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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public health conference support program, 23246-23250


Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Limes grown in Florida and imported, 23185-23188


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Active military service and discharge determinations:
    American Merchant Marine mariners in active oceangoing service 
            (August 15, 1945-December 31, 1946), 23232


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Auto Body Consortium, Inc., 23266
    CAD Framework Initiative, Inc., 23266
    CommerceNet Consortium, 23266-23267
    Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging, 23267
    Digital Label Alliance, 23267
    Fuel Cell Cooperative Research Program, 23267
    National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc., 23268
    National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols Solutions 
            for Manufacturing-Adaptable Replicable Technology, 23268


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 23217-23218


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public health conference support program, 23246-23250


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 23216-23217


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Guatemala, 23230-23231


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 23231
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 23232


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Celgene Corp., 23268
    Chang, Samuel Wise, M.D., 23268-23269
    Spar, Harvey Robert, M.D., 23269-23270


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    BASF Corp. et al., 23271-23272
    Carborundum Corp., 23272
    Corborundum Corp., 23272
    Henry I. Siegel Co., Inc., 23272-23273
    Ithaca Industries, Inc., 23273
    J&J Group, Inc., 23273
    Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (3-M), 23273
    Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (3-M); correction, 23271
    P.L. Finishers Garment et al., 23273-23274
    Roadmaster Corp., 23274
    Sensormatic Co. et al., 23274-23275
    Tectonic Industries, Inc., 23275
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Nantucket Industries et al., 23275-23277


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Nuclear waste repositories; site recommendations; general guidelines, 
          23188-23189
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Fernald Site, 23232-23233
        Monticello Site, 23232
        Rocky Flats, 23233
        Savannah River Site, 23233-23234
    National Coal Council, 23234


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Virginia, 23139-23140
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Virginia, 23196-23197
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Environmental Education Advisory Council, 23242

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules:
    Fees for air traffic services for certain flights through U.S.-
            controlled airspace
        Correction, 23295


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio broadcasting:
    AM expanded band allotment plan; implementation, 23176
Radio services, special:
    Fixed microwave services--
        Local multipoint distribution services; 28 GHz and 31 GHz bands 
                use, 23148-23176


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Alabama et al., 23145-23146
    Connecticut et al., 23146-23148
    New Jersey, 23144-23145
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Connecticut et al., 23197-23202
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Arkansas, 23242-23243
    Minnesota, 23243


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Transcanada Energy Ltd. et al., 23238-23240
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., 23240
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 23234-23235
    Connecticut Natural Gas Co. et al., 23235
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 23236
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 23236
    National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 23236-23237
    Northwest Natural Gas Co. et al., 23237
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 23237
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 23237-23238
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 23238


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 23288-23289


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 23243


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Truth in lending (Regulation Z):
    Home equity loan market; disclosure requirements and closed-end 
            mortgage loan limitations; hearings, 23189-23192
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 23243-23244
    Nonbanking activities, 23244
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 23244-23245
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 23245


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Metagenics, Inc., et al., 23245-23246


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Black-footed ferrets; reintroduction into northwestern Colorado and 
            northeastern Utah, 23202-23211
NOTICES
Marine mammal permit applications, 23229-23230


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Decoquinate, 23128-23129
        Sulfadimethoxine injection, 23128
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Executive Secretariat Office, 23250-23251


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Oregon
        GranPac Foods, Inc.; frozen food products manufacturing/
                processing facility, 23218


Forest Service
NOTICES
Appealable decisions; legal notice:
    Southern region, 23212-23214
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tahoe National Forest, CA, 23214-23215


Government Ethics Office
RULES
Conflict of interests
    Correction, 23127-23128


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:
    Huelskamp, Ann M., M.H.S., 23246


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
RULES
Medicaid:
    Third party liability cost-effectiveness waivers; correction, 23140
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Hemodialysis treatments; treatment data collection, collating, and 
            analysis; initiative, 23251-23253

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Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 23240-23242


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Liquor and tobacco sale or distribution ordinance:
    Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 23261-23263


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
RULES
Medicaid and Medicare programs:
    Fraud and abuse--
        State utilization and quality control peer review 
                organizations; program sanctions imposition and 
                adjudication for failing to meet statutory obligations, 
                23140-23144


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Tribal self-governance programs, 23257-23261


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Granular polytetraflouroethylene resin from--
        Italy, 23219-23220
Antidumping duty orders and findings:
    Determinations not to revoke, 23218-23219
Countervailing duties:
    Industrial phosphoric acid from--
        Israel, 23220
    Live swine from--
        Canada, 23220
Countervailing duty orders:
    Intent to revoke, 23220-23221


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); impact on U.S. economy 
            and industries; three-year review, 23265-23266


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 23270-23271


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Surface management regulations--
        Mining laws; mining operations, 23264
Meetings:
    California Desert District Advisory Council, 23264
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Carson City District, NV; fire management plan; correction, 23264
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Montana, 23265


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Grants and contracts; competitive grant funds, 23278


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Space Station Advisory Committee, 23278


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Human Genome Research National Advisory Council, 23253
    National Cancer Institute, 23254
    National Eye Institute, 23254
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 23254-23255
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 23255
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 23255
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 23255
    National Institute of Mental Health, 23256
    National Institute of Nursing Research, 23256
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 23256
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Serono Laboratories, Inc., 23257


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Seabird bycatch reduction in hook-and-line groundfish 
                fisheries, 23176-23184
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico shrimp, 23212
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 23221-23222
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Fishing industry research and development projects--
        Saltonstall-Kennedy program, 23222-23228
Meetings:
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 23228
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 23228
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 23228-23229
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 23229-23230


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    North Carolina State University, 23280-23282
    Quivira Mining Co., 23282-23284
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 23284
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp., 23284-23287

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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 23278-23279
    Stephens, Derek F., 23279-23280


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 23277-23278


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Employment:
    Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993; notification requirements 
            removed, 23125
    Mobility assignments between Federal agencies and non-Federal 
            entities; appointment system streamlining, 23126-23127


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


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Electric loans:
    Electric borrowers; accounting requirements, 23298-23334


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 23287-23288


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Arkansas, 23129-23136
    Texas, 23136-23138
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Indiana, 23192-23194
    Missouri, 23194-23196


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agreements under sections 5a and 5b; applications for approval, etc.:
    Western Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc., 23289-23290
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Indiana Rail Road Co., 23290-23291
    Land Conservancy of Seattle and King County, 23291
    South Carolina Central Railroad, Inc., 23291
Railroad services abandonment:
    Central Kansas Railway Co., 23291
    Illinois Central Railroad Co., 23292
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 23292


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


Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 23288


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Millennium of Glory: Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, 
            23293


Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Washington Lake campground, UT, 23293


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
    Persian Gulf veterans; undiagnosed illnesses compensation, 23138-
            23139
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 23293-23294
    Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 23294
  
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                           5 CFR
300..................................................23125
334..................................................23126
2640.................................................23127

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
911..................................................23185
944..................................................23185
1767.................................................23298

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
960..................................................23188

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
226..................................................23189

                          14 CFR
187..................................................23295

                          21 CFR
522..................................................23128
558..................................................23128

                          30 CFR
904..................................................23129
943..................................................23136
Proposed Rules:
914..................................................23192
925..................................................23194

                          38 CFR
3....................................................23138

                          40 CFR
52...................................................23139
81...................................................23139
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................23196
81...................................................23196

                          42 CFR
433..................................................23140
1004.................................................23140

                          44 CFR
65 (2 documents)....................................23144,
                                                     23145
67...................................................23146
Proposed Rules:
67...................................................23197

                          47 CFR
1....................................................23148
2....................................................23148
73...................................................23176
74...................................................23148
78...................................................23148
95...................................................23148
101..................................................23148

                          50 CFR
679..................................................23176
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................23202
622..................................................23211