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Agency for International Development
PROPOSED RULES
Commodity transactions:
    Maximum prices and preshipment inspection requirements, 42712-42713


Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
RULES
Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment
    Correction, 42857


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Mountain Home AFB, ID; tactical training range, 42768


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Hog cholera and swine vesicular disease; disease status change--
        Netherlands, 42664
PROPOSED RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Horses from Mexico; quarantine requirements, 42705-42707
Interstate transportaion of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    General provisions; clarification, 42703-42705


Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
          Disabled


Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Albany Bicentennial Fireworks, NY; safety zone, 42677-42678
    Astoria, OR; regulated navigation area, 42674-42675
    Delaware Bay and Delaware River, PA; safety zone, 42676-42677
    Richland, WA, regulated navigation area, 42673-42674
    Upper New York Bay, NY, etc.; safety zone, 42671-42673
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National boating safety activities; national nonprofit public 
            service organizations, 42852


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


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42743-42744
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 42744-42745
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 42745


Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Export programs:
    Facility payment guarantees, 42651-42664


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Intelligence Agency Science Advisory Board, 42767-42768


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    American Oil and Gas, et al., 42819
    Baker School Specialty Co., 42819
    Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 42820
    Reynolds Metal Co., 42820
    Savannah Manufacturing Corp., et al., 42820
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42820-42822
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
    Hickory Hills Industries, Inc., et al., 42822-42823
    Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 42823
    Yonah Realty, et al., 42823-42825


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42825
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 42825-42827


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Mefenpyr-diethyl, etc., 42678-42684
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Myclobutanil, 42684-42690
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Fluorene, 42690-42692
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Clean Air Act--
        Carbon monoxide; nonattainment area for Fairbanks, AK, 42717-
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Clean Water Act:
    Pharmaceutical manufacturing--
        Effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards, and 
                new source performance standards, 42720-42732
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Butanamide, etc., 42732
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42779-42781
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 42781-42782
        Weekly receipts, 42781
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 42785-42791
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Auxein Corp., 42782-42783
    Furanone, etc., 42783-42784
    Plant Genetics Systems Inc., 42784-42785
    Thermo Trilogy, Inc., 42785
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Peerless Industrial Paint Coatings Site, 42791-42792
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Premanufacture notices receipts, 42886-42895


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42792


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Safflower seed, 42647-42651


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 42792


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42768-42769
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42769-42770
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Long Island Lighting Co., et al., 42774-42777
    Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., et al., 42777-42779
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alaska Electric Light & Power Co., 42770
    ANR Pipeline Co., 42770-42771
    California Power Services, L.L.C., 42771
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 42771
    Global Energy and Technology, Inc., 42771-42772
    Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 42772
    Sierra Pacific Power Co., 42772
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 42772-42773
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 42773
    Union Electric Co.; correction, 42857


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Federal home loan bank system:
    Pilot mortgage purchase program; FHLBank of Seattle, 42793-42794


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 42794-42795


Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad operating rules:
    Grade crossing warning systems selection and installation, 42733-
            42734
Track safety standards; public hearings, 42733


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Depository institutions; reserve requirements (Regulation D):
    Reserve aggregation, and pass-through account rules; update and 
            clarification, 42708-42712
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42795
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 42795
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 42796
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 42796
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 42796
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 42796-42797


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Catalina Island mountain-mahogany, etc. (three plants from Channel 
            Islands, CA, 42692-42702
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 42816-42817


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    North Carolina
        Unifi, Inc.; polyester yarn manufacturing plant, 42745


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Clearwater National Forest, ID, 42739-42740
    Kootenai National Forest, MT, 42740-42741
    Stanislaus National Forest, CA, 42742


Health and Human Services Department
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Academic health centers, Federal policies affecting future; hearings; 
          correction, 42797


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Hospice wage index update methodology, 42860-42883


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Community partnerships for resident uplift and economic 
            development; correction, 42797-42798
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 42798-42816

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Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42819


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Indian tribes, acknowledgement of existence determinations, etc:
    Point Au Chien Indian Tribe, 42817-42818


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Indian Affairs Bureau
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See Reclamation Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and 
            parts from--
        United Kingdom, 42745-42746
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Russia, 42746
    Gray Portland cement from--
        Mexico, 42746-42747
    Industrial nitrocellulose from--
        China, 42747-42749
    Light-scattering instruments and parts thereof from--
        Japan, 42749-42750
    Professional electric cutting tools from--
        Japan, 42750-42755
    Sebacic acid from--
        China, 42755-42759
    Silicon metal from--
        Brazil, 42759-42763
Export trade certificates of review, 42763-42765
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Concrete panels reinforced fiberglass mesh from--
        Canada, 42765-42766


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 42818


Minerals Management Service
RULES
Federal claims collection:
    Civil money penalties; inflation adjustment, 42667-42669
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Safety and pollution prevention equipment quality assurance, 42669-
            42671


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Research and development programs, 42852-42853


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        New England Fishery Management Council; public meetings, 42737-
                42738
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking--
        Seismic activities on-ice; ringed seals, 42737
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Food and Agriculture Organization, Committee on Fisheries, 42766-
            42767
    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 42767


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Conservation Practices National Handbook:
    Conservation practice standards, new or revised; comment request, 
            42742-42743


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Byproduct material; medical use:
    Working group establishment to revise regulations and related 
            documents; meeting, 42707-42708
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42844-42845
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42845


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Safety and health standards, etc.:
    Methylene chloride; occupational exposure
        Reporting and recordkeeping requirement, 42666-42667
NOTICES
Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:
    Applied Research Laboratories, Inc., 42827-42828
    Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., 42829-42830


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:
    Collective investment fund conversion transactions, 42830-42837
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    Alloy Die Casting Co. et al., 42837-42839
    TA Associates, Inc., et al., 42839-42842
Meetings:
    Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans Advisory Council, 
            42842-42843


Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
NOTICES
Meetings, 42845-42846


Public Health Service
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group, 42818-42819


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securitites:
    Brokers and dealers reporting requirements; CFR correction, 42664-
            42665
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 42846
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42846-42847
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 42847-42848
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 42848-42849
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Benchmark Electronics, Inc., 42847


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42849
Meetings: district and regional advisory councils:
    Honolulu, 42850
    Rhode Island, 42850


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Supplemental security income:
    Title II and Title XVI; disability determination services, 42850-
            42851


State Department
RULES
Visas; immigrant documentation:
    Diversity immigrant visa lottery administration fee, 42665-42666


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 42797


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Indiana, 42713-42715
    Oklahoma, 42715-42717


Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Rail licensing procedures:
    Commuter rail service continuation subsidies and discontinuance 
            notices, 42734-42737


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 42851
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 42852


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 42853-42856
  
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Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 42860-42883


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 42886-42895
  
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                           7 CFR
3....................................................42857
278..................................................42857
400..................................................42857
401..................................................42647
457..................................................42647
1493.................................................42651

                           9 CFR
94...................................................42664
Proposed Rules:
71...................................................42703
92...................................................42705

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
35...................................................42707

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
204..................................................42708

                          17 CFR
240..................................................42664

                          22 CFR
22...................................................42665
Proposed Rules:
201..................................................42712

                          29 CFR
1910.................................................42666

                          30 CFR
250 (2 documents)...................................42667,
                                                     42669
Proposed Rules:
914..................................................42713
936..................................................42715

                          33 CFR
100..................................................42671
165 (5 documents)...................................42671,
                                42673, 42674, 42676, 42677

                          40 CFR
180 (2 documents)...................................42678,
                                                     42684
721..................................................42690
Proposed Rules:
81...................................................42717
439..................................................42720
721..................................................42732

                          42 CFR
418..................................................42860

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
213..................................................42733
234..................................................42733
1155.................................................42734

                          50 CFR
17...................................................42692
Proposed Rules:
216..................................................42737
648..................................................42737