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Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 63959-63960


Army Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Science Board, 63922-63923


Broadcasting Board of Governors
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63920


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    New Jersey, 63847


Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Customs Service
NOTICES
Automation program test:
    Remote location filing, 64043-64046


Defense Department
See Army Department
RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Educational assistance test program; increased allowances, 
                63847-63848
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63921
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 63922


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63923-63924
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Strengthening institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and 
            endowment challenge grant programs, 64124


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Federal-State unemployment compensation program:
    Unemployment insurance program letters--
        Federal unemployment insurance law interpretation, 63960-63967


Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee, 63924


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Northern Mariana Islands; anti-dumping and detergent 
                additization requirements for conventional gasoline; 
                exemption petition, 63853-63858
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Lambda-cyhalothrin
        Correction, 64048
    Sodium chlorate, 63858-63863
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Fuels and fuel additives--
        Northern Mariana Islands; anti-dumping and detergent 
                additization requirements for conventional gasoline; 
                exemption petition, 63918-63919
NOTICES
Clean Air Act:
    Carbon monoxide; air quality criteria; call for information, 63937
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    GlobeTech Industries Corp., 63940-63942
    Valent U.S.A. Corp. et al., 63942-63951
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    D.Z.N. Diazinon 1% M.E. Insecticide, etc., 63937-63940


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
RULES
Federal sector equal employment opportunity:
    Class complaints; CFR correction, 63847


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


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 63835-63836
    Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation; correction, 63828-63830
    Mitsubishi, 63830-63831
    Raytheon, 63831-63834, 63836-63837
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter France, 63912-63914
    Raytheon, 63914-63916
Class E airspace, 63916-63918
NOTICES
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Buffalo Niagara International Airport, NY, 64040

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Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Commercial mobile radio services--
        Competitive service safeguards, structural and nonstructural, 
                for local exchange carrier provision, etc., 63864-63872
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 63951


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Interstate Power Co. et al., 63931-63932
    PacifiCorp et al., 63932-63937
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Alpha Energy Corp., 63924
    Central Power & Light Co. et al., 63924-63925
    CNG Transmission Corp., 63925
    Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 63925
    CSW Power Marketing, Inc., 63925
    Frontier Gas Storage Co.; correction, 64048
    Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., 63925-63926
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 63926-63927
    Illinois Power Co., 63927
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 63927
    Mobile Bay Pipeline Co.; correction, 64048
    Mojave Pipeline Co., 63927
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 63927-63928
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 63928
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 63928
    Promark Energy, Inc., 63928-63929
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 63929
    Texaco Natural Gas Co., 63930
    Texas Utilities Electric Co., 63930
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 63930
    Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp., 63930-63931
    Williams Natural Gas Co., 63931


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements; additional information requests:
    Central America Discussion Agreement, 63951
Agreements filed, etc., 63951


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 63951-63952
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 63952
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 63952


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 63956-63957


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food for human consumption:
    Irradiation in production, processing, and handling of food, 64107-
            64121
        Stay of effective date and hearing denied, 64102-64107
PROPOSED RULES
Human drugs:
    Inhalation solution products; sterility requirements
        Correction, 64048
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Industry-supported scientific and educational activities; guidance, 
            64074-64100


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Program Support Center, 63952-63953


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 63953
Meetings:
    Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, 63953-63954


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
Immigration:
    Affidavits of support on behalf of immigrants
        Correction, 64048


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


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 64046-64047


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Countervailing duties:
    Cut-to-length steel plate from--
        Mexico, 63920
    Extruded rubber thread from--
        Malaysia, 63920-63921
Meetings:
    Automotive Parts Advisory Committee, 63921


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Steel wire rod from--
        Canada et al., 63958-63959


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Alcan Aluminum, Inc., et al., 63959


Labor Department
See Employment and Training Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy Labor Advisory Committee, 63960

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Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Opening of public lands:
    Montana, 63957
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Arizona, 63957-63958


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Line Item Veto Act; cancellation of items:
    Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
            Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 64130


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee, 64040-64041
    Research and development programs, 64041-64042


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Transgenic mice that express human cytochrome P450 genes CYP2D6 and 
            CYP3A4; scientific and commercial development, 63954-63955
Meetings:
    National Cancer Institute, 63955-63956
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 63956


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish, 63880-63891
        Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 63877-63878
        Pacific halibut and red king crab, 63878-63880
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 63872-63876
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        West Coast salmon, 63876-63877


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, CT; inventory from Port 
            Townsend, WA, 63958


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Production and utilization facitilities; domestic licensing:
    Light-water power reactors; criticality accident requirements, 
            63825-63828
PROPOSED RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Light-water power reactors; criticality accident requirements, 
            63911-63912
    Nuclear power plants--
        Components; construction, inservice inspection, and inservice 
                testing; industry codes and standards, 63892-63911
NOTICES
Certificates of compliance:
    United States Enrichment Corp.--
        Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 63968-63969
Meetings:
    Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 63969-63970
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 63970-63986


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 63968


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


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Personnel management demonstration projects:
    Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers; science and technology 
            reinvention laboratories, 64050-64071


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 63850-63853


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances :
    World AIDS Day (Proc. 7056), 64127-64128


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


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
    User fees, 64042


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 63986-63987
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Deregistration applications--
        Crabbe Huson Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 63999-
                64000
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 64000-64035
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 64035-64037
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Acorn Investment Trust, 63987-63989
    AFC (USA) I, Inc., 63989-63990
    American Restaurant Partners, L.P., 63990-63991
    First American Funds, Inc., et al., 63991-63993
    Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. et al., 63993-63996
    Public utility holding company filings, 63996-63999


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Boards; membership, 64037

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Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Social security acquiescence rulings:
    Chavez vs. Bowen; effect of prior final decision that claimant is 
            not disabled, findings contained therein, on adjudication 
            of subsequent disability claim, 64038-64039


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 63956


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Boston & Maine Corp., 64042-64043


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; policies 
          and practices:
    Honduras, 64039-64040


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned:
    Fair displays of airline services, 63837-63847


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
RULES
Vocational rehabilitation and education:
    Veterans education--
        Educational assistance; correspondence programs or courses, 
                63848-63850
        Educational assistance test program; increased allowances, 
                63847-63848
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 64047
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Office of Personnel Management, 64050-64071


Part III
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, 
          64074-64100


Part IV
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, 
          64102-64121


Part V
Department of Education, 64124


Part VI
The President, 64127-64128


Part VII
Office of Management and Budget, 64130
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7056.................................................64127

                           8 CFR
213a.................................................64048
299..................................................64048

                          10 CFR
50...................................................63825
70...................................................63825
Proposed Rules:
50 (2 documents)....................................63892,
                                                     63911
70...................................................63911

                          14 CFR
39 (5 documents)....................................63828,
                                63830, 63831, 63835, 63836
255..................................................63837
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)....................................63912,
                                                     63914
71 (2 documents)....................................63916,
                                                     63917

                          21 CFR
179 (2 documents)...................................64102,
                                                     64107
Proposed Rules:
200..................................................64048

                          29 CFR
1614.................................................63847

                          33 CFR
117..................................................63847

                          38 CFR
21 (2 documents)....................................63847,
                                                     63848

                          39 CFR
111..................................................63850

                          40 CFR
80...................................................63853
180 (2 documents)...................................63858,
                                                     64048
185..................................................64048
186..................................................64048
Proposed Rules:
80...................................................63918

                          47 CFR
20...................................................63864
22...................................................63864

                          50 CFR
648..................................................63872
660..................................................63876
679 (3 documents)...................................63877,
                                              63878, 63880