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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Tomatoes grown in Florida and imported, 139-146


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Forest Service


Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 201-202


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


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Environmental Health; Rocky Flats, CO public 
            and occupational health concerns workshop, 230


Children and Families Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Child support enforcement program:
    Voluntary paternity acknowledgement process; State plan 
            requirements, 187-193


Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 202-204
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 204


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Special research programs--
        Potato research project, 390-367


Defense Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 208-209
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 209-210


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Hemp Products Research Co., 260-262


Education Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Assessment Governing Board, 210


Energy Department
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Whistleblower actions; processing costs; clarification, 386-388
Contractor employee protection program; criteria and procedures, 374-
          386
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Epidemiology and other health studies financial assistance program, 
            210-211


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Environmental Management Science Program, 211-219


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Dicloran, 156-162
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 224-225
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Local Government Advisory Committee, 225
Meetings:
    National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Data Base; joint 
            requirements planning, 225-226
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    U.M.I. Agrochemicals, Ltd., 226-227
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Daly Drum Service Site, IL, 227


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


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 169-171
    Dassault, 171-172
    de Havilland, 172-174
    McDonnell Douglas, 174-176
    Pratt & Whitney, 167-169

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Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Universal service support; eligible telecommunications 
                carriers; designation procedures, 162-164
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Missouri, 165-166
    Texas, 164-165
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Oregon and Washington, 194-195
    Texas, 193-194
    West Virginia, 194
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 227-228


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 228


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Louisville Gas & Electric Co., et al; correction, 290
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co.; correction, 290
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 219
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 220
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 220
    Equitrans, L.P., 220
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 221
    Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co. L.L.C., 221
    Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 222
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 222
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 222-223
    Sea Robin Pipeline Co., 223
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 223-224
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 224


Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad power brakes and drawbars:
    Train and locomotive power braking systems; advanced technology 
            use; two-way end-of-train telemetry devices, 195-199
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    High speed non-electric passenger locomotive demonstration program, 
            282-286


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 228-229
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 229
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 229-230


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 248-249
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Cochise County, AZ; El Coronado Ranch and West Turkey Creek, 249-
            250


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
    New drug applications--
        Prednisolone tablets, 148
PROPOSED RULES
Human drugs:
    Total parenteral nutrition; aluminum in large and small volume 
            parenterals; labeling requirements, 176-185
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 230-231
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 231-234
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 234-235
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Commercialization of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (IVD's) Labeled 
            for Research Use Only or Investigational Use Only, 235-236
    Medical product promotion by healthcare organizations or pharmacy 
            benefits management companies (PBMs), 236-239


Food Safety and Inspection Service
RULES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Ham with natural juices products; use of binders, 147-148
NOTICES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Nutritional analysis of meat and poultry products; survey 
            availability, 200


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arizona
        Meadowcraft, Inc.; wrought iron patio furniture, 204
    Kansas, 205
    Virginia, 205


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Boise National Forest, ID, 200-201


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 250-251


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
RULES
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Home health agencies; surety bond and capitalization requirements, 
            292-355

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 239-245
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 246-247
Privacy Act:
    Computer matching programs, 247-248


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
PROPOSED RULES
Health care programs; fraud and abuse:
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act--
        Shared Risk Exception Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; 
                meetings, 187


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


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 286-289


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Steel wire rope from--
        Mexico, 206


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Americans with Disabilities Act:
    State accessibility codes--
        Maine, 259-260


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    Idaho, 251
Meetings:
    Resource advisory councils--
        Northeastern Great Basin, 251-252
Oil and gas leases:
    Montana, 252
Survey plat filings:
    California, 252


Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Royalty management:
    Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act; 
            workshop, 185-186
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 252-253
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 253-256
Memorandums of understanding:
    Coast Guard; offshore facilities responsibilities, 256-259


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Automated Analysis Corp., 262-263
    Dataforce Development Corp., 263
    Vacuum Arc Technologies, Inc., 263


National Gambling Impact Study Commission
NOTICES
Meetings, 263


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Pilots Records Improvement Act of 1996; implementation:
    National Driver Register information; procedures for pilots to 
            request and air carriers to receive, 149-153


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico reef fish; correction, 290
NOTICES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson Act provisions--
        Overfished fisheries, 206-207
Meetings:
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 207-208


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 264-273


National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public telecommunications facilities program, 368-372
    Telecommunications and information infrastructure assistance 
            program, 358-365


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Certificates of compliance
    United States Enrichment Corp.--
        Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, OH, 274-275
Meetings:
    Yankee Atomic Electric Co.; facility license termination plan, 275
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 275
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Commonwealth Edison Co., 273-274


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


Panama Canal Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Canal tolls rates and vessel measurement rules:
    Small vessels transiting Canal, fixed minimum toll rate, 186-187


Postal Service
RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Periodicals mail; presort requirements, 153-156


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration

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Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 275-276
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 276-280
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 280-282


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Tarrif-rate quota amount determinations:
    Beef from New Zealand, 282


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


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, 292-355


Part III
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
          Administration, 358-365


Part IV
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
          Administration, 368-372


Part V
Department of Energy, 374-388


Part VI
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
          Extension Service, 390-367
  
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                           7 CFR
966....................................................139
980....................................................139

                           9 CFR
319....................................................147

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
708....................................................374

                          14 CFR
Proposed Rules:
39 (5 documents)......................................167,
                                        169, 171, 172, 174

                          15 CFR
902....................................................290

                          21 CFR
520....................................................148
Proposed Rules:
201....................................................176

                          23 CFR
1327...................................................149

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. II.................................................185
56.....................................................290
57.....................................................290
62.....................................................290
70.....................................................290
71.....................................................290

                          35 CFR
Proposed Rules:
133....................................................186
135....................................................186

                          39 CFR
111....................................................153

                          40 CFR
180....................................................156

                          42 CFR
413....................................................292
440....................................................292
441....................................................292
489....................................................292
Proposed Rules:
1001...................................................187

                          45 CFR
Proposed Rules:
302....................................................187
303....................................................187
304....................................................187

                          47 CFR
54.....................................................162
73 (4 documents)......................................164,
                                                       165
Proposed Rules:
73 (3 documents)......................................193,
                                                       194

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
922....................................................386
952....................................................386
970....................................................386

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
232....................................................195

                          50 CFR
622....................................................290