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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Evidence-based practice centers; topics nominations, 67554-67556


Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Israel loan guarantees; investment opportunities notice, 67574


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Dairy products; grading, inspection, and standards:
    Dairy plants information reporting requirements; OMB control 
            numbers corrections, 67447-67448
PROPOSED RULES
Vegetables; import regulations:
    Banana and fingerling potatoes and potatoes used to make fresh 
            potato salad; removal and exemption, 67499-67501


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Economic Research Service
See Farm Service Agency
See Forest Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Housing Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
RULES
Alcohol; viticultural area designations:
    Redwood Valley, CA, 67463-67466


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Navigation Safety Advisory Council, 67586-67587
Meetings:
    Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee, 67587
    Marine oil spill response hazardous waste operations and emergency 
            response training workshop, 67587-67588
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 67588-67589


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See Minority Business Development Agency
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Egypt, 67533
    Turkey, 67533-67534


Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Community Development Advisory Board, 67593-67594


Customs Service
NOTICES
Trade name recordation applications:
    A.J.&W. Inc., 67594-67595


Defense Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 67534-67537


Economic Research Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67527


Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Occupational radiation protection:
    Primary standards amendments, 67600-67621
NOTICES
Natural gas exportation and importation:
    Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc. et al., 67538-67539
    Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 67539


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Electric and magnetic field effects research and public information 
            dissemination program, 67539


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Colorado, 67466-67469
    Illinois, 67469-67472
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    New Mexico, 67474-67476
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Sodium bicarbonate, etc., 67472-67473
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 67656-67677
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Colorado, 67515-67516
    Illinois, 67516
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 67677-67681
Toxic substances:
    Testing requirements--
        Biphenyl, etc., 67516-67517

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NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        Pennsylvania et al., 67532-67533
Meetings:
    Effluent Guidelines Task Force, 67544
Pesticides; temporary tolerances:
    Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., 67544-67549


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67549-67550
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67550-67551


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
    Computers; export and reexport, 67448-67451


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Program regulations:
    Business and industrial loan program, 67624-67654


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Bell, 67503-67505
    Burkhardt Grob Luft-und Raumfahrt, 67506-67508
    Raytheon, 67505-67506
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67589-67590


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67551
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67551-67553


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Hawaii, 67553
    New York, 67553
    Rhode Island, 67553-67554


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    CMS Ensenada S.A. et al., 67542-67544
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67544
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arkansas Western Pipeline Co., 67539-67540
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 67540
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 67540
    Jupiter Energy Corp., 67540-67541
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 67541
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 67541
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 67541-67542
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 67542
    Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd., 67542


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Highway performance monitoring system; strategic reassessment, 67590-
          67592


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 67554


Federal Railroad Administration
RULES
Railroad accident/incident reporting:
    Small railroads; partial relief, 67477-67491


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Securities credit transactions (Regulations G, T, and U), 67503


Federal Transit Administration
RULES
State safety oversight; rail fixed guideway systems, 67492-67493


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Spring Creek bladderpod, 67493-67497
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Southwestern United States; reintroduction of Mexican gray wolf, 
            67573


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Ivermectin bolus, 67452-67453
        Oxytetracycline, 67453-67454
Food for human consumption:
    Food labeling--
        Restaurant menus; nutrient content and health claims exemption 
                removed; correction, 67447-67452
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67556-67557
Compliance policy guides:
    Manual; availability, 67557
Human drugs:
    Prescription drug user fee revenues and rates, FY 1997; 
            establishment, 67557-67559
Medical devices: premarket approval:
    VISX Excimer Laser System (Models B and C) for phototherapeutic 
            keratectomy, 67559
Meetings:
    Advisory committees, panels, etc., 67560-67562
Memorandums of understanding:
    Belarus; drugs and biological products information exchange, etc., 
            67562-67565


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Flathead National Forest, MT, 67527-67530
    Tongass National Forest, AK, 67530


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

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See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67566


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67572


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    S corporations and their shareholders--
        Definitions under Subchapter S, 67454-67458
Procedure and administration:
    Limited liability companies; tax matters partner selection, 67458-
            67463
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Nuclear decommissioning reserve funds; revised schedules of ruling 
            amounts, 67510-67512
    Reorganizations; receipt of rights to acquire corporation 
            securities, 67508-67510
    Shareholder interest continuity requirement for corporate 
            reorganizations, 67512-67515
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67594-67596


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Telluride Co., 67574-67575


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67575


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Public administrative procedures:
    Introduction and general guidance; public land records, 67517-67518
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Koniag, Inc., 67573
    Stevens Village, 67573
    Tozitna, Ltd., 67573-67574
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Owyhee Resource Area, ID, 67574


Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Administrative appeals process, 67515


Minority Business Development Agency
NOTICES
Business development center program applications:
    Maryland, 67531-67532


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 67575-67576
Meetings:
    Aeronautics Advisory Committee, 67576
    Space Science Advisory Committee, 67576


National Capital Planning Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board; proposed 
            Convention Center, 67577


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67577
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67577-67578


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Fuel economy standards:
    Passenger automobiles; low volume manufacturer exemptions, 67491-
            67492
PROPOSED RULES
Fuel economy standards:
    Passenger automobiles; low volume manufacturer exemptions, 67518-
            67521
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67592-67593


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Research Resources, 67566
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 67566-67567
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 67567
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 67567, 67568
    National Library of Medicine, 67568
    Research Grants Division initial review groups, 67569-67572
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 67568-67569


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Agency Procedure Advisory Committee, 67578


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, 67497-67498
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Recordkeeping and reporting requirements; revisions, 67524-
                67526

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    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 67521-67524
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        Pennsylvania et al., 67532-67533


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67578-67579
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 67579
Meetings:
    Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 
            67579
    Chemical and Transport Systems Research Equipment Grant Panel, 
            67580
    Chemical and Transport Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 67580
    Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 67580
    Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 67580-67581
    Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 67581
    International Programs Special Emphasis Panel, 67581
    Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 67581
    Microelectronic Information Processing Systems Special Emphasis 
            Panel, 67581
    Polar Programs Special Emphasis Panel, 67581-67582


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Rulemaking petitions:
    Heartland Operation to Protect Environment, 67501-67503
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67582
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Tritium producing burnable poison rod lead test assemblies, 67584
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    PECO Energy Co., 67582-67584


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Prevailing rate systems, 67447
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 67584-67585


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Post office closings; petitions for appeal:
    DiGiorgio, CA, 67584-67585


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Iraq, northern; drawdown of commodities from the Department of Defense 
          to support a peace monitoring force, 67685


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Business and industrial loan program, 67624-67654
NOTICES
Maximum portion of guarantee authority available for 1996-1997 FY, 
          67530-67531


Rural Housing Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Business and industrial loan program, 67624-67654


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Business and industrial loan program, 67624-67654


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Voyageur Missouri Municipal Income Fund, Inc., 67585-67586
    Voyageur Texas Municipal Income Fund, 67586


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Clark County, WA, 67593
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 67593


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 67476-67477


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Giambattista Tiepolo, 67596-67597

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Energy, 67600-67621


Part III
Farm Service Agency, Rural Business Cooperative Service, Rural Housing 
          Service, Rural Utilities Service, 67624-67654


Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 67682-67677


Part V
The President, 67685
  
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                           5 CFR
532 (2 documents)....................................67447

                           7 CFR
58...................................................67447
1980.................................................67499
4279.................................................67624
4287.................................................67624
Proposed Rules:
980..................................................67499

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
61...................................................67501
835..................................................67600

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
207..................................................67503
220..................................................67503
221..................................................67503

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39 (3 documents).....................................67503
                                              67505, 67506

                          15 CFR
740..................................................67448
770..................................................67448
774..................................................67448

                          21 CFR
101..................................................67451
520..................................................67452
556..................................................67453

                          26 CFR
1....................................................67454
18...................................................67454
301..................................................67458
602 (2 documents)....................................67454
                                                     67458
Proposed Rules:
1 (3 documents)......................................67508
                                              67510, 67512

                          27 CFR
9....................................................67463

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
290..................................................67515

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents).....................................67466
                                                     67469
180..................................................67472
271..................................................67474
300..................................................67655
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents).....................................67515
                                                     67516
300..................................................67677
799..................................................67516

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1810.................................................67516

                          49 CFR
1....................................................67476
219..................................................67477
225..................................................67477
531..................................................67491
659..................................................67492
Proposed Rules:
531..................................................67518

                          50 CFR
17...................................................67493
648..................................................67497
Proposed Rules:
648..................................................67521
679..................................................67524