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Agriculture Department
See Forest Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67631


Army Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Long-range nonlethal bullet, etc., 67632
    Method to control computers by mental thought, etc., 67632


Coast Guard
RULES
Regattas and marine parades:
    Events requiring permits, written notices, or neither; 
            identification, 67570


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


Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National Capital arts and cultural affairs program, 67620


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Bahrain, 67620-67621
    Brazil, 67621-67622
    Dominican Republic, 67622-67623
    El Salvador, 67623-67624
    Guatemala, 67624
    Indonesia, 67625-67626
    Mauritius, 67626-67627
    Oman, 67627
    Pakistan, 67627-67628
    Singapore, 67628-67629
    Uruguay, 67629-67630


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        Frozen pork bellies, 67630
    New York Futures Exchange--
        NYSE small composite index, 67630-67631


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67631


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67661-67662


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Federal TRIO programs (training program), 67692
Postsecondary education:
    Accrediting agencies and State approval agencies for vocational and 
            nurse education institutions; national recognition, 67632-
            67634


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67662-67663
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 67663-67664


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 67634


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
          facilities and pollutants:
    Illinois, 67570-67572
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Louisiana, 67572-67585
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
          facilities and pollutants:
    Illinois, 67601
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Louisiana, 67601-67602
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67637-67639
Meetings:
    Local Government Advisory Committee, 67639


Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee, 67618


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:
    Reduced vertical separation minimum airspace operations; U.S.-
            registered aircraft requirements
        Comments disposition, 67555-67556

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Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 67550-67551
    Empresa Brasileria de Aeronautica S.A., 67552-67553
Standard instrument approach procedures, 67556-67560
VOR Federal airways, 67553-67555
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 67685
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Akron-Canton Regional Airport, OH, 67685-67686
    Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI, 67686


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 67639-67640
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.; 
          correction, 67640


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Nebraska, 67640
    Northern Mariana Islands, 67640-67641


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 67635-67636
Hydroelectric applications, 67636-67637
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 67634-67635
    Michigan Gas Storage Co., 67635


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 67641
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 67641-67642
Netherlands' government debt market; treatment of U.S. companies; study 
          and comment request, 67642


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in 
          labeling and advertising:
    Residential energy sources; average unit energy costs, 67560-67563


Fine Arts Commission
See Commission of Fine Arts


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Duck Stamp) contest, 
          67652-67653


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests, WA, 67616-67617


Health and Human Services Department
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health


Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements
    Health flexible spending arrangements; clarification, 67688-67689
    Individuals denied coverage due to health status-related factor; 
            clarification, 67689-67690


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Personnel management authority; Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
            Operations et al., 67649


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Coquille Forest, OR, 67650


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Deposit safe harbor rules and fuel floor stocks taxes, 67568-67570
    Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability 
            requirements
        Health flexible spending arrangements; clarification, 67688-
                67689
        Individuals denied coverage due to health status-related 
                factor; clarification, 67689-67690
PROPOSED RULES
Excise taxes:
    Deposit safe harbor rules and fuel floor stocks taxes; cross 
            reference, 67589-67590


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Ethyl alcohol for fuel use from Carribean Based Initiative (CBI) 
            beneficiary countries--
        Based quanity determination, 67657-67658


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Parole Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67658-67661


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

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Land Management Bureau
PROPOSED RULES
Minerals management:
    Special mining laws, areas subject to--
        Bodie Bowl, CA; mineral activities; withdrawn, 67602
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Imperial Project gold mining/processing operation, CA, 67650
    South Dakota Resource Area, ND, et al., 67651-67652
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Northwest California, 67649-67650


Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 67667


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67653-67654


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67664-67665


National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit unions:
    Central liquidity facility; first priority security interest in 
            specific assets, 67549-67550


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Advisory Board, 67618


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67642-67644
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Ischemia, tissue protection from cell injury by; materials and 
            methods development, evaluation, and commercialization, 
            67644-67645
Meetings:
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 67645
    Research Grants Division initial review groups, 67645-67649


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery products, etc,:
    Inspection and certification fees and charges, 67585-67588
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        National standards guidelines, 67608-67610
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pacific Coast groundfish, 67610-67615
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Vandenberg AFB CA; Delta II, Titan II, Titan IV, and Taurus 
                launch vehicles, 67618-67620


National Park Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67654-67656
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Soccoro County, NM, et al.; AT&T Corp. P140 coaxial cable removal 
            project, 67656-67657
Meetings:
    Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, 67657


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Consumers Energy Co., 67667-67669
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Baltimore Gas Electric Co., 67667


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 67665-67666
Meetings:
    Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 
            67666


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


Parole Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67662


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
RULES
Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements
    Health flexible spending arrangements; clarification, 67688-67689
    Individuals denied coverage due to health status-related factor; 
            clarification, 67689-67690


Public Health Service
See National Institutes of Health


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Metric equivalents, 67602-67608
    Pipeline Personnel Qualification Negotiated Rulemaking Committee--
        Meetings, 67608


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rural economic development loan and grant program; maximum dollar 
            amount on loan and grant awards, 67617-67618


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 67672

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    MBS Clearing Corp., 67672-67673
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 67674-67680
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 67680-67681
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Sierra Variable Trust et al., 67669-67671


State Department
RULES
Visas; immigrant and nonimmigrant documentation:
    Consular posts abroad; affidavits of support; uniform acceptance 
            procedures, 67563-67564
    Ineligibility grounds, 67564-67568


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Pennsylvania, 67590-67592
    Texas, 67592-67601


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Harmonized Tariff Schedule:
    Technical corrections, 67681-67683
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
    World Trade Organization; multilateral negotiations on expansion of 
            list of pharmaceutical products receiving zero duties, 
            67683-67684


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 67684-67685


Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration; Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare 
          Benefits Administration; Department of the Treasury, Internal 
          Revenue Service, 67688-67690


Part III
Department of Education, 67692
  
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                          12 CFR
725..................................................67549

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)....................................67550,
                                                     67552
71...................................................67553
91...................................................67555
97 (3 documents)....................................67556,
                                              67557, 67559

                          16 CFR
305..................................................67560

                          22 CFR
40 (2 documents)....................................67563,
                                                     67564

                          26 CFR
40...................................................67568
54 (2 documents)..............................67688, 67689
Proposed Rules:
40...................................................67589

                          29 CFR
2590 (2 documents)............................67688, 67689

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
938..................................................67590
943 (3 documents)...................................67592,
                                              67596, 67598

                          33 CFR
100..................................................67570

                          40 CFR
62...................................................67570
271..................................................67572
272..................................................67578
Proposed Rules:
62...................................................67601
271..................................................67601
272..................................................67601

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
3820.................................................67602

                          45 CFR
144 (2 documents)....................................67689
146 (2 documents)....................................67689

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
191..................................................67602
192 (2 documents)...................................67602,
                                                     67608
193..................................................67602
194..................................................67602
195 (2 documents).............................67602, 67608

                          50 CFR
260..................................................67585
Proposed Rules:
600..................................................67608
660..................................................67610