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Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    Eastern Colorado, 16737-16738
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16756-16757


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Food and Consumer Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Cotton and cotton products; pest introduction prevention, 16737


Broadcasting Board of Governors
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16758


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Head Start--
        Disability services quality improvement centers, 16816-16840
        Quality improvement centers, 16840-16862


Coast Guard
RULES
Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustments, 16695-16703
PROPOSED RULES
Vessel inspection alternatives:
    Streamlined inspection program; establishment, 17008-17022


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Dominican Republic, 16790-16791


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Foreign futures and options transactions:
    MEFF Sociedad Rectora de Productas Financieros Derivados de Renta 
            Variable, 16687-16690


Customs Service
NOTICES
Tariff rate quotas:
    Tuna fish, 16890


Defense Department
RULES
Military recruiting and Reserve Officer Training Corps program access 
          to institutions of higher education, 16691-16695
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16791
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16791-16792
Meetings:
    National Defense Panel, 16792-16793
    President's Security Policy Advisory Board, 16793
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 16793-16795


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Aikens-Afful, Nathaniel, M.D., 16871
    Okun, James D., M.D., 16871-16872
    Sanders, Raymond S., D.P.M., 16872-16873


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board--
        Kirtland Area Office (Sandia), 16795-16796
        Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 16796
Radiological condition certification:
    Energy Technology Engineering Center, 16796-16798


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers, externally vented; test 
            procedures, 16739-16746


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Illinois, 16704-16706
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plans--
        National priorities list update, 16706-16707
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Illinois, 16746-16747
Hazardous waste:
    Characteristic metal wastes; treatment standards (Phase IV); data 
            availability, 16753
    Identification and listing--
        Petroleum refining process wastes; land disposal restrictions 
                for newly hazardous wastes, 16747-16753

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NOTICES
Municipal solid waste landfill permit programs; adequacy 
          determinations:
    Michigan, 16804-16806
Water pollution control:
    State sludge management program--
        North Carolina, 16806-16807


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Aircraft flight simulator use in pilot training, testing, and 
            checking and at training centers; editorial and other 
            changes
        Correction, 16892
Airworthiness directives:
    McDonnell Douglas, 16664-16667
    Schempp-Hirth K.G., 16667-16668
Class E airspace, 16668-16669
PROPOSED RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules:
    Airport security areas, unescorted access privileges; employment 
            history, verification, and criminal history records check
        Correction, 16892


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        In-region, interstate, domestic interLATA services by Bell 
                Operating companies; non-accounting safeguards, 16807-
                16808
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 16808


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Applications, requests, submittals, etc.; appropriate FDIC regional 
            office and other definitions, 16662-16664


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Armstrong Energy Resources, 16804
    Southern California Edison Co.; correction, 16892
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Black Marlin Pipeline Co., 16798
    Boston Edison Co., 16798
    CNG Transmission Corp., 16798
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 16799
    Electric Clearinghouse, Inc., 16799
    EPEM Marketing Co., 16799
    Florida Power & Light Co., 16800
    Gas Transport, Inc., 16800
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 16800
    New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., 16800-16801
    NorAm Energy Services, Inc., 16801
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 16801
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 16801-16802
    NRGenerating Holdings (No. 3) B.V., 16802
    NRGenerating Holdings (No. 4) B.V., 16802
    Overthrust Pipeline Co., 16802-16803
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 16803
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 16803
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.; correction, 16892


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Financial responsibility minimum levels; hours of service of 
            drivers, 16707-16709
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    San Mateo County, CA, 16887-16888


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    CERES Freight Systems, Inc., et al., 16808


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 16809
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 16809
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16809


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Jewelry, precious metals, and pewter industries; platinum product 
            claims, 16669-16687
NOTICES
Compliance assistance and civil penalty leniency policies for small 
          entities; policy statement and comment request, 16809-16814
Prohibited trade practices:
    Autodesk, Inc., et al., 16814-16815


Food and Consumer Service
NOTICES
Food distribution programs:
    Nutrition program for elderly; assistance level, 16757-16758


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Federal regulatory review:
    Grassroots regulatory partnership meetings--
        Cincinnati District; drug review process, etc., 16862
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Unizyme Enzymatic Cleaner, 16862-16863


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
RULES
Individual health insurance market requirements, 16985-17004


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements, 
          16894-16976
Individual health insurance market requirements
    Correction, 17004-17005

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NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16863


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Homeless assistance continuum of care systems, 17024-17037


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group, 16864


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability 
            requirements, 16894-16976
        Correction, 17004
PROPOSED RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; health insurance portability, 16977-16978


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Brass sheet and strip from--
        Canada, 16759-16763
    Ferrosilicon from--
        Brazil, 16763-16768
    Forged steel crankshafts from--
        United Kingdom, 16768-16771
    Fresh cut flowers from--
        Colombia, 16772-16782
    Polychloroprene rubber from--
        Japan, 16782
Countervailing duties:
    Welded carbon steel pipes and tubes and welded carbon steel line 
            pipe from--
        Turkey, 16782-16788


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Conoco Inc., 16870
    Trident Seafoods Corp., 16870
    Western Publishing Co., Inc., et al., 16870-16871


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16864-16866
Disclaimer of interest applications:
    Idaho, 16866
Public land orders:
    Nevada, 16866-16867
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Wyoming, 16867-16869
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Carson City District, NV; fire management plan, 16869-16870


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    L'Garde, Inc., 16874


National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Presidential Libraries Advisory Committee, 16874


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment--
        Retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflectors for rear of truck 
                tractors, 16709-16717
    Occupant protection in interior impact--
        Head impact protection, 16718-16736
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 16888-16889


National Institute of Justice
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Investigator-initiated research, 16873


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Information processing standards, Federal:
    Database language SQL, etc.; validation services terminated, 16788-
            16789


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Dental Research, 16863-16864


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Shortraker/rougheye rockfish, 16736
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, etc., 16753-16755
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Northern right whale protection; petition, 16789
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 16789-16790
    Endangered and threatened species; correction, 16892


Natural Resources Conservation Service
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations, 16659-16662

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16874-16875
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16875


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
State plans; standards approval, etc.:
    Maryland, 16873-16874


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
RULES
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
    Group health plans; disclosure requirements, 16979-16985
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements, 
          16894-16976
    Correction, 17004


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Post office closings; petitions for appeal:
    Russell Springs, KS, 16875-16876


Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
NOTICES
Meetings, 16876-16877


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Critical Infrastructure Protection, President's Commission on; 
            amendment (EO 13041), 17039


President's Council on Sustainable Development
NOTICES
Meetings, 16876


Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 16877


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16877-16878
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 16878


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR):
    Filer Manual--
        Update and incorporation by reference; correction, 16690-16691
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16878
Joint industry plan:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 16880-
            16883
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 16883-16884
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 16884-16886
    Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 16886-16887
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Cash Reserve Fund, Inc., 16879-16880
    PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Premium Account Fund, 16878-16879


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration special 
            emphasis panels, 16864


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


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


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Debt Management Advisory Committee, 16889-16890


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 16890-16891
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16891


Western Area Power Administration
NOTICES
Energy Planning and Management Program Power Marketing Initiative:
    Salt Lake City Area integrated projects contracts, application, 
            16804
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of 
          Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; Health 
          and Human Services Department, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 16894-17005


Part III
Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, 17008-17022


Part IV
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17024-17036

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Part V
The President, 17039
  
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                           3 CFR
Executive Orders
13010................................................17039
13041................................................17039

                           7 CFR
600..................................................16659
601..................................................16659
Proposed Rules:
319..................................................16737
1137.................................................16737

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
430..................................................16739

                          12 CFR
303..................................................16662

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................16664,
                                                     16667
61...................................................16892
71...................................................16668
Proposed Rules:
107..................................................16892
108..................................................16892

                          16 CFR
23...................................................16669

                          17 CFR
30...................................................16687
232..................................................16690

                          26 CFR
54 (2 documents)....................................16894,
                                                     17004
Proposed Rules:
54...................................................16977

                          29 CFR
2520.................................................16979
2590 (2 documents)..................................16894,
                                                     17004

                          32 CFR
216..................................................16691

                          33 CFR
5....................................................16695
26...................................................16695
27...................................................16695
95...................................................16695
100..................................................16695
110..................................................16695
130..................................................16695
136..................................................16695
138..................................................16695
140..................................................16695
153..................................................16695
177..................................................16695

                          40 CFR
52...................................................16704
300(2 documents)....................................16706,
                                                     16707
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................16746
261..................................................16747
268..................................................16753

                          45 CFR
144..................................................16894
146..................................................16894
148(2 documents)....................................16985,
                                                     17004

                          46 CFR
2....................................................16695
Proposed Rules:
8....................................................17008

                          49 CFR
387..................................................16707
390..................................................16707
395..................................................16707
571 (2 documents)...................................16709,
                                                     16718
589..................................................16718

                          50 CFR
679..................................................16736
Proposed Rules:
648..................................................16753