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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66870-66871
Medical technology assessments:
    Prostate-specific antigen testing in patients with benign prostatic 
            hyperplasia, 66871


Agricultural Marketing Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66845


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66850


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Injury prevention and control research program, 66871-66876


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66877-66878


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


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Forestry Research Advisory Council, 66845-66846


Copyright Office, Library of Congress
RULES
Copyright office and procedures:
    Copyright claims; group registration of serials, 66822


Customs Service
NOTICES
Textile costumes; tariff classification, 66891-66893


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Navy Department


Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 66815-66816


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66852-66853
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Centers for independent living program, 66853-66854
    National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--
        Rehabilitation research and training centers and disability and 
                rehabilitation research projects, 66922-66929
    Vocational rehabilitation service projects for American Indians 
            with disabilities, 66854-66855


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Fernald Site, 66855
        Oak Ridge Reservation, 66855-66856


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New York, 66822-66825
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
    Inspection/maintenance program requirements; on-board diagnostic 
            checks, 66841-66843
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    New York, 66843-66844
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66862-66864


Farm Credit Administration
RULES
Farm credit system:
    Loan policies and operations--
        Interest rates and charges, 66816-66818


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Class E airspace, 66818-66819
PROPOSED RULES
Class D and Class E airspace, 66838-66840
Class E airspace, 66840-66841
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Miami International Airport, FL, 66886

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Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Philadelphia International Airport, PA, 66886-66887


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Texas, 66826


Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office
RULES
Government contractors; affirmative action requirements; EO 11246 
          implementation
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements and correction, 66970-
            66971


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66864


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Contribution and expenditure limitations and prohibitions:
    Corporate and labor organizations--
        Association member; definition, 66832-66838


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 66859-66860
    KN Wattenberg Transmission L.L.C., 66860-66862
Hydroelectric applications, 66862
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 66856
    Florida Power Corp., 66856
    Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 66856
    Liberty Power, Ltd., 66856-66857
    Nautilus Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 66857
    Ouachita River Gas Storage Co., L.L.C., 66857-66858
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 66858
    Shell Gas Pipeline Co., 66858
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 66859


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 66865


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 66865-66866
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 66866
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 66866-66867


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Prohibited trade practices:
    Guinness plc et al., 66867-66868


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Idaho Panhandle National Forests, ID, 66846-66848


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Federal Geographic Data Committee:
    Data content standard for facility location and identification, 
            66878-66880


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Stockyards; posting and deposting:
    Troy Sales, PA, 66848


Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66868
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66869
Meetings:
    Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 66869


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Group health plans; mental health parity requirements, 66932-66966


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Childhood Vaccines Advisory Commission, 66878


Interior Department
See Geological Survey
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; mental health parity requirements, 66932-66966
PROPOSED RULES
Excise taxes:
    Group health plans; mental health parity requirements; cross 
            reference, 66967-66968
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 66893-66896


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from--
        Japan, 66848-66849
    Stainless steel wire rod from--
        Germany et al., 66849-66850


Justice Department
See Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Exeter Properties, Inc., et al., 66882
    Haviland Properties et al., 66882-66883


Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66883


Labor Department
See Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

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Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Management framework plans, etc.:
    California, 66880
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Burns District, OR; overnight camping restriction, 66880


Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress


Merit Systems Protection Board
RULES
Practices and procedures:
    Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; 
            implementation--
        Personnel actions involving noncompliance of agency employers 
                or Personnel Management Office, 66813-66815


National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
RULES
Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs; technical amendment, 
          66825-66826


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Defect and noncompliance decisions; annual list, 66887-66891


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 66829-66831
Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 66828-66829
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Experimental fishing permit applications, 66844


National Park Service
NOTICES
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 66880-66881
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; inventory, 66881-66882


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Human Resource Development Special Emphasis Panel, 66883


Navy Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements, 66826-66828
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Long Beach Naval Station and Naval Shipyard, CA, 66850-66852
Meetings:
    Naval Research Advisory Committee, 66852


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
RULES
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
    Group health plans; mental health parity requirements, 66932-66966
PROPOSED RULES
Employee Retirement Income Secutiry Act:
    Insurance company general accounts; guidance, 66908-66920


Postal Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66883-66884


Public Health Service
See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous materials transportation--
        Radioactive materials transportation; radiation protection 
                program requirement, 66898-66902,
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous materials transportation--
        Radioactive materials transportation; radiation protection 
                program requirement, 66903-66906


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Ackerley Group, Inc., 66884


State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 66884-66885
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 66885


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Alabama, 66819-66822


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Connecticut Central Railroad Co., Inc., 66891


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 66885
    Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air 
            carrier permits; weekly applications, 66885-66886

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Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 66898-66906


Part III
Department of Labor, Public Welfare and Benefits Administration, 66908-
          66920


Part IV
Department of Education, 66922-66929


Part V
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, and Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue 
          Service, and Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare 
          Benefits Administration, 66932-66968


Part VI
Department of Labor, Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office, 
          66970-66971
  
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                           5 CFR
1201.................................................66813

                          10 CFR
1703.................................................66815

                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................66832
114..................................................66832

                          12 CFR
614..................................................66816

                          14 CFR
71...................................................66818
Proposed Rules:
71 (2 documents)....................................66838,
                                                     66840

                          26 CFR
54...................................................66932
Proposed Rules:
54...................................................66967

                          29 CFR
2590.................................................66932
Proposed Rules:
2550.................................................66908

                          30 CFR
901..................................................66819

                          37 CFR
202..................................................66822

                          40 CFR
52...................................................66822
Proposed Rules:
51...................................................66841
52...................................................66843
85...................................................66841

                          41 CFR
60-1.................................................66970
60-999...............................................66970

                          45 CFR
146..................................................66932
1110.................................................66825

                          47 CFR
73...................................................66826

                          48 CFR
5231.................................................66826

                          49 CFR
172 (2 documents).............................66898, 66900
174..................................................66898
175..................................................66898
176..................................................66898
177..................................................66898
Proposed Rules:
172..................................................66903
174..................................................66903
175..................................................66903
176..................................................66903
177..................................................66903

                          50 CFR
285..................................................66828
679..................................................66829
Proposed Rules:
600..................................................66844
648..................................................66844