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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Melons grown in Texas, 7408-7409
Onions grown in--
    Texas, 7407-7408
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7464-7466
Universal Cotton Standards Advisory Committee recommendations, 7466-
          7467


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Forest Service
See Operations Office


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Coast Guard
RULES
Offshore supply vessels:
    Certification and inspection; conventional OSVs and lifeboats; 
            comment period reopening, 7425-7426
Ports and waterways safety:
    Lower Mississippi River; safety zone, 7413-7414


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Special access and special regime programs; participation denial:
    Gator of Florida, 7493


Customs Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7576-7580


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
See Navy Department


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Bethlehem Steel Corp., 7540
    Maxus Energy Corp., 7540
    National Fiber Technology, 7540
    Vanity Fair Mills, Inc., 7540-7541
Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Montana Power Co., 7537-7538
    Owens-Illinois et al., 7538-7540
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Thompson Steel Pipe Co., 7541


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Fernald, 7497
        Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 7498
        Los Alamos National Laboratory, 7497


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamp test procedures; comment period 
            reopening, 7431-7436


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Luzerne County, PA; Wyoming Valley levee raising project, 7493-7494


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Delaware, 7415-7418
    Maryland, 7418-7419
Toxic substances:
    Health and data safety reporting rule--
        List additions, 7421-7425
Water programs:
    Oil discharge program; editorial revision, 7419-7421
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Delaware, 7453
    Maryland, 7453-7454
Toxic substances:
    Acrylamide and N-methylolacrylamide grouts; ban, 7454-7455
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7506-7508
Meetings:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 7508
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Aspergillus Flavus Isolate AF36, 7512-7513
Pesticide programs:
    Propoxur, 7508-7509
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Martin's Cube Powder, etc., 7509-7512
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Carbofuran, 7513-7514
    Chlorfenpyr, 7514-7516
Pesticides; temporary tolerances:
    Fipronil, 7516
    Trichodex, 7516-7517
Reports; availability, etc.:
    PCBs; Cancer dose-response assessment and application to 
            environmental mixtures, 7517-7518
            
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Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    European Joint Aviation Requirements; normal, utility, acrobatic, 
            and commuter category airplanes--
        Systems and equipment standards; correction, 7410
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 7444-7446


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio services, special:
    Commercial mobile radio services--
        Flexible service offerings, 7455-7456


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7498-7500
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Western Systems Power Pool et al., 7501-7503
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Flambeau River, WI, 7503-7504
Natural gas certificate filings:
    Southern Natural Gas Co. et al., 7504-7506
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CNG Transmission Corp., 7500
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 7500-7501
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 7501


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Essex County, NY, 7575


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 7518
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Trans World Shipments, Inc., et al., 7518


Federal Procurement Policy Office
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Cost Accounting Standards Board--
        Disclosure statement form, 7616-7661


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Freedom of Information Act:
    Availability of Information; processing rules, 7436-7444
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    First Citizens Bancorp et al., 7518-7519
    George Mason Bankshares, Inc., et al., 7519-7520
    Woodforest Bancshares, Inc., 7520


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 7520-7521


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Candidate categories review--
        Candidate taxa reclassification, 7457-7463
    Plant and animal taxa, 7596-7613


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Debarment orders:
    Shainfeld, Fredrick Jay, 7521-7522


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Texas
        Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc.; oil refinery complex, 7469


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA--
        Olympic Cross Cascade Pipeline Project, 7467-7468
Small business timber sale set-aside program; recomputation of shares, 
          7468-7469


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7522


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7522-7525
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        HIV evaluation technical assistance center; design and 
                development, 7527-7530
        HIV integrated service delivery, 7525-7527
Meetings; advisory committees:
    March, 7530


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Community development block grants:
    Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages, 7410-7411
Federal regulatory review:
    Fair housing; certification and funding of State and local 
            enforcement agencies, 7674-7682
Public and Indian housing:
    Vacancy units included in eligibility computations under 
            Performance Funding System, 7586-7593
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7530-7532
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Community development block grant program--
        Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages, 7532-7533
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community development block grant program--
        Small cities program, 7533-7536
        
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    Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS program, 7664-7671


Inter-American Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7583


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Clad steel plate from--
        Japan, 7469-7471
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Canada, 7471-7472
    Pasta from--
        Italy, 7472-7473
    Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and unfinished, from--
        China, 7473
Countervailing duties:
    Roses, miniature carnations, and other cut flowers from--
        Colombia, 7474
Countervailing duty orders:
    Determinations not to revoke, 7474-7475
    Intent to revoke, 7475


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7536-7537


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Brevig Mission Native Corp., 7536


Management and Budget Office
See Federal Procurement Policy Office


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 7475-7476


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Federal regulatory review:
    Marine mammals; protected species general permits, 7429-7430
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7476-7478
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 7478


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Corpus Christi/Ingleside Naval Complex, TX; Navy Mine Warfare 
                Center of Excellence establishment, 7494-7497


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radiation protection standards:
    Licensed radioactive material; unintended or unauthorized use; 
            reporting requirements; comment period extension, 7431
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Crow Butte Resources, Inc., 7541-7542
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 7542-7568
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Expert elicitation in high-level waste (HLW) program; draft branch 
            technical position, 7568-7569


Operations Office
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Review and revision, 7456-7457


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Patents:
    Computer-related inventions; examination guidelines, 7478-7492


Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Organization and administration:
    Treatment of mail reasonably suspected of being dangerous to 
            persons or property, 7452-7453


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    American Red Cross Month (Proc. 6866), 7685


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 7569-7570
    Pacific Clearing Corp., 7570-7571


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Overseas Security Advisory Council, 7571
    Private International Law Advisory Committee, 7571-7572


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Ohio, 7411-7413
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Pennsylvania, 7446-7452


Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Rail carriers:
    Exempt issuance of securities and assumption of obligations; CFR 
            part removed, 7428
            
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    Reasonably expected costs and joint rates subject to surcharge or 
            cancellation; CFR parts removed, 7427
Rail licensing procedures:
    Train or ferry discontinuance or change of operation; CFR part 
            removed, 7427-7428
Recyclables; CFR parts removed, 7426-7427
Tariffs and schedules:
    Publication, posting and filing; CFR part removed, 7428-7429


Tennessee Valley Authority
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Energy Vision 2020, Integrated Resource Plan, 7572-7575


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7575-7576


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7580-7581


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Loan guaranty:
    Discount points financed in connection with interest rate reduction 
            refinancing loans; limitation, 7414-7415
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7581-7582
Meetings:
    Residency Realignment Review Committee, 7582
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7586-7593


Part III
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 7596-7613


Part IV
Office of Management and Budget, 7616-7661


Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7664-7671


Part VI
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7674-7682


Part VII
The President, 7685
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6866..................................................7686

                           7 CFR
959...................................................7407
979...................................................7408

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
20....................................................7431
430...................................................7431

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
261...................................................7436

                          14 CFR
23....................................................7410
91....................................................7410
Proposed Rules:
39....................................................7444

                          24 CFR
111...................................................7674
115...................................................7674
950...................................................7586
953...................................................7410
990...................................................7586

                          30 CFR
935...................................................7411
Proposed Rules:
938...................................................7446

                          33 CFR
165 (2 documents).....................................7413

                          38 CFR
36....................................................7414

                          39 CFR
Proposed Rules:
233...................................................7452

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents).....................................7415,
                                                      7418
110...................................................7419
712...................................................7421
716...................................................7421
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents)......................................7453
764...................................................7454

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
90....................................................7425
98....................................................7425
125...................................................7425
126...................................................7425
127...................................................7425
128...................................................7425
129...................................................7425
130...................................................7425
131...................................................7425
132...................................................7425
133...................................................7425
134...................................................7425
135...................................................7425
136...................................................7425
170...................................................7425
174...................................................7425
175...................................................7425

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................7455

                          48 CFR
9903..................................................7616
Proposed Rules:
401-453...............................................7456

                          49 CFR
1039 (2 documents)...................................7426,
                                                      7427
1134..................................................7426
1135..................................................7426
1138..................................................7427
1140..................................................7427
1145..................................................7426
1153..................................................7427
1175..................................................7428
1314..................................................7428

                          50 CFR
216...................................................7429
Proposed Rules:
17 (2 documents).....................................7457,
                                                      7596