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Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Onions, imported, and onions grown in--
    Idaho and Oregon, 5472-5474


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
See Food and Consumer Service
See Forest Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service
See Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
RULES
Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation:
    Accessibility, usability, and compatibility of equipment and 
            customer premises equipment; guidelines, 5608-5641


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Childhood lead poisoning prevention program and blood levels in 
            children surveillance; State and community-based, 5548-5555
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        STD treatment for HIV prevention; feasibility demonstration 
                projects, 5555-5562
Mine Safety and Health Act:
    Mine shift atmospheric conditions; respirable dust sample; finding; 
            correction and republication, 5664-5687
Vaccine information materials; diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP/
          DTaP/DT); correction, 5562


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Black River, 5458
    Upper Mississippi River, 5456-5458
Ports and waterways safety:
    Vessels bound for ports and places in U.S.; international safety 
            management code certification status; correction, 5458
Regattas and marine parades:
    Gasparilla Marine Parade, 5455-5456
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, 5601


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


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Cantor Financial Futures Exchange--
        U.S. Treasury bonds; two-year, five-year, and 10-year notes, 
                5505-5506
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5506


Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5495-5496


Defense Department
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Part 45 rewrite; meeting, 5714
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5506-5507
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5507-5508
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5547-5548
Meetings:
    Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel, 5508


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5508-5509
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5509


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Wisconsin, 5459-5464
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Unacceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances; list, 
                5491-5494
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Michigan, 5489-5490
    West Virginia, 5483-5489
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5515-5517
Meetings:
    Toxic release inventory reporting form, 5517-5518

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, Special Counsel; 
            agreement with DOJ, 5518-5521


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


Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
    High performance computers; export and reexport requirements, 5448-
            5451
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee, 5500-
            5501


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Standard instrument approach procedures, 5447-5448
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 5601-5603


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Texas, 5464
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5521-5522
Common carrier services:
    Local multipoint distribution services--
        Auction of 986 licenses; minimum opening bids or reserve 
                prices, 5522-5540
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 5540


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Freedom of Information Act; implementation:, 5452-5455
NOTICES
Environmental compliance and environmental report preparation training 
          courses, 5513
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 5513-5515
    Sayles Hydro Associates, 5515
Meetings:
    Hydropower licensing program; public outreach, 5515
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp., 5509-5510
    CNG Transmission Corp., 5510
    Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 5510
    KN Interstate Gas Transmission Co., 5510-5511
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 5511
    New England Power Co., 5511
    Northeast Utilities Service Co., 5511
    PP&L, Inc., 5511-5512
    Public Service Co. of New Mexico, 5512
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 5512-5513


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Madison County et al., MO, 5603
Meetings:
    National Intelligent Transportation Systems architecture 
            consistency, 5603-5604


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 5540-5541
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 5541
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 5541-5542
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5542


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 5542-5545
Prohibited trade practices:
    Cablevision Systems Corp., 5545-5546
    S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 5546-5547


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
RULES
Treasury tax and loan depositories and payment of Federal taxes:
    Electronic Federal Tax Payment System operation; financial 
            institutions and Federal Reserve Banks, 5644-5657


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        Pawnee montane skipper, 5567-5568
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 5567
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    North American Wetlands Conservation Council--
        Small grants proposals request, 5568-5569


Food and Consumer Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5496-5497


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, 5562
    Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, 5562-5563


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Washington Cascades Province Interagency Executive 
            Committee Advisory Committee, 5497


General Services Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Part 45 rewrite; meeting, 5714
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5547-5548

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


Housing and Urban Development Department
PROPOSED RULES
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Indian reservations--
        Single family mortgages under section 248 of National Housing 
                Act; authority to insure suspension, 5660-5661


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Finland, 5501
    Forged stainless steel flanges from--
        India, 5501-5503
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Georgia Institute of Technology et al., 5503-5504
    Purdue University et al., 5504


Justice Department
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, Special Counsel; 
            agreement with EEOC, 5518-5521


Labor Department
See Mine Safety and Health Administration
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Carbon County et al., UT; national gas development, 5569
Fire management and suppression activities:
    Oregon and Washington, 5569-5570
Meetings:
    Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board, 5570-5571
    Southwest Resource Advisory Council, 5571
Survey plat filings:
    New Mexico, 5571


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Mine Safety and Health Act:
    Mine shift atmospheric conditions; respirable dust sample; finding; 
            correction and republication, 5664-5687
Respirable coal mine dust; standard noncompliance determinations; 
          correction and republication, 5687-5712


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Part 45 rewrite; meeting, 5714
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities--
        Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5547-5548


National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5497-5499


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Orion Bus Industries Inc., 5604


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 5563
Meetings:
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 5563-5564
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 5564
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 5564
    Scientific Review Center special emphasis panels, 5564-5565
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    SmithKline Beecham Biologicals, 5565


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 5504-5505


National Park Service
NOTICES
Concession contract negotiations:
    Gateway National Recreation Area, NY--
        Jamaica Bay District, 5571
Filming and photography in units of National Park Service; procedures 
          and guidance, 5572


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5573


Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5572-5573


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


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
    International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union-Pacific 
            Maritime Association Pension Plan; special withdrawal 
            liability rules; approval request, 5573-5577


Postal Rate Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5577

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Postal Service
RULES
International Mail Manual:
    Global priority mail flat rate box rates, 5458-5459


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    African American History Month, National (Proc. 7067), 5719-5720
    American Heart Month (Proc. 7066), 5717-5718


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5604-5606


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
National toxicology program:
    Carcinogens Report, Ninth Edition--
        Substances, mixture and exposure circumstances for listing or 
                delisting, 5565-5567


Research and Special Programs Administration
RULES
Pipeline safety:
    Natural gas transportation, etc.--
        Excess flow valves; customer notification, 5464-5471


Rural Business-Cooperative Service
PROPOSED RULES
Grants:
    Rural business opportunity program, 5474-5480
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5499


Rural Utilities Service
PROPOSED RULES
Grants:
    Rural business opportunity program, 5474-5480
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5499-5500


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 5577-5579
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 5579-5585


Selective Service System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5585


Small Business Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Small business size standards:
    Size standard changes for engineering services, architectural 
            services, and surveying and mapping services, 5480-5483
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    New York, 5586
    North Carolina, 5586
    Tennessee, 5586-5587
License surrenders:
    Realty Growth Capital Corp., 5587
    Square Deal Venture Capital Corp., 5587
Procurement opportunities through electronic commerce and electronic 
          data interchange:
    PRO-Net implementation, 5587
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Citizens Ventures, Inc., 5585
    Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity Partners, L.P., 5585
    East River Ventures, L.P., 5586
    Imprimis SB, L.P., 5586
    Prairie Capital Mezzanine Fund, L.P., 5586


State Department
NOTICES
Antarctic fishing; conservation measures adoption by Commission for 
          Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 5587-5598


Statistical Reporting Service
See National Agricultural Statistics Service


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; policies 
          and practices:
    Canada; actions affecting U.S. cultural industries, 5598-5599
World Trade Organization:
    Copyright and neighboring rights; European Communities and Ireland; 
            dispute settlement proceeding, 5599-5600


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Public Debt Bureau


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Paul Strand, circa 1916, 5606
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 5608-5641


Part III
Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Service, 5644-5657


Part IV
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 5660-5661


Part V
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 5664-5712

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Part VI
Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National 
          Aeronautics and Space Administration, 5714


Part VII
The President, 5717-5720
  
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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7066..................................................5717
7067..................................................5719

                           7 CFR
Proposed Rules:
958...................................................5472
980...................................................5472
4284..................................................5474

                          13 CFR
Proposed Rules:
121...................................................5480

                          14 CFR
97....................................................5447

                          15 CFR
740...................................................5448
742...................................................5448

                          18 CFR
388...................................................5452

                          24 CFR
Proposed Rules:
203...................................................5660

                          31 CFR
203...................................................5644

                          33 CFR
100...................................................5455
117 (5 documents)....................................5456,
                                                5457, 5458
160...................................................5458

                          36 CFR
1193..................................................5608

                          39 CFR
20....................................................5458

                          40 CFR
52....................................................5460
Proposed Rules:
52 (2 documents).....................................5484,
                                                      5489
82....................................................5491

                          47 CFR
73....................................................5464

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
4.....................................................5714
7.....................................................5714
8.....................................................5714
15....................................................5714
16....................................................5714
17....................................................5714
22....................................................5714
27....................................................5714
28....................................................5714
31....................................................5714
32....................................................5714
35....................................................5714
42....................................................5714
43....................................................5714
44....................................................5714
45....................................................5714
49....................................................5714
51....................................................5714
52....................................................5714
53....................................................5714

                          49 CFR
192...................................................5464