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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Almonds grown in California, 43459-43461
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act:
    Retailers and grocery wholesalers; phase-out of license fee 
            payments, etc., 43453-43455
Potatoes (Irish) grown in--
    California and Oregon, 43457-43459
Spearmint oil produced in Far West, 43461-43466


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Pink bollworm, 43455-43457
PROPOSED RULES
Mexican border regulations; CFR part removed, 43487-43489


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    InfoTEST International; correction, 43550


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Military Traffic Management Command Conus Command Headquarters; 
                relocation to Fort Eustis, VA, 43519
        U.S. Army Garrison-Fitzsimons, CO, 43519-43520


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 43533-43534


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Romania; correction, 43517


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Price Index, etc., 43517-43518
    New York Mercantile Exchange--
        Hong Kong stock index, 43518


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43579-43580


Defense Department
See Army Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, 43518-43519
    Wage Committee, 43519


Education Department
NOTICES
Special education and rehabilitative services:
    Blind vending facilities under Randolph-Sheppard Act--
        Arbitration panel decisions, 43520


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Virginia, 43471-43472
PROPOSED RULES
Drinking water:
    National primary drinking water regulations--
        Safe Drinking Water Act; public notification requirements; 
                stakeholders meeting, 43492-43493
NOTICES
Clean Air Act:
    Citizens suits; proposed settlements--
        Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., 43528


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Export privileges, actions affecting:
    Ace, Ian, 43503-43504


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Hearing aid compatible wireline telephones in workplaces, confined 
            settings, etc., 43481-43484
    Unauthorized changes of consumer's long distance carriers 
            (slamming); policies and rules, 43477-43481
Practice and procedure:
    Forfeiture proceedings; policy statement, 43474-43477
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Unauthorized changes of consumer's long distance carriers 
            (slamming); policies and rules, 43493-43500


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 43528-43529

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Alabama, 43529
    Colorado, 43529-43530
    Montana, 43530-43531
    Texas, 43531
    Vermont, 43531


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Monroe City Corp., 43525-43526
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., 43520-43521
    Cambridge Electric Light Co., 43521
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 43521
    Commonwealth Electric Co., 43521
    IES Utilities Inc., 43521-43522
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 43522
    Missouri Gas Energy et al., 43522
    Montana Power Co., 43522-43523
    New England Power Pool, 43523
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 43523
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 43523-43524
    Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 43524
    Otter Tail Power Co., 43524
    Potomac Electric Power Co., 43524
    St. Joseph Power & Light Co., 43524
    Tucson Electric Power Co., 43525
    Union Electric Co., 43525
    Virginia Electric & Power Co., 43525
    Washington Water Power Co., 43525


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Relogistics Worldwide, Inc., et al., 43531


Federal Reserve System
RULES
Electronic fund transfers (Regulation E);
    Electronic benefit transfer programs; exemption, 43467-43469
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 43532
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 43532-43533


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        Kokia cookei, 43544-43545
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 43544
Marine mammals permit applications, 43545


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Center for Veterinary Medicine, Director and Deputy Director, 43471
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43534
Food additive petitions:
    General Electric Co., 43535
Human drugs:
    New drug applications, etc.--
        Levothryroxine sodium, 43535-43538
Meetings:
    National Consumer Forums, 43538-43539
    Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, 43539
    Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee et al., 43539
    Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, 43539-43540
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 43540


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Tongass National Forest, AK, 43501
    Wenatchee National Forest, WA, 43501-43503


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal property management:
    Aviation, transportation, and motor vehicles--
        Government aircraft parts; management, use, and disposal, 
                43472-43474


Health and Human Services Department
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
Medicaid;
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        June (1997), 43541-43542


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 43542-43543
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43543
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        Early intervention services; pre-application technical 
                assistance workshops, 43543-43544


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 43526
Decisions and orders, 43526-43528


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Nonimmigrants; documentary requirements--
        Lawful domicile, establishment; section 212(c) relief 
                eligibility, 43466-43467


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See Reclamation Bureau


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from--
        Thailand, 43504

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    Ferrosilicon from--
        Brazil, 43504-43513
    Magnesium, pure, from--
        Canada, 43513-43514
    Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and unfinished, from--
        China, 43514-43515


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Diagnostic kits for detection and quantification of viruses, 43548-
            43549
    Toothbrushes and packaging, 43549-43550


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    ALCOA et al., 43550
    North American Group Ltd. et al., 43550


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Missing and exploited children's program, 43550-43555
Meetings:
    Coalition for Juvenile Justice, 43555


Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Santa Rita Pit Expansion and Land Exchange Project, NM, 43545-43546


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Western Gulf of Mexico--
        Military Warning Areas; lease sales, 43547-43548


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Urban Forum, 43556


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Scallop, 43486
        Shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in 
                Gulf of Alaska, 43485
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic sea scallop, 43469-43471
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        West Coast salmon, 43484-43485
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 43515
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 43516
    Marine mammals, 43516-43517


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 43556
Meetings:
    Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 43559-43560
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Houston Lighting & Power Co. et al., 43556-43559
    Yankee Atomic Electric Co., 43559


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
Safety and health standards, etc.:
    Methylene chloride; occupational exposure
        Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; correction, 43581


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43560


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Visits to facilities, 43560


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 43560


Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Columbia River System operation review; Pacific Northwest 
            Coordination Agreement, 43548


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Disclosure Simplification Task Force recommendations
        Correction, 43581
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 43561
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 43568-43573
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alliance All-Market Advantage Fund, Inc., 43561-43562
    Mutual Fund Variable Annuity Trust et al., 43562-43568


Small Business Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Small business size standards:
    8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business status 
            determinations; eligibility requirements and contractual 
            assistance; Federal regulatory review, 43584-43628
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Alabama, 43573
    Colorado, 43573-43574
    North Carolina et al., 43574
    Ohio, 43574

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    Texas, 43574-43575
    Vermont, 43575
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 43575


Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 43489-43492


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway, LLC, 43576
    Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., 43576-43577
    Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., 43577
    Kauri, Inc., et al., 43577-43578
    Paducah & Louisville Railway, 43578
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 43578-43579


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


Transportation Department
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43575-43576


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
  
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                           7 CFR
46...................................................43453
301..................................................43456
947..................................................43457
981..................................................43459
985..................................................43461
Proposed Rules:
319..................................................43487
320..................................................43487
330..................................................43487
352..................................................43487

                           8 CFR
212..................................................43466

                          12 CFR
205..................................................43467

                          13 CFR
Proposed Rules:
121..................................................43584
124..................................................43584
134..................................................43584

                          15 CFR
902..................................................43469

                          17 CFR
228..................................................43581
229..................................................43581
230..................................................43581
232..................................................43581
239..................................................43581
240..................................................43581
249..................................................43581

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
402..................................................43489

                          21 CFR
5....................................................43471

                          29 CFR
1910.................................................43581

                          40 CFR
52...................................................43471
Proposed Rules:
141..................................................43492

                          41 CFR
101-37...............................................43472

                          47 CFR
1....................................................43474
64...................................................43477
68...................................................43481
Proposed Rules:
64...................................................43493

                          50 CFR
648..................................................43469
660..................................................43484
679 (2 documents)...................................43485,
                                                     43486