12/22/1999 Issue

Notice of Meeting

Floor Stocks Tax for Cigarettes (99R-259P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to the Imposition of Permit Requirements on the Manufacturer of Roll-Your- Own Tobacco (98R-370P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to Tobacco Importation Restrictions, Markings, Minimum Manufacturing Requirements, and Penalty Provisions (98R-369P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Requiring the Qualification of Tobacco Product Importers (98R-316P) And Miscellaneous Technical Amendments

Increase in Tax on Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes [99R-88P]

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, relating to the Imposition of Permit Requirements on the Manufacture of Roll-Your- Own Tobacco (98R-370P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to Tobacco Importation Restrictions, Markings, Minimum Manufacturing Requirements, and Penalty Provisions (98R-369P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Requiring the Qualification of Tobacco Products Importers

Delegation OrderDelegation of Certain of the Director's Authorities in 27 CFR Parts 270, 275 and 296

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Reissuance of MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication (MFTRP) No. 1A as MFTRP No. 1B

Release of the Notice of Availability on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, NJ

Membership of the USCCR Performance Review Board

Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Navesink River, NJ

Regulated Navigation Area; Arrival Notification and Year 2000 (Y2K) Reporting Requirements for Vessels Transiting the Cape Cod Canal

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India; Correction

Availability of the Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for 2000

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Belarus

Rule To Regulate Under the Consumer Product Safety Act Risks of Injury Associated With Multi-Purpose Lighters That Can Be Operated by Children

Safety Standard for Bunk Beds

Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters

Eoff Electric Company, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order

Rate Adjustment of the Satellite Carrier Statutory License

Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

State-administered Programs

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 00-05: Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research Program

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 00-07: New Programs in Fusion Energy Sciences

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Control of Air Pollution From Volatile Organic Compounds, Miscellaneous Industrial Sources, Cutback Asphalt

Myclobutanil; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire and Rhode Island; Approval of National Low Emission Vehicle Program

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Control of Air Pollution From Volatile Organic Compounds, Miscellaneous Industrial Sources, Cutback Asphalt

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Azinphos-Methyl; Proposed Revocation and Lowering of Certain Tolerances; Tolerance Actions

Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment; Receipt of Requests for Voluntary Cancellation, Cancellation Order

Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food

Gulf of Mexico ProgramCitizens Advisory Committee Meeting

Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities; State of Minnesota Authorization Application

Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food

Pesticide Product; Registration Approval

Pesticide Products; Registration Applications

Pesticides; Availability of Registration Division's Fiscal Year 2000 Work Plan

Plant-Pesticide Corn Rootworm Product; Registration Application

State and Tribal Environmental Justice Grants ProgramFY 2000

Water Quality Criteria; Notice of Availability; 1999 Update of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology (Generic MACT)

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200 and -300 Series Airplanes

Establishment of Class E Airspace; Glendive, MT; Correction

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes

Airworthiness Directives; Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Model Piaggio P-180 Airplanes

Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 Series Airplanes

Establishment of a Class A Television Service; Comments Suspended

Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming

Public Safety National Coordination Committee

Responsible Accounting Officer: Re: Auditor Independence and Objectivity

Suspension of Community Eligibility

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing

PSI Energy, Inc., Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Initiation of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Technical Conference

Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gulfstream Pipeline Project, Request for comments on Environmental issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

Advance Participations; Sales of Whole Advances; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule

Canadian National Railway; Public Hearing

Extension of Comment Period; Petition for Grandfathering of Non- compliant Equipment National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Oregon Pacific Railroad; Emergency Order To Prevent Operation of Trains on the Railroad Bridge Crossing Johnson Creek in the City of Milwaukie, Oregon

Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Renegotiation Board Interest Rate; Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Sidalcea oregana var. calva (Wenatchee Mountains Checker-Mallow)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Endangered Status for the Southern California Distinct Vertebrate Population Segment of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog

Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit for the California Department of Fish and Game's Striped Bass Management Program Conservation Plan, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, and Delta Rivers

Notice of Dates and Location for Public Scoping Meetings

Atipamezole; Technical Amendment

Certain Other Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Sevoflurane

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Draft Guidance for Industry on Disclosing Information Provided to Advisory Committees in Connection With Open Advisory Committee Meetings Related to the Testing or Approval of New Drugs and Convened by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Beginning on January 1, 2000; Availability

Guidance for Industry: Significant Scientific Agreement in the Review of Health Claims for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements; Availability

Microbiology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service; Filing of Food Additive Petition

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Local Agency Expenditure Reports

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment RequestThe Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program

Knox-Brooks Timber Sales and Road Rehabilitation; Superior Ranger District, Lolo National Forest; Mineral County, Montana

President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History

Medicare Program; Solvency Standards for Provider-Sponsored Organizations

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; Meeting

Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Assessment of the American Housing Survey Metropolitan Sample

Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998; PIH Policy for Dealing With FY 1997 and Prior FY Unobligated Modernization Funds

Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998; Status of Implementation; Guidance

Final Determination Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Yuchi Tribal Organization

Proposed Final Base Membership Roll of the Catawba Indian Nation (Formerly Known as the Catawba Tribe of South Carolina) and Appeal Procedures

Final Cooperative Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Vancouver National Historic Reserve, Washington

Passthrough of Items of an S Corporation to its Shareholders

Certain Welded Stainless Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review and Intent To Revoke in Part

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Expedited Five-Year Reviews

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Full Five-Year Reviews

Sorbitol From France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Brazil, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand

Citric Acid and Sodium Citrate From China

Bureau of International Labor Affairs; National Administrative Office, National Advisory Committee for the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; Notice of Open Meeting

Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Meeting Location and Time

Public Land Order No. 7413; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Protection of Four Recreation Sites; Oregon

Recommendations From the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Aero-Space Technology Advisory Committee (ASTAC); Flight Research Subcommittee Meeting

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of Change in Subject of Meeting

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Community Development Quota Program

Summer Flounder Fishery

Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling; Official Mark

Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit for the California Department of Fish and Game's Striped Bass Management Program Conservation Plan, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, and Delta Rivers

National Register of Historic Places;Notification of Pending Nominations

In the Matter of North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation, et al. (Seabrook Station, Unit 1); Order Approving Application Regarding Merger of New England Electric System and the National Grid Group PLC

Retention Allowances

Changes in Procedures for Standard Mail Destination Entry Mailings

Sunshine Act Meeting

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review

Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Issues Subcommittee Meeting

Pipeline Safety: Enhanced Safety and Environmental Protection for Gas Transmission and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines in High-Consequence Areas

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Exemption

Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Composition of the PCX Board of Governors

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to Allow NASD Members to Give Proxies in the Absence of Written Instructions from Beneficial Owners

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Minimum Net Capital and Excess Net Capital Requirements for Members

Self-Regulatory Organizations the Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Amend OCC's By-Laws and Rules to Merge the Currently Separated Equity and Non-Equity Elements of the OCC's Clearing Fund

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. To Modify the Recommended Fine Schedule for the Submission of Late Financial and Operational Reports

Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations; Permanent Regulatory Program; Compliance with Court Order

New Mexico Regulatory Program

Notice of Proposed Information Collection

Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Navesink River, NJ

Regulated Navigation Area; Arrival Notification and Year 2000 (Y2K) Reporting Requirements for Vessels Transiting the Cape Cod Canal

Communications/Surveillance Operational Implementation Team (C/ SOIT); Cancellation of Meeting

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

Floor Stocks Tax for Cigarettes (99R-259P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to the Imposition of Permit Requirements on the Manufacturer of Roll-Your- Own Tobacco (98R-370P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to Tobacco Importation Restrictions, Markings, Minimum Manufacturing Requirements, and Penalty Provisions (98R-369P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Requiring the Qualification of Tobacco Product Importers (98R-316P) And Miscellaneous Technical Amendments

Increase in Tax on Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes [99R-88P]

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, relating to the Imposition of Permit Requirements on the Manufacture of Roll-Your- Own Tobacco (98R-370P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to Tobacco Importation Restrictions, Markings, Minimum Manufacturing Requirements, and Penalty Provisions (98R-369P)

Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Requiring the Qualification of Tobacco Products Importers

Delegation OrderDelegation of Certain of the Director's Authorities in 27 CFR Parts 270, 275 and 296

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request