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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Peanuts, domestically produced; correction, 9071


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
            Advisory Board, 9155


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Nonregulated status determinations--
        Dupont Agricultural Products; genetically engineered soybeans, 
                9155-9156


Army Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 9179-9180


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


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9193-9194


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9159


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9159


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 9158


Commodity Credit Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Export programs:
    Processed agricultural commodities procurement for donation 
            overseas
        Public meeting, 9111


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
NOTICES
Satellite carrier compulsory license royalty rate adjustment; 
          arbitration period initiation, 9212


Defense Department
See Army Department


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Federal State unemployment compensation program:
    Unemployment insurance program letters--
        Federal unemployment insurance law interpretation, 9208-9210


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 9210-9211


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Gasoline distribution (Stage I), 9087-9093
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Maine, 9081-9087
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Louisiana; correction, 9080-9081
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Glufosinate ammonium; correction, 9093
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Gasoline distribution (Stage I), 9140
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Maine, 9140
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 9138
Toxic substances:
    Testing requirements--
        Biphenyl, etc., 9142-9143
NOTICES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    California pollution control standards; Federal preemption waiver; 
            public hearing, 9185-9186
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 9187-9188
        Weekly receipts, 9186-9187
Hazardous waste:
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP); transuranic radioactive waste 
            management and storage; guidance availability, 9188

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Meetings:
    CASTNet; peer review, 9189


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Lockheed, 9075-9076
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    British Aerospace, 9111
    Fokker, 9113


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Public mobile services--
        Cellular service; applications filing and processing for 
                underserved areas, etc., 9103-9110
PROPOSED RULES
Television broadcasting:
    Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992--
        Direct broadcast satellite public service obligations; 
                implementation, 9153-9154


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9189


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Northeast Utilities Service Co. et al., 9181-9184
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Boston Edison Co., 9180
    Constellation Energy Corp., 9180
    ESI Calistoga GP, Inc., et al., 9180
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 9180-9181
    Williams Natural Gas Corp., 9181


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Rulemaking and adjudicatory docket files; temporary relocation, 
            9234-9235


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 9189-9190


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Bank holding companies and change in bank control (Regulation Y):
    Bank holding companies competitiveness improvement, 9290-9344
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 9190
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 9190-9191
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9191


Federal Trade Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Fair Credit Reporting Act:
    Consumer reporting agencies; rights and duties, 9123-9137
Trade regulation rules:
    Franchising and business opportunity ventures; disclosure 
            requirements and prohibitions, 9123
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 9191-9193


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 9204
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Iron County, UT; Utah prairie dog, 9204-9205


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9194-9195
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        EXCENEL Sterile Suspension, 9195-9196
Biological products:
    Monoclonal antibody products for human use; points to consider in 
            manufacture and testing; document availability, 9196-9197
Food additive petitions:
    General Electric Co., 9197
Food additives:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        Olean (olestra); correction, 9197-9198
Human drugs:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        REDUX, 9198
Meetings:
    Advisory committees, panels, etc., 9199-9201


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    South Carolina
        Bayer Corp.; rubber chemicals manufacturing facility, 9159-9160


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Idaho Panhandle National Forests, ID, 9156-9158


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9201-9202

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9203
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 9203-9204


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, 9204


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9237-9238


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Brake drums and rotors from--
        China, 9160-9175
    Fresh cut flowers from--
        Colombia, 9175
    High power microwave amplifiers and components from--
        Japan, 9176
Scope rulings; list, 9176-9178


Justice Department
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Executive Office for Immigration Review; free legal services list 
            responsibility, 9071-9075


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9207-9208


Land Management Bureau
RULES
Minerals management:
    Mining claims under general mining laws; surface management, 9093-
            9103
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Calista Corp., 9205
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board, 
            9205-9206
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Rangeland health standards and livestock grazing management 
            guidelines, MT, 9206
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Northwest Colorado, 9206-9207
Oil and gas leases:
    New Mexico, 9207
Survey plat filings:
    Idaho, 9207


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Cost-effectiveness analysis of Federal programs; discount rates 
          (Circular A-94), 9221-9222


Maritime Administration
PROPOSED RULES
U.S.-flag commercial vessels:
    Carriage of bulk and packaged preference cargoes; fair and 
            reasonable guideline rates; determination, 9143-9153


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 9212-9213


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9213


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 9213


National Institute for Literacy
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9213-9214


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 9178-9179


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Transportation safety; corporate management philosophies and practices; 
          public symposium, 9214


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Florida Power Corp., 9214-9216
    Kumar, Krishna, 9216-9218
    Mulkey, James L., 9218-9220
    Washington Public Power Supply System, 9220-9221


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 9211-9212


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 9239


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration

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


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Restricted securities resales; shorter holding period requirements, 
            9242-9245
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Offshore offers and sales,9258-9275
    Smaller reporting companies; delayed pricing for certain 
            registrants, 9276-9287
    Underwriter definition, etc., 9246-9258
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations:
    Clearing agency registration applications--
        Cedel Bank; exemption, 9222-9233
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 9224-9225


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9233-9234


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9202-9203


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Ohio, 9076-9080


Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Tariffs and schedules:
    Freight forwarders in noncontiguous domestic trade; exemption from 
            rate reasonableness and tariff filing requirements, 9110
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad, L.C., 9235
    Durbano, David L., 9235-9236


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Maritime Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 9234
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 9234


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9181, 9236-9237


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Voice of America programs and program services; private sector 
          partners, 9238
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 9242-9287


Part III
Federal Reserve System, 9290-9344


Part IV
The President, 9347
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6867 (Modified by Notice of February 27, 1997)........9347
Administrative Orders:
Notices (February 27, 1997)...........................9347

                           7 CFR
999...................................................9071
Proposed Rules:
1496..................................................9111

                           8 CFR
3.....................................................9071
103...................................................9071
212...................................................9071
235...................................................9071
236...................................................9071
242...................................................9071
287...................................................9071
292...................................................9071
292a..................................................9071

                          12 CFR
225...................................................9290

                          14 CFR
39....................................................9075
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)................................9111, 9113

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
436...................................................9115
601...................................................9123

                          17 CFR
230..................................................9742,
                                                      9246
Proposed Rules:
228 (2 documents)....................................9258,
                                                      9246
229 (2 documents)....................................9258,
                                                      9276
230 (3 documents)....................................9246,
                                                9258, 9276
239...................................................9246
249...................................................9258

                          30 CFR
935...................................................9076

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents).....................................9080,
                                                      9081
63....................................................9087
81....................................................9081
180...................................................9093
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents).....................................9138,
                                                      9140
63....................................................9140
81....................................................9140
799...................................................9142

                          43 CFR
3800..................................................9093

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
382...................................................9143

                          47 CFR
22....................................................9103
Proposed Rules:
76....................................................9153

                          49 CFR
1319..................................................9110