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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Food and Consumer Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Import quotas and fees:
    Upland cotton
        Special import quota, 14105-14109


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Animal welfare:
    Rulemaking petitions--
        Retail pet store; term definition, 14044-14047
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables; importation, 14037-14044
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Nonindigenous biological control agent release; permit issuance, 
            14109-14110


Army Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 14120
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Allen Telecom Group, Inc., Decibel Products Division, 14120


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14151-14152
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14152


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Native American programs--
        Temporary assistance to needy families, 14276-14282
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Child Support Enforcement Office, 14152-14154


Coast Guard
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, 14181


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 14116-14119


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14120-14121
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Federal work-study programs, 14121-14122
    Jacob K. Javits fellowship program, 14186
Meetings:
    National Assessment Governing Board, 14122


Energy Department
See Energy Information Administration
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Medical surveillance for former DOE workers; evaluation, 14122-
            14125
    Mobile systems certification program, 14125-14126
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board--
        Nevada Test Site, 14126
        Oak Ridge Reservation, 14126-14127
Natural gas exportation and importation:
    Indeck Oswego L.P. et al., 14127
    North American Resources Co. et al., 14128


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14128-14129


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 14129-14130


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Upper North Branch Potomac River, MD and WV; environmental 
            restoration feasibility study, 14120


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 14003-14004
NOTICES
Clean Air Act:
    Citizens suits; proposed settlements--
        Sierra Club et al., 14139-14140
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.
    Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman Site, CA, 14140

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Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee, 14114-14115


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    British Aerospace, 14047-14048
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, VA, 14181-14182
    Oneida County Airport, NY, 14182


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Terrestrial microwave fixed services; applications in 38.6-40.0 GHz 
            band; processing freeze on amendments of right lifted, 
            14015-14016
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Alabama et al., 14005
    Louisiana, 14004
    Nevada, 14004-14005
    Virginia, 14005-14006
Television broadcasting:
    Digital broadcast television licensees; digital television standard 
            use requirement, 14006-14015
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Idaho; correction, 14091
    Texas, 14091-14092
Television stations; table of assignments:
    Pennsylvania, 14092-14093


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Cranberries
        Correction, 13983


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14140-14142
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Ohio, 14142
    Tennessee, 14142-14143
    West Virginia, 14143-14144


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Cataula Generating Co., L.P., et al., 14135-14139
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 14139
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 14139
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 14130
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 14130-14131
    Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 14131-14132
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 14132
    Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 14133
    Exxon Pipeline Co. et al., 14133
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 14133-14134
    Sabine Pipe Line Co., 14134
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 14134
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 14134-14135
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 14135


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14144


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 14144-14145
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Kearney Companies, Inc., et al., 14145


Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
PROPOSED RULES
Arbitration services:
    Arbitration policy and procedures
        Correction, 14052


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 14145
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 14145-14146
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 14146
Federal Reserve bank services:
    Volume-based fee structures for electronic payment services and 
            products, etc.; approval, 14146-14151


Federal Trade Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Hobby Protection Act:
    Overall costs, benefits, and regulatory and economic impact, 14049-
            14050
Trade regulation rules:
    Leakproof, guaranteed leakproof, etc.; deceptive use as descriptive 
            of dry cell batteries, 14050-14051


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Bruneau hot springsnail, 14101-14103
    Preble's meadow jumping mouse, 14093-14101
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Lane, Linn, Benton, and Douglas Counties, OR; northern spotted 
                owl, etc., 14161-14162


Food and Consumer Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14110
Food stamp program:
    Electronic benefit transfer systems; interoperability, 14110-14112


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
GRAS or prior-sanctioned ingredients:
    Cerestar USA, Inc., et al., 14154
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    VISX Excimer Laser System (Models B and C) for Photorefractive 
            Keratectomy, 14154-14155


Foreign Agricultural Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14112-14113

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Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Emerging markets program, 14113-14114


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Eastern Washington Cascades Province Advisory Committee, 14114


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation:
    Agency records and information materials; public availability, 
            14081-14091


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14155-14156
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14156-14157


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 14160-14161


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Travel, entertainment, gifts and listed property; business expenses 
            substantiation, 13988-13991
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Travel, entertainment, gifts and listed property; business expenses 
            substantiation; cross-reference, 14051-14052


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14164


Labor Department
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
International child labor practices; hearing, 14164-14165


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Nevada; correction, 14162


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., 14183


Minerals Management Service
RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Oil-spill contingency plans for facilities seaward of coast line, 
            13991-14003
PROPOSED RULES
Oil Pollution Act of 1990; implementation:
    Offshore facilities; oil spill financial responsibility, 14052-
            14079


Mine Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement, 13991


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contractors and offerors certification requirements; non-statutory, 
            14035-14036
    Miscellaneous amendments, 14016-14035


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Insurance cost information booklet; availability; correction, 14183


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14157-14158
Meetings:
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 14158-
            14159
    National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 14159
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 14159-14160


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 13983-13988
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; public hearings, 
                14103-14104
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Lane, Linn, Benton, and Douglas Counties, OR; northern spotted 
                owl, etc., 14161-14162
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 14115
    Marine mammals, 14115-14116


National Park Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14162-14163
Meetings:
    Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Citizens Advisory 
            Council, 14163
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 14163-14164
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Arizona, 14164

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Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Watershed projects; reauthorization of funds:
    Dunloup Creek Watershed, WV, 14114


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14165-14166
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Arizona Public Service Co., 14169-14170
Meetings:
    Medical Uses of Isotopes Advisory Committee, 14170-14171
    Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee, 14171
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14171
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Duquesne Light Co. et al., 14166-14167
    Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 14167-14169
    Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., 14169


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Allowances and differentials:
    Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas), 14188-14189
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14171-14172
Allowances and differentials:
    Cost-of-living allowances in nonforeign areas; report on 1996 
            surveys; availability, 14190-14273


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Rural housing:
    Section 515 loan funds recipients list (1996 FY), 14114


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 14172-14173
    Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 14173-14174
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 14174-14176
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 14176-14179


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Arkansas, 14179
    Kentucky, 14179
    Micronesia, 14179-14180
    Minnesota, 14180
    Ohio, 14180
License surrenders:
    Colorado Invesco, Inc., 14180


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 14180
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Legal Adviser, 14181


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Maryland, 14079-14080


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Wisconsin Central Ltd., 14184


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Hearings, etc.--
        Caljet Airlines, 14181


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Objects of Desire; The Modern Still Life, 14184
    Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture, 14184
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Education Department, 14186


Part III
Personnel Management Office, 14188-14273


Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families 
          Administration, 14276-14282
  
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                           5 CFR
591..................................................14188

                           7 CFR
401..................................................13983
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................14037
319..................................................14037

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................14048
3....................................................14048

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................14047

                          15 CFR
902..................................................13983

                          16 CFR
Proposed Rules:
304..................................................14049
403..................................................14050

                          26 CFR
1....................................................13988
602..................................................13988
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................14051

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1404.................................................14052

                          30 CFR
3....................................................13991
250..................................................13991
254..................................................13991
Proposed Rules:
253..................................................14050
920..................................................14079

                          40 CFR
300..................................................14003

                          41 CFR
Proposed Rules:
105-60...............................................14081

                          47 CFR
73 (5 documents)....................................14004,
                                              14005, 14006
101..................................................14015
Proposed Rules:
73 (4 documents)....................................14091,
                                                     14092

                          48 CFR
1803.................................................14016
1805.................................................14016
1812.................................................14016
1815.................................................14016
1819.................................................14035
1835.................................................14016
1842.................................................14016
1843.................................................14016
1844.................................................14016
1845.................................................14035
1846.................................................14016
1847.................................................14016
1848.................................................14016
1849.................................................14016
1850.................................................14016
1851.................................................14016
1852.................................................14016

                          50 CFR
622..................................................13983
Proposed Rules:
17 (2 documents)....................................14093,
                                                     14101
648..................................................14103