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Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Hy-Gene, Inc.; non-separable starch-oil compositions, 65406


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Research Service
See Commodity Credit Corporation
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service


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


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65416-65417


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65430


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Intership program for postsecondary students, 65412-65416


Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Meetings, 65419


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65410-65411
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 65411-65412


Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Bylaws of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 65406-65408


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65419


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65588-65589


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    AmeriCorps programs--
        National, Indian tribes, and U.S. Territories programs; 
                correction, 65419


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, 65419-65420
    Strengthening Institutions Program, 65592


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 65445-65446


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Chlorothalonil, 65369-65376
    Imidacloprid, 65365-65367
    Myclobutanil, 65367-65369
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 65426-65427
        Weekly receipts, 65426


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 65352-65357
IFR altitudes, 65361-65365
Jet routes, 65357-65358
Restricted areas, 65359-65361
VOR Federal airways, 65358-65359
PROPOSED RULES
Colored Federal airways, 65383-65384
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Aircraft--
        Design dive speed, 65470
Airport noise compatibility program:
    Noise exposure map--
        Memphis International Airport, TN, 65470
Rulemaking petitions; summary and disposition, 65471

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Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Commercial broadcast and instructional television fixed service 
            licenses; competitive bidding procedures; comment request, 
            65392-65401
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Local exchange carriers, non-rural; Federal-State Board on 
                Universal Serviceand forward-looking mechanisms for 
                high cost support, 65389-65392
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 65427


Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RULES
Crop insurance regulations:
    Hybrid corn seed, 65344-65352
    Hybrid sorghum seed, 65313-65321
    Potatoes, 65321-65338
    Sweet corn, 65338-65344


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65427


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Encogen Hawaii L.P. et al., 65422-65425
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    City of Thief River Falls, 65425
Hydroelectric applications, 65425-65426
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 65420
    Equitrans, L.P., 65420-65421
    Magnolia Pipeline Corp., 65421
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 65421
    U-T Offshore System, 65422
    Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd., 65422


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wapello and Mahaska Counties, IA, 65471


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 65427-65428


Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad safety:
    Florida overland express high speed rail system; safety standards, 
            65478-65572
Track safety standards:
    Miscellaneous amendments
        Comment request, 65401-65402


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 65428
    Change in bank control; correction, 65428
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 65428-65429
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 65429


Fine Arts Commission
See Commission of Fine Arts


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        San Diego County CA; 85 sensitive plant and animal species; 
                extension of comment period, 65436-65437
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Incidental take permits--
        Idaho, Montana, and Washington; Plum Creek Timber Co., L.P.; 
                bull trout, etc., 65437-65439


Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medical devices:
    State product liability claims preemption by Federal law, 65384-
            65388
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65431-65432
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65432
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Iron-containing supplements and drugs; label warning statements and 
            unit-dose packaging requirements; small entity compliance 
            guidance; availability, 65432-65433


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Meat and Poultry Inspection National Advisory Committee, 65408-
            65409


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory Committee, 65409


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65439-65440


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65430


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65433-65434
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 65434-65436
    Public and Indian housing--
        Fair Housing Services Center, East Texas, 65574-65585


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

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Justice Department
See Parole Commission
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Boise Cascade Corp. et al., 65443
    Kirkwood Gas and Electric Co., 65443-65444
    Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of, et al., 65444
    United Winner Metals, Inc. et al., 65444


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
RULES
Minerals management:
    Multiple use mining; mining claims under general mining laws, 
            65376-65378
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Upper Snake River District, Resource Advisory Council; nominations 
            request, 65440
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; integrated activity plan, 65440-
            65441
    Phelps Dodge Little Rock Mine Project; Grant County, NM, 65441-
            65442
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Upper Snake River Districts, 65442
Opening of public lands:
    Arizona, 65442


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious special emphasis 
            panel, 65433
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Pangene Corporation of Menlo Park, CA; homologous recombination DNA 
            pairing by RecA and RecA peptides, 65433


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 65379-65382
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish and Gulf of Alaska 
                grounfish, 65402-65405
International fisheries regulations:
    Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992--
        Private land remote-sensing space systems; licensing 
                provisions, 65384
Marine mammals:
    Commercial fishing authorizations--
        Take reduction plan and emergency regulations; hearings, 65402
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Vessel registration and fisheries information system; 
                implementation plan development, 65417-65419


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    California State University-Bakersfield, CA, 65442-65443


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    St. Tammany Parish, LA; Fritchie Marsh Hydrologic Restoration 
            Project, 65409-65410
    Whitewater River Watershed; Olmsted, Wabasha, and Winona Counties, 
            MN, 65410


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65447-65448
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65448
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Boston Edison Co., 65448-65449
    Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 65449-65450
    Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc. et al., 65450-65451


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Safety and health standards:
    Tuberculosis, occupational exposure to
        Extension of comment period, 65388-65389
NOTICES
Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:
    TUV Rheinland of North America Inc., 65446-65447


Parole Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65444-65445


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Pay under General Schedule:
    Locality-based comparability payments--
        Metropolitan areas; removed, 65311-65313
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65451-65452


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 
            7059), 65309-65310


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


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 65452-65453


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65458
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 65459-65465
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 65465-65466

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    MBS Clearing Corp., 65466
    Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 65466-65467
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 65467-65469
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Diamonds Trust et al., 65453-65457
    Partner Wealth Fund I, L.P., 65457-65458


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 65469


Surface Transportation Board
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Variable cost of privately-owned rail cars; verification procedure, 
            65378
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    CMC Railroad, Inc., 65471-65472
    Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 65472
Railroad services abandonment:
    Wisconsin Central Ltd., 65472-65473


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65474-65475


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 65473
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 65473-65474
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 65478-
          65572


Part III
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 65574-65585


Part IV
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 65588-65589


Part V
Department of Education, 65592
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7059.................................................65309

                           5 CFR
531..................................................65311

                           7 CFR
401..................................................65313
422..................................................65321
437..................................................65338
443..................................................65344
457 (4 documents)...................................65313,
                                       65321, 65338, 65344

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................65352,
                                                     65355
71 (2 documents)....................................65357,
                                                     65358
73 (2 documents)....................................65359,
                                                     65360
95 (2 documents)....................................65361,
                                                     65363
Proposed Rules:
71...................................................65383

                          15 CFR
Proposed Rules:
960..................................................65384

                          21 CFR
Proposed Rules:
808..................................................65384

                          29 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1910.................................................65388

                          40 CFR
180 (3 documents)...................................65365,
                                              65367, 65369

                          43 CFR
3740.................................................65376
3810.................................................65376
3820.................................................55376

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
54...................................................65389
73...................................................65392
74...................................................65392

                          49 CFR
1241.................................................65378
Proposed Rules:
213..................................................65401
243..................................................65480

                          50 CFR
679..................................................65379
Proposed Rules:
229..................................................65402
679..................................................65402