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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Prunes (dried) produced in California, 49905-49907
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49955
Eggs and egg products:
    Pasteurized shell eggs (in-shell eggs), 49955-49957


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Farm Service Agency
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Housing Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49957-49958


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 49959-49960


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Customs Service
NOTICES
Automated Broker Interface system:
    Electronic protest filing--
        Automation test, 50053-50054


Defense Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49961


Education Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Institutional Quality and Integrity National Advisory Committee, 
            49962-49963


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 49995-49997


Energy Department
See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Southwestern Power Administration


Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Room air conditioners, 50122-50150


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Endothall, 49925-49931
    Fenarimol, 49931-49937
    Maneb, 49918-49925
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    Nonroad diesel engines; emission standards, 50152-50219
NOTICES
Confidential business information and data transfer, 49977-49978
Meetings:
    Urban Wet Weather Flows Advisory Committee et al., 49978
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., 49979-49983
    Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals Ltd., 49983-49986
Pesticide programs:
    Pesticide applicators certification--
        DOE plan, 49978-49979


Farm Credit Administration
RULES
Farm credit system:
    Funding and fiscal affairs, loan policies and operations, and 
            funding operations--
        Cumulative voting by shareholders, 49907-49908


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    General Electric Co., 49945-49946


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 49986-
          49987


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Soyland Power Cooperative, Inc., et al., 49969-49973
    Tampa Electric Co. et al., 49973-49976
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Grand River Dam Authority, 49976
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Storage Co., 49963-49964
    Blue Lake Gas Storage Co., 49964
    Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Co., 49964
    Chandeleur Pipe Line Co., 49964
    Cinergy Services, Inc., 49964-49965
    Distrigas of Massachusetts Corp., 49965
    Duke Power Co., 49965
    Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co., L.L.C., 49965-49966

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    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 49966
    Michigan Gas Storage Co., 49966
    MIGC, Inc., 49966-49967
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 49967
    Nora Transmission Co., 49967
    OkTex Pipeline Co., 49967
    San Diego Gas & Electric Co., 49968
    Southern Company Services, Inc., 49968
    Steuben Gas Storage Co., 49968
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 49969
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 49969


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Technical amendments, 49939-49942


Federal Housing Finance Board
PROPOSED RULES
Federal home loan bank system:
    Membership eligibility requirements; definition of State amended, 
            49943-49945


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49997


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49987


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49987


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
RULES
Mortgage guaranty insurance company tax and loss bonds; book-entry form 
          issuance requirement and conversion option, 49912-49915


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Keck's checker-mallow, 49954
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        Gesneria pauciflora, 49989-49990
        Mitracarpus maxwelliae, etc., 49990


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Polymers--
        Polymethylsilsesquioxane; CFR correction, 49908
PROPOSED RULES
Human drugs:
    New drug applications--
        Products for life-threatening diseases; clinical hold, 49946-
                49954
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 49987-49988
    Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, 49988
    Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee, 
            49988-49989
    Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, 49989


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49987


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    Individual claims under Part A or B; appeal procedures
        Correction, 49937-49938


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


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 50054


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Flash memory circuits and products containing same, 49994
    Stainless steel wire rod from--
        Germany et al., 49994-49995


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 49995


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Little Rock Mine Project, NM, 49991
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Louisiana public lands; planning analysis, 49991


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49991-49992


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 49997


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 49960-49961

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National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Engineers Corps, Tulsa, OK; inventory, 49992-49993


National Science Foundation
RULES
Patents:
    Edison invention information management system use by NSF grantees 
            to handle NSF-assisted inventions, 49938-49939


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49997-49998


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Babcock & Wilcox Shallow Land Disposal Area, PA, 49999-50000
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50000
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 50000-50018
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    National Institutes of Health, 50018-50033
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., et al., 49998-49999


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
RULES
State plans; development, enforcement, etc.:
    New Mexico, 49910-49912
    Oregon, 49908-49910


Postal Service
RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Global package link (GPL) service--
        Hong Kong, 49915-49918


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad Retirement Act:
    Disability determination standards, 50056-50120


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous materials transportation--
        Miscellaneous amendments, 50222-50228


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907


Rural Housing Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50033-50034
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50034-50035
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50035-50036
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 50036-50048


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Regional Fairness Boards--
        Mid-Atlantic States, 50048


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Power rates:
    Robert D. Willis project, 49976-49977


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49993-49994


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Cost recovery procedures--
        Adjustment factor, 50048-50049
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 50049
    Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 50049
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 50049-50050


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    White House security review vehicular traffic restriction 
            recommendation; implementation, 50050-50053
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Transportation, Railroad Retirement Board, 50056-50120


Part III
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office, 
          50122-50150

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Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 50152-50219


Part V
Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 50222-50228
  
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993..................................................49905
1924.................................................49907

                          10 CFR
430..................................................00000

                          12 CFR
615..................................................49907
Proposed Rules:
900..................................................49943
932..................................................49943
933..................................................49943

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................49945

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
220..................................................00000

                          21 CFR
177..................................................49908
Proposed Rules:
312..................................................49946

                          29 CFR
1952 (2 documents)...................................49908
                                                     49910

                          31 CFR
343..................................................49912

                          39 CFR
20...................................................49915

                          40 CFR
180 (3 documents)...................................49918,
                                              49925, 49931
185 (2 documents).............................49925, 49931
186..................................................49931
Proposed Rules:
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86...................................................00000
89...................................................00000

                          42 CFR
473..................................................49937

                          45 CFR
650..................................................49938

                          49 CFR
365..................................................49939
366..................................................49939
372..................................................49939
375..................................................49939
387..................................................49939
390..................................................49939
Proposed Rules:
171..................................................00000
172..................................................00000
173..................................................00000
175..................................................00000
177..................................................00000
178..................................................00000
180..................................................00000

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................49954