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Agriculture Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 407


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 407-408


Defense Department
See National Communications System


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Stockpile stewardship and management program; implementation plan, 
            408


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Cinergy Services Inc. et al., 409-411
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    PacifiCorp Electric Operations, 411
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Greenwich Energy Partners, L.P., 408
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 408-409


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Federal Open Market Committee:
    Domestic policy directives, 412
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 438


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Marketable book-entry Treasury bills, notes and bonds; sale and issue, 
          402-406


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Polymaleic acid and sodium salt, 385-386


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau


Interstate Commerce Commission
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc., 412-413
    Live Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Co., Inc., 413
    Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., 413-414
    Ortman, Raymond L., 414
    Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., 414
Railroad services abandonment:
    Boston & Maine Corp., 414-415
    Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 415-416
    Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 416


Labor Department
RULES
Federal transit law guidelines; interests of employees affected; 
          protection
    Effective date deferral; furlough, 386


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Powder River Regional Coal Team, 412


National Archives and Records Administration
RULES
Public availability and use:
    Suitland research room; location of records and hours of use, 390


National Communications System
NOTICES
Meetings:
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Oil Pollution Act:
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Consumers Power Co., 422-423
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 416-419
    Detroit Edison Co., 419-420
    Public Service Electric & Gas Co. et al., 420-422


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Employment:
    Suitability, national security positions, and personnel 
            investigations, 394-402
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 423
    
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Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Burke, Admiral Arleigh A.; death (Proc. 6860), 381
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Libya; continuation of state of emergency with U.S. (Notice of January 
          3, 1996), 383


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 423


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Depository Trust Co., 429-430
    International Securities Clearing Corp., 430-431
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 433-435
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 432-433, 436-437
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc., et al., 425-428
    Marcum Natural Gas Services, Inc., 428
    NDE Environmental Corp., 428-429
    Public utility holding company filings, 423-425


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Privacy Act; implementation, 386-390


Transportation Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Commercial training services, 391-393


Treasury Department
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See Thrift Supervision Office
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations
6860...................................................381
Executive Orders:
12543 (Continued by Notice of January 3, 1996).........383
12544 (Continued by Notice of January 3, 1996).........383
Administrative Orders:
Notice of January 3, 1996..............................383

                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
731....................................................394
732....................................................394
736....................................................394

                          15 CFR
990....................................................440

                          21 CFR
173....................................................385

                          29 CFR
215....................................................386

                          31 CFR
1......................................................386
Proposed Rules:
356....................................................402

                          36 CFR
1253...................................................390

                          48 CFR
1213...................................................391
1237...................................................391
1252...................................................391