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constructed from layers of fabric

material with a flat plastic string

inserted between the layers, with a skin

adhesive applied to adhere to the skin

of the nose. The external dilator acts

with a pulling action to open the nares.

The internal nasal dilator is constructed

from metal or plastic and is placed

inside the nostrils. It acts by pushing the

nostrils open or by gently pressing on

the columella.

(b) Classification. Class I (general

controls). This device is exempt from

the premarket notification procedures in

subpart E of part 807 of this chapter.

3. Section 874.4780 is added to

subpart E to read as follows:

§ 874.4780 Intranasal splint.

(a) Identification. An intranasal splint

is a device intended to minimize

bleeding and edema to prevent

adhesions between the septum and the

nasal cavity. The intranasal splint is

constructed between the septum and the

nasal cavity. The intranasal splint is

constructed from plastic, silicone, or

absorbent material and is placed in the

nasal cavity after surgery or trauma.

(b) Classification. Class I (general

controls). The device is exempted from

the premarket notification procedures in

subpart E of part 807 of this chapter.

4. Section 874.4800 is added to

subpart E to read as follows:

§ 874.4800 Bone particle collector.

(a) Identification. A bone particle

collector is a filtering device intended to

be inserted into the suction tube during

the early stages of otologic surgery to

collect bone particles for future use.

(b) Classification. Class I (general

controls). The device is exempt from the

premarket notification procedures in

subpart E of part 807 of this chapter.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

D.B. Burlington,

Director, Center for Devices and Radiological

Health.

[FR Doc. 98–12312 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[REG–209682–94]

RIN 1545–AS39

Adjustments Following Sales of

Partnership Interests

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Postponement of hearing and

requests to videoconference hearing.

SUMMARY: This document postpones the

public hearing on proposed regulations

relating to the optional adjustments to

the basis of partnership property

following certain transfers of

partnership interests under section 743,

the calculation of gain or loss under

section 751(a) following the sale or

exchange of a partnership interest, the

allocation of basis adjustments among

partnership assets under section 755,

the allocation of a partner’s basis in its

partnership interest to properties

distributed to the partner by the

partnership under section 732(c), and

the computation of a partner’s

proportionate share of the adjusted basis

of depreciable property (or depreciable

real property) under section 1017. In

addition, this document announces that

persons outside the Washington, DC

area who wish to testify at the public

hearing on the proposed regulations

may request that the Service

videoconference the public hearing to

their sites.

DATES: Requests to videoconference the

hearing to other sites must be received

by Friday, May 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests must be sent to:

CC:DOM:CORP:R (REG–209682–94),

room 5226, Internal Revenue Service,

POB 7604, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, DC 20044. Requests may

also be hand delivered between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to:

CC:DOM:CORP:R (REG–209682–94),

Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC. Alternatively,

taxpayers may submit requests

electronically via the internet by

selecting the ‘‘Tax Regs’’ option on the

IRS Home Page, or by submitting

requests directly to the IRS internet site

at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/

taxlregs/comments.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LaNita VanDyke of the Regulations Unit,

Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate),

(202) 622–7180 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice

of proposed rulemaking and notice of

public hearing appearing in the Federal

Register on Thursday, January 29, 1998

(63 FR 4408), announced that a public

hearing with respect to proposed

regulations relating to adjustments to a

partner’s basis in its partnership interest

and a partnership’s basis in its assets

would be held on Wednesday, July 8,

1998, beginning at 10 a.m. in the IRS

Auditorium, Internal Revenue Building,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington DC, and that requests to

speak and outlines of oral comments

should be received by Wednesday, June

24, 1998.

Subsequent to this announcement, the

Service received a request that the

hearing be videoconferenced. The

Service recognizes that other persons

outside the Washington, DC area may

also wish to testify through

videoconferencing. Those persons

should now request to do so.

Requests to include other

videoconferencing sites must be

received by Friday, May 29, 1998. If the

Service receives sufficient indications of

interest to warrant videoconferencing to

a particular city and if the Service has

videoconferencing facilities in that city,

the Service will accommodate the

requests.

Accordingly, the public hearing

originally scheduled for July 8, 1998, is

postponed. The Service will issue a

document in the Federal Register

announcing the new date, time, and any

videoconference sites of the public

hearing.

Cynthia Grigsby,

Chief, Regulations Unit, Assistant Chief

Counsel (Corporate).

[FR Doc. 98–12340 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[LA–46–1–7384b; FRL–6008–9]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; Louisiana: SiteSpecific Revision for the Exxon

Company Baton Rouge Refinery

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: In this action, the EPA

proposes to approve a site-specific

revision to the Louisiana 15% Rate-ofProgress State Implementation plan. The

revision extends the date of compliance

for the installation of particular Volatile

Organic Liquid storage tank controls for

storage tanks located at the Baton Rouge

Refinery of Exxon Company, U.S.A.

Specifically, the revision extends the

compliance date of the requirement for

the installation of guide pole sliding

cover gaskets on 33 storage tanks until

the earlier of the next scheduled

downtime of the subject tanks or

December 2005.

In the Rules and Regulations Section

of this Federal Register, the EPA is

approving the State’s SIP revision as a

direct final rule without prior proposal