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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Grapes grown in California, 27245-27247
Onions grown in--
    Idaho and Oregon, 27250-27251
Potatoes (Irish) grown in--
    Oregon and California, 27247-27248
    Southeastern States, 27248-27250


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Import quotas and fees:
    Upland cotton, 27330-27333


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27384


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


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27335


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Construction industry; occupational safety and health; intervention 
            projects, 27354-27356
    Tuberculin skin testing demonstration projects; and tuberculosis 
            patients counseling and testing for HIV infection and test 
            results reporting, 27356-27360


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Georgia, 27334


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See Minority Business Development Agency
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27334-27335


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 27338-27340


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
RULES
Grants:
    Rangeland research program; administrative provisions, 27752-27759


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
PROPOSED RULES
Cable compulsory license:
    Open video systems of telephone companies; eligibility and comment 
            period extended, 27322


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Maxicare Pharmacy, 27368-27370


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Research and demonstration projects program, 27340-27341
Postsecondary education:
    Federal Pell grant, Perkins loan, work-study, supplemental 
            educational opportunity grant, family education loan, and 
            William D. Ford direct loan programs--
        Need analysis methodology for 1997-1998 award year; tables 
                update, 27762-27765


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 27370-27371


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Petroleum Council, 27341


Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 27346-27347
        Weekly receipts, 27347
Meetings:
    Small Town Environmental Planning Task Force, 27347
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Asgrow Seed Co., 27348
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 27348-27349
Superfund program:
    Soil screening guidance; availability, 27349-27351


Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Alaskan North Slope crude oil exports; establishment of license 
          exception TAPS, 27255-27258

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    McDonnell Douglas, 27251-27252
    SAAB, 27253-27255
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 27322


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; establishment, 
            27323
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27351-27352


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Malting barley option crop insurance provisions
        Correction, 27244-27245
PROPOSED RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Sugar beets, 27315-27321


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    N.E.W. Hydro, Inc., 27345
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 27345-27346
    Upper Peninsula Power Co., 27346
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Burney Forest Products, 27341
    Duke/Louis Dreyfus Energy Services (New England) L.L.C., 27341
    Equitrans, L.P., et al., 27341-27342
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 27342
    Gulf States Pipeline Corp., 27342-27343
    Kansas City Power & Light Co., 27343
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 27343
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 27343-27344
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 27344
    Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, 27344
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 27344
    SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc., 27344-27345
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 27345


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 27352
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 27352
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 27352-27353
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 27353-27354


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Orange County, CA; coastal California gnatcatcher, etc., 27363-
                27365


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices:
    User facility and distributor reporting; guidance documents; 
            availability, 27360-27361
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers, 27361-27362


Forest Service
NOTICES
Appealable decisions; legal notice:
    Northern region, 27333


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Health maintenance organizations; employer contribution to HMOs, 
            27282-27288
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and FY 1997 rates, 
            27444-27708


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 27363


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Enterprise zone facility bonds, 27258-27263
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27384-27385


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Allied Signal, Inc., et al., 27367-27368


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Idaho, 27365-27366
    Montana, 27366
    Wyoming, 27367


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress

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Minerals Management Service
RULES
Royalty management:
    Royalty relief for producing leases and existing leases in deep 
            water, 27263-27280


Minority Business Development Agency
NOTICES
Community-based organizations applying to operate minority business 
          development centers in designated locations; cost-share 
          requirements, etc.; policy, 27336-27337


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Air brake systems--
        Federal regulatory reform, 27288-27304
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Door locks and door retention components; rulemaking petition, 
            27325-27329


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel, 27362-27363


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic swordfish, 27304-27308
    Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 
            27253, 27312-27314
    Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 27308-27312
    Northeast multispecies, 27710-27750
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 27337
National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring:
    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
            transition from GOES-Tap/GOES-Fax transmission of satellite 
            imagery to alternative methods, 27337
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 27337-27338


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 27371-27373
    Bemis Construction, Inc., 27373-27374


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Allowances and differentials:
    Separate maintenance allowance for Johnston Island duty, 27243-
            27244
Prevailing rate systems, 27243
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27374-27375


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Hazardous liquid transportation--
        Areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage; workshop, 
                27323-27325


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    LaGrange County, IN, Sewer District, 27333-27334


Secret Service
RULES
Counterfeit Deterrence Act:
    Color illustrations of U.S. currency, 27280-27281


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 27377-27379
    Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 27379-27380
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Bankers Trust Australia Ltd., 27375-27377


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27380-27382


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Overseas Security Advisory Council, 27382


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Great Western Lines, LLC, 27382-27383
    Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC, 27383
    Neptune Partners, Ltd., 27383
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 27383-27384


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service
See Secret Service


Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Utah Lake Wetland Preserve, 27385


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
National cemeteries; miscellaneous amendments, 27281-27282
VA publications; use of words and statements denoting gender; removal, 
          27282

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NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27385-27388
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 27444-27708


Part III
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
          Administration, 27710-27750


Part IV
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 27752-27759


Part V
Department of Education, 27762-27765
  
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                           5 CFR
532..................................................27243
591..................................................27243

                           7 CFR
457..................................................27244
925..................................................27245
947..................................................27247
953..................................................27248
958..................................................27250
3401.................................................27752
Proposed Rules:
457..................................................27315

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................27251,
                                                     27253
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................27322

                          15 CFR
754..................................................27255
758..................................................27255
762..................................................27255

                          26 CFR
1....................................................27258

                          30 CFR
203..................................................27263

                          31 CFR
411..................................................27280

                          37 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. II...............................................27322

                          38 CFR
1 (2 documents).....................................27281,
                                                     27282

                          42 CFR
417..................................................27282
Proposed Rules:
412..................................................27444
413..................................................27444
489..................................................27444

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
36...................................................27323
69...................................................27323

                          49 CFR
571..................................................27288
Proposed Rules:
195..................................................27323
571..................................................27325

                          50 CFR
630..................................................27304
651..................................................27710
672 (2 documents)...................................27308,
                                                     27312
675..................................................27312