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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Almonds grown in California, 50239-50241
Cotton research and promotion order:
    Imported cotton and cotton content of imported products; 
            supplemental assessment calculation
        Correction, 50244
Specialty crops; import regulations:
    Peanuts, 50241-50244
NOTICES
Beef promotion and research:
    Board and State beef council addresses, 50282-50284


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Farm Service Agency
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50282


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Animal welfare:
    Dogs, humane treatment; tethering, 50244-50245
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Camellia, gardenia, rhododendron, rose, and lilac; import permit 
            and notice of arrival requirements elimination, 50229-50231
    Fruits and vegetables; importation, 50231-50237
    Potato tubers from Bermuda and potato plants from Newfoundland et 
            al., 50237-50239
PROPOSED RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables; importation
        Papayas from Brazil and Costa Rica, 50260-50262
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50284-50285
Meetings:
    Veterinary biologics; in vitro testing guidelines, 50285
Overtime services relating to imports and exports:
    Agricultural quarantine and inspection services; user fees, 50285-
            50286


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Native American programs--
        Governance and social and economic development program, etc., 
                50372-50386


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Vermont, 50289


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Columbia River, OR, 50253
PROPOSED RULES
Boating safety:
    Recreational boating--
        Personal flotation devices; Federal requirements, 50280-50281
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Navigation Safety Advisory Council, 50427-50428


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50289-50292


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Mauritius, 50301-50302


Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50286-50288


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    1890 institution teaching and research capacity building program, 
            50438-50439


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Federal family education and William D. Ford Federal direct loan 
            programs; requirements modification, 50462-50466
Special education and rehabilitative services:
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997--
        Statutory requirements implementation; meetings; correction, 
                50435
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50302


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Southwestern Power Administration

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Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 50442-50447
PROPOSED RULES
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain program--
        Sulfur dioxide opt-ins; revisions, 50456-50460
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 50450-50454
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Drinking water issues--
        Waterborne disease occurrence estimation, 50335
    Lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction products; 
            stakeholders, 50335-50337
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    AgrEvo USA Co. et al., 50337-50367


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


Farm Service Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50286-50288


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus Industrie, 50251-50253
    Saab, 50250-50251
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 50263-50264
    Dornier, 50264-50266
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport, OK, 50428


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio broadcasting:
    Minimum distance separations between U.S. and Mexican FM broadcast 
            stations or allotments; revised spacing, 50256-50257
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50367-50369


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50369


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 50305-50307
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 50302-50303
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 50303
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 50303-50304
    Questar Pipeline Co., 50304
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 50304-50305
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 50305
    Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co.; correction, 50435
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 50305


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Clark County, NV, et al., 50428-50429
    Fremont County, WY, 50429


Federal Housing Finance Board
RULES
Financing Corporation operations:
    Federal regulatory reform, 50247-50250


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 50369-50370
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Seaport Services, Inc., et al., 50370


Federal Procurement Policy Office
NOTICES
Acquisition regulations:
    Procurement system education, training, and experience requirements 
            for acquisition personnel; policy letter, 50405-50407


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50370-50371
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50371


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Conservation agreements--
        Least chub, 50394-50395
    Recovery plans--
        Applegate's milk-vetch, 50396-50397
        Hawaiian hoary bat, 50399-50400
        Micronesian megapode, 50398-50399
        Nelson's checker-mallow, 50397-50398
        Pacific pocket mouse, 50398
        Warner sucker, etc., 50395-50396
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 50394


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Cultor Food Science, Inc., 50387
    Shikoku Chemical Corp., 50387
Human drugs:
    New drug applications--
        Helen A. Ballack Co. et al.; approval withdrawn, 50387-50390
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 50372


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Boise National Forest, ID, 50288-50289


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration

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See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Industry Advisory 
            Commission, 50372
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 50390
    Inspector General Office, 50372


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50390-50391


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50393-50394


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Nonimmigrant classes:
    Treaty trader and investor aliens; E classification
        Correction, 50435


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Key District Directors (Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations), 
            50434


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 50292-50294
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    University of--
        Georgia, 50370
        Notre Dame et al., 50294-50295


Justice Department
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
See Parole Commission


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Colorado, 50400
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, 50400-50401
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Miles City District, 50401
Motor vehicle use restrictions:
    Colorado, 50401-50402
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Arizona, 50402-50403
    Colorado, 50403
Survey plat filings:
    California, 50403
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Alaska, 50403-50404
    Arizona, 50404


Library of Congress
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Records availability; definitions, disclosure exemptions, copying 
            procedures, fees, etc., 50253-50256


Management and Budget Office
See Federal Procurement Policy Office


National Council on Disability
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50407


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Interpretive rulings and policy statements; withdrawn, 50245-50247
PROPOSED RULES
Credit unions:
    Central liquidity facility; first priority security interest in 
            specific assets, 50262-50263


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards--
        Panel of Judges, 50295


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Dental Research, 50391
    National Institute on Aging, 50391-50392
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 50392-50393


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of the exclusive economic zone:
        Pollock, 50258-50259
    Atlantic swordfish, 50257-50258
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Landscape characterization and restoration program, etc., 50295-
            50299
    National Sea Grant College Federal fellows program, 50300-50301
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 50301


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Anthropological and Geographic Sciences Advisory Panel, 50407-50408
    Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel, 50408
    Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering Committee, 50408
    Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure Special 
            Emphasis Panel, 50408-50409
    Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 50409

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 50409-50411
    Duquesne Light Co. et al., 50411


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


Parole Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50404-50405


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Health benefits, Federal employees--
        Truth in Negotiations Act and related changes; correction, 
                50435
PROPOSED RULES
Pay administration:
    Fair Labor Standards Act--
        Standardization and compliance; correction, 50435


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7026), 50473-50474
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 
            7025), 50471-50472
    Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7024), 50469-50470
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Angola, National Union for the Total Independence (UNITA); continuation 
          of emergency with U.S. (Notice of September 24, 1997), 50477


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines; detection, 50429-50430
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 50430-50431


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 50412-50414
    Depository Trust Co., 50414-50415
    Government Securities Clearing Corp., 50415-50416
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 50416-50418
    Options Clearing Corp., 50418-50422
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 50422-50426
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Precision Optics Corp., Inc., 50412


Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Social security benefits and supplemental security income:
    Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance, and aged, 
            blind, and disabled--
        Administrative review process; identification and referral of 
                cases for quality review under Appeals Council's 
                authority, 50266-50270
        Medical opinion evidence evaluation, 50270-50280


Southwestern Power Administration
NOTICES
Electric power marketing:
    Open access transmission service tariff; comment request and 
            meeting, 50307-50335


Surface Transportation Board
RULES
General provisions:
    Miscellaneous amendments
        Correction, 50257
NOTICES
Motor carriers:
    Revenue pooling agreements--
        Capital Trailways et al., 50431
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Rio Valley Railroad, Inc., et al., 50431-50432


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


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Generalized System of Preferences:
    Annual product review (1997)--
        Hearings, etc., 50426


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 50426-50427


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 50432-50433


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 50434
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 50438-50439


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 50442-50447

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Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 50450-50454


Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 50456-50460


Part VI
Department of Education, 50462-50466


Part VII
The President, 50469-50474


Part VIII
The President, 50477
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7024.................................................50469
7025.................................................50471
7026.................................................50473
Notices:
Notice of September 24, 1997.........................50477

                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
551..................................................50435

                           7 CFR
319 (3 documents)...................................50229,
                                              50231, 50237
321..................................................50237
330..................................................50237
981..................................................50239
999..................................................50241
1205.................................................50244
Proposed Rules:
319..................................................50260

                           8 CFR
214..................................................50435

                           9 CFR
1....................................................50244
3....................................................50244

                          12 CFR
Ch. VII..............................................50245
950..................................................50247
Proposed Rules:
725..................................................50262

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................50250,
                                                     50251
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents).....................................50263
                                                     50264

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
404 (2 documents)....................................50266
                                                     50270
416 (2 documents)....................................50266
                                                     50270

                          33 CFR
117..................................................50253
Proposed Rules:
175..................................................50280

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
300..................................................50435
301..................................................50435
303..................................................50435
682..................................................50462
685..................................................50462

                          36 CFR
703..................................................50253

                          40 CFR
300..................................................50442
Proposed Rules:
74...................................................50456
300..................................................50450

                          47 CFR
73...................................................50256

                          48 CFR
1602.................................................50435
1603.................................................50435
1604.................................................50435
1615.................................................50435
1616.................................................50435
1629.................................................50435
1631.................................................50435
1643.................................................50435
1644.................................................50435
1645.................................................50435
1649.................................................50435
1652.................................................50435
1653.................................................50435

                          49 CFR
1011.................................................50257

                          50 CFR
630..................................................50257
679..................................................50258