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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Apples and pears shipped to Pacific ports of Russia; grade requirements 
          relaxation, 50421-50423


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Farm Service Agency
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Hubert H. Humprehy fellowship competition, 50468
    William C. Foster fellows visiting scholars program, 50468-50469


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Immunization Practices Advisory Committee, 50491
    Injury Prevention and Control Advisory Committee, 50491-50492
    State childhood blood lead surveillance coordinators, 50492


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Back River and Foster Creek, SC; safety zone, 50436-50437
Regattas and marine parades:
    Wilmington Family YMCA-Physicians Health Plan Triathlon, 50436
PROPOSED RULES
Regattas and marine parades:
    Charleston Christmas Parade of Boats, SC, 50463-50465


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Loan and purchase programs:
    Price support levels--
        Tobacco, 50423-50425


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Contract markets:
    Trading cards and trading records; correction of erroneous 
            information; procedures, 50431-50432


Customs Service
PROPOSED RULES
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
    Prior disclosure of previous entry of merchandise into U.S. by 
            fraud, gross negligence or negligence; formal investigation 
            commencement, 50459-50461
NOTICES
Vessels in foreign and domestic trades:
    Ukraine; special tonnage taxes and light money collection upon 
            entry into U.S.; exemption discontinued, 50534


Defense Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 50446-50458
        Correction, 50535
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 50472-50479
Meetings:
    Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, 50480
    Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, 50480


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Washington, 50438-50443
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Benomyl, etc., 50684-50685
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 50443-50444
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Primary aluminum reduction plants, 50586-50614
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Washington, 50465
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Withdrawal of proposed revocations, 50686-50688
NOTICES
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain provisions--
        Permits, 50483-50485
Drinking water:
    Public water supply supervision program--
        Illinois, 50485-50486


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Presidential Documents
See Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Export Council, 50469


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Farm marketing quotas, acreage allotments, and production adjustments:
    Tobacco, 50423-50425


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class E airspace, 50426-50427
Standard instrument approach procedures, 50427-50430
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Boise Air Terminal, ID, 50530
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY and NJ; airport access 
            program; reevaluation/technical report on changes; 
            availability, 50530
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Colorado Springs Airport, CO, 50530-50531
Technical standard orders:
    Aircraft flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder, 50531-50532


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Wireless services; telecommunications equipment, customer 
                premise equipment, and telecommunications services; 
                access by people with disabilities, 50465-50467
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 50487
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Bluestone Broadcasters, Inc., 50486
    Lamoille Broadcasting & Communications, 50486-50487
    Moss, Charles B., Jr., 50487


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50487


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Antigua Energy Operators Ltd. et al., 50481-50482
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
    Open access same-time information system (formerly real-time 
            information networks) and standards of conduct for public 
            utilities--
        Phase 1 oasis operations, 50482-50483
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Colonial Pipeline Co., 50480
    Manta Ray Offshore Gathering Co., L.L.C., 50480
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 50480-50481


Federal Maritime Commission
RULES
Federal claims collection:
    Administrative offset, 50444-50445


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquistions, and mergers, 50487-50488
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 50488


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Adjudicatory proceedings; rules of practice, 50640-50651
Consent agreements accepted for public comment in Federal Register; 
          full text publication discontinuation, 50430-50431
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 50488-50490


Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Cross County Corridor, Bucks County, PA, et al., 50532-50533


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Migratory bird hunting:
    Late-season regulations; final frameworks (1996-1997), 50662-50681
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 50503
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Orange County, CA; coastal California gnatcatcher, etc., 50503-
                50504


Food Safety and Inspection Service
RULES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Foreign inspection systems equivalence criteria; hearing, 50425-
            50426
    Pathogen reduction; hazard analysis and critical control point 
            (HACCP) systems
        Implementation; international meeting, 50425


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal property management:
    Educational technology; ensuring opportunity for all children in 
            next century; highest preference given to elementary and 
            secondary schools, 50490-50491


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Geographic Data Committee--
        Standards Working Group, 50504-50505


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


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50492-50493

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Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        August, 50493


Housing and Urban Development Department
PROPOSED RULES
Community development block grants:
    Dispute resolution and enforcement actions, loan guarantee 
            application requirements, and reporting and recordkeeping 
            requirements, 50654-50659
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public and Indian housing--
        Economic development and supportive services program, 50501
Public and Indian housing:
    Reasonable revitalization potential assessment of public housing 
            required by law, 50632-50638


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Indian tribes; acknowledgement of existence determinations, etc.:
    Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe, 50501-50503


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See National Park Service


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Stainless steel bar from--
        Spain, 50469
Export trade certificates of review, 50469-50471


Labor Department
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 50511


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Designated Federal entities and Federal entities; list, 50514-50516


Mine Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:
    First aid safety standards, 50432-50436


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    General operating support, etc., 50511-50513
Meetings:
    President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 50513


National Institute of Standards and Technology
RULES
Fastener Quality Act; implementation, 50538-50581
NOTICES
Accreditation body evaluation program and fastener laboratory 
          accreditation program; applications for accreditation, 50582
Fastener Quality Act; consensus standards organizations, list, 50582-
          50583


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50493-50494
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 50494-50495
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 50495
    National Institute of Dental Research, 50496
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            50495-50496
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 50497
    National Institute of Mental Health, 50495-50497
    National Institute on Aging, 50496-50497
    National Library of Medicine, 50498
    Research Grants Division study sections, 50498-50499
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Communications Office; partnership 
          initiative notice, 50499


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 50458
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 50471-50472


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Chickasaw National Recreation Area, OK; inventory, 50505
    Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM; inventory, 50505-50506
    Tonto National Forest, AZ; inventory, 50506-50510


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Southern California Edison Co., 50513-50514
Generic letters:
    Safety-related motor-operated valves; periodic verification of 
            design-basis capability, 50514
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arizona Public Service Co.; correction, 50535


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


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


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Pay under General Schedule:
    Locality-based comparability payments--
        Interim geographic adjustments; termination; correction, 50535


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 
            6921), 50419-50420

[[Page vi]]




Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
National toxicology program:
    Biennial Report on Carcinogens; criteria and process used in 
            listing substances, 50499-50500
    Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies--
        7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, etc. (skin paint studies of 
                mice), 50500
        Acetonitrile, 50500-50501


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50516


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Performance-oriented packaging standards; final transitional 
            provisions, 50616-50629


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Telecommunications cost-of-money loans (1997 FY); interest rates, 50468


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50524
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 50524-50527
    Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 50527-50528
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Daily Money Fund et al., 50516-50520
    Harcourt-Symes, Ltd., 50520-50521
    Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 50521-50524


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 50516


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50528-50529
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50529
Aviation proceedings:
    Hearings, etc.--
        Gemini Air Cargo, L.L.C., 50529


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
PROPOSED RULES
Privacy Act; implementation:
    Internal Revenue Service, 50461-50463
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
          50538-50583


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 50586-50614


Part IV
Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 50616-50629


Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 50632-50638


Part VI
Federal Trade Commission, 50640-50651


Part VII
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 50654-50659


Part VIII
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 50662-50681


Part IX
Environmental Protection Agency, 50684-50688
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6921.................................................50419

                           5 CFR
530..................................................50535

                           7 CFR
33...................................................50421
723..................................................50423
1464.................................................50423

                           9 CFR
304 (2 documents)....................................50425
308 (2 documents)....................................50425
310 (2 documents)....................................50425
320 (2 documents)....................................50425
327 (2 documents)....................................50425
381 (2 documents)....................................50425
416 (2 documents)....................................50425
417 (2 documents)....................................50425

                          14 CFR
71...................................................50426
97 (2 documents)....................................50427,
                                                     50428

                          15 CFR
280..................................................50538

                          16 CFR
2 (2 documents)......................................50430
3 (2 documents)......................................50430
4....................................................50640

                          17 CFR
1....................................................50431

                          19 CFR
Proposed Rules:
162..................................................50459

                          24 CFR
Proposed Rules:
570..................................................50654

                          30 CFR
56...................................................50432
57...................................................50432

                          31 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................50461

                          33 CFR
100..................................................50436
165..................................................50436
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................50463

                          40 CFR
52...................................................50438
81...................................................50438
185..................................................50684
300..................................................50443
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................50465
63...................................................50586
81...................................................50465
180..................................................50686
186..................................................50686

                          46 CFR
505..................................................50444

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................50465

                          48 CFR
201..................................................50446
202..................................................50446
204..................................................50446
206..................................................50446
207..................................................50446
209..................................................50446
212..................................................50446
214..................................................50446
215..................................................50446
219 (2 documents)...................................50446,
                                                     50535
223..................................................50446
225..................................................50446
227..................................................50446
228..................................................50446
231..................................................50446
232..................................................50446
235..................................................50446
239..................................................50446
242..................................................50446
244..................................................50446
249..................................................50446
250..................................................50446
252..................................................50446
253..................................................50446

                          49 CFR
171..................................................50616
172..................................................50616
173..................................................50616
178..................................................50616

                          50 CFR
20...................................................50662
679..................................................50458