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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Nonregulated status determinations--
        Monsanto Co.; genetically engineered corn line, 66650-66651


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66670-66671


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66669-66670


Coast Guard
RULES
Merchant marine officers and seamen:
    Commercial vessel personnel; chemical drug and alcohol testing 
            programs; drug testing in foreign waters, 66612-66613
Offshore supply vessels:
    Alternate maximum size limit; interpretation, 66613-66616
PROPOSED RULES
Merchant marine officers and seamen:
    Towing vessels; manning and licensing requirements for officers, 
            66642-66643


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66651


Comptroller of the Currency
RULES
Leasing:
    National banks; personal property lease financing transactions, 
            66554-66561


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps


Drug Enforcement Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Freight forwarding facilities for DEA distributor registrants; 
          establishment, 66637-66639


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Student assistance general provisions--
        Compliance audits and financial responsibility standards, 66854


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Borg Warner Automotive et al., 66696-66697
    Control Techniques Drives, Inc., 66697
    Kingstree Knits, 66697-66698
    Kuppenheimer Manufacturing Co., Inc., 66698
    Moisture Systems, 66698
    Wex Tex Industries, Inc., et al., 66698-66699


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Conflict of interests:
    Supervisory employees; divestiture requirements waivers, 66656


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Water resource development projects:
    Deauthorization lists, 66654-66656


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Idaho, 66602-66606
    Michigan, 66607-66611
    New Jersey, 66606-66607
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Idaho, 66642
NOTICES
Pesticides; temporary tolerances:
    American Cyanamid Co., 66658-66661
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Premanufacture exemption approvals, 66661-66662


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class E airspace, 66579-66580
PROPOSED RULES
Class E airspace, 66620-66621
NOTICES
Airport revenue use; policy and procedures; comment request, 66735-
          66741


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    North Carolina, 66618

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NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 66662


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66662


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act:
    National master list, 66662-66666


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 66657
    MidAmerican Energy Co., 66657
    Steuben Gas Storage Co., 66657
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 66657-66658


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 66741


Federal Maritime Commission
RULES
Maritime carriers in domestic offshore commerce:
    Vessel-operating common carriers by water; financial reporting, 
            agreement activity, and rate proceedings; CFR parts 
            removed, 66616-66618


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66699


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Traffic control systems; discontinuance and removal:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., et al., 66741-66742


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 66666
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 66666


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 66666-66668


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Carprofen caplets, 66581
        Ceftiofur sterile powder, 66582-66583
        Propofol injection, 66582
        Semduramicin with bacitracin methylene disalicylate, 66583-
                66584
    Sponsor name and address changes--
        Intervet, Inc., 66581-66582
        Veterinary Specialties, Inc., 66580-66581
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66671-66675
Human drugs:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        VISTIDE, 66675


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Michigan, 66651-66652
    Texas, 66652
    Wisconsin
        Polaris Industries Inc.; internal-combustion engine 
                manufacturing plant, 66652-66653


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Delegation of lease acquisition authority; implementation, 66668-66669


Government Ethics Office
RULES
Conflict of interests, 66830-66851


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
RULES
Fees:
    Inspection services; commodities other than rice, 66533-66537


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    National Minority AIDS Council, 66669


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Participating Physicians Advisory Council, 66676
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing, 66676-
            66687


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66687-66688
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Health careers opportunity program and minority faculty fellowship 
            program, 66688-66692


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community development block grant program--
        Small cities program and New York State small communities 
                Section 108 loan guarantee program, 66692-66693
    Public and Indian housing--
        Section 8 moving to work demonstration program, 66856-66861


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau

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See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Procedure and administration:
    Domestic unincorporated business organizations classification as 
            partnerships or associations, 66584-66593


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    3.5'' microdisks and coated media from--
        Japan, 66653
    Vector supercomputers from--
        Japan, 66653


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Digital satellite system (DSS) receivers and components, 66695-
            66696


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 66693
    New Mexico, 66693-66694
Survey plat filings:
    Illinois, 66694


Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Safety and pollution prevention equipment; quality assurance, 
            66639-66642


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contractors and offerors--
        Non-statutory certification requirements removed, 66643-66646


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 66742-66743
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    General Motors Corp., 66744
    Nissan Motor Corp., U.S.A., 66744-66745
    Philips Lighting Co., U.S.A., 66745-66746
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66747-66748


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 66692


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 66618-66619
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder and scup, 66646-66649


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meeting:
    Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, 
            66694
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, NM; inventory, 66694-66695


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Environmental protection; domestic licensing and related regulatory 
          functions:
    Nuclear power plant operating licenses; environmental review for 
            renewal, 66537-66554
NOTICES
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 66702-66721
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Duke Power Co., 66699-66701


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
State plans; development, enforcement, etc.:
    North Carolina, 66593-66602


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Post office closings; petitions for appeal:
    Plevna, MO, 66721


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 6965), 66865-66866


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Reclamation Bureau
RULES
Acreage limitation and water conservation rules and regulations:
    Reclamation reform administration and settlement contract 
            requirements, 66754-66826
PROPOSED RULES
Acreage limitation:
    Trusts subject to 1982 Reclamation Reform Act, 66827-66828

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Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Investment companies and securities:
    Money market funds; advertising, 66621-66637
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 66721-66723


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    North Carolina, 66723


State Department
NOTICES
Antarctic fishing; conservation measures, 66723-66735
Meetings:
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 66735


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Texas Northeastern Division, Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc., et al., 
            66748


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Savings associations:
    Subsidiaries and equity investments; Federal regulatory reform, 
            66561-66579


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
International cargo rate flexibility level:
    Standard foreign fare level--
        Index adjustment factors, 66735


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions:
    Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary, 66748-66751
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 66754-66828


Part III
Office of Government Ethics, 66830-66851


Part IV
Department of Education, 66854


Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 66856-66861


Part VI
The President, 66865-66866
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6965.................................................66865

                           5 CFR
2640.................................................66830

                           7 CFR
868..................................................66533

                          10 CFR
51...................................................66537

                          12 CFR
23...................................................66554
545..................................................66561
559..................................................66561
560..................................................66561
563..................................................66561
567..................................................66561
571..................................................66561

                          14 CFR
71...................................................66579
Proposed Rules:
71...................................................66620

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
230..................................................66621
239..................................................66621
270..................................................66621
274..................................................66621

                          21 CFR
510..................................................66580
520 (2 documents)...................................66580,
                                                     66581
522 (3 documents)...................................66581,
                                                     66582
556..................................................66582
558..................................................66583
Proposed Rules:
1301.................................................66637
1304.................................................66637

                          26 CFR
1....................................................66584
301..................................................66584
602..................................................66584

                          29 CFR
1952.................................................66593

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
250..................................................66639

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
668..................................................66854

                          40 CFR
52 (4 documents)....................................66602,
                                       66606, 66607, 66609
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................66642

                          43 CFR
426..................................................66754
427..................................................66754
Proposed Rules:
426..................................................66827

                          46 CFR
16...................................................66612
125..................................................66613
501..................................................66616
502..................................................66616
504..................................................66616
514..................................................66616
552..................................................66616
560..................................................66616
Proposed Rules:
10...................................................66642
15...................................................66642

                          47 CFR
73...................................................66618

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1819.................................................66643
1834.................................................66643
1845.................................................66643
1852.................................................66643
1870.................................................66643

                          50 CFR
285..................................................66618
Proposed Rules:
648..................................................66646