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Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Honey research, promotion, and consumer information order; referendum, 
          34385-34386


Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Seedbiotics, 34415


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Agricultural Research Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Housing Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Base realignment and closure:
    Disposal and reuse--
        Kelly AFB, TX, 34423-34424


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Animal welfare:
    Humane treatment of dogs and cats--
        Tethering and temperature requirements, 34386-34389
        Wire flooring, 34389-34391
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables; importation, 34379-34385


Army Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, PA; correction, 
                34424


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34419-34420


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Costa Rica, 34492
    El Salvador, 34492-34493
    Guatemala, 34493
    Malaysia, 34494
    Pakistan, 34494-34495
    Sri Lanka, 34495
    Thailand, 34495-34496


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
See Defense Logistics Agency
See Engineers Corps
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34423
Meetings:
    Defense Partnership Council, 34423


Defense Logistics Agency
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records; correction, 34424


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc., 34447


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Federal Activities 
            Grants Program--
        Drug and violence prevention, 34690-34711
        Hate crimes prevention, 34670-34688
Meetings:
    National Library of Education Advisory task force, 34426


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Southwestern Power Administration
See Western Area Power Administration


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Nationwide permits; issuance, reissuance, and modification; public 
          hearings; correction, 34424-34425


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Unsupervised Waivers of Rights and Claims under Age Discrimination in 
          Employment Act Regulatory Guidance Negotiated Rulemaking 
          Advisory Committee:
    Meetings, 34405


Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34420-34421


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Aircraft flight simulator use in pilot training, testing, and 
            checking and at training centers, 34508-34568

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Airworthiness directives:
    de Havilland, 34368-34370
PROPOSED RULES
Class E airspace, 34391-34399
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34497-34498


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Common and private carrier paging, geographic licensing procedures; 
            competitive bidding
        Site expansion, 34375-34376
    Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
        Universal Service Fund; extension of indexed interim cap, 
                34376-34377
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    South Carolina, 34377
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Local competition provisions, 34405-34406
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Arkansas, 34406-34407
    Hawaii, 34407
    Missouri, 34407-34408
Television broadcasting:
    Cable television systems--
        Major television markets; list, 34408-34409
        Video programming delivery; market competition status; annual 
                assessment, 34409-34410
NOTICES
Emergency alert system, 34434


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Administrative regulations:
    Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996--
        State catastrophic risk protection plan; reinsurance agreement, 
                34367-34368


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Growth Unlimited Investments, Inc., et al., 34427-34430
    Washington Water Power Co. et al., 34430-34431
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Seattle City Light, 34432
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Centana Interstate Pipeline Co., 34426
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 34427
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 34427


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 34434-34435
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 34435
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34435


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Vehicles repurchased due to warranty defects, resale disclosures; 
          public forum and comment request, 34435-34436


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        White sturgeon; Kootenai population in Idaho and Montana, 
                34441-34442


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Polymers--
        Nylon 46 resins, 34370-34371


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal travel:
    Special actual subsistence expense reimbursement ceiling--
        Oshkosh (Winnebago County), WI, 34436-34437


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Physician fee schedule (1997 CY); payment policies; revisions, 
            34614-34662
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34437-34438


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34439
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Market-to-market/portfolio reengineering demonstration, 34664-34667


Indian Affairs Bureau
RULES
Indian country detention facilities and programs, 34371-34375
PROPOSED RULES
Education:
    Special education; Federal regulatory review, 34399-34400
Land and water:
    Patents in fee, certificates of competency, restrictions removal, 
            and Indian lands sale; issuance, 34400-34405


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 34439-34441

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International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Clad steel plate from--
        Japan, 34421
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Bacteriological culture media from--
        United States, 34421-34422


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Violence Against Women Advisory Council, 34447


Labor Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34447-34448


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    White River Resource Area, CO, 34442-34443
Pipeline right-of-way applications:
    New Mexico, 34443
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Montana, 34443
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Palm Springs-South Coast Resource Area, CA, 34444


Merit Systems Protection Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 34448-34449


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 34449-34450


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34450


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle theft prevention standard; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Porsche Cars of North America, Inc., 34498-34500


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Gulf of Alaska northern rockfish, 34377
    West Coast States and Western Pacific; exclusive economic zone; 
            Federal regulatory reform, 34570-34611
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, 34422
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 34422-34423


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 34444-34445


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34450


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Vermilion Parish, LA; Freshwater Bayou Wetlands Phase II, 34415


Navy Department
NOTICES
Base realignment and closure:
    Surplus Federal property--
        Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA, 34425-34426


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34454
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Arizona Public Service Co., 34454-34460
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., 34450-34451
    Crow Butte Resources, Inc., 34451-34452
    Southern California Edison Co., 34452-34454


Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Postal Service
NOTICES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Postal security devices and indicia (postmarks); specifications, 
            34460-34461


Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
NOTICES
Meetings, 34461-34462


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Animas-La Plata Project, CO and NM, 34445
Meetings:
    Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 34445-34446


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Personnel performing operating or maintenance activities on 
            hazardous liquid, carbon dioxide, and gas pipelines; 
            training; withdrawn, 34413-34414
    Pipeline Personnel Qualification Negotiated Rulemaking Committee--
        Intent to establish, 34410-34413


Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34415-34416
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rural Rental Housing Guaranteed Loan program, 34416-34419

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Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 34462-34463
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 34463-34464
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    MacNeal-Schwendler Corp., 34462


Sentencing Commission, United States
See United States Sentencing Commission


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Social security rulings:
    Administrative findings of fact by State agency medical and 
            psychological consultants, etc., 34466-34468
    Allegations of pain and other symptoms; consideration in 
            determining whether medically determinable impairment is 
            severe, 34468-34470
    Federal circuit court and district court decisions application, 
            34470-34471
    Medical source opinions on issues reserved to Commissioner, 34471-
            34474
    Residual functional capacity assessment in initial claims, 34474-
            34478
    Residual functional capacity for less than full range of sedentary 
            work, implications; determining capacity to do other work, 
            34478-34483
    Symptoms evaluation in disability claims; individual's statements 
            credibility assessment, 34483-34488
    Symptoms, medically determinable physical and mental impairments, 
            and exertional and nonexertional limitations, 34488-34489
    Treating source medical opinions; controlling weight, 34490-34492


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Integrated System power rates and opportunities; extension, 34432-34433


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34438-34439


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34446-34447


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


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Tariff-rate quota amount determinations:
    Raw cane sugar, 34496-34497


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 34497


United States Sentencing Commission
NOTICES
Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 34465-
          34466


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 34503
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34503-34505


Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Glen Canyon Dam; Grand Canyon Protection Act; replacement resources 
          methods report, 34433-34434
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration, 34508-34568


Part III
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
          34570-34611


Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 34614-34662


Part V
Housing and Urban Development Department, 34664-34667


Part VI
Education Department, 34670-34687


Part VII
Education Department, 34690-34711
  
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                           7 CFR
400..................................................34367
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................34379
319..................................................34379
1240.................................................34385

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................34386
3 (2 documents).....................................34386,
                                                     34389

                          14 CFR
1....................................................34508
39...................................................34368
61...................................................34508
91...................................................34508
121..................................................34508
125..................................................34508
135..................................................34508
141..................................................34508
142..................................................34508
Proposed Rules:
71 (7 documents)....................................34391,
                         34393, 34394, 34395, 34396, 34398

                          15 CFR
902..................................................34570

                          21 CFR
177..................................................34370

                          25 CFR
10...................................................34371
Proposed Rules:
45...................................................34399
152..................................................34400

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XIV..............................................34405

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
410..................................................34614
415..................................................34614

                          47 CFR
22...................................................34375
36...................................................34375
73...................................................34368
90...................................................34375
Proposed Rules:
Ch. 1................................................34405
73 (4 documents)....................................34406,
                                                     34407
76 (2 documents)....................................34408,
                                                     34409

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
192 (2 documents)...................................34410,
                                                     34413
195 (2 documents)....................................34410
                                                     34413

                          50 CFR
660..................................................34570
661..................................................34570
663..................................................34570
679..................................................34377
680..................................................34570
681..................................................34570
683..................................................34570
685..................................................34570