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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Cotton research and promotion order:
    Sign-up period during which eligible producers and importers could 
            request continuance referendum on 1991 amendments, 1659-
            1662


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


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Veterinarian accreditation, etc.:
    Optional digital signature; official certificates, forms, records, 
            and reports
        Correction, 1817


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Gas Research Institute Through-Casing Resistivity Logging Research 
            Consortium, 1780


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


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


Commerce Department
See Economic Analysis Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1707


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1736-1737


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1737


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Military construction; cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts restriction; 
            exception
        Correction, 1817
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities:
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1737-1738
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National security education program; institutional grants, 1738
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 1738


Economic Analysis Bureau
RULES
International services surveys:
    Foreign direct investments in U.S.--
        BE-20; selected services transactions with unaffiliated foreign 
                persons, 1665-1668


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Endowment challenge program, et al., 1739-1740
    Postsecondary education--
        Federal Perkins loan, Federal work-study, and Federal 
                supplemental educational opportunity grant programs, 
                1740-1741
    State student incentive program, 1826


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Concrete armor unit for protecting coastal and hydraulic structures 
            and shorelines, 1738
    Rotating high vacuum mercury seal, etc., 1738-1739


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Hazardous waste:
    Identification and listing--
        Envirite of Illinois et al.; changes in ownership and name, 
                1678-1681
Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:
    Oil and gas extraction; correction, 1681-1682
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1750-1752
Meetings:
    National performance measures strategy for enforcement and 
            compliance assurance, 1752-1753
    Science Advisory Board, 1753
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        MRM Superfund Site, MO, 1753-1754


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1707-1708


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness standards:
    Transport category airplanes--
        Passenger emergency exits, type and number, seating standards, 
                etc.; correction, 1817

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PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 1695-1698
Class D and E airspace, 1698-1700
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Washingon National Airport, Washington, DC, 1794-1795
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Rocky Mountain National Park, OR; special flight rules establishing 
            national standards for air tour operations over national 
            parks, 1795-1797
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 1797-1798
Meetings:
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    RTCA, Inc., 1799
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.;
    Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, PA, 1799-1801


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1754-1755
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 1755-
          1756


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:
    Connecticut, et al., 1688-1690
    Michigan, et al., 1685-1688
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Technical Mapping Advisory Council, 1756


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Petroelectricda de Panama LDC et al., 1745-1749
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1749-1750
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alliance Pipeline L.P., 1741
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 1741-1742
    PanEnergy Field Services, Inc., 1742
    Sea Robin Pipeline Co., 1742-1743
    Shell Gas Pipeline Co., 1743
    Transok, Inc., 1743
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 1743-1744
    Trunkline Gas Co., 1744-1745
    United American Energy Corp., 1745
    Washington Water Power Co., 1745


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Allegheny and Washington Counties, PA--
        Transportation improvements between I-79 and Mon/Fayette Toll 
                Expressway, 1801-1802
        Transportation improvements between State Route 60 and US Route 
                22, 1802
        Transportation improvements between US Route 22 and I-79, 1802-
                1803
    Elk County, PA; withdrawn, 1803


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Federal home loan bank system:
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Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 1766


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 1767


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Judgement Fund; transfer, 1808


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Juglans jamaicensis, 1691-1694
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        Owens tui chub et al., 1777-1778
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Bexar Metropolitan water district, TX; San Marcos gambusia, 
                etc., 1778-1779


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Guidance documents:
    Blood establishment computer software; availability, 1767-1768


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities:
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1737-1738
OF 95, opened/locked sign for restricted files; form cancellation, 1767


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicaid:
    Redetermination due to welfare reform, 1682-1685
NOTICES
Health insurance coverage to individuals with prior group coverage; 
          guaranty of availability under 1996 Health Insurance 
          Portability and Accountability Act, 1768-1776


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; advisory committees:
    February, 1776-1777


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

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RULES
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act:
    Civil penalties for compliance failure by museums, 1820-1823


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign tax credit; filing requirements, 1700-1701
    Limited liability companies; tax treatment of self-employed 
            members; withdrawn, 1701
    Limited partner for self-employment tax purposes; definition, 1702-
            1705
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1809-1815
Federally-funded research and development center; proposed 
          establishment, 1815-1816


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Melamine institutional dinnerware products from--
        China,1708-1719
        Indonesia, 1719-1726
        Taiwan, 1726-1733
    Pencils, cased, from--
        China, 1734-1735
    Polyethylene terephthalate film from--
        Korea, 1735-1736


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Justice Programs Office


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1780-1781


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Minerals management:
    Oil and gas leasing--
        Stripper oil properties; royalty rate reduction, 1705
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Imperial Project gold mining operation, Imperial County, CA; 
            correction, 1779
Meetings:
    Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council, 1779
    Resource advisory councils--
        Susanville, CA, 1779-1780


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities:
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1737-1738


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Combined Arts Advisory Panel, 1781


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle theft prevention standard:
    High theft lines for 1997 model year; listing; correction, 1690-
            1691
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 1803-1805


National Labor Relations Board
RULES
Rules and regulations:
    Associate chief judge in San Francisco, CA; title correction, 1668


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic swordfish and shark, 1705-1706


Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1782


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Agreement State licenses; recognition of areas under exclusive Federal 
          jurisdicion wihin agreement State, 1662-1665
NOTICES
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Roemer, Eleanor, Esq., et al., 1783
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Department of Energy, 1782-1783


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Employment:
    Excepted service--
        Summer employment, 1695


Postal Service
RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Global package link (GPL) service to Canada, 1674-1678


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 1786-1788
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1788-1790
    Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 1790-1791
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    OFFITBANK Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 1783-1786
    Special Portfolios, Inc., 1786


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Social security acquiescence rulings:
    Gamble v. Chater; amputation of a lower extremity, 1791-1792
    Parisi by Cooney v. Chater; dual entitlement, reduction of benefits 
            under the family maximum, 1792-1794

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Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Ohio, 1668-1674


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Florida Central Railroad Co., Inc., 1805-1806


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1806-1808
  
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Department of the Interior, 1820-1823


Part III
Department of Education, 1826
  
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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
213...................................................1695
338...................................................1695

                           7 CFR
1205..................................................1659

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
160...................................................1817
161...................................................1817

                          10 CFR
150...................................................1662
170...................................................1662

                          14 CFR
25....................................................1817
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................16950
71 (2 documents).....................................1698,
                                                      1699

                          15 CFR
801...................................................1665

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1 (3 documents)......................................1700,
                                                1701, 1702

                          29 CFR
102...................................................1668

                          30 CFR
935...................................................1668

                          39 CFR
20....................................................1674

                          40 CFR
261...................................................1678
435...................................................1681

                          42 CFR
435...................................................1682

                          43 CFR
10....................................................1820
Proposed Rules:
3100..................................................1705

                          44 CFR
64 (2 documents).....................................1685,
                                                      1688

                          48 CFR
216...................................................1817

                          49 CFR
541...................................................1690

                          50 CFR
17....................................................1691
Proposed Rules:
630...................................................1705
678...................................................1705