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Agriculture Department
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
PROPOSED RULES
Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation:
    Play Facilities Accessibility Guidelines Negotiated Rulemaking 
            Committee
        Meetings, 64832


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Assassination Records Review Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64857


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Records of decision:
    Canadian entitlement delivery, 64861


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64909


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Customs Service
NOTICES
Commercial gauger:
    Approval--
        OMNI Measurement, 64947
Commercial gauger and laboratory accreditations:
    Approval--
        Allied Control Services, L.L.C., 64946-64947
        Oiltest, Inc., 64946


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64858


Energy Department
See Bonneville Power Administration
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Electric industry restructuring, 64860-64861


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Energy efficiency program for certain commercial and industrial 
          equipment:
    Electric motors; test procedures, labeling, and certification 
            requirements
        Correction, 64948


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Coast Guard categorical exclusions; nationwide general permit program; 
          Army Department authorization, 64858-64860


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Water pollution control:
    Water quality standards--
        Pennsylvania, 64816-64822
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Drinking water issues; microbial contaminants and disinfectants, 
            etc., 64876
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Manistique River/Harbor Site, MI; correction, 64948
Water pollution; discharge of pollutants:
    Gulf of Mexico OCS operations--
        Eastern portion; oil and gas extraction category; general 
                permit, 64876-64906


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


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Israel Aircraft Industries; correction, 64948
PROPOSED RULES
Class C and Class D airspace, 64826-64831
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Colorado Springs Airport, CO, 64945


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64906, 64906


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Jersey Central Power & Light Co. et al., 64872-64873
    Southwestern Public Service Co. et al., 64873-64875
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 64875-64876
    Star Mill, Inc., 64876
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin LNG, Inc., 64861-64862
    ANR Pipeline Co., 64862-64863
    Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Co., 64863
    CNG Transmission Corp., 64864

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    CNG Transmission Corp. et al., 64863
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 64864
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 64864
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al., 64864
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 64864-64865
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 64865
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 64865-64866
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 64866-64867
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 64867
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 64867
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 64867-64868
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 64868
    Paiute Pipeline Co., 64868-64869
    Questar Pipeline Co., 64869
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 64869-64871
    South Georgia Natural Gas Co., 64869
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 64871
    Trunkline Gas Co., 64871-64872


Federal Maritime Commission
RULES
Maritime carriers in foreign commerce:
    Agreements among ocean common carriers; information form and post-
            effective reporting requirements, 64822-64823
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 64906


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 64906-64907
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 64907


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices:
    Ear, nose, and throat devices--
        Endolymphatic shunt tube with valve; reclassification petition 
                denied, 64909-64912
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Filshie Clip System (Mark VI), 64912
    Matritech NMP22 Test Kit, 64912-64913


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
World Food Summit:
    U.S.-Rome Forum, 64856


Forest Service
RULES
National Forest System timber; sale and disposal:
    Contract modification to prevent environmental damage or to conform 
            to forest plans, 64815-64816
NOTICES
Organic Administration Act:
    National Forest System lands--
        Forest lieu selection lands; title, 64856


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlanta, GA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Clifton 
            Road Campus Annex development, 64907-64908
Interagency Committee for Medical Records:
    Surgical procedures and other episodes of care; videotaped 
            documentation guidelines, 64908
    Telemedicine documentation; guidelines, 64908


Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
NOTICES
Scholarship programs:
    Nominations; closing dates, 64908-64909


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
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, 64913-64914
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        October, 64914-64918


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64921-64922


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See Reclamation Bureau


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
See Prisons Bureau
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    CITGO Asphalt Refining Co.; correction, 64948
    Telluride Co., 64921


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
    Wyoming, 64919-64920
Motor vehicle use restrictions:
    Oregon, 64921


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Shared savings clause, 64823-64825


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64922


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Research and development programs, 64945


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Committee to Director, 64918
    National Center for Research Resources, 64918
    National Institute of Mental Health, 64918
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 64918-
            64919,
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 64919

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 64852-64854
        Summer flounder, scup, and Black Sea bass, 64854-64855
NOTICES
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 64857-64858


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64922-64930


National Telecommunications and Information Administration
RULES
Public telecommunications facilities program:
    Federal regulatory reform
        Correction, 64948


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Texas Utilities Electric Co., 64930-64931


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


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 6963), 64957-64958


Prisons Bureau
RULES
Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:
    Records access and information release, 64950-64953
    Unescorted transfers and voluntary surrenders, 64953
PROPOSED RULES
Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:
    Correspondence; pretrial inmates, 64954


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 64919


Reclamation Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Newlands Irrigation Project, NV; operating criteria and procedures 
          adjustments, 64832-64848


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64856-64857


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64933-64934
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Options Clearing Corp., 64934-64935
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    OCC Distributors et al., 64931-64933


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Hawaii, 64935


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Generalized System of Preferences:
    Least developed beneficiary developing countries; review timetable, 
            public hearings, and list of articles, 64935-64943
Meetings:
    Retailing and Wholesaling Industry Sector Advisory Committee, 64944


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 64944
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 64944


Transportation Statistics Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Data Collection Program 
          Negotiated Rulemaking Committee:
    Intent to establish, 64849-64851


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64946


Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation
See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Justice, Prisons Bureau, 64950-64954


Part III
The President, 64957-64958
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6963.................................................64957

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
431..................................................64948

                          14 CFR
39...................................................64948
Proposed Rules:
71...................................................64826

                          15 CFR
2301.................................................64948

                          28 CFR
513..................................................64950
522..................................................64953
Proposed Rules:
540..................................................64954

                          36 CFR
223..................................................64815
Proposed Rules:
1190.................................................64832
1191.................................................64832

                          40 CFR
131..................................................64816

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
418..................................................64832

                          46 CFR
572..................................................64822

                          48 CFR
1843.................................................64823
1852.................................................64823

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XI...............................................64849

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
648 (2 documents)....................................64852
                                                     64854