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Actuaries, Joint Board for Enrollment
See Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries


Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel, 64749-64750


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Almonds grown in California, 64601-64603
PROPOSED RULES
Cotton research and promotion order:
    Sign-up period during which eligible producers and importers could 
            request continuance referendum on 1991 amendments, 64640-
            64643
Dates (domestic) produced or packed in California, 64638-64640
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64661-64662


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Farm Service Agency


Assassination Records Review Board
NOTICES
Formal determinations on records release, 64662-64664


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Coast Guard
RULES
Pollution:
    Existing tank vessels without double hulls; structural and 
            operational measures to reduce oil spills
        Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 64618
PROPOSED RULES
Regattas and marine parades:
    Augusta Invitational Rowing Regatta, 64645-64647
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlantic Protected Living Marine Resource Initiative, 64785-64786


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See Minority Business Development Agency


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 64664-64666


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64693-64694


Customs Service
NOTICES
Hydraulic mine roof shield supports; tariff classification, 64791-64792


Defense Department
See Defense Logistics Agency
See Navy Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Business combination; external restructuring costs reimbursement, 
            64635-64636
    Contract termination or reduction notification, 64636-64637
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 64694-64707


Defense Logistics Agency
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 64708-64709
    Systems of records, 64709-64711


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 64761-64763


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures:
    Federal regulatory reform, 64603-64609


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Building energy standards program:
    Low-rise residential buildings; energy efficiency improvements in 
            1995 CABO Model Energy Code, 64727-64731


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Financial assistance programs--
        Environmental management science program, 64731-64737


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Clean Air Act:
    State operating permits programs--
        Idaho, 64622-64635
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Colorado, 64647-64651

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Clean Air Act:
    State operating permits programs--
        Connecticut, 64651-64658
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64738-64739
Drinking water:
    Low levels of arsenic, health effects; investigator-initiated 
            grants, 64739-64741
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 64741-64742
        Weekly receipts, 64742-64743
Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):
    Alaska; placer mining; general permit, 64796-64814
Water pollution control:
    Clean Water Act--
        Class II administrative penalty assessments, 64743
    Marine sanitation device standard; petitions--
        Massachusetts, 64743-64744


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Dairy indemnity payment program, 64601


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Industrie Aeronautiche E Meccaniche, 64645
    Jetstream, 64643-64645
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 64786
Meetings:
    Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee, 64786-64787


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Michigan, 64660
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 64744


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RULES
Assessments:
    Bank Insurance Fund--
        Rate schedule adjustment, 64609-64613


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, 64744-64745


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 64737


Federal Housing Finance Board
RULES
Operations:
    Regulatory waivers; consideration procedure, 64613-64615


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 64745
Freight forwarder licenses:
    K&M International Co. et al., 64745-64746


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 64746
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 64746
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 64746-64747
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64747


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Medical devices:
    General hospital and personal use devices--
        Acupuncture needles; reclassification, 64616-64617
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64750-64753
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64753-64754
Food additive petitions:
    Pendleton, Betty J., 64754
Human drugs:
    Drug products discontinued from sale for reasons other than safety 
            or effectiveness--
        Testosterone propionate 2% ointment; correction, 64754-64755
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Liquid chemical germicides; premarket notification (510(k)) content 
            and format submissions; guidance, 64755-64756


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64760


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal travel:
    Special actual subsistence expense reimbursement ceiling--
        Atlantic GA; Summer 1996 Olympic Games, 64747-64748
        Burlington, VT; peak fall foliage season, 64749
        Greensboro and Wilmington, NC; Hurricane Fran disaster, 64748-
                64749


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64756


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Noncitizens; financial assistance restrictions
    Correction, 64617-64618
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 64756

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Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64760-64761


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64792
Taxable substances, imported:
    Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (epoxy), 64793


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Brass sheet and strip from--
        Canada, 64666-64669
Countervailing duties:
    Carbon steel wire rod from--
        Argentina, 64669
    Iron-metal castings from--
        India, 64669-64693


Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Actuarial Examinations Advisory Committee, 64792-64793


Justice Department
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64761


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Land resource management:
    Land exchanges, 64658-64660
NOTICES
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
    Utah, 64756-64757
Public land orders:
    Washington, 64757
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Brunswick Canyon, NV; off-road vehicle use and firearms discharge 
            prohibition, 64757-64758


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64767


Minority Business Development Agency
NOTICES
Business development center program applications:
    Florida et al., 64693


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Compix Inc., 64767


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Keweenaw National Historical Park, MI, 64759-64760
    Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA, 64758-64759


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Naval Air Station Miramar realignment into Marine Corps Air 
                Station, CA, 64711-64721
        Naval Training Center Orlando, FL, 64721-64727


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Portable gauge licenses; program-specific guidance
        Pilot test; volunteer request, 64768


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia et al., 64763-64767


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 64618-64622


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Securities:
    Suspension of trading--
        Interactive Multimedia Publishers, Inc., 64773-64774
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Depository Trust Co., 64774-64777
    Government Securities Clearing Corp., 647789-64780
    MBS Clearing Corp., 64780-64781
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 64781-64783
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 64783-64784
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CIGNA Funds Group et al., 64768-64771
    Compass Capital Group, 64771
    Lipper Funds, Inc., et al., 64771-64773


Social Security Administration
RULES
Social security benefits:
    Disability and blindness determinations--
        Growth impairment listings; expiration date extension, 64615-
                64616
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64784-64785

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Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64793-64794
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Home City Federal Savings Bank of Springfield, 64794


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64787-64791
  
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                           7 CFR
760..................................................64601
981..................................................64601
Proposed Rules:
987..................................................64638
1205.................................................64640

                          10 CFR
1021.................................................64603

                          12 CFR
327..................................................64609
902..................................................64613

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................64643,
                                                     64645

                          20 CFR
404..................................................64615

                          21 CFR
880..................................................64616

                          24 CFR
5....................................................64617

                          33 CFR
157..................................................64618
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................64645

                          39 CFR
111..................................................64618

                          40 CFR
70...................................................64622
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................64647
70...................................................64651

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2200.................................................64658
2210.................................................64658
2240.................................................64658
2250.................................................64658
2270.................................................64658

                          46 CFR
31...................................................64618
35...................................................64618

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
73...................................................64660

                          48 CFR
231..................................................64635
249..................................................64636
252..................................................64636