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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
See Risk Management Agency


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service0I11RULES
Animal welfare:
    Marine mammals, humane handling, care, treatment and 
            transportation, 1-2
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Karnal bunt disease--
        Texas et al.; correction, 1
Poultry improvement:
    National Poultry Improvement Plan and auxiliary provisions--
        Nonsubstantive corrections, 2-4


Army Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Army Science Board, 61


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 80-81
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Administration for Children and Families, et al., 81-87


Commerce Department
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 123-124
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 124


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Navy Department


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 113


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; criticality safety, 
          recommendation 97-2, 61-62
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Advisory Board, 62


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Connecticut et al., 26-27
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 74
        Weekly receipts, 74-75
Integrated risk information system; pilot program; information request, 
          75-77
Meetings:
    Common sense initiative--
        Iron and steel sector and petroleum refining sector, 77


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Alaskan hunt and fish guides who transport persons by air for 
            compensation or hire, 4-6
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing; correction,
PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Repair assessment for pressurized fuselages, 126-136
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Aircraft--
        Flight in icing conditions, 120-121
    Repair assessment of pressurized fuselages, 137
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 121-122
Meetings:
    Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 122
    RTCA, Inc., 122-123


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 77-78
Common carrier services:
    In-region interLATA services--
        BellSouth Corp.; application to provide services in South 
                Carolina denied, 78-79


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PROPOSED RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 29-34


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 79-80


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Alabama Power Co. et al., 64-69
    El Segundo Power, LLC et al., 69-74
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 62-63

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    Mountain Fuel Supply Co., 63-64
    Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 64


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 123


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Marianas Steamship Agencies, Inc., et al., 80


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        Rio Grande silvery minnow, 106-107


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Medical devices; premarket approval:
    Richard-James, Inc.; SILIKON 1000-silicone oil, 87-88
    Vitrophage, Inc.; VITREON, 88-89
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    External penile rigidity devices; regulatory policy availability, 
            89


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 111-112


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Wasatch-Cache and Uinta National Forests, UT, 50


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
NOTICES
Agency designation actions:
    Ohio et al., 50-51


Health and Human Services Department
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, 80


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicare:
    Home health agency costs per visit; schedule of limits, 89-105


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 106


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Excise taxes:
    Gasoline and diesel fuel; special rules for Alaska, 24-26
Income taxes:
    Foreign investment--
        Passive foreign investment company preferred shares; special 
                income exclusion, 6-24
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign investment--
        Passive foreign investment company preferred shares; special 
                income exclusion; cross reference, 39-42
    Loans to plan participants from qualified employer plans, 42-45
    Qualified long-term care insurance contracts; consumer protection, 
            35-39


Justice Department
See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    USX Corp., 111


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 112-113


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    California, 107
    Idaho, 107
Management framework plans:
    Nevada, 107-108
Minerals management:
    Arizona--
        Recreational mineral collection, 108
Oil and gas leases:
    New Mexico, 108-109
Public land orders:
    Idaho, 109
    Oregon, 109
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Nevada, 109-110
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Indian Creek Canyon Corridor; San Juan Resource Area, UT, 110-111
Survey plat filings:
    Wyoming, 111


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Head impact protection; correction, 27-28
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Reflecting surfaces; components in driver's forward field of view: 
            windshield wiper arms and blades, inside windshield 
            mouldings, etc., 46-49

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National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Research Resources, 105
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 105
    National Institute of Mental Health, 105-106


National Labor Relations Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 114


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Willamette Falls, OR; preventing California sea lion foraging and 
            predation on salmonids, 55-60
Marine mammals:
    Stock assessment reports and guidelines; availability, 60
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 60-61


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Santa Cruz River Watershed; Rio Arriba County, NM, 51


Navy Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    U.S. Drug Testing, Inc., 61


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., 114-115
Meetings:
    Radiological criteria for license termination; public workshop, 
            115-116
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 116
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Allied Technology Group, 114
    Northeast Nuclear Energy Co., 114


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


Railroad Retirement Board
PROPOSED RULES
General administration:
    Board forms, list and descriptions; elimination, 34
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 116-117


Risk Management Agency
NOTICES
Dairy options pilot program and agency information collection 
          activities:
    Availability and proposed collection; comment request, 51-55


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 117-118
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 118-119
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Crown Laboratories, Inc., 117


State Department
NOTICES
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
          Appropriations Act:
    Reconstruction Assistance Project Credit; waiver--
        Bosnia, 119
    USAID-funded programs in Republika Srpska; waiver, 119
Meetings:
    International Comunications and Information Policy Advisory 
            Committee, 119-120
    Shipping Coordinating Committee, 120


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Treasury Department
See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 126-137
  
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                           7 CFR
301......................................................1

                           9 CFR
3........................................................1
145......................................................2
147......................................................2

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
309.....................................................29

                          14 CFR
39.......................................................4
119......................................................4
121......................................................4
135......................................................4
Proposed Rules:
91.....................................................126
121....................................................126
125....................................................126
129....................................................126

                          20 CFR
Proposed Rules:
200.....................................................34

                          26 CFR
1........................................................6
40......................................................24
48......................................................24
602......................................................6
Proposed Rules:
1 (3 documents)........................................35,
                                                    39, 42

                          40 CFR
52......................................................26

                          49 CFR
571.....................................................27
Proposed Rules:
571.....................................................46