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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    Black Hills, SD, 67927
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67996-67997


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Tuberculosis in cattle and bison--
        State and area classifications, 67928-67929
Viruses, serums, toxins, etc.:
    Encephalomyelitis vaccine, Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan, killed 
            virus, 67929-67930


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Regional offices, 68045-68047


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Florida, 67947-67948
Ports and waterways safety:
    Back River and Foster Creek, SC; safety zone, 67948-67949
Regattas and marine parades:
    Delaware River, PA; New Year's Eve fireworks, 67946
    First Coast Guard District fireworks displays, 67946-67947
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    New Jersey, 67970-67971
Ports and waterways safety:
    Lake Erie, South Passage of the Western Basin--
        Regulated navigation area, 67971-67975
NOTICES
Eighth Coast Guard District Regional Examination Center; designated 
          areas for issuance of first class pilot licenses and 
          endorsements, 68090-68091
Meetings:
    Commercial ships; compressed and liquefied natural gas use as fuel, 
            68091
    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee, 68091


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Board of Trade--
        Corn and soybeans futures, 67998-68013


Defense Department
See Navy Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contract termination, solicitation, and clauses, 67952
Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustment, 67944-67946
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Partnership Council, 68013-68014


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Kelly, Irene C.; correction, 68097
    Rozeboom, Earl G. M.D.; correction, 68097


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., 68057-68058
    Connor Forest Industries, Inc., 68058
    E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Co., 68058-68059
    Olga Co., 68059
    Velco Electronics, Inc., 68059
    Warnaco, Inc., 68059
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 68059-68060


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68060-68061


Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program, 68014-68026


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change Joint Program, 68026-68030


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67950-67951
PROPOSED RULES
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        North Dakota, 67975-67977

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NOTICES
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    American Cyanamid Co., 68036-68039
Pesticide programs:
    Worker protection standards--
        Chlorothalonil; withdrawn, 68034
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Cartilage Technologies, Inc., 68035
    Rodenticide baits and other vertebrate pesticides, 68035-68036
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Premanufacture exemption approvals, 68039-68040


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68040


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd., 67965-67967
Class E airspace, 67967


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Formal complaints filed against common carriers; processing, 67978-
            67988
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Bell Operating Company; section 271, application procedures, 68040-
            68043


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 68033
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 68030
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 68030
    Georgia Power Co., 68031
    Gulf States Transmission Corp., 68031
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 68032
    Mojave Pipeline Co., 68030
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 68032
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 68032
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 68032-68033


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    MAS & E Company et al., 68043


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 68043
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 68043-68044
Fair credit reporting; public availability and use of social security 
          numbers and other sensitive identifying information; comment 
          request, 68044-68045


Federal Transit Administration
RULES
Prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse prevention in transit 
          operations:
    Random drug testing program, 67962


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 68049-68050
Marine mammal permit applications, 68050-68051


Foreign Assets Control Office
RULES
Foreign assets control regulations:
    Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act; implementation--
        Terrorism list governments sanctions regulations, 67943-67944


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, OR; cancelled, 67997
Meetings:
    Olympic Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory 
            Committee, 67997


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal travel:
    Long-distance telephone call certification requirement; repeal, 
            67951


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68048


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 68033-68034


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Home equity conversion mortgage insurance demonstration; mortgage 
            balance definition, etc.
        Correction, 67930-67931
NOTICES
Public and Indian housing:
    Reasonable revitalization potential assessment of public housing 
            required by law--
        Timeframe amendment, 68048-68049


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68056-68057
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 68057


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau
See Special Trustee for American Indians Office
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    California Desert District Advisory Council, 68049

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Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnerships; distribution of marketable securities, 67936-67942


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Overseas Private Investment Corporation


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Engineered process gas turbo-compressor systems from--
        Japan, 68053-68054
    Ethyl alcohol for fuel use from Caribbean Based Initiative (CBI) 
            beneficiary countries--
        Base quantity determination, 68054-68055
    Sodium azide from--
        Japan, 68055
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 68055


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    City of San Diego et al., 68055-68056


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration
See Labor-Management Standards Office
See Mine Safety and Health Administration


Labor-Management Standards Office
RULES
Labor organizations administrative practices and financial 
          transactions; reporting and disclosure of information on 
          computer-generated formats for reports, 67942


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Green River Basin Advisory Committee, 68051


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Sargeant Marine, Inc., 68091-68092


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68061-68063


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Combined Arts Advisory Panel, 68063
    Humanities panel, 68063-68064


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Hybrid III test dummy modifications, 67953-67962


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Individual fish quota program; sweep-up adjustments, 67962-
                67964
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Scallop fishery vessel entry; temporary moratorium, 67988
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        BP Exploration (Alaska), 67997
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 67998, 68050-68051


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Olympic National Park, WA; Lake Crescent watershed, 68051
Meetings:
    Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Group, 68051-68052


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 
            68064
    Chemical and Transport Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 68064-68065
    Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 68065
    Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 
            68065-68066
    Mathematical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 68066
    Undergraduate Education Special Emphasis Panel, 68066


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Naval Sea System Command, Arlington, VA; relocation to Washington 
            Navy Yard, DC, 68014


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Enforcement actions policy and procedure:
    Policy statement revision; correction, 68070-68071
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Massachusetts radiation control program; staff assessment, 68066-
            68070


Overseas Private Investment Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 68053


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
RULES
Regulations; reorganization, renumbering, and reinvention:
    Federal regulatory reform
        Correction, 67942-67943


Postal Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 68071

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Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68071-68072


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68052


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program; guidance on performance 
          measures, 68092


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Investment companies:
    National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996; private 
            investment companies, 68100-68115
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 68072-68073
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 68078-68081
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 68081-68082
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 68082-68087
    Participants Trust Co., 68087-68089
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Centennial Technologies, Inc., 68073
    Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, 68073-68075
    Providence Energy Corp., 68075-68076
    Van Kampen American Capital Equity Opportunity Trust et al., 68076-
            68078


Special Trustee for American Indians Office
RULES
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act:
    Restricted tribal funds withdrawal and management, 67931-67936


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 68089-68090


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Iowa, 67967-67970
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 68052-68053


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Cost recovery procedures--
        Adjustment factor, 68092
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., et al., 68092-68093


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Transit Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Commandant, United States Coast Guard, 67952-67953


Treasury Department
See Foreign Assets Control Office
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Department of the Treasury Seal, 68093-68094


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    International educational and cultural activities--
        Albania; medial management training programs, 68094-68096


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 67949-67950
  
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                           7 CFR
1075.................................................67927

                           9 CFR
77...................................................67928
113..................................................67929

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................67965
71...................................................67967

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
270..................................................68100

                          24 CFR
206..................................................67930

                          25 CFR
Ch. VII..............................................67931
1200.................................................67931

                          26 CFR
1....................................................67936

                          29 CFR
402..................................................67942
403..................................................67942
404..................................................67942
405..................................................67942
406..................................................67942
408..................................................67942
409..................................................67942
4000.................................................67942
4022.................................................67942
4041.................................................67942

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
915..................................................67967

                          31 CFR
596..................................................67943

                          32 CFR
269..................................................67944

                          33 CFR
100 (2 documents)....................................67946
117..................................................67947
165..................................................67948
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................67970
165..................................................67971

                          38 CFR
3....................................................67949

                          40 CFR
9....................................................67950
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................67975

                          41 CFR
301..................................................67951

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
0....................................................67978
1....................................................67978

                          48 CFR
249..................................................67952
252..................................................67952

                          49 CFR
1....................................................67952
572..................................................67953
653..................................................67962
654..................................................67962

                          50 CFR
679..................................................67962
Proposed Rules:
679..................................................67990