FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Construction safety and health standards: Asbestos; occupational exposure, 35137 Federal regulatory reform, 33450 Scaffolds -- Effective date and reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 3813 Training requirements; CFR correction, 1919 Safety and health standards, etc.: Federal regulatory reform, 33450 Methylene chloride; occupational exposure, 50712 Permit-required confined spaces, 66018 Powered industrial truck operator training requirements, 66238 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 13338, 17093 Respiratory protection, 1152 Correction, 20098 Respirator cartridge and canister change-out schedules; meeting, 39029 Shipyard employment safety and health standards: Asbestos; occupational exposure, 35137 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: Arizona Concrete and asphalt batch plants connected to mines; Federal enforcement level change, 53280 PROPOSED RULES Construction safety and health standards: Steel erection, 43452 Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee: Meetings, 27698 Safety and health standards, etc.: Cotton dust standard; meeting, 34140 Dipping and coating operations (dip tanks), 16918 Grain handling facilities standard; meeting, 34139 Methylene chloride; occupational exposure, 24501 Tuberculosis; occupational exposure Meetings, 5905 Shipyard employment safety and health standards: Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 4426, 41755 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3155, 3156, 4674, 5572, 10047, 11311, 12509, 13073, 19518, 19519, 19520, 26211, 27595, 27596, 27597, 28004, 31231, 33711, 33712, 33713, 33715, 34931, 34932, 34933, 37415, 37907, 40319, 41298, 42067, 43423, 43424, 48249, 64972, 67702, 70434 Bloodborne pathogens; occupational exposure; information request, 48250 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 9861, 43425 Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee, 20217 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Susan Harwood training program, 25871 Meetings: Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 14139, 36449, 50603 Environmental tobacco smoke; occupational exposure; risk assessment methodology, 34934 Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in hospitality industry; ventilation engineering controls; technical workshop, 29035 Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 3590, 45867, 66202, 71656 Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 9862, 13435, 30258, 50928, 64739 Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Council, 47041 Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee, 2421, 17020, 38430, 54501 Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: Communication Certification Laboratory, 16279 Detroit Testing Laboratory, Inc., 20661 Electro-Test, Inc., 63083 Entela, Inc., 19275, 37416, 63084 Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., 1126, 69676 MET Laboratories, Inc., 63085 National Technical Systems, 46079, 68306 NSF International, 46082, 68309 SGS U.S. Testing Co., Inc., 27598, 46084, 69683 Southwest Research Institute, 63086 TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., 1127, 16280 Wyle Laboratories, Inc., 2700 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 8693, 28005, 37417, 48248, 64528, 65813 Safety and health standards, etc.: Respiratory protection Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 53103 Variance applications, etc.: Dixie Divers, Inc., 579 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure: Settlement Judge procedure; settlement part procedure addition; pilot program, 10166, 19435 ***** Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office ***** Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office ***** Office of the Special Counsel PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 62576 ***** Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States ***** Overseas Private Investment Corporation PROPOSED RULES Administrative provisions: Legal proceedings; production of nonpublic records and testimony of OPIC employees, 68213 Semi-annual agenda, 22842, 62578 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 19946, 26208, 32896 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 35279, 38847, 45091 Environmental Handbook; current environmental policies and procedures; publication and electronic access; comment request, 9696 Hearings, 66198 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9861, 29023, 47519, 51095, 65812 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 37411 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998 ***** Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council NOTICES Northwest conservation and electric power plan and addendum; adoption, 42083 ***** Panama Canal Commission RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Supervising Inspector; references deleted, 2141 Shipping and navigation: Canal toll rates and vessel measurement rules -- Small vessels transiting Canal; fixed minimum toll rate, 23220 Tolls for use of canal -- Small vessels paying not more than $1,500; commercial credit card use option, 29613 Vessels carrying dangerous packaged goods; and Board of Local Inspectors; composition and functions, 18836 Correction, 33853 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22844, 62580 Shipping and navigation: Canal tolls rates and vessel measurement rules -- Marine accidents; investigations, control, responsibility, 56589 Small vessels transiting Canal; fixed minimum toll rate, 186 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 33419 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 12844, 48772 ***** Parole Commission RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: District of Columbia Code -- Incorporation into Parale Commission regulations, 39172 Prisoners serving sentences, 57060 Expedited revocation procedure for parole violators, 25769 Parole violation warrants; electronic issuance, 25770 Public sector information; definition, 25771 PROPOSED RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: District of Columbia Code; prisoners serving sentences, 17771 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15889, 17215, 34930, 36444, 36445, 43729, 51959, 53702 ***** Patent and Trademark Office RULES Patent cases: Continued prosecution application practice; changes, 5732, 36184 Fee revisions (1999 FY), 39731, 67578 Correction, 46891 Effective date delay, 52609 Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences; submission in computer readable form, 29620 Correction, 48448 Patent Cooperation Treaty application procedures; revisions, 29614, 66040 Trademark cases: Trademark trial and appeal board proceedings; miscellaneous changes, 48081 Correction, 52158 PROPOSED RULES Patent cases: Patent business goals; implementation, 53498 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5783, 16473, 30732, 38809, 39821, 43141, 51056, 55367, 70396 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41232 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 72288 Electronic information dissemination: Agency Internet World Wide Web site; patent and trademark data expansion, 40104 Internet usage policy; comment request, 57101 Meetings: Database protection and access issues; conference, 13035 Patent law and operational authority reform; round table discussion, 71895 Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 13394, 56005 Patents: Biotechnological applications; written description requirements; guidelines; comment request, 32639, 50887, 58711 Chemical compositions species, single prior art reference; claims examination guidelines, 47000 Human drug products -- PROVIGIL; interim patent extension, 17821 Medical devices -- T-SCAN; interim patent extension, 58711 Reexaminations; compliance with decision in case, In re Portola Packaging, Inc.; guidelines; comment request, 32646 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 55092 Trademark protection: Native American tribes, official insignia; statutorily required study, 71619 ***** Peace Corps PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22848, 62584 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4330, 7189, 7190, 58432, 58433, 59341, 63094 ***** Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration RULES Employment Retirement Income Security Act: Summary plan description regulations, 48372 Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements: Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, 57546 PROPOSED RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Annual reporting and disclosure requirements, 68370 Employee benefit plans; claims procedures, 48389 Employee benefit plans established or maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements; negotiated rulemaking advisory committee; intent to establish, 18345 Insurance company general accounts; hearing, 19873 Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee; establishment and meeting, 50542 Summary plan description regulations, 48376, 58335 Employment Retirement Income Security Act: Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 64667 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 30023, 33094, 33095, 33960, 34194, 34487, 34664, 34665, 34666, 34935, 35612, 35613, 36264, 36265, 36266, 36267, 36268, 37418 Employee benefit plans; class exemptions: Foreign exchange transactions executed pursuant to standing instructions, 63503 Investment services, reduced or no cost; receipt by individuals for whose benefit IRAs or Keough plans have been established or maintained, 56231, 56233 Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: Amalgamated Bank of New York, 15228, 36943 Bankers Trust Co., 56224 Bankers Trust Co. et al., 8481, 29435 Collection Bureau Services et al., 38853 Equitable Life Assurance Society et al., 6214, 8497, 27328 Fortunoff Fine Jewelry & Silverware, Inc., et al., 27329 Harris Trust & Savings Bank, et al., 42068, 56227 Hendrichsen, Marcia A., et al., 49610 Jack Mayesh Wholesale Florist, Inc., et al., 19950 John Taylor Fertilizers Co., 49612 John Taylor Fertilizers Co. et al., 65244 Keystone Financial, Inc. et al., 65249 Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., 33716, 46238 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., 6217 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 33727 MBNA America Bank, National Association, et al., 4038, 17020 McClain's R.V., Inc., et al., 27330 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 19955, 28415 MONY Life Insurance Co. et al., 69314 Moody-Day, Inc., et al., 60386 Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. et al., 3767, 46241 MS Commodity Investments Portfolio II, L.P., et al., 12839 Navistar International Transportation Corp., 33732, 36946 Overland, Ordal, Thorson & Fennell Pulmonary Consultants, P.C., 18233 Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., et al., 38854 Pentair, Inc., et al., 3772 RREEF America, L.L.C., 46245 Salomon Brothers Inc. et al., 53703 Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 60391 Sanwa Bank California et al., 29443, 53722 Service Employees International Union Local 252 Welfare Fund, 69325 SmartRetirement: The OLDE 401(k) Plan et al., 9862, 31528 Sperry Rail, Inc., et al., 1979 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. et al., 36946 Tyson Foods, Inc., 13693 Union Bank of Switzerland et al., 36958 US West, Inc., et al., 15443, 60398 Van Ness Plastic Molding Co., Inc., et al., 35281 Young, Roark, et al., 42079 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Cross-trades of securities by investment managers, 13696 Multiemployer welfare benefit plans; annual reporting enforcement policy; decision not to adopt, 65506 Meetings: Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 11698, 19521, 19522, 27754, 27755, 33961, 33962, 39112, 39113, 45265, 45266, 49714, 49715, 55647, 55648 National Summit on Retirement Savings, 27600 Prohibited trade practices: Citizens Bank of New Hampshire, et al., 71301 ***** Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Multiemployer plans: Mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans, 24421 Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 38305 Premium payments: Premium declaration filings; change of due date, 68684 Single-employer plans: Allocation of assets -- Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 2307, 7286, 12411, 18317, 26982, 32614, 43623, 49285, 55333, 58101, 63408, 68998 Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement age, 63179 Benefit overpayments and underpayments; recoupment and reimbursement, 29353 Benefits payable in terminated plans; disclosure to participants, 63178 Interest rates and assumptions, 38082 Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 38305 PROPOSED RULES Multiemployer plans: Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 23693 Semi-annual agenda, 22852, 62588 Single-employer plans: Lump sum payment assumptions; discontinuation, 57227 Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 23693 Valuation of benefits; use of single set of assumptions for all benefits, 57229 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 24577, 34206, 34487, 39915, 42645 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4330, 10418, 34493, 42888, 42889, 46087, 53106, 53702, 59341 Compensation practices for senior executives pursuant to Executive Order 12976; information availability, 18050 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union- Pacific Maritime Association Pension Plan; special withdrawal liability rules; approval, 5573, 27774 Multiemployer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 2426, 7487, 12519, 18462, 27106, 32685, 38214, 43733, 49371, 55415, 63511, 69123 Single-employer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 2426, 18462, 38214, 55415, 63511 Substantial damage determination requests: Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Fund, 1511 ***** Personnel Management Office RULES Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Improving carrier performance; conforming changes, 55336 Participating carriers placing incentives in contracts with health care providers or health care workers; gag clauses prohibition, 42584 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas) -- Honolulu, HI, 56430 Kauai, HI and U.S. Virgin Islands, 56430, 63385 Combined Federal Campaign; solicitations authorization, 65637 Employment: District of Columbia Corrections Department; displaced employees; priority consideration program, 41387 Federal employee training; correction, 16877, 72097 Personnel records and training, 43867 Reduction in force -- Initial retirement eligibility establishment and health benefits continance; annual leave use, 26421 Retreat right; clarification, 32593 Vacant position offers; retention regulations, 63591 Retention allowances; agency payment criteria, 34119 Senior Executive Service; involuntary reassignment moratorium and competitive service reinstatement eligibility, 34257, 59875 Temporary and term appointments; system streamlining, 63781 Excepted service: Promotion and internal placement, 66705 Student educational employment program, 57045 Group life insurance, Federal employees: Decennial census employees with dual appointments; continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 Health benefits, Federal employees: Contributions and withholdings; weighted average of subscription charges, 45933 Decennial census employees with dual appointments; continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 Disenrollment, 59457 Correction, 64761 Minimum salary requirement removed, 28891 Organizations representing Federal employees and other organizations; agency relationships, 2305 Pay administration: Child support, alimony, and commercial garnishment of Federal employees' pay; processing, 14756 Correction, 34777, 56537 Fair Labor Standards Act -- Standardization and compliance; correction, 2304 Firefighter pay and training, 64589 Indebted government employees; collection by offset, 72098 Performance ratings finality; retroactive, assumed, and carry- over ratings of record prohibited, 53275 Political activities; Federal employees residing in designated localities, 4555 Prevailing rate systems:, 6471, 15069, 63591 Lead agency responsibility, 72097 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System -- Disability retirement; application procedures uniformity, 17049 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant disappears, 10291 Decennial census employees with dual appointments; continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 Federal Employees Retirement System -- Disability retirement; application procedures uniformity, 17049 Open Enrollment Act; implementation, 33231 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant disappears, 10291 Voluntary early retirement authority, 32595 PROPOSED RULES Absence and leave: Family and Medical Leave Act; implementation, 43325 Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Carrier performance improvement; conforming changes, 38360 Participating carriers placing incentives in contracts with health care providers or health care workers; gag clauses prohibition, 27902 Administrative law judges; appointment, pay, and removal, 8874 Employment: Personnel records and training, 15787 Reduction in force -- Service credit; retention records, 43640 Vacant position offers; retention regulations, 26531 Selective Service System registration; failure to register determination; authority delegation; withdrawn, 13564 Temporary appointment pending establishment of register (TAPER) authority; promotion possibility for employees appointed as worker-trainees, 64008 Health benefits, Federal employees: Minimum salary requirement removed, 446 New enrollments or enrollment changes; standardized effective dates, 46180 Pay administration: Compensation; miscellaneous changes, 64880 Federal claims collection; indebted government employees; salary offset, 18850 Hazardous duty pay, 35543 Correction, 39651 Performance ratings finality; retroactive, assumed, and carry- over ratings of record prohibited, 19411 Prevailing rate systems, 34134, 58659 Environmental differential pay for working at high altitudes, 54616 Semi-annual agenda, 22818, 62552 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4679, 8225, 9272, 13292, 13706, 20678, 23479, 23816, 24834, 26219, 27334, 27335, 29041, 31237, 32256, 32257, 48533, 50607, 59342 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6239, 8225, 8226, 9024, 9272, 13292, 17037, 20678, 20679, 23817, 30271, 32256, 36724, 36725, 39303, 43970, 43971, 44295, 44478, 44662, 49936, 50608, 53478, 55659, 68803 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances in nonforeign areas; report on 1997 surveys; availability, 56432 Excepted service: Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked -- Consolidated list, 49732 Update, 13706, 17904, 26220, 32258, 36970, 41605, 45879, 54163, 59342 Federal jobs; new application procedures: Automated resume processing; comment request, 63512 Health benefits, Federal employees: Medically underserved areas (1999 CY), 47046 Meetings: Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 6239, 10959, 14982, 23479, 28527, 29041, 32902, 42889, 42890, 66209, 70810 Federal Salary Council, 15236, 48534, 49936 National Partnership Council, 581, 11700, 45881, 53478, 59343, 67718 Pay under General Schedule: Basic and locality pay for certain Federal employees; adjustments, 30272 Personnel management demonstration project: Army Department -- U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, et al; consolidation, 55770 Personnel management demonstration projects: Army Department -- U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 10464, 14580 U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD, 10440 U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 10680, 13458 Defense Department; civilian acquisition workforce project, 14254, 14753, 15488 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 34674 Systems of records, 45881 Senior Executive Service: Career positions reserved during 1997; list, 9312 Performance Review Board; membership, 67947 ***** Postal Rate Commission RULES Practice and procedure: Domestic mail classification schedule -- Barcoded small parcel experiment; provisions removed, 35140 Bulk parcel return service and shipper-paid forwarding, 39030 PROPOSED RULES Post office closings; petitions for appeal: Encinitas, CA, 71251 Practice and procedure: Library reference rule, 47456, 71251 Proceedings; efficiency improvement, 46732 NOTICES Domestic mail classifications and rates: Experimental online mailing service and fees; market test, 39600 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2290, 5577, 13711, 28016, 33420, 38215, 49372, 53737, 56050, 69123 Post office closings; petitions for appeal: Nassau, MN, 3008 Visits to facilities, 34209, 35297, 38215, 38435, 48773, 49616, 63950 ***** Postal Service RULES Board of Governors bylaws: Meetings conducted by conference telephone call; compensation for attendance, 57911 Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act; special postage rate establishment, 28485 Domestic Mail Manual: Automated flats; new specifications, 55472 Breast cancer research semi-postal stamp; terms and conditions for use and determination of value, 38309 Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel automation rate category, 19407 Forwarding first-class mail destined for address with temporary change-of-address on file; ancillary service endorsements, 39238 Group E (no-fee) post office box service eligibility; extension to customers with immediate vicinity of post office, 14820 Location-based post office box fees; expansion, 71374 Mailing online market test, implementation standards; rate, fee, and classification changes, 56565 Mixed BMC/ADC pallets of packages and flats; elimination of mailer options, 37254 Correction, 40827 Periodicals and standard mail; preferred postage rates, 38083 Periodicals mail; presort requirements, 153 Rate, fee, and classification changes, 37946, 57597 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 6480 International Mail Manual: Global Direct -- Canada Admail service, 44789 Global package link (GPL) service -- Argentina, 66043 Germany and France, 37251, 38478, 41427 Japan; maximum size and weight limits increase, 9420 Global priority mail -- Expansion, 3814 Flat-rate box rates, 5458 International special mail services; fees, 40180 International surface air lift service; postage rates adjustment and miscellaneous changes, 3642 New market opportunities program; implementation, 13124 National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 45719 Organization and administration: Conduct of persons on postal property, 34599 Handicapped persons; access to postal services, programs, facilities, and employment; discrimination complaint filing and processing; correction, 2304 Post offices; expansion, relocation, and construction, 25166, 46654 Rewards for information and services leading to arrest and conviction of persons committing postal crimes; amounts increase, 52159 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Human Resources organizational structure, 9943 Personnel: Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission employee salaries; garnishment, 67403 Postage meters: Manufacture, distribution, and use; applicant information, 53812 Practice and procedure: Evidence and abandoned property disposition, reimbursement for sale, 8126 Rules of procedure before judicial officer; address, titles and references, and technical and grammatical changes, 66049 PROPOSED RULES Domestic Mail Manual: Automated flats; new specifications, 45440 Mixed BMC/ADC pallets of packages and flats; elimination of mailer options, 8154 Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; eligibility requirements, 11199 Package reallocation for periodicals and standard mail (A) flats placed on pallets and new labeling list L001; implementation, 57970 Rate, fee, and classification changes, 12864 Correction, 17143 International Mail Manual: International priority airmail service; postage rates and service conditions changes, 65153 Postal rate changes, 67017 Postage meters: Demonstation and loaner postage meters; manufacturer requirements, 16464 Manufacture, distribution, and use; applicant information, 8893 Meter products submission procedures, 46719 Postal security devices and information based indicia; manufacture, distribution, and use, 46728 NOTICES Domestic Mail Manual: Current delivery record filing system; hardcopy filing elimination, 31815 Plant-verified drop shipment verification/clearance (revised and new facsimile consolidated forms 8125), 23479, 40943 Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: Domestic mail classification schedule changes and accompanying rate and fee changes, 39123, 60416 Meetings: Information based indicia program, 7190, 39303 Universal Postal Union Council of Administration and UPU Congress; preparations, 49617 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2702, 3362, 7014, 8505, 15236, 20435, 28016, 34209, 38216, 40142, 44295, 51381, 56269, 56270, 65266, 71660 Postage meters; information based indicia program, 45535 Postage products; information based indicia program product definition; specifications; comment request, 10419 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 3774, 28016, 55416 ***** Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS American Heritage Rivers, designation (Proc. 7112), 41949 Generalized System of Preferences; amendments (Proc. 7107), 36531 Imports and exports: Broom corn brooms; termination of temporary duties on imports (Proc. 7154), 67761 Wheat gluten (Proc. 7103), 30359 Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park; designation (Proc. 7114), 42563 Parents' Day (Proc. 7111), 40355 Sierra Leone; suspension of entry into U.S. of persons who are members of the military junta and members of their families (Proc. 7062), 2871 Trade: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.; modification under the North American Free Trade Agreement (Proc. 7125), 50739 North American Free Trade Agreement, accelerated schedule of duty elimination (Proc. 7113), 41951 Vietnam, Socialist Republic of; extending U.S. copyright protections (Proc. 7161), 71571 Special observances: Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7145), 59203 African American History Month, National (Proc. 7067), 5719 AIDS Day, World (Proc. 7153), 66977 Correction, 67724 Alternative Fuels Week, National (Proc. 7101), 30101 America Goes Back to School (Proc. 7118), 49261 American Heart Month (Proc. 7066), 5717 American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7144), 59199 American Red Cross Month (Proc. 7069), 10487 Armed services, 50th anniversary of the integration of the (Proc. 7108), 38073 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 7089), 25145 Bombing Incidents in Africa, Victims of the (Proc. 7115), 43061 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7130), 53541 Cancer Control Month (Proc. 7075), 16385 Captive Nations Week (Proc. 7109), 39475 Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 7141), 56073 Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7076), 16667 Child Health Day (Proc. 7132), 54027 Children's Memorial Day, National (Proc. 7159), 69171 Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 7123), 50449 Columbus Day (Proc. 7136), 55311 Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 7084), 20051 D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 7080), 18115 Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, National (Proc. 7134), 54551 Defense Transportation Day, National, and National Transportation Week (Proc. 7094), 26711 Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7128), 52957 Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7129), 53271 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7155), 67765 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7078), 17307 Equal Pay Day, National (Proc. 7077), 16875 Family Caregivers Week, National (Proc. 7151), 65513 Family Week, National (Proc. 7152), 65515 Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 7147), 64405 Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7126), 50743 Father's Day (Proc. 7106), 33833 Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7131), 53777 Fisheries Day, World (Proc. 7150), 65511 Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 7105), 33229 Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 7142), 56075 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7079), 18111 General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 7138), 55317 German-American Day (Proc. 7133), 54029 Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 7127), 52129 Goldwater, Barry M.; death of (Proc. 7100), 30099 Gore, Albert, Sr. death (Proc. 7157), 68149 Greek Independence Day; A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 7074), 12975 Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7121), 49815 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 7122), 49817 Homeownership Week, National (Proc. 7104), 31591 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 7158), 68989 Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 7070), 10489 Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 7087), 23369 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, National (Proc. 7110), 40353 Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7090), 25147 Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7135), 55309 Loyalty Day (Proc. 7091), 25149 Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7098), 28887 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 7064), 3245 Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7119), 49263 Mother's Day (Proc. 7093), 26415 National Children's Day (Proc. 7139), 55319 National School Lunch Week (Proc. 7137), 55315 Ocean, Year of the (Proc. 7065), 4553 Older Americans Month (Proc. 7092), 25151 Older Workers Employment Week, National (Proc. 7072), 11983 Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc. 7083), 19795 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week (Proc. 7120), 49411 Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 7081), 18811 Park Week, National (Proc. 7086), 20511 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7095), 27191 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 7156), 67767 Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 7073), 12973 POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7124), 50459 Powell, Louis F., Jr.; death (Proc. 7117), 45931 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 7099), 28889 Prayer, National Day of (Proc. 7088), 24383 Recall Round-Up Day, National (Proc. 7082), 19167 Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 7063), 3243 Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7096), 27663 Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 7068), 10289 Small Business Week (Proc. 7102), 30103 Smokeout Day, National Great American (Proc. 7149), 64839 Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 7148), 64407 United Nations Day (Proc. 7143), 57889 Veterans Day (Proc. 7146), 63121 Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 7085), 20293 White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 7140), 55935 Women's Equality Day (Proc. 7116), 45165 Women's History Month (Proc. 7071), 10741 World Trade Week, 1998 (Proc. 7097), 27813 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7160), 70629 EXECUTIVE ORDERS American Heritage Rivers; amendment (EO 13093), 40357 Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); blocking property and prohibiting transactions (EO 13098), 44771 Armed Forces; ordering the Selected Reserve to active duty (EO 13076), 9719 Arms export controls and foreign assistance; administration (EO 13091), 36153 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:, 29335 American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee; establishment (EO 13080), 17667 Capital Budgeting, Commission To Study; amendments (EO 13108), 69175 Critical Infrastructure Protection, President's Commission on; amendment (EO 13077), 12381 Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents, Special Oversight Board; establishment (EO 13075), 9085 Digital Television Broadcasters, Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of; amendment (EO 13102), 24385, 52125 Employment of Adults With Disabilities, National Task Force on; establishment (EO 13078), 13111 Food Safety, President's Council on (EO 13100), 45661 Information Technology Advisory Committee, President's; amendments (EO 13092), 40167 Mexican-United States Defense Commission, Joint; amendment (EO 13082), 26709 Tribal Colleges and Universities, President's Board of Advisors on; continuation (EO 13104), 56535 White House Millennium Council (EO 13072), 6041 Women in American History, President's Commission on the Celebration of; establishment (EO 13090), 36151 Computer software piracy (EO 13103), 53273 Coral reef protection (EO 13089), 32701 Courts-Martial Manual, United States, 1984; amendments (EO 13086), 30065 Education, American Indian and Alaska Native (EO 13096), 42681 Emergency preparedness responsibilities, assignment (EO 13074), 7277 Government agencies and employees: Electronic systems; year 2000 conversion (EO 13073), 6467 Equal employment opportunity; amendment (EO 13087), 30097 Federalism (EO 13083), 27651 Suspension (EO 13083), 42565 Foreign Service and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems; open enrollment season for participants (EO 13105), 60201 Half-day closing of departments and agencies on December 24, 1998 (EO 13109), 70631 Pay rates (EO 13106), 68151 Waste prevention, recycling, and Federal acquisition (EO 13101), 49641 Human rights; implementation of treaties (EO 13107), 68991 Indian tribal governments, consultation and coordination with (EO 13084), 27655 Interparliamentary Union; extension of privileges, exemptions, and immunities (EO 13097), 43065 Middle East; prohibiting transactions with terrorists who threaten to disrupt the peace process (EO 13099), 45167 Vietnam; waiver under Trade Act of 1974 (EO 13079), 17309 Weapons of mass destruction, proliferation (EO 13094), 40803 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Federal Republic of, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro; sanctions regarding the situation in Kosovo (EO 13088), 32109 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Africa and Southeast Asia; refugee and migration assistance (Presidential Determination No. 98-24 of May 29, 1998), 31879 Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); continuation of emergency with U.S. (Notice of September 23, 1998), 51509 Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998, International; delegation of authority to Secretary of State (Memorandum of November 16, 1998), 65997 Argentina; designation as major non-NATO ally (Presidential Determination No. 98-9 of January 6, 1998), 3635 Belarus; Trade Act of 1974, continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 98-28 of June 3, 1998), 32709 Burma: Continuation of emergency (Notice of May 18, 1998), 27661 Report to Congress regarding conditions and U.S. policy -- (Memorandum of October 27, 1998), 63123 (Presidential Determination No. 98-30 of June 15, 1998), 34255 Chad; withholding assistance (Presidential Determination No. 98-38 of September 29, 1998), 54033 Chemical weapons, destruction of; delegation of authority under National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Memorandum of July 8, 1998), 38277 China: Certification on peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Presidential Determination No. 98-10 of January 12, 1998), 3447 Renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 98-13 of January 30, 1998), 5857 Trade Act of 1974; continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 98-26 of June 3, 1998), 32705 Colombia; continuation of emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers, 56079 Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulation; continuation of emergency (Notice of February 25, 1998), 9923 El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; emergency disaster relief assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-04 of November 14, 1998), 65995 Export control regulations; continuation of national emergency (Notice of August 13, 1998), 44121 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; drawdown for counternarcotics assistance (Presidential Determination No. 98-41 of September 30, 1998), 54035 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998; determination (Presidential Determination No. 98-12), 6469 Government agencies and employees; plain language in writing (Memorandum of June 1, 1998), 31885 Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala; disaster relief assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-3 of November 6, 1998), 64169 India; sanctions for detonation of a nuclear explosive device (Presidential Determination No. 98-22), 27665 Iran; continuation of emergency: (Notice of March 4, 1998), 11099 (Notice of November 9, 1998), 63125 Iraq; continuation of emergency (Notice of July 28, 1998), 41175 Jordan; military drawdown (Presidential Determination No. 98- 19 of March 13, 1998), 14019 Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. contribution: (Presidential Determination No. 98-14 of February 9, 1998), 9399 (Presidential Determination No. 98-20 of April 3, 1998), 18815 (Presidential Determination No. 98-31 of June 19, 1998), 36149 (Presidential Determination No. 98-37 of September 29, 1998), 54031 Libya; continuation of emergency (Notice of January 2, 1998), 653 Middle East peace process; continuation of emergency regarding terrorists who threaten to disrupt (Notice of January 21, 1998), 3445 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; availability of funds (Presidential Determination No. 98-34 of September 9, 1998), 50453 Narcotics; major producing and transit countries, certification (Presidential Determination No. 98-15 of February 26, 1998), 12937 Pakistan; sanctions for detonation of a nuclear explosive device (Presidential Determination No. 98-25 of May 30, 1998), 31881 Palestine Liberation Organization; waiver of statutory provisions relating to terrorism (Presidential Determination No. 99-5 of November 25, 1998), 32711, 68145 Correction, 68829 Pan Am 103 Bombing; funds to support court to try accused perpetrators (Presidential Determination No. 98-40 of September 30, 1998), 55003 Refugee admissions and authorizations of in-country refugee status (Presidential Determination No. 98-39 of September 30, 1998), 55001 Romania; peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Presidential Determination No. 98-33 of July 15, 1998), 39695 Russian Federation; assistance program (Presidential Determination No. 98-23 of May 23, 1998), 30365 Soviet Union, New Independent States of the Former; assistance program (Presidential Determination No. 99-8 of December 8, 1998), 70309 Sudan; continuation of emergency (Notice of October 27, 1998), 58617 Terrorism; delegation of authority regarding reporting obligations for counterterrorism and antiterrorism programs and activities (Memorandum of March 5, 1998), 12377 Terrorist-list states; waiver of requirements relating to blocked property (Presidential Determination No. 99-1 of October 21, 1998), 59201 Trading With the Enemy Act; extension of the exercise of certain authorities (Presidential Determination No. 98-35 of September 11, 1998), 50455 Ukraine; peaceful uses of nuclear energy; proposed agreement with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 98-21 of April 28, 1998), 26419 Vietnam: Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; purchase or lease of products or services (Presidential Determination No. 98-18 of March 9, 1998), 14331 Prisoners of war and missing in action, cooperation in accounting for (Presidential Determination No. 98-16 of March 4, 1998), 13109 Trade Act of 1974 -- Continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 98-27 of June 3, 1998), 32707 Waiver (Presidential Determination No. 98-17 of March 9, 1998), 14329 Weapons of mass destruction; state of emergency (Notice of November 12. 1998), 63589 Wheat gluten; action under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Memorandum May 30, 1998), 30363 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro) and Bosnian Serbs; continuation of emergency (Notice of May 28, 1998), 29527 ***** President's Council on Sustainable Development NOTICES Meetings, 28419, 48534 ***** Presidio Trust RULES Interim management of Presidio; general provisions, etc., 35694 Presidio management; general provisions, etc., 71771 PROPOSED RULES Management of Presidio; general provisions, etc., 50024, 64023 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice if intent: Letterman Complex, San Francisco, CA, 71318 Interim management of Presidio; interim compendium of designations, closures, permit restrictions, and other restrictions; availability, 66609 Meetings, 63758 National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 49142 ***** Prisons Bureau RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Fines and costs ordered by Court with respect to inmates convicted of offenses before November, 1987, 4356 Institutional management; editorial amendments, 5218 Non-discrimination toward inmates, 55774 Progress reports; triennial preparation, 7604 Searching and detaining or arresting persons other than inmates, 11818 Sex offender release notification; designation of offenses, 69386 Work assignment evaluations; quarterly evaluations for inmates who receive above average work performance ratings, 67560 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Central Office et al., 55774 PROPOSED RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Smoking/no smoking areas, 65502 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Inmates housed by District of Columbia Corrections Department; privatized contracting mandate, 3766 McCreary County, KY; Federal correctional facility construction, 27103 Ohio County et al., WV; Federal correctional facility construction, 7829 Preston County, WV; Federal correctional facility construction, 7830 Institutions; list update, 55778 ***** Program Support Center NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 68596 ***** Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3785, 3786, 5604, 5605, 5606, 10262, 13723, 20444, 25897, 25898, 25899, 26249 ***** Public Health Service See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RULES Fellowships, internships, training: Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; NIH clinical research loan repayment program, 58312 PROPOSED RULES Fellowships, internships, training: National Institutes of Health research traineeships, 58336 NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Toxicology Program Center, 68782 National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 30243 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Contraception and infertility research loan repayment program, 20208 Meetings: Endocrine disruptors; effects on human health at environmental exposure levels; characterization, 16567 Health effects from exposure to methylmercury; scientific issues relevant to assessment; workshop, 58409 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; national toxicology program, 37404 National toxicology program -- Alternative Toxicological Methods Advisory Committee, 40302 Contact hypersensitivity; murine local lymph node assay; review as alternative test method, 37405 Corrositex assay as alternative test method for assessing skin corrosivity potential of chemicals, 57303 Medical herbs use and safety; research needs evaluation; international workshop, 37404 Scientific Counselors Board, 2255, 6950, 52282, 57132 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; national toxicology program; toxicological test methods undergoing review; comment request, 40303 National toxicology program: Carcinogens Report, Eighth Edition -- Substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 26818 Carcinogens Report, Ninth Edition -- Agents, substances, mixtures, and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 13418, 68783 Substances, mixture and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 5565, 7199, 18435 Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies -- 2-Acetylpyridine, etc., 1118 Androstenedione, etc., 70790 Bixin, etc., 29236 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2256, 2449 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Exposure to power line frequency electric and magnetic fields; health effects evaluation; working group report, 41267 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998 ***** Railroad Retirement Board RULES General administration: Board forms, list and descriptions; elimination, 17325 Information disclosure to consular official, 2140 Railroad Retirement Act: Annuity eligibility, 17326 Disability determination standards, 7538 Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities; compensation and service report filing methods, etc., 32612 Recovery of overpayments, 29547 PROPOSED RULES General administration: Board forms, list and descriptions; elimination, 34 Railroad Retirement Act: Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities; compensation and service report filing methods, etc., 2914 Recovery of overpayments, 7088 Semi-annual agenda, 22858, 62594 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4501, 6239, 6787, 9025, 13439, 13711, 17468, 18944, 18945, 19989, 26831, 28018, 30785, 31815, 42890, 66836, 69693, 72341 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 116, 9876, 12519, 17038, 18945, 23289, 29042 , 29042, 35297, 36971, 38436, 39116, 42084, 45881, 46089, 48535, 64532, 71517 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 39303, 44479, 46089, 49617, 55418, 63514, 64134, 68317 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 14982, 14983 Systems of records, 28420 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Monthly compensation base and other determinations (1999 CY), 59813 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 63515 Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise tax, 9876, 32259, 46494, 69694 ***** Reclamation Bureau PROPOSED RULES Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program: Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 8160, 9992, 50183 Correction, 52319 Public meeting, 12068 Farm operations in excess of 960 acres, information requirements; and formerly excess land eligibility to receive non-full cost irrigation water, 64154 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10243 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17016 Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Water management plans; evaluation criteria, 51094, 55890, 71153 Colorado River reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating criteria; review, 9256 Concession contract negotiations: Colorado River near Hoover Dam; paddle craft use, 35945 Concessions management policy, directives and standards; availability, 27318 Contract negotiations: Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly status report, 3913, 19942, 40134, 56044 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Arrowrock Dam outlet works rehabilitation, ID, 56047 Meetings, 63493 CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 12823, 30511 Central Valley, CA; Hamilton City pumping plant fish screen improvement project, 4471 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, CA, 11453 Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program -- Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 10039 Contra Costa Water District multi-purpose pipeline project, CA, 48521 Glen Canyon Dam; 4.5 foot spillway gate extensions; installation postponement, 54730 Milltown Hill Project, OR, 52286 Narrows Project, Sanpete County, UT, 12502, 30252 Orange County, VA; groundwater replenishment system, 66814 Sacramento County, CA; water service contracts, 71153 San Joaquin River Agreement (1999-2010); flow objectives, 50925 Truckee River, NV and CA; operating agreement, 12501, 24562, 30252 Tucson aqueduct system reliability investigation project, AZ, 18441 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, WA, 19944 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Central Arizona Project, AZ; Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct Reach 11 recreation master plan, 42873 Central Platte River Region, NE et al.; four threatened and endangered species; recovery implementation program, 6768 Central Valley Project, CA, 55406, 58753, 71505 Central Valley Project Improvement Act -- Interim land retirement program, 6206 Colusa Basin, CA; initial plan/integrated resource management program, 2262 Contra Loma Reservoir, CA; future use and operations, 18035 El Dorado County Water Agency, CA; water service contract, 30512 Lower Mokelumne River, CA; restoration program, 71949 Potholes Reservoir, WA; resource management plan, 46468 Salton Sea Project, CA, 34926 Umatilla Basin Project, OR, 3588 Glen Canyon Dam operations; report to Congress, 54155 Meetings: Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 1123, 4668, 10244, 17442, 25063, 30253, 36431, 36432, 44637, 49368, 53462, 65811 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, 46467 Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, 36260, 69304, 70421 Glen Canyon Technical Work Group, 13071, 46467, 63329, 69304, 70421 Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 26623 Umatilla Basin Project, OR; Phase III feasibility study, 57310 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Conservation Advisory Group, 1124, 14474, 47318, 54490 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Turner Designs Inc., 15429 Water resources planning; discount rate change, 63329 ***** Refugee Resettlement Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Newly arriving refugees; discretionary grants, 27735 Refugee resettlement program -- Community service employment opportunities for refugees who have experienced long-term difficulties in assimilation, 27735 Comprehensive services; alternative projects, 25493 Refugees in local areas of high need, 7814, 30009 Social services funds; State allocations, 7422, 27306, 35245 ***** Regulatory Information Service Center PROPOSED RULES Unified agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions, 21676, 61205 ***** Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Hazardous materials: Editorial corrections and clarifications, 52844 Hazardous materials transportation -- Harmonization with UN recommendations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation Organization's technical instructions, 57929 Identification systems; poision inhalation hazard label, etc.; editorial revisions, etc., 16070 Intrastate shippers and carriers; regulations compliance; technical amendments, 8140 Miscellaneous amendments, 37454, 58323 Radioactive materials transportation; radiation protection program requirement removed, 48566 Regulations harmonization with dangerous goods international standards; correction, 1884 Ticketing program for certain transportation violations, 29668 Hazardous materials regulations; formal interpretation, 30411 Pipeline safety: Drug and alcohol testing; substance abuse professional face-to-face evaluation for drug use, 12998 Correction, 36862 Drug use and alcohol misuse control in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations; random positive drug testing rate, 14041, 58324 Excess flow valves; customer notification, 5464 Correction, 20134 Facility response plan submissions; reporting cycle changes; effective date and correction, 10347 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Leak detection; industry standard; incorporation by reference, 36373 Low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines serving plants and terminals, 46692 Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure testing within terminals and tank farms, 3653, 6677, 15321, 59475, 63210 Metric equivalents, 37500 Outer Continental Shelf pipelines; point at which pipeline is subject to RSPA regulations; memorandum of understanding with Interior Department, 12659 Voluntary specifications and standards, etc.; periodic updates, 7721 Correction, 38758 Effective date confirmed and amendment removed, 38757 PROPOSED RULES Hazardous materials: Hazardous liquid transportation -- Liquefied compressed gases in cargo tank motor vehicles; safety standards for unloading; negotiated rulemaking committee; meetings, 30572, 38456, 44601, 59505 Hazardous materials safety rulemaking and program procedures; revision and clarification, 68624 Hazardous materials transportation -- DOT cylinder specifications and maintenance, requalification, and repair requirements, 58460, 72224 Harmonization with UN recommendations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation Organization's technical instructions, 44312 Infectious substances and genetically modified micro- organisms standards; requirements and exceptions clarification and public meeting, 46844 Pipeline safety: Hazardous liquid transportation -- Breakout tanks; industry standards adoption, 27903 Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure testing, 5918 Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards -- Liquefied natural gas production, storage, and handling standards; incorporation by reference, 70735 National Fire Protection Association standard for production, storage, and handling of liquefied natural gas; meeting, 5918 Low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines serving plants and terminals, 9993 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Plastic pipeline safety standards; meeting, 5339 Pipeline personnel; qualification requirements, 57269 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18251, 18252, 55424, 55425, 65277 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Supplemental emergency preparedness program, 6607 Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 1989, 1990, 9043, 9044, 13299, 13300, 14990, 18965, 27620, 27621, 33435, 33440, 36733, 39116, 39117, 44506, 44507, 49639, 50955, 54743, 56287, 56288, 64988, 64989, 71186, 71187 Exemption applications delayed; list, 5417, 19574, 65862 Safety advisories -- Compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking, 40786 High pressure composite cylinders, 68819 High-pressure compressed gas cylinders; hydrostatic testing, 71668 Hazardous materials transportation: Preemption determinations, 17479, 18964, 30032, 42098, 45283, 49804, 67506 Registration requirements and fee assessment, 19573 Meetings: Hazardous materials bulk packagings; educational session, 53124 Hazardous materials in intrastate commerce; implementation and compliance, 7192 International standards on transport of dangerous goods, 25896, 65634 Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines; detection, 9295, 45288 Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees, 17924, 52314 Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program: Electronic teleconference, 10672 Participants -- Chevron Pipe Line Co., 71334 Mobil Pipe Line Co., 36018, 43741, 46506 Natural Gas Pipe Line Co. of America, 46497, 51115 Phillips Pipe Line Co., 36024, 43742 Shell Pipe Line Corp., 7500, 14172 Pipeline safety: Advisory bulletins -- Outer Continental Shelf; hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines; point of transfer of operating responsibility, 65863 Potential computer problems related to Year, 000, 42478 Potential damage to pipeline facilities caused by passage of Hurricane Georges, 63355 National pipeline mapping system; public workshops, 36030 One-call systems study -- Implementation; meeting, 39360 Information collection and solicitation of public participation, 72344 System Integrity Inspection Pilot Program; request for applications, 68819 User fees, 65864 Pipeline safety; waiver petitions: Exxon Corp., 19999, 64990 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 16858 Year 2000 North American Emergency Response Guidebook; meetings and comment request, 48544 ***** Risk Management Agency NOTICES Dairy options pilot program; implementation: Availability, 59930 Comment request, 51 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Agricultural risk management education program, 6810 ***** Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; loans and grants servicing, 41713 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 Intermediary relending program, 6045 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 Correction, 36157 Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; management and supervision, 2135 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 Property management -- Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and recoverable; definitions, 41715 Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and collection, 6627 Correction, 56290 Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 PROPOSED RULES Grants: Rural business opportunity program, 5474 Program regulations: Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 57932 Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4215, 5499, 7749, 8427, 8898, 9777, 11205, 19704, 24525, 27919, 50864 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 8900 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center; strategic plan availability, 27920 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Rural business enterprise program, 23264 Rural cooperative development program, 20167 Rural cooperative opportunities and problems research, 26139 Rural economic development loan and grant program; maximum dollar amount on awards, 63833 Loan guarantee authority; maximum portion available (1998 FY), 4217 Meetings: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 3081 ***** Rural Housing Service RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; loans and grants servicing, 41713 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 Intermediary relending program, 6045 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 Correction, 36157 Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; management and supervision, 2135 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 Property management -- Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and recoverable; definitions, 41715 Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and collection, 6627 Correction, 56290 Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 57932 Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 468, 4215, 7749, 8898, 11205, 24525, 28984, 30472, 36210, 50864, 54107 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Housing preservation program, 71077 Multi-family and single family housing, 71079 Rural cooperative development program, 20167 Section 515 rural rental housing program, 12077, 63667 Section 538 guaranteed rural rental housing loan program, 39472 Rural housing: Section 515 loan funds recipients list (1997 FY), 2198 ***** Rural Telephone Bank PROPOSED RULES Loan policies: Telecommunications loan program; loan contract and mortgage documentation reform initiative, 44175 NOTICES Loan policies: Interest rates, 63446 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6512, 24770, 43136, 63284 ***** Rural Utilities Service RULES Electric loans: Borrower audit policy and certified public accountant peer review requirements, 38720 Correction, 40169 Electric engineering, architectural services, and design policies and procedures, 35312 Electric program standard contract forms, 58283 Electric standards and specifications for materials and construction -- Electric transmission specifications and drawings (34.5 kV to 69 kV and 115 kV to 230 kV), 11589 Electric system operations and maintenance, 3449 Long-range financial forecasts, 53276 Year 2000 compliant electric systems, 51792 Electric, telecommunications, and water and waste financial assistance programs; environmental policies and procedures, 68648 Correction, 71342 General information, organization and functions, and loan making authority, 16085 Correction, 18307 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; loans and grants servicing, 41713 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 Intermediary relending program, 6045 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 Correction, 36157 Materials and construction -- Electric overhead distribution lines; specification and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction, 72102 Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; management and supervision, 2135 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 Property management -- Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and recoverable; definitions, 41715 Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and collection, 6627 Correction, 56290 Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program; correction, 3637 Telecommunications loans: Borrower audit policy and certified public accountant peer review requirements, 38720 Correction, 40169 Telecommunications systems; Year 2000 compliance, 45677 PROPOSED RULES Electric loans: Electric borrowers; hardship rate and municipal rate loans; queue prioritization, 17127, 24995 Electric program standard contract forms, 45767 Electric standards and specifications for materials and construction -- Underground electric distribution; specifications and drawings, 17128 Fidelity and insurance requirements, 54385 Electric system construction policies and procedures: Electric program standard contract forms; revision, 49503 Grants: Rural business opportunity program, 5474 Program regulations: Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 57932 Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 Telecommunications loans: Fidelity and insurance requirements, 54385 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Cable splicing connectors, 51018 Central office equipment contract (not including installation) (RUS Form 545), 68406 Customer access locations; service installation standard, 70456 Digital, stored program controlled central office equipment, 17738 Special equipment contract (including installation), 8582 Special equipment specifications, 36377 Telecommunications conduit; engineering and technical requirements, 59248 Telecommunications system construction policies and procedures: Telecommunications borrowers preloan and postloan requirements; reduction of RUS oversight with respect to preparation of plans and specifications, etc., 38503 Telephone system construction contract and specifications; revisions, 49504 Telephone loans: Post-loan policies and procedures; loan contract and mortgage documentation reform initiative, 44175 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5499, 7749, 8898, 11205, 17149, 17150, 17151, 19472, 23419, 24525, 26142, 44832, 50864 Electric and telecommunications borrowers: Actions and considerations to assure year 2000 compliance, 39268 Information dissemination; agency policies, 18362 Electric distribution borrowers; additional secured debt issuance, 45464 Electric loans: Quarterly municipal interest rates, 13166, 33319, 49543, 69611, 71617 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Associated Electric Cooperative, 33908, 59278, 63833 Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc., 32188 Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water Existing System North/Lyon County Phase and Northeast Phase Expansion Project, MN; meeting, 8901, 34361 Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., 34630 South River Electric Membership Corp., 39268 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., 41543, 51334 Georgia Transmission Corp., 43659 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Distance learning and telemedicine program, 3700 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998 ***** Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board, 9629, 32909, 43743, 64756 ***** Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Enhancing Federal training and education through technology; comment request, 35928 Meetings: President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 1109, 9230, 27962, 46790, 57125 ***** Secret Service NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 46508 ***** Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Accounting bulletins, staff: Allocation of expenses and related disclosure in financial statements of subsidiaries, divisions, or lesser business components of another entity, etc., 6474 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Filer Manual -- Update and incorporation by reference, 3462, 29104 Investment advisers: Client's consent to principal or agency transaction, and certain transactions for which adviser would not be acting as broker; interpretations, 39505 Fees based upon capital gains shares or capital appreciation of client's account; exemptions, 39022 Multi-state investment advisers; exemption; and investment advisers with principal offices and places of business in Colorado or Iowa, 39708 Year 2000 computer problems; reporting requirements, 54308 Investment companies: Investment company assets; custody outside United States; compliance date extension, 29345 Offshore sales of securities and investment services; dissemination of advertisements and other information; Internet Web sites use, 14806 Securities registration; fee rate change; registration form update, 62936 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Market Regulation Division Director, 8100 Practice and procedure: Improper professional conduct standards, 57163 Securities violations; Federal, State, or local criminal prosecutorial authority representatives; participation in criminal prosecutions, 63404 Public utility holding companies: Public utility and nonutility subsidiary companies; securities issuance and sale; exemption, 9736 Securities: Auditor independence; standards establishment and improvement; policy statement, 9135 Beneficial ownership in publicly-held companies; reporting requirements, 2854 Correction, 15286 Brokers and dealers reporting requirements -- Year 2000 compliance, 37668, 59208 Confirmation and affirmation of securities trade; matching service, 17943 Covered securities, 3032 Derivatives securities; listing and trading of new products by self-regulatory organizations, 70952 Exchanges and alternative trading systems, 70844 Interim Form BD adoption, 9413 Lost securityholders; transfer agent requirements; correction, 1884 Offshore sales of securities and investment services; dissemination of advertisements and other information; Internet Web sites use, 14806 Open-end management investment companies -- New disclosure option, 13968, 19286 Registration form, 13916, 14814, 19286 Over-the-counter derivatives dealers, 59362 Correction, 63143 Plain English disclosure in prospectuses, 6370 Public companies, investment advisers, investment companies, and municipal securities issuers; Year 2000 issues; disclosure obligations, 41394 Safe harbor procedures; offshore offers and sales, 9632 Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Section 36 exemptive relief; applications filing procedures, 8101 Shareholders proposals, 29106 Correction, 46881, 50622 Small business and small organization; definitions for purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act, 35508 Transfer agents; Year 2000 readiness reports, 37688, 58630 Correction, 42229 PROPOSED RULES Federal regulatory review: Rules list and comment request, 451, 72217 Investment advisers: Year 2000 computer problems; reporting requirements, 36632 Investment companies: Deregistration of registered investment companies; electronic filing requirements, 69236 Investment advisers to investment companies; exemption expansion, 40231 Practice and procedure: Improper professional conduct standards, 33305, 39054 Securities violations; Federal, State, or local criminal prosecutorial authority representatives; participation in criminal prosecutions, 46716 Securities: Belgium; securities exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 32628 Brokers and dealers; books and records requirements -- Sales practices, 54404, 63222 Brokers and dealers reporting requirements -- Year 2000 compliance, 12056, 19693, 37709 Compensatory benefit arrangements; offers and sales exemption, 10785 Cross-border tender offers, business combinations, and rights offerings, 69135 Derivative securities; listing and trading of new products by self-regulatory organizations, 23584 Equity securities purchases by issuer or affiliated purchaser, 59911 Exchanges and alternative trading systems, 23504 Correction, 29301 Operating segments; financial reporting requirements; technical amendments, 35886 Options disclosure documents -- Rule 135b revision, 36136 Rule 9b-1 amendment, 36138 Over-the-counter derivatives dealers; capital requirements for broker-dealers; net capital rule, 11173 Publication or submission of quotations without specified information, 9661 Registration form for insurance company separate accounts registered as unit investment trusts that offer variable life insurance policies, 13988 Registration of offerings to consultants and advisors; legitimate employee estate planning transactions, etc., 9648 Securities depository accounts; increased efficiency and certainty in processing of reorganization events, tender offers, and exchange offers, 47209 Securities offerings, regulatory structure; modernization and clarification, 67174 Seed capital exemption, 29168 Takeovers and security holder communications; regulation modernization, 67331 Transfer agents; Year 2000 readiness reports, 12062, 19430, 37710 Semi-annual agenda, 23060, 62782 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 275, 276, 582, 1884, 2428, 5407, 7014, 10249, 10959, 12116, 13886, 26221, 26222, 28428, 31536, 31816, 32685, 33738, 33975, 34494, 35298, 36279, 37606, 38216, 38436, 40746, 53968 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1130, 1131, 1512, 6585, 9273, 12117, 13081, 13887, 18237, 18238, 25887, 26222, 27335, 28429, 38436, 38865, 40567, 43971, 45535, 45536, 45537, 46257, 46814, 48280, 48535, 50608, 50610, 50611, 53969, 54164, 58433, 63758, 67152 Alternative dispute resolution; policy statement, 42891 Foreign issuers; registration exemptions; list, 9879 Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments, 39306, 40748, 47050, 56278 Investment advisers; registration cancellations; list, 12526 Investment Company Act of 1940: Deregistration applications -- EV Traditional Worldwide Health Sciences Fund, Inc., et al., 16837 Farrell Alpha Strategies et al., 30524 Financial Reserves Fund et al., 36977 First Eagle International Fund, Inc., et al., 52778 GTF Advantage Funds et al., 42472 InterCapital Managed Municipal Trust et al., 25247 John Hancock Limited Term Government Fund et al., 47334 Kemper Short-Term Global Income Fund-B et al., 11324 Lexington Tax Free Money Fund, Inc., et al., 583 Managers Short Term Municipal Bond Fund et al., 65623 New England Funds Trust IV et al., 59814 Value Line Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc., et al., 5982 Williamsburg Investment Trust et al., 52779 Deregistration -- Inventor Funds, Inc., et al., 71319 Exemption applications -- McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Inc., 38437 Joint industry plan: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 1515, 36979 Meetings: Securities laws uniformity; annual conference, 18470 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1878, 2436, 3009, 3595, 4333, 4679, 6247, 6587, 9273, 9274, 10420, 10960, 11936, 12557, 14500, 15244, 16838, 17918, 18239, 19542, 20681, 26231, 27107, 27336, 31254, 32273, 33422, 34949, 36007, 36280, 37608, 38221, 38865, 39915, 40327, 41609, 45100, 46495, 47541, 49375, 49619, 51393, 53478, 53969, 55162, 55907, 56667, 58434, 58801, 60035, 63950, 65827, 65828, 67154, 68809, 69353 Options price reporting authority, 56051, 65828, 69354, 70815, 71174 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 11936, 11938, 37423 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Year 2000 issues and consequences; disclosure by public companies; frequently asked questions, 63758 Securities: Suspension of trading -- Electro-Optical Systems Corp., 13293 Eventemp Corp., 43435 Golden Eagle International, Inc., 34499 Infotex Holdings, Ltd., 40328 International Heritage Inc., 13293 Midland, Inc., 44665 Mountain Energy, Inc., 40946 Shopping.com, 14740 Solucorp Industries, Ltd., 25129 Struthers Industries, Inc., 2294, 4333 Self-regulatory organizations: Clearing agency registration applications -- Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 8711 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 2435, 10253 International Securities Clearing Corp., 10669 MBS Clearing Corp., 14740 Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, 8232 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange, Inc., 2437, 2438, 4506, 5577, 6587, 8229, 8723, 9620, 10054, 11469, 12118, 12846, 14145, 14741, 15244, 15905, 19280, 19542, 20225, 20249, 25130, 25249, 25251, 26231, 28532, 29270, 29272, 30570, 36280, 36981, 37151, 37426, 38230, 38439, 39608, 39609, 40145, 40573, 45538, 45539, 45541, 47052, 48280, 49720, 51107, 55660, 56052, 56668, 57335, 59816, 59817, 60429, 64319, 68483, 68809, 68811, 71319, 71321, 71524 American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 39916, 43435, 49766, 59345, 59819, 64297 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 6787, 9026, 11470, 12847, 23307, 24200, 48283, 55661, 58078, 60430, 68490, 70170 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 276, 3009, 3938, 4507, 5579, 5584, 5825, 6247, 7019, 12119, 12558, 12851, 14146, 14151, 14152, 16839, 17038, 20227, 23309, 23817, 23819, 23820, 24578, 24580, 26657, 26658, 27779, 28019, 29274, 29275, 30525, 32688, 33422, 33742, 34209, 35309, 35629, 37153, 37155, 37430, 38441, 39610, 40574, 41306, 42085, 42649, 43449, 45275, 46258, 48285, 49619, 49722, 50265, 51393, 53737, 57145, 57339, 58080, 58081, 58434, 59348, 59350, 63759, 63761, 67155, 67956, 68321, 68323, 69696, 70816, 70818, 71530 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., et al., 11939 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 584, 1517, 1985, 2708, 3940, 4679, 5982, 7020, 11941, 12123, 14153, 15906, 16840, 17246, 17248, 19990, 23821, 26233, 28020, 28533, 29276, 29277, 30570, 31817, 36983, 37157, 37159, 38442, 38866, 39319, 39611, 40147, 41609, 41610, 43449, 47056, 48286, 49142, 49144, 49375, 54165, 55163, 56276, 56669, 56956, 64299, 65623, 67958, 69125, 69699, 70820, 71175 Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 11942, 18945, 41880, 46259, 57340, 70172 Delta Clearing Corp., 5828, 7022, 9621, 17249, 19544, 24201, 35298 Depository Trust Co., 1884, 3941, 8508, 8725, 8726, 13893, 18062, 18239, 18240, 19545, 19772, 23310, 24584, 25890, 26235, 26236, 26237, 31818, 32688, 36008, 38221, 38444, 39918, 42650, 44666, 45100, 46262, 47057, 50950, 54739, 56279, 57342, 57716, 57717, 64135, 64320, 65829, 65830, 68493, 68494, 69127 Depository Trust Co. et al., 30543, 35631, 46261 Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 10251, 18054, 38445, 42087, 43737, 44939, 46263, 49622, 50271, 52311, 66617, 71532 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 10055, 13439, 19774, 31539, 39320, 52313, 59831, 63095 International Securities Clearing Corp., 24593 MBS Clearing Corp., 7844, 9274, 13712, 19546, 25891, 65831 Midwest Clearing Corp. et al., 19991, 39614 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 280, 585, 1519, 3010, 3367, 4509, 14160, 18055, 18242, 19775, 23311, 23315, 27337, 29282, 37434, 37608, 38868, 39321, 40148, 40759, 45544, 45545, 51976, 53739, 67157 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board et al., 25531 NASD Regulation, Inc., 32033 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 117, 586, 588, 897, 1131, 1134, 1520, 2709, 3370, 3595, 3942, 4333, 4510, 5985, 6789, 7026, 7846, 8241, 8242, 8727, 9032, 9893, 10057, 12124, 12558, 12559, 13894, 13899, 14743, 15467, 15471, 16841, 18057, 19547, 19778, 19992, 20230, 20232, 20249, 23317, 23321, 24202, 25253, 25532, 26238, 26240, 27608, 28535, 29050, 30276, 30789, 30791, 30816, 31254, 31255, 31819, 31820, 32288, 32690, 33746, 34674, 34950, 34951, 35299, 36282, 36462, 36464, 36465, 37911, 39322, 39333, 39614, 39619, 39919, 40759, 40761, 42088, 43974, 45547, 46090, 46264, 46267, 47058, 47059, 47062, 47064, 47336, 49623, 49724, 49937, 50272, 50611, 51108, 51978, 51980, 52780, 53108, 53740, 53747, 54169, 54740, 55165, 55167, 55907, 55909, 56055, 56670, 56957, 57147, 57342, 57718, 59610, 59614, 60431, 63764, 63950, 63967, 64136, 64303, 64319, 64320, 65626, 65832, 66618, 66619, 67496, 67499, 67724, 68324, 68814, 69134, 69701, 70173, 70177, 71534, 71535, 71984 National Securities Clearing Corp., 4336, 5986, 6588, 8729, 8730, 9033, 10058, 19780, 19781, 30277, 32905, 33750, 38446, 39923, 44940, 53479, 55664, 55910, 56280, 56707, 57346, 59615, 59616, 63096, 63952, 67962, 71175 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 118, 899, 1135, 4337, 4513, 5829, 8244, 9034, 9036, 9275, 14745, 14747, 15908, 16849, 18060, 18244, 18481, 20249, 23324, 26660, 27339, 27609, 30279, 33975, 36725, 36985, 38230, 39620, 40150, 40575, 41308, 41310, 41882, 42652, 42892, 46090, 48289, 49145, 52782, 55170, 55667, 56281, 57347, 58435, 59351, 60036, 63347, 64304, 65626, 65833, 65834, 67160, 67161, 67163, 67964, 67965, 67966, 67969, 71176, 71991 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 5408, 18477 Options Clearing Corp., 1521, 8509, 8731, 8732, 13082, 13293, 19782, 30544, 33424, 36467, 39334, 39335, 39621, 42653, 43980, 53970, 56684, 58438, 59353, 59834, 63097, 64980, 69703, 71179, 71535, 71664 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 2711, 8246, 9276, 9622, 9895, 10420, 11700, 11943, 11945, 12852, 13440, 14162, 15246, 15472, 17250, 17252, 19549, 19994, 20236, 24593, 25255, 25891, 26662, 26834, 28432, 29286, 30548, 31823, 32691, 34676, 35303, 37913, 38222, 39336, 39338, 40577, 41312, 42896, 45276, 45892, 46269, 48774, 49624, 49626, 50951, 51110, 52784, 54175, 55668, 56282, 56283, 57721, 58082, 58439, 59354, 63766, 64307, 64320, 65627, 67164, 67970, 67971, 70821, 71322, 71325, 71993 Participants Trust Co., 1523, 15247, 17253, 42897, 46270 Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 6249, 23326 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 3596, 3601, 3611, 4515, 6589, 6591, 6790, 7033, 7488, 8510, 12569, 13082, 13083, 13087, 13294, 13901, 15474, 19282, 19554, 20238, 20249, 23327, 23331, 25258, 26666, 26667, 26836, 29287, 29288, 29301, 31543, 33426, 33430, 38223, 39338, 39622, 44298, 46270, 47077, 47078, 48777, 49147, 49627, 54177, 55670, 56056, 56284, 56685, 57147, 58083, 60435, 64319, 64751, 65630, 66621, 67972, 69128, 69704, 71181, 71183 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 6250, 7848, 23333, 25538, 29301, 40578 Year 2000 conversion; regulatory moratorium; policy statement, 47051, 53747 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 1st Atlantic Guaranty Corp., 32259 Advantus Capital Management, Inc., et al., 1513 Aetna Variable Fund et al., 66210 Allied Capital Financial Corp. et al., 30273 Allmerica Investment Trust et al., 32260, 39303 Alpha Industries, Inc., 43733 American Century Capital Investment Management, Inc., et al., 4502 American Fidelity Assurance Co. et al., 55156 American General Series Portfolio Co. 2 et al., 44295 American Odyssey Funds, Inc., et al., 6240 Americas Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 23481 AMP Ltd. et al., 11931 Ark Funds et al., 10655 Armada Funds et al., 28429 ARM Financial Group, Inc., 32032 Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., et al., 30786 Austria Fund, Inc., et al., 50948 B.A.T Industries p.l.c., 17242 Baker, Fentress & Company, et al., 66215 Bankers Trust Co., et al., 42461, 66219 Baron Capital Funds Trust et al., 28527 Barr Laboratories, Inc., 10419 Barr Rosenberg Series Trust et al., 15466 Barr Rosenberg Variable Insurance Trust et al., 42465 BlackRock Funds et al., 16594 Bogen Communications International, Inc., 48773 Boise Cascade Corp., 69353 Bond Fund Series et al., 35623 Boston 1784 Funds et al., 29258 Brinson Supplementary Trust et al., 24834 Cableuropa S.A., 69124 Calvert Social Investment Fund et al., 38216, 71517 Cambrex Corp., 18239 Cash Management Portfolio et al., 36453 CCB Funds, 67947 CD Radio Inc., 60418 CECO Filters, Inc., 3362 Cellco Finance N.V., 20679 Chase Global Co-Invest Partners 1997, L.P., et al., 29260 CIBC Oppenheimer Corp., 43220 CIGNA Funds Group et al., 71172 Columbus Energy Corp., 15467 Complete Management, Inc., 9618 Conectiv, Inc., 10657 CoreFunds, Inc., et al., 17244 Corporate Income Fund et al., 38218 Countrywide Investment Trust et al., 43971 Cova Financial Services Life Insurance Co. et al., 68480 Cowen & Co. et al., 29042 Crabbe Huson Funds et al, 50262 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., 67948 Crown Laboratories, Inc., 117 CypressTree Asset Management Corp., Inc., 7015 CypressTree Asset Management Corp., Inc., et al., 25887, 38680 Daily Money Fund et al., 3933 Dean Witter Select Equity Trust et al., 25528 Delaware Group Foundation Funds et al., 12845 DG Investor Series et al., 18464, 47540, 64741 Diversified Investors Portfolios et al., 44663 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., 15901 Dow Target Variable Fund LLC, 68803 Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc., et al., 29462 Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds, 56270 Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 2702 Emerging Germany Fund, Inc., 35624 Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc., 49717 Entergy Corp., 38682 EQ Advisors Trust et al., 16596 Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa et al., 39603 Equity Managers Trust et al., 49617 Equus II Inc., 33420 EuroPacific Growth Fund et al., 38219 Evergreen Equity Trust et al., 36455, 70811 Evergreen International Trust et al., 48536 Expedition Funds et al., 43734 Extended Stay America, Inc., 25245 Federal-Mogul Corp., 16832 Financial Federal Corp., 38221 First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 36971 First Australia Fund, Inc., 41606 Florida Rock Industries, Inc., 19761 Formus Communications, Inc., et al., 56271 Fountain Square Funds et al., 33738 FPA Capital Fund, Inc., 59604 France Growth Fund, Inc., 51975 Franklin Floating Rate Trust et al., 9876 Freedom Mutual Fund et al., 23482 Fundamental Funds, Inc., et al., 63515 Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. et al., 11318 General American Investors Co., Inc., 28431 Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al., 2428 Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., 40568 GP Strategies Corp., 32033, 32265 Gradison-McDonald Cash Reserve Trust et al., 51381 Great Plains Funds et al., 41304 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 4504, 67152 Growth Stock Portfolio et al., 3175 GST Telecommunications, Inc., 36002 Guardian Insurance & Annuity Co., Inc., et al., 15236 Hambrecht & Quist Employee Venture Fund, L.P., et al., 45882 Harris & Harris Group, Inc., 17905 Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., 3362 Hilliard-Lyons Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 59605 Homestead Village Inc., 25530 IEI Capital Corp., 71519 ImmuCell Corp., 41879 Industrial Development Bank of India, 40944 Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 48537 Intercorp Excelle Inc., 26223 International FiberCom, Inc., 36974 INVESCO Global Health Sciences Fund et al., 12520 INVESCO Value Trust, 65266 Investors Mark Series Fund, Inc., et al., 31238 Janus Aspen Series et al., 42646 Janus Investment Fund et al., 31243 Jefferson Pilot Variable Fund, Inc., et al., 32266 John Hancock Bond Trust et al., 60419 John Hancock Institutional Series Trust, 58077 Johns Manville International Group, Inc., 54738 KBK Financial, Inc., et al., 63094 KECALP Inc., et al., 66610 Kemper Global/International Series, Inc., et al., 64743 Key Energy Group, Inc., 20681 Key Mutual Funds et al., 6585 Lehman Brothers Capital Partners I et al., 19761 Lehman Brothers Inc., 19538 Liberty Variable Investment Trust et al., 18050 Life & Annuity Trust et al., 46816 Lipper Funds, Inc., 34947 London Insurance Group, Inc., 8227 London Pacific Life & Annuity Co. et al., 51629 Lord Abbett Investment Trust et al., 16598 M&T Bank Corp., 36002 MACC Private Equities Inc. et al., 55158 Marquee Group, Inc., 15243 McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Inc., MDC Communications Corp., 57145 Medco Research, Inc., 70443 MEMBERS Mutual Funds et al., 41607 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., 4331 Merrill Lynch Private Equity Trust I et al., 59607 Meteor Industries, Inc., 59344 Met-Pro Corp., 36975 MFS Institutional Trust, 66221 M Fund, Inc., et al., 32686 Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Series et al., 71520 Mitchell Hutchins Portfolios et al., 29044 Monarch Life Insurance Co. et al., 29764 Monitor Funds et al., 10250 Moreland Management Co., 8710 Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 38681 Morgan Stanley Capital Investors, L.P., et al., 13887 Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., et al., 43223 Munder Funds, Inc., et al., 31537 Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, 49936 Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 64289 NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC, 19765 Nations Fund Trust et al., 23484 Nationwide Investing Foundation et al., 8227, 18052 New England Funds, L.P., et al., 19769 New York Life Capital Corp., 33421 Nike Securities L.P. et al., 63516 Nikko Research Center (America), Inc., 3363 Northern Institutional Funds et al., 69694 Oak Industries Inc., 36003 Occidental Petroleum Corp., 19770 Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust et al., 10668, 29767 Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc., et al., 26223 Oryx Technology Corp., 25129 P.H. Glatfelter Co., 67951 P.T. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper, 15241, 20435 PaineWebber America Fund et al., 36003 PaineWebber Inc., 32902 Parts Source, Inc., 31245 Pax World Fund, Inc., et al., 26832 Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, 9619 PFL Endeavor Target Account et al., 32268 Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. et al., 36457 PIMCO Funds et al., 30522 PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust et al., 2290 Piper Funds Inc. et al., 15469 Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership, 25531 Principal Management Corp. et al., 71522 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 63342 Public utility holding company filings, 583, 2436, 3775, 5974, 6242, 7017, 8505, 10049, 11933, 12521, 13712, 13892, 14984, 16601, 16604, 16605, 16833, 17906, 19989, 20436, 30273, 30523, 32271, 33740, 34948, 36460, 37422, 38439, 40142, 40747, 42471, 43736, 44665, 45886, 47333, 49372, 49720, 51383, 54507, 55904, 56954, 58797, 60422, 64532, 65819, 68806, 68807, 71524 Quantitative Group of Funds et al., 70813 Quebecor Inc., 67952 Ranson & Associates, Inc., et al., 60030 Ranson Unit Investment Trusts et al., 60033 RBB Fund, Inc., et al., 39606 Real Goods Trading Corp., 59344 Redwood Empire Bancorp, 64534 Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc., et al., 18465 Resorts International Hotel Financing, Inc., et al., 15242 RGIP, LLC and Ropes & Gray, 11320 Rigel Energy Corp., 9619 Rogers Cantel Inc., 26833 ROHN Industries, Inc., 43736 Room Plus, Inc., 51631 Sage Life Investment Trust et al., 26225 Salomon Brothers Variable Series Funds Inc. et al., 17907 Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc., et al., 18468, 55161 Saratoga Advantage Trust et al., 3364 Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 55418 Scudder Spain & Portugal Fund, Inc., et al., 48540 Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. et al., 6243 Security Life of Denver Insurance Co. et al., 31245 SEI Liquid Asset Trust et al., 34496 Select Advisors Trust A et al., 67952 Select Sector SPDR Trust et al., 57332 Sel-Leb Marketing, Inc., 40327 Sessions Group et al., 5976, 8229, 53107 Siem Industries Inc., 49374 Simms Funds et al., 63518 Sirrom Capital Corp., 30788 SIT Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 44479 Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P., et al., 65823 Smart Choice Automotive Group, Inc., 40327 Source Information Management Co., 48774 Specialty Teleconstructors, Inc., 51631 Sport-Haley, Inc., 68808 SR&F Base Trust, et al., 36975 SSgA Funds et al., 3779 St. Clair Funds, Inc., et al., 11463 Stagecoach Funds, Inc., et al., 31250 State Street Bank & Trust Co., 19277 State Street Bank & Trust Co. et al., 47046 Stein Roe Income Trust et al., 29046 STI Classic Variable Trust et al., 17913 Striker Industries, Inc., 36725 Summit Properties Inc., 26231 SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. et al., 16833, 65268 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., et al., 64292 TCW/BQA Enhanced 500 L.P. et al., 24198 Technology Funding Venture Capital Fund VI, LLC, et al., 66615 Telesystem International Wireless Inc., 71660 Teletouch Communications, Inc., 26834 Tradepoint Financial Networks plc, 37146 Transamerica Investors, Inc., et al., 19771 U.S. Global Leaders Variable Insurance Trust et al., 29264 UBS Investor Portfolios Trust et al., 29048 UIH Latin America, Inc., 41879 Unity Bancorp, Inc., 67496 UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 68317 Van Kampen American Capital Distributors, Inc., et al., 9877 Variable Insurance Funds et al., 64745 Variable Insurance Products Fund et al., 35625 Vestaur Securities, Inc., et al., 11934 Victory Portfolios et al., 45098, 56274 Virtus Funds et al., 5978 VSI Enterprises, Inc., 15243 Weiss, Peck & Greer Funds Trust, et al., 5979, 40143 Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio et al., 71662 Western-Southern Life Assurance Co. et al., 67954 White Elk Funds et al., 51388 Wilmington Trust Co. et al., 31252 Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust et al., 60424 WRL Series Fund, Inc., et al., 38683 Zevex International, Inc., 64535 Z-Seven Fund, Inc., 50264 Zurich Insurance Co. et al., 44480 ***** Selective Service System PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22864, 62600 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5585, 41314 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 901 ***** Sentencing Commission, United States See United States Sentencing Commission ***** Small Business Administration RULES Business loans: Premier certified lenders program; pilot program extended and certified development company authority expanded, 24739 Disaster loan program: Eligibility criteria, 46643 Legal business entities engaged in agricultural enterprises and non-agricultural business ventures, 46644 Physical disaster and economic injury loans; increase request requirements, 15072 HUBZone empowerment contracting program; implementation, 31896 Procurement assistance: Very small business concerns, 46640 Small business investment companies: Miscellaneous amendments, 5859 Small business size standards: 8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business status determinations, 35767 Eligibility requirements and contractual assistance; Federal regulatory review, 35726 Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Towers, telegraph apparatus, turbines, cellular handsets and telephones, automobile motor vehicles, motor trucks, and radiotelephones, 38742 Small business size standards and procurement assistance: Very small business concerns, 46640 Compliance date, 56786 Surety bond guarantees: Pilot preferred surety bond guarantee program, 12605 PROPOSED RULES Business loans: 504 program financing and clarification of existing regulations, 24753, 43330 Unguaranteed portions of loans; securitization, sales, and pledges, 27219 Correction, 29676 Disaster loan program: Disaster loans; eligibility criteria, 20140 HUBZone empowerment contracting program; implementation, 16148 Correction, 18150 Semi-annual agenda, 22866, 62602 Small business size standards: Engineering services, architectural services, and surveying and mapping services, 5480, 16882 Correction, 20447 Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Towers, telephone and telegraph apparatus, etc., 20139 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 8512, 10253, 15248, 24202, 27780, 32273, 33120, 34677, 36987, 45551, 54509, 55171, 57726, 65633, 68326 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6790, 6791, 8513, 13714, 23486, 23487, 34678, 39925, 41884, 44483, 45552, 49377, 49628, 56961, 66222, 71993 Disaster loan areas: Alabama, 14163, 14987, 17918, 20238, 25260, 28433, 55171, 55671, 57726 Alaska, 39341, 51111 Arkansas, 33121 Arkansas et al., 24202 California, 3612, 10254, 10670, 12571, 14163, 16605, 27107, 44483 California et al., 20239, 56961 Connecticut, 10961 Delaware et al., 10961 Florida, 901, 3613, 4517, 7190, 10254, 10962, 12571, 14164, 14987, 18483, 25260, 39341, 40774, 42898, 51111, 52786, 55671, 57149, 64752, 65837 Florida et al., 40774, 55172 Georgia, 14987, 16606, 17039, 18483, 20239, 24203, 25260, 28433 Guam, 902, 1986 Idaho et al., 67501 Indiana, 42898, 44483, 45102, 46495 Indiana et al., 32907 Iowa, 38685, 40775, 42899, 44667, 46495, 49628 Kansas, 57727, 58442, 63954, 64752, 65633, 68327 Kentucky, 27108, 28434, 31258, 33120 Kentucky et al., 36469 Louisiana, 55172, 55671, 57149 Louisiana et al., 10254, 54510 Maine, 4517, 7191, 14988, 51111 Massachusetts, 10962, 37435, 44484 Massachusetts et al., 18483, 44484, 48541 Michigan, 18483, 37436 Minnesota, 18483, 20239 Minnesota et al., 37436, 42899 Mississippi, 55172, 55671, 57149, 58442 Mississippi et al., 14164, 34679 Missouri, 57727, 59356, 60037 New Hampshire, 6594, 7191, 41884, 44484 New Jersey, 12571, 14988 New York, 4518, 5586, 12572, 36469, 39341, 40775, 42473, 52786 New York et al., 1986, 45102 North Carolina, 4518, 5586, 10255, 10670, 15488, 17919, 18484, 49628 North Dakota, 42899 Northern Mariana Islands, 1986, 3613 Ohio, 24203, 38685, 42473 Ohio et al., 42900 Oregon, 36469, 42900 Oregon et al., 25261 Pennsylvania, 34499, 36470 Pennsylvania et al., 4518, 24202 Puerto Rico, 53971, 66622 South Carolina, 40775, 54510 South Carolina et al., 14164 South Dakota, 33120, 49629 Tennessee, 4519, 5586, 10255, 10670, 12572, 27108, 31258, 32907, 36470, 42900 Tennessee et al., 25261, 28434 Texas, 14165, 48541, 49629, 51112, 54511, 57150, 59357, 63098, 63954, 65633, 71185 Vermont, 6594, 38686, 40775, 42473, 48542 Virginia, 51112 Virgin Islands, 54510 Washington, 33121, 42901, 55173, 59357 West Virginia, 38686, 42473, 44484 Wisconsin, 46495, 49629 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Financial counseling and other technical assistance to women; Federal assistance, 64308 Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 1878, 15248, 36987, 71536 Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities, 28540, 41885 License surrenders: Business Equity & Development Corp., 29769 Capital Corp. of Wyoming, Inc., 56961 First Southern Capital Corp., 29769 Minority Equity Capital Co., Inc., 63519 ODA Capital Corp., 29769 Realty Growth Capital Corp., 5587 Small Business Investment Co. of Connecticut, 38447 South Bay Capital Corp., 54511 Southern Berkshire Investment Corp., 56961 Square Deal Venture Capital Corp., 5587 Sunwestern Ventures, Ltd., 65837 Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 12572, 33754, 44484 Regional Fairness Boards -- Heartland States, 28541 Mid-Atlantic States, 51112 Midwestern States, 33754 New England States, 26242, 45552, 67501 Northwestern States, 28542 Rocky Mountain States, 13714, 57348 South Atlantic States, 45553 Southeastern States, 33754 Southern States, 13715 Western States, 13714 Unguaranteed portions of loans; multi-lender securitizations, 38869 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Connecticut, 53481, 69132 District of Columbia, 63520 Florida, 33754, 51112, 57348 Hawaii, 12572, 38870, 63520 Maine, 28542, 51113, 63520 Massachusetts, 12572, 33754 Minnesota, 26242, 53481 New York, 51113 Pennsylvania, 57349 Utah, 3372 West Virginia, 26242 Wisconsin, 38870, 45553, 53482, 69132 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Massachusetts District Office et al.; name changes, 59357 Procurement opportunities through electronic commerce and electronic data interchange: PRO-Net implementation, 5587 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 58442 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 66622 Small business competitiveness demonstration program; policy directive, 51981 Small business size standards: Full table publication of four-digit standard industrial classification code, 902, 4532 Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Pineapple juice; termination, 10421 Surety bond guarantee program; fees, 23334 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Bay Partners SBIC II, L.P., 32273 BB&T Capital Partners, LLC, 14500 Berthel SBIC, LLC, 34678 Bluestem Capital Partners II, L.P., 31824, 34678 Bome Investors, Inc., 46822 Capital Across America, L.P., 36468 CapSource Fund, L.P., 45102 Capstone Ventures SBIC, L.P., 24585 Citizens Ventures, Inc., 5585 Credit Suisse First Boston Small Business Fund I, L.P., 45552 Critical Capital Growth Fund, L.P., 31824 Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity Partners, L.P., 5585 East River Ventures, L.P., 5586 Exeter Capital Partners IV, L.P., 1878 First United Venture Capital Corp., 31824 Hudson Venture Partners, L.P., 3012 Imprimis SB, L.P., 5586 J.P. Morgan Investment Corp., 36469 Midwest Mezzanine Fund II, L.P., 34679 NBT Capital Corp., 45552 New England Partners Capital, L.P., 14501 Prairie Capital Mezzanine Fund, L.P., 5586 RFE VI SBIC, L.P., 36987 Rocky Mountain Mezzanine Fund II, L.P., 31825 SBC Equity Partners, Inc., 13714 SBIC Partners II, L.P., 36987 Sundance Venture Partners, L.P. II, 34679 TeleSoft Partners IA, L.P., 20436 Utah Ventures II, L.P., 14501 White River Partners, L.P., 18245 ***** Social Security Administration RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 35130 Organization and procedures: Social security numbers for aliens; information collection from State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service, 56552 Telephone conversations; listening-in to or recording, 57056 Social security benefits: Disability and blindness determinations -- Body system listings; expiration dates extension, 30410 Cardiovascular body system, 4570 Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance -- Administrative review process; identification and referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's authority, 36560 Ciruit court law; application, 24927 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 41404 Inheritance rights determination; application of State law, 57590 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; expiration date extension, 35515 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Administrative review process; identification and referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's authority, 36560 Ciruit court law; application, 24927 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 41404 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; extension, 35515 State supplementary payments; administration fees increase, 33849 Valuation of in-kind support and maintenance with cost-of-living adjustment, 33545 PROPOSED RULES Organization and procedures: Telephone conversations; listening-in to or recording, 11856 Semi-annual agenda, 22874, 62610 Social security benefits: Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance and aged, blind, and disabled -- Employer identification numbers for State and local government employment, 71237 Endocrine system and obesity impairments; revised medical criteria for determining disability, 11854, 31680 Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical consultant definition, 54417 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Fugitive felons and probation and parole violators; denial of benefits, 32161 Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical consultant definition, 54417 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation -- Benefits application effective date, 42601 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4680, 6251, 9278, 11325, 1