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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
    Karnal bunt disease--
        Wheat seed and straw (1995-1996 crop); compensation, 1321-1331


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    International Business Machines Corp. et al., 1499-1508


Army Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        U.S. Army Garrison-Fitzsimons, CO, 1446
Meetings:
    Army Education Advisory Committee, 1446-1447


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
Census 2000:
    Block group program; final criteria, 1422-1425
    Census county division program; final criteria, 1425-1427


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Vaccine information materials; diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP/
          DTaP/DT), 1660-1733


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1474-1475
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Native American language projects, 1475-1484


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


Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 1420-1422
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 1422


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1446


Customs Service
NOTICES
Commercial gauger
    Approval--
        Bay Area Services, 1530


Defense Department
See Army Department
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, 1532-1533
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, 
            1532
    Novation and related agreements; correction, 1532
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic 
            commerce use; correction, 1532


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 1509-1511


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans:
    Preparation, adoption, and submittal--
        Vehicle inspection maintenance program evaluation requirements, 
                1362-1368
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Ohio; withdrawn, 1369
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Bifenthrin, 1377-1379
    Fenoxaprop-ethyl, 1369-1377
    Thiodicarb
        Correction, 1379
PROPOSED RULES
Water pollution control:
    National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)--
        Storm water program (Phase I); polluted runoff reduction from 
                priority sources, 1536-1643
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Weekly receipts, 1454-1455
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        California, 1443-1444
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    BASF Corp. et al., 1456-1464
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Allersearch Laboratories, 1455-1456
    DowElanco, 1456
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Chemical testing--
        Data receipt, 1464

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    Testing requirements--
        Hydrogen fluoride, 1467-1469
        Maleic anhydride, 1464-1467
        Phthalic anhydride; enforceable consent agreement development; 
                participation solicitation and meeting, 1469-1471


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation:
    Regional Attorney, 1339-1342


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., 1337-1339
    Precision Airmotive Corp., 1335-1337
NOTICES
Meetings:
    RTCA, Inc., 1524


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1471


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1471-1472
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Guam, 1472-1473
    Northern Mariana Islands, 1473


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 1451-1452
Hydroelectric applications, 1452-1453
Meetings:
    Hydropower licensing program; public outreach, 1453
Nondiscriminatory transmission services, processes for assuring; 
          conference, 1453-1454
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 1447-1448
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 1448
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 1448-1449
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 1449
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 1449-1450
    Pacific Gas Transmission Co., 1450-1451
    Sea Robin Pipeline Co., 1451
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 1451
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 1453


Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Glazing materials; parts and accessories necessary for safe 
            operation, 1383-1388
NOTICES
Motor carrier safety regulations:
    Driver qualification--
        Rauenhorst, David R.; vision requirements waiver, 1524-1527


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Casualty and nonperformance certificates:
    Carnival Corp. et al., 1473-1474
    Ivaran Agencies Inc. et al., 1474
Freight forwarder licenses:
    Ideal Consolidators, Inc., et al., 1474


Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad power brakes and drawbars:
    Train and locomotive power braking systems; advance technology use; 
            two-way end-of-train telemetry devices
        Withdrawn, 1418


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1474


Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Everett and Seattle, WA; Commuter Rail Project, 1527-1529


Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Arizona leatherflower, 1418-1419
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1490-1491
Comprehensive conservation plans; availabiity, etc.
    Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA, 1491-1492
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Western Geophysical et al.; polar bears, 1492


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1484-1486


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Microbiological Criteria for Foods National Advisory Committee, 
            1420
Meetings:
    Meat and Poultry Inspection National Advisory Committee, 1420


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, 1532-1533
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, 
            1532
    Novation and related agreements; correction, 1532
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic 
            commerce use; correction, 1532


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 Indian Health Service
See National Institutes of Health

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Health Care Financing Administration
RULES
Medicare:
    End stage renal disease--
        Optional prospectively determined payment rates for skilled 
                nursing facilities, 1379-1383
    Physicians' referrals; advisory opinions, 1646-1658
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare and medicaid:
    Physicians' referrals to health care entities with which they have 
            financial relationships, 1659-1728


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 1489


Immigration and Naturalization Service
RULES
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
    Temporary entry of business persons; facilitation, 1331-1335


Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Liquor and tobacco sale or distribution ordinance:
    Prairie Band of Potawatomi Reservation, KS, 1492-1495


Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    California Area Indian Health Service, 1486-1487


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


Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 1530-1531


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Fresh cut flowers from--
        Mexico, 1428-1430
    Porcelain-on-steel cookware from--
        China, 1434-1437
        Mexico, 1430-1434
    Welded stainless steel pipe from--
        Taiwan, 1437-1440
Countervailing duties:
    Industrial phosphoric acid from--
        Israel, 1441
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    American business center in Russia, 1441-1443


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
PROPOSED RULES
Justice Acquisition Regulations (JAR):
    Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the National Performance 
            Review Recommendations; implementation, 1399-1418


Labor Department
See Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1508-1509
Meetings:
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation National Advisory 
            Committee, 1509


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Public land order:
    Utah, 1495-1496
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    California, 1496-1498


Legal Services Corporation
RULES
Cost standards and procedures; correction, 1532


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Contractor overhead rates; final settlement; correction, 1532-1533
    General Accounting Office bid protests; conformation; correction, 
            1532
    Novation and related agreements; correction, 1532
    Simplified acquisition procedures reorganization; electronic 
            commerce use; correction, 1532


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, 1487-1488
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1488
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1489
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 1488-1489
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1489


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Marine mammals:
    Designated critical habitats--
        Umpqua river cutthroat trout, 1388-1395
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and 
            territories--
        California, 1443-1444
National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring:
    Weather Service offices--
        Automation certifications; transmittal to Congress, 1444-1445
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 1445-1446

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National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Colonial National Historical Park, VA; retail sales, 1498
Meetings:
    Gates of Arctic National Park and Preserve Subsistence Resource 
            Commission, 1498-1499
National Register of Historic Places:
    Pending nominations, 1499


Northeast Dairy Compact Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Over-order price regulations:
    Compact over-order price regulations--
        Meetings, 1396


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
    Nuclear power plants--
        IEEE national consensus standard; safety systems; power, 
                instrumentation, and control portions; incorporation by 
                reference; withdrawn; correction, 1335


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Substantial damage determination requests:
    Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Fund, 1511-
            1512


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Indian Health Service
See National Institutes of Health


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1512-1513
Joint industry plan:
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 1515-1517
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1517-1519
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 1519-1520
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1520-1521
    Options Clearing Corp., 1521-1523
    Participants Trust Co., 1523-1524
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Advantus Capital Management, Inc., et al., 1513-1515


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Mississippi, 1342-1362
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Arkansas, 1396-1399
    Oklahoma; withdrawal, 1399


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 1529
    RailTex, Inc., et al., 1529


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


Treasury Department
See Customs Service
See Internal Revenue Service
  
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Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 1536-1643


Part III
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
          Administration, 1646-1728


Part IV
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, 
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                           7 CFR
301...................................................1321
Proposed Rules:
1301..................................................1396

                           8 CFR
103...................................................1331
212...................................................1331
214...................................................1331
235...................................................1331
274a..................................................1331

                          10 CFR
50....................................................1335

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents).....................................1335,
                                                      1337

                          29 CFR
1610..................................................1610

                          30 CFR
924...................................................1342
Proposed Rules:
904...................................................1396
936...................................................1399

                          40 CFR
51....................................................1362
52 (2 documents).....................................1362,
                                                      1369
180 (3 documents)....................................1369,
                                                1377, 1379
186...................................................1379
Proposed Rules:
122...................................................1536
123...................................................1536

                          42 CFR
411.............................................1379, 1646
413...................................................1379
Proposed Rules:
411...................................................1659
424...................................................1659
435...................................................1659
455...................................................1659

                          45 CFR
1630..................................................1532

                          48 CFR
4.....................................................1532
6.....................................................1532
8.....................................................1399
12....................................................1532
13....................................................1532
16....................................................1532
19....................................................1532
32....................................................1532
33....................................................1532
41....................................................1532
42....................................................1532
43....................................................1532
49....................................................1532
52 (2 documents)......................................1532
53....................................................1532
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XXVIII............................................1399

                          49 CFR
393...................................................1383
Proposed Rules:
232...................................................1418

                          50 CFR
226...................................................1388
Proposed Rules:
17....................................................1418