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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Farm Service Agency
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Housing Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Brucellosis in cattle and bison--
        State and area classifications, 56116-56118
    Horses affected with or exposed to contagious equine metritis 
            (CEM), 56116
PROPOSED RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Ruminants and swine from countries where foot-and-mouth disease or 
            rinderpest exists; zoological park quarantine, 56165-56169
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Livestock market approval for cattle, bison, horses and swine; hog 
            cholera obsolete regulations removed, 56155-56165
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56215
Federal information processing standards (FIPS) waiver:
    Digital signature standard, 56215-56216


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Johnston Island in Pacific and Tooele, UT; non-stockpile chemical 
            warfare materiel containing chemical agent; destruction
        Public meetings, 56221


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


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Hood River Fisheries Project, OR, 56221


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Merchant marine officers and seamen:
    Marine licensing, registry certification, and merchant mariner 
            documentation; user fees, 56199-56211
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coast Guard activities along U.S. Atlantic coast, 56258
Meetings:
    International, Private-Sector, Tug of Opportunity System, 56258-
            56259
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 56324-56357


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors:
    Electronic media use; interpretation
        Correction, 56271


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56263-56265


Defense Department
See Army Department


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Septer, Michael J., D.O.; correction, 56271


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Research and demonstration project; rehabilitation research and 
                training centers, 56374-56379


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Operating permit program, 56368-56371
Hazardous waste:
    State underground storage tank program approvals--
        Massachusetts, 56135-56137
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Maryland, 56183-56194
    New Jersey, 56172-56183
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 56194-56199
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56229-56230
Confidential business information and data transfer, 56230-56231
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Investigator-Initiated Grants; request for applications, 56231

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Grants, State and local assistance:
    Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program; comment request, 
            56231-56234
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment; guidelines availability, 56274-
          56322
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Photech Site, 56234


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


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and other development planning and performance; farm 
            labor housing loan and grant policies, procedures, and 
            authorizations, 56114-56116


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
IFR altitudes, 56120-56124
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Fokker, 56170-56172
    Jetstream, 56169-56170
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 56259
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Dane County Regional Airport, WI, 56259-56260
    Myrtle Beach International Airport, SC, 56260


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Conflict of interests, 56109-56114
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56234-56235


Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office
NOTICES
Contracts; eligible bidders:
    Pacific Coast Feather Co.; debarment, 56248-56249


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Administrative regulations:
    Federal Crop Insurance Act--
        Procedures for determining eligibility for program 
                participation, 56151-56155


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56263-56265


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 56235


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners, L.P. et al., 56225-56227
    Enron Corp. and Portland General Corp. et al., 56227-56228
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 56228
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. et al., 56228-56229
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Equitrans, L.P., 56221-56222
    Frontier Gas Storage Co., 56222
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 56222-56223
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 56223
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 56223
    Questar Pipeline Co., 56223-56224
    State Line Energy L.L.C., 56224
    Trunkline Gas Co., 56224
    UGI Power Supply, Inc., 56224-56225
    Ultramar Inc. et al., 56225
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 56225


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, 56235
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Miami Cargo Freight Forwarders et al., 56235


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc., 56260-56262


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56263-56265
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 56235-56236
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 56236


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56237
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 56238-56239


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56240-56242
Food additive petitions:
    BASF Corp., 56242-56243
Guidance documents:
    Industry for the Submission of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and 
            Controls Information for a Therapeutic Recombinant DNA-
            Derived Product; availability, 56243-56244


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Advisory 
            Committee, 56216


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Acquisition regulations:
    Performance evaluation; contracts (SF 1420); form stocking change, 
            56239

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    Proposal cover sheet (SF 1448); form stocking creation, 56239


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Indian lands; mitigation of environmental impacts due to Defense 
            Department activities; financial assistance--
        Extension of closing date, 56239
Group health plans:
    COBRA continuation coverage, 56239-56240


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public and Indian housing--
        Tenant opportunities program; no funding awards for 1996 FY, 
                56244


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, 56266


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Neodymium-iron-boron magnets, magnet alloys, and articles 
            containing same, 56246
    Self-powered fiber optic modems, 56246-56247


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Justice Programs Office
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56247


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56247-56248


Labor Department
See Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office
See Labor Statistics Bureau


Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Labor Research Advisory Council, 56249-56250


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    New Mexico, 56245


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Hospital, medical care, and treatment furnished by United States, 
          costs; rates recovery from tortiously liable third persons, 
          56360-56366


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Minerals Management Advisory Board, 56245-56246


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    FAR supplement rewrite
        Correction, 56271


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities National Council, 56250
    Humanities panel, 56250-56251


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
National Award for Advancement of Motor Vehicle Research and 
          Development; eligibility requirements and request for 
          nominations, 56262-56263


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    California coho salmon, 56138-56149
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Yellowfin sole, 56150
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder and scup, 56125-56126
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Oregon and California coho salmon, 56211-56213
New England Fishery Management Council; public meeting, 56213-56214
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 56217
West Coast salmon fisheries; northwest emergency assistance plan, 
          56217-56221


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Departee Creek Watershed, AR, 56216-56217


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Southern California Edison Co., 56251-56253


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
Administrative law judge examination; funding
    Correction, 56271

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Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Imports and exports:
    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of U.S.; amendments (Proc. 6948), 56385-
            56396
Special observances:
    Adoption Month, National (Proc. 6947), 56383-56384
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Iran emergency; continuation (Notice of October 29, 1996), 56107


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Actuarial Advisory Committee, 56253


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Colorado River Reservoirs; coordinated long-range review criteria, 
            56246


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and other development planning and performance; farm 
            labor housing loan and grant policies, procedures, and 
            authorizations, 56114-56116


Rural Housing Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and other development planning and performance; farm 
            labor housing loan and grant policies, procedures, and 
            authorizations, 56114-56116


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and other development planning and performance; farm 
            labor housing loan and grant policies, procedures, and 
            authorizations, 56114-56116


Social Security Administration
RULES
Black lung benefits:
    Overpayment appeal and waiver rights, 56126-56133
Supplemental security income:
    Aged, blind, and disabled--
        Lawful admission for permanent residence in the U.S.; 
                documentation requirements, 56133-56134
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Office of Program Benefits Policy, 56253-56254
    Office of the Regional Commissioner, 56254-56256


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Overseas Security Advisory Council, 56256


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996:
    Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment, 56118-56120


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade relations agreements:
    Cambodia, 56256-56257


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56257
Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Edmund S. Muskie and Freedom Support Act graduate fellowship 
            programs, 56266-56267
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 56267-56270
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 56274-56322
Part III
Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, 56324-56357
Part IV
Office of Management and Budget, 56360-56366
Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 56368-56371
Part VI
Department of Education, 56374-56379
Part VII
The President, 56383-56396
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6641 (modified by Proc. 6948)........................56385
6763 (modified by Proc. 6948)........................56385
6821 (modified by Proc. 6948)........................56385
6857 (modified by Proc. 6948)........................56385
6947.................................................56383
6948.................................................56385
Executive Orders:
12170 (See Notice of October 29, 1996)...............56107

                           5 CFR
930..................................................56271
Ch. XXIX.............................................56109

                           7 CFR
1901.................................................56114
1924.................................................56114
1944.................................................56114
Proposed Rules:
400..................................................56151

                           9 CFR
71...................................................56116
75...................................................56116
78...................................................56116
Proposed Rules:
51...................................................56155
56...................................................56155
71...................................................56155
75...................................................56155
76...................................................56155
78...................................................56155
80...................................................56155
85...................................................56155
92...................................................56165

                          12 CFR
510..................................................56118

                          14 CFR
95...................................................56120
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................56169,
                                                     56170

                          15 CFR
902..................................................56125

                          17 CFR
4....................................................56271

                          20 CFR
404..................................................56126
410..................................................56126
416..................................................56133

                          40 CFR
70...................................................56368
282..................................................56135
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents)....................................56172,
                                                     56183
300 (2 documents)...................................56194,
                                                     56197

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
10...................................................56199
12...................................................56199

                          47 CFR
19...................................................56109

                          48 CFR
1852.................................................56271

                          50 CFR
227..................................................56138
648..................................................56125
679..................................................56150
Proposed Rules:
227..................................................56211
648..................................................56213