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NOTICES
Housing guaranty program:
    Czech Republic, 2385-2386


Agriculture Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2357


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Umatilla Chemical Depot, OR; chemical agent demilitarization 
            facility; construction and operation, 2359


Assassination Records Review Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2357-2358


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Surveys, determinations, etc.:
    Plant capacity, 2358


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2368-2369
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Fatality surveillance and field investigations at state level using 
            NIOSH fatality assessment and control evaluation model, 
            2369-2373


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Contract markets:
    Contract market rule review procedures, 2334-2335


Consumer Product Safety Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer Product Safety Act:
    Multi-purpose lighters; child-resistance standard, 2327-2334


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 2358-2359


Delaware River Basin Commission
NOTICES
Hearings, 2360-2361


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Rozeboom, Earl G., M.D.; correction, 2386


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Bilingual education and minority languages affairs--
        Statewide improvement grants, 2518-2541


Employment and Training Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal-State unemployment compensation program; unemployment insurance 
          performance system, 2544-2546
NOTICES
Job Training Partnership Act:
    Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs; allocation formula, 2387-
            2394


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 2310-2313
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Hanford Site, 2361


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Refrigerant recycling; CFR correction, 2310
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Colorado, 2305-2310
NOTICES
Superfund program:
    Prospective purchaser agreements--
        Indian Bend Wash-South Site, AZ, 2366-2367


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:
    Grand Canyon National Park, CO; special flight rules in vicinity 
            (SFAR No. 50-2)--
        Noise limitations; correction, 2445
Class E airspace, 2265-2266
Standard instrument approach procedures; correction, 2445
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Fokker, 2324-2327
NOTICES
Civil penalty actions; Administrator's decisions and orders; index 
          availability, 2434-2435

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Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2367


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2367-2368


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Montana Power Co. et al., 2362-2365
    South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. et al., 2365-2366
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 2361-2362
    Idaho Power Co., 2362


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2395


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 2368


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Laguna Mountains skipper and quino checkerspot butterfly, 2313-2322
PROPOSED RULES
Importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife:
    Designated port status--
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NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 2382-2383


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food for human consumption:
    Bottled water; radiological quality; CFR correction, 2266-2267
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
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General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 2358-2359


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        November (1996), 2373-2374


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 2374-2375


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
NOTICES
National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 2375-2382


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Intangible asset acquisitions and deemed asset purchases; 
            treatment, 2267-2275
    Private activity bonds; definition, 2275-2305
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Amortization of intangible property, 2336-2354
    Intangible asset acquisitions and deemed asset purchases; 
            treatment; cross reference, 2335-2336
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 2437-2442


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Missing and exploited children's program; correction, 2387


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Mine Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 2383


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2394-2395


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 2394


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


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 2358-2359

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish; correction, 2445
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2358


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Museum of South Dakota State Historical Society, SD; medicine man's 
            rattle, 2384
    Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ; ceramic jar, 2384
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, MA; Mohegan inventory 
            from Norwich, CT, 2384-2385
    W.H. Over State Museum of South Dakota State Historical Society, 
            SD; Northern Ponca drum, 2385


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers homeport facilities 
            development; U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2359-2360


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agreement State radiation control programs:
    Massachusetts; staff assessment, 2395-2399
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2400-2401
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 2401
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Portland General Electric Co., 2399-2400


Peace Corps
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2401


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Multiemployer and single-employer plans:
    Interest rates and assumptions, 2401-2402


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Retirement:
    Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement 
            System--
        Disability retirement; application procedures, 2323-2324
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2403
Excepted service:
    Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked--
        Update, 2403-2404


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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., 2409-2415
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 2415-2433
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Palladian Trust et al., 2404-2409


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2435-2436
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2436


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2436


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Exchange visitor program:
    Skills list, 2448-2516


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 2442
    Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 2442
Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance rate, 
          2442-2444
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
United States Information Agency, 2448-2516


Part III
Department of Education, 2518-2541


Part IV
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 2544-2546
  
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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
831...................................................2323
844...................................................2323

                          14 CFR
71 (2 documents)......................................2265
93....................................................2445
97....................................................2445
Proposed Rules:
39....................................................2324

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1210..................................................2327

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................2334

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
602...................................................2544
640...................................................2544
650...................................................2544

                          21 CFR
165...................................................2266

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents)......................................2267,
                                                      2275
602...................................................2275
Proposed Rules:
1 (2 documents).................................2335, 2336

                          40 CFR
52....................................................2305
82....................................................2310

                          48 CFR
904...................................................2310
906...................................................2310
908...................................................2310
915...................................................2310
923...................................................2310
925...................................................2310
945...................................................2310
952...................................................2310
970...................................................2310

                          50 CFR
17....................................................2313
679...................................................2445
Proposed Rules:
24....................................................2354