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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Evidence-based practice centers; topics nominations, 7234


Agriculture Department
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Telephone Bank
See Rural Utilities Service


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Ceramic Composite Aircraft Brake Consortium, 7256
    Southwest Research Institute; correction, 7256


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Occupational safety and health--
        Construction industry; illnesses and injuries prevention; 
                intervention projects, 7234-7237


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Oil spill hazards reduction in waters of Puget Sound, Straits of Juan 
          de Fuca, and Olympic Coast; additional hazards study; comment 
          request and workshops, 7292-7293


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Defense Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7217
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 7217-7218


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Student assistance general provisions--
        Compliance audits and financial responsibility standards, 7334
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policy-
            Making, and Management; national research and development 
            center, 7218-7219
Meetings:
    Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee, 
            7219


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Aluminum industry; technologies to enhance economic competitiveness 
            and reduce energy consumption and environmental impacts; 
            research and development, 7219-7220
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board--
        Monticello Site, 7220
        Pantex Plant, TX, 7220


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Metal Casting Industrial Advisory Board, 7220-7221


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, 7221-7222


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Phoenix, AZ moderate ozone nonattainment area; reformulated 
                gasoline program extension, 7164-7167
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Indiana, 7157-7159
    Tennessee, 7160-7163
    Texas, 7163-7164
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Phoenix, AZ moderate ozone nonattainment area; reformulated 
                gasoline program extension, 7197-7200
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Ohio, 7194-7197
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Indiana, 7193-7194
    Tennessee, 7194
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, 7229-7230
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Pollution Abatement Services Site, NY, 7230


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Air Tractor, Inc., 7152-7153

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PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations, etc.:
    Domestic, flag, supplemental, commuter, and on-demand operations; 
            editorial changes, etc.
        Correction, 7299
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus Industrie, 7184-7186
    McDonnell Douglas, 7180-7184


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio and television broadcasting:
    Broadcast services, television ownership, and newspaper/radio cross 
            ownership (national and local ownership and attribution 
            proceedings), 7203-7204


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Cotton, 7133-7135


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7230


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Coastal Nanjing Power Ltd. et al., 7226-7227
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 7222
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 7222
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 7222
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 7222-7223
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 7223
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 7223
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 7223
    Pacific Interstate Transmission Co., 7223-7224
    PacifiCorp, 7224
    Sabine Pipe Line Co., 7224-7225
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 7225
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 7225


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 7230-7231
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 7231
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 7231-7232


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Money Tree, Inc., et al., 7232-7233


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    Consolidated Insurance Co., 7294
    Excelsior Insurance Co., 7294-7295
    Indiana Insurance Co., 7295


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife:
    Polar bear trophies; importation from Canada, 7302-7331
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 7251


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory committees, panels, etc.
        Tentative schedule, 7237-7240


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7256


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 7233


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    HIV/AIDS Presidential Advisory Council, 7234
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 7234


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7240-7241


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Maternal and child health services--
        Federal set-aside program, etc., 7241-7245


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Special refund procedures; implementation, 7227-7229


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public and Indian housing--
        Economic development and supportive services program, 7249-7250
Mortgagee Review Board; administrative actions, 7250-7251


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Estate and gift taxes:
    Marital deduction, 7156-7157

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Income taxes:
    Foreign taxes deemed paid by domestic corporate shareholder; 
            computation
        Correction, 7155
    Passive foreign investment companies; treatment of shareholders; 
            correction, 7155
PROPOSED RULES
Estate and gift taxes:
    Marital deduction; cross reference, 7188-7189
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7295-7297


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Stainless steel wire rods from--
        France, 7206-7215


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
See Victims of Crime Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Aluminum Finishing Corp., 7254-7255
    Formosa Plastics Corp., 7255
    Metallurg, Inc., et al., 7255-7256


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Preservation and conservation:
    Designated wilderness areas, 7203
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Lewistown District, 7251
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Utah, 7251-7252
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Book Cliffs Conservation Initiative Area, UT, 7252
    Kingman Resource Area, AZ, 7252
Survey plat filings:
    Idaho, 7252-7253
    Illinois, 7253
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Oregon et al., 7253


Minerals Management Service
RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Lessee and contractor employees training program
        Correction, 7298
PROPOSED RULES
Royalty management:
    Oil valuation; Federal leases and Federal royalty oil sale, 7189


National Capital Planning Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Washington D.C. convention center; construction and operation, 7279


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Research and development programs, 7293


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Information processing standards, Federal:
    Entity authentication using public key cryptography, 7215-7216


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 7245-7246
    National Human Genome Research Institute, 7246
    National Institute of Mental Health, 7246-7247
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 7247
    National Institute on Aging, 7247-7248
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 7247
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            7247
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 7248-7249


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 7168-7179
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 7216-7217


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor 
            Commission, 7253-7254


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 7280-7281
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Envirocare of Utah, Inc., 7281
    Northeast Utilities, 7281-7284
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Atlas Corp., 7279-7280
    Entergy Operations, Inc.; correction, 7280


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    ILGWU National Retirement Fund et al., 7268-7275
    Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al., 7275-7279


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Employment:
    Reduction in force--
        Retention service credit received based on job performance; 
                correction, 7298-7299


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

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See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Reclamation Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Newlands Reclamation Project. NV; operating criteria and procedures 
          adjustments, 7201-7203


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7205


Rural Telephone Bank
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7205
Uruguay Round Agreements Act:
    Rural Electrification Act; Buy American provision; amendment, 7205-
            7206


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Telecommunications standards and specifications:
    Materials, equipment, and construction--
        Postloan engineering services contract, 7135-7152
NOTICES
Uruguay Round Agreements Act:
    Rural Electrification Act; Buy American provision; amendment, 7205-
            7206


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    ``Prepared by or on behalf of issuer''; definition for purposes of 
            determining if offering document is subject to State 
            regulation, 7186-7188
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7284
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7285
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 7285-7286
    Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 7286-7288
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 7288-7291
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Chyron Corp., 7284-7285


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 7291


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 7249


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Indiana, 7189-7193
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 7254


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Cost recovery procedures--
        Productivity adjustment, 7294
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 7294


Tennessee Valley Authority
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7291-7292


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


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Government Securities Act:
    Recordkeeping and preservation of records, 7153-7155


Victims of Crime Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Victim assistance program, 7256-7268
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 7302-7331


Part III
Department of Education, 7334
  
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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
293...................................................7298
351...................................................7298
430...................................................7298
531...................................................7298

                           7 CFR
457...................................................7133
1755..................................................7135

                          14 CFR
39....................................................7152
Proposed Rules:
39 (3 documents).....................................7180,
                                                7182, 7184
119...................................................7299

                          17 CFR
404...................................................7153
Proposed Rules:
230...................................................7186

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents).......................................7155
20....................................................7156
Proposed Rules:
20....................................................7188

                          30 CFR
250...................................................7298
Proposed Rules:
206...................................................7189
208...................................................7189
914 (2 documents)....................................7189,
                                                      7192

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
668...................................................7334

                          40 CFR
52 (3 documents).....................................7157,
                                                7160, 7163
80....................................................7164
Proposed Rules:
52 (3 documents).....................................7193,
                                                      7194
80....................................................7197
81....................................................7194

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
418...................................................7201
6300..................................................7203
8560..................................................7203

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
73....................................................7203
76....................................................7203

                          50 CFR
18....................................................7302
679...................................................7168