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African Development Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 40182


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Papayas grown in Hawaii, 40146-40147


Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    University of Georgia Research Foundation, 40183


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Agricultural Research Service
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
RULES
Upland cotton and rice; world market price determinations; CFR part 
          removed, 40145-40146
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40182-40183


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Base realignment and closure:
    Surplus Federal property--
        Griffiss Air Force Base, NY, 40203-40204


Arctic Research Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 40193


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 40193


Coast Guard
RULES
Federal regulatory reform:
    Lifesaving equipment
        Correction, 40281


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40193-40194


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 40200


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Navy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Service contracting, 40284-40287
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 40288
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 40200-40201
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 40201-40203
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 40203


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    High Standard Products, 40248


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40205-40206


Energy Department
See Energy Information Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Los Alamos National Laboratory, 40206
        Monticello Site, 40206
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Weapons-usable fissile materials and surplus weapons-usable 
            plutonium disposition; long-term storage; technical 
            summaries, 40206-40207


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 40207-40208


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
    Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions--
        Architectural coatings, 40161


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


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
IFR altitudes, 40148-40150
Standard instrument approach procedures, 40150-40153
VOR Federal airways, 40147-40148

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PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Short Brothers plc, 40159-40161


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Regulatory fees (1996 FY); assessment and collection, 40155-40156
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Alabama et al., 40156
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Accounting safeguards, 40161-40181
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40218
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 40218


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 40218-40219


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 40208-40209
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    J.D. Enterprises et al., 40211-40214
    Northern States Power Co. et al., 40214-40217
Hydroelectric applications, 40217
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 40209
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 40209-40210
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 40210
    Northern Illinois Gas Co., 40210
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 40210-40211
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 40211


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 40219
Freight forwarder licenses:
    New England Logistics Group Inc. et al., 40219


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 40219
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 40220


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Fresenius AG et al., 40220-40225
    Hale Products, Inc., 40225-40229
    Waterous Co., Inc., 40229-40234


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 40243-40244
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992:
    Approval applications--
        Schriver, Mark, 40244


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Biological products:
    Federal regulatory reform, 40153-40155
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory committees, panels, etc., 40235-40236


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Chattahoochee/Oconee National Forests et al., AL, 40183-40191


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Service contracting, 40284-40287
NOTICES
Acquisition regulations:
    Affidavit of individual surety (SF 28); form stocking change, 40234
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National World War II Memorial Design Competition Federal Advisory 
            Committee, 40234
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 40288
Meetings:
    National World War II Memorial Design Competition Federal Advisory 
            Committee, 40234


Government Ethics Office
RULES
Certificates of divestiture, public financial disclosure and conflicts 
          of interest for executive branch officials
    Correction, 40145


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Agency designation actions:
    Illinois et al., 40191-40192
    Iowa et al., 40192
    Missouri, 40192-40193


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
NOTICES
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing, 40236-
            40242


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Operation and maintenance rate adjustments:
    Walker River Irrigation Project, NV, 40244


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

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Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
On-line filing program participation and software testing, 40280


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from--
        Turkey, 40194
Scope rulings; list, 40194-40196


Judicial Conference of the United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on--
        Appellate Procedure Rules, 40248


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Cumberland Farms, Inc., et al., 40248


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    California Desert District Advisory Council, 40244-40245


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Central Gulf of Mexico--
        Lease sales, 40245-40247


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Service contracting, 40284-40287
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 40288


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Presidential Libraries Advisory Committee, 40250


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 40158
    Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 40158
    Ocean salmon off coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, 
            40157
    West Pacific crustacean, 40156-40157
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    State programs--
        Intent to evaluate performance, 40196
West Coast salmon fisheries; northwest emergency assistance plan, 
          40197-40199


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, CA and AZ, 40247-
            40248


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 40251-40252
    Earth Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 40252
    Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 40252


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    USS Seawolf submarine shock testing; public hearings, 40204
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Boards; membership, 40204-40205


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Stolen industrial radiography equipment working group, 40252-40253
Generic letters:
    Control rod drive mechanisms and other vessel head penetrations; 
            primary water stress corrosion cracking, 40253-40257
Memorandums of understanding:
    Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Energy Policy Act; 
            gaseous diffusion plants, 40249-40250


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Memorandums of understanding:
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Energy Policy Act; gaseous diffusion 
            plants, 40249-40250


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


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40199


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


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 40258
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 40268-40270
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 40270-40274
    Government Securities Clearing Corp., 40275-40276
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc ., 40276-40279
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ITT Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 40258-40260
    LB Series Fund, Inc., et al., 40260-40263
    Quest for Value Global Funds, Inc., 40263

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    Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 40263-40266
    Van Eck Funds et al., 40266-40268


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 40242-40243


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Oregon
        Coal exploration requirements; CFR correction, 40155.
Program development, administration, and enforcement grants:
    Administrative procedures; CFR correction, 40155


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Pickens Railway Co., 40280


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Telecommunications trade; priority foreign country identification:
    Korea, 40279


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


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Part II
Department of Defense; General Services Administration; National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 40284-40288
  
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                           5 CFR
2634.................................................40145

                           7 CFR
26...................................................40145
928..................................................40146

                          14 CFR
71...................................................40147
95...................................................40148
97 (2 documents)....................................40150,
                                                     40151
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................40159

                          21 CFR
601..................................................40153
620..................................................40153
630..................................................40153
640..................................................40153
650..................................................40153
660..................................................40153
680..................................................40153

                          30 CFR
735..................................................40155
937..................................................40155

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
59...................................................40161

                          46 CFR
70...................................................40281
108..................................................40281
133..................................................40281
168..................................................40281
199..................................................40281

                          47 CFR
1....................................................40155
73...................................................40156
Proposed Rules:
32...................................................40161
64...................................................40161

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
7....................................................40284
15...................................................40284
16...................................................40284
37...................................................40284
46...................................................40284
52...................................................40284

                          50 CFR
660 (2 documents)...................................40156,
                                                     40157
679 (2 documents)....................................40158