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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16895
Emergency declarations:
    California--
        Karnal bunt disease, 16895-16896


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Shipping containers and other means of conveyance; inspection 
            requirements, 16978-17105


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Lake Erie; safety zone, 16886-16887
Regattas and marine parades:
    Augusta Southern National Drag Boat Races, 16885-16886


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Board of Trade--
        Trading and clearing link with London International Financial 
                Futures and Options Exchange, 16899-16902


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Commercial vehicles and equipment leasing, 16879-16880
    External restructuring costs associated with business combinations; 
            reimbursement, 16881-16882
    Trade Agreements Act of 1979; country designations--
        Singapore, 16880


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Bilingual education and minority languages affairs--
        Comprehensive school program, 17138-17166
    Indian education programs--
        Even Start Family Literacy Program, 17168-17188
    Postsecondary education--
        Federal work-study programs, 16902-16903


Energy Department
See Energy Information Administration
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16903-16904


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, 16904


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Export privileges, actions affecting:
    Gato, James J., 16896-16897


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 16873-16874
NOTICES
Civil penalty actions; Administrator's decisions and orders; index 
          availability, 16955-16967
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 16967-16968
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 16968


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio broadcasting:
    Mass media; AM expanded band allotment plan, 16878
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Arizona, 16879
PROPOSED RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Television broadcast signals and multichannel multipoint 
            distribution services; preemption of restrictions on over-
            the-air reception devices, 16890-16892
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16912-16913
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 16913-16914
Television broadcasting:
    Low power television/television translator major change only filing 
            window, 16914
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau default payment rules; strict 
          enforcement, 16914


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16915


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16915

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Georgia et al., 16874-16875
    Indiana et al., 16875-16878
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Illinois et al., 16887-16890
NOTICES
Disasters and emergency areas:
    Alabama, 16915
    Indiana, 16915-16916


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16904-16905
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Chicago Energy Exchange of Chicago et al., 16907-16909
    Indian Queens Power Ltd. et al., 16909-16911
Hydroelectric applications, 16911-16912
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANP Energy Direct Co., 16905
    Avoca Natural Gas Storage, 16905-16906
    Blandin Paper Co.; correction, 16975
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. et al., 16906
    Equitrans, L.P.; correction, 16975
    NFR Power, Inc., 16906-16907
    SuperSystems, Inc., 16907
    Utility Management Corp., 16907


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16968-16969
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Anchorage, AK; cancellation, 16969


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 16916


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 16916-16920
Prohibited trade practices:
    Ford Motor Co., 16920-16922
    Young & Rubicam, Inc., 16922-16924


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 16932


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Debarment orders:
    Copanos, John D.; correction, 16975
Meetings:
    Medical gas manufacturers and transfillers who repack medical gas; 
            current good manufacturing practices; public workshops, 
            16924-16925


Forest Service
NOTICES
Draft 1995 RPA program; national strategic plan; comment period 
          reopening, 16896
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Okanogan National Forest, WA, 16896


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Savannah, GA; Central Business Area new courthouse annex, 16924


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16925


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        Outpatient early intervention services, 16925
    National Health Service Corps loan repayment and State loan 
            repayment programs (FY 1996); correction, 16925


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16928-16931
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16931-16932
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public and Indian housing--
        Comprehensive improvement assistance program, 17218-17225


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Reclamation Bureau


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16934


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Front Range Resource Advisory Council, 16932
Meetings:
    Southeastern Oregon Resource Advisory Council, 16932-16933
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Yuma District Office, AZ; mailing address and telephone number 
            change; correction, 16933
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 16933
Survey plat filings:
    Idaho, 16933

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Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Budget rescissions and deferrals
    Cumulative reports, 16940-16943


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16925-16926
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 16926-16927


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    American lobster, 16882-16883
    Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 16883-16884
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeast multispecies, 16892-16894
NOTICES
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 16897-16899
    Marine mammals, 16899


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advanced Scientific Computing Special Emphasis Panel, 16934
    Biochemistry and Molecular Structure and Function Advisory Panel, 
            16934-16935
    Biological Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 16935
    Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 16935-16936
    Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 16936
    Genetics and Nucleic Acids Advisory Panel, 16936
    Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 16936-16937
    Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 16937


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    DowElanco Greenfield Field Research Station, 16937-16940


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Visits to facilities, 16944


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel automation 
            rate category, 17206-17209
    Mail classification reform; implementation standards, 17190-17204
NOTICES
Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications:
    Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel automation 
            rate category, 17210-17215
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16944


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, 16934


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Trading practices rules concerning securities offerings, 17108-
            17136
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 16944-16955


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Knowledge development and application cooperative agreements, 
            16927-16928


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


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Newly independent states--
        Curriculum consultants exchange program, 16969-16971
    North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian foreign language 
            training, area studies and research, 16971-16974
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
          16978-17105
Part III
Securities and Exchange Commission, 17108-17136
Part IV
Education Department, 17138-17166
Part V
Education Department, 17168-17188
Part VI
Postal Service, 17190-17204
Part VII
Postal Service, 17206-17215
Part VIII
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17218-17225


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                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
92...................................................16978
93...................................................16978
94...................................................16978
95...................................................16978
96...................................................16978
98...................................................16978

                          14 CFR
39...................................................16873

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
228..................................................17108
229..................................................17108
240..................................................17108
242..................................................17108

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................16885
165..................................................16886

                          39 CFR
111 (2 documents)...................................17190,
                                                     17206

                          44 CFR
65...................................................16874
67...................................................16875
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................16887

                          47 CFR
73 (2 documents)....................................16878,
                                                     16879
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................16890

                          48 CFR
207..................................................16879
225..................................................16880
231..................................................16881
242..................................................16881
252..................................................16880

                          50 CFR
649..................................................16882
675 (2 documents)....................................16883
Proposed Rules:
651..................................................16892