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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens 
            Advisory Committee; correction, 8514


Agriculture Department
See Food and Consumer Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Parity price determinations:
    Wool and mohair and sugar crops; definition updates, 8361


Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
RULES
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; implementation:
    Plastic explosives; marking for purpose of detection, 8374-8378
PROPOSED RULES
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; implementation:
    Plastic explosives; marking for purpose of detection, 8412


Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Access Board, 8421-8422


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Safety zones and security zones, etc.; list of temporary local 
            rules, 8378-8380


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8429-8430


Defense Department
RULES
Third party payers of reasonable costs of healthcare services; CFR part 
          removed
    Correction, 8378
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Intelligence Agency Scientific Advisory Board, 8430
    National Defense Panel, 8430
Travel per diem rates, civilian personnel; changes, 8430-8436


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8437


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Maryland, 8380-8383
    Ohio, 8383-8385
    Oregon, 8385-8388
Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Pennsylvania, 8389-8391
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Maryland, 8412-8413
    Ohio, 8413
    Oregon, 8413-8414
Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Pennsylvania, 8414
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8445-8446
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Interagency Testing Committee--
        Report, 8578-8583
Water pollution control:
    Clean Water Act--
        Class II administrative penalty assessments, 8446-8447


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 8514


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing; correction, 8367-8368
Class D airspace, 8368-8369
Class E airspace, 8369-8370
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus Industrie, 8408-8410
Class D and Class E airspace; withdrawn, 8410
Class E airspace, 8410-8411
Class E airspace; correction, 8514


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Cable Services Bureau, 8400-8402

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PROPOSED RULES
Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation:
    Customer proprietary network information, etc.; telecommunications 
            carriers' use, 8414-8417
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8447-8448
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    QUALCOMM, Inc., 8448


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Special elections; filing dates:
    Texas, 8449


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood insurance program:
    Insurance coverage and rates--
        Standard flood insurance policy; rebuilding or altering flood-
                damaged structures coverage, 8391-8400


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    National Gas & Electric L.P. et al., 8439-8442
    New York State Electric & Gas Corp. et al., 8442-8445
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 8445
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Corp., 8437-8438
    CNG Transmission Corp., 8438
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 8438
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 8438-8439


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements; additional information requests:
    Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., et al., 8449
Agreements filed, etc., 8449
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Aero-Mar-Terra Forwarding et al., 8449-8450


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Maglev Study Advisory Committee, 8507-8508


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 8450
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 8450
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8450


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Pallid manzanita, 8417-8418
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 8455
Meetings:
    North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 8455-8456


Food and Consumer Service
RULES
Food distribution programs:
    Donation of foods for use in U.S. territories and possessions, and 
            areas under jurisdiction--
        Disaster and distress situations; food assistance, 8361-8367
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8419


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Bambermycins, 8373-8374
        Lufenuron suspension and tablets, 8371
        Melengestrol acetate, monensin, and tylosin, 8372-8373
        Monensin feed blocks; correction, 8370
        Progesterone and estradiol benzoate ear implant, 8371-8372
        Sulfadimethoxine oral solution, 8370-8371
    Salicylic acid, 8372
NOTICES
Human drugs:
    Prescription products--
        Oral contraceptives; postcoital emergency contraception use, 
                8610-8612


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alabama
        Coastal Mobile Refinery Co.; oil refinery complex, 8422
    Missouri, 8422-8423


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Cache National Forest, ID, 8419-8421
Meetings:
    Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee, 8421


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8450-8451
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        December (1996), 8451-8452


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Migrant Health National Advisory Council, 8452

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8452-8453
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8453-8455


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Road maintenance funds to tribal bases distribution methodology, 8456
Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:
    Burns-Paiute Tribe, OR, 8456


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Federally funded research and development center; establishment, 8510-
          8511


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from--
        Thailand, 8423-8424
    Cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products 
            from--
        Korea, 8424
    Coumarin from--
        China, 8424-8426
    Melamine institutional dinnerware products from--
        Indonesia et al., 8426-8427
Pacific Islands; individuals and companies prepared to provide guidance 
          in doing business; list compilation, 8427-8428


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Needle bearing wire from--
        Japan, 8458-8459


Labor Department
See Labor Statistics Bureau
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8459
Meetings:
    Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy Labor Advisory Committee, 8459


Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8459-8460


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Fort Irwin National Training Center, CA; meeting, 8456
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Montana, 8456-8457
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Henry Mountain Resource Area et al., UT, 8457-8458


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8461


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76), 8463


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Vident, 8428


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bearing Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 8407
        Pollock, 8406-8407
        Scallop, 8406
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Northeast multispecies, 8404-8406
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Mid-Atlantic Take Reduction Team; meeting, 8428-8429
    National Academy of Sciences; Individual Fishing Quota study 
            advisory panels, 8429


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8461


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8461-8462
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 8462
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Power reactors; operating licensing examination standards, 8462-
            8463


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 8460-8461


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Personnel management demonstration projects:
    Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers; science and technology 
            reinvention laboratories, 8586-8607
Senior Executive Service:
    Career positions reserved during 1996; list, 8516-8576


Postal Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8463-8464


Public Health Service
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Liquefied natural gas regulations; miscellaneous amendments, 8402-
            8404
NOTICES
Hazardous materials:
    Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 8508-8510


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8421


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 8464-84728469-8472
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 8472-8475
    Government Securities Clearing Corp., 8475-8477
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 8477-8478
    Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 8478-8482
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 8483-8485
    Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 8485-8487


Sentencing Commission, United States
See United States Sentencing Commission


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 8504-8505


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community action program; application technical assistance 
            workshop, 8452


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 8510


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Hemlock Federal Bank for Savings, 8511


Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 8505
World Trade Organization:
    Algeria, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman, 
            Seychelles, and Vanuatu; accession, 8505-8506
    Vietnam; accession, 8506-8507


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


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office


United States Sentencing Commission
NOTICES
Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 8487-
          8504


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8511-8513
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Personnel Management Office, 8516-8576


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 8578-8583


Part IV
Personnel Management Office, 8586-8607


Part V
Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration, 
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                           7 CFR
5.....................................................8361
250...................................................8361

                          14 CFR
39....................................................8367
71 (3 documents).....................................8368,
                                                      8369
Proposed Rules:
39....................................................8408
71 (3 documents)......................................8410

                          21 CFR
520 (3 documents)....................................8370,
                                                      8371
522...................................................8371
529...................................................8372
558 (2 documents)....................................8372,
                                                      8373

                          27 CFR
47....................................................8374
55....................................................8374
Proposed Rules:
47....................................................8412
55....................................................8412

                          32 CFR
220...................................................8378

                          33 CFR
100...................................................8378
165...................................................8378

                          40 CFR
52 (3 documents).....................................8412,
                                                      8413
81....................................................8414
Proposed Rules:
52 (3 documents).....................................8380,
                                                8383, 8385
81....................................................8389

                          44 CFR
61....................................................8391

                          47 CFR
0.....................................................8400
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.................................................8414

                          49 CFR
193...................................................8402

                          50 CFR
648...................................................8404
679 (3 documents)....................................8406,
                                                      8407
Proposed Rules:
17....................................................8417