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Agriculture Department
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
RULES
Agricultural commodities; commercial sales financing, 52929-52941
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
            Advisory Board, 52964


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53008-53009
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 53009-53011


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Louisiana, 52946


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See Patent and Trademark Office


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 52968-52970
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 52971


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Thailand, 52976-52977


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 52977-52978


Defense Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Reform Task Force, 52978


Drug Enforcement Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Records, reports, and exports of listed chemicals:
    Iodine and hydrochloric gas (hydrogen chloride gas)
        Correction, 53059


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53059
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Visiting scholars fellowship program, 53208-53210


Employment Standards Administration
See Wage and Hour Division
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53027
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 53028-53029


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 52946-52947
    Louisiana, 52948-52951
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    New Hampshire; correction, 52951-52952
Water pollution control:
    Water quality standards--
        Alaska; nineteen acute aquatic life criteria withdrawn, 53212-
                53214
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 52959-52961
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 52961-52963
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52995-52997
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 52997
        Weekly receipts, 52997-52998
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Monsanto Co., 52998-53001
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 53001-53002
Water pollution control:
    National pollutant discharge elimination system; State programs--
        Oklahoma, 53002-53004


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee, 52971

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Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Teledyne Continental Motors, 52942-52944


Federal Bureau of Investigation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53025-53026


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Television broadcasting:
    Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992--
        Rate regulation, 52952
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53004-53005
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications relay services; State certification applications 
            accepted, 53005-53006
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 53006


Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Disaster assistance:
    Hazard mitigation grant program; streamlining, 52952


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 52978-52980
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Florida Power Corp. et al., 52993-52995
Hydroelectric applications, 52995
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 52980
    Algonquin LNG, Inc., 52980
    Black Marlin Pipeline Co., 52980-52981
    Boundary Gas, Inc., 52981
    Caprock Pipeline Co., 52981
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 52981
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 52982
    Cove Point LNG L.P., 52982
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 52982
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 52982-52983
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 52983
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 52983
    Gas Transport, Inc., 52983-52984
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 52984
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 52984
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 52984-52985
    KN Wattenberg Transmission Limited Liability Co., 52985
    Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co., L.L.C., 52985
    Mid Louisiana Gas Co., 52985-52986
    Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., 52986
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 52987
    NE Hub Partners, L.P., 52987
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 52987
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 52987-52988
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 52988
    Paiute Pipeline Co., 52988
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 52988-52989
    Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 52989
    Sea Robin Pipeline Co., 52989
    TCP Gathering Co., 52989-52990
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 52990
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 52990
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 52990-52991
    TransColorado Gas Transmission Co., 52991
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 52991
    Trunkline Gas Co., 52992
    Viking Gas Transmission Co., 52992
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 52992-52993
    Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd., 52993
    Young Gas Storage Co. Ltd., 52993


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Bibb County, GA, 53046


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:
    Portman Square Ltd., 53006-53007


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 53007
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 53007-53008


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 53016-53017
Endangered Species Convention:
    Giant panda import permit policy, 53017-53018
Marine mammals permit applications, 53018


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Biological product licenses:
    National Health Guard, Inc., 53011


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Boise National Forest, ID, 52964-52965
    Wenatchee National Forest, WA, 52965-52966
Meetings:
    Northwest Sacramento Provincial Advisory Committee, 52967


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Agricultural commodities standards:
    Black and cranberry beans, 52967
Barge inspection services on selected rivers; pilot program, 52967-
          52968
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Federal Grain Inspection Service Advisory Committee, 52968


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


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 53016

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Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Reclamation Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Source of income from sales of inventory partly from sources within 
            possession of United States, etc., 52953-52959


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from--
        Taiwan, 52971-52972
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    District Export Councils, 52972-52973
Countervailing duties:
    Agricultural tillage tools from--
        Brazil, 52973-52974
    Cold-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products from--
        Argentina, 52974-52975


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Federal Bureau of Investigation
See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office


Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 53026


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Wage and Hour Division
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National Advisory 
            Committee, 53026-53027


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 53018-53019
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Oregon, 53019-53020
Survey plat filings:
    Nevada, 53020-53021


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Safety performance standards--
        Research and development programs, 53046-53047
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 53047-53049


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Information processing standards, Federal:
    COBOL, FORTRAN, etc.; validation services termination delayed, 
            52976


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Research Resources, 53011-53012
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 53012
    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
            Diseases, 53012
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 53012
    National Institute of Mental Health, 53013
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 53012-
            53013
    Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 53013
    Women's Health Research Office, 53013-53014
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Intramural research support services, 53014-53015
    National Cancer Institute, 53015-53016


National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
            Committee, 53021
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; inventory, 53021-53022
    Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI; inventory from O'ahu 
            County, HI, 53022
    Peabody Essex Museum, MA; tapa shroud and two tapa samples from 
            Hawaii, 53022-53023
    State Archaeologist Office, University of Iowa, IA; inventory, 
            53023-53025


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Petitions; Director's decisions:
    National Institutes of Health; correction, 53031
    Northern States Power Co., 53031-53032
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 53032
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Consumers Energy Co., 53029-53031


Patent and Trademark Office
RULES
Patents:
    Practice rules; simplification, clarification, and removal of 
            unnecessary requirements, 53132-53206


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and countries of the Eastern Caribbean; 
          antinarcotics assistance (Presidential Determination No. 97-
          38 of September 30, 1997), 53221
Ireland, International Fund for; U.S. contributions (Presidential 
          Determination No. 97-33 of September 22, 1997), 53217
Refugee admissions and authorizations of in-country refugee status 
          (Presidential Determination No. 97-37 of September 30, 1997), 
          53219-53220


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health

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Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 53025


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials transportation:
    Preemption determinations, 53049-53052
Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program:
    Candidates, 53052-53057


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 53040
Securities:
    Suspension of trading--
        United States Properties, Inc., 53040
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 53040-53041
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 53062-53130
    Options Clearing Corp., 53041-53042
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Blanchard Funds et al., 53032-53034
    Public utility holding company filings, 53034-53036
    Reich & Tang Distributors, L.P., et al., 53037-53038
    TCW International Equity L.P. et al., 53038-53040


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 53042


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 53057
    Interstate Railroad Co., 53057-53058


Tennessee Valley Authority
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 53042-53043


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 53043-53044
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 53044-53045
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 53045-53046
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 53046


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 53058
    Readjustment of Veterans Advisory Committee, 53058
    Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 53058


Wage and Hour Division
RULES
American Samoa; minimum wage rates, 52944-52946
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 53062-53130


Part III
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, 53132-53206


Part IV
Department of Education, 53208-53210


Part V
Environmental Protection Agency, 53212-53214


Part VI
The President, 53217-53221
  
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                           3 CFR
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determination:
No. 97-33............................................53217
No. 97-37............................................53219
No. 97-38............................................53221

                           7 CFR
17...................................................52929

                          14 CFR
39...................................................52942

                          21 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1310.................................................53059

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................52953

                          29 CFR
697..................................................52944

                          33 CFR
117..................................................52946

                          37 CFR
1....................................................53132
3....................................................53132
5....................................................53132
7....................................................53132
10...................................................53132

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents)....................................52946,
                                                     52948
131..................................................53212
271..................................................52951
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................52959
300..................................................52961

                          44 CFR
206..................................................52952

                          47 CFR
76...................................................52952