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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Food and Consumer Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Hass avocado from Mexico, 5293-5315


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Savanna Army Depot Activity, IL; disposal and reuse, 5388


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


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5384-5385


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National limb loss information project, 5420-5423
    State and community-based childhood lead poisoning prevention 
            program and blood levels in children surveillance, 5423-
            5428


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Racial and ethnic tensions in American communities:
    Poverty, inequality, and discrimination--
        Mississippi Delta, 5384


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Pollution:
    Tank vessel and facility response plans, and response equipment for 
            hazardous substances, 5356-5357
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee, 5504
    Minimum Requirements and Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services, 
            5504


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


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5386-5387


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Fund for Rural America Program
        Correction, 5517


Defense Department
See Army Department
RULES
Medical quality assurance (QA) records, confidentiality; and order of 
          succession of officers to act as Secretary of Defense; CFR 
          parts removed, 5332-5333
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Military Health Care Advisory Committee, 5387
    Military Personnel Testing Advisory Committee, 5387
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Defense Hearings and Appeals Office, 5387-5388


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5388


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 5488-5489


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Southwestern Power Administration


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Limitation of future contracting, 5347-5349
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Glufosinate ammonium, 5333-5338
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Delaware, 5357-5370
Clean Air Act:
    Continuous emission monitoring program; excess emissions; appeal 
            procedures, 5370
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Formic acid, 5370-5373
NOTICES
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain provisions--
        Opt-in rule litigation; proposed settlement; Alcoa Generating 
                Corp., 5392
Clean Water Act:
    Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program; draft availability, 5392-
            5393
Grants, State and local assistance:
    Pollution prevention information network (FY 1997), 5393-5396

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Meetings:
    Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 5396
    National Drinking Water Advisory Council, 5396
    Science Advisory Board, 5396-5397
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    American Cyanamid Co., 5399-5403
    Ciba-Geigy, 5403-5406
    Ciba-Geigy Corp., 5406-5408
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Meiji Milk Products Co., 5397-5398
    Riverdale Chemical Co. et al., 5398-5399
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Azoxystrobin, 5408-5409
    Cymoxanil, etc., 5409-5410


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A., 5350-5355


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio and television broadcasting:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Broadcast facilities; license term extension to eight years, 
                5339-5347
PROPOSED RULES
Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation:
    Common carrier services--
        Forward-looking economic cost proxy models; staff analysis, 
                5373-5375


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 5390-5391
Meetings:
    Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp., 5391
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 5388-5389
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 5389
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 5389
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 5389-5390
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 5390


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5489


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 5410-5411
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 5411-5412


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Appliances, consumer; energy costs and consumption information labeling 
          and advertising:
    Residential energy sources; average unit energy costs, 5316-5318
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    1554 Corp. et al., 5412-5413
    Administrative Co. et al., 5413-5414
    Herb Gordon Auto World, Inc. et al., 5414-5416
    Huling Bros. Chevrolet, Inc. et al., 5416-5417
    Nationwide Syndications, Inc., 5417-5418
    Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5418-5420


Food and Consumer Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5380-5384


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Ivermectin chewables, 5319
        Naltrexone hydrochloride injection, 5319-5320
        Tetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder, 5318-5319
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Alcide Corp., 5428-5429
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Marketed drugs, biologics, and devices; adverse effects studies, 
            5429-5432
Human drugs:
    Patent extensions; regulatory review period determinations--
        DIFFERIN topical gel, 5432-5433


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Holocaust survivor claims adjudication for compensation; filing 
          deadline, 5486


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5483


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
See Indian Health Service
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5433
Clinical laboratories improvement:
    Laboratories exemption; Puerto Rico, 5433-5442


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
National vaccine injury compensation program:
    Petitions received, 5442-5443


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5447-5479
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5480-5482
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Debenture interest rates, 5482


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:
    Iowa Tribe, OK, 5483

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Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Health professions preparatory, pregraduate and Indian health 
            professions scholarship programs (FY's 1997, 1998, and 
            1999), 5443-5446


Interior Department
See Geological Survey
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Obligation-shifting transactions, multiple-party; realized income 
            from leases, etc. and deductions claimed from another 
            party; reporting and recordkeeping requirements; hearing 
            change, 5355


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Export trade certificates of review
    Correction, 5517


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Potatoes, fresh and processed; competitive conditions affecting 
            U.S. and Canadian industries, 5484-5485


Justice Department
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Connor Investment Co., 5485
    North American Chemical Co., 5485
    Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections, 5486


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5487-5488


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration


Land Management Bureau
RULES
Range management:
    Wild free-roaming horses and burros; adoption fees, 5338-5339
PROPOSED RULES
Minerals management:
    Leasing of solid minerals other than coal and oil shale; Federal 
            regulatory review, 5373
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National Historical Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory 
            Board, 5483-5484


Minerals Management Service
RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Lessee and contractor employees training program, 5320-5329
    Unitization; model unit agreements, 5329-5332
PROPOSED RULES
Royalty managment:
    Oil valuation; Federal leases and Federal royalty oil sale, 5355-
            5356


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


National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5384


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Organization and operations--
        Membership fields restructuring, permission; interpretive 
                ruling and policy statement, 5315-5316


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5489-5490


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 5375-5379
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 5385
Permit applications:
    Marine mammals, 5385-5386


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Lake Clark National Park Subsistence Resource Commission, 5484


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Enforcement actions; policy and procedure; inquiry, 5494-5495
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Illinois Power Co. et al., 5495
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 5496
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 5490-5492
    North Atlantic Energy Service Corp. et al., 5492-5494


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Post office closings; petitions for appeal:
    Eddyville, NE, 5496-5497
    Hertel, WI, 5497

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Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Indian Health Service
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials:
    Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 5504-5507


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5501
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 5502
    Government Securities Clearing Corp., 5502-5503
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; correction [Editorial Note: This 
            document, published at 62 FR 4833 in the Federal Register 
            of January 31, 1997, was erroneously classified as a 
            Proposed Rule in that issue's Table of Contents.]
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Anchor Pathway Fund et al., 5497-5498
    Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 5498-5501


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Foreign insurance or pension systems:
    Macedonia, 5503-5504


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Integrated System power rates and opportunities
    Rate design development; technical conference canceled, 5391-5392


Statistical Reporting Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5446-5447


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    CSX Corp. et al., 5507-5511
    Norfolk Southern Corp. et al., 5511-5515
    Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co., 5515-5516
    Wisconsin Central Ltd., 5516
Railroad services abandonment:
    Norfolk Southern Railway Co.; correction, 5516


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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                           7 CFR
319...................................................5293

                          12 CFR
701...................................................5315

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39....................................................5350

                          16 CFR
305...................................................5316

                          21 CFR
520 (2 documents)....................................5318,
                                                      5319
522...................................................5319

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................5355

                          30 CFR
250 (2 documents)....................................5320,
                                                      5329
Proposed Rules:
206...................................................5355
208...................................................5355

                          32 CFR
255...................................................5332
340...................................................5332

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
154...................................................5356
155...................................................5356

                          40 CFR
180...................................................5333
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents).....................................5357,
                                                      5361
72....................................................5370
73....................................................5370
74....................................................5370
75....................................................5370
77....................................................5370
78....................................................5370
180...................................................5370

                          43 CFR
4700..................................................5338
Proposed Rules:
3500..................................................5373
3510..................................................5373
3520..................................................5373
3530..................................................5373
3540..................................................5373
3550..................................................5373
3560..................................................5373
3570..................................................5373

                          47 CFR
73....................................................5339
74....................................................5339
Proposed Rules:
36....................................................5373
51....................................................5373
61....................................................5373
69....................................................5373

                          48 CFR
1552..................................................5347

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
648...................................................5375