- 
 
                 Control of employment (NATO-1 through NATO-7), 32113 
 
             Employment authorization requirements; suspension of 
 applicability for F-1 students in emergency circumstances; specific 
 countries, 31872 
 
                 Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and 
 Philippines, 31874 
 
             Nonimmigrant workers (H-1B category); petition, 
 
                 Correction, 71342 
 
                 Fee schedule and filing requirements, 65657 
 
         North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): 
 
             Temporary entry of business persons; facilitation, 1331 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Executive Office for Immigration Review: 
 
             Representation and appearances; professional conduct for 
 practitioners, 2901 
 
         Immigration: 
 
             Aliens -- 
 
                 Commerical airlines' transport to United States; 
 privilege suspension, 56869 
 
                 Public benefits; eligibility verification, 41662, 
 46511 
 
                 Surrender of aliens ordered removed from U.S., 47205 
 
             Asylum and removal withholding procedures -- 
 
                 Applicants who establish persecution or who may be 
 able to avoid persecution in his or her home country by relocating to 
 another area of that country, 31945, 41478 
 
             Deportation and special rule cancellation of removal for 
 certain nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, and former Soviet bloc 
 countries, 64895 
 
             Employment eligibility verification process; number of 
 acceptable documents reduced and other changes, 5287 
 
             Immigration examinations fee account; adjustment, 1775 
 
             Paperwork requirements; technical and procedural 
 violations; liability limitation, 16909 
 
             Processing, detention and release of juveniles, 39759 
 
         Nonimmigrant classes: 
 
             Aliens coming temporarily to U.S. to perform agricultural 
 labor or services; H-2A classification petitions; adjudication 
 delegated to Labor Department, 67431 
 
             Habitual residence in United States territories and 
 possessions, 30415 
 
             Nonimmigrant workers (H-1B category); petitioning 
 requirements; simplification and accommodation for U.S. employers, 
 30419 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 25523, 29024, 33950, 
 33951, 33952, 37141, 37142, 37143, 37144, 37411, 40136, 40316, 40317, 
 40318, 40544, 40545, 42875, 42876, 42877, 43415, 43416, 43417, 43418, 
 43419, 43420, 43421, 45261, 45262, 45263, 45264, 45516, 45517, 45862, 
 45863, 53698, 53699, 53700, 53701, 55141, 71956, 71957, 71958 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9016, 16276, 
 16277, 37142, 39595, 39596, 39903, 39904, 45264, 53928, 53929, 53930, 
 55142, 55143, 55144, 55145, 55411, 55642, 55643, 64102, 66829, 66830, 
 66831, 66832, 66833, 66834, 66835, 72333, 72334 
 
         Employment authorization: 
 
             Haitian nationals previously granted deferred enforced 
 departure status; work authorization extension, 68799 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             INS and Joint Task Force Six activities along United 
 States and Mexico border and Texas Gulf Coast, 46070 
 
         Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
 1996; implementation: 
 
             Asylum applicants facing one-year deadline; modification 
 of fingerprint process, 13875 
 
             Female genital mutilation; legal consequences concerning 
 practice, 13433 
 
         Immigration: 
 
             Direct mail program; expansion, 891, 892, 2304, 8688, 
 8689, 13434, 13878, 16828, 50584 
 
             H-1B nonimmigrants; numerical limitation reached for 1998 
 FY, 25870 
 
             Nonimmigrants bearing Iranian, Libyan, Iraqi or Sudanese 
 travel documents; registration and fingerprinting requirements; 
 consolidation, 39109 
 
             Overseas refugee processing; derivative refugees, 43957 
 
             Ports-of-entry immigration compliance measurement system; 
 pilot test, 35609 
 
             Treaty trader and treaty investor (E), and alien 
 entrepreneur (EB-5) classification; location of filing petitions and 
 applications, 67135, 71342 
 
         Immigration and Nationality Act; imposition of fines, 64284 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Immigration and Naturalization Service User Fee Advisory 
 Committee, 5819, 43195 
 
             Immigration Matters District Advisory Council, 1125, 2695, 
 24193, 46071 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 56048 
 
         Standardized citizenship testing program; termination, 25080 
 
         Temporary protected status program designations: 
 
             Bosnia-Hercegovina, 45092 
 
             Burundi, 59334 
 
             Kosovo Province, 31527 
 
             Liberia, 15437, 51958 
 
             Montserrat, 45864 
 
             Sierra Leone, 59336 
 
             Somalia, 51602 
 
             Sudan, 59337 
 
 
 
 
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 Indian Affairs Bureau 
 
     RULES 
 
         Housing improvement program: 
 
             Resource allocation methodology; simplification, 10124 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: 
 
             Class III (casino) gaming on Indian lands; authorization 
 procedures when States raise Eleventh Amendment defense, 3289, 19693 
 
         Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: 
 
             Tribal self-governance program, 7202 
 
         Law and order on Indian reservations: 
 
             Courts of Indian Offenses and law and order code; 
 correction, 32631 
 
         Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation: 
 
             Indian Reservation Roads Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; 
 intent to establish, 69580 
 
         Tribal government: 
 
             Indian rolls preparation, 36866 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 3333, 9240, 9241, 
 9245, 30771, 30772, 32678, 32892, 36934 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 29022, 51947, 
 51948, 59327, 70414 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Cabazon Resource Recovery Park, Cabazon Indian 
 Reservation, CA, 32238 
 
             Nambe Indian Reservation, NM; High Mesa waste management 
 facility, 10236, 16569 
 
             Southpoint Power Plant Project, Fort Mojave Indian 
 Reservation, AZ, 32239 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, WA; White River 
 Amphitheatre, 35939 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Contract support funds; distribution and use method, 5398 
 
             Welfare assistance funds; distribution method, 70414 
 
         Indian child custody proceedings; jurisdiction reassumption 
 petitions: 
 
             Native Village of Barrow, 59574 
 
         Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services 
 from BIA; list, 71941 
 
         Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; 
 implementation: 
 
             Ramah Navajo Chapter et al.; proposed partial settlement 
 and hearing as contractor, grantee, or compactor, 57700 
 
         Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, 
 etc.: 
 
             Beaver Creek Band of Pee Dee Indians, 24187 
 
             Chi-cau-gon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa of Iron County, 
 27315 
 
             Eno-Occaneechi Indian Tribe, 24188 
 
             Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council, 
 3154 
 
             Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, 38191 
 
             Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
 Michigan, 56936 
 
             Nehantic Tribe and Nation, Inc., 14130 
 
             Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc., 888 
 
             Saponi Nation of Ohio, 12817 
 
             Tap Pilam -- The Coahuiltecan Nation, 12818 
 
         Irrigation projects; operation and maintenance charges: 
 
             Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, CA, 33945, 51367 
 
             San Carlos Irrigation Project, AZ, 9857, 12818 
 
         Judgment funds; plans for use and distribution: 
 
             Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 67127 
 
             Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, MN, 63941 
 
         Land acquisitions into trust: 
 
             Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan, 64968 
 
             Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut, 33945 
 
         Liquor and tobacco sale or distribution ordinance: 
 
             Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, 19741 
 
             Pechanga Band of Mission Indians, CA, 45089 
 
             Prairie Band of Potawatomi Reservation, KS, 1492 
 
             Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, 25516 
 
             Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, WI, 
 26621 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Indian education topics; tribal consultation, 17013 
 
             Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century, Section 1115; 
 regulatory negotiating process, 58413 
 
             Tribal trust fund accounts; tribal consultation, 4466 
 
         Replacement education facilities, construction; instructions 
 and application ranking criteria, 63942 
 
         Reservation establishment, additions, etc.: 
 
             Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, OR, 2408, 3342, 
 27995 
 
             Pueblo of Acoma Reservation, NM, 8470 
 
             Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California, 
 30248 
 
         Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling: 
 
             Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck Reservation, MT, 
 55887 
 
             Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, WI, 44920 
 
             Barona Band of Mission Indians, CA, 56659 
 
             Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians, CA, 56659 
 
             Burns-Paiute Tribe, OR, 55887, 64968 
 
             Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Trinidad Rancheria, 
 CA, 56659 
 
             Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, OR, 10035, 27585 
 
             Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, OR, 
 10035 
 
             Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, 
 10035, 27585 
 
             Coquille Indian Tribe, OR, 10035, 27585 
 
             Crow Indian Tribe, MT, 32240 
 
             Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians, CA, 56660 
 
             Kalispel Tribe and State of Washington, 68787 
 
             Klamath Tribes, OR, 10036, 29746 
 
             Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
 Indians, WI, 19508 
 
             Mooretown Rancheria of Concow/Maidu Indians, CA, 56660 
 
             Nisqually Indian Tribe, WA, 15211 
 
             Northern Cheyenne Tribe, MT, 25518 
 
             Oneida Tribe of Indians, WI, 44920 
 
             Pala Band of Mission Indians, CA, 24823 
 
             Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, NV, 573 
 
             Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, WI, 
 70792 
 
             Redding Rancheria, CA, 55887 
 
             Rumsey Indian Rancheria, CA, 56660 
 
             Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, AZ, 49923 
 
             Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, SD, 25519 
 
             Sokaogon Chippewa Community, WI, 19508 
 
             St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, 44921 
 
             Stockbridge-Munsee Community, WI, 53093 
 
             Sycuan Band of Mission Indians, CA, 56660 
 
             Table Mountain Rancheria, CA, 70792 
 
             Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, CA, 60016 
 
             Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, IA, 55888 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Indian Health Service 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 11688, 24185, 71297 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10233, 10234, 
 35604 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             Center for Native American Health, College of 
 Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona, 53061 
 
             Indian health scholarship program; recipients list, 47303, 
 70781 
 
             National Council of Urban Indian Health, 64725 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Health professions educational loans repayment program, 
 54483 
 
             Health professions preparatory, pregraduate and Indian 
 health professions scholarship programs, 11903, 69300 
 
             Indians into medicine program, 17186 
 
             Nursing recruitment program for Indians, 16265 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             California Area Indian Health Service, 1486 
 
             Tucson Area Indian Health Service, 16267 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Information Security Oversight Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory 
 Committee, 44475 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department 
 
     RULES 
 
         Health care programs; fraud and abuse: 
 
             Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- 
 
                 Medicare and State health care programs; exclusions; 
 legal authorities, 46676, 57918 
 
         Medicare and State health care programs: 
 
             Fraud and abuse; advisory opinions, 38311 
 
                 Correction, 43449 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Health care programs; fraud and abuse: 
 
             Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- 
 
                 Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 14393 
 
                 Data collection program; final adverse actions 
 reporting, 58341, 71819 
 
                 Medicare and State health care programs; anti-fraud 
 and abuse authority increase through exclusion and civil money penalty 
 provisions, 46736 
 
                 Shared Risk Exception Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; 
 meetings, 187 
 
         Medicare: 
 
             Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment system, 
 47552 
 
         Medicare and State health care programs: 
 
             Safe harbor provisions and special fraud alerts 
 development, 68223 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Clinical laboratories; compliance program guidance; 
 availability, 45076 
 
         Durable medical equipment industry; compliance program 
 guidance, 42409 
 
         Federal health care programs: 
 
             Provider self-disclosure protocol; guidance availability, 
 58399 
 
         Home health agencies; compliance program guidance, 42410 
 
         Hospitals; compliance program guidance, 8987 
 
         Medicare+Choice organizations; compliance program guidance, 
 50577, 52799 
 
         Nursing home industry; compliance program guidance; comment 
 request, 70137 
 
         Patient anti-dumping statute; special advisory bulletin, 67486 
 
         Program exclusions; list, 2989, 8998, 12477, 17431, 26812, 
 32019, 37891, 43404, 49703, 55133, 60357, 69638 
 
         Special fraud alert; publication: 
 
             Nursing home arrangements with hospices; fraud and abuse, 
 20415 
 
         Third-party medical billing companies; compliance program 
 guidance, 70138 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Inter-American Foundation 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4276, 27743, 64272 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Interior Department 
 
     See Fish and Wildlife Service 
 
     See Geological Survey 
 
     See Indian Affairs Bureau 
 
     See Land Management Bureau 
 
     See Minerals Management Service 
 
     See National Indian Gaming Commission 
 
     See National Park Service 
 
     See Reclamation Bureau 
 
     See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Supplemental standards of ethical conduct for Department 
 employees, 18501, 20447, 34258 
 
         Watches and watch movements: 
 
             Allocation of duty exemptions -- 
 
                 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern 
 Mariana Islands, 5887, 49666 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22080, 61820 
 
         Watches and watch movements: 
 
             Allocations of duty exemptions -- 
 
                 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern 
 Mariana Islands, 40230 
 
         Wild and scenic rivers, 67834 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 60016 
 
         Central Utah Water Conservancy District: 
 
             Bonneville Unit; municipal and industrial water; 
 prepayment contract, 53691 
 
             Sanpete County Water Conservancy District et al.; Sevier 
 River Canals Improvement Projects; agreement negotiation, 34470 
 
             Strawberry Water Users Association; contract negotiation, 
 4463 
 
             Uintah Unit Replacement Project, UT; negotiations, 19932, 
 19933 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Alaska Land Managers Forum, 51945, 71298 
 
             American Samoa Economic Advisory Commission, 50921 
 
             California Desert District Advisory Council, 69301 
 
             Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group, 35605, 64517 
 
             Minerals Management Advisory Board, 51585 
 
             National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive 
 Advisory Committee, 17208 
 
             Science Advisory Board, 19271 
 
             Water Information Advisory Committee, 59327 
 
             Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, 3583 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau; Palau Compact Road 
 development, 8469, 39883 
 
             Central Utah Project -- 
 
                 Provo River Restoration Project, 28406 
 
             Central Utah Water Conservancy District -- 
 
                 Spanish Fork Canyon-Nephi Irrigation System, 16568 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Central Utah Project -- 
 
                 Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, 55137 
 
             Central Utah Water Conservancy District -- 
 
                 Spanish Fork Canyon-Nephi Irrigation System, 55137 
 
         Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; restoration of 
 resources and services injured by oil spill; request for proposals 
 (1999 FY), 10930 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Tribal self-governance program -- 
 
                 Negotiation and advance planning (1998 FY), 3150 
 
                 Participation applications deadline (1999 FY or CY), 
 3149 
 
                 Participation applications deadline (2000 FY or CY), 
 66195 
 
         Jurisdictional review by Secretary: 
 
             United Mining Corp., 58411 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Alaska Land Managers Forum, 3151, 29245, 47314, 63939 
 
                 Correction, 47314, 49161 
 
             Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group, 27584, 35605 
 
             National Recreation Lakes Study Presidential Commission, 
 30510, 36427, 43410, 56935, 71148 
 
             Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 27585 
 
             Western Water Policy Review Commission, 5962 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Homer, Elizabeth Lohah; appointment to Commission, 63486 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 24563 
 
         Probate of estates in which property escheated to Indian 
 Tribe; Secretary's assumption of jurisdiction, 53924 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 1120 
 
         Watches and watch movements; allocation of duty-exemptions: 
 
             Virgin Islands, 13033 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Internal Revenue Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source: 
 
             Federal employment tax deposits; de minimis rule, 32735 
 
             Retirement plans; increase in cash-out limit, 70335 
 
         Estate and gift taxes: 
 
             Charitable remainder trusts and special valuation rules 
 for transfers of interests in trusts; guidance, 68188 
 
             Marital deduction, 44391 
 
         Excise taxes: 
 
             Deposit procedures; technical amendment, 15292 
 
             Gasoline and diesel fuel; special rules for Alaska, 24 
 
                 Correction, 15292 
 
             Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability 
 requirements -- 
 
                 Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, 57546 
 
             Kerosene and aviation fuel taxes and tax on heavy 
 vehicles, 35799 
 
                 Correction, 45910 
 
         Income taxes: 
 
             Amortization of start-up expenditures for active trade or 
 business; election procedures, 69554 
 
             Asset transfers to tax-exempt entities, 71591 
 
             Bad debts modifications and dealer assignments of notional 
 principal contracts, 4394 
 
                 Correction, 5834 
 
             Beneficiary taxability under trust; CFR correction, 43303 
 
             Business expenses; mileage allowances use to substantiate 
 automobile expenses, 52600 
 
                 Correction, 58811, 64187 
 
             Cafeteria plans; tax treatment; correction, 3186, 8528 
 
             Charitable remainder trusts and special valuation rules 
 for transfers of interests in trusts; guidance, 68188 
 
             Computer programs transfer transactions; classification, 
 52971 
 
                 Correction, 64868 
 
             Conduit arrangement regulations; correction, 67577 
 
             Consolidated return regulations -- 
 
                 Consolidated groups; losses and credits, limitations 
 on use; overall foreign loss accounts, 1740, 12641 
 
                 Consolidated groups; overall foreign loss accounts; 
 recapture limitation, 71589 
 
             Corporate reorganizations; continuity of interest 
 requirement; clarification, 50757 
 
             Debt instruments with original issue discount; annuity 
 contracts, 1054 
 
             Determining earned income credit eligibility; paid 
 preparer due diligence requirements, 70339 
 
             Dollar approximate separate transactions method of 
 accounting and profit and loss method of accounting; qualified 
 business unit use; requirements, 10772 
 
                 Correction, 15760 
 
             Earned income credit (EIC) eligibility requirements, 34594 
 
             Employee Retirement Income Security Act -- 
 
                 Defined benefit and individual account plans; notice 
 of significant reduction in the rate of future benefit accrual, 68678 
 
             Euro currency conversion; tax issues guidance for U.S. 
 taxpayers conducting business with European countries replacing their 
 currencies, 40366 
 
                 Correction, 55333 
 
             Foreign investment; passive foreign investment company 
 preferred shares; qualified electing fund elections; special 
 exclusions, 6 
 
             Foreign sales corporation transfer pricing; source rules, 
 10305, 50143 
 
             Foreign tax credit claims of U.S. taxpayers; filing 
 requirements, 3812 
 
             Information returns; magnetic media filing requirements, 
 35517 
 
             Information returns of brokers; technical amendment, 12410 
 
             Installment obligations received from liquidating 
 corporations, 4168 
 
             Investment income; passive activity income and loss rules 
 for publicly traded partnerships, 69551 
 
             Long-term contracts in de minimis cases; nonapplication of 
 look-back method, 1917, 36180 
 
             New lines of business prohibited; Puerto Rico and 
 possession tax credit termination, 44387 
 
             Nuclear decommissioning reserve funds; revised schedules 
 of ruling amounts, 2892 
 
             Permitted elimination of preretirement optional benefit 
 forms, 30621 
 
             Qualified long-term care insurance contracts; consumer 
 protection, 68184 
 
             Qualified nonrecourse financing, 41420 
 
             Qualified retirement plans, etc. -- 
 
                 Distributions valuation, 16895 
 
             Qualified zone academy bonds, 671 
 
                 Correction, 8528 
 
             Reasonable basis; definition, 66433 
 
             Reorganizations -- 
 
                 Nonqualified preferred stock, 411 
 
                 Receipt of rights to acquire corporation securities, 
 409 
 
             Retirement plans; increase in cash-out limit, 70335 
 
             Shareholder interest continuity requirement for corporate 
 reorganization, and business enterprise continuity, 4174, 4183, 4183 
 
             Source of income from sales of inventory partly from 
 sources within possession of United States, etc., 55020 
 
             State and political subdivision obligations, 3256 
 
             Tax-exempt bonds; arbitrage restrictions, 71748 
 
             Taxpayer Relief Act -- 
 
                 Qualified retirement plan benefits; section 411(d)(6) 
 protected benefits, 47172, 58811 
 
             Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72182 
 
             Transfers of stock or securities by U.S. persons to 
 foreign corporations and related reporting requirements, 33550 
 
         Income taxes, etc.: 
 
             Basis reduction due to discharge of indebtedness, 56559 
 
             Partnerships and branches; guidance under Subpart F, 14613 
 
             Withholding of tax on certain U.S. source income paid to 
 foreign persons and related collection, refunds, and credits; etc., 
 2723, 72183 
 
         Practice and administration: 
 
             Tax-qualified retirement plans; eligible rollover 
 distributions; notice, consent, and election requirements, 70009 
 
         Procedure and administration: 
 
             Abatement of interest; unreasonable errors or delays by 
 IRS officer or employee, 70012 
 
             Adoption taxpayer identification numbers (ATIN); use by 
 individuals in process of adopting children; correction, 13124 
 
             Internal revenue law violations; rewards for information, 
 44777 
 
             Payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card and debit 
 card, 68995 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source: 
 
             Electronic tip reports, 3680 
 
             Federal employment tax deposits; de minimis rule; cross 
 reference, 32774 
 
             Railroad employers; exception from supplemental annuity 
 tax, 50819 
 
             Retirement plans; distributions notice and consent 
 requirements; new technologies, 70071 
 
         Estate and gift taxes: 
 
             Marital deduction; valuation of interest in property 
 passing to surviving spouse; public hearing, 69248 
 
             Prior gifts valuation; adequate disclosure, 70701 
 
         Excise taxes: 
 
             Charitable organizations qualification requirements; 
 excess benefit transactions, 41486 
 
                 Correction, 53862 
 
             Group health plans -- 
 
                 Access, portability, and renewability requirements; 
 Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act; cross reference, 
 
                  Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act; cross 
 reference, 57565 
 
                 Continuation coverage requirements, 708 
 
             Kerosene and aviation fuel taxes and tax on heavy 
 vehicles, 35893 
 
             Prepaid telephone cards; communications excise tax, 69585 
 
         Income taxes: 
 
             Allocation and sourcing of income and deductions among 
 taxpayers engaged in global dealing operation, 11177 
 
                 Correction, 19694 
 
             Amortization of start-up expenditures; election 
 procedures, 1933 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 29961 
 
             Business expenses; mileage allowances use to substantiate 
 automobile expenses, 52660 
 
             Cafeteria plans; tax treatment -- 
 
                 Cross-reference; correction, 8528 
 
                 Hearing, 13383 
 
             Consolidated return regulations -- 
 
                 Consolidated groups; losses and credits, limitations 
 on use; overall foreign loss accounts; cross-reference, 1803, 12717 
 
                 Consolidated groups; overall foreign losses and 
 separate limitation losses; cross-reference, 71609 
 
                 S corporation acquisition by consolidated group 
 member, 69581 
 
             Credit for increasing research activities, 66503 
 
             Determining earned income credit eligibility; paid 
 preparer due diligence requirements, 70357 
 
             Earned income credit (EIC) eligibility requirements; cross 
 reference, 34615 
 
                 Hearing cancelled, 55355 
 
             Euro currency conversion; tax issues guidance for U.S. 
 taxpayers conducting business with European countries replacing their 
 currencies; cross reference, 40383 
 
                 Hearing cancelled, 55564 
 
             Foreign investment; passive foreign investment company 
 preferred shares; qualified electing fund elections; special income 
 exclusion; cross reference, 39, 17973 
 
             Foreign liquidations and reorganizations, 33595 
 
             Foreign partnerships and corporations; property transfers 
 by U.S. persons; information reporting requirements, 48148 
 
             Foreign partnerships -- 
 
                 Information reporting requirements, 48144, 58811 
 
                 U.S. persons owning interests in; return requirements, 
 48154 
 
             Foreign sales corporation transfer pricing; source and 
 grouping rules; cross-reference, 10351 
 
             Inactive proposed regulations; withdrawn, 71047 
 
             Intercompany obiligations; transfer or extinguishment of 
 rights, 70354 
 
             Loans to plan participants from qualified employer plans, 
 42 
 
                 Correction, 8154, 8528 
 
             Long-term contracts in de minimis cases; nonapplication of 
 look-back method; cross-reference, 1932 
 
             New lines of business prohibited; Puerto Rico and 
 possession tax credit termination; cross reference, 44416 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 65566 
 
             Partnership income return, 3677 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 27534 
 
             Partnership interests; adjustments following sales, 4408 
 
                 Correction, 11954 
 
                 Hearing postponement, etc., 25796 
 
                 Hearing time and location change, etc., 41754 
 
             Partnership returns required on magnetic media, 56878 
 
             Qualified covered calls; special rules and definitions, 
 34616 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 57636 
 
             Qualified long-term care insurance contracts; consumer 
 protection, 35 
 
             Qualified plans and individual retirement plans; required 
 distributions; correction, 14391 
 
             Qualified retirement plans, etc. -- 
 
                 Relief from disqualification for plans accepting 
 rollovers, 69584 
 
             Qualified State tuition programs, 45019 
 
                 Correction, 55918 
 
             Qualified zone academy bonds; cross-reference, 707 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 28958 
 
             Reorganizations; nonqualified preferred stock; cross 
 reference, 453 
 
                 Hearing cancellation, 24765 
 
             Retirement plans -- 
 
                 Distributions notice and consent requirements; new 
 technologies, 70071 
 
                 Increase in cash-out limit, 70356 
 
             Sales of obligations between interest payment dates; 
 withholding on interest; hearing cancellation, 3057 
 
             S corporations -- 
 
                 Corporate subsidiaries treatment, 19864, 43353, 52660 
 
                 Corporate subsidiaries treatment; hearing 
 postponement, 47455 
 
                 Pass through of items to shareholders, 44181 
 
                 Pass through of items to shareholders; public hearing 
 cancellation, 67634 
 
             Shareholder interest continuity requirement for corporate 
 reorganization; cross-reference, 4204 
 
             Source of income from sales of inventory partly from 
 sources within possession of United States, etc., 4205 
 
             State and political subdivision obligations; cross- 
 reference, 3296 
 
             Taxable transactions; treatment of disposition by one 
 corporation of stock of another corporation, 50816 
 
             Tax exempt organizations; travel and tour activities, 
 20156 
 
                 Hearing, 63016 
 
             Taxpayer Relief Act -- 
 
                 Qualified retirement plan benefits; section 411(d)(6) 
 protected benefits, 47214 
 
                 Roth IRAs, 46937 
 
             Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72218 
 
             Trading safe harbors, 32164 
 
                 Correction, 38139 
 
             Widely held fixed investment trusts; reporting 
 requirements, 43354 
 
         Income taxes, etc.: 
 
             Elective entity classification; treatment of changes; 
 hearing cancelled, 8890 
 
             Partnerships and branches; guidance under Subpart F; 
 cross-reference, 14669 
 
                 Hearing cancelled, 37296 
 
         Procedure and administration: 
 
             Agreements for tax liability payment in installments; 
 correction, 3186 
 
             Interest abatement, 1086 
 
                 Correction, 10798 
 
             Payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card and debit 
 card; cross-reference; and payment by check or money order, 69031 
 
             Tax refund offset program; revisions, 46205 
 
             Unauthorized collection actions; civil cause of action; 
 correction, 3186 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 286, 287, 288, 1530, 
 2298, 2299, 2300, 2720, 2721, 3184, 3185, 3946, 6264, 6265, 7851, 
 7852, 7853, 7854, 8522, 8523, 9301, 9302, 9303, 9304, 9305, 9306, 
 9307, 9308, 9905, 9906, 9907, 9908, 10675, 10967, 11952, 12578, 12579, 
 12580, 13099, 13100, 13101, 13102, 13103, 13302, 13303, 13304, 13455, 
 13456, 15000, 15001, 15002, 15003, 15485, 15486, 15487, 15912, 15913, 
 15914, 15915, 15916, 17256, 17257, 18256, 18492, 18493, 18494, 18495, 
 18496, 18497, 18498, 18499, 18969, 19576, 19577, 19578, 20001, 20002, 
 23496, 23497, 23498, 24591, 25268, 25269, 25566, 25567, 26678, 26679, 
 26680, 26681, 27785, 27786, 27787, 27788, 27789, 27790, 29778, 29779, 
 29780, 29781, 30566, 31832, 31833, 31834, 31835, 32286, 32912, 32913, 
 33979, 33980, 33981, 33982, 33983, 33984, 33985, 33986, 33987, 33988, 
 34487, 34681, 34682, 34683, 34684, 34963, 36287, 36288, 36737, 36738, 
 36990, 36991, 37446, 37943, 38226, 38229, 38694, 38695, 38696, 39637, 
 39638, 39639, 39640, 39641, 39642, 39643, 39644, 39645, 39646, 39647, 
 39648, 39649, 39650, 40153, 41622, 42904, 42905, 43231, 43232, 43985, 
 43986, 43987, 45290, 45291, 45292, 45293, 45294, 46827, 49380, 52317, 
 53744, 53745, 55426, 60446, 63357, 63964, 65278, 65279, 67171, 71538 
 
         Art Advisory Panel; closed meetings; report availability, 
 11952 
 
         Bisynchronous communications use for e-filing; discontinuance; 
 comment request, 19579 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Art Advisory Panel, 7854 
 
             Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, 12581 
 
             Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, 23498 
 
             Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council, 37447 
 
             IRS Citizen Advocacy Panels, 43232 
 
         Cumulative Bulletins; proposed discontinuance, 53127 
 
         Excise taxes: 
 
             Motor fuel; approved distribution terminals, 6265 
 
         Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of l996; 
 implementation: 
 
             Individuals losing United States citizenship; quarterly 
 list, 6609, 42906, 56696 
 
         Income taxes: 
 
             Form 1040PC program discontinuance for tax years 1999 and 
 beyond; comment request, 55427 
 
             Low-income housing credit forms; electronic filing pilot 
 program, 2722 
 
         Inflation adjustment factor and reference prices: 
 
             Nonconventional source fuel credit, 15916 
 
             Renewable electricity production credit, 15917 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Art Advisory Panel, 11953, 51637 
 
             Citizen Advocacy Panel, 43987, 48545, 54189 
 
             Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, 63965 
 
             Income tax software developers; electronic filing of Form 
 1065 (U.S. partnership return of income), 26681 
 
             Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, 15917, 
 53746 
 
             IRS Advisory Council, 50621 
 
             Tax software developers, 7855 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Commissioner, authority to sign name, 4345 
 
             Taxpayer advocate, 25567 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 39118, 42908 
 
             Systems of records, 64141 
 
         Tax counseling program for elderly; application packages; 
 availability, 43233 
 
 
 
 
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 International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             El Paso-Las Cruces regional sustainable water project, 
 Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM, and El Paso County, TX, 47042 
 
             Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project, TX, 45518 
 
         Meetings, 10048, 29020 
 
 
 
 
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 International Development Cooperation Agency 
 
     See Agency for International Development 
 
     See Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 International Trade Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings: 
 
             Administrative protective order procedures -- 
 
                 Alleged violations investigation; sanctions 
 imposition, 24391 
 
         Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA): 
 
             Antidumping and countervailing duties; five-year 
 ``sunset'' review procedures, 13516 
 
             Countervailing duties; methodology, 65348 
 
         Watches and watch movements: 
 
             Allocation of duty exemptions -- 
 
                 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern 
 Mariana Islands, 5887, 49666 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Watches and watch movements: 
 
             Allocation of duty exemptions -- 
 
                 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern 
 Mariana Islands, 40230 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 2200, 3702, 6721, 
 8432, 8433, 10001, 11407, 11653, 16962, 17983, 17984, 29698, 30184, 
 31409, 31410, 31411, 31962, 33037 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11208 
 
         Antidumping: 
 
             Acetylsalicylic acid from -- 
 
                 Turkey, 23720, 34146 
 
             Anhydrous sodium metasilicate from  -- 
 
                 France, 31719 
 
             Antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) 
 and parts from -- 
 
                 France et al., 6512, 8908, 18877, 33320 
 
                 Germany et al., 38369 
 
                 Italy, 70100 
 
                 Italy et al., 40878 
 
                 Japan, 26777 
 
             Aramid fiber formed of poly para-phenylene terephthalamide 
 from -- 
 
                 Netherlands, 11408, 37516 
 
             Brake rotors from -- 
 
                 China, 25821, 28355, 51895, 63025, 63026 
 
             Brass sheet and strip from -- 
 
                 Canada, 779, 6519, 23269, 33037, 51563 
 
                 Germany, 16963, 42823, 67453 
 
                 Netherlands, 25821, 49544 
 
             Calcium aluminate flux from -- 
 
                 France, 6524, 10589, 16966 
 
             Canned pineapple fruit from -- 
 
                 Thailand, 7392, 17357, 26778, 43661 
 
             Carbon steel wire rope from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 16967, 42824, 46753, 67454 
 
             Cased pencils from -- 
 
                 China, 779, 48697 
 
             Chrome-plated lug nuts from -- 
 
                 China, 31719, 53872, 66119 
 
                 Taiwan, 27707, 42000, 53875 
 
             Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 33041, 38370 
 
             Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from -- 
 
                 Korea, 2200, 14679, 19709, 20572, 31723, 39071 
 
                 Mexico, 12440, 18364 
 
             Cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
 products from -- 
 
                 Korea, 1821, 13170, 16971, 20572, 48173 
 
             Cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from -- 
 
                 Korea, 781 
 
                 Netherlands, 13204, 16470, 20574, 47227 
 
             Color television receivers from -- 
 
                 Korea, 46759, 59509 
 
                 Taiwan, 805 
 
             Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products and cut-to- 
 length carbon steel plate from -- 
 
                 Canada, 808, 12725, 13390, 27258, 37320, 49078, 60294, 
 71268 
 
                 Japan, 6525, 26144, 47465, 58364 
 
             Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 2959, 10589, 13621, 40698 
 
                 Brazil, 12744, 20570, 23271, 42000 
 
                 Canada, 29179, 37320 
 
                 China, 1821 
 
                 Finland, 2952, 5501 
 
                 Germany, 4429 
 
                 Mexico, 13216, 48181 
 
                 Romania, 19709, 47232 
 
                 Sweden, 10190, 27260 
 
                 United Kingdom, 70388 
 
             Dynamic random access memory semiconductors of one megabit 
 or above from -- 
 
                 Korea, 1824, 11411, 37328, 50867, 56906 
 
                 Taiwan, 64040 
 
             Elastic rubber tape from -- 
 
                 India, 49546 
 
             Elemental sulphur from -- 
 
                 Canada, 40391, 44420, 67647 
 
             Emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 59509 
 
                 Brazil, Korea, and Mexico, 20575, 41544 
 
                 Korea, 59514 
 
                 Mexico, 59519 
 
             Extruded rubber thread from -- 
 
                 Indonesia, 23267, 43674, 59279 
 
                 Malaysia, 12752, 32191, 60295 
 
             Ferrosilicon from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 2362, 2661, 28355, 40097, 67650 
 
             Ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from -- 
 
                 Russian Federation, 13031 
 
             Forged stainless steel flanges from -- 
 
                 India, 5501, 25824 
 
             Fresh and chilled Atlantic Salmon from -- 
 
                 Norway, 18878, 50880, 72244 
 
             Fresh Atlantic salmon from -- 
 
                 Chile, 2664, 31411, 40699 
 
             Fresh cut flowers from -- 
 
                 Colombia, 5354, 19709, 25447, 31724, 34634, 49686, 
 67454 
 
                 Ecuador, 66528 
 
                 Mexico, 1428, 26778 
 
             Fresh garlic from -- 
 
                 China, 37520 
 
             Fresh tomatoes from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 43674 
 
             Freshwater crawfish tail meat from -- 
 
                 China, 25449, 45044, 59762 
 
             Frozen concentrated orange juice from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 2202, 26145 
 
             Furfuryl alcohol from -- 
 
                 South Africa, 11209, 30473 
 
             Glycerine from -- 
 
                 China, 56606 
 
             Granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from -- 
 
                 Italy, 25826, 49080, 67455 
 
             Gray portland cement and clinker from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 12764, 24528, 48471, 60299 
 
             Gray portland cement from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 6525 
 
             Heavy forged hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or 
 without handles, from -- 
 
                 China, 13216, 16758, 51563, 55577 
 
             Helical spring lock washers from -- 
 
                 China, 60299 
 
                 China, Peoples Republic of, 37328 
 
             Honey from -- 
 
                 China, 20578 
 
             Hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from 
 -- 
 
                 Brazil et al., 56607 
 
                 Japan and Russian Federation, 65750 
 
             Hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from -- 
 
                 Germany, 64235 
 
                 United Kingdom, 18879, 64235 
 
             Industrial belts and components, cured or uncured, from -- 
 
                 Japan, 43139 
 
             Industrial nitrocellulose from -- 
 
                 France, 25828, 49085 
 
                 Germany, 17364, 43372 
 
                 Korea, 16471, 37329, 60302 
 
                 United Kingdom, 7756, 29700, 42366, 60303 
 
             Industrial phosphoric acid from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 25830, 49548, 55087 
 
             Iron construction castings from -- 
 
                 Canada, 36876, 45797, 49687, 50881 
 
             Large newspaper printing presses and components, whether 
 assembled or unassembled, from -- 
 
                 Germany, 70389 
 
             Large power transformers from -- 
 
                 Italy et al., 54441 
 
             Live cattle from -- 
 
                 Canada and Mexico, 71886 
 
             Magnesium, pure, from -- 
 
                 Canada, 26147, 49548, 64042 
 
                 China, 3085 
 
                 Ukraine, 67854 
 
             Manganese metal from -- 
 
                 China, 12440, 60303 
 
             Mechanical transfer presses from -- 
 
                 Japan, 11211, 37331 
 
             Melamine, in crystal form, from -- 
 
                 Japan, 67654 
 
             Melamine institution dinnerware from -- 
 
                 Indonesia, 35910 
 
             Mushrooms, preserved, from -- 
 
                 Chile, 41786, 56613 
 
                 Chile et al., 5360, 16971, 27264 
 
                 China, 41794 
 
                 India, 41789 
 
                 Indonesia, 41783, 46776 
 
             Natural bristle paintbrushes and brush heads from -- 
 
                 China, 12449, 42825 
 
             New steel rail, except light rail, from -- 
 
                 Canada, 43137 
 
             Oil country tubular goods from -- 
 
                 Argentina, 23271, 49089 
 
                 Korea, 4624, 47469, 70389 
 
                 Mexico, 14422, 25449, 48699 
 
             Pasta from -- 
 
                 Italy, 4218, 10590, 14899, 18364, 31735, 38371, 42368, 
 53641, 54672, 68735 
 
                 Turkey, 4218, 31735, 42373, 68429 
 
             Polychloroprene rubber from -- 
 
                 Japan, 67656 
 
             Polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from -- 
 
                 Korea, 3703, 11214, 37334, 38371, 52241, 67455, 67456 
 
             Polyvinyl alcohol from -- 
 
                 Japan, 23722, 32809, 40099 
 
                 Taiwan, 6526, 32810, 38372 
 
             Porcelain-on-steel cookware from -- 
 
                 China, 1434, 4430, 17366, 27261, 27262 
 
                 Mexico, 1430, 27264, 38373, 42001, 43594, 53643 
 
             Potassium permanganate from -- 
 
                 China, 50882 
 
             Preserved mushrooms from -- 
 
                 Chile, 66529 
 
                 China, 72255 
 
                 India, 72246 
 
                 Indonesia, 72268 
 
             Pressure sensitive plastic tape from -- 
 
                 Italy, 33350, 50882 
 
             Professional electric cutting tools from -- 
 
                 Japan, 2965, 6891, 8433, 30706, 54441 
 
             Roller chain, other than bicycle, from -- 
 
                 Japan, 25450, 55090, 63026, 63671, 69262 
 
             Sebacic acid from -- 
 
                 China, 17367, 43373 
 
             Silicon metal from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 6899, 14899, 42001, 60304 
 
                 China, 11654, 37850 
 
             Small business telephone systems and subassemblies from -- 
 
                 Taiwan, 18883 
 
             Small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel 
 standard, line and pressure pipe from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 28357, 37338 
 
                 Germany, 13217, 20579 
 
                 Italy, 31735 
 
             Solid urea from -- 
 
                 Former German Democratic Republic, 7121, 7122, 16471 
 
             Stainless steel bar from -- 
 
                 India, 3536, 13622, 16972, 19712, 58367, 63288 
 
                 Japan, 58366 
 
             Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from -- 
 
                 Taiwan, 13031, 30710, 54108, 67855 
 
             Stainless steel pipe from -- 
 
                 Korea, 6153, 19897 
 
             Stainless steel plate from -- 
 
                 Sweden, 1824, 8434, 10590, 36877, 63706, 67658 
 
             Stainless steel plate in coils from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 59532 
 
                 Belgium et al., 20580, 44840 
 
                 Canada, 59527 
 
                 Canada et al., 70101 
 
                 Italy, 59530 
 
                 Korea, 59535 
 
                 South Africa, 59540 
 
                 Taiwan, 59524, 66785 
 
             Stainless steel plates from -- 
 
                 Sweden, 72283 
 
             Stainless steel round wire from -- 
 
                 Canada et al., 26150, 46999, 64042 
 
             Stainless steel sheet and strip from -- 
 
                 Italy et al., 56909 
 
             Stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from -- 
 
                 France et al., 37521 
 
             Stainless steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 France, 1827, 3704, 30185, 45998 
 
                 Germany, 10847, 13032, 40433 
 
                 India, 5930, 48184 
 
                 Italy, 10831, 40422, 49327 
 
                 Japan, 10854, 14066, 40434, 49328 
 
                 Korea, 10825, 40404, 49331 
 
                 Spain, 10849, 40391, 49330 
 
                 Sweden, 10841, 40449, 49329 
 
                 Taiwan, 10836, 16972, 40461, 49332 
 
             Static random access memory semiconductors from -- 
 
                 Korea, 8934 
 
                 Taiwan, 8909, 18883, 19898, 67456 
 
             Steel concrete reinforcing bar from -- 
 
                 Turkey, 29372, 56910 
 
             Steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 Canada, 9182, 15829 
 
                 Germany, 8953 
 
                 Trinidad and Tobago, 9177 
 
                 Venezuela, 8946, 8948 
 
             Steel wire rope from -- 
 
                 Korea, 17986, 20380, 67662 
 
                 Mexico, 206 
 
             Sulfanilic acid from -- 
 
                 China, 20585, 37528, 63834 
 
             Synthetic methionine from -- 
 
                 Japan, 67665 
 
             Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and 
 unfinished, from -- 
 
                 China, 37339, 41801, 63842, 71447 
 
                 Japan, 2558, 13391, 17815, 20585, 37344, 63860 
 
                 Romania, 11217 
 
             Tapered roller bearings and parts, four inches or less in 
 outside diameter and components from -- 
 
                 Japan, 17815, 37344 
 
             Tapered roller bearings and parts from -- 
 
                 China, 6531 
 
                 Romania, 36390 
 
             Titanium sponge from -- 
 
                 Kazakhstan, 47478 
 
                 Kazakhstan et al., 46215 
 
                 Russian Federation, 47474, 67857 
 
                 Russian Federation et al., 6721, 18885 
 
             Uranium from -- 
 
                 Kazakhstan, 67858 
 
                 Kazakhstan et al., 16973, 53644 
 
                 Russian Federation, 24772, 40879 
 
             Viscose rayon staple fiber from -- 
 
                 Finland, 14680, 32820, 42008 
 
             Welded carbon steel pipe and tube from -- 
 
                 India, 6531, 32825, 39269, 66120 
 
                 Thailand, 16974, 43139, 55578, 65172, 65573 
 
                 Turkey, 6155, 31962, 35190 
 
             Welded non-alloy steel pipe from -- 
 
                 Korea, 32833 
 
             Welded stainless steel pipe from -- 
 
                 Korea, 16979 
 
                 Taiwan, 1437, 13032, 15831, 16982, 34147, 38382 
 
         Antidumping and countervailing duties: 
 
             Administrative review requests, 1820, 3702, 5929, 10002, 
 11868, 13837, 17985, 19286, 20378, 26143, 29370, 31717, 35188, 35909, 
 40258, 42821, 45796, 49543, 51893, 54440, 58009, 60448, 63287, 65748, 
 67646, 71091 
 
             Automatic liquidation regulation for resellers; comment 
 request, 55361, 57657 
 
                 Rebuttal period, 63288 
 
             Butter cookies in tins from -- 
 
                 Denmark, 10822 
 
             Federal Register notices; format modification, 44837 
 
             Five-year (sunset) reviews -- 
 
                 Conduct policies, 18871, 26777, 41227, 46410, 52683 
 
                 Final results and revocations, 56605, 56606, 64677 
 
                 Initiation of reviews, 36389, 58709, 66527 
 
             Hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from -- 
 
                 Germany et al., 24156 
 
         Cheese quota; foreign government subsidies: 
 
             Quarterly update, 16248, 35911, 52242 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee, 
 43905, 55846 
 
             U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee, 51899, 71449 
 
             U.S.-Haiti Business Development Council, 24162, 29975 
 
             U.S.-Korea Committee on Business Cooperation, 18367 
 
             U.S.-South African Business Development Committee, 23420, 
 33052 
 
             U.S.-Turkey Business Development Council, 40473 
 
         Countervailing duties: 
 
             Agricultural tillage tools from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 37532, 52684 
 
             Cold-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products and 
 corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products from -- 
 
                 Korea, 69045 
 
             Cut-to-length carbon steel from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 17990 
 
             Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 48188, 69612 
 
             Elastic rubber tape from -- 
 
                 India, 49549, 58011, 67457 
 
             Extruded rubber thread from -- 
 
                 Indonesia, 23267, 31737, 48191 
 
                 Malaysia, 41544 
 
             Fresh Atlantic salmon from -- 
 
                 Chile, 31437 
 
             Hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from 
 -- 
 
                 Brazil, 56623, 67459 
 
             Hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from -- 
 
                 France, 3539 
 
                 Germany, 64235 
 
                 United Kingdom, 18367, 67459 
 
             Industrial phosphoric acid from -- 
 
                 Israel, 1441, 13626, 20612, 24529, 48193 
 
             Iron-metal castings from -- 
 
                 India, 37534, 64050, 67858 
 
             Live cattle from -- 
 
                 Canada, 71889 
 
             Live swine from -- 
 
                 Canada, 2204, 23723, 47235 
 
             Magnesium, pure and alloy, from -- 
 
                 Canada, 23728 
 
             New steel rail, except light rail, from -- 
 
                 Canada, 43137 
 
             Pasta from -- 
 
                 Italy, 17372, 43905, 46411, 66121 
 
             Pure and alloy magnesium from -- 
 
                 Canada, 45045 
 
             Refrigeration compressors from -- 
 
                 Singapore, 17379, 32849, 42825, 69045 
 
             Stainless steel plate in coils from -- 
 
                 Belgium, 47239 
 
                 Belgium et al., 23272, 31201 
 
                 Italy, 47246 
 
                 Korea, 47253 
 
                 South Africa, 47263 
 
             Stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from -- 
 
                 France, 43140, 63876 
 
                 France et al., 37539 
 
                 Italy, 43140, 63900 
 
                 Korea, 43140, 63884 
 
             Stainless steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 Italy, 809, 40474, 49334 
 
             Steel products from -- 
 
                 France, 1827 
 
             Steel wire rope from -- 
 
                 Thailand, 14423 
 
             Textile mill products from -- 
 
                 Argentina, 7125, 23730 
 
             Viscose rayon staple fiber from -- 
 
                 Sweden, 6534, 33053 
 
             Welded carbon steel pipe and tube and welded carbon steel 
 line pipe from -- 
 
                 Turkey, 18885 
 
             Welded carbon steel pipes and tubes and welded carbon 
 steel line pipe from -- 
 
                 Turkey, 67460 
 
         Critical circumstances determinations; policy change regarding 
 timing of issuance, 55364 
 
         Export trade certificates of review, 2212, 4220, 5780, 6913, 
 8609, 10003, 12784, 17380, 23421, 25201, 25833, 30474, 31738, 33911, 
 35567, 42613, 42614, 43379, 43676, 44420, 44422, 46216, 46999, 48197, 
 49090, 52243, 53013, 60304, 63909, 64061, 65174, 65752, 69264, 69266, 
 71092 
 
         Export Trading Company Affairs Office; Export Yellow Pages; 
 collaboration opportunity, 8610 
 
         Foreign air carriers; exemption from customs duties and taxes; 
 reciprocity findings: 
 
             Indonesia, 32856 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             American business centers in Russia, 1441, 2965 
 
             American business centers in Russia and New Independent 
 States, 39270 
 
             International buyer program; domestic trade shows support 
 (2000 FY), 34362 
 
             Market development cooperator program, 11416 
 
             Special American business internship training program, 
 3540, 15383, 59938 
 
         HEU natural uranium component in United States; delivery 
 procedures, 36391, 54108 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee, 
 19715, 36880, 49091 
 
             Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee, 10190 
 
             President's Export Council, 25460, 29700, 56145 
 
             U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee, 53645 
 
         North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel 
 reviews: 
 
             Brass sheet and strip from -- 
 
                 Canada, 40880 
 
             Cold-reduced flat-rolled steel products of carbon steel 
 from -- 
 
                 Germany et al., 52686 
 
             Cold-rolled and hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
 -- 
 
                 Canada, 54109 
 
             Concrete panels reinforced with fiberglass mesh from -- 
 
                 United States, 55591 
 
             Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from -- 
 
                 Canada, 20380, 33351 
 
             Gray portland cement and clinker from -- 
 
 
                 Mexico, 24163, 71269 
 
             High fructose corn syrup from -- 
 
                 United States, 13033 
 
             Hydrogen peroxide from -- 
 
                 United States, 19715 
 
             Porcelain-on-steel cookware from -- 
 
                 Mexico, 46217 
 
             Prepared baby foods from -- 
 
                 United States, 37092 
 
             Solder joint pressure pipe fittings, etc., from -- 
 
                 United States, 71450 
 
         Overseas air/defense shows; U.S. exhibitors; program support; 
 comment request, 50734 
 
         Overseas trade missions: 
 
             1998 trade missions (June, September, and October); 
 application opportunity, 16472 
 
             Business development mission to Eastern Caribbean, 14423 
 
             Power-GEN Reverse Trade Mission, Atlanta, GA, et al.; 
 application opportunity, 58710 
 
             Secretarial business and commercial development missions 
 to -- 
 
                 Africa, 32856 
 
                 China, 10860 
 
                 Northern Ireland and Ireland, 13393 
 
             Telecommunications and environmental technologies trade 
 missions to Spain and Portugal, 13636 
 
             Textile trade mission to Turkey, 52243, 53645 
 
             Under Secretary's high-technology trade mission to 
 Southeast Asia, 33631 
 
         Scope rulings; list, 6722, 29700, 41545, 59544 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 47000 
 
         Showcase exhibit of exported U.S. products and services at ITA 
 headquarters, 11421, 38154, 71094 
 
         Transition orders; schedule and grouping of five-year reviews, 
 26779, 29372 
 
         U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; joint projects with 
 commercial centers in Brazil, Indonesia, and China, 14424 
 
         Watches and watch movements; allocation of duty-exemptions: 
 
             Virgin Islands, 13033 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             Ames Laboratories, Energy Department, Iowa State 
 University, 65751 
 
             Case Western Reserve University et al., 16984 
 
             Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 8163 
 
             Centers for Disease Control and Prevention et al., 19899 
 
             City College of New York, 4219 
 
             City University of New York, 808 
 
             Cornell University, 808, 40100, 40473, 50211 
 
             Emory University et al., 35911 
 
             Environmental Protection Agency et al., 39072, 53012 
 
             Finch University of Health Sciences, 41227, 48187 
 
             Finch University of Health Sciences et al., 44608, 53013 
 
             Georgia Institute of Technology, 69263 
 
             Georgia Institute of Technology et al., 5503 
 
             Louisiana State University, 59282 
 
             Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 48188 
 
             Montana State University-Bozeman, 37349 
 
             Montana State University-Bozeman et al., 12451 
 
             National Institute of Standards and Technology et al., 
 31736 
 
             National Institutes of Health, 4219 
 
             North Carolina State University, 11655, 33051, 58367 
 
             Ohio State University et al., 19714 
 
             Pennsylvania State University et al., 4219 
 
             Princeton University, 8957 
 
             Princeton University et al., 809 
 
             Purdue University et al., 5504 
 
             Rutgers State University, 40100, 56623 
 
             Rutgers State University et al., 69263 
 
             Stanford University, 33052, 37349, 41228 
 
             Stanford University et al., 27562 
 
             Texas A&M University, 46216 
 
             Texas A&M University et al., 25015 
 
             University of -- 
 
                 California, 20612, 33052, 35911, 36879, 40100, 40101, 
 44609, 54676, 65173, 69264 
 
                 California et al., 11869, 31737 
 
                 Colorado, et al., 71268 
 
                 Hawaii, 65173 
 
                 Illinois, 4220 
 
                 Maryland, 59283 
 
                 Maryland et al., 63292 
 
                 Michigan, 36879 
 
                 Minnesota, 33052, 54676 
 
                 Minnesota et al., 19715 
 
                 Nebraska-Lincoln, 19714 
 
                 Nebraska-Lincoln et al., 5363 
 
                 Pennsylvania et al., 50211 
 
                 Texas at Austin, 27563 
 
                 Texas at Austin et al., 8164, 15831, 37349 
 
                 Texas Health Science Center et al., 50556 
 
                 Vermont, 9198, 19899, 52684 
 
                 Vermont et al., 44840 
 
                 Wisconsin-Madison, 26152 
 
                 Wisconsin-Madison et al., 27563 
 
             Worcester Polytechnic Institute et al., 4220 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 International Trade Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; implementation, 29346 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Import investigations; antidumping and countervailing 
 duties, 30599 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Import investigations; antidumping and countervailing 
 duties; five-year reviews, 3505 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Administrative protective orders; breaches investigation 
 summary, 25064 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7178, 16826, 
 71950 
 
         Import investigations: 
 
             Acesulfame potassium and blends and products containing 
 same, 26208 
 
             Acrylic sheet from -- 
 
                 Japan, 41279 
 
             African trading partners; schedules of commitments 
 examination; general agreement on trade in services, 64274, 68342 
 
             Agricultural tillage tools from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 66561 
 
             Agricultural tractors under 50 power take-off horsepower, 
 53925, 60020 
 
             Ammonium nitrate; comparative analysis of factors 
 affecting global trade, 25069 
 
             Andean Trade Preference Act; effect on U.S. economy and on 
 Andean drug crop eradication; annual report (1997), 26624 
 
             Anhydrous sodium metasilicate from -- 
 
                 France, 52748 
 
             Animal glue from -- 
 
                 Germany, 46469 
 
             APEC sectoral trade liberalization; advice, 15861 
 
             Automotive scissors jacks, 44469 
 
             Barbed wire and barbless wire strand from -- 
 
                 Argentina, 66563 
 
             Barium carbonate from -- 
 
                 Germany et al., 52750 
 
             Bicycle speedometers from -- 
 
                 Japan, 36432 
 
             Brass fire protection products from -- 
 
                 Italy, 58754 
 
             Broad-based consumption tax; implications for U.S. trade 
 and competitiveness, 2413 
 
             Broom corn brooms; efforts of workers and firms in 
 industry to make positive adjustment to import competition, 30254 
 
             Butter cookies in tins from -- 
 
                 Denmark, 7828, 15214 
 
             Calcium hypochlorite from -- 
 
                 Japan, 66565 
 
             Canned Bartlett pears from -- 
 
                 Australia, 36434 
 
             Carbon steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 Argentina, 58756 
 
             Carribean Basin Economic Recovery Act; impact on U.S. 
 industries and consumers; annual report, 26624 
 
             Castor oil products and sebacic acid from -- 
 
                 Brazil and China, 66567 
 
             CD-ROM controllers and products containing same, 9576, 
 26625, 26626 
 
             Chloropicrin from -- 
 
                 China, 58761 
 
             Coated optical waveguide fibers and products containing 
 same, 26626, 39890, 55406 
 
             Compact multipurpose tools, 52287, 70157 
 
             Cotton yarn from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 46471 
 
             Customs rules of origin; international harmonization, 
 10408 
 
             Dense wavelength division multiplexing systems and 
 components, 15887, 41863 
 
             Drams of one megabit and above from -- 
 
                 Taiwan, 58066, 69304 
 
             Elastic rubber tape from -- 
 
                 India, 45255, 55407 
 
             Electrolytic manganese dioxide from -- 
 
                 Greece and Japan, 30254, 43192 
 
             Elemental sulphur from -- 
 
                 Canada, 41280, 64275 
 
             Emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from -- 
 
                 Brazil et al., 17443, 29250, 65219 
 
             EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, and flash microcontroller 
 semiconductor devices and products containing same, 25867, 28522, 
 31230, 37133 
 
             Ethyl alcohol for fuel use from Caribbean Based Initiative 
 (CBI) beneficiary countries -- 
 
                 Base quantity determinations, 71951 
 
             European Union's association agreements with selected 
 Central and Eastern European partners; effects on U.S. trade, 32030, 
 63747 
 
             Extruded rubber thread from -- 
 
                 Indonesia, 17444, 29250, 64276 
 
                 Malaysia, 25069, 35945 
 
             Ferrosilicon from -- 
 
                 Brazil et al., 27747, 40314, 52288, 67917 
 
             Fish netting of manmade fiber from -- 
 
                 Japan, 36436 
 
             Fluid-filled ornamental lamps, 15888 
 
             Fresh Atlantic salmon from -- 
 
                 Chile, 5965, 33092, 40315 
 
             Greige polyester cotton printcloth from -- 
 
                 China, 58763 
 
             Hardware logic emulation systems and components, 12113, 
 18442, 25070, 45862 
 
             Harmonized Tariff Schedule -- 
 
                 Simplification, 10411 
 
             Heavy iron construction castings from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 58758 
 
             High-power microwave amplifiers from -- 
 
                 Japan, 52753 
 
             Hot-rolled steel products from -- 
 
                 Brazil et al., 53926, 65221 
 
             Impression fabric from -- 
 
                 Japan, 46473 
 
             Information technology agreement; advice concerning 
 expansion, 6956 
 
             Integrated circuits and products containing same, SDRAMs, 
 DRAMs, ASICs, RAM-and-logic chips, microprocessors, microcontrollers, 
 processes for manufacturing same, and products containing same, 57707 
 
             Ion trap mass spectrometers and components, 19946 
 
             Iron construction castings from -- 
 
                 Brazil et al., 58758 
 
             Iron metal castings from -- 
 
                 India, 58758 
 
             Lamb meat, 56940 
 
             Large power transformers from -- 
 
                 France et al., 36438 
 
             Lens-fitted film packages, 14474, 32031, 67918 
 
             Live cattle from -- 
 
                 Canada and Mexico, 54156, 56217, 64100, 64277 
 
             Live swine from -- 
 
                 Canada, 66570 
 
             Magnesium from -- 
 
                 Ukraine, 30513 
 
             Mechanical lumbar supports and products containing same, 
 51949 
 
             Melamine from -- 
 
                 Japan, 41282, 63747 
 
             Mushrooms, preserved, from -- 
 
                 Chile et al., 2693, 10411, 44470, 56047 
 
             Orange juice (frozen concentrate) from -- 
 
                 Brazil, 66572 
 
             Organic photo-conductor drums and products containing 
 same, 30513, 49608, 72327 
 
             Pianos; economic and competitive conditions affecting U.S. 
 industry, 69305 
 
             Polychloroprene rubber from -- 
 
                 Japan, 41284, 63748, 69306 
 
             Potassium permanganate from -- 
 
                 China et al., 58765 
 
             Preserved mushrooms from -- 
 
                 Chile, 66575 
 
             Pressure sensitive plastic tape from -- 
 
                 Italy, 46475, 70157 
 
             Prestressed concrete steel wire strand from -- 
 
                 Japan, 46477, 70158 
 
             Products covered by WTO agreement on agriculture; economic 
 trends and barriers to trade, 43193 
 
             Racing plates from -- 
 
                 Canada, 41286 
 
                 Canada et al., 59805 
 
             Railway track maintenance equipment from -- 
 
                 Austria, 46479 
 
             Rare-earth magnets and magnetic materials and articles 
 containing same, 47319 
 
             Rayon staple fiber from -- 
 
                 Finland and Sweden, 46481 
 
             Recombinantly produced hepatitis B vaccines and products 
 containing same, 25869, 49609 
 
             Red raspberries from -- 
 
                 Canada, 66575 
 
             Refrigeration compressors from -- 
 
                 Singapore, 58767 
 
             Remodulating channel selectors and systems containing 
 same, 19273, 48521 
 
             Removable electronic cards and electronic card reader 
 devices and products containing same, 17445, 30256, 39890 
 
             Roller chain from -- 
 
                 Japan, 36440, 56048, 65221 
 
             Rotatable photograph and card display units and 
 components, 3765 
 
             Salinomycin biomass and preparations containing same, 9577 
 
             SDRAMs, DRAMs, ASICs, RAM-and-logic chips, 
 microprocessors, microcontrollers, processes for manufacturing same, 
 and products containing same, 18035 
 
             Semiconductor memory devices and products containing same, 
 51372 
 
             Silicon metal from -- 
 
                 Argentina, Brazil, and China, 39107 
 
                 Argentina et al., 52289 
 
             Small electric motors from -- 
 
                 Japan, 52755 
 
             Sorbitol from -- 
 
                 France, 52757 
 
             Stainless steel plate from -- 
 
                 Belgium et al., 17445, 29251, 67918 
 
                 Sweden, 41288, 63748, 71300 
 
             Stainless steel round wire from -- 
 
                 Canada, et al., 16827, 33393, 66577 
 
             Stainless steel sheet and strip from -- 
 
                 France et al., 33092, 41864 
 
             Stainless steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 Germany et al., 13872, 39891, 49610, 52319 
 
             Static random access memory semiconductors from -- 
 
                 Korea et al., 18443 
 
             Steel jacks from -- 
 
                 Canada, 36442 
 
                 Canada et al., 55407 
 
             Steel wire rod from -- 
 
                 Canada et al., 14475 
 
             Steel wire rope from -- 
 
                 Thailand, 2414, 5816 
 
             Sugar and syrups from -- 
 
                 European Union et al., 52759 
 
             Synthetic methionine from -- 
 
                 Japan, 41290, 63748, 72327 
 
             Telephonic digital added main line systems, components, 
 and products containing same, 11907 
 
             Television receivers from -- 
 
                 Japan et al., 52761, 66570 
 
             Textiles and apparel; annual statistical report, 30258 
 
             Textiles, textile products, and textile mill products from 
 -- 
 
                 Colombia and Thailand, 66578 
 
             Titanium sponge from -- 
 
                 Japan et al., 13873, 43414 
 
             Tomatoes and peppers; monitoring of U.S. imports, 30258 
 
             Trade and investment in services database, 46069 
 
             U.S.-Africa trade flows and effects of Uruguay Round 
 Agreements and U.S. trade and development policy, 13429 
 
             U.S. forest products trade conditions of competition, 
 64101 
 
             U.S. Generalized System of Preferences; modifications, 
 63074 
 
             U.S. merchandise trade shifts in selected 
 industries/commodity areas; annual report, 41865 
 
             U.S. unilateral economic sanctions; overview and analysis, 
 15215 
 
             Video graphics display controllers and products containing 
 same, 40932, 66581 
 
             Wheat gluten, 14476 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 573, 6770, 10245, 12824, 14729, 25233, 
 29024, 33093, 34927, 37907, 44276, 45515, 50926, 51590, 59805, 63075, 
 65222, 67701, 68798 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Law Library; temporary closure, 38422 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 44471 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Actuarial Examinations Advisory Committee, 29690, 55844 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Actuarial Examinations Advisory Committee, 12503, 14894, 
 29690, 49325, 71426 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Judicial Conference of the United States 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: 
 
             Automatic three-year adjustments; dollar amount increase, 
 7179 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on -- 
 
                 Appellate Procedure Rules, 5817, 46069 
 
                 Bankruptcy Procedure Rules, 2263, 5816, 41865, 46069 
 
                 Civil Procedure Rules, 5816, 41865, 46070 
 
                 Criminal Procedure Rules, 5817, 46070 
 
                 Evidence Rules, 5817, 41865, 46070 
 
                 Practice and Procedure Rules, 17446, 53101 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Justice Department 
 
     See Antitrust Division 
 
     See Drug Enforcement Administration 
 
     See Federal Bureau of Investigation 
 
     See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
 
     See Immigration and Naturalization Service 
 
     See Justice Programs Office 
 
     See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office 
 
     See National Institute of Corrections 
 
     See National Institute of Justice 
 
     See Parole Commission 
 
     See Prisons Bureau 
 
     See Victims of Crime Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Federal Acquisition Reform Act, Federal Acquisition 
 Streamlining Act, and National Performance Review recommendations; 
 implementation, 16118 
 
                 Correction, 26738 
 
         Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: 
 
             Accessibility guidelines -- 
 
                 Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular 
 areas, and reflecting pools, 64836 
 
         Criminal intelligence sharing systems; policy clarification, 
 71752 
 
         Executive Office for Immigration Review: 
 
             Aliens who are nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, and 
 former Soviet bloc countries; deportation suspension and removal 
 cancellation; motion to open, 31890 
 
                 Correction, 35117, 36992 
 
             Immigration Appeals Board; en banc decision procedures, 
 31889 
 
         Federal law enforcement officers; authorization to request 
 issuance of search warrants: 
 
             Postal Service, Inspector General Office, 11119 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 29591 
 
             Correction, 34965, 36295, 51401 
 
             Government Printing Office's World Wide Web site; CFR 
 correction, 51300 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Bulletproof vest partnership program, 50759 
 
         National Environmental Policy Act: implementation: 
 
             Prisons Bureau; categorical exclusions, 11120 
 
         National Instant Criminal Background Check System: 
 
             Establishment, privacy and security policies and 
 procedures, and appeals policy for persons denied firearm acquisition, 
 58303 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Attorney General; transfer of offenders to or 
 from foreign countries, 20533 
 
             Executive Office for Immigration Review and Board of 
 Immigration Appeals, 51518 
 
             Inspector General Office, 36846 
 
                 Correction, 40788 
 
         Police Corps eligibility and selection criteria: 
 
             Police recruitment program, 50145 
 
         Privacy Act; implementation, 29591, 65060 
 
             Correction, 34965, 36295, 51401 
 
         Voting Rights Act; implementation: 
 
             Administrative guidelines; voting changes; preclearance 
 procedures, 24108 
 
         Whistleblower protection for FBI employees, 62937 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Federal Acquisition Reform Act, Federal Acquisition 
 Streamlining Act, and National Performance Review recommendations; 
 implementation, 1399 
 
         Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: 
 
             Accessibility guidelines -- 
 
                 Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular 
 areas, and reflecting pools, 29924 
 
         Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act; 
 implementation: 
 
             Significant upgrade or major modification; definition, 
 23231 
 
         Criminal intelligence sharing systems; policy clarification, 
 38765 
 
         Executive Office for Immigration Review: 
 
             Immigration Appeals Board; streamlined appellate review 
 procedure, 49043 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Juvenile accountability incentive block grants program, 
 55069 
 
         National Instant Criminal Background Check System: 
 
             Establishment, 30430 
 
             User fee regulation, 43893 
 
         Privacy Act; implementation, 30429, 68217 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22164, 61908 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 13429, 16274, 19949, 
 23795, 33695, 37133, 47519, 51590, 63493 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2263, 2264, 
 2415, 3002, 4472, 4473, 13430, 13431, 14961, 15430, 16275, 19947, 
 19948, 30020, 31809, 31810, 32896, 41866, 43194, 43414, 45256, 45257, 
 45516, 51591, 52290, 53462, 53697, 55638, 69307 
 
         Americans with Disabilities Act: 
 
             State accessibility codes -- 
 
                 Florida, 31523 
 
                 Maine, 259 
 
         Auto theft and recovery; automobile parts marking program 
 expansion; comment request, 48758 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Global Criminal Justice Information Network Advisory 
 Committee, 60385 
 
             Methamphetamine Interagency Task Force, 1978 
 
         Executive Office for Immigration Review: 
 
             Aliens who are nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, and 
 former Soviet bloc countries; deportation suspension and removal 
 cancellation; motion to reopen, 3154 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Community oriented policing services (COPS) -- 
 
                 COPS making officer redeployment effective program, 
 14476 
 
                 School-based partnerships, 19748, 66816 
 
                 Universal hiring program, 24192, 66815 
 
                 Visiting fellowship program, 37134, 66816 
 
             Immigration related employment discrimination public 
 education programs, 19514 
 
             Small community program, 17211 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Global Criminal Justice Information Network Advisory 
 Committee, 60386 
 
             International Competition Policy Advisory Committee, 8472, 
 43195 
 
             President's Advisory Board on Race, 1875, 4286, 5817, 
 12114, 25071, 26824, 30514 
 
             Violence Against Women National Advisory Council, 26825, 
 60386 
 
         Megan's Law and Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and 
 Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act; implementation guidelines, 
 33696, 69652 
 
         Memorandums of understanding: 
 
             Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, Special 
 Counsel; agreement with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 5518 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Executive Office of Immigration Review -- 
 
                 Office of Clerk; new location, 16572 
 
         Pollution control; consent judgments: 
 
             A. Steiert & Sons, Inc., 3765 
 
             A-1 Battery, Inc., 13071 
 
             Abbott Laboratories et al., 3921 
 
             Aberdeen, MS, et al., 17889 
 
             Acadiana Treatment Systems, Inc., 42874 
 
             Accuventure et al., 28522 
 
             Ace Tank Co. et al., 17212 
 
             Acme Steel Co., 14729 
 
             AES/Ntron, Inc., 68296 
 
             Agway, Inc., et al., 8472 
 
             Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., et al., 59329 
 
             Akzo Coatings, Inc., et al., 40735, 55408 
 
             Akzo Nobel Coatings et al., 57311 
 
             Alcas Cutlery Corp. et al., 5967 
 
             Alexandria Sanitation Authority et al., 57312 
 
             Allegiance Healthcare Corp. et al., 70421 
 
             AlliedSignal Inc. et al., 51373, 64521 
 
             Alpine Aromatics International, Inc., et al., 60021 
 
             American Cyanamid Co., Inc., et al., 2694 
 
             American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 33394 
 
             American Insulated Wire Corp., 31524 
 
             American Recovery Co. et al., 4473, 26627 
 
             Ameritech Corp. et al., 4474 
 
             Amoco Chemical Co., et al., 71951 
 
             AMOCO Oil Co., 20649 
 
             Anamet, Inc., et al., 43723 
 
             Andover Water District, 4474 
 
             ANRFS Holdings, Inc., et al., 63494 
 
             Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. et al., 60022 
 
             ARCO, 66818, 68296 
 
             Arkwright, Inc., 39892 
 
             Armco Inc., 3002 
 
             Armstrong Rubber Co. et al., 29751 
 
             Arrow Transportation Co. of Delaware, Inc., 56218 
 
             ASARCO, Inc., 8473 
 
             ASARCO, Inc., et al., 34927 
 
             Ashland, Inc., 55639 
 
             Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc., 33708 
 
             Atlantic Pipeline Co. et al., 3765 
 
             Atlas Lederer Co. et al., 43724 
 
             Beaunit Corp. et al., 3003 
 
             Beazer East, Inc., 66581 
 
             Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc., et al., 37135 
 
             Bell Petroleum et al., 13072 
 
             Ben Shemper & Sons, Inc., et al., 64521 
 
             Beshara Management et al., 49714 
 
             Bethlehem Structural Products Corp., 2265 
 
             BFX Hospitality Group, Inc., 47039 
 
             Block Island Power Co., Inc., 8473 
 
             Borden Chemicals & Plastics Operating L.P. et al., 18935 
 
             Brickeys Stone, L.L.C., 66818 
 
             Calaveras Cement Co., 55408 
 
             Calderon et al., 37135 
 
             California Transportation Department, 1124 
 
             Campbell Soup Co. et al., 63495 
 
             Caterpillar, Inc., 59330, 66819 
 
             CBS Corp., 68297 
 
             CDMG Realty Co. et al., 68297 
 
             Cello-Foil Prods., Inc., et al., 11308 
 
             Celotex Corp., 42874 
 
             Certain Teed Corp. et al., 20650 
 
             Champion Enterprises, Inc., 16572 
 
             Chester (PA) Residents Concerned for Quality Living et 
 al., 3921 
 
             Chevon Industries Inc., 58769 
 
             Chevron USA, Inc., et al., 29751, 33395 
 
             Chrysler Corp. et al., 64522 
 
             Clark Fork Pend Oreille Coalition et al., 26627 
 
             Clear Lake, IA, 33709 
 
             CMC Heartland Partners et al., 40735 
 
             Coal Valley Mining, Inc., 60022 
 
             Coastal Coal Co., Inc., et al., 55639 
 
             Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co. et al., 50583 
 
             Colorado Organic Chemical Co., Inc., et al., 41591 
 
             Coltec Industries, Inc., et al., 49714 
 
             Commercial Metals, Co. et al., 34928 
 
             Compaction Systems Corp. et al., 64522 
 
             ConAgra, Inc., 55409 
 
             Conner, Jr., John L., et al., 4287 
 
             Consolidation Coal Co. et al., 14729 
 
             Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., et al., 37588 
 
             Cowles Media Co. et al., 8474, 14730, 42874 
 
             Crestwood Development et al., 48760 
 
             Crown Butte Mines, Inc., et al., 35608 
 
             Cummins Engine Co., 59331, 66819 
 
             Curtiss-Wright Corp. et al., 2694 
 
             Cytec Industries, Inc., et al., 58769 
 
             Davis, William, et al., 12503, 17212, 28522, 33395 
 
             Day & Zimmermann Hawthorne Corp. et al., 41592 
 
             Decker Manufacturing Corp., 29752 
 
             Detroit Diesel Corp., 59331, 66819 
 
             Dixie-Narco et al., 39108 
 
             Dow Chemical Co. et al., 17889 
 
             Ekotek, Inc., et al., 12504 
 
             Environmental Conservation & Chemical Co et al., 11693 
 
             Enviropur West Corp., 2265 
 
             Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc., et al., 34928 
 
             Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., 42875 
 
             Excel Corp., 65222 
 
             Exxon Co., U.S.A., 66819 
 
             FAG Bearings Corp., 8474 
 
             Ferex Corp., 17889 
 
             Findett Corp. et al., 11309, 38668, 54157 
 
             Florida Water Services Corp., 17890 
 
             FMC Corp., Inc., 58770, 66582 
 
             Ford Motor Co., 35945 
 
             Fort Lauderdale, FL, et al., 51950 
 
             Foushee, Charles B., Jr., et al., 54157 
 
             Foxley Cattle Co. et al., 26628 
 
             Frame, Lewis, et al., 34928 
 
             Freeman, Joel G., et al., 48760 
 
             Fresno, CA, 11309 
 
             General Diesel, Inc., 34929 
 
             General Motors Corp. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 71951 
 
             General Motors Corp. et al., 65812 
 
             Gerbaz, Dennis, et al., 24193 
 
             Glendale Fuel Oil Corp. et al., 57312 
 
             Guam Power Authority, 63495 
 
             H. Brown Co. et al., 10653 
 
             Hall, William J., 48761, 51374 
 
             Hanlin Group, Inc., et al., 14477 
 
             Harper, Donald V., 43724 
 
             Hastings, NE, et al., 29752 
 
             HBSA Industries, Inc., et al., 3003 
 
             Hillsborough County, FL, et al., 8475 
 
             Hudson Foods, Inc., 29753 
 
             Illinois Tool Works, Inc., et al., 29753 
 
             Imlay City et al., 8475 
 
             J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., 18444 
 
             J.E.M., a Partnership, 33395 
 
             Jacksonville, FL, et al., 29753 
 
             Kauffman & Minteer et al., 37588 
 
             Keystone Sanitation Co., Inc. et al., 35280, 68297 
 
             Kingsford Manufacturing Co., 68298 
 
             Kramer, Helen, et al., 29754 
 
             Kux Manufacturing et al., 31524 
 
             Kysor Industrial Corp. et al., 29755 
 
             Lake Geneva Associates et al., 55409 
 
             Lamb-Weston, Inc., 39108 
 
             Lancaster Battery Co. et al., 17890 
 
             Lang, Sadean, executrix of Donald R. Lang estate, 60022 
 
             Lightman, Jerome, et al., 55410 
 
             Lockheed Martin Corp. et al., 17213 
 
             M.K Moore & Sons, Inc., 43725 
 
             Machnik Bros., Inc., 54158 
 
             Mack Trucks, Inc., 66819 
 
             Mack Trucks, Inc., et al., 59332 
 
             Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, 18935 
 
             Marathon Oil Co., 2694 
 
             McCune, Ray, et al., 18936 
 
             McKinney, TX, et al., 40736 
 
             McLouth Steel Products Corp., 8475 
 
             Metech International, Inc., 10040 
 
             Michigan Transportation Department, 38422 
 
             Midwest Metallics, L.P., et al., 60023 
 
             Milford, NH, 39892 
 
             Monsanto Co. et al., 23473, 31525 
 
             Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., 66582 
 
             Moses Lake, WA, 13072 
 
             Nassau Metals Corp., 17891 
 
             National Steel Corp., 31525 
 
             Navajo Refining Co., 55410 
 
             Navistar International Corp., 59333, 66820 
 
             New York City School Construction Authority et al., 41592 
 
             New York, NY, et al., 31525 
 
             NL Industries et al., 14478 
 
             North American Galvanizing Co. et al., 55410 
 
             North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 68298 
 
             Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, 43725 
 
             North Landing Line Construction Co. et al., 14478 
 
             North Miami, FL, 38422 
 
             North Vernon, IN, 8476 
 
             Northwest Development Co., 19749 
 
             Occidental Chemical Corp. et al., 55411 
 
             Odabashian, Robert, et al., 37136 
 
             Ohio Power Co., 64523 
 
             Oswego County, NY, et al., 38423 
 
             Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc., et al., 47040 
 
             Pacific Mechanical Insulators Inc. et al., 60023 
 
             Penn Hills, PA, 37136 
 
             Petoskey Manufacturing Co., 64278 
 
             Pfizer, Inc., 72328 
 
             PO Corp., 26825 
 
             Portsmouth, NH, et al., 64279 
 
             Port Yacht Basin, 41592 
 
             Pottstown, PA, 11309 
 
             Prochnow, Marvin E., et al., 17213 
 
             Pro-Tec Coatings Co., 71952 
 
             R.C. Dick Geothermal Corp. et al., 7180 
 
             Rail Services, Inc., 15431 
 
             Refined Metals Corp., 39892 
 
             Reichelt, 66582 
 
             Reilly Industries, Inc., 38423, 51951 
 
             Reynolds, 35946 
 
             Reynolds Metals Co. et al., 13073 
 
             Riehl, Ralph, Jr., et al., 51951 
 
             Rockford, IL, 5967, 9261, 64280 
 
             Rohm & Haas Co., Inc., et al., 71952 
 
             Rolla, MO, et al., 64522 
 
             Rueth Development Co. et al., 60024 
 
             Russell Martin Bliss et al., 66583 
 
             Ryder's Cove Board Yard, 15431 
 
             Safety Light Corp. et al., 49925 
 
             San Francisco, CA, et al., 3766 
 
             San Luis Obispo County, CA, 60024 
 
             Selleck, Inc., et al., 33396 
 
             Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans et al., 26825 
 
             Shane, Harold, et al., 9262, 48761 
 
             Shell Oil Co. et al., 52291 
 
             Southington, CT, et al., 14730, 23473 
 
             SS Cape Mohican, 40737 
 
             St. Julian Corp. et al., 11693 
 
             Standard Detroit Paint Co., 43957 
 
             Stone Container Corp., 14731 
 
             Sunbeam Outdoor Products, 20650 
 
             Taylor, J.M., estate, et al., 50583 
 
             Terra International, Inc., et al., 40736 
 
             Texaco Pipeline, Inc., et al., 26628 
 
             Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., 17891 
 
             TMG Enterprises, Inc., et al., 1124 
 
             Total Petroleum, Inc., 23474 
 
             Trinity Industries, Inc., et al., 16573 
 
             Union Oil Co., 19750 
 
             United Technologies Automotive Systems, Inc., et al., 
 64523 
 
             University of Notre Dame Du Lac, 4474 
 
             Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund, Inc., et al., 39893 
 
             USS/KOBE Steel Co., 54158 
 
             USX Corp., 111, 49926 
 
             USX Corp. et al., 64524 
 
             Vafadari, Rudi R., et al., 38193 
 
             Volvo Truck Corp., 59334, 66820 
 
             W.R. Grace & Co., 27586, 38668 
 
             Washington State et al., 43725 
 
             Wayne County, MI, et al., 52763 
 
             Weirton, WV, et al., 37589 
 
             Wells Cargo, Inc., 39893 
 
             Western Processing Co. et al., 31526 
 
             Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1125 
 
             White Consolidated Industries, Inc., et al., 40541 
 
             Wisconsin Central Limited et al., 70421 
 
             Young, Jane A., et al., 17891 
 
             Young Refining Co., 3921 
 
             Yules, Sarah, 40541 
 
             Zeneca Inc., 46237 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 2695, 3346, 3349, 8659, 20651, 30514, 
 63075, 65223, 68299, 70159 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Boards; membership, 34929 
 
         Superfund program: 
 
             Prospective purchaser agreements -- 
 
                 Hayden Ranch, CO, 14731 
 
                 Libby Groundwater Site, MT, 50255 
 
 
 
 
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 Justice Programs Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 3922, 13271, 18936, 
 18937, 25080, 26208, 26629, 27592, 27593, 30020, 37412, 47041, 50926, 
 52296, 53101, 53464, 57709, 59577, 64285, 66835 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1875, 10044, 
 12827, 14732, 17892, 18227, 20427, 32031, 41593, 44284, 46484, 50585, 
 50927, 51374, 51603, 51604, 64102, 68474, 69081 
 
             Submitted for OMB approval; comment request, 66201 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Criminal justice problems facing local communities; 
 innovative solutions; concept papers, 24572 
 
             Federal justice statistics program; continuation, 3923 
 
             National criminal history improvement program, 29025 
 
             Program plan, 3155 
 
             Public housing; building safer communities through locally 
 initiated research partnerships, 2416 
 
             Sex offenders; national sex offender registry assistance 
 program, 14964 
 
             State and local preparedness; equipment support program, 
 38424 
 
             State criminal alien assistance program, 5405 
 
             Victim sensitive family group conferencing in school 
 settings, 15888 
 
             Victims of Crime Act; evaluation of State compensation and 
 assistance programs, 2416 
 
             Violent offender incarceration/truth-in-sentencing 
 incentive program technical assistance and training, 43422 
 
             Watch Your Car (national voluntary motor vehicle theft 
 prevention program), 7485 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Future of DNA Evidence National Commission, 9578 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             Prison industry enhancement certification program; 
 guideline, 36710 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 18937 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Combating underage drinking program, 30021 
 
             Comprehensive program plan (1998 FY) -- 
 
                 Discretionary program announcements and application 
 kit, 33126 
 
                 Program activities, 6338 
 
             Drug-free communities support program, 16360 
 
             Drug prevention program, 67136 
 
             Juvenile accountability incentive block grants program, 
 30021 
 
             Juvenile mentoring program, 30022 
 
             Missing and exploited children's program, 8538, 30022 
 
             Nonparticipating State program -- 
 
                 Kentucky, 44637 
 
                 South Dakota, 44648 
 
                 Wyoming, 44643 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Coalition for Juvenile Justice, 44285 
 
             Coordinating Council, 3350, 43196, 65614 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 Labor Department 
 
     See Employment and Training Administration 
 
     See Employment Standards Administration 
 
     See Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office 
 
     See Labor-Management Standards Office 
 
     See Labor Statistics Bureau 
 
     See Mine Safety and Health Administration 
 
     See Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
 
     See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration 
 
     See Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant 
 Secretary 
 
     See Wage and Hour Division 
 
     See Workers' Compensation Programs Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Federal employee protection (``whistleblower'') statutes; 
 discrimination complaints handling procedures, 6614 
 
         Nationwide employment statistics system; election process for 
 State agency representatives for consultations with Labor Department, 
 70260 
 
         Privacy Act; implementation, 56740 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Programs and activities receiving Federal financial 
 assistance; nondiscrimination based on age, 71714 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22218, 61968 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 112, 7183, 20214, 
 35610, 38674, 40319, 52297, 66583 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1508, 2695, 
 4287, 4672, 10413, 11695, 13689, 14969, 15439, 16573, 18228, 20653, 
 27593, 28000, 29033, 30776, 31231, 32247, 32897, 34493, 34664, 35610, 
 36445, 37412, 38427, 39905, 40933, 41594, 41867, 42878, 44475, 45093, 
 47323, 50585, 52300, 53702, 53930, 55145, 56224, 59806, 60024, 63496, 
 64736, 67136, 69675, 70794, 71505 
 
         Apparel imported into United States; production working 
 conditions; reporting methodology development; information request, 
 46072 
 
         Burma; forced labor practices; hearings, 2266 
 
         Child labor in foreign countries, reduction; hearings, 1125 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Business Research Advisory Council, 7183 
 
             Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory 
 Council, 39597, 50586, 54734 
 
             Labor Research Advisory Council, 14969 
 
             School-to-Work Opportunities Advisory Council, 59776 
 
             Veterans' Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 
 50255 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Polish university post-graduate masters-level IR-HRM 
 degree program, 9263 
 
             Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act 
 -- 
 
                 Demonstration program, 35955 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Business Research Advisory Council, 14970 
 
             North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National 
 Advisory Committee, 1509, 8210, 18229, 71655 
 
             Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with 
 Disabilities, 64971 
 
             President's Committee on International Labor Organization, 
 25234 
 
             School-to-Work Opportunities Advisory Council, 59776 
 
             Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy Labor Advisory 
 Committee, 5819, 10044, 16278, 24194, 36446, 63078 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1979 
 
         Memorandum of Understanding: 
 
             Coordination of Equal Employment Opportunity programs, 
 68764 
 
         Memorandums: 
 
             Participation by OSHA personnel in State plan enforcement 
 litigation, 35611 
 
         National women veterans original art design search, 47094 
 
         North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation: 
 
             International Brotherhood of Teamsters et al.; submission 
 9803 review, 71162 
 
             Mexico -- 
 
                 Workers at export processing (maquiladora) plant; 
 freedom of association issues; submission 9702 hearing, 2266, 5820 
 
                 Workers at ITAPSA export processing plant in Ciudad de 
 los Reyes; freedom of association issues, etc.; Submission No. 9703 
 hearing, 5820, 8690 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, 66584 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Pension and Welfare Benefits, 
 59338, 71506 
 
             Chief Financial Officer, 18229 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 2417, 25234 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 58067 
 
 
 
 
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 Labor-Management Standards Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Labor-management programs and labor-management standards 
 -- 
 
                 Federal sector labor organizations; conduct standards; 
 technical amendments, 33778, 46887 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Labor Statistics Bureau 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 8480, 9266, 9310, 
 32250, 36448, 36449, 38676, 43731, 44959, 46485, 58069 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Business Research Advisory Council, 50255 
 
             Labor Research Advisory Council, 23475, 64527 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Land Management Bureau 
 
     RULES 
 
         Alaska Native claims selection: 
 
             Sealaska Corp., 71342 
 
         Forest management: 
 
             Sustained-yield forest units; Oregon and California 
 Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, OR; 
 administration, 13130 
 
         Geothermal resources leasing and operations; CFR parts 
 consolidation, etc., 52356 
 
         Land resource management: 
 
             Disposition; occupancy and use -- 
 
                 Alaska occupancy and use; homestead settlement subpart 
 removed; CFR correction, 51303 
 
             Disposition; sales -- 
 
                 Special areas; State irrigation districts; CFR part 
 removed, 52185 
 
             Land exchanges; streamlining and CFR parts removal, 52615 
 
             National forest exchanges, 23680 
 
         Minerals management: 
 
             Mineral resources information; public availability, 52946 
 
             Oil and gas leasing -- 
 
                 Helium contracts, 40175, 66760 
 
         Range management: 
 
             Grazing administration -- 
 
                 Alaska; livestock, 51853 
 
                 Alaska; reindeer, 55548 
 
             Wild horse and burro adoptions; power of attorney use 
 disallowed, 18338 
 
         Recreation programs: 
 
             Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, AZ and UT; 
 visitor rules, 6075 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Land resource management: 
 
             Withdrawals -- 
 
                 Alaska; National Petroleum Reserve; obsolete 
 regulations removal; withdrawn, 3531 
 
         Minerals management: 
 
             Oil and gas leasing -- 
 
                 Federal oil and gas resources; protection against 
 drainage by operations on nearby lands that would result in lower 
 royalties from Federal leases, 1936, 9171, 66776 
 
                 Performance standards in lieu of current prescriptive 
 requirements, 66840 
 
         Range management: 
 
             Grazing administration -- 
 
                 Alaska; livestock, 13608 
 
         State grants: 
 
             Alaska; withdrawn, 14874 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 1871, 3343, 6201, 
 9857, 10649, 17013, 24188, 25229, 26206, 26820, 32893, 33385, 34472, 
 34918, 36708, 40305, 56041 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2409, 13681, 
 17208, 25230, 31227, 36935, 36936, 40541, 41271, 41272, 42057, 42058, 
 46798, 47516, 48753, 51090, 53692, 71150 
 
         Alaska Native claims selection: 
 
             Afognak Native Corp., 32240 
 
             Bering Straits Native Corp., 36427, 39885 
 
             Calista Corp., 49608, 49708, 51949, 53693, 63489 
 
             Chugach Alaska Corp., 34473, 41862, 57135 
 
             Doyon, Ltd., 25519, 35606 
 
             Eyak Corp., 55402, 63071 
 
             Iqfijouaq Co., 1977 
 
             Klawock-Heenya Corp., 23794 
 
             Koniag, Inc., Regional Native Corp., 39591, 47035, 47517, 
 53693 
 
             Levelock Natives Ltd., 42868 
 
             Sealaska Corp., 40306, 56938, 67492, 71946 
 
             Sitnasuak Native Corp., 39106, 50579 
 
             Tanacross Inc., 4277 
 
             Tihteet' Aii, Inc., 23472 
 
         Automated land and mineral records system; temporary 
 unavailability of automated records; Arizona, 51090 
 
         Classification of public lands: 
 
             California, 10036, 47035, 48753 
 
             Colorado, 48754 
 
             Idaho, 12500 
 
             Nevada, 47517 
 
             Oregon, 49366, 53093 
 
             Utah, 37407 
 
         Closure of public lands: 
 
             Alaska, 54725 
 
             Arizona, 6951, 13067, 33947, 70415 
 
             California, 107, 2997, 4467, 8209, 13067, 42059, 48519, 
 59574 
 
             Colorado, 34193, 37131, 54153 
 
             Idaho, 107, 251 
 
             Montana, 9860, 36258, 44635 
 
             Nevada, 9858, 9859, 20212, 26207, 30773, 32240, 36428, 
 42430, 42642, 42869, 44921, 49133, 63942, 65807, 65808, 70792 
 
             New Mexico, 8471, 19936, 34661 
 
             Oregon, 25519, 28407, 28408, 34919, 53925, 56042, 58749, 
 64969, 66561, 71498 
 
             Utah, 37587, 42869, 51092, 51094 
 
             Washington, 39591 
 
         Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.: 
 
             Colorado, 9011, 9012, 14728, 17440, 32241, 63489, 64272, 
 71498 
 
             Montana, 9012, 13067, 18932, 42059, 64099 
 
             North Dakota, 41586, 45854 
 
             Utah, 13068, 18209 
 
             Wyoming, 15211, 19936, 27745, 42059, 45512, 56217 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Arizona, Montana, and New Mexico Resource Advisory 
 Councils, 32893 
 
             Butte Resource Advisory Council, 64519 
 
             California Desert District Advisory Council, 38420 
 
             Front Range Resource Advisory Council, 32025 
 
             Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory 
 Committee, 27101 
 
             National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 
 Advisory Board, 51949 
 
             Resource Advisory Councils, 13870 
 
             San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory 
 Committee, 25230 
 
         Dinosaur tracks discovery; Bighorn Basin Resource Area, WY; 
 management needs and issues, 13069 
 
         Disclaimer of interest applications: 
 
             Colorado, 48755 
 
             Michigan, 40729, 48243 
 
             Nevada, 1121, 69301 
 
         Environmental concern; designation of critical areas: 
 
             Folsom Resource Area, CA, 24189, 49955 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             ASARCO Inc.; Ray land exchange, 57135 
 
             Ashley and Uinta National Forests, UT; oil and gas 
 leasing, 2409 
 
             Beaty Butte Allotment, OR, 30773 
 
             Black Rock Desert, NV; Sonoma-Gerlach and Paradise-Denio 
 management framework plan, 54154 
 
             California Desert Conservation Area, CA -- 
 
                 Grazing allotments management, 70416 
 
             Carbon County, MT, et al., 52742 
 
             Cedar City District, UT, 3911, 6952 
 
             Dos Pobres/San Juan Project, AZ, 51091, 65809, 71299 
 
             Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area, AZ; 
 management plan, 7177 
 
             Glenwood Springs Resource Area, CO; oil and gas 
 development, 33385 
 
             Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc., MT; mine life extension, 
 etc., 20419 
 
             Golden Valley Electric Association Northern Intertie 
 Project, AK, 573, 32894, 50254 
 
             Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 7820, 
 63327 
 
             Green River Resource Area, WY, 37407 
 
             Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, OR; jurisdictional 
 land exchange, 36428 
 
             Hualapai Mountains, AZ; land exchange, 23794 
 
             Imperial Project gold mining processing operation, CA, 
 10651 
 
             Interior Columbia Basin ecosystem management project, OR 
 et al., 3533, 13619 
 
             Judith-Valley-Phillips Resource Areas, MT, 25520 
 
             Leach facility expansion project, AZ, 34919 
 
             Mesa County, CO; Plateau Creek pipeline replacement 
 project, 10237 
 
             Mosquito Creek Lake project, OH, 18438, 55636 
 
             National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; integrated activity 
 plan, 4277 
 
             Navy Fallon Range Training Complex, NV, 70416 
 
             Newcastle Resource Area, WY, 24568 
 
             Newmont Gold Corp.'s Trenton Canyon Project, NV, 42431, 
 59803 
 
             Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; integrated 
 activity plan, 17887, 42431 
 
             Northeast Oregon assembled land exchange, 25231 
 
             Olinghouse Mine Project, NV, 8658 
 
             Paradise-Denio and Sonoma-Gerlach management framework 
 plans, NV, 8471, 55888 
 
             Pelican Lake/Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Diamond 
 Mountain Resource Area, UT, 12819, 13458 
 
             Phoenix Resource Area, AZ, 32241, 40307 
 
             Plateau Creek Pipeline Replacement Project, CO, 30773, 
 32242 
 
             Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, WY; coal 
 lease applications, 7476 
 
             Rangeland health standards and grazing management 
 guidelines -- 
 
                 California et al., 27102, 30249 
 
             Salt Lake District, UT; fire management plan, 32679 
 
             Shirley Mountain Planning Review Area, Carbon County, WY, 
 2258, 28515 
 
             Southeast Oregon; resource management plan, 56660 
 
             Squirrel River, AK; national wild and scenic river 
 designation, 10037 
 
             St. Johns, AZ, carbon dioxide project, AZ and NM, 53094 
 
             Sublette County, WY; Jonah Field II natural gas project, 
 10237 
 
             TransColorado Gas Transmission Co. pipeline project, CO 
 and NM, 3584, 5400, 6767, 20420, 32025 
 
             Trenton Canyon Mine Project, NV, 7477 
 
             Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, CA; land management 
 strategies, 3000 
 
             White Canyon Area, AZ, 20421 
 
             White Mountains National Recreation Area; designated off- 
 road vehicle use, 70416 
 
             Wild and Scenic John Day River and related resource 
 management plans, 72323 
 
             Wolford Mountain Reservior, CO, 33386 
 
             Yarnell Mining Project, Yavapai County, AZ, 34193, 44636 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Apache County, AZ and Catron County, NM; St. Johns carbon 
 dioxide and helium project, 60016 
 
             Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., Betze Project, NV, 3344 
 
             Big Dry Resource Area, MT, 30016 
 
             Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area, NM; oil and gas 
 development, 3911 
 
             Butte District, Headwaters Resource Area; North Belts 
 Travel Plan/Magpie-Confederate Vegetation Restoration Project, 9575 
 
             California Desert Conservation Area, CA -- 
 
                 El Centro Resource Area, CDD, 16272 
 
                 Grazing allotments management, 49133, 55888 
 
             Campbell County et al., WY; Antelope Coal Co. lease 
 application, 33386 
 
             Campbell County, WY; coalbed methane development projects, 
 4467 
 
             Carbon County et al., UT; national gas development, 5569 
 
             Caribou County, ID; Dry Valley Phosphate Mine expansion, 
 20422 
 
             Colorado Sodium Products Development Project, CO, 32679 
 
             Farmington Field Office et al., NM; riparian habitat 
 management plans, 58414 
 
             Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT; 
 management framework plan; forage reallocations, 54726 
 
             Great Divide Resource Area et al., WY; helicopter and 
 motor vehicle use in wild horse management operations, 3345 
 
             Imperial County, CA; Newmont Gold Co. mesquite mine, 71499 
 
             Judith-Valley-Phillips Resource Area, MT, 19272 
 
             Lockhart Basin, UT; resource use and protection; comment 
 request, 2998 
 
             Madison and Beaverhead County, MT; oil and gas management 
 framework plan, 69645 
 
             Molycorp Mountain Pass Mine, CA; 30-year expansion and 
 waste management plan, 4468 
 
             Northern spotted owl; habitat management for National 
 Forests and BLM districts, 65167 
 
             Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Field Development Project, 
 WY, 37903 
 
             Rayrock Mines, Inc., NV; expansion project, 44921, 46232 
 
             San Bernadino County, CA; desert tortoise and Mohave 
 ground squirrel, 71940 
 
             San Juan Resource Area et al., UT, 58749 
 
             Silver Bow and Jefferson Counties, MT, management plans, 
 35903 
 
             South Coast Resource Area, CA, 13681 
 
             Tonopah Resource Area, NV, 6952 
 
             Vermillion management framework plan, UT, 53460 
 
         Fire management and suppression activities: 
 
             Montana et al, 54154 
 
             Oregon and Washington, 5569 
 
             Wyoming, 53460 
 
         Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, CA; planning initiation, 
 29746 
 
         Jack Morrow Hills Area, WY; coordinated activity plan, 5963 
 
         Management framework plans, etc.: 
 
             Alaska, 28408 
 
             California, 5814, 32242 
 
             Nevada, 107, 16820, 23297 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Bravo-20 Bombing Range, NV; withdrawal, 32242 
 
             California Desert District Advisory Council, 4277, 24823, 
 51092 
 
             El Centro Field Office, CA; wilderness management; 
 planning initiation, 26621 
 
             Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory 
 Committee, 19937 
 
             Helicopter and motorized vehicle use while gathering wild 
 horses and burros, 19744 
 
             Iditarod Advisory Council, 15428, 37587, 49709, 56662 
 
             National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 
 Advisory Board, 5570, 9251, 29246, 43411 
 
             National Petroleum Reserve, AK; oil and gas development in 
 Northeast Planning Area; raptor impact workshop, 71946 
 
             Northern and Eastern Mojave planning effort; workshops, 
 43716 
 
             Oregon; wild horse gathering; helicopter use, 48244 
 
             Public land and resource management, improvement by 
 science use, 2411 
 
             Resource advisory councils -- 
 
                 Alaska, 6954, 15428, 45253, 63490 
 
                 Arizona, 7822, 17209, 31228, 42642, 53925, 70417 
 
                 Butte District, 2999, 18209, 33388, 63490 
 
                 Butte District et al., 42432 
 
                 Central California, 26821, 40932, 58062 
 
                 Colorado, 7823 
 
                 Dakotas District, 20423, 63490 
 
                 Eastern Washington, 3912, 14472, 32029, 34473, 41587, 
 53094 
 
                 Front Range, 34920, 59803 
 
                 John Day-Snake, 2690, 18933, 37131, 47036, 51092, 
 54154, 55889 
 
                 Lewistown District, 1122, 20423 
 
                 Lower Snake River District, 2690, 6201, 17209, 39592, 
 55888, 71499 
 
                 Miles City District, 2998, 16569, 68787 
 
                 Mojave-Southern Great Basin, 3585, 12500, 38420, 70418 
 
                 New Mexico, 2410, 3585, 16272, 32243, 45854, 55636, 
 68292 
 
                 Northeast California, 2998, 20423, 37131, 66195 
 
                 Northeastern Great Basin, 251, 6767, 16569, 47317, 
 71499 
 
                 Northeastern Great Basin et al., 49923 
 
                 Northwest California, 7822, 24189, 46068, 67914 
 
                 Northwest Colorado, 3585, 20424, 34920, 46802, 56662, 
 68787 
 
                 Sierra Front/Northwest Great Basin, 10937, 36428, 
 70793 
 
                 Southeast Oregon, 14957, 28408, 32680, 37131, 46067, 
 56042, 59803 
 
                 Southwest, 5571, 20424, 30249, 39885, 46068, 54726, 
 68787 
 
                 Upper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater Districts, 2690, 
 26822, 51367 
 
                 Upper Snake River District, 5964, 45253, 57309 
 
                 Utah, 1872, 11907, 30249, 33388, 37410, 54726 
 
             Science Advisory Board, 19272, 47036 
 
             Southeast New Mexico Playa Lakes Coordinating Committee, 
 46803 
 
             Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, 3761, 15857, 33388, 
 54485, 71151 
 
         Minerals management: 
 
             Beaver County, OK; Federal spacing unit for fractional 
 section, 4664 
 
         Motor vehicle use restrictions: 
 
             California, 15429, 56938, 64969 
 
             Idaho, 12500, 30774 
 
             Montana, 42061 
 
             Wyoming, 35940 
 
         National Wild and Scenic River System: 
 
             Gulkana River, AK; limits of acceptable change, 53461 
 
             Land use restrictions -- 
 
                 Trinity, North Fork Trinity, and Klamath Rivers, CA, 
 6201 
 
         Oil and gas leases: 
 
             Alabama, 49709 
 
             Mississippi, 45855, 48244 
 
             Montana, 252, 34921 
 
             New Mexico, 108, 11306, 12501 
 
             North Dakota, 15212 
 
             Oklahoma, 34921 
 
             Utah, 7823, 14473, 19273, 25520, 30774 
 
             Wyoming, 1122, 7478, 10651, 14958, 17441, 18933, 28409, 
 30774, 33694, 36258, 36259, 39106, 39592, 44922, 54487, 68293, 69645 
 
         Opening of public lands: 
 
             Arizona, 39106 
 
             California, 13682, 31518, 43411, 43412, 45855 
 
             Idaho, 11306, 13070, 20424, 55138 
 
             Nevada, 30017, 38421, 50922 
 
             Wyoming, 15213, 63491, 66196 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Montana/Dakotas; office reorganization and name change, 
 55402 
 
             Nevada State Office, NV; move location and date, 10037, 
 10938 
 
         Protraction diagrams: 
 
             Arizona, 58062 
 
         Public land orders: 
 
             Alabama, 58064 
 
             Alaska, 7177, 7478, 7823, 28516, 30511, 45856, 49709, 
 58064, 69079 
 
             Arizona, 7824, 11307, 32894, 45856, 69646 
 
             California, 2259, 6579, 30250, 35941, 46466 
 
             Colorado, 17014, 27316, 36259, 71500 
 
             Idaho, 109, 17014, 49710, 51368, 58064 
 
             Michigan, 42061, 69646 
 
             Montana, 33091, 34921, 45856, 58750 
 
             Nevada, 40307, 41272 
 
             New Mexico, 58065 
 
             Oklahoma, 45857 
 
             Oregon, 109, 2260, 10938, 13069, 19744, 19745, 24189, 
 25231, 29426, 30774, 35941, 41587, 41862, 45857, 45858, 49710 
 
             Utah, 1495, 30017 
 
             Washington, 2261, 8472, 29424, 35941, 41863, 45860 
 
             Wyoming, 7178, 7824, 9012, 10651, 28516, 29246, 29427, 
 33389, 59804 
 
         Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.: 
 
             Alaska, 10938, 32243, 33390, 51093 
 
             Arizona, 6768, 14729, 16821, 20425, 24190, 29746, 34474, 
 35278, 36429, 39885, 45860, 47036, 65809, 72324 
 
             California, 2999, 11307, 20643, 25520, 33694, 47037, 
 51093, 64520, 65810 
 
             Colorado, 26822, 34921, 41273, 42061, 43412, 71152 
 
             Florida, 16570 
 
             Idaho, 2411, 19937, 43413, 48755, 53693, 54486, 55403, 
 59842, 66813, 71152 
 
             Montana, 46232, 48245, 49366, 68293 
 
             Nevada, 109, 1122, 3586, 7479, 10037, 10406, 12820, 14131, 
 16821, 18933, 18934, 26822, 28409, 30511, 32680, 33947, 35278, 36935, 
 37410, 38421, 42062, 44922, 45090, 50255, 55889, 58751, 68471, 70418 
 
             New Mexico, 4470, 27586, 29247, 34661, 68788 
 
             Oregon, 2690, 3762, 9013, 9014, 14473, 42062, 45090, 
 70419, 71500, 71947 
 
             Utah, 6579, 6954, 15858, 24190, 50580 
 
             Wisconsin, 41273 
 
             Wyoming, 18439, 20643, 26207, 29247, 43954, 56662, 64969, 
 65215 
 
         Recreation management restrictions, etc.: 
 
             Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark/Area of Critical 
 Environmental Concern, CA; supplementary rules, 42063 
 
             Arizona -- 
 
                 Prohibition of possession/consumption of alcoholic 
 beverages by persons under age 21 on public lands, 43716 
 
                 Recreational mineral collection; supplmentary rules, 
 108 
 
             Black Rock Desert, NV; issuance of special recreation 
 permit in attempt to break land speed record, 24190 
 
             BLM-administered lands, UT; certified noxious weed-free 
 hay, straw, or mulch use, 6579, 50923 
 
             California Desert District, CA; camping fee areas on 
 public lands; supplementary rule, 69646 
 
             Crossroads and Empire Landing Campgrounds, Colorado River, 
 CA; overnight camping and day use; supplementary rules, 27316 
 
             Deschutes National Wild and Scenic River Area, OR; 
 prohibited acts, 40730 
 
             Dunes Vista Long Term Visitor Area, CA; elimination, 36937 
 
             El Centro Resource Area, CA; Table Mountain Area of 
 Environmental Concern; target shooting prohibition, 2999 
 
             Glenwood Springs Resource Area, CO; occupancy and use 
 restrictions, 39592 
 
             Gulkana National Wild River, AK; moratorium on new 
 commercial operations, 52744 
 
             Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, CA -- 
 
                 Parking/camping restrictions; supplementary rule, 2261 
 
                 Planning effort initiation, 36937 
 
             Indian Creek Canyon Corridor, San Juan Resource Area, UT, 
 110 
 
             Indian Kitchen archaeological site, AZ; discharge of 
 firearms, etc., prohibited; supplementary rules, 13070 
 
             Kaweah River, North Fork, CA; temporary regulations, 48756 
 
             Lake Havasu, AZ and CA; boat-access shoreline campsites; 
 fees and supplementary rules, 27995 
 
             Lakeview District, Klamath Falls Resource Area, OR; 
 prohibited acts, 32243, 32244 
 
             Loon Lake Recreation Area, OR; camping limits; 
 suplementary rules, 9858 
 
             Mill Creek Canyon, UT; moratorium on issuance of new 
 comercial permits and rights-of-way, 36259 
 
             Prineville District, OR -- 
 
                 Motor vehicle, firearm, and alocohol retrictions, 
 45861 
 
                 Shooting restrictions, 2691 
 
             Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge, CO; visitor use, 48757 
 
             Salem District, OR -- 
 
                 Land and water surfaces; prohibited acts; 
 supplementary rules, 29748 
 
                 National Wild and Scenic Rivers; prohibited acts, 
 29747 
 
             Shasta County, CA -- 
 
                 Camping and campfires prohibition, 60017 
 
                 Reading Island Recreation Site; hours establishment, 
 60017 
 
             South Yuba River, Hoyt's Crossing, CA; supplementary 
 rules, 19508, 35942 
 
             Yuma Field Office, AZ, and California Desert District, CA; 
 Long-Term Visitor Area Program; supplementary rules, 39593 
 
         Resource management plans, etc.: 
 
             Alturas Resource Area, CA, 55890 
 
             Arizona Strip Resource Area, AZ, 10238, 39886 
 
             Book Cliffs Resource Area, UT, 3586 
 
             California Desert Conservation Area, CA, 16822 
 
             Carlsbad Resource Area et al., NM, 9251 
 
             Challis Resource Area, ID, 68294 
 
             Cibola-Trigo Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Area, 
 AZ, 47037 
 
             Dixie Resource Area, UT, 7824, 49711 
 
             Dona Ana County, NM, 67700 
 
             Farmington District, NM, 18209, 23472, 33391 
 
             Glenwood Springs Resource Area, CO, 13068 
 
             Grand Junction Resource Area, CO, 34922 
 
             Judith-Valley-Phillips and West HiLine Resource Areas, MT, 
 25521 
 
             Kingman Resource Area, AZ, 10038 
 
             Las Vegas Resource Area, NV, 28410 
 
             Otero and Sierra Counties, NM, 55404 
 
             Pocatello Resource Area, ID, 44270 
 
             Roswell Resource Area et al., NM, 1123 
 
             Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Medford, and Coos Bay Districts 
 and Klamath Falls Resource Area, OR; evaluation, 2691 
 
             Snake River Resource Area, ID, 59575 
 
             Socorro Resource Area, NM, 10039 
 
             Taos Field Office, NM, and San Luis Resource Area, CO, 
 43717, 50924 
 
             Two Rivers Resource Area, OR, 16570 
 
             White River Resource Area, CO, 46803 
 
             Whitetail/Pipestone Management Area, MT, 7480 
 
             Yuma District, AZ, 38842, 66561 
 
         Right-of-way; applications, etc.: 
 
             New Mexico, 37132, 47518 
 
         Sodium leases, exploration licenses, etc.: 
 
             Wyoming, 19938 
 
         Survey plat filings: 
 
             Arizona, 13424, 34922, 63491 
 
             Arkansas, 48519 
 
             California, 252, 10939, 13426, 24191, 26250, 54487 
 
             Colorado, 4664, 15859, 28410, 34923, 50924, 64099 
 
             Idaho, 3000, 3586, 13683, 17441, 19938, 20426, 24191, 
 28411, 30511, 43413, 43414, 48758, 56663, 60018 
 
             Illinois, 3346, 26823, 49712 
 
             Louisiana, 28516 
 
             Maine, 17442 
 
             Michigan, 19509 
 
             Minnesota, 26823 
 
             Missouri, 9860, 19509 
 
             Montana, 2692, 13683, 15213, 18210, 18934, 25232, 31807, 
 32681, 58065, 60018 
 
             Nevada, 2692, 19509, 37132, 54488, 65609 
 
             New Mexico, 5571, 10652, 27997, 47038, 60019 
 
             Oregon, 3587, 23795, 26823, 38422, 49712, 55637 
 
             Washington, 3587, 23795, 26823, 38422, 55637 
 
             Wyoming, 111, 5964, 17442, 27997, 33694, 42433, 54727, 
 70419 
 
         Withdrawal and reservation of lands: 
 
             Alaska, 64734 
 
             Arizona, 3000, 9014, 13686, 29749, 29750, 51094, 53095, 
 54155, 59576, 68788 
 
             California, 1496, 19745, 29427, 58752 
 
             Colorado, 8659, 9014, 20426, 32895, 37904, 63745, 65281 
 
             Idaho, 17209, 24192, 72324, 72326 
 
             Nevada, 18211, 27998, 30250, 36429, 36937, 43190, 46068, 
 46467, 53096, 65811 
 
             New Mexico, 31519 
 
             Oregon, 5965, 16823, 26824, 29427, 34924 
 
             South Dakota, 13687 
 
             Wyoming, 29428 
 
 
 
 
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 Legal Services Corporation 
 
     RULES 
 
         Assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing; restriction; 
 correction, 9310 
 
         Case information disclosure, 33251 
 
         Cost standards and procedures; correction, 1532 
 
         Financial assistance: 
 
             Suspension procedures; post-award grant disputes, 64646 
 
             Termination and debarment procedures; recompetition; and 
 refunding denial; CFR part removed, 64636 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 41193 
 
         Legal assistance eligibility: 
 
             Maximum income levels, 11376 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Case information disclosure, 8387 
 
         Financial assistance: 
 
             Suspension procedures; post-award grant disputes, 30446 
 
             Termination and debarment procedures; recompetition; and 
 refunding denial, 30440 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 11393 
 
         Fund recipients: 
 
             Recipient fund balances, 56591 
 
         Timekeeping requirement, 56594 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Grants and contracts; competitive grant funds, 19960, 47331, 
 63087 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2701, 4490, 4491, 14140, 14141, 29756, 
 46254, 46255, 46256, 58790, 59578, 60026 
 
 
 
 
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 Libraries and Information Science, National Commission 
 
     See National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Library of Congress 
 
     See Copyright Office, Library of Congress 
 
     RULES 
 
         Procedures and services: 
 
             Library name, seal, or logo; policy on authorized use, 
 8853 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Ameritech national digital library competition, 43425 
  
 
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 Management and Budget Office 
 
     See Federal Procurement Policy Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 20513 
 
         OMB circulars; listing, 70311 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Prompt Payment Act; implementation: 
 
             Prompt payment procedures; Circular A-125 revision and 
 replacement, 33000 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22812, 62546 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         2000 Census address list information, procedures for 
 reconciling and appealing, 14978 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 40745 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60414 
 
         Audits of States, local governments, and non-profit 
 organizations (Circular A-133), 31814 
 
         Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation 
 Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings): 
 
             Sequestration final report; transmittal to President and 
 Congress, 70443 
 
             Sequestration update report; transmittal to President and 
 Congress, 46814 
 
         Budget rescissions and deferrals, 7004, 10076, 41303, 63949 
 
             Cumulative reports, 13289, 20673, 27772, 34669, 39298, 
 45271, 51970, 56951, 65818 
 
         Circulars, etc.: 
 
             A-10, 42645 
 
             A-21, 29786 
 
             A-76, 11462 
 
             A-94, 3932 
 
             A-97, 2288 
 
             A-119, 8546 
 
             A-122, 29794 
 
             A-133, 31814 
 
         Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76); Federal pay 
 raise assumptions and inflation factors update (Transmittal Memorandum 
 No. 18), 11462 
 
         Cost-effectiveness analysis of Federal programs; discount 
 rates (Circular A-94), 3932 
 
         Cost principles for educational institutions (Circular A-21), 
 29786, 57332 
 
         Cost principles for non-profit organizations (Circular A-122), 
 29794 
 
         Costs and benefits of Federal regulations; report to Congress, 
 44034, 49935 
 
         Designated Federal entities and Federal entities; list, 37421 
 
         Eligible small disadvantaged businesses; procurement programs; 
 affirmative action reform; price evaluation adjustments, 35714 
 
         Federal financial accounting standards: 
 
             Audit legal letter guidance; technical release 
 availability, 19761 
 
             Pension payments in excess of pension expense; 
 interpretation, 5822 
 
         Grants and agreements with higher education institutions, 
 hospitals, and other non-profit organizations; uniform administrative 
 requirements (Circular A-110), 42645 
 
         Hospital and medical care and treatment furnished by United 
 States, costs; rates regarding recovery from tortiously liable third 
 persons (Circular A-25), 55653 
 
         Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; definition standards 
 review and alternative approaches, 70526 
 
         Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 
 
             Missoula, MT, 37911 
 
         North American Industry Classification System; standard 
 industrial classification replacement: 
 
             Update, 41696 
 
         Rules and regulations permitting Federal agencies to provide 
 specialized or technical services to State and local government units 
 (Circular A-97), 2288 
 
         Standard Occupational Classification Manual (1998 revision); 
 comment request, 41896 
 
         Voluntary consensus standards, development and use, and 
 conformity assessment activities; Federal participation (Circular A- 
 119), 8546 
 
 
 
 
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 Marine Mammal Commission 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49715 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Maritime Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Depositories: 
 
             Capital construction fund program; brokerage firms use as 
 depositories, 55039 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Federal regulatory reform, 9157 
 
         Regulated transactions involving documented vessels and other 
 maritime interests; elimination of mortgagee and trustee restrictions, 
 6880 
 
         U.S.-flag commercial vessels: 
 
             Carriage of bulk and packaged preference cargoes; fair and 
 reasonable guideline rates determination; procedures and methodology, 
 3819 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Subsidized vessels and operators: 
 
             Marine hull insurance; underwriters approval, 47217, 50849 
 
                 Correction, 47217, 49161 
 
         Vessel financing assistance: 
 
             Obligation guarantees; Title XI program -- 
 
                 Putting customers first, 7744 
 
                 Vessel construction and shipyard modernization; 
 closing documentation and application, 40690 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 3784, 47343, 59359, 
 63105, 63106, 64755, 66627 
 
         Circular and operating letters to general agents; revocation, 
 38688 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement Joint Planning 
 Advisory Group, 4687, 13720, 25266 
 
         Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement; open enrollment 
 season, 43984 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             Chrysler Corp., 55423 
 
             Crowley American Transport, Inc., 63958 
 
             Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., 18487 
 
             Marine Transport Corp., 58456 
 
             Sea-Land Service, Inc., 43441 
 
 
 
 
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 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Computer programming support services; contractor 
 solicitation, 16585 
 
         Meetings, 14478, 30781, 48527, 56663, 64104 
 
 
 
 
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 Merit Systems Protection Board 
 
     RULES 
 
         Practice and procedures: 
 
             Exclusion from proceedings because of misconduct; judges' 
 exercise of authority, 35499 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 41177 
 
             Original jurisdiction cases; delegation of authority, 
 etc., 42685 
 
             Whistleblowing; appeals and stay requests of personnel 
 actions, 41181 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 13701 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 30517 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34195 
 
         Opportunity to file amicus briefs: 
 
             Bracey v. Personnel Management Office, et al., 54734 
 
             Roach v. Army Department and Hesse v. State Department, 
 55648 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 44657 
 
 
 
 
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 Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission 
 
     See International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
 Mexico 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Minerals Management Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Oil Pollution Act of 1990; implementation: 
 
             Offshore facilities; oil spill financial responsibility, 
 42699 
 
                 Correction, 48578 
 
                 Workshops, 43624 
 
         Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations: 
 
             CFR subparts revision; sections assigned new section 
 numbers, 29478 
 
                 Correction, 34596 
 
             Documents incorporated by reference; update, 37066 
 
             Drilling and completion operations; blowout preventer 
 testing requirements, 29604 
 
             Oil and gas production measurement, surface commingling, 
 and security, 26362 
 
                 Correction, 27677, 28453 
 
             Pipelines and pipeline rights-of-way; transfer point 
 designation requirements, 43876 
 
             Royalty-suspension terms for lease sales using bidding 
 system in deep water, 2626 
 
         Royalty management: 
 
             Federal and Indian leases; gas valuation regulations; 
 costs and related amendments; transportation allowances; correction, 
 3618 
 
             Gas royalties reporting and payment standards and gas 
 analysis reports, 26362 
 
                 Correction, 27677, 28453, 33853 
 
             Royalty relief for producing leases and certain existing 
 leases in deep water, 2605 
 
                 Application requirements, etc.; workshop, 17330 
 
                 Correction, 24747, 57249 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Administrative appeals process 
 
             Workshop, 11634 
 
         Federal regulatory review; request for comments, 32166 
 
         Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations: 
 
             Postlease operations safety; update and clarification, 
 7335, 25187 
 
                 Correction, 11385 
 
         Royalty management: 
 
             Electronic submission of royalty and production reports, 
 17133 
 
             Federal and Indian leases; oil valuation, 40073 
 
             Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness 
 Act; workshops, 185 
 
             Oil valuation; Federal leases and Federal royalty oil 
 sale, 6113, 14057, 36868, 38355 
 
                 Meetings, 6887 
 
             Oil value for royalty due on Indian leases; establishment, 
 7089, 17349 
 
                 Meetings, 11384 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 252, 3587, 3912, 
 6202, 6954, 16571, 18439, 36940, 42870, 44271, 63492, 65610, 68472 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 253, 254, 
 5401, 15859, 16273, 27998, 27999, 30775, 34474, 40308, 40309, 40310, 
 40311, 40312, 52285, 67915, 70419 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Alaskan Beaufort Sea OCS -- 
 
                 Lease sales, 13268 
 
             Central Gulf of Mexico OCS -- 
 
                 Lease sales, 60019 
 
                 Oil and gas operations, 25232 
 
             Gulf of Mexico OCS -- 
 
                 Central Planning Area; nitrogen oxides emissions 
 reduction, 43191 
 
                 Lease sales, 29248 
 
                 Oil and gas operations, 6203, 9015, 24568, 38191, 
 58415 
 
             Pacific OSC -- 
 
                 Pipeline installation activities, 12112 
 
             Western Gulf of Mexico OCS -- 
 
                 Lease sales, 60019 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Alaskan Beaufort Sea OCS -- 
 
                 Oil and gas operations, 9015 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Gulf of Mexico region; Federal royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot 
 program for natural gas, 57703, 60020, 60049 
 
             Minerals Management Advisory Board, 14958, 19938, 19939, 
 25233, 43955, 51588, 59804, 71503 
 
             Outer Continental Shelf -- 
 
                 Deep water leases; workshop, 56217 
 
                 Oil and gas lease of submerged lands; workshop, 66814 
 
                 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act; 
 new leases provision; mid-term assessment; workshop, 31520 
 
             Postlease operations safety; consultation with industry, 
 10039 
 
             Wyoming; Federal royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program for 
 crude oil, 5815, 47038 
 
         Memorandums of understanding: 
 
             Coast Guard; offshore facilities responsibilities, 256 
 
         Oil and gas leases: 
 
             Wyoming; crude oil bids, 41274, 71947 
 
         Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations: 
 
             Civil monetary penalties paid September 1-December 31, 
 1997; list, 5401, 7506 
 
             Notices to lessees and operators; list, 63071 
 
             Submerged lands; gas lease, 72327 
 
         Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: 
 
             Oil and gas lease of submerged lands (Form MMS-2005); 
 revision, 60380 
 
         Outer Continental Shelf operations: 
 
             Alaskan Beaufort Sea -- 
 
                 Oil and gas lease sales, 12112, 35943 
 
             California; crude oil produced offshore; marine 
 transportation, 4471 
 
             Central Gulf of Mexico -- 
 
                 Lease sales, 7481, 29023, 63329 
 
                 Leasing systems, 7480 
 
             Gulf of Mexico -- 
 
                 Nonproducing leases royalty relief; discretionary 
 authority, 20644 
 
             Oil and gas lease sales -- 
 
                 Bid adequacy procedures modifications, 14473 
 
                 Restricted joint bidders list, 53097 
 
             Pacific region, 12112 
 
             Production suspension due to uneconomic market conditions, 
 guidelines; notice to lessees and operators; rescission, 55405, 56290 
 
             Western Gulf of Mexico -- 
 
                 Lease sales, 20645, 39887, 45254 
 
                 Leasing systems, 45253 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 32895, 38843, 57309 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             Royalty information guide, 55890 
 
         Royalty management: 
 
             Electronic commerce implementation or pilot testing; 
 presentation, 47039 
 
             Phosphate production on western public lands; royalty 
 computation, 14131 
 
         Wyoming; crude oil from Federal leases; invitation for bids, 
 36260 
 
 
 
 
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 Mine Safety and Health Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Civil penalties; assessment criteria and procedures, 20032 
 
             Correction, 26719 
 
         Coal mine safety and health: 
 
             Experienced miner and supervisor training, 53749, 53750 
 
             Roof and rock bolts and accessories; safety standards, 
 20026 
 
                 Correction, 28485 
 
             Surface mines -- 
 
                 Daily inspection reports; safety standards; technical 
 amendment, 58612 
 
             Underground mines -- 
 
                 Diesel-powered equipment; usage approval, exhaust gas 
 monitoring, and safety requirements; correction, 12647 
 
                 Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and 
 performance requirements; CFR correction, 50993 
 
         Metal, and nonmetal mine safety and health: 
 
             Roof and rock bolts and accessories; safety standards, 
 20026 
 
                 Correction, 28485 
 
         Mining products; testing, evaluation, and approval: 
 
             Flame safety lamps and single-shot blasting units; CFR 
 parts removed, 47118 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Coal mine safety and health: 
 
             Occupational noise exposure -- 
 
                 Health standards, 28496 
 
                 Miners and miners' representatives; right to observe 
 required operator monitoring, etc., 290, 17781, 26756 
 
                 Report availability, 2642 
 
             Surface haulage equipment; safety standards, 40800, 45973 
 
             Underground mines -- 
 
                 Approved books and records; regulations improved and 
 eliminated, 47122 
 
                 Coal mine respirable dust samplers; calibration and 
 maintenance procedures; regulations improved and eliminated, 47123 
 
                 Diesel particulate matter; occupational exposure, 
 37796, 55811 
 
                 Diesel particulate matter exposure of miners, 17492, 
 41755 
 
                 Lighting equipment, coal dust/rock dust analyzers, and 
 methane detectors; regulations improved and eliminated, 47120 
 
                 Roof-bolting machines use; safety standards, 7089 
 
                 Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements, 
 6886, 19873 
 
                 Ventilation; safety standards, 38066 
 
         Education and training: 
 
             Miners engaged in shell dredging or employed at sand, 
 gravel, surface stone/clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone 
 mines; training and retraining 
 
                 Meetings, 59258 
 
         Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health: 
 
             Occupational noise exposure -- 
 
                 Health standards, 28496 
 
                 Miners and miners' representatives; right to observe 
 required operator monitoring, etc., 290, 17781, 26756 
 
                 Report availability, 2642 
 
             Surface haulage equipment; safety standards, 40800, 45973 
 
             Underground mines -- 
 
                 Diesel particulate matter exposure of miners, 58104 
 
                 Lighting equipment, coal dust/rock dust analyzers, and 
 methane detectors; regulations improved and eliminated, 47120 
 
                 Roof-bolting machines use; safety standards, 7089 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 10046, 15897, 20659, 
 20660, 25525, 27595, 28003, 34484, 34486, 39109, 39111, 39908, 40744, 
 48246, 51376, 51377, 51959, 51960, 51961 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 39110 
 
         Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: 
 
             Mine shift atmospheric conditions; respirable dust sample; 
 finding; correction and republication, 5664, 8739 
 
             Significant and substantial; statutory phrase 
 interpretation, 6012, 8692, 20217 
 
         Mining products; testing, evaluation, and approval; user fee 
 adjustments, 70163 
 
         Petitions for safety standard modifications; summary of 
 affirmative decisions, 44927 
 
         Respirable coal mine dust; standard noncompliance 
 determinations, 5687, 8739 
 
         Safety standard petitions: 
 
             Clinchfield Coal Co. et al., 48765 
 
             Consolidation Coal Co. et al., 64103 
 
             Day Mining, Inc., et al., 11696 
 
             Energy West Mining Co. et al., 18232 
 
             H.D.F., Inc., et al., 5971 
 
             Headache Coal Co., Inc., 58070 
 
             Independence Coal Co. et al., 50603 
 
             Jim Walter Resources, Inc., et al., 2698 
 
             Lodestar Energy, Inc., et al., 29034 
 
             Mettiki Coal Corp. et al., 45865 
 
             Mountain Coal Co. et al., 41597 
 
             Primrose Coal Co. et al., 44291 
 
             U.S. Steel Mining Co., L.L.C., et al., 58430 
 
 
 
 
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 Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission 
 
     See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Minority Business Development Agency 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 13636, 13637, 34849 
 
         Business development center program applications: 
 
             Florida et al., 14900, 19716 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Minority business opportunity committee program, 47480, 
 51564 
 
             Minority business roundtable development, 7127 
 
         Minority business development centers; cost-share requirement 
 for financial award recipients; decrease, 32857 
 
         Native American business development center program 
 applications: 
 
             Minnesota et al., 14903 
 
 
 
 
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 Mississippi River Commission 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9870, 39909