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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Pears (winter) grown in Oregon et al., 66495-66497
Potatoes (Irish) grown in--
    Colorado, 66497-66498
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66592-66593


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Food and Consumer Service
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Dyess AFB, TX and Barksdale AFB, LA; realistic bomber training 
            initiative, 66605


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Fort McClellan, AL, 66605-66606
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66606-66608


Arts and Humanities, National Foundation
See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities


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, 66598


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Export Administration Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
RULES
Javits-Wagner-O'Day program; miscellaneous amendments, 66527-66529
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 66596-66598
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 66598


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Commodity option transactions:
    Futures-style margining of options traded on regulated futures 
            exchanges, 66569-66575


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66718-66719


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
NOTICES
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA):
    Copyright restoration of certain Berne Convention and World Trade 
            Organization works--
        List, 66766-66811


Customs Service
RULES
Vessels in foreign and domestic trades:
    Nations entitled to special tonnage tax exemptions; list 
            additions--
        Hong Kong, 66521-66522
NOTICES
Automation program test:
    Electronic cargo declarations, 66719-66720
Customhouse broker license cancellation, suspension, etc.:
    Caliber Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders, Inc., et al., 66720
    Martinez, Sam, 66720


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
RULES
Closures and realignment:
    Revitalizing base closure communities and community assistance--
        Lease back of property transferred to local redevelopment 
                authorities, 66523-66527
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66604
Meetings:
    Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific 
            Advisory Board, 66604-66605


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Ansys Diagnostics, Inc., 66667
    Applied Science Labs, 66666
    Cambridge Isotope Lab, 66666
    Damocles10, 66666
    Dupont Pharmaceutical Co., 66667
    High Standard Products, 66667

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Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66608-66609


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 66668-66669


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Kern County, CA; Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 sale, 66609-66616
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Aluminum partnerships program, 66616
    High-energy-density and laser-matter interaction studies program, 
            66616-66617
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 66617-66619


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Texas, 66576-66578
Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
    California, 66578-66583
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, 66623
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Weekly receipts, 66623-66624
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Investigator-initiated grants, 66624
Pesticide programs:
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act--
        Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University; 
                genetically engineered microbial pesticide; small-scale 
                field testing, 66624-66625
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Novartis Seeds, Inc., 66625-66626
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Lindsley Lumber Site, FL, 66626
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Testing requirements--
        1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 66628-66631
        Ethylene dichloride, 66626-66628


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66598-66601


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospatiale, 66500-66502
    Cessna, 66508-66511
    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A., 66512-66521
    Eurocopter France, 66506-66508
    Raytheon, 66498-66500, 66511-66512
    Teledyne Continental Motors, 66502-66506
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Alexander Schleicher Segelflugzeugbau, 66560-66561, 66563-66565, 
            66567-66569
    AlliedSignal Aerospace Bendix/King, 66565-66567
    Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., 66561-66563


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Arizona et al., 66530
    New York, 66530


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 66621-66622
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66622-66623
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Chicago Energy Exchange of Chicago, Inc., 66619
    Clean Air Capital Markets Corp., 66619
    Current Energy, Inc., 66619-66620
    Eastern Energy Marketing, Inc., 66620
    Electric Lite, Inc., 66620
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 66620-66621
    Sithe Power Marketing, Inc., 66621


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Orange County, NY, 66713-66714


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Prem International, Inc., et al., 66631


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Northeast Illinois Railroad Corp., 66714


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 66631


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Mobile River Basin, AL; cylindrical lioplax, etc. (six aquatic 
            snails), 66583-66584
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 66660
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, MA; management plan, 66660-66661


Food and Consumer Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66593-66594


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    Decoquinate and bacitracin zinc, 66522-66523

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Human drugs:
    Current good manufacturing practice--
        Positron emission tomography radiopharmaceutical products; 
                revocation, 66522
NOTICES
Advisory committee information line, procedures for accessing, 66631-
          66632
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66632-66633
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66633-66635
Meetings:
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 66635
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 66635
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Positron emission tomography drug products; guidance
        Revocation, 66636


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Michigan
        Diesel Technology Company Inc.; diesel engine fuel injection 
                components manufacturing facilities, 66601
    South Carolina
        Zeuna Starker USA, Inc.; automotive exhaust systems, 66601
    Wisconsin
        Polaris Industries, Inc.; small spark-ignition engine 
                manufacturing plant, 66601-66602


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Flathead National Forest, MT, 66594-66595


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration


Health Care Financing Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare and medicaid:
    Hospital participation conditions; provider agreements and supplier 
            approval, 66726-66763


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66636-66638
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Community outreach partnership centers demonstration program, 
            66638-66639
    Hispanic-serving institutions work study program, 66639-66640
    Housing assistance payments (Section 8)--
        Rental voucher and rental certificate, family unification, and 
                family self-sufficiency programs, 66640-66659
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 66660


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Investment income; passive activity income and loss rules for 
            publicly traded partnerships, 66575-66576
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66720-66723


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Finland, 66602
    Pasta from--
        Italy, 66602-66603
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Purdue University, 66603


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Automotive scissors jacks, 66665-66666


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National Advisory 
            Committee, 66667-66668


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Southeast Oregon, 66661
Public land orders:
    Colorado, 66661
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    California, 66661-66662
    Oregon, 66662-66663
Survey plat filings:
    New Mexico, 66663
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Colorado, 66663-66664


Libraries and Information Science, National Commission
See National Commission on Libraries and Information Science


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress


National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66692


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Institute of Museum Services; name change to Institute of Museum 
            and Library Services, 66529-66530

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NOTICES
Meetings:
    Humanities Panel, 66692-66693


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66693-66696
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Boards; membership, 66696


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Essential fish habitat, 66531-66559
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Atlantic green and hawksbill turtles--
        Critical habitat designation, 66584-66591
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 66603-66604
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 66604


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Glacier Bay National Park, AK; cruise ship services, 66664


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66595


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 66702
Sealed source and device evaluation and approval authority 
          relinquishment by New Mexico and reassumption by NRC, 66702
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Cabot Performance Materials, 66696-66697
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 66697-66702


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
    Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States et al., 
            66669-66685
    Fortunoff Fine Jewelry & Silverware, Inc., et al., 66685-66689
    State Street Bank & Trust Co. et al., 66689-66692


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66702-66703


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Electric loans:
    Quarterly municipal interest rates, 66595-66596


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Depository Trust Co. et al., 66703-66706
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 66706-66709
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 66709-66711


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Northern Mariana Islands, 66711
    Virginia et al., 66711-66712
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Pioneer Ventures L.P., 66711


Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66712-66713


State Department
NOTICES
Countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals; 
          determinations:
    Serbia et al., 66713


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66664-66665


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Motor carriers:
    Finance applications--
        Greyhound Lines, Inc., 66715
Rail carriers:
    Cost recovery procedures--
        Adjustment factor, 66715-66716
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 66716


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


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66716-66718
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 66726-66763


Part III
Library of Congress, 66766-66811
  
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927..................................................66495
948..................................................66497

                          14 CFR
39 (7 documents)....................................66498,
                  66500, 66502, 66506, 66508, 66511, 66512
Proposed Rules:
39 (5 documents)....................................66560,
                         66561, 66562, 66563, 66565, 66567

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................66569
33...................................................66569

                          19 CFR
4....................................................66521

                          21 CFR
211..................................................66522
558..................................................66522

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................66575

                          32 CFR
175..................................................66523

                          40 CFR
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................66576
81...................................................66578

                          41 CFR
51-2.................................................66527
51-4.................................................66527
51-6.................................................66527

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
416..................................................66726
482..................................................66726
485..................................................66726
489..................................................66726

                          45 CFR
Ch. XI...............................................66529

                          47 CFR
73 (2 documents).....................................66530

                          50 CFR
600..................................................66531
Proposed Rules:
17...................................................66583
226..................................................66584