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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Raisins produced from grapes grown in California, 64454-64456


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Veterinary biological products; manufacture, distribution, and use, 
            64499


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    PNGV Electrical & Electronics Technical Team, 64532-64533
    PNGV Manufacturing Technical Team, 64533
    PNGV Mechanical Energy Storage Technical Team, 64533
    PNGV Systems Analysis Technical Team, 64533-64534


Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 64500


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Differential global positioning systems--
        Geiger Key, FL, 64561-64562


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Meetings, 64505


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Indonesia, 64505-64507
    Macau, 64507
    Philippines, 64507-64508
    United Arab Emirates, 64508-64509


Delaware River Basin Commission
NOTICES
Hearings, 64509-64510


Education Department
NOTICES
Postsecondary education:
    Higher Education Act reauthorization; meeting; correction, 64569


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    American Tourister et al., 64534
    Amoco Exploration and Production et al., 64534-64535
    Cooper Firearms Inc., et al., 64535-64536
    J.E. Morgan Knitting, Inc., 64536
    J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills, 64536-64537
    J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills, Inc., 64536
    Marblehead Lime Co. et al., 64537-64538
    Northbridge Marketing Corp., 64538
    Orbit Industries, Inc., et al., 64538
    Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp., 64538-64539
    Strick Corp. et al., 64539


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Consumer product test procedures; waiver petitions:
    HEAT-N-GLO Fireplace Products, Inc., 64519-64521


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants; hazardous; national emission standards:
    Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and other 
            processes subject to equipment leaks negotiated regulation, 
            64572-64578
Clean Air Act:
    State operating permits program--
        Alaska, 64463-64475


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 64456-64458
Class E airspace
    Correction, 64569
Restricted areas, 64458-64459
Standard instrument approach procedures, 64459-64463
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospace Technologies of Australia, 64489-64491
    Dornier, 64491-64494
Restricted areas, 64494-64496
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Aircraft--
        Pressurization, ventilation, and oxygen systems assessments for 
                subsonic flight including high altitude operation, 
                64562
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Eagle County Regional Airport, CO, 64562
    McGhee Tyson Airport, TN, 64562-64563


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64521

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Union Electric Co., et al., 64512-64514
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, 64514-64516
Natural gas certificate filings:
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 64517-64519
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Louisiana-Nevada Transit Co., 64510
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 64510-64511
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 64511
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 64511
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 64511-64512


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64521


Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64521


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    California SunCare, Inc., 64521-64524
    General Motors Corp., et al., 64524-64526
    Phaseout of America, Inc., et al., 64526-64527


Fine Arts Commission
See Commission of Fine Arts


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Endangered Species Act activities; interagency cooperative policy 
            statements--
        Candidate species guidance, 64481-64485
    Listing priority guidance (FY 1997), 64475-64481
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Alexander Archipelago wolf and Queen Charlotte goshawk; status 
            reviews, 64496-64497
NOTICES
Marine mammals permit applications, 64504-64505


Forest Service
PROPOSED RULES
National Forest System timber, disposal and sales:
    Market-related contract term additions; indices
        Correction, 64569
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Angeles National Forest, CA, 64499-64500


Health and Human Services Department
See National Institutes of Health


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64531


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Parole Commission
NOTICES
Police Corps program (FY 1997) implementation; State plans submission, 
          64531-64532
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    BASF Corp. et al., 64532
    Sheller Globe Corp. et al., 64532


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    California, 64530
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
    Montana, 64530-64531
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Price Coalbed Methane Project, UT, 64531


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 64539-64540


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:
    General Motors Corp., 64563-64567


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Research Resources, 64527-64528
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 64528
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 64529
    National Institute of Mental Health, 64528
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            64528, 64528-64529
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 64529-64530


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Atlantic swordfish fishery; drift gillnet closure, 64486-64487
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 64487-64488
        North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan; interim groundfish 
                observer program; correction, 64569
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries, 64485-64486
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic striped bass; withdrawal, 64497-64498
NOTICES
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 64500-64505


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Aircraft accidents; hearings, etc.:
    Classification system; statistical reporting changes, 64540-64541
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64541

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Northern States Power Co., 64541-64547


Parole Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64534


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Family and medical leave, 64441-64454


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Israel, implementing the U.S.-Israel agreement on trade in agricultural 
          products (Proc. 6962), 64581-64585
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative--Amendments to EO 12757 (EO 
          13028), 64589-64590
Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation; Implementation of 
          Annex 1 (EO 13029), 64591-64599


Public Health Service
See National Institutes of Health


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:
    Employer contribution rates, 64547-64548


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64548
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 64549-64561


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Consolidated Rail Corp., 64567-64568
    Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 64568


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviaton proceedings:
    Hearings, etc.--
        Gulf & Caribbean Air, 64561
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 64572-64578


Part III
The President, 64581-64585


Part IV
The President, 64589-64599
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6962.................................................64581
Executive Orders:
12757 (Amended by EO 13028)..........................64589
13028................................................64589
13029................................................64591

                           5 CFR
630..................................................64441
890..................................................64441

                           7 CFR
989..................................................64454

                          14 CFR
39...................................................64456
71...................................................64569
73...................................................64458
97 (3 documents)....................................64459,
                                              64460, 64462
Proposed Rules:
39 (3 documents)....................................64489,
                                              64491, 64492
73 (2 documents).....................................64494

                          36 CFR
Proposed Rules:
223..................................................64569

                          40 CFR
61...................................................64463
63 (2 documents)....................................64463,
                                                     64572
70...................................................64463

                          50 CFR
17 (2 documents)....................................64475,
                                                     64481
622..................................................64485
630..................................................64486
679 (2 documents)...................................64487,
                                                     64569
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................64496
656..................................................64497