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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17778


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments:
    Laboratory test systems, assays, and examinations specific list; 
            categorization by complexity, etc., 17832-17849


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17849


Coast Guard
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection; signature authority for 
            certain vessel inspection documents; redelegation 
            authority, 17748
Ports and waterways safety:
    Lower Mississippi River; regulated navigation area, 17704-17705
Regattas and marine parades:
    Charleston to Bermuda Sailboat Race, 17702-17704
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Massachusetts, 17762-17764
Ports and waterways safety:
    Port of New York and New Jersey; safety zone, 17764-17766


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, 17780-17783


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Contract markets:
    Contract market rule review procedures, 17700-17702
Investigations:
    Conducting investigations in assistance of foreign futures 
            authorities; practice and procedure, 17702


Customs Service
NOTICES
Customhouse broker license cancellation, suspension, etc.:
    Anderson, Arthur, 17905
    Joss International, et al., 17905
    Klingforth, Charles, et al., 17905
    N.Y. Redbird, Inc., et al., 17905-17906
    Schayer, Charles M., Sr., 17906


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Liquidated damages and commercial subcontracting plans; policy 
            clarification, 17960-17967
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 17787-17789


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17789-17790
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Educational research and development centers program, 18006-18009
    Individuals with disabilities--
        Research in education, 18012-18014


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Job Training Partnership Act--
        Community based microenterprise activities program, 17863-17870
        Out-of-school youth opportunity area demonstration program; 
                Title IV-D, pilot and demonstration program, 17871-
                17879
        Persons with disabilities; innovative employment and training 
                opportunities, 17854-17862


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 17880-17881


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Savannah River Site, SC--
        Interim management of nuclear materials, 17790-17794
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Inertial fusion science in support of stockpile stewardship, 17794-
            17795

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Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board, 17789


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Myclobutanil, 17730-17735
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki CryIA(c), etc., 17720-
            17722
    Glyphosate, 17723-17730
    Norflurazon, 17742-17748
    Phosphinothricin acetyltransferase, etc., 17717-17720
    Propiconazole, 17710-17717
    Sethoxydim, 17735-17742
Toxic substances:
    Biotechnology microbial products; review of new microorganisms 
            before introduction into commerce; notification procedures 
            established, 17910-17958
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Reformulated and conventional gasoline; phase II opt out 
                procedures, 17771-17772
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New Jersey, 17766-17771
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17801-17807
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17807-17809
Drinking water:
    State source water assessment and protection programs including 
            petition programs; draft guidance availability, 17809-17810
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 17811
        Weekly receipts, 17810-17811
Meetings:
    National Drinking Water Advisory Council, 17811-17812
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    W. Neudorff GmbH KG, 17812-17814
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Emamectin benzoate, 17814-17815
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
    Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., 17815


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class E airspace, 17698-17699
Restricted areas, 17699
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Noise exposure map--
        Naples Municipal Airport, FL, 17902-17903


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Kansas, 17749
    Oklahoma, 17749
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Colorado, 17773
    Kansas, KS, 17772-17773
    Louisiana, 17772
    Missouri, 17773-17774
    Nevada et al., 17774
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17815-17817


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Safflower seed, 17758-17762


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Public Service Co. of Colorado, et al., 17797-17800
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Lace River Hydroelectric Project, 17800
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 17800-17801
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 17795-17796
    Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership, 17796
    Northwest Regional Transmission Association, 17796
    Pacific Gas and Electric Co., et al., 17796-17797
    Southern Company Services, Inc., 17797


Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Improper and illegal payments, joint policy statement; withdrawal, 
            17817-17818


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tuscaloosa County, AL, 17903-17904


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Federal home loan bank system:
    Items processing and settlement and other services; prices, 17818-
            17826


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 17826
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Speco International, Inc., et al., 17826-17827


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 17827
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 17827-17828
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 17828-17829
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 17829


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 17829
    American Isuzu Motors Inc., 17829
    California Suncare, Inc., et al., 17829-17830
    General Motors Corp., 17830
    Mazda Motors of America, Inc., 17830
    Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc., 17830-17831
    Phaseout of America, Inc., et al., 17831

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Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
RULES
Book-entry Treasury bonds, notes, and bills:
    Treasury direct investor statement of account; revised timetable 
            and confirmation notice provisions, 18004


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Thoratec Ventricular Assist Device System, 17849-17850


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Idaho Panhandle National Forests, ID, 17778-17780
Meetings:
    Olympic Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory 
            Committee, 17780


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Liquidated damages and commercial subcontracting plans; policy 
            clarification, 17960-17967
NOTICES
Federal travel regulations:
    Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act responsibilities; promoting, 
            encouraging, and facilitating use of firesafe 
            accommodations, 17831-17832


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 Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17850


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Traumatic brain injury demonstration grants; correction, 17850
Meetings; advisory committees:
    May, 17851


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community development block grant program--
        Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages, 17976-17990
    Emergency shelter grants program--
        Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages; set-aside 
                allocation, 17970-17974
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 17851-17852
    Public and Indian housing--
        HOME program; Indian applicants, 17992-18002


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Stevens Institute of Technology et al., 17783-17784
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 17784


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Miles City District, 17852-17853
        Southeastern Oregon, 17852
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    California, 17853-17854


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Accounting guide for LSC recipients; proposed guidelines; inquiry, 
          17881-17882


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17854


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Liquidated damages and commercial subcontracting plans; policy 
            clarification, 17960-17967


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Recordkeeping and reporting requirements; revisions, 17753-
                l7757
        Scallop, 17749-17753
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; public hearings, 
                17776-17777
Marine mammals:
    Subsistence taking--
        Northern fur seals; harvest estimates, 17774-17776
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; correction, 17784-17785
National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring:
    Weather Service offices--
        Consolidation, automation, and closures, 17786-17787
        Consolidation certifications; transmittal to Congress, 17785


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17882


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Upper Nanticoke River Watershed, DE, 17780

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Classified information; access and protection, 17683-17698
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 17886-17887
Generic letters:
    Pressurized water reactor; control rod drive mechanism nozzle and 
            other vessel closure head penetrations, 17887-17888
Site decommissioning management plan; sites:
    Removals from list--
        Texas Instruments, Inc., site, MA, 17888
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Northern States Power Co., 17882-17885
    Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 17885-17886


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 17898
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 17899-17901
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    EQ Advisors Trust et al., 17888-17894
    General American Life Insurance Co., et al., 17894-17895
    Greif Bros. Corp., 17895-17896
    Lord Abbett California Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc., 17896
    Lord Abbett Fundamental Value Fund, Inc., 17897
    Public utility holding company filings, 17897-17898


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 17901-17902


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Coach USA, Inc., 17904


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Fiscal Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Cuba Broadcasting Advisory Board, 17906


Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Central Utah Water Conservancy District--
        Wasatch County water efficiency project, 17906-17907


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
    Retroactive payments due to liberalizing law or VA issue, 17706
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 17706-17710
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 17910-17958


Part III
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 17960-17967


Part IV
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17970-17974


Part V
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17976-17990


Part VI
Housing and Urban Development Department, 17992-18002


Part VII
Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Service, 18004


Part VIII
Department of Education, 18006-18009


Part IX
Department of Education, 18012-18014
  
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                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
401..................................................17758
457..................................................17758

                          10 CFR
25...................................................17683
50...................................................17683
54...................................................17683
95...................................................17683

                          14 CFR
71...................................................17698
73...................................................17699

                          17 CFR
1....................................................17700
11...................................................17702

                          31 CFR
357..................................................18004

                          33 CFR
100..................................................17702
165.................................................17704,
                                                     17764
Proposed Rules:
117..................................................17762
165..................................................17764

                          38 CFR
3....................................................17706
21...................................................17706

                          40 CFR
180 (7 documents)...................................17710,
                  17717, 17720, 17723, 17730, 17735, 17742
185 (3 documents)...................................17723,
                                       17730, 17735, 17742
186 (3 documents)...................................17723,
                                       17730, 17735, 17742
700..................................................17910
720..................................................17910
721..................................................17910
723..................................................17910
725..................................................17910
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................17768
80...................................................17771

                          46 CFR
2....................................................17748

                          47 CFR
73 (2 documents).....................................17749
Proposed Rules:
73 (5 documents)...............17773, 177730, 17735, 17742

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
11...................................................17960
19...................................................17960
52...................................................17960
53...................................................17960

                          50 CFR
679 (2 documents).............................17749, 17753
Proposed Rules:
216..................................................17774
622..................................................17776