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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel, 58883-58884


Agriculture Department
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Forest Service


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Albeni Falls, ID; wildlife management plan, 58873-58876


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Passenger cruise ships; sanitation inspections; fee schedule, 58884


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Harmonization with international safety standards; Federal regulatory 
          review, 58804-58843


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Technology Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58859-58860


Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Loan and purchase programs:
    Foreign markets for agricultural commodities; development 
            agreements, 58779-58780


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        Fifty percent lean boneless beef, etc., 58863
        Mexican Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate futures and 
                options, 58864
    New York Mercantile Exchange--
        Hong Kong Stock Index, 58864


Defense Department
PROPOSED RULES
Restoration Advisory Boards; characteristics, composition, funding, and 
          establishment, 58803-58804
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58864-58865


Education Department
RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Student assistance general provisions, Federal Perkins loan 
            program, etc.; relief from regulatory provisions due to 
            natural disasters, 58926-58930
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58865-58866
Postsecondary education:
    Higher Education Act reauthorization; meeting, 58938-58940


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58894-58895


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58895-58896


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, CO--
        Plutonium residues and scrub alloy management, 58866-58871
    Stockpile stewardship and management plan; absence of underground 
            nuclear testing, etc., 58871-58872
Meetings:
    Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 58872-58873


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Water pollution control:
    Underground injection control program--
        Montana, 58932-58936
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes Priorities and Funding Guidance, 58881


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Protective breathing equipment
        Correction, 58924
Class D airspace, 58782
Class E airspace, 58783-58785


Federal Bureau of Investigation
PROPOSED RULES
Criminal Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994; implementation:
    Significant upgrade and major modifications; section 109 terms 
            clarification; comment request, 58799-58800

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Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Tennessee et al., 58785


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Sugar beets, 58769-58779
PROPOSED RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Peach crop insurance provisions, 58786-58790


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Natural Gas Policy Act:
    Interstate natural gas pipelines--
        Business practice standards, 58790-58798
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Idaho Power Co., et al., 58877-58879
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58879
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 58876
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 58876
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 58876-58877
    TransColorado Gas Transmission, 58877
    West Texas Gas, Inc., 58877
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 58877


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Vigo County, IN, 58922


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 58881


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Loans to executive officers, directors, and principal shareholders of 
          member banks (Regulation O):
    Loans to holding companies and affiliates
        Correction, 58782
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 58881-58882
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 58882


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Medical Gas Industry, 58884-58885


Food Safety and Inspection Service
RULES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Corn syrup, corn syrup solids, and glucose syrup as flavoring 
            agents in meat products, 58780-58782


Foreign Assets Control Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58922-58923


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Texas
        B&F Systems, Inc.; assembly of knives, 58860


Forest Service
NOTICES
Appealable decisions; legal notice:
    Rocky Mountain Region, 58857-58858
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Siskiyou National Forest, OR, 58858-58859


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58882-58883
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 58883
Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:
    Whitters, Eric, Ph.D., 58883


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposal approval or disapproval; policies 
            and procedures, 58885
Meetings:
    Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, 58885-58886


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Health Professions and Nurse Education Special Emphasis Panel, 
            58886
National vaccine injury compensation program:
    Petitions received, 58886-58889


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 58879-58880
Decisions and orders, 58880-58881


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community development work study program (FY 1996), 58889-58890
    Community outreach partnership centers demonstration projects, 
            58890-58892


Interior Department
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
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Section 355 distributions by U.S. corporations to foreign persons; 
            treatment
        Hearing cancellation, 58798-58799


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Electroluminescent high information content flat panel displays and 
            display glass therefor from--
        Japan, 58860-58861
    Gray portland cement and clinker from--
        Japan, 58861-58862
    Large electric motors from--
        Japan, 58862


Justice Department
See Federal Bureau of Investigation
See Justice Programs Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 58893-58894


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (FY 
            1997-2002) five-year grant; correction, 58894
Meetings:
    Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 58894


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Agency definitions, 58843-58856


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Minerals Management Advisory Board, 58892


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 58896


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 58892-58893
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    El Morro National Monument, Ramah, NM; sacred objects bundle, 58893


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Aircraft accidents; hearings, etc.:
    Administrator v. Willette et al.; air carrier voluntary disclosure 
            reporting procedures (advisory circular 120-56); 
            applicability, 58896-58897


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Soyland Power Cooperative, 58897
    Texas Utilities Electric Co., 58897-58898
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 58898-58899
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58899-58900
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 58900-58910
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 58910-58911


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Personnel management demonstration projects:
    Veterans Affairs Department; pay for applied skills system, 58942-
            58969


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Export controls administration; encryption (EO 13026), 58767-58768


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:
    Monthly compensation base and other determinations (1997 CY), 
            58911-58912


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al.; correction, 58924
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 58919-58921
    Philadelphia Depository Trust Co.; correction, 58924
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Destiny Plans IIA, 58912-58913
    Enterprise Group of Funds, Inc., et al., 58913-58915
    ING Bank N.V. et al., 58915-58917
    TCW Convertible Limited Partnership, et al., 58917-58919


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Virginia, 58921
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 58921


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 58921-58922


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Colorado, 58800-58803

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Technology Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Key Management Infrastructure Federal Information 
            Processing Standard Development Technical Advisory 
            Committee, 58862-58863


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration


Treasury Department
See Foreign Assets Control Office
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Education, 58926-58930


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 58932-58936


Part IV
Department of Education, 58938-58940


Part V
Personnel Management Office, 58942-58969
  
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                           3 CFR
Executive Order:
12981 (Amended by EO 13026)..........................58767
13026................................................58767

                           7 CFR
457.................................................587690
1485.................................................58779
Proposed Rules:
403..................................................58786
457..................................................58786

                           9 CFR
318..................................................58780

                          12 CFR
215..................................................58782

                          14 CFR
71 (3 documents)....................................58782,
                                              58783, 58784
121..................................................58924

                          18 CFR
Proposed Rules:
284..................................................58790

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................58798

                          28 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................58799

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
906..................................................58800

                          32 CFR
Proposed Rules:
202..................................................58803

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
155..................................................58804
159..................................................58804

                          34 CFR
668..................................................58926
674..................................................58926
675..................................................58926
676..................................................58926
682..................................................58926
685..................................................58926
690..................................................58926

                          40 CFR
147..................................................58932

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1300.................................................58843
1600.................................................58843
1780.................................................58843
1810.................................................58843
1860.................................................58843
1880.................................................58843
2090.................................................58843
2200.................................................58843
2300.................................................58843
2360.................................................58843
2400.................................................58843
2520.................................................58843
2610.................................................58843
2640.................................................58843
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2710.................................................58843
2720.................................................58843
2740.................................................58843
2800.................................................58843
2810.................................................58843
2880.................................................58843
2910.................................................58843
2920.................................................58843
3000.................................................58843
3100.................................................58843
3130.................................................58843
3150.................................................58843
3160.................................................58843
3200.................................................58843
3250.................................................58843
3260.................................................58843
3420.................................................58843
3460.................................................58843
3480.................................................58843
3500.................................................58843
3590.................................................58843
3600.................................................58843
3800.................................................58843
3830.................................................58843
4100.................................................58843
4200.................................................58843
4300.................................................58843
4700.................................................58843
5400.................................................58843
8200.................................................58843
8340.................................................58843
8360.................................................58843
8560.................................................58843
9210.................................................58843

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................58804
3....................................................58804
4....................................................58804
6....................................................58804
7....................................................58804
10...................................................58804
12...................................................58804
15...................................................58804
16...................................................58804
24...................................................58804
25...................................................58804
26...................................................58804
28...................................................58804
30...................................................58804
31...................................................58804
32...................................................58804
34...................................................58804
35...................................................58804
39...................................................58804
50...................................................58804
56...................................................58804
58...................................................58804
61...................................................58804
63...................................................58804
68...................................................58804
69...................................................58804
70...................................................58804
71...................................................58804
72...................................................58804
76...................................................58804
77...................................................58804
78...................................................58804
80...................................................58804
90...................................................58804
91...................................................58804
92...................................................58804
93...................................................58804
95...................................................58804
96...................................................58804
97...................................................58804
105..................................................58804
108..................................................58804
109..................................................58804
147A.................................................58804
148..................................................58804
150..................................................58804
  
  
  
  
  
  
151..................................................58804
153..................................................58804
154..................................................58804
159..................................................58804
160..................................................58804
164..................................................58804
166..................................................58804
167..................................................58804
168..................................................58804
170..................................................58804
172..................................................58804
188..................................................58804
189..................................................58804
193..................................................58804
195..................................................58804
196..................................................58804
197..................................................58804

                          47 CFR
73...................................................58785