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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60062


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 60062


Army Department
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 60073


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 60063


Coast Guard
PROPOSED RULES
Merchant marine officers and seamen:
    Towing vessels; manning and licensing requirements for officers
        Correction, 60122


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Brazil, 60066


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        E-Mini Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Price Index, 60066-60067
    Minneapolis Grain Exchange--
        Barley, 60067-60068


Defense Department
See Army Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60068-60069
Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 60069-60072


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Federal-State unemployment compensation program:
    Federal Unemployment Tax Act; certifications, 60103-60104
    Unemployment insurance program letters--
        Federal unemployment insurance law interpretation, 60104-60108


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Gasoline deposit control additives; transferred gasoline; 
                oxygenate content identification requirement removed, 
                59998-60001
        Oxygenated gasoline program reformulated gasoline category 
                elimination from reformulated gasoline regulations, 
                60132-60136
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Michigan, 59995-59996
    Pennsylvania; correction, 59996-59998
Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    Arizona, 60001-60013
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Deposit control gasoline detergent additives; recordkeeping and 
                enforcement requirements, 60052-60058
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Pennsylvania; correction, 60052
Superfund program:
    National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
        National priorities list update, 60058-60060
NOTICES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    Urban buses (1993 and earlier model years); retrofit/rebuild 
            requirements; equipment certification--
        Detroit Diesel Corp., 60077-60079
        Johnson Matthey Inc., 60079-60090
Hazardous waste:
    Land disposal restrictions; exemptions--
        CECOS International, Inc., 60090
Meetings:
    National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, 60090-60091


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Export privileges, actions affecting:
    Thane-Coat, Inc., et al., 60063-60065


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., 59993-59995
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 60047-60051
Class E airspace, 60051-60052

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NOTICES
Technical standard orders:
    Aircraft bearings, 60116
    Aircraft seals, 60116-60117


Federal Bureau of Investigation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    DNA Advisory Board, 60101-60102


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Pay telephone reclassification and compensation provisions, 
                60034-60035
Television broadcasting:
    Two-way transmissions; multipoint distribution service and 
            instructional television fixed service licensees 
            participation, 60025-60034
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60091-60092
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60092


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Rulemaking petitions:
    Bopp, James, Jr., 60047


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 60074
    Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, 60074
    Howard/Avista Energy, LLC, 60074
    Illinois Power Co., 60074-60075
    Indeck Pepperell Power Associates, Inc., 60075
    Montaup Electric Co., 60075
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 60075
    New York State Electric & Gas Corp., 60075-60076
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 60076
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 60076
    West Texas Gas, Inc., 60076
    Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd., 60077


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Safety fitness procedure--
        Rating methodology, 60035-60046


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60093


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 60093


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    Cytec Industries, Inc., 60095
Meetings:
    Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, 
            60095


General Services Administration
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation:
    Agency records and informational materials; public availability, 
            60014-60025


Government Ethics Office
NOTICES
Electronic information dissemination:
    Ethics bulletin board system termination; Internet World Wide Web 
            site enhancement; comment request, 60093-60094


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60094-60095


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Single family mortgage insurance--
        Loss mitigation procedures, 60124-60130


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Affidavits of support on behalf of immigrants
        Correction, 60122
Nonimmigrant classes:
    Treaty trader and investor aliens; E classification
        Correction, 60122


Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)--
        Mexico, articles from; probable economic effects on U.S. 
                industries and consumers of accelerated elimination of 
                U.S. tariffs, Round Two, 60100-60101


Justice Department
See Federal Bureau of Investigation
See Immigration and Naturalization Service


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60102
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 60103


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Ward Valley, San Bernardino County, CA; tritium and related 
            materials testing, 60100

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Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 60108


Merit Systems Protection Board
RULES
Practices and procedures:
    Appeals and petitions for review of judges' initial decisions; time 
            limit changes, 59991-59992
    Personnel actions allegedly based on whistleblowing; appeals and 
            stay requests, 59992-59993


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advanced Technology Visiting Committee, 60065-60066


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 60095-60097
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 60097
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            60097-60098


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        IFQ survivorship transfer provisions; modification, 60060-60061


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 60108
Meetings:
    Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 60109
    Social and Political Science Advisory Panel, 60109


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices; correction, 60111
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Materials licenses; sealed source and device evaluation and 
            registration applications, 60111-60112
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Entergy Operations, Inc., et al., 60109-60111


Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
NOTICES
Meetings, 60112-60113


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7048), 60153-60154


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Rural Housing Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60063


Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60117-60118


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 60113-60115


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting 
          minimum standards, list, 60098-60100


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Abandoned mine land reclamation:
    Reclamation fund list; fee collection and coal production 
            reporting--
        Coal excess moisture allowance; republication, 60138-60149


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 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60115-60116
Meetings:
    Minority Business Resource Center Advisory Committee, 60116


Treasury Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 60118


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Summer institute for study of United States for foreign secondary 
            school teachers and teacher trainers, 60118-60121


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 60121
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 60124-60130


Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 60132-60136

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Part IV
Department of the Interior, Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
          Office, 60138-60149


Part V
The President, 60153-60154
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7048.................................................60153

                           5 CFR
1201.................................................59991
1209.................................................59992

                           8 CFR
213a.................................................60122
214..................................................60122
299..................................................60122

                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................60047

                          14 CFR
39...................................................59993
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................60047,
                                                     60049
71...................................................60051

                          24 CFR
203..................................................60124
206..................................................60124

                          30 CFR
870..................................................60138

                          40 CFR
52 (2 documents)....................................59995,
                                                     59996
80 (2 documents)..............................59998, 60132
81...................................................60001
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................60052
80...................................................60052
300..................................................60058

                          41 CFR
105-60...............................................60014

                          46 CFR
Proposed Rules:
10...................................................60122
15...................................................60122

                          47 CFR
1....................................................60025
21...................................................60025
64...................................................60034
74...................................................60025

                          49 CFR
385..................................................60035

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
679..................................................60060