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Agricultural Marketing Service
NOTICES
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:
    Compelling public interest, 14879-14880


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Cost comparison studies, 14890-14892


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


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


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Nevada, 14885
    Washington, 14885


Coast Guard
RULES
Tank vessels:
    Tank level or pressure monitoring devices for vessels that carry 
            oil, 14828-14831
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, 14964
    Prevention through people strategic plan, human element in marine 
            accidents; location change, 14964


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


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 14883-14885


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    China, 14890


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rangeland research program, 15068-15069


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Ordering procedures for 1997 edition through Government Printing 
            Office; correction, 15072


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Ames, Bruce A., M.D., 14943
    Calbiochem-Novabiochem Corp., 14943-14944
    Griffin, Charles R., Jr., D.D.S., 14944
    Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Partners, 14944-14945
    Juarez, Jesus R., M.D., 14945-14946
    Knight Seed Co., Inc., 14946
    Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc., 14946
    Sigma Chemical Co., 14946-14947
    Stepan Co., 14947-14948
    Turley, John C., III, M.D., 14948-14949


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Elementary and secondary education--
        Technology innovation challenge grants program, 15052-15053


Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
    Eastern Power Distribution, Inc., 14892-14893
    Inland Pacific Energy Service Corp., 14893
    Western Systems Power Pool, 14893-14894


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Financial assistance programs--
        Excellence for laser applications in medicine centers, 14894-
                14895


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Empire Ltd., Wood-Ridge, NJ, Meadowlands Mills project, 14892


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Fuel and fuel additives; reformulated and conventional gasoline; 
            phase II opt out procedures, 15077-15082
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Michigan, 14843-14844
Clean Air Act:
    Fuel and fuel additives; reformulated and conventional gasoline, 
            15074-15077

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Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Michigan, 14848-14850
Toxic substances:
    Testing requirements--
        Biphenyl, etc., 14850-14851
Water pollution control:
    Clean Water Act--
        State permitting programs, 14846-14848
    Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act--
        Pollutant analysis test procedures; approval process 
                streamlined; guidelines, 14976-15049
    National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)--
        Permitting procedures; clarification and streamlining, 14844-
                14846
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14904-14905
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 14906-14907
        Weekly receipts, 14905-14906


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus Industrie, 14793-14794
    New Piper Aircraft, Inc., 14794-14796
Class E airspace, 14796-14799
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Noise exposure map--
        Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR, 14964-14965
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 14965-14966


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14907
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 14907-14908


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Fresh market (dollar plan) tomatoes, 14775-14780
    Fresh market peppers, 14786-14792
    Fresh market sweet corn, 14781-14786


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Arkansas, 14908
    Kentucky, 14908
    Tennessee, 14909


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. et al., 14898-14904
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14904
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Ashland Exploration, Inc., 14895-14896
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al., 14896-14897
    Southern Natural Gas Co. Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 14897-14898


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Foreign bank applications, 14792-14793
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14909
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 14909-14910
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 14910
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14910


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        San Diego County, CA; multiple species conservation program, 
                14938-14941


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food for human consumption:
    Food Chemicals Codex; 4th Edition--
        New monographs and revisions, 14911-14912
Human drugs:
    Prescription drug advertising and promotional labeling; development 
            and use of FDA guidance documents, 14912-14917
    Tablets and capsules; therapeutic equivalency ratings; citizen 
            petitions, 14917-14918


Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14881
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tahoe National Forest, CA; Liberty Forest health improvement 
            project, 14881-14882
Meetings:
    Willamette Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory 
            Committee, 14882-14883


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14910-14911
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Ordering procedures for 1997 edition through Government Printing 
            Office; correction, 15072


Health and Human Services Department
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


Health Care Financing Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare and Medicaid programs:
    Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, speech language pathology, 
            and occupational therapy services; salary equivalency 
            guidelines, 14851-14878

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NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14918-14919


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14919-14920
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14920-14921
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community scholarship programs, 14922-14923
    Migrant health centers--
        Technical and non-financial assistance, 14923-14925
    National Health Service Corps loan repayment and State loan 
            repayment programs (FY 1997), 14925-14926


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 14932-14938
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Rental voucher, rental certificate, and moderate rehabilitation 
                programs; correction, 14938


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Intangible asset acquisitions and deemed asset purchases; treatment
        Correction, 14821
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee; membership 
            applications, 14968-14969


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Calcium aluminate flux from--
        France, 14885-14886
    Stainless steel bar from--
        India, 14886
Countervailing duty orders:
    Determinations not to revoke, 14887
Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
    China, et al., 14887
Homefurnishings products; trade mission to South Africa, 14887-14888


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Labor Department
See Labor Statistics Bureau


Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 14972


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Jurisdictional transfers:
    Nevada; correction, 14941
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Upper Snake River, 14941
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Utah, 14941-14942
Survey plat filings:
    Arkansas, 14942


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Ordering procedures for 1997 edition through Government Printing 
            Office; correction, 15072


National Bankruptcy Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 14949


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14966-14967


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14926-14927
Meetings:
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 14927
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 
            14927-14928


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Marine sanctuaries:
    Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, HI, 
            14799-14821
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National academy of science study on individual fishing quotas, 
            14888
Meetings:
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 14888
Reports; availability, etc.:
    Pacific coast pinniped interaction investigation and report, 14889-
            14890


Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    E-Z Trial pilot program implementation and simplified proceedings 
            for adjudicative process; rules revision, 14821-14822


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Address correction information requests by mailers, 15056-15066
    Restructuring and revision, 14826-14828
PROPOSED RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Information based indicia, 14833-14843

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Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, 
            Advisory Commission on; amendment (EO 13040), 14773-14774


Public Health Service
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
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Colorado River Reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating 
            criteria, 14942-14943


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc.; correction, 14972
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; correction, 
            14950-14953, 14953-14954, 14972-14973
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 14954-14955
    Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.; correction, 14973
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Time Warner, Inc., 14949-14950
    TPC Corp., 14950


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Arkansas, 14955
    Tennessee, 14955
    West Virginia, 14956


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; research 
            grants, 14956-14959
Supplemental security income:
    Title XVI: When inheritances become income, 14959-14960


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
ADAMHA Reorganization Act; implementation:
    Adults with serious mental illness; estimation methodology, 14928-
            14932


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Lake State Railway Co., 14967
    R.J. Corman Railroad Co. et al., 14967-14968
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 14968


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 14969-14970
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14971


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 14960-14964


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Adjudication; pension, compensation, dependency, etc,:
    Upgraded discharges, 14822-14823
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Deputy General Counsel et al., 14822
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable increase, 14823-
                14826
PROPOSED RULES
Disabilities rating schedule:
    Cold injuries, 14832-14833
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 14976-15049


Part III
Department of Education, 15052-15053


Part IV
Postal Service, 15056-15066


Part V
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 15068-15069


Part VI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, General Services 
          Administration, Department of Defense, 15072


Part VII
Environmental Protection Agency, 15074-15082

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                           3 CFR
Executive Orders:
13017 (Amended by EO 13040)..........................14773
13040................................................14773

                           7 CFR
401 (2 documents)...................................14775,
                                                     14781
445..................................................14786
457 (3 documents)...................................14775,
                                              14781, 14786

                          12 CFR
265..................................................14792

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................14793,
                                                     14794
71 (4 documents)....................................14796,
                                              14797, 14798

                          15 CFR
922..................................................14799

                          26 CFR
1....................................................14821

                          29 CFR
2200.................................................14821

                          38 CFR
1....................................................14822
3....................................................14822
21...................................................14823
Proposed Rules:
4....................................................14832

                          39 CFR
111 (2 documents)...................................14826,
                                                     15056
Proposed Rules:
111..................................................14833
502..................................................14833

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................14843
80 (2 documents)....................................15074,
                                                     15077
123..................................................14844
136..................................................14976
141..................................................14976
233..................................................14846
271..................................................14848
799..................................................14850

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
413..................................................14851

                          46 CFR
32...................................................14828