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Agriculture Department
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66994


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., 67067
    InfoTEST International, 67067
    National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc., 67067-67068


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, 67030


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Runaway and homeless youth program, 67030-67032


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Commission records and information; open Commission meetings, 66949-
          66953
NOTICES
Broker associations; rule enforcement review, 66996-66997
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66997


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66997-66998


Defense Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66998
    Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction, 67109
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National security education program; institutional grants, 66999
Meetings:
    Defense Intelligence Agency Scientific Advisory Board, 66999


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66999-67000
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Indian education formula grants to local educational agencies, 
            67178
    Individuals with disabilities--
        American Indians with disabilities; vocational rehabilitation 
                service projects, 67000-67001


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Low emission boiler system (LEBS) project, 67003-67005
    Weapons-usable fissile materials; long-term storage and 
            disposition, 67001-67003


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain provisions--
        Nitrogen oxides emission reduction program, 67112-67164
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67016-67018
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain provisions--
        Sulfur dioxide; permit modification, 67018
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Marathon Battery Co. Site, NY, 67019
    Muratti Environmental Site, PR, 67019-67020
    Quanta Resources Syracuse Site, NY, 67018-67019


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 66881-66885
    Boeing, 66898-66900
    Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation, 66900-66902
    Fokker, 66890-66892
    Lockheed, 66889-66890
    McDonnell Douglas, 66880-66897
    Pratt & Whitney, 66892-66896
    Raytheon, 66878-66879
    Saab, 66885-66887
Class B airspace, 66902-66908
Class D and Class E airspace, 66908-66909
Class E airspace, 66910-66912
Jet routes, 66912-66913


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Local competition provisions; interconnection between local 
                exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service 
                providers, 66931-66933
PROPOSED RULES
Television broadcasting:
    Broadcast television national ownership rules, 66987-66992

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    Local television ownership and radio-television cross-ownership 
            rules; less restrictive designated market area, etc., 
            66978-66987
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, 67020-67021
    North American Numbering Council, 67021


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Connecticut et al., 66926-66931
    Florida et al., 66923-66925
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Florida et al., 66974-66978


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Encogen Northwest, L.P., et al., 67008-67013
    PMDC Netherlands B.V. et al., 67013-67016
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Aquila Gas Systems Corp., 67005
    CNG Transmission Corp., 67005-67006
    Egan Hub Partners, L.P., 67006-67007
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 67007
    Ouachita River Gas Storage Co., L.L.C.; correction, 67109
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 67007
    Portland General Electric Co. et al., 67007
    Trunkline Gas Co., 67007-67008
    Western Transmission Corp., 67008


Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
NOTICES
Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (CAMEL rating system):
    Revision, 67021-67029


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Transportation infrastructure management:
    Management and monitoring systems; implementation, 67166-67175
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67092-67093


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Satt International Forwarding Inc. et al., 67029


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation, 66961-66965
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67068


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Environmental marketing claims; guides
        Correction, 67109


Federal Transit Administration
RULES
Transportation infrastructure management:
    Management and monitoring systems; implementation, 67166-67175
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    New Starts criteria, 67093-67106


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Biological products:
    Current good manufacturing practices--
        Blood and blood components; consignee notification of increased 
                HIV infection transmission risk; correction, 66919
Food additives:
    Adjuvants, production aids, and sanitizers--
        3,9-bis[2-[3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-
                methylphenyl)propionyloxy]-1,1-dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-
                tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane, 66918-66919
PROPOSED RULES
Human drugs:
    Vaginal contraceptive products (OTC), 66953-66954
Medical devices:
    Investigational device exemptions; treatment use, 66954-66961
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67032-67034
Meetings:
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research; refusal to file 
            practices use, standing oversight committee review, 67020
Memorandums of cooperation:
    Chile; Economy, Development, and Reconstruction Ministry; safe and 
            wholesome fish and fishery products trade facilitation, 
            67035-67036
Memorandums of understanding:
    Customs Service; establishment of partnership for participation in 
            international trade compliance measurement program, 67034-
            67035
    Russian Federation; streamlined registration procedure for U.S. 
            drugs and biological products, 67036-67041


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 Indian Health Service


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 1997 FY rates
        Correction, 66919-66923
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Ambulatory surgical center standards deeming authority--
        Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
                and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health 
                Care, 67041-67047

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Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Rural Health National Advisory Committee, 67047


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67052-67055, 67056
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67056-67058
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Continuum of care systems--
        Homeless individuals; supportive housing, shelter plus care, 
                and single room occupancy dwellings rehabilitation, 
                67058


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Road maintenance funding distribution methodology, 67058-67059


Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Headquarters reorganization, 67048-67052


Interior Department
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from--
        Mexico, 66995


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Amro Realty Corp. et al., 67065
    Hercules Inc. et al., 67065-67066
    Princeton Enterprises, Inc., et al., 67066
    Ruetgers-Nease Corp., 67066
    Western Crude Reserves, Inc., et al., 67066-67067


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Wilderness management, 66968-66974
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67059-67060
Closure of public lands:
    Idaho, 67060-67061
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
    Utah, 67061
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Yalobusha Co., MS; land disposal suitability, 67061
Public land orders:
    Washington, 67061-67062
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 67062
    New Mexico, 67062
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Medicine Lodge Resource Area, ID, 67062-67063
Survey plat filings:
    Idaho, 67063
    Wyoming, 67063
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Colorado, 67063-67064


Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Civil penalty program, 66966-66967
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Central and Western Gulf of Mexico OCS--
        Lease sales, 67064-67065


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


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67068


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Head restraints, 66992-66993


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements--
        Turtle excluder devices, 66933-66947
Ocean and coastal resource management:
    Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA--
        Shark attraction by chum or other means; restriction or 
                prohibition, 66913-66918
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66996


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 67065


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    United States Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, 67068


National Skill Standards Board
NOTICES
National Skill Standards System; establishment, 67068-67072


Natural Resources Conservation Service
RULES
Support activities:
    Acquisition of real property under federally assisted programs; CFR 
            part removed, 66867


Navy Department
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 66999

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Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Banix Corp., 66999
    SmithKline Beecham Biologicals S.A., 66999


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Abnormal occurrence reports:
    Policy statement, 67072-67078
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    GPU Nuclear Corp. et al., 67078-67079
    Southern California Edison Co. et al., 67079


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Retirement:
    Civil Service Retirement System--
        Decisions appealed to Merit Systems Protection Board, 66948-
                66949


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Indian Health Service


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67079


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Electric loans:
    Electric borrowers; merger and consolidation policies, 66867-66874
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., 66994-66995


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 67086-67087
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 67087-67088
    Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 67088-67090
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ProvidentMutual Growth Fund, Inc., 67079-67080
    ProvidentMutual Investment Shares, Inc., 67080-67081
    ProvidentMutual Moneyfund, Inc., 67081-67082
    ProvidentMutual Tax-Free Bond Fund, 67082-67083
    ProvidentMutual Total Return Trust, 67083
    ProvidentMutual U.S. Government For Income, Inc., 67083-67084
    ProvidentMutual Value Shares, Inc., 67084-67085
    ProvidentMutual World Fund, Inc., 67085-67086


State Department
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Private International Law Advisory Committee, 67090
    Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 67090
Meetings:
    International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 67091
    Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 67091


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Track Tech, Inc., 67106
Railroad services abandonment:
    Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., 67106-67107
    Consolidated Rail Corp., 67107


Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board
RULES
Resolution Funding Corporation:
    Book-entry securities, 66874-66878


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67091-67092
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67092


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 
            67107-67108
    Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research 
            and Development Service, 67108
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 67112-67164


Part III
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal 
          Transit Administration, 67166-67175


Part IV
Department of Education, 67178
  
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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
831..................................................66948

                           7 CFR
651..................................................66867
1710.................................................66867
1714.................................................66867
1717.................................................66867
1786.................................................66867

                          12 CFR
1511.................................................66873

                          14 CFR
39 (12 documents)...................................66878,
  66880, 66880, 66881, 66884, 66885, 66887, 66889, 66890, 
                                66892, 66896, 66898, 66900
71 (7 documents)....................................66902,
                                       66910, 66911, 66912

                          15 CFR
922..................................................66913

                          16 CFR
260..................................................67109

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
145..................................................66949
147..................................................66949

                          21 CFR
178..................................................66918
606..................................................66919
610..................................................66919
Proposed Rules:
351..................................................66953
812..................................................66954

                          23 CFR
450..................................................67166
500..................................................67166
626..................................................67166

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2704.................................................66961

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
250..................................................66966

                          40 CFR
76...................................................67112

                          42 CFR
412..................................................66919
413..................................................66919
489..................................................66919

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
6300.................................................66968
8560.................................................66968

                          44 CFR
65 (2 documents).....................................66923
67...................................................66926
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................66974

                          47 CFR
1....................................................66931
20...................................................66931
51...................................................66931
90...................................................66931
Proposed Rules:
73 (2 documents)....................................66978,
                                                     66987

                          49 CFR
613..................................................67166
614..................................................67166
Proposed Rules:
571..................................................66992

                          50 CFR
217..................................................66933
227..................................................66933