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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Grapes and plums, exported:
    Black Corinth grape variety; exemption, 27493-27494
PROPOSED RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    Carolina et al., 27525-27546


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Nonregulated status determinations--
        Calgene, Inc.; genetically engineered cotton, 27581-27582
        Dupont Agricultural Products; genetically engineered soybeans, 
                27580-27581


Army Department
See Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27612-27613


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Alaska, 27583
    Maine, 27583
    Massachusetts, 27583-27584


Coast Guard
RULES
Federal regulatory reform:
    Electrical engineering requirements for merchant vessels
        Correction, 27659
Ports and waterways safety:
    Annapolis, MD; safety zone, 27500-27501
Regattas and marine parades:
    Great Chesapeake Bay Swim Event, 27498-27499
    Memphis in May Sunset Symphony, 27499-27500


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See National Telecommunications and Information Administration
See Technology Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Empowerment contracting; guidelines, 27556-27562


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    China, 27587-27589


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Reporting requirements:
    Options and futures large trader reports; daily filing requirements
        Correction, 27659


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27589-27590


Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27590
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 27590-27591
Meetings:
    Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, 27591
    Science Board, 27591-27592
    Science Board task forces, 27592
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; practice and procedure rule 
          changes, 27592-27594


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rehabilitation short-term training program, 27680-27681
Meetings:
    National Assessment Governing Board, 27595


Employment Standards Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended:
    Black Lung Benefits Act--
        Individual claims by former coal miners and dependents 
                processing and adjudication; simplification, 27562-
                27563


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Sogelreg-Sogreah (concrete armor unit to protect coastal and 
            hydraulic structures and shorelines); correction, 27594


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Utah, 27501-27503

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NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27599-27600


Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Bell, 27496-27497
Class E airspace; correction, 27659
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Bell, 27554-27556


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Personal communications services:
    Narrowband PCS--
        Power and antenna height rules, 27507-27511
PROPOSED RULES
Personal communications services:
    Narrowband PCS--
        Channels and response channels; eligibility and service area 
                issues, 27563-27578
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 27600-27603
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 27603-
          27604


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:
    Louisiana et al., 27503-27507
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Minnesota, 27604
    North Dakota, 27604
    South Dakota, 27604


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 27595
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 27595
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 27596
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 27596
    Gulf States Transmission Corp., 27596-27597
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 27597
    Madison Gas & Electric Co., 27597
    Maine Public Service Co., 27597-27598
    Northern States Power Co., 27598
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 27598
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 27598-27599


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Dare County, NC; Manns Harbor and Manteo proposed highway project, 
            rescission, 27648


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Collection of checks and other items from Federal Reserve banks and 
          Fedwire funds transfers (Regulation J):
    Single funds accounts, 27547-27554
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 27604-27605
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 27605
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 27605-27606
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 27606


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Aldi, Inc., 27606-27607
    Bruno's, Inc., 27607-27608


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Pineywoods, TX; red-cockaded woodpecker, 27617-27618


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27613


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Modoc National Forest, CA, 27619-27620
Meetings:
    Water Rights Task Force, 27582


General Accounting Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 27608


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Interagency Committee for Medical Records:
    Medical record-emergency care and treatment (SF 558)
        Automation, 27608-27611
    Medical record-interstitial/intercavitary therapy (SF 526)
        Automation, 27611
Interagency Committee on Medical Records:
    Medical record-authorization for tissue donation (OF 523B)
        Automation, 27611-27612


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


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Childhood Vaccines Advisory Commission, 27613
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Office of the Administrator, 27613-27616


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Land acquisitions into trust:
    Klamath Tribes of Oregon, 27618-27619
Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:
    Klamath Tribes, OR, 27619

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Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Gift taxes:
    Generation-skipping transfer tax, 27498
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Taxable asset acquisitions and deemed asset purchases; intangible 
            assets treatment; cross reference; hearing cancellation, 
            27563
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 27655-27658


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from--
        Canada, 27584


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27620-27621


Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Federal regulatory review:
    Coal management, 27563
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Alturas Resource Area, CA; geothermal electric power plant, 27619-
            27620
Survey plat filings:
    New Mexico, 27620


Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Civil legal services areas--
        Philadelphia, PA, et al., 27629


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Air bag depowering; anthropomorphic test dummy neck flexion, 
                extension, and tension measuring requirements, 27511-
                27518
PROPOSED RULES
Consumer information:
    Motor vehicle safety; rollover prevention, 27578-27579
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    National Academy of Sciences study; consumer automotive safety 
            information, 27648-27653


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Cooperative research and development consortium for zone fire 
            modeling, 27584-27585


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Advisory Dental Research Council, 27616
    National Institute of Dental Research, 27616
    Scientific Counselors Board, 27616-27617
    Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors, 27617


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries--
        Atlantic bluefin tuna, 27518-27519
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pacific Coast groundfish, 27519-27523
        Western Pacific crustacean, 27523-27524
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlantic shark fishery, 27585-27586
Meetings:
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 27586
    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 27586-27587


National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public telecommunications facilities program, 27662-27678


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Sweet Lake/Willow Lake Project, LA, 27582
Meetings:
    Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 27582-27583


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Docketing and Service Branch, Office of Secretary; name, address, 
            and facsimile telephone numbers change, 27494-27495
NOTICES
Control rod insertion problems; bulletin supplement issuance; comment 
          request, 27629-27632
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 27632-27633
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 27633-27634


Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    Keebler Co. et al., 27621-27625
    McLane Co., Inc., 27625-27629


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Bioethics Advisory Commission, National; extension, 27685


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Electric loans:
    Long-range financial forecasts, 27546-27547


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 27636
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 27636-27638
    Options Clearing Corp., 27638-27640
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 27640-27646
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Kent Funds, 27634-27636


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27646-27647
Meetings:
    Regional Fairness Boards--
        Rocky Mountain States, 27647


State Department
RULES
International Traffic in Arms regulations:
    Registration fees for manufacturers and exporters, 27497-27498


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agreements under sections 5a and 5b; applications for approval, etc.:
    EC-MAC Motor Carriers Services Association, Inc., et al., 27653
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Illinois Central Corp et al., 27653
    Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., 27654-27655
    Western Coal Traffic League, et al., 27655


Technology Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Technology, 27587


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


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    CF Mutual Holdings, 27658
    Goshen Savings Bank, 27658
    Montgomery Mutual Holding Co., 27658


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 27647


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27647-27648


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
See Thrift Supervision Office
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
          Administration, 27662-27678


Part III
Department of Education, 27680-27681


Part IV
The President, 27685
  
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                           3 CFR
Executive Orders:
12975................................................27685
13046................................................27685

                           7 CFR
35...................................................27493
Proposed Rules:
1005.................................................27525
1007.................................................27525
1011.................................................27525
1046.................................................27525
1710.................................................27546

                          10 CFR
2....................................................27494
110..................................................27494

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
210..................................................27547

                          14 CFR
39...................................................27496
71 (2 documents).....................................27659
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................27554

                          15 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3....................................................27556

                          17 CFR
1....................................................27659
15...................................................27659
16...................................................27659
17...................................................27659

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
718..................................................27562
722..................................................27562
725..................................................27562
726..................................................27562
727..................................................27562

                          22 CFR
122..................................................27497

                          26 CFR
26...................................................27498
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................27563

                          33 CFR
100 (2 documents)...................................27498,
                                                     27499
165..................................................27500

                          40 CFR
271..................................................27501

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3400.................................................27563
3410.................................................27563
3420.................................................27563
3440.................................................27563
3450.................................................27563
3460.................................................27563
3470.................................................27563
3480.................................................27563

                          44 CFR
64...................................................27503

                          46 CFR
108..................................................27659
110..................................................27659
111..................................................27659
112..................................................27659
113..................................................27659
161..................................................27659

                          47 CFR
24...................................................27507
Proposed Rules:
24...................................................27507

                          49 CFR
572..................................................27511
Proposed Rules:
Ch. V................................................27578

                          50 CFR
285..................................................27518
660 (2 documents)...................................27519,
                                                     27523