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Agency for International Development
NOTICES
Economic and humanitarian assistance programs; mission statement, 
          goals, and objectives; strategic plan; inquiry, 17636


Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Almonds grown in California, 17569-17572


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17577-17578


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Community College Board of Visitors, 17599
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., 17599


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17579-17580


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17622-17623
Meetings:
    HIV and STD Prevention Advisory Committee, 17623
    National Center for Infectious Diseases; Scientific Counselors 
            Board, 17623
    Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council, 17623-17624


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    District of Columbia, 17578
    Montana, 17578-17579
    Vermont, 17579


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Meetings, 17597


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Defense Intelligence Agency
See Engineers Corps
RULES
Acquisition pilot program policy, 17549-17550
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 17597-17598
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17598
Meetings:
    Defense Environmental Response task force, 17598
    Wage Committee, 17598-17599


Defense Intelligence Agency
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Scientific Advisory Board, 17599


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Education flexibility partnership demonstration program, 17599-
            17601
    Postsecondary education--
        Federal work-study programs, 17601-17602
Meetings:
    President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
            Universities, 17602
Special education and rehabilitative services:
    Blind vending facilities under Randolph-Sheppard Act--
        Arbitration panel decisions, 17602-17604


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Industrial assessment center program; regional field management, 
            17604-17605


Engineers Corps
RULES
Danger zones and restricted areas:
    Persons subject to restrictions; clarification, 17550-17559


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Vermont, 17572


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
RULES
Employment discrimination complaint procedures for previously exempt 
          State and local government employees, 17542-17548


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus Industrie, 17532-17534, 17536-17537
    Boeing, 17534-17536
    Louis L'Hotellier S.A., 17537-17539
Airworthiness standards:
    Special conditions--
        Lockheed Martin Aerospace Corp. model L382J airplane, 17531-
                17532
Standard instrument approach procedures, 17539-17542


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Amateur services--
        Club station license, volunteer examiner teams, and session 
                managers; eligibility standards improvements, 17566-
                17567


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 17621


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Connecticut, 17560-17561
    Florida, et al., 17562-17566
    Indiana, 17561-17562
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Illinois, et al., 17572-17576


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Northern States Power Co. et al., 17614-17620
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 17620
Hydroelectric applications, 17621
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 17605
    ANR Storage Co., 17605
    Arkansas Western Pipeline Co., 17605
    CNG Transmission Corp., 17605-17606
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 17606
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 17606
    Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, 17606-17607
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 17607
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 17607
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 17608
    Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., 17608
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 17608-17609
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 17609-17610
    Oktex Pipeline Co., 17610
    Ozark Gas Transmission System, 17610-17611
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 17611
    Riverside Pipeline Co., L.P., 17611
    Shell Gas Pipeline Co., 17611
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 17612
    Steuben Gas Storage Co., 17612
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 17612
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 17612-17613
    Western Gas Interstate Co., 17613
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 17613


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Spencer County et al., IN, 17661


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    SMS Rail Service Inc., 17661-17662


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 17622


Fine Arts Commission
See Commission of Fine Arts


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Hempel Coatings (USA), Inc., 17624
Guidance documents:
    Preventable diseases, combination vaccines evaluation; production, 
            testing, and clinical studies; availability, 17624-17625


Foreign Assets Control Office
RULES
Foreign assets control regulations:
    North Korea; overflight payments, 17548


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alabama
        Coastal Mobile Refining Co.; correction, 17580
    Arizona, 17580-17581
    California
        Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; oil refinery complex, 17581


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory Committee, 17578


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 17597-17598
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17598


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


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Supportive housing programs--
        Persons with disabilities, 17666-17670, 17672-17678


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

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Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Life insurance reserves computed on other than actuarial basis, 
            recomputation; hearing cancellation, 17572


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Gray portland cement and clinker from--
        Mexico, 17581-17589
    Uranium from--
        Kazakstan et al., 17589-17590
    Welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from--
        Thailand, 17590-17596
Business development missions to Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, 17596-
          17597


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Agricultural tractors under 50 power take-off horsepower, 17636
    Andean Trade Preference Act; effect on U.S. economy and on Andean 
            drug crop eradication; annual report (1996), 17636-17637
    Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; impact on U.S. industries 
            and consumers; annual report (1996), 17637
    Crawfish tail meat from--
        China, 17637-17638
    Dense wavelength division multiplexing systems and components, 
            17639
    Needle bearing wire from--
        Japan, 17639-17640


Justice Department
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Cowles Media Co. et al., 17640


Labor Department
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy Advisory Committee, 17640


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Oregon, 17630-17631
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project, Needles Resource Area, CA, 
            17631
    North Rochelle Coal Lease Application, WY, 17631-17632
Meetings:
    Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council, 17632-17633
    Phoenix Field Office Fire Management Plan, 17633
Public land orders:
    California, 17633
    Montana, 17633-17634


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17640-17641
Petitions for safety standard modifications; summary of affirmative 
          decisions, 17641-17647


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Proposed collection; comment request, 17597-17598
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17598


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Air bag safety campaign projects and safety belt and safety seat 
            use, 17662


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17625
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17626
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Data mining, data warehousing, and visualization techniques to 
            commercial products; research and development, 17626-17627
    Minocycline use in treatment of osteoporosis; phase II clinical 
            trial, 17627-17628
Meetings:
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 17628
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 17628-
            17629
    Women's Health Research Advisory Committee, 17629
    Women's Health Research Office, 17629-17630
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 17630


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pacific Ocean perch, 17568
PROPOSED RULES
New England Fishery Management Council; public meeting, 17576


National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River 
            comprehensive management plan; public meeting, 17634-17635
Meetings:
    Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor 
            Commission, 17635


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Biomolecular Processes Advisory Panel, 17647
    Biomolecular Structure and Function Advisory Panel, 17647
    Cell Biology Advisory Panel, 17647-17648

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    Engineering Advisory Committee, 17648
    Genetics Advisory Panel, 17648
    Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 17648
    Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 17648
    Proposal Review Advisory Team, 17649
    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee, 17649


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17649-17650
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. et al., 17650


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 6983), 
            17681-17682


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


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials:
    Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 17662-17663


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Options price reporting authority, 17652-17653
Securities laws uniformity annual conference; issues to be considered 
          and inquiry, 17653-17659
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 17659-17661
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Chubb America Fund, Inc., et al., 17650-17652


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17635-17636


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration


Treasury Department
See Foreign Assets Control Office
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17666-17670


Part III
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17672-17678


Part IV
The President, 17681-17682
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
6983.................................................17681

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
981..................................................17569

                          14 CFR
25...................................................17531
39 (4 documents)....................................17532,
                                       17534, 17536, 17537
97 (2 documents)....................................17539,
                                                     17541

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................17572

                          29 CFR
1603.................................................17542

                          31 CFR
500..................................................17548

                          32 CFR
2....................................................17549

                          33 CFR
334..................................................17550

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................17572

                          44 CFR
65 (2 documents)....................................17560,
                                                     17561
67...................................................17562
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................17572

                          47 CFR
0....................................................17566
97...................................................17566

                          50 CFR
679..................................................17568
Proposed Rules:
648..................................................17576