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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
See Historic Preservation, Advisory Council


Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Housing guaranty program:
    Chile, 47956-47957


Agriculture Department
See Forest Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Army Department
See Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
National Environmental Policy Act; implementation
    Withdrawn, 47839
NOTICES
Military traffic management:
    Defense freight traffic movement by rail carrier; security rules 
            and accessorial services, 47894-47897


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Bonneville purchasing instructions; availability, 47903-47904


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Iowa, 47869


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Bellingham Bay, WA; safety zone, 47823-47824
Regattas and marine parades:
    U.S. Offshore World Championship Power Boat Races, 47822-47823
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Charleston Harbor and Cooper River, SC; safety zone, 47839-47840


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47869


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    China, 47892-47893


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47893


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Meetings, 47893


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Engineers Corps
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47893-47894


Delaware River Basin Commission
NOTICES
Hearings, 47899-47900


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47900
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47900-47901
Meetings:
    National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, 47901-
            47902
Postsecondary education:
    Federal work-study programs; waiver requests, 47902


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47959-47960


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Property management:
    Federal regulatory review, 48006-48049
NOTICES
Atomic energy agreements; subsequent arrangements, 47903


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Randleman Lake, NC, 47897
Meetings:
    Inland Waterways Users Board, 47898


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 47825
PROPOSED RULES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 47840-47852
Toxic substances:
    Testing requirements--
        Biphenyl, etc., 47853

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NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Project XL (excellence and leadership) program, 47929-47930
Meetings:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 47930-47931
    Drinking water issues, 47931
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Permits Improvement Team environmental permitting concept paper and 
            task force recommendations; availablity, 47931-47932
Water pollution control:
    National pollutant discharge elimination system; State programs--
        Louisiana, 47932-47940


Farm Credit Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Farm credit system:
    Funding and fiscal affairs, loan policies and operations, and 
            funding operations--
        Foreign denominated debt securities, 47829


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 47808-47809
    AlliedSignal Inc., 47806-47808
    Allison, 47802-47804
    Fokker, 47813-47815
    Hartzell Propeller Inc., 47809-47813
    McDonnell Douglas, 47804-47806
Class B airspace, 47815-47820
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 47829-47831, 47835-47838
    de Havilland, 47834-47835
    Saab, 47831-47833
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Normal and transport category rotorcraft--
        Certification; updates, 48000-48001
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 48001


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    North American Numbering Council Advisory Committee; meeting, 
            47940-47941
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47941


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Affordable Housing Advisory Board, 47941-47942


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Progress Power Marketing, Inc., et al., 47914-47916
    Texas Utilities Electric Co. et al., 47916-47920
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 47904
    Boston Gas Co., 47904
    Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Co., 47904-47905
    Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., 47905
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 47905
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al., 47905-47906
    Cove Point LNG L.P., 47906
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 47906
    Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc., 47906-47907
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 47907
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 47907
    Mojave Pipeline Co., 47907-47908
    Mountaineer Gas Co., 47908
    National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp., 47908
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 47908-47909
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 47909
    Questar Pipeline Co., 47909-47910
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 47910-47911
    South Georgia Natural Gas Co., 47910
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 47911-47912
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 47912
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 47912
    Washington Gas Light Co., 47912
    West Texas Gas, Inc., 47912-47913
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 47913
    Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd., 47913-47914


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 47942


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 47942
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 47942-47943
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 47943-47944
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47944


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 47944-47946


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 48003


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Sonoma alopecurus, etc. (nine plants from grasslands or mesic areas 
            of central coast of California), 47856-47857


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Kentucky
        Ascent Power Technology Corp., Inc.; electric power supplies 
                and electronic fluorescent lighting ballasts 
                manufacturing facilities, 47870
    Puerto Rico
        PepsiCo of Puerto Rico, Inc.; soft drink concentrates 
                manufacturing plant, 47870-47871


Forest Service
NOTICES
Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:
    Ouachita National Forest, AR, 47867

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    White Mountain Purchase Unit, NH, 47867-47868
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Water Rights Task Force; meeting, 47858-47859
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Grand Mesa National Forest et al., CO, 47866-47867
    Interior Columbia Basin ecosystem management project, OR and WA, 
            47859-47866
Meetings:
    Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Executive 
            Committee Advisory Committee, 47867


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47893-47894


Health and Human Services Department
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Public Health Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47946


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        July, 47946-47950
Meetings:
    Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, 47950-47951


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Decisions and orders, 47920-47928


Historic Preservation, Advisory Council
NOTICES
Meeting, 47858


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Low income housing:
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Single room occupancy program for homeless individuals, 48052-
                48061
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47953
Public and Indian housing:
    Public housing lease and grievance procedures; due process 
            determinations; list, 47953-47954


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration and nationality forms; listing update, 47799-47801


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
NOTICES
Central Utah Water Conservancy District:
    Central Utah Project, UT; contract negotiation, 47954


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Consolidated return regulations--
        Consolidated groups; losses and deductions of members; use 
                limitations; correction, 47821-47822
    Debt instruments modifications
        Correction, 47822
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Consolidated return regulations--
        Consolidated groups; losses and deductions of members; use 
                limitations; correction, 47838-47839


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from--
        Netherlands, 47871
    Polychloroprene rubber from--
        Japan, 47871-47872
    Red raspberries from--
        Canada, 47872-47873
    Stainless steel cooking ware from--
        Korea, 47873-47874
    Stainless steel wire rods from--
        France, 47874-47884
Countervailing duties:
    Cotton shop towels from--
        Peru, 47885-47886
    Standard chrysanthemums from--
        Netherlands, 47886-47891
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Agriculture Department et al., 47884-47885
    AURA, Inc., 47884
    Pennsylvania State University et al., 47884
    University of--
        California et al., 47885


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Melamine institutional dinnerware from--
        China et al., 47957-47958
    Variable speed wind turbines and components, 47958-47959


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Land resource management:
    Gifts and acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase or 
            condemnation, 47853-47855
    National Forest exchanges, 47855-47856
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Interior Columbia Basin ecosystem management project, OR and WA, 
            47859-47866
Public land orders:
    Oregon, 47954-47955

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47893-47894


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Consumer information:
    Course monitoring tires; fees, 47825-47826


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Laboratory Accreditation Working Group; open forum proceedings, 
            47891-47892


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 47951
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            47951, 47952
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, 47951-47952


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47960


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic fisheries; 
            regulations consolidation, 47821
    Northeast multispecies, 47827-47828


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, MO; 
            soft drink vending sales, 47955
Meetings:
    Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, 47955
    Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 47955
    Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Group, 47956


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47960-47961
Meetings:
    Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 47961
    Ecological Studies Advisory Panel, 47960


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47961


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Fort Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor, HI; replacement outfall for 
            wastewater treatment plant; construction, 47898-47899


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlantic Richfield Co., 47965-47966
Meetings:
    State Liaison Officers, 47973
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 47973-47987
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 47987-47988
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arizona Public Service Co., 47962-47965
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 47966-47971
    Entergy Operations, Inc., 47971-47973


Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47988


Public Health Service
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    National Institutes of Health, 47952


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 47988


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 47868-47869


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 47992-47993
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 47993-47999
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ARCH Fund, Inc., et al., 47988-47990
    Lincoln National International Fund, Inc., et al., 47990-47992


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Advisory Council, 47999
Meetings; district and regional advisory councils:
    Maine, 47999


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Private International Law Advisory Committee, 47999-48000


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Laidlaw Transit, Inc., et al., 48001-48002
    Modesto & Empire Traction Co. et al., 48002


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard

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See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 48000
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 48000


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    General Counsel; alternative dispute resolution, 48002-48003


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Queen Nefertiti and the Royal Women: Images of Beauty from Ancient 
            Egypt, 48003
  
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Part II
Department of Energy, 48006-48049


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 48052-48061
  
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                           8 CFR
282..................................................47799
299..................................................47799
499..................................................47799

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
615..................................................47829

                          14 CFR
39 (6 documents)....................................47802,
                         47804, 47806, 47808, 47809, 47813
71...................................................47815
Proposed Rules:
39 (4 documents)....................................47829,
                                       47831, 47834, 47835

                          15 CFR
902..................................................47821

                          24 CFR
582..................................................48052
882..................................................48052

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents).....................................47821,
                                                     47822
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................47838

                          32 CFR
Proposed Rules:
651..................................................47839

                          33 CFR
100..................................................47822
165..................................................47823
Proposed Rules:
165..................................................47839

                          40 CFR
300..................................................47825
Proposed Rules:
51...................................................47840
60...................................................47840
61...................................................47840
63...................................................47840
799..................................................47853

                          41 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. 109..............................................48006

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2090.................................................47853
2110.................................................47853
2130.................................................47853
2200.................................................47855

                          49 CFR
575..................................................47825

                          50 CFR
622..................................................47821
648..................................................47827
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................47856