FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Construction safety and health standards: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 18809 Longshoring; safety and health standards: Powered industrial truck operator training requirements; stay of compliance dates, 46846 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 61504 Marine terminals; safety and health standards: Powered industrial truck operator training requirements; stay of compliance dates, 46846 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 61504 Safety and health standards, etc.: Dipping and coating operations (dip tanks), 13897 Methylene chloride; CFR correction, 13700 Permit-required confined spaces; correction, 204 Powered industrial truck operator training requirements; correction, 22552 PROPOSED RULES Construction safety and health standards: Fall protection, 38078, 51722 Correction, 47461 Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 66595 Reestablishment, 26713 Consultation agreements; procedural changes, 35972 Occupational safety and health standards: Ergonomics program, 65768 Correction, 73448 Safety and health standards, etc.: Nationally recognized testing laboratories; fees; reduction of public comment period on recognition notices, 45098 Personal protective equipment; employer payment, 15402, 27941, 33810 Tuberculosis; occupational exposure, 32447, 34625 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: Nevada, 62138 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18938, 22652, 33527, 34828, 34829, 34830, 34831, 35699, 36049, 36926, 39174, 42150, 43734, 43735, 43736, 43737, 44962, 46960, 48207, 48208, 48209, 49247, 49248, 50544, 52351, 56812, 57127, 61369, 70056, 72366 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 10025, 12379, 19806, 57128 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: On-site consultation projects; project manager orientation course, 27606 Susan Harwood Training Program, 4719, 16761 Meetings: Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 1825, 18939, 24682, 28834, 43226, 63059 Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 10491, 31019, 57128 Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 912, 23360, 32279 Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Council, 46214 Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee, 2236, 17421, 44751, 67598 Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: Applied Research Laboratories, Inc., 68388 Canadian Standards Association, 60240 Canadian Standards Association et al., 38926 Curtis-Straus LLC, 69552 Electro-Test, Inc., 11500 Entela, Inc., 11501, 37815 Factory Mutual Research Corp., 18939, 44240 MET Laboratories, Inc., 11502 Southwest Research Institute, 11503 Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 33913, 44241, 68389 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Safe and healthful working conditions; voluntary protection programs; revisions, 55390 Voluntary employer safety and health self-audits; policy statement, 54358 State plans; standards approval, etc.: Oregon, 183, 913, 17686 Washington, 184 Variance applications, etc.: Dixie Divers, Inc., 71242 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission RULES Practice and procedure: Settlement judge procedure; settlement part procedure addition; pilot program, 8243 ***** Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office ***** Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office ***** Office of Motor Carrier Safety RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Office of Motor Carrier Safety; CFR chapter revision, 58355 PROPOSED RULES Motor carrier safety standards: Railroad-highway grade crossing; safe clearance; public meeting, 58372 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 66961 Motor carrier safety enforcement cases; decisions and orders, 63371 Motor carrier safety standards: Controlled substances and alcohol random testing requirements; exemption applications, 71181 Driver qualifications -- Aldridge, Terry J., et al.; vision requirement exemptions, 66962 Blaschke, Rodney D., et al.; vision requirement exemptions, 68195 Durham, James F.; vision requirement exemption, 69586 Hours of service of drivers -- Van Wyk Freight Lines, Inc.; exemption application, 72373 Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation -- Minimum fuel tank fill rate and certification labeling requirements; exemption applications, 71184, 71186 ***** Office of the Special Counsel PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22160, 65266 ***** Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States ***** Operations Office PROPOSED RULES Donation of excess research equipment; priorities and administrative guidelines, 41049 ***** Overseas Private Investment Corporation RULES Administrative provisions: Legal proceedings; production of nonpublic records and testimony of OPIC employees, 8239 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: International Development Cooperation Agency abolished; and CFR chapter heading revised, 32805 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22162 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10721, 56514, 72677 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27009, 58441, 58442 Hearings, 68115 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9171, 10012, 28012, 29668, 49025, 67934 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: International Development Cooperation Agency; abolishment, 32890 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 37152, 69033 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Panama Canal Commission RULES General regulations and shipping and navigation regulations; CFR subchapters removed, 73413 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22164, 65268 NOTICES Accumulated unpaid balances relating to Canal Zone postal- savings deposits and certificates and postal money orders; agency's release from liability, 59814 Panama Canal Zone Government; vital statistic records transferred to Commission; location change, 70296 ***** Parole Commission RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: District of Columbia Code; prisoners serving sentences, 5611 Rescission guidelines, 59622 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 528, 2518, 17684, 22646, 34270, 34271, 36404, 50829, 52349, 69801, 72102 ***** Patent and Trademark Office RULES Patent and trademark cases: Fee revisions (2000 FY), 67774 Patent cases: Copy fees; clarification, 67486 Interference proceedings; consideration of interlocutory rulings, 12900 Trademark cases: Copy fees; clarification, 67486 Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act; implementation, 48900 Correction, 51244 PROPOSED RULES Patent cases: Patent business goals, 53772 Payment of fees by credit card; changes, 59701 Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act; implementation, 25223 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10277, 16709, 18402, 27967, 66170, 66458, 68332, 69509 Electronic information dissemination: Internet usage policy, 33056 Meetings: Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 60791 New Act of Hague Agreement; international registration of industrial designs; public hearing and comment request, 19135 Patents: Human drugs and drug products -- Roboxetine mesylate; interim term extension, 10449 Patent application examination -- Prior art identification issues; comment request and hearing, 28803 Revised utility examination guidelines; comment request, 71440 Supplemental guidelines, 41392 Written description requirement; guidelines; comment request, 71427 Reexaminations; compliance with decision in case, In re Portola Packaging, Inc.; guidelines, 15346 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 56488 Trademark protection: Native American Tribes, official insignia; statutorily required study, 13004, 29841 Hearings, 32027 ***** Peace Corps PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22168, 65270 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10169, 20026 ***** Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 42246 Individual retirement accounts; payroll deduction programs; interpretive bulletin, 33000 Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements; comment request, 57520 PROPOSED RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Documents furnished to Labor Department Secretary on request; civil penalties assessment, 42797 Employee benefit plans; claims procedures; hearing, 65 Employee pension and welfare benefit plans; recordkeeping and disclosure requirements; use of electronic media, 4506 Plan and summary plan descriptions; superseded regulations removed and other technical amendments, 42792 Section 3(40) Collective Bargaining Agreements Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 3463, 15143, 30452, 38390, 51277, 57611 Small pension plan assets; security, 67436 Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements: National Medical Support Notice; child support orders; health care coverage provisions, 62054 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998; implementation: Breast reconstruction and related services after mastectomy; coverage, 29186 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 42717, 58455, 72696, 72697, 72698 Employee benefit plans; class exemptions: Cross-trades of securities by Index and Model-Driven Funds, 70057 Individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans, 11042, 11044 Interest free loans, 66666 Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: Aetna Inc. et al., 25916, 52546 Allfirst Bank et al., 57129 Anvil Construction Co., Inc., et al., 61132 Bankers Trust Co., 40623 Bankers Trust Co. et al., 30360, 51793, 70748 Business Men's Assurance Co. of America et al., 70732 Chase Manhattan Bank et al., 34281, 46419 First Security Corp. et al., 19807, 34293 Genito-Urinary Surgeons, Inc., et al., 3342, 11045 Hanson Operating Co. et al., 38480 Keystone Financial, Inc., et al., 7667 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 43738 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al., 66201 MICO, Inc., et al., 28835, 53736 Moody-Day, Inc., et al., 3318 Pacific Coast Roofers et al., 46724, 56812 Pacific Life Corp. et al., 39532, 61136 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters National Pension Fund, 61944 Premier Funding Group, Inc., et al., 40626 RREEF America L.L.C. et al., 29895, 42717 Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 16486 Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., et al., 4127 Standard Bank Employees, 7672 Standard Bank Employees et al., 24422 VECO Corp. et al., 10491, 11052, 28838 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al., 4132, 16493 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan (1999 Form 5500); computer scannable versions; comment request, 34686 Cross-trades of securities by investment managers; hearing, 70070 Meetings: Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 5841, 12379, 12380, 18940, 18941, 26790, 26791, 34296, 34297, 43757, 43758, 51146, 51147, 55760, 57154, 57155 Medical Child Support Working Group, 6919, 15382, 22652, 39174, 50304, 58858, 68391 Memorandums of understanding: IRS and HCFA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; implementation, 70164 ***** Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Premium payments: Self-correction of premium underpayments, 66383 Single-employer plans: Allocation of assets -- Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 2569, 7083, 12745, 18575, 26287, 31975, 32103, 38114, 38534, 44128, 49986, 51587, 55828, 61787, 69922 Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement age, 67165 Benefits payable in terminated plans; disclosure to participants, 67163 Waivers for major disaster area residents due to severe weather: Hurricanes Floyd and Irene; various States, 65658 PROPOSED RULES Premium payments: Self-correction of premium underpayments, 22589 Semi-annual agenda, 22172, 65274 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2689, 29722, 35702, 35703, 36937, 69298 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17040, 46733, 48440, 52558, 66936 Alternative dispute resolution; policy statement, 17696 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan (1999 Form 5500); computer scannable versions; comment request, 34686 Multiemployer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 2689, 7218, 12825, 18644, 26465, 32072, 38224, 44246, 50119, 55996, 61949, 70099 Single-employer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 2689, 12825, 18644, 32072, 38224, 55996 ***** Personnel Management Office RULES Absence and leave: Emergency leave transfer program, 72250 Restored annual leave; Year 2000 (Y2K) computer conversion efforts, 46257 Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Defense Department demonstration project, 36271 Combined Federal Campaign; solicitations authorizations, 27169 District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998; implementation: Federal retirement, health insurance, and life insurance coverage for certain District of Columbia employees; extensions and exclusions, 15286 Employment: Displaced former Panama Canal Zone employees; interagency career transition assistance, 24503 Federal employees performing military duty; reemployment rights, 31485 Positions restricted to preference eligibles, 40505 Reduction in force -- Service credit; retention records, 16797, 23531 Retention allowances; agency payment criteria, 71633 Selective Service System; statutory bar to appointment of persons failing to register; technical amendment, 28713 Surplus and displaced Federal employees; career transition assistance, 40506 Temporary appointment pending establishment of register (TAPER) authority; promotion possibility for employees appointed, 15285 Group life insurance, Federal employees: Court orders, 16601, 54761 Life insurance improvements, 72459 New premium rates, 22543, 71983 Health benefits, Federal employees: Contributions and withholdings; weighted average of subscription charges, 15633 Defense Department demonstration project, 36237 Pay administration: Authority delegations to agencies to take certain actions without prior OPM approval; correction, 68931 Back pay, holidays, and physicians' comparability allowances, 72457 Compensation; miscellaneous changes, 69165 Hazardous duty pay, 1501 Lump-sum payments for accumulated and accrued annual leave for employees who separate from Federal service, 36763 Premium pay; availability pay for criminal investigators, 4517 Senior Executive Service performance awards, 72889 Prevailing rate systems, 9905, 9906, 17941, 23531, 33175, 53179, 60087, 61769, 69183, 72249 Environmental differential pay for working at high altitudes, 15915 Retirement: Voluntary early retirement authority, 53581 Technical amendment, 72256 Voting Rights Program: Chickasaw and Leake Counties, MS; new offices for filing applications or complaints, 42039 PROPOSED RULES Absence and leave: Restored annual leave; Year 2000 (Y2K) computer conversion, 31735 Employment: Selective Service System; statutory bar to appointment of persons failing to register, 14842 Senior Executive Service; career and limited appointments; Qualifications Review Board certification, 41334 Suitability for employment in competitive service positions and Senior Executive Service career appointments; determinations and procedures, 4336 Federal Tort Claims Act; administrative claims, 33226 Health and counseling programs, Federal employees: Child care costs for lower income employees; appropriated funds use, 72037 Pay administration: Payments during evacuation, 69936 Prevailing rate systems, 20221, 33427, 61793, 72292 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) -- State income tax withholding and voluntary allotment program; expansion, 33429 Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) -- State income tax withholding and voluntary allotment program; expansion, 33429 Semi-annual agenda, 22132, 65240 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 535, 1830, 8412, 9360, 20027, 20339, 33327, 33328, 34302, 36410, 42732, 44247, 48212, 51806, 54930, 60246, 63348 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 536, 1245, 4476, 4727, 8413, 18945, 20027, 28015, 33119, 33327, 34302, 34303, 36411, 44247, 48212, 60247, 72704 Combined Federal Campaign; limitation on recognition of national federations, 63349 Excepted service: Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked -- Consolidated list, 48462 Update, 536, 14772, 24684, 33328, 38044, 56816, 65738, 72369 Health benefits, Federal employees: Medically underserved areas (2000 CY), 48213 Internal Revenue Service broadbanding systems; interim OPM criteria, 38486, 43014 Meetings: Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 11510, 29722, 40632, 53424 Federal Salary Council, 53757 National Partnership Council, 5081, 32296, 48213, 68124 Pay under General Schedule: Basic and locality pay for certain Federal employees; adjustments, 20340 Personnel management demonstration projects: Army Department -- Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Federal Center, St. Louis, MO, 11074 U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center et al., 12216 U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD, 30378 Commerce Department -- Various operating units; alternative personnel management system, 52810 Defense Department; civilian acquisition workforce project, 1426 Navy Department -- Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers, 39179 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 8964, 33970 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 50306 Systems of records, 4727, 51807, 53424, 54930, 54934, 59221, 60247, 60249, 61949, 72705, 73108 Senior Executive Service: Career positions reserved during 1998; list, 8904 ***** Postal Rate Commission RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 58335 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Consumer Advocate Office; mission statement, 37401 Practice and procedure: Domestic mail classification schedule; postage rates, fees, and classifications; changes, 1392 Correction, 4493 Library reference rule, 67487 Privacy Act; implementation, 57982 PROPOSED RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 50031 International mail services; cost, revenue, and volume data analysis, 66436 Practice and procedure: Electronic filing requirements, etc., 72622 Library reference rule, 52725 Privacy Act; implementation, 49120 NOTICES Complaint cases: Electronic delivery service pilot program, 28015 Domestic mail classifications and rates: Bulk parcel return service; legal definition expansion, 29931 Experimental online mailing service and fees; market test; termination, 28225 Mailing online experimental classification proceeding, 66514 Nonletter-sized business reply mail; accounting methods, 13613 Nonprofit and classroom periodicals class mailers; mail classification case, 18946 Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: Experimental mail classification docket, 54693 Meetings: Mailers' presentation, 28539 Technical and settlement conference, 49530, 56819 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 32558 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Docket room; change in hours of operation, 4477 Practice and procedure: Bulk parcel return service fee; complaint, 49824 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 48875, 56819 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: International mail report, 3991 Visits to facilities, 917, 8413, 31024, 36725, 37822, 49032, 56819, 67348 ***** Postal Service RULES Domestic Mail Manual: Breast cancer research semi-postal stamp; terms and conditions for use and determination of value, 10950 Bulk parcel return service, 50449 Commercial mail receiving agency; delivery of mail; procedure clarification, 14385 Delivery confirmation service; classification and fees, 12072 Stay applicability for customers sending mail to APO/FPO destinations, 17102 Experimental nonletter-size business reply mail categories and fees; implementation standards, 31121 Location-based post office box fees; expansion; and rate, fee, and classification changes; correction, 6802 Mailing Online market test termination; changes in domestic classifications and fees, 57571 Miscellaneous amendments, 36 Nonprofit and classroom periodicals classification changes and notice of refund procedures, 38831 Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; eligibility requirements, 48092 Package reallocation for periodicals and standard mail (A) flats placed on pallets and new labeling list L001; implementation, 16814 Rural and highway contract delivery routes; shared mail receptacles; addressing requirements, 2141 International Mail Manual: Global Direct -- Canada Admail service, 2855, 9915 Global Direct -- Canada Publications Mail, 46277 Global Package Link service -- Argentina, 46141 International priority airmail service; postage rates and service conditions changes, 10219, 43292 Postal rate changes, 20178 Priority Mail Global Guaranteed; enhanced expedited service from selected U.S. locations to selected European countries, 19039, 60106 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Information release and records management, 41289 Practice and procedure: Environmental regulations -- Floodplain and wetland procedures, 56253 PROPOSED RULES Domestic Mail Manual: Curbside mailboxes; design standards -- Consensus Committee establishment and meeting, 44681 Consensus Committee meetings, 66143 Flat-size periodicals and standard mail; packaging material standards, 11402 Withdrawn, 28130 Nonautomation mail processing instructions and letter tray label revisions, 57419 Plant Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) mailings; loading requirements, 72044 SAVE verification procedures and revisions; First-Class and Standard Mail (A) automation letter mail; combined postage payment standards, 68965 Special services labels; barcode requirements, 54255 Standard Mail destination entry mailings; procedure changes, 71702 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 30929, 46630 Practice and procedure: Environmental regulations -- Floodplain and wetland procedures, 48124 NOTICES Domestic Mail Manual: Periodicals rate anomaly, 20340 Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: Experimental nonletter-size business reply mail classifications and fees; changes, 31325 Periodicals rate anomaly, 38930 Meetings: Consensus Committee, 56543 Universal Postal Union; international postal issues, 2690 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3992, 6922, 8153, 13458, 19208, 23881, 28225, 32296, 36050, 40051, 45986, 51809, 56823, 66215, 71834 Postage meters: Information based indicia program; performance criteria and security architecture for -- Closed IBI systems, 4728 Open IBI postage evidencing systems, 38225 Postage evidencing product submission procedures, 44760 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 42733 Systems of records, 8876, 16765, 36051, 41476, 63062 ***** Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Lamb meat -- Adjustment to competition from imports (Proc. 7208), 37389 Imports (Proc. 7214), 42265 Maritime activities; contiguous zone of the U.S. (Proc. 7219), 48701 Correction, 49276, 49844 Mongolia; extending normal trade relations and elimination of tariffs on certain pharmaceuticals and chemical imtermediaries (Proc. 7207), 36549 Russian Federation; restraints on imports of certain steel products (Proc. 7210), 40723 Sugar-containing products and other agricultural products; tariff-rate quotas (Proc. 7235), 55611 Trade: Generalized System of Preferences; modification of duty-free treatment (Proc. 7206), 36229 Wheat gluten, imports (Proc. 7202), 29773 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of, and Serbia; suspension of entry into U.S. of persons who are responsible for repression of the civilian population or for policies that obstruct democracy (Proc. 7249), 62561 Special observances: Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7245), 59103 African American History Month, National (Proc. 7165), 5585 AIDS Day, World (Proc. 7256), 67691 America Goes Back to School (Proc. 7218), 47337 American Heart Month (Proc. 7166), 6181 American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7247), 60085 America Recycles Day (Proc. 7250), 62563 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 7189), 24275 Battle of the Bulge, 55th Anniversary of the (Proc. 7261), 71629 Blackmun, Harry A., death, 11373 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7228), 54193 Cancer Control Month (Proc. 7177), 17075 Captive Nations Week (Proc. 7209), 39895 Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 7242), 56665 Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7178), 17077 Child Health Day (Proc. 7232), 54757 Child Mental Health Month (Proc. 7246), 60083 Children's Day, National (Proc. 7238), 55617 Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 7222), 51183 Columbus Day (Proc. 7239), 55619 Consumer Protection Week, National (Proc. 7164), 5581 Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 7187), 22777 D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 7180), 17939 Defense Transportation Day, National, and National Transportation Week (Proc. 7197), 27439 Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7229), 54195 Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7230), 54197 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7257), 68269 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7176), 15123 Equal Pay Day, National (Proc. 7179), 17499 Family Caregivers Week, National (Proc. 7254), 66087 Family Week, National (Proc. 7253), 66085 Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 7252), 66083 Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7224), 51415 Father's Day (Proc. 7205), 33737 Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7231), 54755 Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 7204), 32381 Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 7241), 56397 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7182), 18321 Gay and Lesbian Pride Month (Proc. 7203), 32379 General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 7234), 55405 German-American Day (Proc. 7233), 54759 Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 7226), 52625 Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 7175), 14807 Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7220), 50417 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 7225), 51417 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 7258), 69161 Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 7169), 10381 Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 7183), 19017 Jordan, death of King Hussein I (Proc. 7167), 6777 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, National (Proc. 7213), 41005 Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7191), 24279 Legal Services Corporation, 25th Anniversary of the (Proc. 7212), 41003 Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7236), 55613 Loyalty Day (Proc. 7192), 24281 Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7199), 28709 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 7163), 2991 Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7216), 47091 Mother's Day (Proc. 7194), 25191 Older Americans Month (Proc. 7190), 24277 Older Workers Employment Week, National (Proc. 7173), 12879 Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc. 7185), 19681 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week (Proc. 7223), 51185 Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 7181), 18317 Parents' Day (Proc. 7211), 41001 Park Week, National (Proc. 7184), 19439 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7195), 25797 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 7259), 69163 Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 7174), 14353 POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7221), 50731 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 7201), 29769 Prayer, National Day of (Proc. 7193), 25189 Red Cross Month, American (Proc. 7168), 10101 Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 7162), 2989 Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7198), 28083 Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 7171), 10385 School Lunch Week, National (Proc. 7237), 55615 Science and Technology Week, National (Proc. 7188), 23005 Small Business Week (Proc. 7200), 28711 Small Manufacturing Week (Proc. 7217), 47093 Smokeout Day, National Great American (Proc. 7251), 66081 Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 7255), 66093 United Nations Day (Proc. 7244), 57967 Veterans Day (Proc. 7248), 61473 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 100th Anniversary of the (Proc. 7227), 53877 Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 7186), 19683 Washington, George; bicentennial commemoration of death (Proc. 7260), 70563 White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 7240), 56393 Women's Equality Day (Proc. 7215), 46813 Women's History Month (Proc. 7170), 10383 World Trade Week (Proc. 7196), 27437 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7262), 71631 Young People and Gun Violence, National Day of Concern About (Proc. 7243), 57767 EXECUTIVE ORDERS Afghanistan; blocking property and prohibiting transactions with the Taliban (EO 13129), 36759 Armed Forces, U.S.: Health protection of military personnel participating in particular military operations (EO 13139), 54175 Selected and Individual Ready Reserves; ordering to active duty (EO 13120), 23007 Biobased products and bioenergy; development and promotion (EO 13134), 44639 Chemical weapons; implementation of convention and implementing act (EO 13128), 34703 Child labor; prohibition of acquisition of products produced by forced or indentured (EO 13126), 32383 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Advisory Committees, Federal; continuance (EO 13138), 53879 Bioethics Advisory Commission, National; amendment (EO 13137), 50733 Coast Guard, Interagency Task Force on the Roles and Missions of the U.S.; establishment (EO 13115), 15283 Information Technology Advisory Committee, President's; amendments (EO 13113), 7489 Infrastructure Assurance Council, National; establishment (EO 13130), 38535 Internet, Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on; establishment (EO 13133), 43895 Labor Organization, President's Committee on the International; amendment (EO 13135), 47339 Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (EO 13110), 2419 Southwest Border, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the; establishment (EO 13122), 29201 Sustainable Development, President's Council on; amendment (EO 13114), 10099 Women in American History, President's Commission on the Celebration of; amendment (EO 13136), 48931 Courts-Martial Manual, United States, 1984; amendments (EO 13140), 55115 Enterprise for the Americas Initiative; amendment (E0 13131), 40733 Environmental review of trade agreements (EO 13141), 63169 Export control regulations; amendment (EO 13117), 16591 Government agencies and employees: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, increasing participation in Federal programs (EO 13125), 31105 Classified National Security Information; amendment (EO 13142), 66089 Efficient energy management (EO 13123), 30851 Electronic systems; year 2000 conversion; amendment (EO 13127), 32793 Federalism (EO 13132), 43255 Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998; implementation (EO 13118), 16595 Pay rates (EO 13144), 72237 Psychiatric disabilities, Federal employees with, amendment to civil service rules (EO 13124), 31103 Technology training (EO 13111), 2793 Invasive species (EO 13112), 6183 Taliban; blocking property and prohibiting transactions (EO 13129), 36759 Trade; identification of expansion priorities and discriminatory procurement practices (EO 13116), 16333 Waterfront facilities, vessels, harbors, and ports; safeguarding (EO 13143), 68273 Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), Federal Republic of, Albania, and airspace and adjacent waters, designation of combat zone (EO 13119), 18797 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Federal Republic of, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro; sanctions regarding the situation in Kosovo (EO 13121), 24021 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Angola (UNITA), National Union for the Total Independence of; continuation of emergency (Notice of September 21, 1999), 51419 Australia; proposed agreement on uranium (Presidential Determination No. 2000-3 of October 25, 1999), 58757 Belarus; continuation of waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 (Presidential Determination No. 99-26 of June 3, 1999), 31109 Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, Convention on Combating; delegation of responsibility to Secretary of State (Memorandum of June 10, 1999), 32795 Burma: Conditions and U.S. policy (Memorandum of October 27, 1999), 60647 Continuation of emergency (Notice of May 18, 1999), 27443 Canada; civil uses of atomic energy; proposed protocol amending the agreement with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 99-30 of June 23, 1999), 35921 China; continuation of waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 (Presidential Determination No. 99-28 of June 3, 1999), 31113 Columbia; continuation of emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers (Notice of October 19, 1999), 56667 Croatia; military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99- 21 of April 8, 1999), 18551 Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulation; continuation of emergency (Notice of February 24, 1999), 9903 East Timor; military assistance to multinational force (Presidential Determination No. 99-39 of September 21, 1999), 53575 Economic Community of West African States' Monitoring Group (ECOMOG); military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-34 of Aug. 13, 1999), 47343 Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in; financial assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-31 of June 30, 1999), 37033 Correction, 38075 Export control regulations; continuation of emergency (Notice of August 10, 1999), 44101 Family planning, international; waiver of restrictions (Memorandum of November 29, 1999), 68275 Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998: Delegation of authority (Memorandum of March 31, 1999), 17079 Delegation of authority to Secretary of State (Memorandum of May 26, 1999), 29539 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999: Delegation of authority to Secretary of State (Memorandum of March 23, 1999), 14809 Determination (Presidential Determination No. 99-11 of January 28, 1999), 6773 Immigration; custody and screening of aliens encountered on vessels interdicted on the high seas (Memorandum of September 24, 1999), 55809 India and Pakistan; waiver of sanctions: (Presidential Determination No. 99-38 of September 21, 1999), 53573 (Presidential Determination No. 99-44 of September 30, 1999), 54503 (Presidential Determination No. 2000-4 of October 27, 1999), 60649 Iran; continuation of emergency: (Notice of March 10, 1999), 12239 (Notice of November 5, 1999), 61471 Iraq: Continuation of emergency (Notice of July 20, 1999), 39897 Foreign assistance to democratic opposition organizations (Presidential Determination No. 99-13 of February 4, 1999), 6781 Military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 2000-5 of October 29, 1999), 60651 Ireland, International Fund for; U.S. contributions (Presidential Determination No. 99-41 of September 22, 1999), 53579 Jerusalem Embassy Act; suspension of limitations: (Presidential Determination No. 99-29 of June 17, 1999), 33739 (Presidential Determination No. 2000-8 of December 17, 1999), 72887 Jordan; military drawdown (Presidential Determination No. 99-18 of March 25, 1999), 16337 Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. contributions: (Presidential Determination No. 99-9 of December 24, 1998), 983 (Presidential Determination No. 99-16 of March 4, 1999), 13495 (Presidential Determination No. 99-24 of May 18, 1999), 28087 (Presidential Determination No. 99-42 of September 29, 1999), 54499 Kosovo: Migration and refugee assistance -- (Presidential Determination No. 99-10 of January 25, 1999), 5925 (Presidential Determination No. 99-19 of March 31, 1999), 17081 (Presidential Determination No. 99-22 of April 29, 1999), 24501 Military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-20 of March 31, 1999), 17083 Refugee assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-19 of March 31, 1999), 17081 United Nations Interim Administration Mission in: military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-40 of September 21, 1999), 53577 Lamb meat; imports (Memorandum of July 7, 1999), 37393 Libya; state of emergency (Notice of December 30, 1998), 383 Middle East peace process; continuation of emergency regarding terrorists who threaten to disrupt (Notice of January 20, 1999), 3393 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; availability of funds: (Presidential Determination No. 99-23 of May 18, 1999), 28085 (Presidential Determination No. 2000-7 of November 10, 1999), 65653 Montenegro, Republic of; waiver of prohibition on assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-14 of February 16, 1999), 9263 Narcotics: Certification of major illicit drug producing and transit countries (Presidential Determination No. 99-15 of February 26, 1999), 11319 Counternarcotics assistance to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama (Presidential Determination No. 99-43 of September 30, 1999), 54501 Northern Mariana Islands; vessels located in the area (Memorandum of April 16, 1999), 53883 Palestine Liberation Organization; waiver of statutory provisions relating to terrorism: (Presidential Determination No. 99-25 of May 24, 1999), 29537 (Presidential Determination No. 2000-2 of October 21, 1999), 58755 Refugee admissions: FY 2000 authorizations (Presidential Determination No. 99-45 of September 30, 1999), 54505 Revised allocations (Presidential Determination No. 99-33 of August 12, 1999), 47341 Religious Freedom Act of 1998, International; delegation of authority (Memorandum of Aug. 17, 1999), 47345 Russia; delegation of authority to conclude an agreement on the importation of steel products (Memorandum of July 9, 1999), 38101 Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999; delegation of authority to the Secretary of Defense (Memorandum of July 16, 1999), 40503 Sudan; continuation of state of emergency (Notice of October 29, 1999), 59105 Trading With the Enemy Act; continuation of exercise of authorities (Presidential Determination No. 99-36 of September 10, 1999), 51885 Tunisia; military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99- 32 of July 1, 1999), 37035 Correction, 38075 Vietnam: Continuation of waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 (Presidential Determination No. 99-27 of June 3, 1999), 31111 Prisoners of war and missing in action, cooperation in accounting for (Presidential Determination No. 99-12 of February 3, 1999), 6779 Weapons of mass destruction; state of emergency (Notice of November 10, 1999), 61767 Yugoslavia: Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro); continuation of emergency (Notice of May 27, 1999), 29205 United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former; drawdown of services and commodities (Presidential Determination No. 99-35 of August 17, 1999), 47347 ***** President's Council on Sustainable Development NOTICES Meetings, 2259 ***** Presidio Trust PROPOSED RULES Management of Presidio; general provisions, etc., 2870 Environmental quality, 39951, 51488 Semi-annual agenda, 22178, 65280 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Letterman Complex, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 22662, 32899 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Public Health Service Hospital Complex, 31883 Meetings, 9209, 57910 Wireless telecommunications facilities sites; applications: Bay Area Cellular Telephone Co.; comment request, 26466 ***** Prisons Bureau RULES Donations; acceptance, Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Birth control, pregnancy, child placement, and abortion, 9429 Classification and program review; team meetings, 9428 Correspondence; return address, 32170 Donations; acceptance, 17270 Incarceration fee cost, 43880 Inmate financial responsibility program; spending limitations, 72798 Inmate personal property, 36750 State custody transfers; victim/witness notification, 68264 Visitor notification requirements, 25794 PROPOSED RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Aliens; release gratuities, transportation, and clothing, 53871, 53872 Correspondence; inspection of outgoing general correspondence, 40718 Federal Tort Claims Act, 32172 Inmate commissary account deposit procedures, 20126 Inmate discipline respecting violations of telephone and smoking policies, 9432 Over-the-counter (OTC) medications; inmate access, 10094 Searches of housing units, inmates, and inmate work areas, and persons other than inmates; use of electronic devices, 9431 Smoking/no smoking areas, 24468 Visiting regulations; prior relationships, 27166 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 17014 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34271 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Contractor-owned/operated correctional facility for 1000 District of Columbia inmates; construction and operation, 46955 Saint Francis County, AR; medium-security Federal correctional institution, 58451 South Carolina; medium-security Federal correctional facility, 70728 Yazoo County, MS; Federal correctional complex, 57124 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Criminal alien populations; housing in non-Federal low- security correctional facilities, 20021 Lassen County, CA; Federal correctional facility construction, 29071 South Carolina; high security or medium security federal correctional facilities development, 41464 Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Incarceration cost for Federal inmates; annual determination of average cost, 43882 ***** Program Support Center NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 24413, 49497 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42406 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 37990 ***** Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5344, 5345, 36970, 49542, 54411, 69818, 69819 ***** 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 PROPOSED RULES Grants: Health professions, nursing, public health, and allied health training grant program regulations removed, 54263 Human drugs: Narcotic drugs use in maintenance and detoxification treatment of narcotic dependence (opioid addiction), 39810 Hearing, 56294 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act; implementation: Individuals employed in positions involving regular contact with or control over Indian children; minimum standards of character and employment suitability, 14560, 28778 Occupational safety and health: Respiratory devices used to protect workers in hazardous environments; approval, 46178 NOTICES Meetings: Human Exposure Assessment; Role in Prevention of Environmental Disease; workshop, 47511 National Toxicology Program -- Alternative Toxicological Methods Advisory Committee, 6111, 50297 Carcinogens report; review procedures and listing criteria, 54343 Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction; phthalates review; comment request, 42707, 63327 Scientific Counselors Board, 17402, 63326 Special Emphasis Panel, 18040 National Toxicology Program: Carcinogens Report, Tenth Edition -- Substances, mixtures, and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 15983, 19188, 37992 Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction; phthalates review; comment request, 18921, 23903 Chemicals nominated for toxicology studies; testing recommendations; comment request, 36704 Frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) evaluation; data request and suggested expert panelists, 48662 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 8396, 17674, 25897 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Murine local lymph node assay; test method for assessing allergic contact dermatitis potential of chemicals/compounds (NIEHS), 14006 National toxicology program -- Corrositex; in vitro test method for assessing dermal corrosivity of chemicals, 33109 Toxicological methods validation status evaluation; submissions to Alternative Methods Validation Interagency Coordinating Committee; general guidelines, 67579 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Railroad Retirement Board RULES Emergency regulations: Plan of operation during national emergency; procedures update, 66381 Railroad Retirement Act: Disability determination, 62976 CFR correction, 36239 PROPOSED RULES Emergency regulations: Plan of operation during national emergency; procedures update, 44670 Railroad Retirement Act: Disability determination -- Reviews for medical recovery of annuitants; discontinuance, 62996 Evidence required for payment, 66433 Family relationships; inheritance rights, 68647 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Remuneration; definition, 62135 Sickness and unemployment benefits; waiting period shortened, etc., 67811 Semi-annual agenda, 22182, 65284 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1034, 2527, 3581, 5081, 11975, 12192, 13241, 13458, 14020, 15841, 23137, 28539, 33329, 33935, 40914, 42733, 44969, 46216, 50307, 58462, 60464 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10506, 11976, 14021, 14477, 17204, 19833, 25927, 27015, 28540, 28844, 33530, 36052, 38931, 39546, 47541, 49826, 51809, 54696, 66516, 68396, 70099, 71834, 72705 Meetings: Actuarial Advisory Committee, 30554 Lessor or non-operating entity considered as employer or not; examiner appointment; comment request; hearing, 38491 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 25928, 33936, 44069 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 17041 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Monthly compensation base and other determinations (2000 CY), 63063 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 66671 Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise tax, 10729, 35221, 50308, 69575 ***** Reclamation Bureau RULES Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program: Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 58986 PROPOSED RULES Farm operations in excess of 960 acres, information requirements; and formerly excess land eligibility to receive non-full cost irrigation water, 2870, 12141 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 174, 175, 27806 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 28009, 28011, 61662, 71492 Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Water management plans; evaluation criteria, 1217, 50103, 61122 Water transfer provisions implementation; guidelines, 69031 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 3974 Contract negotiations: Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly status report, 3544, 22640, 39171, 56807 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 34677, 43223 Hearing, 49023 California; Central Valley Improvement Act; implementation, 43207 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, CA, 38214, 58437 Clark County, NV; Las Vegas Wash Wetlands Park, 11946 Contra Loma Reservoir Project, CA; future use and operation, 3974, 51786 Elephant Butte/Caballo Reservoirs, NM; resource management plan, 51787, 66643 Orange County, CA; groundwater replenishment system, 2503 Republican River basin, NE and KS; long-term water supply contracts renewal, 55746 San Joaquin County, CA; Lower Mokelumne River Restoration Program, 59790 San Joaquin River Agreement (1999-2010); flow objectives, 5074 Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration, CA, 56364 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, WA, 3714, 12177 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Albuquerque, NM; water resources strategy implementation, drinking water supply project, 49024 Animas-La Plata Project, CO and NV, 176 Central Arizona Project, AZ; water supply allocation and expected long-term contract execution, 46720 Central Valley Project, CA, 66931 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, CA, 33504 Colorado River; management plan; surplus criteria development, 27008, 68373 Colorado River Storage Project, Navajo Unit, NM and CO; operations; meetings, 53407 Grassland Bypass Project, CA; continuation, 47860 Imperial Irrigation District/San Diego County Water Authority Water Conservation and Transfer Project, CA, 52102 Klamath Project, OR and CA; long-term operations, 6911 Lower Colorado River, AZ, NV, and CA; Multi-Species Conservation Program, 27000 Placer County Water Agency American River Pump Station Project, CA, 32889 Tracy Fish Facility, Central Valley Project, CA, 8401 Meetings: Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 2918, 11038, 18447, 23669, 25905, 29337, 31875, 33907, 37152, 40389, 44940, 47197, 52795, 55485, 57906, 63830, 65725, 71829 Colorado River; surplus criteria for water delivery to Arizona, California, and Nevada, 29068 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, 53408, 54639 Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group, 25905, 54639, 61122 Glen Canyon Technical Work Group, 6116, 10487, 47517, 54639, 61122 Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 10721, 30355, 42961, 61369 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Conservation Advisory Group, 25365, 52342 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 6912, 8119, 13234, 29874, 29876, 33504, 40894, 43714, 69032 Water resources planning; discount rate change, 72676 ***** Refugee Resettlement Office PROPOSED RULES Refugee resettlement program: Public/private partnership program; refugee cash and medical assistance; requirements, 1159 NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Community and family strengthening and integration services; discretionary social service funds, 34662 Community service employment opportunities for refugees experiencing long-term difficulties with assimilation, 34667 Refugee resettlement program -- Individual development accounts establishment for refugees, 31009 Refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants; alternative approaches to provision of cash assistance, medical assistance, social services, and case management (Wilson/Fish projects), 19793 Refugees in local areas of high need, 11927, 43388 Social services funds; State allocations, 22626, 43398 ***** Regulatory Information Service Center PROPOSED RULES Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, 20940, 63885 ***** Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Hazardous materials: Editorial corrections and clarifications, 51912 Correction, 54730, 61219 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Liquefied compressed gases; continued manufacture of MC331 cargo tanks, 9923 Liquefied compressed gases; transportation and unloading, 28030 Hazardous materials transportation -- Chemical oxidizers and compressed oxygen aboard aircraft, 45388 Harmonization with UN recommendations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation Organization's technical instructions, 10742, 44426, 44578 Packages intended for transportation in international commerce; limited extension of requirements for labeling materials poisonous by inhalation, 50260, 51719 Import and export shipments; poison inhalation hazard; CFR correction, 45457 Liquefied compressed gases; transportation and unloading, 36802 Pipeline safety: Drug and alcohol testing; random testing rate, 66788 Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline repair, 69660 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Breakout tanks; industry standards adoption, 15926, 40777 Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure testing within terminals and tank farms; correction, 6814 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Gas pipelines; corrosion extent determination, 56978 Pipeline personnel; qualification requirements, 46853 PROPOSED RULES Hazardous materials: Hazardous liquid transportation -- Liquefied compressed gases; continued manufacture of MC331 cargo tanks, 1789 Liquefied compressed gases; transportation and unloading, 13856 Liquefied compressed gases in cargo tank motor vehicles; safety standards for unloading; negotiated rulemaking committee; meetings, 70, 9115, 16882 Hazardous materials transportation -- Cargo tank rollover damage protection requirements, 62161 Compatibility with International Atomic Energy Agency regulations, 72633 DOT cylinder specifications and maintenance, requalification, and repair requirements, 9114, 28965 Loading, unloading, and storage; regulatory applicability, 22718, 40810 Registration and fee assessment program, 18786, 28135 Incident reporting requirements and Detailed Hazardous Materials Incident Report form; revision, 13943 Miscellaneous amendments, 53166 Rulemaking and program procedures, etc.; Regulatory Flexibility Act and plain language reviews, 71098 Pipeline safety: Enforcement procedures, 43972 Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline corrosion control, 16885 Gas gathering lines, definition; electronic discussion forum, 12147, 23256, 35580 Gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines in high- consequence areas; enhanced safety and environmental protection, 56725, 71713 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage; definition, 38173, 73464 Liquefied compressed gases, 16882 Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities, 47157 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Gas pipelines; corrosion extent determination, 28136 Pipeline personnel; qualification requirement; environmental assessment, 5018, 29834 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3333, 3585, 5091, 46746, 54065, 57182, 57183 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 19856 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 29413, 60875, 70314 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: University Transportation Centers Program, 11980 Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 2701, 3334, 3335, 8437, 8441, 8442, 11081, 13467, 13468, 20055, 20056, 20057, 28556, 28558, 32605, 32606, 36962, 40057, 40059, 43420, 46006, 46007, 51365, 51366, 56241, 56242, 56383, 65760, 70758, 71847 Exemption applications delayed; list, 29082, 49536 Hazardous materials transportation: Department-wide program evaluation, 11528 Meetings, 36734 International standards on transport of dangerous goods -- Substances dangerous to environment; requirements and criteria development; comment request, 14497 Preemption determinations, 14965, 33949, 35239, 44265, 54474, 59231 Registration requirements and fee assessment, 14788 Safety advisories -- Aluminum pressure relief valves use on portable tanks and cargo tanks in anhydrous ammonia service, 51824 Batteries and electrical storage devices; transportation packagings, 36743 Carbon dioxide service; DOT-3AL cylinders; manufacturer product recall, 56835 Compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking, 15394, 68412, 69590 Flammable gas torches, 52573 Potential computer problems related to Year 2000 (Y2K) conversion, 29080 Meetings: Hazardous materials transportation; hazard analysis and critical control points or similar methodologies; applicability; study, 54954 International standards on transport of dangerous goods, 23897, 60875 Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines, detection; quarterly performance review, 12209, 43421 Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee, 15869, 54065 Pipeline safety -- Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework Working Group; report, 43012 Damage prevention (``path forward''), 56570 One-call systems study, 28866 Rapid isolation of ruptured sections of gas transmission pipelines, 54066 Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program: Participants -- Chevron Pipe Line Co., 8900 Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 1067, 5091 Northwest Pipeline Corp., 67602 Pipeline safety: Advisory bulletins -- Directional drilling and other trenchless technology operations near underground pipelines; damage prevention program review, 46967 High pressure aluminum seamless and aluminum composite hoop-wrapped cylinders, 56243, 58906 Natural gas distribution systems; Century polyethylene plastic pipe; potential failure due to brittle-like cracking, 12211 Natural gas distribution systems; potential failures due to brittle-like cracking of older plastic pipe, 12212 Supervisory control and data acquisition systems; potential service interruptions, 38501 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Facility response plans; environmental assessment, 47228 Response plan review and exercise program, 57694 System Integrity Inspection Pilot Program; candidate companies screening, 69590 Pipeline safety; waiver petitions: Chevron Pipe Line Co., 28867, 43422 Year 2000 (Y2K) problems; compliance policy, 33541 ***** Risk Management Agency NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Risk Management Advisory Committee, 12152, 18875 ***** Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Grants: Rural Business Opportunity Program, 71984 Program regulations: Community Facilities Grant Program, 32387 Correction, 56399 Community Programs Guaranteed Loans Program, 28333 Farm labor housing loans and grants; requests processing, 24476 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, 32370 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 48083 Preferred lender program implementation and guaranteed loan regulations streamlining, 7358 Correction, 38297 Real estate and chattel appraisals; regulatory streamlining, 62566 Correction, 69322 Servicing and collections -- Delinquent Farm Loan Program borrowers; debt cross- servicing notice, 62971 Suspension of collection of recapture amount for borrowers with shared appreciation agreements, 19863 PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing shared appreciation agreements, 61221 Indian Tribes and tribal corporations; loan debt forgiveness, 10235 Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 59131 Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 70124 Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program, 69937 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 13960, 25474, 50792, 50793, 53315, 69223, 69683 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 28155 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Rural business enterprise program; technical assistance for rural transportation systems, 844 Rural Cooperative Development, 17612 Rural cooperative opportunities and problems research, 17613 Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program; maximum dollar amounts on awards, 61817 Hog production: Loans, direct and guaranteed; suspension, 3926 Intermediary Relending Program loans; sale under expanded pilot, 61575 Loan guarantee authority; maximum portion available (2000 FY), 13961, 66875 Meetings: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 1590 Rural Community Development Initiative; stakeholder's meeting, 61817 ***** Rural Housing Service RULES Program regulations: Community Facilities Grant Program, 32387 Correction, 56399 Community Programs Guaranteed Loans Program, 28333 Farm labor housing loans and grants; requests processing, 24476 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, 32370 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 48083 Preferred lender program implementation and guaranteed loan regulations streamlining, 7358 Correction, 38297 Real estate and chattel appraisals; regulatory streamlining, 62566 Correction, 69322 Servicing and collections -- Delinquent Farm Loan Program borrowers; debt cross- servicing notice, 62971 Suspension of collection of recapture amount for borrowers with shared appreciation agreements, 19863 PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing shared appreciation agreements, 61221 Indian Tribes and tribal corporations; loan debt forgiveness, 10235 Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 59131 Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 70124 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 28156, 33460, 35986, 40814, 41913, 43648, 47563, 50793, 69223, 69683 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Farm labor housing loans and grants for off-farm housing, 24483 Multi-family and single family housing programs, 71592 Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for off-farm housing, 71609 Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program, 2877, 71604 Section 533 Housing Preservation Program, 71607 Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, 32373, 42084, 71601 Meetings: Rural Community Development Initiative; stakeholder's meeting, 61817 ***** Rural Telephone Bank NOTICES Loan policies: Interest rates, 63008 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4067, 23819, 40547, 59737, 60406 ***** Rural Utilities Service RULES Electric loans: Fidelity and insurance requirements, 1 Insured loans -- General and pre-loan policies and procedures, 33176 Post-loan policies and procedures, 72488 Program regulations: Community Facilities Grant Program, 32387 Correction, 56399 Community Programs Guaranteed Loans Program, 28333 Farm labor housing loans and grants; requests processing, 24476 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; implementation -- Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, 32370 Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 48083 Materials and construction; electric standards and specifications -- Electronic overhead distribution lines; specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction, 14813, 17219, 42005 Preferred lender program implementation and guaranteed loan regulations streamlining, 7358 Correction, 38297 Real estate and chattel appraisals -- Regulatory streamlining, 62566, 69322 Servicing and collections -- Delinquent Farm Loan Program borrowers; debt cross- servicing notice, 62971 Suspension of collection of recapture amount for borrowers with shared appreciation agreements, 19863 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program, 14355 Effective date confirmation and correction, 25422 Telecommunications loans: Fidelity and insurance requirements, 1 General policies, types of loans, and loan requirements, 50428 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Borrower contractual obligations; standard contract forms requirements, 6498 Central office equipment contract (not including installation) (RUS Form 545), 53886 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., 16602 Water and waste loans and grants: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; implementation, 29945 PROPOSED RULES Electric loans: Insured loans -- General and pre-loan policies and procedures, 33228 Post-loan policies and procedures, 72575 Load forecasts; borrower requirements, 36609 Program regulations: Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing shared appreciation agreements, 61221 Indian Tribes and tribal corporations; loan debt forgiveness, 10235 Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 59131 Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program; administration, 70124 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program, 14401 Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program, 69937 Telecommunication loans: Guaranteed and insured loans; post-loan policies and procedures, 69946 Telecommunications loan: General policies, types of loans, and loan requirements, 50476 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Borrower contractual obligations; standard contract forms requirements, 6577 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 42640, 46636, 48577, 50269, 52290, 57841, 66875, 69223, 69476, 69683, 71407, 71408, 71725 Electric loans: Quarterly municipal interest rates, 13541, 34630, 36423, 50270, 70693 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Alabama Electric Cooperative, 71408 Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., 49440, 61580 East Kentucky Power Cooperative, 55695, 68316 Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water Existing System North/Lyon County Phase and Northeast Phase Expansion Project, MN, 28796, 53661 M&A Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., 52290, 61580 Pohnpei Utilities Corp., 66876 Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc., et al., 48577 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc., 4636 Great River Energy, 57437 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program, 25475, 60765 Meetings: Rural Community Development Initiative; stakeholder's meeting, 61817 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board, 7687, 32304, 54729, 67618 ***** Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 46391 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 54891 Government Performance and Results Act: Agency performance evaluation; survey, 32871 Meetings: President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 5801, 22609, 47502, 67569 National innovation system; Federal policy; call for issues papers, 44524 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Government-university research partnership; statement of principles; comment request, 71454 Research misconduct; Federal policy to protect integrity of research record; comment request, 55722 ***** Secret Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 57514 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 49843 ***** Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Accounting bulletins, staff: Exit activities and business combinations; expenses accounting and disclosure, 67154 Financial statements -- Materiality thresholds; assessment, 45150 Revenue recognition, 68936 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR): Filer manual -- System modernization, 27888 Update adoption and incorporation by reference, 27897, 56430 Investment advisers: Advisers between Commission and States; reallocation of responsibilities; and transactions not deemed assignments; technical corrections, 2566 Multi-state investment advisers; exemption; and investment advisers with principal offices and places of business in Colorado or Iowa; technical changes, 2120 Ohio investment advisers; transition rule, 15680 Investment companies: Deregistration of registered investment companies; electronic filing requirements, 19469 Investment advisers; temporary exemption, 68019 Investment company assets; custody outside United States, 5156, 24488 Investment company boards of directors; independent directors role; interpretive issues, 59877 Personal investment activities fraud prevention; adoption of policies and codes of ethics, 46821 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Investment Management Division Director; authority to cancel registration of investment advisers, 34539 Securities: Audit committee disclosure, 73389 Belgium; securities exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 10564 Broker-dealer registration and reporting -- Form BD; uniform broker-dealer registration form; electronic filing, 37586 Form BDW; uniform request for withdrawal from broker- dealer registration, 25144 Web CRD postponement contingency plan; reinstatement of Legacy CRD, 42594 Compensatory benefit arrangements; offers and sales exemption, 11095 Correction, 61497 Cross-border tender and exchange offers, business combinations, and rights offerings, 61382 Disclosure documents; delivery to households, 62540 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) -- Institutional investment managers; Form 13F electronic filing requirements, 2843, 5865 Equity securities purchases by issuer or affiliated purchaser, 52428 Exchanges and alternative trading systems -- Correction, 13065 Technical amendment, 19450 Form S-8; securities offer and sale to consultants and advisors, and exercise of stock options by family members of employee optionees, 11103 International disclosure standards; foreign private issuers conformance, 53900 Correction, 61962 Operating segments; financial reporting requirements; technical amendments, 1728 Registered broker-dealers and transfer agents and Year 2000 compliance; operational capability requirements, 42012 Reports made by brokers and dealers; CFR correction, 39918 Seed capital exemption, 11090 Sweden; securities exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 29550 Correction, 31493, 32924 Takeovers and security holder communications (tender offers, mergers, acquisitions, and similar extraordinary transactions), 61408 PROPOSED RULES Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and confidential treatment rules; amendments, 19732 Investment advisers: Broker-dealers deemed not to be investment advisers, 61226 Ohio investment advisers; transition rule, 5722 Political contributions, 43556 Investment companies: Canadian tax-deferred retirement savings accounts; offer and sale of securities, 14648 Correction, 18481 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system modernization, 12908 Investment company assets; custody outside United States, 24489 Investment company boards of directors; independent directors role, 59826 Public utility holding companies: Acquisition of U.S. utilities by foreign companies; internationalization, 71341 Securities: Audit committee disclosure, 55648 Broker-dealer registration and reporting -- Form BD; uniform broker-dealer registration form, 25153 Canadian tax-deferred retirement savings accounts; offer and sale of securities, 14648 Correction, 18481 Form S-8; securities offer to consultants and advisors, etc.; abuse prevention, 11118 International disclosure standards; foreign private issuers conformance, 6261 Market information dissemination; fees and revenues regulation, 70613 Portugal; securities exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 41056 Proxy and information statements; delivery to households, 62548 Publication or submission of quotations without specified information, 11124, 18393 Registered broker-dealers and transfer agents and Year 2000 compliance; operational capability requirements, 12127 Repurchase agreements and refunded securities treatment as acquisition of underlying securities, 52476 Revised transfer agent form and related rule, 15310 Securities offerings, regulatory structure; modernization and clarification, 15143 Selective disclosure and insider trading, 72590 Short sales; limits lifted, etc., 57996 Subsidiary issuers and guarantors; financial statements and periodic reports, 10579 Sweden; securities exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 9948 Transfer agents; recordkeeping requirements; use of electronic storage media to produce and preserve records, 29608 Unlisted trading privileges, 69975 Semi-annual agenda, 22402, 65504 Correction, 69073 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1034, 1245, 2528, 5843, 6119, 7678, 7915, 8413, 8415, 16766, 17204, 19833, 25088, 25385, 25386, 27015, 28845, 30069, 30554, 32558, 32560, 33531, 37577, 37578, 38045, 42156, 44248, 44558, 48678, 48878, 55315, 55498, 60857, 63832, 66215, 66216, 67956, 68397, 69575, 70750, 72110 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11976, 13044, 14021, 18948, 19391, 19834, 20027, 20029, 20030, 23903, 31883, 34303, 38045, 38046, 38697, 40399, 42157, 43232, 44558, 45986, 46733, 47541, 50120, 50842, 55499, 55997, 57668, 61674, 61675, 70752 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Technology Advisory Committee, 26470 Consolidated Tape Association and Quotation Plans; amendments, 36412, 40651, 47204, 55503, 63350 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Voluntary Y2K test filings; EDGAR test system availability, 31886 Inter-market linkage plan for multiply-traded options; submission order to options exchanges, 57674 Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments, 17700, 42734, 70297 Investment Company Act of 1940: Deregistration applications -- Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association et al., 30076 Berwyn Fund, Inc., et al., 66517 BlackRock Fund Investors I et al., 60464 Kemper Gold Fund et al., 15852 Midwest Equity Trust, Financial Securities Series 1, et al., 43003, 46974 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Intermediate Term U.S. Treasury Trust et al., 10732 Old Mutual Equity Growth Assets South Africa Fund et al., 5690 PB Series Trust, 52812 Pinnacle Fund et al., 35222 Premium Portfolios et al., 48224 Exemption applications -- AIM Advisors, Inc., et al., 58462 Alger Fund et al., 66944 Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Co. et al., 48678 Bankers Trust Co., 13459 Conning Asset Management Co. et al., 66679 Corporate Income Fund et al., 66217 Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc., et al., 65752 Elk Associates Funding Corp. et al., 60859 Equity Managers Trust et al., 57161 Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust et al., 72705 Federated Investors, Inc., et al., 57162 First Australia Prime Income Fund, Inc., et al., 66517 Fortis Series Fund, Inc., et al., 66941 GW Capital Management, LLC, et al., 56825 J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., 62237 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 54058 Jackson National Life Insurance Co. et al., 69047 Liberty Funds Trust IX et al., 49254 MONY Life Insurance Co. et al., 55499 OLDE Asset Management, Inc., 66520 Pacific Live Insurance Co. et al., 65746 Pacific Select Fund et al., 51810 PFL Life Insurance Co. et al., 63352 Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC et al., 61952 Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. et al., 68397 Salomon Brothers Series Funds Inc. et al., 33531 STI Classic Funds et al., 63357 SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. et al., 66519 Target/United Funds, Inc., et al., 47550 Templeton Variable Products Series Fund et al., 51812 Van Eck/Chubb Funds, Inc., et al., 55502 Joint transaction applications -- Putnam American Government Income Fund et al., 66945 Shares substitution applications -- American General Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 67957 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 66219 Hartford Life Insurance Co. et al., 61372 Protective Life Insurance Co. et al., 14028 Investmet Company Act of 1940: Deregistration applications -- Empirical Growth Fund et al., 72122 Joint industry plan: Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 27839 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 1834 Meetings: Securities laws uniformity annual conference; proposed agenda; comment request, 17042 Technology Advisory Committee, 52114 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 538, 1037, 3727, 7679, 7930, 7931, 8632, 9209, 9551, 11074, 11976, 13835, 15399, 16017, 18954, 20345, 23366, 26471, 26795, 29366, 31662, 33941, 38493, 40054, 42157, 44248, 45988, 47205, 48681, 49832, 50547, 50843, 52115, 53757, 55323, 55998, 57499, 58111, 58870, 60862, 61957, 63359, 66522, 67962, 69303, 70307 Options Price Reporting Authority: Options message traffic increase; study request by American Stock Exchange LLC et al., 50126 Participation fee payable by each new party to plan, 56543 Subscriber fees; revision, 66221 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 19840, 69051 Securities: Foreign issuers; registration exemptions; list, 26795 Suspension of trading -- C.P.R. Corp., 8633 Citron, Inc., 5087 Cosmos Ventures, Inc., 14293 DCI Telecommunications, Inc., 24211 Digitcom Interactive Video Network, 37826 Electronic Transfer Associates, Inc., 5087 Golden Mountain, Inc., 9209 Ikar Mineral Corp., 13046 Invest Holdings Group, Inc., 5087 Las Vegas Entertainment Network, Inc., 56545 Leah Industries, Inc., 13046 Metro Match, Inc., 9210 Net Command Tech, Inc., 32074, 34699 Polus, Inc., 5087 Powertech, Inc., 2929 Redwing, Inc., 8632 Sagamore Trading Group, Inc., 38494 Shebolt International, Inc., 8632 Smartek, Inc., 5088 Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc., 40401 USA Talks.com, Inc., 5087 Transfer agents; registration, cancellation, etc. -- Non-bank transfer agents, 27840, 41983, 58112 Self-regulatory organizations: Clearing agency registration applications -- Delta Clearing Corp., 40401 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 10510, 48682 International Securities Clearing Corp., 10521 MBS Clearing Corp., 15854 Thomson Financial Technology Services, Inc., 5691, 25948 Exchange registration applications -- International Securities Exchange LLC, 29367 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange, Inc., 3727, 6405 American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 63837 American Stock Exchange LLC, 1037, 1836, 4480, 5327, 6404, 6726, 7679, 10511, 10512, 10515, 11510, 11519, 11520, 12194, 13836, 19393, 22663, 23138, 23883, 25931, 28845, 29367, 31331, 31886, 32563, 33346, 33533, 33941, 35222, 36055, 36057, 37178, 42174, 43233, 43792, 44976, 45294, 47206, 47878, 48882, 50128, 50843, 51155, 51156, 51566, 52559, 55505, 55998, 56545, 57167, 60254, 61675, 61677, 63380, 63834, 63836, 66947, 67631, 71518 American Stock Exchange LLC et al., 63064, 71158 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 1039, 1040, 1041, 1838, 1839, 1841, 10516, 15384, 27609, 28225, 31332, 36058, 42424, 43793, 48885, 48887, 57676, 60863 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 1044, 4482, 4485, 4911, 4915, 4916, 5693, 6410, 8156, 8893, 10033, 10517, 11523, 12197, 16017, 16771, 17702, 19395, 19842, 23691, 25091, 25932, 25936, 25937, 26808, 28226, 29370, 31662, 32568, 32906, 36414, 36725, 38058, 38494, 38495, 39546, 40924, 41477, 41984, 41985, 42736, 43793, 44980, 44981, 45578, 46218, 46220, 46221, 46465, 47881, 48682, 48888, 49255, 50313, 50845, 50846, 50847, 51158, 51160, 51818, 52813, 52815, 53757, 56547, 57499, 57502, 62238, 63065, 63380, 66952, 66954, 68706, 68707, 68708, 72707 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., et al., 1842, 5702 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1043, 1046, 1253, 1845, 1847, 3730, 5696, 5844, 8167, 14032, 23885, 32570, 32572, 33331, 34699, 36726, 36938, 38060, 50848, 51161, 54701, 54702, 54703, 55324, 56548, 56553, 57504, 58870, 60864, 63380, 68709, 69304, 71835, 71852 Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 1048, 6413, 8421, 10035, 11527, 17204, 19843, 25939 Depository Trust Co., 7931, 9368, 10522, 10523, 14478, 20034, 28540, 28541, 29377, 30077, 31663, 32574, 33124, 33333, 33539, 40925, 40927, 41171, 42157, 43004, 43005, 43795, 47882, 48690, 51162, 51360, 52115, 57168, 69054, 72709 Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 5329, 17704, 17705, 27841, 28848, 33540, 37181, 39181, 42745, 43006, 44982, 47207, 57169, 63097, 67963 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 6727, 7932, 13242, 20346, 37181, 44249, 46737, 68124 International Securities Clearing Corp., 67362 MBS Clearing Corp., 33125, 35228, 37183, 44250, 44251, 48692, 52816, 57170, 67363 Midwest Clearing Corp., 28542, 47557 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 539, 544, 5702, 7219, 8894, 13837, 14479, 15855, 23886, 30078, 33334, 38061, 47209, 53759, 55326, 57505, 60865, 69808, 70099, 72123 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board et al., 25940 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 548, 549, 554, 555, 918, 1049, 1050, 1255, 1258, 2930, 3142, 3993, 4729, 5329, 5331, 5846, 6415, 7223, 9552, 10037, 10041, 12198, 14034, 14293, 14778, 15386, 17428, 17429, 17707, 19573, 19844, 20036, 20347, 22664, 23366, 23887, 23889, 24430, 25386, 25942, 25945, 27016, 28227, 29075, 30081, 31024, 31335, 32575, 32907, 32910, 33335, 34699, 34835, 34836, 36059, 36415, 36416, 36728, 38226, 41478, 42158, 42160, 43797, 44983, 49256, 49261, 50850, 51165, 52817, 53761, 53762, 54704, 54712, 55508, 55510, 55793, 56000, 56002, 56004, 56554, 57677, 57678, 58112, 58875, 59815, 60256, 60869, 61678, 61680, 66681, 68125, 68400, 68404, 69305, 69821, 69811, 70307 , 70309, 70753, 71523, 71836, 72125, 72710, 72712 National Securities Clearing Corp., 3328, 4920, 10171, 16018, 16513, 16772, 31664, 31666, 32586, 33336, 42160, 44252, 44569, 46742, 48692, 48693, 48694, 57171, 63380, 67364 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 561, 1051, 1054, 1055, 2693, 3329, 3330, 5332, 5702, 7680, 8422, 8424, 9369, 9370, 10050, 12202, 13460, 13462, 13620, 13838, 14294, 14306, 17206, 23142, 23710, 24435, 24437, 25092, 25387, 26809, 26810, 27610, 28848, 29723, 30088, 31338, 31667, 32588, 32595, 32596, 32911, 32912, 35229, 35231, 36731, 36940, 38063, 38228, 39547, 40633, 40928, 41986, 43007, 43802, 43804, 44069, 44985, 46228, 47883, 50129, 51170, 52565, 55514, 56005, 56007, 56560, 57172, 57679, 57681, 60870, 60872, 61375, 61962, 66956, 66957, 67365, 68710, 69311, 71160, 71162, 71529, 73596 Options Clearing Corp., 5333, 5334, 10051, 10172, 16772, 17709, 20043, 28543, 30091, 30092, 31889, 32599, 32600, 36062, 42174, 45295, 49039, 51819, 51820, 67964, 68712, 71852 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 1057, 1058, 1059, 2694, 2932, 5335, 5336, 5848, 7681, 8426, 10052, 12826, 15388, 15856, 20349, 22888, 23370, 23722, 25093, 28850, 31674, 31890, 36063, 36417, 37184, 38064, 39548, 43805, 44072, 47210, 49263, 49265, 50851, 51171, 51173, 51822, 54713, 54716, 56008, 56562, 57681, 57684, 58117, 58119, 58876, 60259, 67366, 68136, 68713, 68714, 71839, 72712 Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 25096 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 1061, 1263, 1849, 3581, 3734, 4921, 4922, 5697, 10053, 10054, 12203, 14036, 15391, 15399, 15857, 16019, 18648, 19396, 22665, 23144, 23378, 25388, 25946, 29725, 29726, 29727, 29729, 33127, 35232, 37185, 37187, 38066, 41480, 44073, 45579, 47214, 47885, 47887, 48695, 54717, 56012, 57180, 57685, 58877, 61682, 62239, 63098, 63099, 63101, 66223, 66224, 66528, 66684, 66958, 70101, 73109, 73111 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 1264, 1851, 17711, 42746 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: AAL Variable Product Series Fund, Inc. et al., 6392 ABM Industries Inc., 4477 Advantage Marketing Systems, Inc., 59814 Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Co. et al., 72111 AIM Advisor Funds, Inc., et al., 27829 All Communications Corp., 3142 Allegiance Telecom, Inc., 27608 Alliance Capital Management, L.P., 41978 Allied Capital Corp., 45293 Altos Hornos De Mexico, S.A., De C.V., 57488 American AAdvantage Funds et al., 20341 American Capital Strategies, Ltd., 19570 American Century Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 65739 American Franklin Life Insurance Co. et al., 48213 American Skandia Advisors Funds, Inc., et al., 42999 American Skandia Life Assurance Corp. et al., 7917 American Skandia Trust et al., 18452 Ameritas Variable Life Insurance Corp. et al., 55316 AMR Investment Services Trust et al., 18454 Amway Mutual Fund Trust et al., 43412 Anchor National Life Insurance Co. et al., 27831, 37822 Anchor Resource & Commodity Trust et al., 44766 Aquinas Funds, Inc., et al., 16767 Arizona Stock Exchange, Inc., 4908, 25928 Armor Holdings, Inc., 27835 Bankers Trust Co. et al., 24427, 25929 Bergstrom Capital Corp., 1035 Bestfoods, 17696, 33936 BHF Finance (Delaware) Inc., 44559 BondNet, 49826 Bowne & Co., Inc., 38046 Brantley Capital Corp., 16769, 23881 Brinson Funds et al., 14023 Caisse des Depots et Consignations, 41980 CareMatrix Corp., 27836 CenterTrust Retail Properties, Inc., 8892 Chapman Funds, Inc., et al., 44560 Charles Schwab Family of Funds et al., 6723 Chartwell Dividend & Income Fund, Inc., 14952 CIBC World Markets Corp., 38047 CityFed Financial Corp., 4165 Clarion CMBS Capital Value Fund et al., 46963 Colchester Street Trust et al., 19834, 40052 Conseco Series Trust et al., 8415 Core Trust (Delaware) et al., 46735 Cornell Corrections, Inc., 3142 CSX Financial Management, Inc., 34834 Daewoo Capital Management Co., Ltd., et al., 53426 Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange, Inc., 37175 Delmarva Power & Light Co., 13458 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 40915 Dow Target Variable Fund LLC, 44563 e4L, Inc., 30555 Eaton Vance Management et al., 17697 Elk Associates Funding Corp. et al., 43414 Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 31654 Endeavor Series Trust et al., 6397, 53428 Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States et al., 18457, 37175, 46456 Evergreen Equity Trust et al., 37824, 56823 Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust et al., 51150 First Commonwealth Fund, Inc., 44565 First Defined Portfolio Fund LLC, 31326, 42764 FirstLink Communications, Inc., 13834 Forest Laboratories, Inc., 57159 Franklin Gold Fund et al., 1831, 51356 Frank Russell Investment Co. et al., 2529 Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. et al., 22882 Galaxy Fund et al., 49032 Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports Gildan Inc., 57159 Global TeleSystems Group, Inc., 32296 Goldman Sachs Asset Management et al., 36052 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al., 18062 Gradison Growth Trust et al., 6120 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 57489 Grubb & Ellis Co., 917 Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., 1036 Harris Insight Funds Trust et al., 69299 Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 3322, 9361, 72114 Hasbro, Inc., 38052 HEICO Corp., 10033 Horace Mann Mutual Funds et al., 6122 HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. et al., 47197 HyperFeed Technologies, Inc., 54058 IAT Resources Corp., 40918 IDS Bond Fund, Inc., et al., 40919 IKON Office Solutions, Inc., 59814 Infinity Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 7923, 54696 InfoCure Corp., 10169 Innovative Medical Services, 14292 Integrated Security Systems, Inc., 12826 Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 48217 InterCept Group, Inc., 18645 International FiberCom, Inc., 14293 International Securities Exchange, LLC, 57668 Internet Capital Group, Inc., 42421 Intertape Polymer Group Inc., 44970 INVESCO Bond Funds, Inc., et al., 20031, 67348 INVESCO Global Health Sciences Fund et al., 18645 Ivy Fund et al., 2924 J.P. Morgan Series Trust et al., 33330 JNL Variable Fund LLC, 58108 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 44767 K2 Design,Inc., 17042 Kemper Floating Rate Fund et al., 23881 K-V Pharmaceutical Co., 19572 Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. et al., 2927 Local Financial Corp., 50121 London Pacific Life & Annuity Co. et al., 48222 LSA Variable Series Trust et al., 49530 Manufacturers Investment Trust et al., 15842 Market Street Funds, Inc., et al., 13617 MAS Funds et al., 67353 Massachusetts Investors Trust et al., 49252 Maxim Series Fund, Inc., et al., 49035 MBL Life Assurance Corp. et al., 4477 MediaBay, Inc., 65744 Mentor Variable Insurance Portfolios et al., 30069 Mercury Asset Management International Ltd. et al., 32073 Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Co. et al., 18461 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 54698 MFS Series Trust XI et al., 20033 Midland Co., 31885 Mitchell Hutchins Series Trust et al., 47541 Monitor Investors, L.P., et al., 32900 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Institutional Fund, Inc., et al., 27339 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Variable Investment Series, 9365 Nasdaq-100 Trust, Series 1, et al., 5082 NationsBanc Coinvest Fund 1999, L.P., et al., 5322 Nations Funds Portfolios, Inc., et al., 13044 Nations Fund Trust et al., 22883, 42423 Navellier Variable Insurance Series Fund, Inc., et al., 1245 New England Funds Trust I et al., 26466 Noble International, Ltd., 57669 Norwest Advantage Funds et al., 31330, 46216 Nuveen Floating Rate Fund et al., 54937 Nuveen Unit Trusts et al., 40921 Ohio National Life Insurance Co. et al., 49827 Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust, 4479 Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund et al., 44771 Pacific Bell, 63833 PaineWebber Group Inc. et al., 33120 PaineWebber Inc., et al., 18646 Paragon Portfolio et al., 24686 Parkstone Advantage Fund et al., 44971 Payden & Rygel Investment Group et al., 69300 PFL Life Insurance Co. et al., 15844 PolyMedica Corp., 19572 Premier Bancshares, Inc., 33936 Premier Capital Trust I, 33937 Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., 29074 Principal Management Corp. et al., 3725 Prudential Insurance Co. of America et al., 18464 Prudential Series Fund, Inc., et al., 6922 Public utility holding company filings, 1036, 1645, 4728, 6124, 6128, 6928, 9550, 10729, 12391, 12397, 13619, 14774, 15383, 16508, 17698, 18949, 18952, 19838, 23691, 24687, 26467, 26794, 27836, 29075, 30075, 32904, 33937, 36054, 37177, 38491, 40399, 43001, 46974, 47201, 48878, 50546, 51809, 52558, 53430, 54939, 56236, 56372, 57160, 57910, 61951, 63349, 65744, 66672, 66937, 67631, 69302, 72118 Puget Sound Alternative Investment Series Trust et al., 57669 Quaker Oats Co., 41981 RBB Fund, Inc., et al., 19839 Robertson Stephens Investment Trust, 6402 Rydex Variable Trust et al., 5685 SAFECO Life Insurance Co. et al., 69576 Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 6929 Schwab Capital Trust et al., 54939 Scudder California Tax Free Trust et al., 67357 Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., et al., 8153 Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc., 41982 Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. et al., 15191 Security Equity Fund et al., 72120 SEI Insurance Products Trust et al., 57493 Select Ten Plus Fund, LLC, 49829 Sentry Life Insurance Co. et al., 57671 Sessions Group et al., 1251 Short Term Bond Portfolio et al., 38052 Sirrom Funding Corp., 12192 Sirrom Investments, Inc., 12193 Smith Breeden Trust et al., 40923 SoftNet Systems, Inc., 29933 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 63833, 66938 SSgA Funds et al., 66938 Starwood Financial Trust, 65745 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 57160 Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund et al., 51152 Stephens Group, Inc., et al., 6930, 55790 STI Classic Funds et al., 22886 Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc., 32561 Sun Capital Advisers Trust et al., 15846 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., et al., 60250 TCW Galileo Funds, Inc., et al., 13834 Tejon Ranch Co., 44773 Tektronix, Inc., 43232 Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc., 3326 Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 13619 Todd Investment Advisors, Inc., 14776 Tradepoint Financial Networks plc, 14953 Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. et al., 50121, 63380 Travelers Insurance Co. et al., 50308 Turner Corp., 8892 Union Central Life Insurance Co. et al., 47548 Unistar Financial Service Corp., 57673 Unocal Corp., 19572 Van Wagoner Funds, Inc., et al., 46462 Viacom, Inc., 19573 Victory Portfolios et al., 4909, 10730, 47202 Vision Group of Funds, Inc., et al., 50311 Wachovia Funds et al., 38055 Warburg Dillon Read LLC, 10507 Warburg Pincus Asset Management, Inc., et al., 25089 Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, 6932 Wayne Hummer Investment Trust et al., 38056 WEBS Index Fund, Inc., et al., 31658 Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio et al., 14024 WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund VI, L.P., Series 7 and 8, et al., 44567 Zweig/Glaser Advisers et al., 7928 ***** Selective Service System PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22188, 65290 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6129, 25950, 35703 Privacy Act: Computer matching program, 61957 ***** Sentencing Commission, United States See United States Sentencing Commission ***** Small Business Administration RULES Business loans: 504 program financing and clarification of existing regulations, 2115 Correction, 27445 Collateral liquidation and commercial loans sale, 44109 Premier Certified Lenders Program; pilot program extended and certified development company authority expanded, 26273 Unguaranteed portions of loans; securitization, sales, and pledges, 6503 Disaster loan program: Pre-disaster mitigation loans, 48275 Streamlining and clarification; correction, 13667 Government contracting programs: Contract bundling and SBA's authority to appeal adverse decisions made by procuring agency, 57366 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Disaster Area Counsel et al; administrative claims approval, denial, etc., 40282 Small business investment companies: Low and moderate income investments (LMI investments); category establishment, 52641 Miscellaneous amendments, 70992 Small business size standards: Engineering services, architectural services, and surveying and mapping services, 26275 Surety bond guarantees: Technical amendment, 18324 PROPOSED RULES Business loans: Certified development companies -- Areas of operations, 60735, 67205, 69964 Fees limitation, 15942 Liquidation of collateral and sale of commercial loans, 34745 Loan loss reserve fund, 40310 Microloan program; changes, 43636 Disaster loan program: Pre-disaster mitigation loans, 36617 Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Federal claims collection: Debt collection through offset, 3454 Government contracting programs: Contract bundling, 2153 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Disaster Area Counsel et al.; administrative claims approval, denial, etc., 23027 Semi-annual agenda, 22190, 65292 Small business investment companies: Low and moderate income investments (LMI investments); category establishment, 6256 Miscellaneous amendments, 18375 Small business size standards: Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services, 29813 Freight and cargo transportation arrangement industry, 40314 General building contractors, heavy construction, dredging and surface cleanup, special trade contractors, garbage and refuse collection, and refuse systems, 40311 Health services industries, 23798 Help Supply Services; $10 million in average annual receipts, 55873 Manufacturer and remanufacturer; definitions as they apply to computer industry, 15708 North American Industry Classification System, 57188 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3582, 4923, 6933, 10055, 11075, 14779, 18467, 23724, 27018, 30368, 31341, 38228, 39181, 40929, 47557, 48441, 49267, 51175, 53433, 57918, 57919, 63359, 65758, 68140 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3144, 12204, 17051, 20044, 22896, 33942, 33943, 36418, 37827, 39182, 41482, 50131, 52566, 53433, 54062, 55334, 61376, 63839, 65758, 69055 Business loan programs: Securitization of Section 7(a) loans; initial benchmark number establishment, 16021 Commercial loans sale, 43807 Disaster loan areas: Alabama, 12204, 35233, 38497 Alaska, 8431 Arizona, 43415, 43809, 59222 Arkansas, 5698, 8431, 8633, 19208 California, 4730, 20045, 42161, 43415 California et al., 63102 Colorado, 29076, 30369, 35233 Connecticut, 54394, 54943, 57506 Delaware, 54394 Florida, 919, 3331, 28229, 54395, 55796, 59222, 59223, 60873, 70754 Florida et al., 59223 Georgia, 12204, 23892, 31892, 40402, 45988 Illinois, 31893, 35233 Indiana, 7224, 8432 Iowa, 29934, 31893, 33128, 42161, 43416, 45988 Kansas, 27018, 27846, 29076 Louisiana, 12205, 19208, 20045, 23379 Maine, 45989 Maryland, 54395 Massachusetts, 3331, 12205, 23379, 45989 Minnesota, 43416, 44074, 45989, 50132, 54719 Mississippi, 23380 Missouri, 23893, 27846, 29934 Nebraska, 47888 Nevada, 42162, 43415 New Hampshire, 3331, 12205, 23379, 45989 New Jersey, 54395, 54943, 63103, 63840 New Jersey et al., 8633 New Mexico, 33128 New York, 4731, 54396, 54943, 56827 North Carolina, 24212, 51361, 54396, 56827, 60873, 63103, 72370 North Dakota, 33129, 40402, 42162, 44074 Ohio, 7224, 20045 Oklahoma, 27019, 27846 Oregon, 5849, 72370 Pennsylvania, 8633, 50132, 53434, 54397, 54943, 57506, 63103 South Carolina, 45988, 54397, 54944, 56827 South Dakota, 33129, 40402 Tennessee, 5849, 8432, 8634, 12204, 16021, 28230, 29934, 38497 Texas, 919, 12205, 23380, 27019, 29076, 29934, 31893, 50132, 51175 Utah, 46466 Various States, 26471 Virginia, 51175, 53434, 54398, 54944, 57506 Virgin Islands, 69060 Washington, 5849, 14780, 16021 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: University of West Florida et al., 50547 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Drug-free workplace demonstration program, 17050 Financial counseling and other technical assistance to women; Federal assistance, 2934 Women's Business Center projects, 20045, 70754, 70755 Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 18468, 35234, 54062, 72371 Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities, 18064, 42162 License surrenders: BCC Capital Corp., 36418 Cactus Capital Co., 17050 East River Ventures, L.P., 51361 Edwards Capital Corp., 54944 Enterprise Capital Corp., 26471 Enterprise Fund, L.P., 26471 European Development Capital L.P., 36419 Florida Capital Ventures, Ltd., 63840 Japanese American Capital Corp., 51361 KOCO Capital Co., L.P., 14781 Pioneer Ventures L.P., 18468 Polaris Capital Corp., 26472 SBC Equity Partners, Inc., 5849 Seaport Ventures, Inc., 70754 Southern Orient Capital Corp., 51362 TLC Funding Corp., 14781 Transpac Capital Corp., 73112 Transportation Capital Corp., 54944 TSG Ventures LP, 54944 VK Capital Co., 38932 Walnut Capital Corp., 63840 Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 3144, 23724 New Markets Lending Company pilot loan program, 10055, 11075 Regional Fairness Boards -- Chairs, 5850 Heartland States, 17050, 17051 New England States, 23724 Northwestern States, 23724 Rocky Mountain States, 31893 South Atlantic States, 31893 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Connecticut, 2934 District of Columbia, 14781, 35234 Florida, 2934, 13463, 31894 Georgia, 56827 Maine, 24437 New York, 17051 Oregon, 4731, 56827 Pennsylvania, 19208 Texas, 5850 Wisconsin, 2934, 25097, 31894, 35234 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Administrator; order of succession, 44986 Assistant Administrator, Portfolio Management, 31341 District office name changes, 6130 Point of contact with small business concerns regarding failure to comply with Federal rules due to Y2K problems, 50548 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 59819 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Alternative dispute resolution; use and case selection criteria; policy statement, 27843 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 68140 Small business competitiveness demonstration program; policy directive, 29693 Small business investment companies: Computation of alternative maximum annual cost of money; debenture rate, 56239 Small business size standards: Full table of four-digit Standard Industrial Classification codes; publication, 44986 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Access Technology Investors, L.P., 69055 ACI Capital America Fund, L.P., 69055 All State Venture Capital Corp., 52566 Aspen Ventures, III, L.P., 69056 BancAmerica Capital Investors SBIC II, L.P., 69056 Bay Partners L.S. Fund, L.P., 69056 Bayview Capital Partners, L.P., 8429 Bever Capital Corp., 54393 BNY Capital Partners, L.P., 69056 BOCF, L.L.C., 37188 BOCNY, LLC, 14780 Caduceus Capital Health Ventures, L.P., 8429 CapEx L.P., 38932 Capital International SBIC, L.P., 8429 Chicago Venture Partners, L.P., 37188 CIVC SBIC Fund, L.L.C., 69056 Convergent Capital Partners I, L.P., 69057 Diamond Capital Corp., 54393 Dotcom Ventures L.P., 69057 Eagle Fund I, L.P., 38067 EDF Ventures, L.P., 63839 Emigrant Capital Corp., 37189 EOS Partners SBIC II, L.P., 13243 Everlast Capital Corp., 54393 Facilitator Capital Fund, L.P., 69057 First New England Capital 2, L.P., 8430 Formosa Capital Corp., 54394 Inglewood Ventures, L.P., 69057 InvestCare Partners, L.P., 14780 KCEP Ventures II, L.P., 14780, 37189 Key Mezzanine Capital Fund I, L.P., 8430 Leg Partners Debenture SBIC, L.P., 14960 Leg Partners III, SBIC L.P., 14960 LibertyView Equity Partners SBIC, L.P., 69057 Madison Investment Partners II, L.P., 69058 Megunticook Fund, L.P., 69058 NationsBanc Capital Investors SBIC, L.P., 8430 Needham Capital SBIC II, L.P., 69058 NHBDC Venture Partners, L.P., 69058 Norwest Equity Partners VII, L.P., 69058 Norwest Venture Partners VII, L.P., 8430 Orange Nassau Capital Corp., 54394 Piper Jaffray Healthcare Fund III, L.P., 69059 RBC Equity Investments, Inc., 8430 Red Rock Ventures II, L.P., 69059 RFE VI SBIC, L.P., 22896, 69059 River Cities Capital Fund II, L.P., 37189 Roser Partnership III, SBIC, L.P., 37189 Saugatuck Capital Co. L.P. IV, SBIC, 69059 Selby Venture Partners, L.P., 37189 Signal Capital Partners, L.P., 37189 Spring Capital Partners, L.P., 37190 T.S. Capital Corp., 37190 TBM II Capital Corp., 54394 TD Javelin Capital Fund, II, L.P., 37190 TD Origen Capital Fund, L.P., 38932 TD Origen Capital Fund, L.P., et al., 32601 U.S. Bancorp Capital Corp., 69059 Vadus Capital Corp., 54394 Virginia Capital, L.P., 8431 Viridian Capital, L.P., 8431 Wasatch Venture Fund II, L.L.C., 14960 Wolf Venture Fund III, L.P., 69060 Zero Stage Capital VI, L.P., 8431, 18467, 42747, 69060, 73112 ***** Social Security Administration RULES Social security benefits: Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance -- Body system listings; expiration date extensions, 29786, 67719 Commissioner; definition; CFR correction, 10103 Employer identification numbers for State and local government employment, 33015 Endocrine system and obesity impairments; revised medical criteria for determining disability, 46122 Guarantee cases; maximum family benefits, 17100 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; extension, 13677, 51892 Spouses, mothers, fathers, and children; technical amendments, 14606 Substantial gainful activity amounts; average monthly earnings guidelines, 18566, 22903 Title II benefits under family maximum provisions; reduction in cases of dual entitlement, 57774 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; extension, 13677, 51892 Substantial gainful activity amounts; average monthly earnings guidelines, 18566, 22903 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation -- Benefits application effective date, 31969 PROPOSED RULES Organization and procedures: Social security numbers; assignment for nonwork purposes, 55217 Semi-annual agenda, 22198, 65302 Social security benefits: Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance -- Age; clarification as vocational factor, 42310 Disability benefits reduction on account of workers' compensation and public disability benefits and payments; proration methods; withdrawn, 6824 Down syndrome in adults; medical criteria for determining disability, 55215 Substantial gainful activity amounts; average monthly earnings guidelines, 7559 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Age; clarification as vocational factor, 42310 Substantial gainful activity amounts; average monthly earnings guidelines, 7559 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1645, 2685, 4168, 5088, 5850, 8897, 12398, 13839, 14781, 17051, 18955, 26472, 28852, 32913, 35234, 36941, 38229, 40055, 41173, 42747, 47558, 49533, 50316, 52359, 54062, 55797, 58464, 61169, 62241, 69316 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2695, 5088, 5850, 9553, 14781, 18956, 23145, 26472, 33130, 36941, 38229, 41173, 42747, 45580, 47558, 47888, 49533, 50316, 54062, 55335, 61169, 69316, 71164 Disability determination procedures: Testing modifications -- Disability claims process redesign prototype, 47218, 49040 Single decisionmaker model and full process model with rationale summary; tests extension, 72134 Foreign insurance or pension systems: Hungary, 13243 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Disability Research Institute; establishment, 55797 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, 39550 Deputy Commissioner for Systems, 30369 Deputy Commissioner Office, Disability and Income Security Programs, 19397, 71842 Deputy Commissioner Office, Human Resources, 19849 Deputy Commissioner Office, Operations, 31028, 47888 Deputy Commissioner Office, Operations, et al., 49832 Financial Policy and Operations Office, 29378 Inspector General Office, 70101 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 1266, 24688, 38067, 45296, 45297, 52566, 55517, 66686 Systems of records, 10173, 11076 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 56564, 57687 Social security acquiescence rulings: Bloodsworth v. Heckler; judicial review of appeals council dismissal of request for review of Administrative Law Judge decision, 57687 Florez on behalf of Wallace v. Callahan; supplemental income; deeming of income from stepparent to child when natural parent is not living in same household, 4923 Kerns v. Apfel; highly marketable skills for individuals close to retirement age, definition, 12205 McQueen v. Apfel; definition of highly marketable skills for individuals close to retirement age, 28853 Parisi by Cooney v. Chater; dual entitlement, reduction of benefits under family maximum; rescission, 57919 Social security benefits: Cost of living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts increase, average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, etc., 57506 Social security rulings: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome disability claims; evaluation and adjudication, 23380 Disability and blindness claims evaluation for individuals age 65 and older, 33337 Termination of entitlement based on presumed death, 18468 ***** Southeastern Power Administration NOTICES Power rates: Cumberland System of Projects, 6341, 37120 ***** Southwestern Power Administration NOTICES Integrated System power rates and opportunities: New power rates; rate order approved and placed in effect on interim basis, 6342 Rate schedule changes, 49483, 70010 Power rates: Robert D. Willis Project, TX, 37529, 54292 Sam Rayburn Dam Project, 34797, 54293 ***** Special Counsel Office See Office of the Special Counsel NOTICES Privacy Act: System of records, 63359 ***** Special Trustee for American Indians Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 71493, 71494 ***** State Department RULES Acquisition regulations: Miscellaneous amendments, 43618 Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act: Sample taking and record keeping and inspections, 73811 Consular services; fee schedule, 66769 Freedom of Information Act; implementation: National security information; classification, safeguarding, and declassification, 25430 International Traffic in Arms regulations: Commercial arms transfers; model regulations; implementation, 17531 Commercial communications satellite control on U.S. Munitions List, 13679 Nationality and passports: Passports denial, revocation, or cancellation and consular reports of birth cancellation; procedures, 19713 Privacy Act; implementation, 10949, 18808 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; implementation: Extradition of individual likely to be tortured; prohibition, 9435 United States Information Agency's former regulations; repeal, redesignation, and amendment, 54538 Visas; immigrant documentation: Consular posts abroad; affidavits of support; uniform acceptance procedures, 50751 Technical corrections, 55417 Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: Border crossing identification cards, 45162 Consular posts abroad; affidavits of support; uniform acceptance procedures, 50751 Passport and visa waivers, 28915 Photograph requirement, 13510 Technical corrections, 55417 Visa waiver pilot program -- Countries added and probationary entry status eliminated, 35 Portugal, Singapore, and Uruguay, 42032 Waiver by Secretary of State and Attorney General of passport and/or visa requirements -- British Virgin Islands nationals entering U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 7998 PROPOSED RULES Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act: Sample taking and record keeping and inspections, 39244 Consular services; fee schedule: Changes, 6584, 28946 Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration Commission; procedure rules, 53632 Nationality and passports: Passports denial, revocation, or cancellation and consular reports of birth cancellation; procedures, 5725 Privacy Act; implementation, 789 Semi-annual agenda, 21558, 64674 Visas; immigrant documentation: Immigrant visa fees; change in payment procedures, 58004 Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: Immigrant visa fees; change in payment procedures, 58004 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3583, 10056, 25097, 38068, 38069, 62241 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16514, 25098, 25389, 37190, 46466, 69317 Antarctic fishing; conservation measures adoption by Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 71165 Arms Export Control Act: Determinations, 26474 Export licenses; Congressional notifications, 7934, 17430, 23145, 32074, 36942, 41174, 44571, 45989, 68140 Art objects; importation for exhibition: Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641), 68190 Arts of Korea: Ancient to Modern, 56014 At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture, 63840 Berlin Metropolis: Jew and the New Culture (1890-1918), 57512 Body Art: Marks of Identity, 57689 Crowning Glories: Two Centuries of Tiaras, 72135 Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar, 57919 Dead Sea Scrolls, 70312 Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection, 68190 Johannes Vermeer's ``The Art of Painting'', 59223 Painting in Focus: Nicolas Poussin's Holy Family on the Steps, 57920, 61685 Raphael and Titian: The Renaissance Portrait, 58878 Salvador Dali: Optical Illusions, 68717 Stroganoff: The Palace and Collections of a Russian Noble Family, 62242 Walker Evans, 71534 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board, 32601 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, U.S. Section Advisory Committee, 23724 Labor Diplomacy Advisory Committee, 10733 Overseas Presence Advisory Panel, 8160 Private International Law Advisory Commitee, 201 Cultural property: El Salvador; request for U.S. protection of certain categories of archaeological material from pillage, 60873 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Brownsville, TX; Penn Octane Corp. pipelines transporting petroleum products across United States/Mexico border, 42163 Cox Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA; underground fiber- optic link project; presidential permit, 51175 Farm to Market Road 3464 from Interstate Highway 35 to Laredo Northwest International Bridge, TX, 32083 McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission, TX; Anzalduas International Crossing project, 44075 Portland Pipe Line Corp., North Troy, VT, 43009 Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998; implementation: Privacy Act; transfer of systems of records from Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 18956 Foreign Assistance Act, etc.; determinations: Honduras, 15197 Nonproliferation controls, 53434 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act: Bosnia and Herzegovina; U.S. position on proposed credit facility of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 13840 Kosovo donors conference; certification that U.S. shall not exceed 15 percent of total resources pledged by all donors, 69317 U.S. bilateral assistance; waivers -- Bosnia and Serbia, 7224, 19398 Foreign passports validity; list of countries, 4731, 14300 Foreign terrorist organizations; designation, 55112 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: American Council of Learned Societies et al., 39183 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Anti-domestic violence and trafficking in women and children training and technical assistance program, 28230 Book donation/information technology services program, 70312 Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union Research and Training Program, 58119 International collaborative projects in science and technology -- Egypt and United States, 40638 Spain and United States, 46466 Newly Independent States -- Community College Partnerships Program, 62726 Secondary School Partnership Program, 71535 Partners in Education Program, 69060 Public Policy Partnership for Institute of Public Administration at Moscow State University Project, 62729 Ron Brown Fellowship Program, 71538 International agreements: Satellite telecommunications; international anti-bribery and fair competition laws, 14301 International Joint Commission: Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 -- Niagara River projects, comment request, 919 Rainy and Namakan Lakes; dams management; public hearing, 32915 U.S.-Canada boundary water resources; use, diversion, and removal; examination and report request, 9554 International Religious Freedom Act: Countries of particular concern; list, 59821 International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory debarment, 25389 Lethal military equipment; sanctions: Kazakhstan, 70103 Russia, 23148 Meetings: American indigenous groups; consultation to discuss indigenous rights and other issues, 33130 Anti-Fouling Paints for Ships Federal Interagency Working Group, 19399 Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board, 35704, 50548, 73112 Chemical classification and labeling systems; international harmonization; government activities, 1266, 17435, 49834 Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 60874, 71178 Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union Study Advisory Committee, 8898 Federal Interagency Ballast Water Working Group, 10524 Fine Arts Committee, 6731, 51362 Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 7938, 10334, 24688, 42748, 62242 International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee, 920, 7226, 20046, 44253, 55805, 72714 International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 4732, 22666, 36065, 58122 International Law Advisory Committee, 9370 International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 3331, 5698, 19575, 27341, 35235, 35705, 44773, 57920, 66687, 71179 Labor Diplomacy Advisory Committee, 47219, 66226 North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, U.S. Section Advisory Panel, 57181 Overseas Presence Advisory Panel, 10334, 14037, 23893, 28022, 33341, 36733 Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 27342, 70103 Overseas Security Advisory Council, 5698, 28233, 56014 Private International Law Advisory Committee, 1852, 2934, 17435, 17436, 17437, 38070, 47220, 47559 Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 25951 Shipping Coordinating Committee, 3144, 5089, 5337, 8432, 10524, 11079, 11080, 19399, 24212, 31029, 37578, 39184, 44774, 48889, 52360, 55805, 58466, 61376, 67965, 72714 Universal Postal Union -- International postal issues, 14960 Reform initiatives; briefing, 73112 Universal Postal Union Congress; briefing, 35235 Missile technology proliferation activities; sanctions: Middle East entities, 18957 Russian entities, 2935 Munitions export licenses; suspension, revocation, etc.: CWP Industries, Inc., et al., 200 Indonesia, 55805 Nigeria, 34304 Russian entities, 2936, 31029 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; responsibilities redelegated to Secretary of State, 41482 Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 57920, 63840 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 1267 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, 40403 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Records and Publishing Services, 7227 Director General of Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, 56564 Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, 17208 Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 56828 United States Information Agency; responsibilities redelegated to Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs et al., 56014 Parental kidnapping; application of United States extradition treaties, 3735 Passport travel restrictions, U.S.: Iraq, 14301 Libya, 67600 Pipeline facilities on U.S. borders; permit applications: Penn Octane Corp., 28544 Portland Pipe Line Corp., 17052 Presidential permits: Cox Communications, Inc.; international underground tunnel at boundary between United States and Mexico; construction, operation, and maintenance, 51178 Dakota Gasification Co.; carbon dioxide pipeline crossing between North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada, 38070 El Paso County, TX; pipeline facilities crossing boundary between United States and Mexico, 24689 Laredo Northwest International Bridge, TX, 32085 McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission, TX; Anzalduas International Crossing project, 44078 San Diego, CA; pedestrian toll bridge between Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and San Diego, 9210 Sumas, WA, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; construction of municipal water systems pipeline, 27847, 56375 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 921, 54398 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998; implementation guidelines, 29731 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 47560, 51179 Shrimp trawl fishing; sea turtle protection guidelines; certification, 14481, 36946, 57921 Territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban; modification of description (EO 13129), 58879 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant (DV-2001) visa program; registration, 41992 ***** State Justice Institute NOTICES Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines, 47610, 56022 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 28856, 60466 ***** Statistical Reporting Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service ***** Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES ADAMHA Reorganization Act; implementation: Adults with serious mental illness; estimation methodology, 33890 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1634, 2907, 5668, 7205, 9517, 13029, 13030, 13806, 18434, 20317, 22632, 31283, 36890, 54345, 57641, 60822, 70047, 72673, 73570 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 522, 3704, 6368, 7657, 15777, 15984, 20008, 25897, 26995, 29051, 29052, 34261, 37995, 40888, 40889, 50298, 51330 Changing the conversation; national plan to improve substance abuse treatment; comment request, 30531 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Standing review committees; peer reviewers, 67580 Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting minimum standards, list, 171, 5813, 10480, 17193, 23848, 29664, 36707, 42952, 48663, 54049, 59194, 67581 Federal workplace drug testing programs; mandatory guidelines: Custody and control form, 61916 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Alaska Health and Social Services Department, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Division, 18922 Farm Resource Center of Cairo, IL, 26995 Minority Fellowship Program -- American Nurses Association et al., 20009 Pace/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc., 23850 Policy Research, Inc., 19799 Research Triangle Institute, 3704 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Child mental health initiative, 3533 Community-based practice/research collaboratives development, 33897 Community-initiated interventions, 10311 Elementary and secondary education -- School violence prevention and early childhood development activities, 5814, 5839 Emotionally disturbed children and their families; national training and technical assistance center, 20318 Homeless families; women with psychiatric, substance use, or co-occurring disorders and their dependent children, 30350 Mental Health Services Center -- CSAT Action Grant Program, 11027 Mental health and substance abuse needs, 29666 School action grant, 11935 Predictor variables by developmental stage grantees and research coordinating center, 23091 Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, 15906, 15909, 31684 School violence prevention programs, 27590 Substance Abuse Prevention Center -- Family strengthening, 11938 Targeted substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, 11940, 33490 Technical assistance; workshop, 23661 Substance Abuse Treatment Center -- Adolescent treatment models, 10482 Community Treatment Program, 69544 Mental health and substance abuse needs, 29666 Targeted substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS services, 33490, 11478 Technical assistance; workshop, 23661 Meetings: Drug Testing Advisory Board, 5310, 22873, 41940, 61116 Grant programs technical assistance workshops, 8109 Mental Health Services Center National Advisory Council, 40890 SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 1635, 46702 SAMHSA National Advisory Council et al., 29053 SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 173, 1635, 6907, 10157, 18627, 18626, 28209, 28210, 30048, 31867, 32513, 36709, 37557, 37558, 39517, 42143, 46210, 61650 Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory Council, 47195, 50823, 72096 Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory Council, 2908, 26996, 42954 Women's Services Advisory Committee, 14007 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 2909 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Substance Abuse Treatment Center; Changing the Conversation; National Plan to Improve Substance Abuse Treatment; comment request, 45267, 50100, 52339, 55301 ***** Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Abandoned mine land reclamation: Projects financing, 7470 Initial and permanent regulatory programs: Surface coal mining and reclamation operations -- Subsidence due to underground mining; interpretation, 70838 Valid existing rights (VER) definition and claims submission and processing procedures, 70766 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Alaska, 8510 Arkansas, 50754 Illinois, 3413, 6191, 68024, 72275 Indiana, 12890, 28362, 31691, 43911, 57565, 63681, 70578 Iowa, 66385 Louisiana, 68289 Maryland, 17978, 36784, 63684 Mississippi, 57567 Missouri, 57978 Montana, 3604, 3611 North Dakota, 1127, 12896, 38826, 60654 Ohio, 17980, 63688 Oklahoma, 3420, 52230, 70584 Pennsylvania, 14610, 30387 Texas, 23540, 43913 Utah, 8514 Various States, 20164 Virginia, 23542, 69399, 72277 West Virginia, 6201, 26288, 53200, 61506, 61507 Wyoming, 53203 Surface coal mining and reclamation operations: Underground coal mining subsidence; court order compliance, 71652 PROPOSED RULES Federal and Indian lands programs: Indian lands; definition clarification, 8464, 18585 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Alabama, 48573, 55878 Arkansas, 37067, 56179 Illinois, 44674 Indiana, 6150, 14412, 27484, 38165, 44448, 50026 Iowa, 54840 Kansas, 40323, 56982 Kentucky, 816, 3670, 4604, 29247, 38391 Louisiana, 49118 Maryland, 38392 Mississippi, 40326 Missouri, 32449 New Mexico, 71698, 71700 North Dakota, 18586 Ohio, 6005, 18857, 42887 Oklahoma, 43327, 56983 Pennsylvania, 12269, 36828, 66595, 66598, 70644, 72297 Texas, 7145, 29249 Virginia, 45489, 54843, 61805 West Virginia, 19327, 28771, 54845 Surface coal mining and reclamation operations: Ownership and control of mining operations; definitions, permit requirements, enforcement actions, etc., 8763, 15322, 23811 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 179, 2231, 4701, 8628, 13035, 13236, 18934, 33505, 41946, 66932, 71830 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3136, 23669, 23857, 32254, 32520, 38917, 38918, 49820, 58099 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN; unsuitability for mining operations, 4701 Valid existing rights; subsidence due to underground coal mining, 70727 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Appalachian coalfields, WV; mountaintop mining and valley fills, 5830 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program, 180, 72360 Wyoming -- Abandoned Coal Mine Land Research Program, 33506 Cokeville High School Project, 33513 Converse County Road 37 Project, 33510, 63337 Etna Water Distribution System, 63336 Frannie Water Distribution System, 63334 Greybull Sewer Replacement Project, 33507 Kaycee Community Health Center Project, 33511 Lander Water Treatment System, 63333 Ridgewater Improvement District Water Distribution System Project, 18634 Riverton Sewage Treatment Plant Pump, 63331 Rock Springs Stormwater Drainage Channel Project, 33508 Wright Water Distribution Looping Project, 63330 Meetings: Reforestation of surface coal mines; policy outreach symposium, 909 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 16997, 17412, 17413, 20021 Revegetation; standards for success; meetings and comment request, 26773 ***** Surface Transportation Board RULES Fees: Licensing and related services; 1999 update, 5191 General provisions: Miscellaneous amendments, 47709 Miscellaneous amendments, 53264 Rail procedures: Rail rate reasonableness, exemption and revocation proceedings; expedited procedures, 46594 Tariffs and schedules: Transportation of property by or with water carrier in noncontiguous domestic trade; publication, posting, and filing, 5194 Title 49 (Parts 1000-1199); republication; CFR correction, 10234 PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure: Rail acquisitions, mergers, and consolidations; new procedures; withdrawn, 66157 Transactions subject to statutory consolidation provisions; class exemption; withdrawn, 66157 Rail carriers: Carload Waybill Sample and public use file; confidentiality, 26723 Export corn and export soybeans; exemption; withdrawn, 66156 Rail procedures: Rail rate reasonableness, exemption and revocation proceedings; expedited procedures, 34185 Railroad consolidations, mergers, acquisitions of control, and startup operations: Safety integration plans, 19512 Semi-annual agenda, 22430, 65530 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 68718 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 11980 Illinois Central Corp. et al., 11083 Market dominance determinations; product and geographic competition; policy statement, 6417 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 13845, 15200 Motor carriers: Control exemptions -- Coach USA, Inc., 25392 Finance applications -- Academy Lines, Inc., 73119 Coach USA, Inc., et al., 4174, 26475, 50133 Global Passenger Services, L.L.C., et al., 50319 Golden State Transportation Co., 54955 Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al., 5859 K.C. Irving, Ltd., et al., 13628 Laidlaw, Inc., 1651 Northwest Motor Coach L.L.C., 56571 Stagecoach Holdings plc, 39555 Stagecoach Holdings plc et al., 61687 Tedesco Family ESB Trust, 73120 Tedesco, Francis, et al., 36066 Pooling agreements -- Groendyke Transport, Inc., et al., 4743 Rail carriers: Control exemptions -- RailAmerica, Inc., 50551, 62245 Cost of capital -- Railroad industry's 1998 decision, 27035 Railroad industry's 1999 decision, 69320 Cost recovery procedures -- Adjustment factor, 14304, 33543, 51572, 72140 Productivity adjustment factor, 4744 Declaratory order petitions -- Riverdale, NJ, et al., 51179 Pooling agreements -- Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana, 43013 Railroad revenue adequacy determinations; Class I railroads, 49050 Waybill data; release for use, 65761 Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Co., 29942 Albany Bridge Co., Inc., et al., 6133 Ameren Corp., 60467 Arkansas Short Line Railroads, Inc., 72141 Ballard Terminal Railroad Co., L.L.C., 9556 Beaufort & Morehead Railway, 67619 Bethlehem Steel Corp., 51573 Blacklands Railroad Co., 7688 Blue Rapids Railway Co., 16780 BNSF Acquisition, Inc., 10526 Boston & Maine Corp., 71190 Boston & Maine Corp. et al., 71191 Branch & St. Joseph Counties Rail Users Association, Inc., 35249 Brandywine Valley Railroad Co., 18965 Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 1268, 3336, 5860, 9371, 12402, 17214, 25954, 29414, 30375, 32095, 32607, 38233 Canadian Pacific Railway, 26477, 28559 Cascade Rail Corp., Inc., 56244 Central New England Railroad, Inc., 4490 Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway Co., 1269 Columbiana County Port Authority, 72142 Consolidated Rail Corp., 15869, 24217, 27851, 36967 CSX Corp. et al., 71188 CSX Transportation, Inc., 18067, 24711, 33544, 36420, 55807 CSX Transportation, Inc., et al., 36968 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 19407 Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 2534 Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc., 5861 Delaware Transportation Group, Inc., 34310, 34311 Delta Southern Railroad Co., 56572 Diamond State Port Corp. et al., 34311 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co., 71190 Fredonia Valley Railroad, Inc., 1269, 7688 Gateway Western Railway Co. et al., 52574 Georgia Department of Transportation, 1068, 1270 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc., 10338, 30101, 34696, 37580, 38501, 38941 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc. et al., 37194 Great Western Railway of Colorado, L.L.C., 23391 Greenville County Economic Development Corp., 29942 Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc., 25953 Illinois Central Railroad Co., 20354, 33544, 35249 IMC Global Inc., 17214 Indiana & Ohio Rail Corp. et al., 39185 Indiana Northeastern Railroad Co. et al., 35250 Jo-Davies/Carrol County Local Re-Development Authority, 50322 Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al., 69594 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co., 39556 Milford-Bennington Railroad Co., 49537 New England Central Railroad, Inc., 9556 New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad Co., 18966 New Hampshire Transportation Department, 18966 New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Co., 22898 New York Central Lines LLC, 34843, 50552 New York Central Lines LLC, et al., 39185 New York State Transportation Department, 39186 Nobles Rock Railroad, Inc., 50322 Norfolk Southern Corp., 70116 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 26476, 26477, 73603 Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., 19215 North American RailNet, Inc., 25954 North Carolina Railroad Co., 46968 Oakland, CA, 1069 0geechee Railway Co., 1069 Pennsylvania Lines LLC, 60876 Penn Virginia Corp., 41486 Pioneer Railcorp., 26477 Pioneer Railcorp et al., 4490 Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., 26478 Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad, 26478 Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad, 57925 RailTex, Inc., et al., 3149, 58466 Rio Grande Pacific Corp., 22897 Rock & Rail, Inc., 23391, 34312 Salt Lake City Southern Railroad Co., Inc., 7234, 57695 San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 15200 Tacoma Rail, 70761 Tishomingo Railroad Co., Inc., 58128 Tongue River Railroad Co., 5339, 54957, 55808 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1069, 1270, 6937, 11083, 18965, 57696, 63106, 71547, 72141 Utah Railway Co., 47229 Vermont Railway, Inc., 51825 Washington County Railroad Co., 59822, 61958 Winifrede Railroad Co., 41486 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 68200 Railroad services abandonment: Boston & Maine Corp., 36067 Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 33544, 40412, 43813, 50323, 56016 Central Kansas Railway L.L.C., 14789 Columbus & Greenville Railway Co., 5701 CSX Transportation, Inc., 2702, 11084, 13629, 18967, 27852, 28868, 46227, 57696 Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 60261 Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy Railway, 7688 Dunn-Erwin Railway, 16022 Florida Midland Railroad Co., Inc., 8161 Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 58906 Gauley River Railroad, LLC, 13469 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc., 58906 Kansas Eastern Railroad, Inc., 46471 Kansas Southwestern Railway, L.L.C., 12213 Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Co., 6738 Lone Star Railroad, Inc., 31035 Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc., 28559 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 11530, 14045, 44576, 52119, 57926, 72376 Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, Inc., 33134 Railroad Ventures, Inc., 30560 Red River Valley & Western Railroad Co., 10526, 67619 Rio Valley Railroad, Inc., et al., 23898 Rochelle Railroad Co., 11084 Salt Lake City Railroad Co., Inc., 52362 Soo Line Railroad Co., 3150, 45298, 57927, 57928 Southeastern International Corp., 23898 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 3740, 8901, 17056, 27617, 33545, 36968, 38942, 44079, 50863 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 39186 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 56384 Yreka Western Railroad Co., 5343 Y2K (Year 2000) readiness, 45587 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Technology Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 37100 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee, 11445 United States-China Science and Technology Commission; Civil Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee, 6050 United States-Greek Ministry of National Economy Initiative for Technology Cooperation with Balkans; Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Council, 6050 United States-Northern Ireland Industrial Research and Technology Unit; Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Council, 6050 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology, 13543, 17717 Meetings: National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee, 35632 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 48992 ***** Tennessee Valley Authority RULES Electronic Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 4044 PROPOSED RULES Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Semi-annual agenda, 22220, 65324 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2530, 24438, 29935 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14485 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Land Between the Lakes Advisory Committee, 10176 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Columbia Dam and Reservoir Project, TN; unfinished dam structure stabilization, 28856 Johnsonville Fossil Plant and Gallatin Fossil Plant, TN; peaking capacity additions, 38932 Kingston Fossil Plant, TN; alternative coal receiving systems, 27020 Lower Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, KY; Kentucky lock addition, 55518 North Alabama Pipeline Project, AL, 4486 Shoreline management initiative; assessment of residential shoreline development impacts in Tennessee Valley, 30092 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Haywood County, TN; greenfield sites; electric generation peaking and baseload capacity addition, 29935 LSP Energy L.P.; option purchase agreement for supply of electric energy; termination, 6130 Tellico Reservoir, TN, 2531, 5699 Tims Ford Reservoir, TN; land management plan, 39551 Meetings: Land Between the Lakes Advisory Committee, 25951, 41180 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3994, 4924, 10056, 19400, 32086, 42164, 49535, 68190, 69317 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 29379 ***** Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ***** Thrift Supervision Office RULES Consumer credit classified as loss, slow consumer credit, and slow loans; definitions removed, 6502 Federal Deposit Insurance Act: Safety and soundness standards, 66706 Year 2000 guidelines, 66700 Lending and investments: Letters of credit issuance and suretyship and guaranty agreements restrictions, 46560 Management official interlocks, 51673 Miscellaneous amendments, 69183 Risk-based capital: Construction loans on presold residential properties, junior liens on 1- to 4-family residential properties, etc., 10194 Savings associations: Capital distributions, 2805 PROPOSED RULES Operations: Savings associations; Know Your Customer programs development; withdrawn, 14845 Regulated activities: Exempt savings and loan holding companies and grandfathered activities, 5982 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 9218, 15397, 16522, 28027, 28873, 29083, 46969, 46970, 46971, 46972, 48453, 52363, 58907 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9218, 29943, 34849, 43815, 61688, 67969, 71547 Community Reinvestment Act regulations; Federal financial supervisory agencies policy statement; withdrawn, 16578 Insured depository institutions; branch closings; policy statement, 34844 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Alaska Federal Savings Bank, 27354 Douglas Federal Bank, 26817 First Federal Bankshares, M.H.C., 8901 First Federal Savings Bank, 8901 Florida Parishes Bank, 27853 IGA Federal Savings, 46009 Indian Village Community Bank, 27354 Mechanics Savings & Loan, FSA, 27355 Mutual Federal Savings Bank, 63378 Oceanmark Bank, F.S.B., 38502 Palmyra Savings & Building Association, F.A., 8902 Security Federal Bank, A Federal Savings Bank, 61961 ***** Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ***** Trade and Development Agency NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 68191 ***** Trade Representative, Office of United States RULES Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: Lamb meat, 56429 Tariff-rate quota implementation for imports of sugar-containing products, 67152 NOTICES Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Program operation; report to Congress, 31342 Foreign trade barriers; national trade estimate report; comment request, 59223 Free Trade Area of Americas Joint Government-Private Sector Experts Committee; identification of private sector expert on electronic commerce consumer issues; comment request, 26811 Free Trade Area of Americas; market access negotiations, 72715 Generalized System of Preferences: Annual product and country eligibility practices review (1998) -- Gabon, Mongolia, and Mauritania named as beneficiary developing countries, 36952 Annual product and country eligibility practices review (1999) -- Petitions accepted, etc., 72136 Petitions submission deadline, 20046 Competitive need limitations; import statistics; comment request, 4732 Mauritania; beneficiary developing country designation criteria, 18957 Mongolia; beneficiary developing country designation criteria, 3736 Soda ash petition; 1998 beneficiary country practices review, 4168 South Africa; beneficiary developing country designation criteria, 72138 Government-funded airport construction projects; list of countries denying fair market opportunities, 24689 Harmonized Tariff Schedule: Technical corrections, 32915, 38075 Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; policies and practices:, 2696 Various countries, 24438 Meetings: Industry Sector Advisory Committees -- Aerospace equipment, 3995, 10057 Small and Minority Business, 32087, 49535, 70104 North American Free Trade Agreement Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee, 49267 Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 19400 Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 16773, 28022 Trade Policy Staff Committee -- World Trade Organization; free trade area of the Americas; market access negotiations, etc.; hearings and comment request, 25525 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Accelerated tariff eliminations -- Petitions request, 28857 Chapter 19 roster; invitation for applications for inclusion, 61171 Special textile and apparel regime; duty-free treatment extension -- Suit-type jackets from Mexico, 46964 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Discrimination in foreign government procurement pursuant to Executive Order, 3116, 25525 Trade expansion priorities pursuant to Executive Order 13116, (Super 301),01, 24439 Tariff Act of 1930: Subsidies agreement countries -- Macedonia, 17208 Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: Beef from New Zealand, 18957 Cane sugar and sugar containing products; allocations to Mexico and Canada, 54719 Raw cane sugar, 61172 Trade Policy Staff Committee: Telecommunications equipment; mutual recognition agreement negotiations by members of Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL), 1853 Unfair trade practices, petitions, etc.: Canada; tourism and sport fishing, 28545 Mexico; high fructose corn syrup; investigation and comment request, 28860 Priority foreign country practices and foreign countries engaging in discriminatory government procurement practices; c, 17053 United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act; qualifying industrial zone designations, 13623, 56015 World Trade Organization: Dispute settlement panel establishment requests -- Argentina; footwear imports, 45581 Australia; salmonids importation, 69318 Australia; U.S.'s safeguard measure on lamb meat imports, 59224 Canadian Patent Act; inconsistency with Canada's obligations; examination, 39552 Dispute settlement roster of panel candidates; nominations, 61173 European Communities; banana importation, sale, and distribution, 19209 European Communities; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from United Kingdom, 17712 European Communities; U.S. Copyright Act, Section 110(5) examination, 29077 European Communities; U.S.'s withholding of liquidation on imports, 57689 European Communities; wheat gluten import limitation, 33130 Japan; Antidumping Act of 1916 examination, 32919 Korea; government procurement practices, 27022 Korea; imports of fresh, chilled, and frozen beef, 27847 New Zealand; U.S.'s safeguard measure on fresh, chilled or frozen lamb meat imports, 59225 Trade Act of 1974; inconsistency with U.S.'s obligations, 14037 Forest products sector; tariff elimination; economic and environmental effects; comment request, 34304 Free trade area of Americas; market access negotiations, etc., 18469 Germany; compliance with Basic Telecommunications Agreement; comment request, 30094 Recommendations -- European Communities; meat and meat products, 14486, 40638, 43254 Telecommunications trade agreements and electronic commerce market opportunities; comment request, 1854 ***** Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Office of Motor Carrier Safety See Research and Special Programs Administration See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation See Surface Transportation Board See Transportation Statistics Bureau RULES Acquisition regulations: Miscellaneous amendments, 2436 Air carrier authority applications; procedures and evidence Correction, 12084 Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability: Wheelchairs and other assistive devices; compensation for damage, 41781 Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned Expiration date extension, 15127 Disadvantaged business enterprise participation in DOT financial assistance programs, 5096 Correction, 34569 Economic regulations: Airline change-of-gauge services; disclosure, 12854, 38111, 46818 Airline code-sharing arrangements and long-term wet leases; disclosure, 12838, 38111, 46818 Commuter air carriers; fitness applications; filing location change, 3211 Domestic baggage liability, 70573 Foreign air carriers, charter trips; airline codesharing agreements and authorization statements; filing location change, 3212 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 29601, 46594 Correction, 3876 Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Federal Railroad Administrator; and Federal Highway Administrator, 7813 Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Administration Administrator, 36801 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; CFR chapter heading revised and part removed, 72959 Maritime Administration Administrator, 2150, 24959 Motor Carrier Safety Office, Director, 56270, 58356 Payment procedures: Surface transportation projects; credit assistance, 29742 Standard time zone boundaries: Nevada, 56705 Tariffs: U.S. and foreign air carriers; exemptions from duty to file international passenger tariffs with DOT, 40654 Uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition regulations for Federal and federally-assisted programs, 7127 PROPOSED RULES Administrative practice and procedure: Special services; fees and charges, 3229 Airline service quality performance standards: On-time disclosure rule; withdrawn, 3883 Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability: Equipment to facilitate boarding of aircraft by individuals with disabilities, 46611 Meeting, 63279 Meeting postponed, 66590 Wheelchairs and other assistive devices; compensation for damage, 7833 Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned, 9457 Economic regulations: Domestic baggage liability, 34592 Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Motor carrier safety standards: Inspection, repair, and maintenance of intermodal container chassis and trailers; responsibilities; meeting, 56478 Semi-annual agenda, 21566, 64682 Standard time zone boundaries: Kentucky, 33035, 55892 Nevada, 40331 Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs: Organizations certifying substance abuse professionals; procedure to have members included in DOT's substance abuse professional definition, 29831 Procedures; revision, 69076 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 15866, 23893, 35236, 46222, 47775 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2697, 6416, 9210, 9212, 9213, 10057, 10058, 10334, 10335, 10733, 11976, 13046, 13624, 61957, 63104, 65759 Aviation proceedings: Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 2698, 4924, 5851, 7938, 8634, 10058, 11528, 13047, 13840, 15393, 16774, 17713, 23894, 25390, 26812, 28233, 29404, 30555, 32088, 34838, 36733, 37578, 38698, 40641, 41995, 43235, 44774, 45992, 47560, 49040, 49535, 50852, 52116, 54064, 55520, 57690, 59226, 61175, 62732, 63841, 66959, 68407, 69812, 71541, 73113 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 201, 3737, 4925, 7938, 11528, 13047, 15393, 25390, 26813, 28233, 32088, 34838, 36733, 38698, 40641, 43236, 44774, 45993, 47561, 49040, 50852, 54064, 55520, 56376, 57690, 59226, 61175, 62733, 63841, 66960, 68408, 71541, 73113 Hearings, etc. -- Inland Aviation Services, Inc., 38071 JetBlue Airways Corp., 45582 Kiwi International Air Lines, Inc., 14782 National Airlines, Inc., 4743 Nevis Express, 46467 Ozark Air Lines, Inc., 37827 Puerto Rico Airways, Corp., 38934 Southern Air Transport, Inc. et al., 62732 Sun Jet International, Inc., 6130 Trans International Express, 8898 Wrangell Mountain Air, Inc., 14302 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century -- Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998; eligible surface transportation projects, 29754 Hazardous materials transportation: Department-wide program evaluation, 11528 Meetings, 36734 Meetings: Amtrak Reform Council, 17713, 24446, 25529, 30555, 43236, 53434, 58123 Economic analysis rulemaking forum, 24689 NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee and Transportation Consultative Group: annual plenary session, 49269, 54064 Partnership Council, 6731, 31030, 58123 Regulatory flexibility analysis; public forum, 48441 Risk assessment public forum, 30095 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Point of contact with small business concerns regarding problems arising out of Y2K failures and compliance with Federal regulations, 45582 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Passenger, third-party, and property liability insurance coverage for U.S. and foreign air carriers; non-approval of exclusions related to Year 2000 problem, 20047 Secretarial determinations: Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria; notification of effective security measures, 73596 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 46743 U.S. Coast Guard Roles and Missions Interagency Task Force; study and report to President, 25098, 31343 ***** Transportation Statistics Bureau RULES ICC Termination Act; implementation: Motor carriers of property and household goods; reporting requirements, 13916 PROPOSED RULES Alaska commuter and small certificated air carrier data collection program improvement; meeting, 34747 ICC Termination Act; implementation: Motor carriers of property and household goods; reporting requirements, 13948 Withdrawn, 39111 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 27852, 56385 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17437, 31345, 48232, 57927 Meetings: Transportation Statistics Advisory Council, 19582, 49273, 50552, 66526 Motor carriers: Financial and operating information; public release of reports; exemption requests, 48452, 57512 ***** Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Comptroller of the Currency See Customs Service See Engraving and Printing Bureau See Federal Law Enforcement Training Center See Fiscal Service See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service See Internal Revenue ServiceReader Aids See Public Debt Bureau See Secret Service See Thrift Supervision Office See Thrift Supervision OfficeReader Aids See United States Mint RULES Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- Funds tranmittals by financial institutions; conditional exceptions to full compliance with safe harbor provisions of Travel Rule, 41041 Money services businesses; definitions and registration, 45438 Government Securities Act; implementation: Brokers and dealers reporting requirement; Year 2000 compliance, 1735 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Official designation in case of absence, disability, or vacancy, 62112 PROPOSED RULES Balanced Budget Act of 1997; implementation: District of Columbia retirement plans; Federal benefit payments, 69432 Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 24454 Practice before Internal Revenue Service; general review of regulations, 31994 Privacy Act; implementation, 1152 Semi-annual agenda, 21748, 64870 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3585, 3741, 11531, 23899, 44267, 52363, 52371, 55337, 56576, 57928, 67620 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2703, 3998, 3999, 4000, 4490, 4491, 5861, 6938, 8637, 8638, 10738, 12213, 13845, 13846, 14968, 16022, 17214, 17215, 18967, 18968, 19582, 20354, 20355, 20356, 23392, 25955, 27617, 27619, 27620, 28868, 29739, 30561, 33135, 33136, 33137, 33546, 33547, 35250, 35251, 35252, 38234, 39557 , 39557, 40059, 40642, 41187, 41188, 41996, 42169, 43252, 44778, 44779, 45298, 46008, 46969, 49537, 50135, 50864, 51573, 53766, 53767, 54959, 56244, 56245, 56836, 57513, 58129, 61179, 61958, 61959, 61960, 63842, 65761, 66526, 66692, 66966, 67369, 67620, 71849, 71850 Boycotts, international: Countries requiring cooperation; list, 11085, 37581, 52821, 73121 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Bond Market Association Borrowing Advisory Committee, 35252 National Center for State and Local Law Enforcement Training Advisory Committee, 56017 Federal grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and commitments to insure or guarantee loan; lobbying restrictions, 49837 Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998; implementation: Taxpayer confidentiality study, 54960 Meetings: Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee, 15870 Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 19857, 36969, 51574 Debt Management Advisory Committee, 2703, 18067, 37195, 55522 International Child Labor Enforcement Advisory Committee, 14499, 34697, 60262 International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, 46471, 49273, 52575, 57514, 59823, 60262, 66231, 71547, 72377 International Monetary Fund Advisory Committee, 46472, 60468 Memorandums of understanding: General Accounting Office and OMB; Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board; Federal financial accounting concepts and standards; statements approval, 54898 Notes, Treasury: Large position reports, call for; 5 1/2 percent notes (May 2009), 38072 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, 3336, 38234 Chief Information Officer, 4000 Commissioner, Customs Service, 6133 Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 6134 Deputy Secretary et al., 6135 Director, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau, 6418 District of Columbia Pensions Office, 70315 Information Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary, et al., 4001 Secret Service Director, 4000 Tax Administration Office Treasury Inspector General, 4001, 4004 Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, 54411 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 67966 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Capital Budgeting Study Commission; final report, 16780 Senior Executive Service: Combined Performance Review Board; membership, 45013 Departmental Performance Review Board; membership, 47229, 47230 Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership, 41486, 63842 ***** Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission NOTICES Meetings, 60474, 69321 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission NOTICES Hearings, 56017, 60474, 60475, 72719 ***** Udall, Morris K., Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals National Roster; applications, 67969 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 18480, 57929 ***** Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2887, 16431, 36858, 52492, 72654 ***** United States Information Agency RULES Exchange visitor program: Administrative processing fees, 51894 Au pair programs; oversight and general accountability, 53929 Foreign medical graduates; pursuit of graduate medical education or training in U.S.; program administration issues; policy statement, 34982 Reinstatement of J-1 exchange visitors who fail to maintain valid program status; monitoring requirements, 44123 Return to home country two-year requirement; waiver requests; processing fee, 6191, 40286 Short-term scholars; participation in seminars, workshops, etc., 17975 Summer work travel programs, 17976 PROPOSED RULES Exchange visitor program: Au pair programs; oversight and general accountability, 17988 Semi-annual agenda, 22222 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 13852, 14048, 16523, 16524 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6740, 27035, 27621, 28028 Art objects; importation for exhibition: Adriaen de Vries, Imperial Sculptor, 46009 Alfred Hitchcock: Behind the Silhouette, 14969 Ancient Near Eastern Art, 37195 Beyond the Golden Fleece: The Jews of Georgia, 47231 Cezanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, 19215 Collecting Impressionism, 4744 Comtesse de la Rue, 40936 Contemporary Egyptian Art, 39559 Defining Russian Graphic Arts: From Diaghilev to Stalin (1898-1934), 8444 Degas and New Orleans: A French Impressionist in America, 15205 Diego Rivera; Art and Revolution, 3587 Discovering the Secrets of Soft Paste Porcelain in the Saint Cloud Manufactory (1690-1766), 30375 Drawings of Annibale Carracci, 46472 Dresden in the Ages of Splendor and Enlightenment: 18th Century Paintings from the Old Masters Picture Gallery, 17060 Edouard Manet: The Still-Life Paintings, 51179 Egyptian Art in The Age of the Pyramids, 2277, 36745 Eva Levina-Rozengolts: Her Life and Work, 27621, 30571 Facing West: Jews of Central Asia and the Caucasus, 22672 Francesco Clemente, 52120 Francis Bacon; A Retrospective Exhibition, 1874 From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin, 47231 Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China, 41487 Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine, 46473, 54411 Goya: Another Look, 11999 Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), 2536, 14798 Impressionists in Winter: Effects de Neige, 11999 John Singer Sargent, 3152 Kremlin Gold-1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels, 45300, 46972 Land of Myth and Fire: The Ancient and Medieval Culture of Georgia, 20058 Land of the Winged Horsemen: Art in Poland (1572-1764), 1653 Masks: Faces of Culture, 46473 Modern Masterworks from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 29416 Monet and Bazille: A Collaboration, 5346 Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect, 1653 Nainsukh: Painter from the Punjab Hills, 13252 Only the Best: Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, 49543 Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen, 37581 Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay, 1069 Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, 18074 Projects 68: William Kentridge, 11532 Ringing Thunder: Tomb Treasures from Ancient China, 19215 Saints and Sinners: Caravaggio and the Baroque Image, 29086 Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper (1963-1974), 4491 Spectacular St. Petersburg: 100 Years of Russian Theatre Design, 42170 Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands (1550-1720), 49543 Ten Works of Art from the Republic of Korea, 10339 Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages, 46473 Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the Sultans, 11087 Treasures of the Last Empire, 35253 Treasury of St. Francis of Assisi, 4175, 35711 Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World, 41488 Cultural property: Bolivia; request for U.S. protection of certain categories of archaeological and ethnological material from pillage, 54962 Cambodia; request for U.S. protection of certain categories of archaeological material from pillage, 28873 Italy; request for U.S. protection of certain categories of archaeological material from pillage, 51574 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Africa Regional Internship Program, 18969 Azerbaijan; Secondary School Civic Education Curriculum Development Project, 25956 Azores and Cape Verde School Partnership Program, 26817 Bosnia and Herzegovina; Youth Leadership Program, 23730 Burma Refugee Scholarship Program, 31346 China; Performing Arts Presenters Exchange Program, 52824 College and University Affiliations Program, 27036 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, 42759, 46972 Educational advising program for international students from Hong Kong/China, 36971 English Language Enrichment Program, 14500 FREEDOM Support Act/Future Leaders Exchange Program, 49543 Fulbright senior scholar program Bidders conference, 2114, 2536 Future Leaders Exchange Program -- Administrative components, 31349 Civic education workshop, 1070 Georgia, Republic of; Secondary School Civic Education Curriculum Development and Teacher Training Program, 50324 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program Washington Seminar, 3587 International education and cultural activities program, 41190 International visitor program, 6938 Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean; regional educational advising coordinator, 38238 Mexico City, Mexico; educational advising center, 38236 Moldova; curriculum development project; secondary school civic education, 9372 Newly Independent States -- College and University Partnerships Program, 50327 Educational Advising Centers, 52822 Exchanges and training programs, 51574 Nigeria; legislature development program, 14503 Russian Media Internship Program, 48233 South Africa Teacher Training Program, 31352 Summer Institutes in American Studies for Foreign University Teachers, 51580 Teaching Excellence Awards Program, 25958 USIA-Bosnia and Herzegovina undergraduate development program, 1072 Women's leadership training; small grants competition, 20356 Meetings: Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 1875, 28873, 40061, 51583, 51584 Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 22673, 27622, 49546 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 32097 ***** United States Institute of Peace NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Solicited grants -- 2000 Solicited Grant Competition Program; themes and topics, 48235 Unsolicited grants -- Fall competition program, 33953 Spring competition program, 7237 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1074, 10527, 30571, 48458, 60475 ***** United States Mint RULES Exchange of paper currency and coin: Melting discontinuance and substitution of mechanical means to destroy mutilated coins, 39919 PROPOSED RULES Exchange of paper currency and coin: Melting discontinuance and substitution of mechanical means to destroy mutilated coins, 4063 ***** United States Sentencing Commission NOTICES Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 68715, 72129 ***** Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Central Utah Project -- Diamond Fork System; campground construction, 925 Diamond Fork System; pipelines, tunnels, and other facilities; construction, 67370 Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System Angler-Access Acquisition and Corridor Management Project, 63378 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Veterans Affairs Department RULES Acquisition regulations: Bonds and insurance, 40518 Improper business practices and personal conflicts of interest; solicitation provisions and contract clauses, 30442 Simplified acquisition procedures, 69934 Tax-free tobacco products for gratuitous distribution to present and former members of U.S. Armed Forces, 38592 Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Compensation for additional disability or death due to hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, examination, or training and rehabilitation services, 1131 Dental conditions; service connection determination for outpatient dental treatment purposes, 30392 Post-traumatic stress disorder; direct service connection, 32807 Returned and canceled checks following death of payee, 54206 Surviving spouse's benefit for month of veteran's death, 30391 Terminated marital relationships; reinstatement of benefits eligibility, 30244 Veterans and surviving spouses receiving Medicaid-covered nursing home care; pension benefits limitation, 32807 Board of Veterans Appeals: Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- Board decisions revised on grounds of clear and unmistakable error; representatives notification, 7090 Grounds of clear and unmistakable error decisions, 2134, 73413 Disabilities rating schedule: Ear and other sense organ diseases, 25202 Fibromyalgia, 32410 Loan guaranty: Interest rate reduction refinancing loans; requirements, 19906 Correction, 28363 Medical benefits: Denied claims; reconsideration procedures, 44659 Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; implementation -- National enrollment system; provision of hospital and outpatient care, 54207 Veterans' medical care or services; collection or recovery, 22676 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: National Cemetery Administration, 30244 Tort claims determination and reconsideration; miscellaneous amendments, 47111 Vocational rehabilitation and education: Reservists' education -- Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve; educational assistance rates increase, 26297 Veterans education -- Educational assistance; advance payments and lump-sum payments, 52650 Educational assistance and benefits; claims and effective dates, 23769 Educational assistance test program; increased allowances, 44660, 46974 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; administrative errors, 51901 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; educational assistance reduction; effective date, 38576 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable increase, 31693 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Simplified acquisition procedures, 29981 Tax-free tobacco products, 4607 Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Well-grounded claims, 67528 Board of Veterans Appeals: Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- Simultaneously contested claims, 53302 Disabilities rating schedule: Eye disabilities, 25246 Education programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; nondiscrimination on basis of sex, 58568 Medical benefits: Patient rights -- Medication prescribing authority, 23812, 27733 Semi-annual agenda, 21848, 64964 NOTICES Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 69595 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4745, 4746, 4747, 4748, 13470, 13471, 16523, 20058, 20059, 20060, 20061, 20062, 32101, 33342, 33343, 33344, 33345, 34697, 35253, 36973, 36974, 40649, 42170, 42171, 42172, 42762, 43423, 43424, 43815, 47892, 50866, 50867, 50868, 50869, 51584, 51585, 51586, 52371, 52372, 54071, 56839, 58130, 66693, 66694, 66695, 66696, 66697, 67624, 67625, 67626, 67627, 67629, 72143, 72144 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4746, 4749, 4750, 4751, 5091, 8637, 13471, 13472, 16525, 22898, 22899, 22900, 22901, 22902, 25403, 27622, 35254, 42427 , 42428 , 42429, 42430, 42431, 42763, 43816, 43817, 47892, 47893, 47894, 50869, 50870, 50871, 52372, 52373, 52374, 56840, 63844, 63845, 65762, 65763, 65764, 65765, 72145, 72146, 72147 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 50137 Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 50137 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee et al., 35255 National Research Advisory Council, 56018 Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 53446 Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 13472 Women Veterans Advisory Committe, 53446 Diseases not associated with exposure to herbicide agents; list, 59232 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program, 12402 Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions: Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary, 31680, 52374 Medical benefits: Veterans' medical care or services; collection or recovery; methodology for calculating charges, 22684 Meetings: Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 15206, 47894 Education Advisory Committee, 13048 Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 13852, 49051 Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 14304, 56018 Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 50552 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 10527, 49273 Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 3339, 9218, 24711, 56019 Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 10738, 49274 Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 3339, 25536 Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board, 38702, 70762 Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 24712, 50871 Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and Development Service, 10179, 63846 Special Medical Advisory Group, 18972, 49275 Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 6942 Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 20062, 56019 Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 10179, 56019 Poverty threshold (1998); weighted average, 68413 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 13048, 23163 Systems of records, 5862, 13049, 23900 Real property; enhanced-use leases: Mountain Home, TN; James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 36422 Service-connected benefits: Rate adjustments, 29416 ***** Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 38481 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Federal Contractor Award Information System; transition, 16500, 26791 Rural Homeless Veterans Reintegration Projects, 19816 Reader Aids Meetings: Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 3574, 31650, 61668 ***** Vice President of the United States PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Plan statement, 63883 ***** Victims of Crime Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Indian Country Post Rape Stress Video, 18935 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1999 ***** Wage and Hour Division RULES American Samoa; minimum wage rates, 48524 PROPOSED RULES Child labor; civil money penalties; inflation adjustment, 67130 NOTICES American Samoa; special industry committee for all industries; appointment, convention, and hearing, 13822 ***** Western Area Power Administration PROPOSED RULES Energy Planning and Management Program: Integrated resource planning approval criteria, 62604 NOTICES Central Valley Project, CA, and Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects, UT; size of project-specific resource pools; comment request and meetings, 4646 Electric utility industry restructuring; impact on power allocation policies, 34433 Energy Planning and Management Program Power Marketing Initiative: Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects, 34414 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Parker-Davis and Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie transmission systems; interconnection with Griffith Power Plant, 29023 Southpoint Power Plant Project, CA; Calpine Corp. interconnection with WAPA's Parker-Davis No. 1 and No. 2 230-kilowatt transmission lines, 15744 Sutter Power Project, Calpine Corp., CA; interconnection with WAPA's Keswick-Elverta/Olinda-Elverta 230-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line, 32041 Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.: Boulder City, NV; Mead Substation access road and water supply improvements, 58057 Laramie, WY; Miracle Mile-Cheyenne No. 1 transmission line, 58057, 69265 Power marketing plans: Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region; call for 2005 resource pool applications, 56343, 69018 Sierra Nevada Region (2004), 34417 Power rate adjustments: Amistad and Falcon Projects, 25320 Boulder Canyon Project; firm power services base charge and rates, 14227, 70011 Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, 25323, 28469 Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, 6344 Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects; power allocation procedures and call for applications; post-2004 resource pool, 48825 ***** Workers' Compensation Programs Office RULES Federal Employees Compensation Act: Disability and death of noncitizen Federal employees outside U.S.; compensation, correction, 12684