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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Kiwifruit research, promotion, and consumer information order; 
          referendum procedures, 54310-54313
PROPOSED RULES
Kiwifruit research, promotion, and consumer information order, 54314-
          54332


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Forest Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Plattsburgh Air Force Base, NY, 54098
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Tel Med Technologies, 54098


Arctic Research Commission
NOTICES
Meeting, 54040-54041


Army Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Buried pipe locator utilizing a change in ground capacitance, 
            54098-54099


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
PROPOSED RULES
Respiratory devices used to protect workers in hazardous environments; 
          certification, 53998-54006
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 54116
    Screening and Tracking Systems for Early Hearing Detection and 
            Intervention; workshop, 54116


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Indian lands; financial assistance for the mitigation of 
            environmental impacts due to Department of Defense 
            activities, 54116


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54042-54043


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 54041-54042


Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program provisions; Aquacultural 
          species, etc., 53929-53932


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54097-54098


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Contract performance reporting outside the United States, 54017-
            54018
    Government property, 54008-54017


Drug Enforcement Administration
RULES
List I chemicals; manufacturers, distributors, importers and exporters; 
          registration:
    Pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine products; temporary 
            distribution registration exemption, 53959-53960
    Pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and combination ephedrine 
            products; non-retail distribution fee requirements waiver, 
            53958-53959


Employment Standards Administration
RULES
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act:
    Civil money penalties adjustment, 53955-53957
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 54129-54130


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Texas, 53997-53998
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 54106-54107
        Weekly receipts, 54106
Meetings:
    Common sense initiative--
        Petroleum refining sector, 54107-54108
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Kane and Lombard Site, 54108-54109

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Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 53939-53940
    AlliedSignal Inc., 53935-53937
    Short Brothers plc, 53937-53938
Class E airspace, 53941-53948
Class E airspace; correction, 53948
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, 53979
    Fokker, 53976-53977
    Robinson Helicopter Co., 53977-53979
Class D airspace, 53979-53980
Class E airspace, 53980-53996
NOTICES
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, NC, 54150-54151


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Michigan, 53973
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    California, 54007
    Missouri, 54007-54008
    Wisconsin, 54006-54007
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 54109-54110
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54110-54111
State telecommunications relay services certification; applications 
          accepted, 54111


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 54111-54112
Community Reinvestment Act; policy statement rescinded, 54112-54113
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54113


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Montaup Electric Co., et al., 54103-54105
Hydroelectric applications, 54105-54106
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Caprock Pipeline Co., 54099
    CNG Transmission Corp., 54099
    Dauphin Island Gathering Partners, 54099-54100
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 54100
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 54100-54101
    NORAM Energy Services, Inc., 54101
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 54101
    Questar Pipeline Co., 54101-54102
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 54102
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 54102
    Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 54103
    Transwestern Pipeline Co., 54103
    Western Gas Interstate Co., 54103


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 54113
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Esprit International Shipping Combined Transport, Inc., et al., 
            54113


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 54113-54114
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 54114
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 54114
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54114


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54114-54116


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Atlantic sturgeon, 54018-54020
    Mobile River Basin, AL; three aquatic snails as endangered and 
            three aquatic snails as threatened, 54020-54028
    St. Andrew Beach mouse, 54028-54035
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Vernon Parish, LA; red-cockaded woodpecker, etc., 54121-54123


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Polymers--
        Nylon 6/66 copolymers, 53957-53958
NOTICES
Debarment orders:
    Herman, Hedviga, 54117
Food additive petitions:
    Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals, Ltd., 54117-54118
Meetings:
    Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, 54118
    Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, 
            54118
    Pharmaceutical Science Advisory Committee, 54118-54119
    Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee, 54119


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Helena National Forest, MT, 54037-54039
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Targhee National Forest, WY, 54039-54040
National Forest System lands:
    Noxious weeds spread prevention; certified forage use, MT, 54040


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 54119-54121


Inter-American Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54121


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group, 54121


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and 
            parts from--
        France et al., 54043-54085
    Ferrosilicon from--
        Brazil, 54085-54087
    Silicon metal from--
        Brazil, 54087-54096


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See National Institute of Corrections


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, 54128-54129


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Helena National Forest, MT, 54037-54039
    Montana; weed seed-free forage on public lands; requirements, 
            54123-54124
Management framework plans, etc.:
    California, 54124
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        John Day-Snake, 54124
        Northwest Colorado, 54124-54125
        Utah, 54124
Public land orders:
    New Mexico, 54125
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Arizona, 54125-54126
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Carrizo Plain Natural Area, CA; supplementary rules, 54126-54127


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Certain rates regarding recovery from tortiously liable third persons 
          (Circular A-25), 54131-54138
Line Item Veto Act; cancellation of items:
    Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 54338


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Sea-Land Service, Inc., 54151


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 54152
    Proposed collection; comment request; correction, 54151
Motor vehicle theft prevention standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, 54152-54154


National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Board, 54128


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pacific cod, 53973-53974
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic highly migratory species--
        Meetings, 54035-54036
Marine mammals:
    Endangered fish or wildlife--
        Atlantic sturgeon, 54018-54020
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 54096
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    State programs--
        Intent to evaluate performance, 54096-54097
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 54097


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Wrangell St. Elias National Preserve, AK--
        Sport hunting guide-outfitter services, 54127-54128
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Haleakala National Park, HI; inventory; correction, 54157


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Nuclear power plants--
        IEEE national consensus standard, 53932-53935
PROPOSED RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Nuclear power plants--
        IEEE national consensus standard, 53975-53976
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 54130-54131

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Safety and health standards:
    Tuberculosis, occupational exposure to, 54160-54308


Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54138-54139


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Rural Women's Day, International (Proc. 7041), 54335-54336


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


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Offshore press conferences; meetings with company representatives 
            conducted offshore and press related materials released 
            offshore, 53948-53955
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54147
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 54147-54149
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company of America, et al., 
            54139-54143
    Public utility holding company filings, 54143-54145
    Security First Trust, et al., 54145-54147


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Overseas Security Advisory Council, 54149


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Alabama, 53996-53997


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54154
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Ashland Railway, Inc., 54154
    Georgia Northeastern Railroad Co., Inc., 54154-54155
    Iowa Northern Railway Co., 54155
Railroad services abandonment:
    Lake State Railway Co., 54155-54156


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 54149-54150


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Debt Management Advisory Committee, 54156


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era--Metropolitan 
            Museum of Art in New York, 54156


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Loan guaranty:
    Credit standards, 53963-53973
Medical benefits:
    Patient care; informed consent, 53960-53963
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, 
          54160-54308


Part III
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 54310-54332


Part IV
The President, 54335-54336


Part V
Management and Budget Office, 54338
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7041.................................................54335

                           7 CFR
1214.................................................54310
1437.................................................53929
Proposed Rules:
1214.................................................54314

                          10 CFR
50...................................................53932
Proposed Rules:
50...................................................53975

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents)....................................53935,
                                              53937, 53939
71 (10 documents)...................................53940,
           53941, 53942, 53943, 53944, 53945, 53946, 53948
Proposed Rules:
39 (3 documents)....................................53976,
                                              53977, 53979
71 (15 documents)...................................53979,
  53980, 53981, 53982, 53983, 53984, 53985, 53986, 53987, 
                  53989, 53990, 53991, 53992, 53993, 53995

                          17 CFR
230..................................................53948
240..................................................53948

                          20 CFR
702..................................................53955

                          21 CFR
177..................................................53957
1309 (2 documents)..................................53958,
                                                     53959
1310.................................................53959

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1910.................................................54160

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
901..................................................53996

                          38 CFR
17...................................................53960
36...................................................53963

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................53997

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
84...................................................53998

                          47 CFR
73...................................................53973
Proposed Rules:
73 (3 documents)....................................54006,
                                                     54007

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
216..................................................54008
245..................................................54008
252 (2 documents)...................................54008,
                                                     54017

                          50 CFR
679..................................................53973
Proposed Rules:
17 (3 documents)....................................54018,
                                              54020, 54028
227..................................................54018
285..................................................54035
630..................................................54035
644..................................................54035
678..................................................54035