DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Agricultural Marketing Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
165 National Organic Program (Reg Plan Seq. No. 1)0581-AA40
166 National Laboratory Accreditation Program 0581-AB42
167 Processed Fruits and Vegetables: Qualified Through Verification (QTV) 0581-AB58
168 General Specifications for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading 0581-AB59
169 Blueberry Research, Promotion, and Information Order 0581-AB61
170 Olive Oil Research, Promotion, and Information Order 0581-AB62
171 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: Fee Increase 0581-AB63
172 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 0581-AB64
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
173 Federal Seed Act; Amendments 0581-AB55
174 Voluntary Shell Egg Regulations; Repackaging of Shell Eggs Under USDA's Grading Program 0581-AB56
175 Refrigeration Requirements for Shell Eggs 0581-AB60


Agricultural Marketing Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
176 Kiwifruit Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order 0581-AB46
177 Federal Milk Order Consolidation and Reform 0581-AB49
178 Cotton Classification Services to Growers; Revision of User Fees for 1999 Crop 0581-AB57


Agricultural Research Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
179 National Agricultural Library Fees for Loans and Copying 0518-AA01


Farm Service Agency--Prerule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
180 Method of Calculation of Loan Deficiency Payment Rates 0560-AF87


Farm Service Agency--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
181 Part 1946 Mediation; Subpart A--Agricultural Loan Mediation Program 0560-AE26
182 Debt Settlement for Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loans 0560-AF43
183 2000-Crop Peanuts National Poundage Quota, National Average Loan Rates for Quota and Additional Peanuts and Minimum Export-Edible Sales Price for Additional Peanuts 0560-AF83
184 2000-Crop Marketing Quotas and Price Support Levels for Five Kinds of Tobacco 0560-AF86
185 Debt Settlement of Farm Loan Program Loans 0560-AF88


Farm Service Agency--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
186 1999-Crop Marketing Quotas and Price Support Levels for Five Kinds of Tobacco 0560-AF51
187 Disaster Reserve Flood Compensation Program 0560-AF57
188 Suspension of Collection of Recapture Amount for Borrowers with Certain Shared Appreciation Agreements 0560-AF80
189 1999 Livestock Indemnity Program 0560-AF82
190 2000-Crop Marketing Quota and Price Support Level for Flue-Cured Tobacco 0560-AF84
191 2000-Crop Marketing Quota and Price Support Level for Burley Tobacco 0560-AF85
192 Amendment to the Farm Loan Program Regarding the Time Period for Requests for Debt Settlement 0560-AF89


Farm Service Agency--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
193 Program Ineligibility for Noncompliance With Boll Weevil Eradication Program 0560-AD57
194 Sugar and Crystalline Fructose Information and Recordkeeping Requirements 0560-AD88
195 Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Program 0560-AE17
196 Selection and Functions of Farm Service Agency State and County Committees 0560-AE33
197 Implementation Procedures for Highly Erodible Land and Wetlands Conservation Provisions of the Food Security Act 0560-AE38
198 Amendments to the Farmer Account Servicing Policies 0560-AE42
199 Amendments to the Standards for Approval of Warehouse for Commodity Credit Corporation Storage Contracts 0560-AE50
200 Deletion of FSA Regulations Regarding Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program 0560-AE54
201 Amendment to the Conservation Reserve Program Regarding Early Contract Terminations 0560-AE56
202 Suspension of the Emergency Livestock Assistance Regulations for Crop Years 1996 to 2002 0560-AE86
203 Direct Line of Credit Program 0560-AE90
204 Revision of Regulations Pertaining to Indian Tribes and Tribal Corporations 0560-AE91
205 Amendments To Update the Tobacco Program Regulations 0560-AF05
206 Amendments To Update the Peanut Program Regulations 0560-AF06
207 Amendments To Update Farm Program Payment Limitation and Disaster Regulations Under the National Performance Review 0560-AF10
208 Amendment to the Cotton Warehouse Regulations Regarding the Definition of ``Unnecessary Delay'' 0560-AF13
209 Amendments to the Debt Settlement Policies and Procedures To Conform to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 0560-AF22
210 Amendments to the Forage Provisions of the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 0560-AF23
211 Refund of Marketing Quota Penalties and Tobacco Auction Warehouse Records and Reports 0560-AF26
212 Refund of Marketing Quota Penalties and Other Peanut Program Provisions 0560-AF27
213 Contracting Additional Peanuts by Type and Segregation 0560-AF28
214 American Indian Livestock Feed Program 0560-AF29
215 Sugar Program Information Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 0560-AF31
216 Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program; Revision of Regulations 0560-AF32
217 Cooperative Marketing Associations 0560-AF33
218 Inapplicability to FSA's Farm Loan Programs of Redundant Instructions Regarding the Collection and Depositing of Program Payments 0560-AF34
219 Amendment to the Farm Reconstitution Regulations 0560-AF36
220 Change in Warehouse Receipt Requirements for CCC's Cotton Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment Programs 0560-AF39
221 Chemical Testing of Farmers' Stock Peanuts for Aflatoxin Content 0560-AF40
222 Dairy Recourse Loan Program 0560-AF41
223 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Regulations for the 1998 and Succeeding Crop Years 0560-AF46
224 Amendments to the Regulations Regarding Suspension and Debarment From Commodity Credit Corporation Programs 0560-AF47
225 1999-Crop Peanuts National Poundage Quota, National Average Loan Rates and Minimum Export-Edible Sales Price for Additional Peanuts 0560-AF48
226 1999-Crop Marketing Quota and Price Support Level for Flue-Cured Tobacco 0560-AF49
227 1999-Crop Marketing Quota and Price Support Level for Burley Tobacco 0560-AF50
228 Remove Internal Agency Provision From FSA Farm Credit Program Regulation--Liquidation of Loans Secured by Real Estate and Acquisition of Real and Chattel Property 0560-AF53
229 Debt Settlement of the Farm Loan Program's Nonprogram Loans 0560-AF54
230 Cleaning and Reinspection of Farmers' Stock Peanuts 0560-AF56
231 Disaster Set-Aside Program Second Installment 0560-AF59
232 Regulatory Streamlining of the Farm Service Agency's Direct Farm Loan Programs 0560-AF60
233 Amendments to the Regulations Governing the Peanut Poundage Quota and Price Support Programs 0560-AF61
234 Accelerated Production Flexibility Contract Payments 0560-AF65
235 Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans for Crambe 0560-AF68
236 Streamlining of Regulations for Real Estate Appraisals and Chattel Appraisals 0560-AF69
237 Small Hog Operation Payment Plan 0560-AF70
238 Low Documentation Loan 0560-AF71
239 Modification of Collateral Requirements for Emergency Loans 0560-AF72
240 Marketing Assistance Loan Provisions for the 1998 and Subsequent Crop Years 0560-AF76
241 Amendments to the Conservation Reserve Program Regulations Regarding Loan Eligibility 0560-AF77
242 Servicing Shared Appreciation Agreements 0560-AF78
243 Production Flexibility Contracts for Wheat, Feed Grains, Rice, and Upland Cotton 0560-AF79


Farm Service Agency--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
244 Amendments to the Regulations for Cotton Warehouses Under the United States Warehouse Act--Electronic Block Warehouse Receipts, Insurance Requirements, and Other Provisions 0560-AE60
245 1998-Crop Marketing Quotas and Price Support Levels for Eight Kinds of Tobacco 0560-AF20
246 Lender Buyback of Repurchased Guaranteed Loans 0560-AF21
247 Revision of FSA-Guaranteed Loan Regulations--Interest Subsidy for Guaranteed Borrowers 0560-AF35
248 End-Use Certificate Program 0560-AF64
249 Dairy Indemnity Payment Program 0560-AF66
250 Dairy Market Loss Assistance Program 0560-AF67
251 Crop Loss Disaster Assistance Program 0560-AF75
252 1998-Crop Peanuts National Poundage Quota, National Average Price Support Level for Quota and Additional Peanuts, and Minimum CCC Export-Edible Sales Price for Additional Peanuts 0560-AF81


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Prerule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
253 Noxious Weeds; Weed Categories and Priorities 0579-AB07


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
254 Plant Pest Regulations; Update of Current Provisions 0579-AA80
255 Karnal Bunt 0579-AA83
256 Veterinary Services Multi-Year User Fees 0579-AA87
257 Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats From States That Do Not Quarantine Scrapie-Infected and Source Flocks 0579-AA90
258 Irradiation Phytosanitary Treatment of Imported Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 0579-AA97
259 Importation of Solid Wood Packing Material (Reg Plan Seq. No. 2)0579-AA99
260 Horse Protection; Horse Industry Organizations 0579-AB04
261 User Fees--Rate Revisions for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Service 0579-AB05
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
262 Animal Welfare--Standards for Marine Mammals 0579-AA59
263 Importation of Logs, Lumber, and Other Unmanufactured Wood Articles 0579-AA82
264 Importation of Grapefruit, Lemons, and Oranges From Argentina 0579-AA92
265 Restrictions on the Importation of Ruminants, Meat and Meat Products From Ruminants, and Certain Other Ruminant Products 0579-AA98
266 Importation of Rhododendron in Growing Media 0579-AB00
267 Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter 0579-AB06
268 Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Material From Canada 0579-AB11


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
269 Importation of Certain Embryos and Animal Semen 0579-AA63
270 Importation of Pork and Pork Products From Yucatan and Sonora, Mexico 0579-AA91
271 Importation of Fuji Apples From the Republic of Korea 0579-AA93
272 Animal Welfare; Inspection, Licensing, and Procurement of Animals 0579-AA94
273 Importation of Poultry From Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico 0579-AA96
274 Requiring Treatment of Solid Wood Packing Material From China 0579-AB01
275 Importation of Unmanufactured Wood Articles From Mexico 0579-AB02
276 Establishment of Regions in the European Union for Hog Cholera, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and Swine Vesicular Disease 0579-AB03
277 Noxious Weeds; Restrictions on Interstate Movement 0579-AB08
278 Aquaculture; Farm-Raised Fin Fish 0579-AB09
279 Pseudorabies in Swine; Payment of Indemnity 0579-AB10


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
280 Importation of Fruits and Vegetables 0579-AA58
281 Licensing Requirements for Dogs and Cats 0579-AA95


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
282 Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program; Administrative Provisions 0524-AA09
283 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program Administrative Provisions 0524-AA17
284 Community Food Projects Administrative Provisions 0524-AA19
285 Small Business Innovation Research Program Administrative Provisions 0524-AA20
286 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program Administrative Provisions 0524-AA21
287 National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Administrative Provisions 0524-AA22


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
288 Stakeholder Input to Research, Education, and Extension Formula Funds 0524-AA23
289 Matching Funds Requirement for Formula Funds for Agricultural Research and Extension Activities at 1890 Land Grant Institutions and Tuskegee University 0524-AA24


Rural Housing Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
290 Civil Rights Compliance Requirements--1901-E to 1940-D 0575-AA83
291 Servicing Community Programs Loans and Grants 0575-AC12
292 Multi-Family Housing Reinvention 0575-AC13
293 Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan Single Family 0575-AC18
294 Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants 0575-AC20


Rural Housing Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
295 Denying Credit to Applicants Delinquent on Any Federal Debt 0575-AA66
296 Reengineering and Reinvention of the Direct Section 502 and 504 Single-Family Housing Program 0575-AB99


Rural Housing Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
297 Environmental Program Streamline Environmental Process 0575-AB98
298 National Flood Insurance Regulations 0575-AC07


Rural Housing Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
299 Community Facility Grants 0575-AC10
300 Direct Single-Family Housing Loans and Grants 0575-AC11
301 Section 538 Guarantee Rural Rental Housing Program 0575-AC14
302 Community Programs Guaranteed Loans 0575-AC17
303 Farm Labor Housing--Competitive Funding 0575-AC19


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
304 General Administrative Regulations; High Risk Land Regulations 0563-AA98
305 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart D; Application for Crop Insurance 0563-AB00
306 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions and Wheat Winter Coverage Endorsement 0563-AB63
307 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Coarse Grains Crop Insurance Provisions 0563-AB64
308 General Administrative Regulations; Movement of Business Among Insurance Providers 0563-AB71
309 General Administrative Regulations; Reinsurance Agreement--Standards for Approval 0563-AB72
310 General Administrative Regulations; Sanctions 0563-AB73
311 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Florida Fruit Tree Crop Insurance Provisions 0563-AB75
312 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Blueberry Crop Insurance Provisions 0563-AB76
313 Dairy Options Pilot Program--Revised Notice of Availability 0563-AB77
314 General Administrative Regulations; Civil Rights Data Collection 0563-AB78
315 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Millet Crop Insurance Provisions 0563-AB79


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
316 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart S; Regulations for Insurance Coverage by Written Agreement 0563-AB07
317 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart J; Appeal Procedure Regulations 0563-AB17
318 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart N; Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 0563-AB20
319 Federal Crop Insurance on Highly Erodible Land and Wetlands--Part 400 0563-AB59
320 Federal Crop Insurance on Highly Erodible Land and Wetlands--Part 401 0563-AB60
321 General Administrative Regulations; Nonstandard Underwriting Classification System 0563-AB66
322 General Administrative Regulations; Premium Reductions; Payments of Rebates, Dividends, and Patronage Refunds; and Payments to Insured-Owned and Record-Controlling Entities 0563-AB70


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
323 Group Risk Plan Crop Insurance Provisions; Part 407 0563-AB06
324 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart V; Submission of Policies and Provisions of Policies and Rates of Premium 0563-AB15
325 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart T--Regulations for the 1999 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years 0563-AB67
326 General Administrative Regulations; Subpart U; and Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement--Regulations for the 1999 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years 0563-AB68
327 General Administrative Regulations; Interpretations of Statutory and Regulatory Provisions 0563-AB74


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
328 Review Inspection Requirements 0580-AA58
329 Regulations Under Packers and Stockyards Act (Price Reporting) 0580-AA65


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
330 Tolerances for Dividers 0580-AA57
331 Regulations Issued Under Packers and Stockyards Act (Feed Weight) 0580-AA64


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
332 Poultry Grower Contracts, Scales, Weighing 0580-AA51


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
333 Official Testing Service for Barley Protein Analysis 0580-AA68


Food and Nutrition Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
334 Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Miscellaneous Provisions 0584-AB10
335 Provisions of Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, Amendments of 1990, and Implementation of the Disqualified Recipient Subsystem 0584-AB51
336 Food Stamp Program: Retailer Application Processing 0584-AC05
337 Disclosure of Free and Reduced-Price Eligibility Information Under the School Nutrition and Child and Adult Care Food Programs 0584-AC21
338 Food Stamp Program: Welfare Reform Matching, Fair Hearings and Recipient Service Rule 0584-AC22
339 Child and Adult Care Food Program: Improving Management and Program Integrity (Reg Plan Seq. No. 3)0584-AC24
340 Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced-Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools: Provision 2 and Provision 3 0584-AC25
341 Food Stamp Program Regulatory Review: Certification of Eligible Households 0584-AC28
342 Part 240, Cash In Lieu of Donated Foods and Part 250, Food Distribution Regulations 0584-AC31
343 Food Stamp Program Regulatory Review: FSP Standards for Approval and Operation of Food Stamp Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems 0584-AC37
344 FSP: Personal Responsibility Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 4)0584-AC39
345 FSP: State Flexibility and Certification Provisions of Public Law 104-193 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 5)0584-AC40
346 Food Stamp Program: Work Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 6)0584-AC45
347 Food Distributions Programs: Commodity Acceptability Report 0584-AC56
348 WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP): Expansion Funds Allocation Formula 0584-AC68
349 FSP: Civil Rights Data Collections 0584-AC75
350 FDPIR: Income Deduction and Miscellaneous Provision Rule 0584-AC81
351 Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Plain Language, Program Accountability, and Program Flexibility 0584-AC84
352 Food Stamp Program: Payment Adjustments 0584-AC86
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Food and Nutrition Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
353 Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Food Delivery Systems Integrity (Reg Plan Seq. No. 7)0584-AA80
354 Child and Adult Care Food Program: Authority To Collect Overclaims 0584-AB19
355 Direct Certification in National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs 0584-AB35
356 WIC: Requirements for and Evaluation of WIC Program Requests for Bids for Infant Formula Rebate Contracts 0584-AB52
357 Food Stamp Program: Anticipating Income and Reporting Changes 0584-AB57
358 Food Stamp Program: Payment of Certain Administrative Costs of State Agencies 0584-AB66
359 Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Definition of Indian Tribal Household 0584-AB67
360 Amendments to the Infant Meal Pattern 0584-AB81
361 Food Stamp Program: Food Stamp Recipient Claim Establishment and Collection Standards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 8)0584-AB88
362 Food Stamp Program: Revisions to the Retail Food Store Definition and Program Authorization Guidance (Reg Plan Seq. No. 9)0584-AB90
363 Summer Food Service Program: Program Meal Service During the School Year 0584-AC06
364 Implementation of Legislative Reforms in the Summer Food Service Program 0584-AC23
365 WIC: Bloodwork Requirements 0584-AC30
366 National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Additional Menu Planning Alternatives 0584-AC38
367 FSP: Nondiscretionary Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 10)0584-AC41
368 Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 0584-AC44
369 Food Distribution Program: Regulatory Implementation of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PL 104-193, 110 Stat 2105) 0584-AC49
370 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC: Implementation of WIC-Related Provisions of PL 104-193, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 0584-AC51
371 Food Stamp Program: Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Benefit Adjustments 0584-AC61
372 Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Disqualification Penalties for Intentional Program Violations 0584-AC65
373 FSP: EBT System SAS70 Audit Requirements 0584-AC71
374 Child Nutrition Programs: Reimbursement for Snacks in Afterschool Care Programs 0584-AC72
375 WIC: Local Agency Expenditure Reports 0584-AC74
376 WIC: Certification Integrity 0584-AC76
377 WIC: WIC Funding Provisions of Public Law 105-336 0584-AC77
378 Food Distribution Program: Deletion of Requirement to Evaluate State-Run Commodity Distribution and Warehousing Systems Every Three Years 0584-AC79
379 Modification of the ``Vegetable Proteins Products'' Requirements for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program 0584-AC82
380 Waiver Authority To Implement Pilot Projects Resulting From Recommendations from ``Food Distribution 2000: Transforming Food Distribution for the Next Millennium'' 0584-AC83
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Food and Nutrition Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
381 Child and Adult Care Food Program: Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act Amendments and Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994 0584-AC20
382 Regulatory Reform: Provisions Relating to Firms Participating in the Food Stamp Program 0584-AC48
383 Food Stamp Provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 0584-AC63


Food and Nutrition Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
384 Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Food Cost Containment Requirements 0584-AB11
385 Food Stamp Program: 1995 Quality Control Technical Amendments 0584-AB38
386 School Nutrition Programs: Technical and Nondiscretionary Amendments 0584-AC01
387 Amendment To Remove Formulated Grain--Fruit Product Section 0584-AC09
388 Consolidation of National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and Summer Food Service Program Into a Comprehensive School Meal Program 0584-AC10
389 WIC: Food Package Adjustments and Corrections 0584-AC29
390 Food Stamp Program: Retailer Integrity, Fraud Reduction and Penalties 0584-AC46
391 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Disqualification of WIC Vendors Who Are Disqualified From the Food Stamp Program 0584-AC50
392 Implementation of Legislative Changes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program 0584-AC52
393 WIC: Food and Nutrition Services and Administration (NSA) Funding Formula Rule 0584-AC64
394 Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Program Streamlining, Flexibility, and Miscellaneous Amendments 0584-AC66
395 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Soy-Base Beverages (Soymilk) in WIC 0584-AC67
396 Maximum Allotments for 48 States & DC & Income Eligibility Standards for 48 States, DC, AK, GU and VI 0584-AC69
397 FSP: Maximum Allotments for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands 0584-AC70
398 WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP): Nondiscretionary Provisions of the William F. Goodling Reauthorization Act of 1998 0584-AC80


Food Safety and Inspection Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
399 Performance Standards for Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products 0583-AC46
400 Performance Standards for Bacon 0583-AC49
401 Labeling of Food Under the Voluntary Nutrition Labeling Program; 1996 Retail Survey Compliance Results 0583-AC55
402 Reform of Regulations on Imported Livestock and Poultry Products (Reg Plan Seq. No. 11)0583-AC56
403 Agency Organization and Terminology 0583-AC57
404 Egg Products Inspection Regulations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 12)0583-AC58
405 Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat or Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient Products 0583-AC60
406 Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems; Additions to E. Coli Criteria and Salmonella Performance Standards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 13)0583-AC63
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Food Safety and Inspection Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
407 Substances Approved for Use in the Preparation of Meat and Poultry Products (Reg Plan Seq. No. 14)0583-AB02
408 Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products; Poultry-Chilling Performance Standards 0583-AC26
409 Rules of Practice 0583-AC34
410 Elimination of Requirements for Partial Quality Control Programs (Reg Plan Seq. No. 15)0583-AC35
411 Irradiation of Meat and Meat Products 0583-AC50
412 Meat Produced by Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and Recovery Systems 0583-AC51
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Food Safety and Inspection Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
413 Nutrition Labeling of Ground Beef and Hamburger 0583-AB74
414 Transportation, Storage, and Other Handling of Potentially Hazardous Foods 0583-AC05
415 Grant and Inauguration of Inspection 0583-AC07
416 Beef or Pork With Barbecue Sauce; Revision of Standards 0583-AC09
417 Performance Standard for the Chilling or Other Processing of Livestock Carcasses and Ready-to-Cook Poultry 0583-AC21
418 Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Inspection of Livestock and Poultry 0583-AC43
419 Requirements for Disposition and Disposal of Inspected Raw Meat and Poultry Products 0583-AC44
420 Reworking of Meat and Poultry Carcasses Accidentally Contaminated During Evisceration 0583-AC53
421 Labeling--Generic Approval and Regulation Consolidation 0583-AC59


Food Safety and Inspection Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
422 Use of Soy Protein Concentrate, Food Starch-Modified and Gelatin as Binders in Certain Meat Products 0583-AB82
423 Addition of Mexico to List of Countries Eligible To Export Poultry Products to the United States 0583-AC33
424 Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry Establishments 0583-AC39
425 Labeling Standards for Ovine Carcasses, Parts of Carcasses, Meat and Meat-Food Products 0583-AC41
426 Performance Standards for Shelf-Stable, Ready-to-Eat Products 0583-AC45
427 Elimination of Accredited Laboratory Program for Food Chemistry and Residue Chemistry 0583-AC48
428 Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs 0583-AC52
429 Fee Increase for Inspection Services of Meat and Poultry Products 0583-AC54


Foreign Agricultural Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
430 Export Sales Reporting Requirement 0551-AA51
431 Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quoting Licensing 0551-AA58


Foreign Agricultural Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
432 CCC Supplier Credit Guarantee Program 0551-AA30
433 Facility Guarantee Program 0551-AA35


Foreign Agricultural Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
434 Proposed Regulations Governing Implementation of the Cooperator Foreign Market Development Program Overseas 0551-AA26
435 Reform of Export Bonus Program 0551-AA41
436 Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 0551-AA53


Forest Service--Prerule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
437 National Forest System Roadless Areas (Reg Plan Seq. No. 16)0596-AB77
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Forest Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
438 Hydropower Applications 0596-AA47
439 National Forest Prohibitions 0596-AA75
440 Small Tracts Act Regulations 0596-AA79
441 Species Surplus to Domestic Manufacturing Needs 0596-AB27
442 Collection of Reimbursable Costs for Processing Special-Use Applications and Administration of Special-Use Authorizations 0596-AB36
443 Appeal of Decisions Relating to Occupancy and Use of National Forest System Lands 0596-AB45
444 Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Extension of Timber Sale Contracts To Permit Urgent Removal of Other Timber 0596-AB48
445 National Environmental Policy Act; Revised Policy and Procedures; Categorical Exclusions 0596-AB54
446 Law Enforcement Support Activities 0596-AB61
447 Administration of the Forest Development Transportation System 0596-AB67
448 Noncompetitive Sale of Timber 0596-AB70
449 Categorical Exclusion for Certain Special Uses Permit Actions (FSH 1909.15, chapter 30) 0596-AB73
450 Clarification of Exemptions From Special-Use Authorizations 0596-AB74
451 Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Timber Export and Substitution Restrictions 0596-AB75
452 Appeal of Regional Guides and National Forest Land and Resource Management Plans; Multi-Agency Decisions 0596-AB76


Forest Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
453 Indian Allotments on National Forest System Lands 0596-AA52
454 National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning (Reg Plan Seq. No. 17)0596-AB20
455 Disposal of National Forest Timber; Cancellation of Timber Sale Contracts 0596-AB21
456 State and Private Forestry Assistance Stewardship Incentive Program 0596-AB32
457 Preference for Visitor Service; Alaska National Forest Conservation System Units 0596-AB57
458 Administrative, Cooperative Funds Agreements 0596-AB63
459 Notice, Comment, and Appeal Procedures for National Forest System Projects and Activities 0596-AB69
460 Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Recomputation Basis 0596-AB72
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register

Forest Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
461 Disposal of National Forest Timber: Timber Sale Contract Revisions 0596-AB52
462 Appeal of Decisions Relating to Occupancy and Use of National Forest System Lands; Mediation of Grazing Permit Disputes 0596-AB59


Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
463 Designation of Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities 0503-AA20


Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
464 Nondiscrimination in USDA-Conducted Programs and Activities 0503-AA15
465 Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments 0503-AA16


Office of the Secretary--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
466 Uniform Procedures for the Acquisition and Transfer of Excess Personal Property 0503-AA19


Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
467 Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program 0570-AA19
468 Business and Industry Direct Loan Program 0570-AA22
469 Business and Industrial Guaranteed Loan Program--Miscellaneous Changes 0570-AA23
470 Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan 0570-AA24
471 Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program--Financing Cooperative Stock 0570-AA26


Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
472 Rural Business Opportunity Grants 0570-AA05


Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
473 Rural Venture Capital Demonstration Program 0570-AA25
474 Rural and Rural Area Under the Rural Community Advancement Program 0570-AA27
475 Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program 0570-AA28


Rural Utilities Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
476 Preservation of Records Accounting Requirements for RUS Electric Borrowers 0572-AA92
477 Water and Waste Loan and Grant Servicing 0572-AB23
478 Telecommunications Standards and Specifications for Materials, Equipment, and Construction 0572-AB40
479 Seismic Safety 0572-AB47
480 Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program and RTB Loan Documents 0572-AB48


Rural Utilities Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
481 Load Forecasts 0572-AB05
482 Special Equipment Contract (Including Installation) 0572-AB35


Rural Utilities Service--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
483 Electric Standards and Specifications for Materials and Construction 0572-AA67
484 Post-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Electric Loans 0572-AA71
485 Loan Documents--Bank Program 0572-AA76
486 Depreciation Rates and Procedures 0572-AA80
487 Use of General Funds Investments, Loan Guarantees, and Retirement of Capital Credits by Electric Borrowers 0572-AB01
488 RUS Approval of Sale of Capital Assets by Electric Borrowers 0572-AB02
489 Community Facility Loans--Timber-Dependent Communities 0572-AB11
490 Solid Waste Management Grants 0572-AB14
491 Technical Assistance and Training Grants 0572-AB15
492 RUS Approval of Additions and Extensions to Electric Plants 0572-AB38
493 Telecommunications System Construction Contract and Specifications 0572-AB41


Rural Utilities Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
494 Civil Rights Policies Applicable to RUS Borrowers 0572-AA75
495 Telecommunications System Construction Policies and Procedures 0572-AB34
496 Amending the Rural Utilities Service Water and Waste Program Regulations 0572-AB44
497 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program 0572-AB45
498 Construction Work Plans and Related Studies 0572-AB46
499 Central Office Equipment Contract (Not Including Installation) 0572-AB50


Natural Resources Conservation Service--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
500 Conservation of Private Grazing Land 0578-AA29


Natural Resources Conservation Service--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
501 Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation 0578-AA17
502 Forestry Incentives Program 0578-AA26
503 Wetland Categorical Minimal Effects Exemptions 0578-AA27


Natural Resources Conservation Service--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
504 7 CFR Part 610 Technical Assistance 0578-AA22


Office of Procurement and Property Management--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
505 Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR); Contractor Employment of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers 0599-AA05


Office of Procurement and Property Management--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
506 Department of Agriculture Priorities and Administrative Guideline for Donation of Excess Research Equipment 0599-AA06
507 Agricultural Acquisition Regulations: Rewrite; Contracting by Negotiation 0599-AA07


Office of Procurement and Property Management--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
508 New Restrictions on Lobbying 0599-AA03


Office of Procurement and Property Management--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
509 Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR); Simplified Acquisition Procedures 0599-AA04