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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Import quotas and fees:
    Swiss cheese from Canada and Germany, 727


Air Force Department
RULES
Claims and litigation:
    Distribution of literature and protest and dissident activities; 
            CFR part removed, 631
Sales and services:
    Copying, certifying, and searching records and other documentary 
            material; fee schedule; CFR part removed, 631
    Legal assistance program; CFR part removed, 631


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables; importation, 593-597
Veterinarian accreditation, etc.:
    Optional digital signature; official certificates, forms, records, 
            and reports, 597-600


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


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


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Special research programs--
        Pest management alternatives research, 884-888
        Potato research, 876-882


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Engineers Corps
RULES
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed serivces (CHAMPUS):
    Unproven drugs, devices, and medical treatments and procedures; 
            recognition as nationally accepted medical practice 
            process; exclusion clarification, 625-631
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 735-736
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 736
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual; 
          availability, 736-737


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 738-740
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 740
Meetings:
    National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, 740-741


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
    New York State Electric & Gas Corp., 741
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Windsor, CT--
        S1C Prototype reactor plant, defueled and dismantled; disposal, 
                741-742
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual; 
          availability, 736-737


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Consumer product test procedures; waiver petitions:
    CFM Majestic Inc., 742-745


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Base realignment and closure:
    Surplus Federal property--
        Sierra Army Depot, Herlong, CA, 737-738
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Middlesex County et al., NJ; Green Brook flood control project, 738


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Louisiana, 648-653
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Ohio, 646-648
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Ohio, 695-696
NOTICES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    Urban buses (1993 and earlier model years); retrofit/rebuild 
            requirements; equipment certification--
        Engine Control Systems Ltd., 746-750
Meetings:
    Scientific Counselors Board Executive Committee, 750
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual; 
          availability, 736-737


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 602-603

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    Fokker, 604-607
    Williams International, L.L.C., 600-602
Class E airspace, 607-610
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 790-791


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Personal communication services:
    Broadband PCS--
        Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation; market 
                entry barriers elimination, 653-662
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Kentucky et al., 664-665
Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation:
    Common carrier services--
        Local competition provisions; motion for stay and notification 
                of court stay, 662-664
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Cellular and general wireless communications services; geographic 
            partitioning and spectrum disaggregation; market entry 
            barriers elimination, 696-700
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 750-751
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 751-752


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System; policy statement, 752-757


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
    Open access same-time information system (formerly real-time 
            information networks) and standards of conduct for public 
            utilities
        Next hour reservations of transmission service; clarification, 
                610-611
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Panhandle Easter Pipe Line Co., 745


Federal Highway Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Engineering and traffic operations:
    Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual--
        Markings, signals, and traffic control systems for railroad-
                highway grade crossings, 691-694
NOTICES
Intelligent Transportation Systems National Architecture; dedicated 
          short range comunication systems; implementation, 791-793


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 757
Freight forwarder licenses:
    International Consultants, Inc., et al., 757-758


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
RULES
Book-entry securities:
    Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae); conformity to 
            TRADES regulations, 621-625
Marketable book-entry Treasury bills, notes, and bonds; sale and issue; 
          uniform offering circular; amendments, 846-874
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    American Interstate Insurance Co., 794


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses, etc. (three wetland species in 
            southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico), 665-689


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Irradiation in production, processing, and handling of food--
        Poultry feed or poultry feed ingredients; rendering as 
                salmonella negative by gamma radiation; hearing on 
                objections denied, 611-613
    New drug applications--
        Gentamicin sulfate intrauterine solution, 611
NOTICES
Biological product licenses:
    AM-Rho Laboratories, Inc., 762-763
Food additives:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        Olean, 763-764
Meetings:
    Advisory committees, panels, etc., 764-765
    National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, 765-766


Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 727-728


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 758-762


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    FHA Comptroller, 766-767


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 767-768

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Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Inflation-indexed debt instruments, 615-621
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Inflation-indexed debt instruments; cross-reference, 694-695
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 794-795


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping duty orders and findings:
    Intent to revoke, 728
Countervailing duties:
    Ball bearings and parts from--
        Thailand, 728-731
    Pasta from--
        Italy, 731-732
Export trade certificates of review, 732-733


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Sodium azide from--
        Japan, 770


Justice Department
See Parole Commission


Labor Department
See Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Southeastern Oregon, 769


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 769


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Smart air bags, vehicles without; warning labels, manual cutoff 
                switches, etc.; reduction of dangerous impacts on 
                children, 798-806
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Air bag deactivation, 807-844


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf king mackerel, 689-690
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 724-726
    Atlantic shark, 724
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        South Atlantic shrimp, 720-724
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pacific Coast groundfish, 700-720
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA; Taurus space launch vehicles, 
                734-735


National Park Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 769-770


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 771
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 771-772
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual; 
          availability, 736-737


Parole Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 770-771


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Miscellaneous amendments; correction, 645-646
International Mail Manual:
    Global Package Link--
        Canada and United Kingdom, 638-645
        Implementation, 631-638


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 772-782
    Pacific Stock Exchange Inc., 782-783
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 783-785


State Department
RULES
Visas; immigrant documentation:
    Violence Againist Women Act; spouses and children self-petition for 
            immediate relative and preference classifications; 
            classification symbols, 613-615


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Ludington & Northern Railway, Inc., 793-794


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 785

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    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 785
National freight transportation policy; policy statement, 785-790


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 795


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 795
Meetings:
    Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee, 796
    Special Medical Advisory Group, 795-796


Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 771
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety 
          Administration, 798-844


Part III
Department of Treasury, Fiscal Service, 846-874


Part IV
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 876-882


Part V
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 884-888
  
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                           7 CFR
300....................................................593
319....................................................593

                           9 CFR
160....................................................597
161....................................................597

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents)......................................600,
                                                  602, 604
71 (3 documents)......................................607,
                                                  608, 609

                          18 CFR
37.....................................................610

                          21 CFR
529....................................................611
579....................................................611

                          22 CFR
42.....................................................613

                          23 CFR
Proposed Rules:
655....................................................691

                          26 CFR
1......................................................615
Proposed Rules:
1......................................................694

                          31 CFR
354....................................................621
356....................................................846

                          32 CFR
199....................................................625
813....................................................631
818b...................................................631
844....................................................631

                          39 CFR
20 (2 documents)......................................631,
                                                       638
111....................................................645

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents)......................................646,
                                                       648
81.....................................................648
Proposed Rules:
52.....................................................695

                          47 CFR
24.....................................................653
51.....................................................662
73.....................................................664
Proposed Rules:
22.....................................................696
26.....................................................696

                          49 CFR
571....................................................798
Proposed Rules:
571....................................................807
595....................................................831

                          50 CFR
17.....................................................665
622....................................................689
Proposed Rules:
600....................................................700
622....................................................720
660....................................................700
678....................................................724
679....................................................724