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Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
RULES
Firearms:
    Firearms and ammunition; manufacturers excise taxes, 5727-5728


Army Department
See Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Base realignment and closure--
        Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing Complex; New York, NY, 
                5788-5789
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    All Terrain Lifter, Army System (ATLAS), 5789-5790


Broadcasting Board of Governors
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5778


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5806-5807


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5807-5808


Coast Guard
RULES
Inland and international navigation rules:
    Technical lighting provisions and interpretive regulations, 5728-
            5732
PROPOSED RULES
Alternative convention tonnage thresholds, 5767-5773


Commerce Department
See Export Administration Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5778


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Egypt, 5784-5785
    El Salvador, 5785
    Guatemala, 5784-5785
    Laos, 5786


Consumer Product Safety Commission
NOTICES
Settlement agreements:
    TJX Companies, Inc., 5786-5788


Defense Department
See Army Department
See Engineers Corps
See Navy Department
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Domestic source restrictions waiver, 5744-5746
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5788


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Arenol Corp., 5817-5818
    Isotec, Inc., 5818
    Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., 5818
    U.S. Drug Testing, Inc., 5818-5819
    Wildlife Laboratories, Inc., 5819


Energy Department
See Energy Information Administration
See Energy Research Office
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Active uranium and thorium processing sites; reimbursement for costs of 
          remedial action, 5791-5792


Energy Information Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5792-5793


Energy Research Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 5793


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Rio de Flag Area, Flagstaff, AZ, 5790


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain program--
        Auction offferors set minimum prices in increments of $0.01, 
                5734-5735
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Oxyfluorfen, 5737-5739
    Terbacil, 5735-5737
Solid wastes:
    Beverage containers and resource recovery facilities; management 
            guidelines--
        Federal regulatory reform, 5739-5740
Toxic substances:
    Significant new uses--
        Butanamide, etc., 5740-5742

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PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Pesticide products; State registration--
        Large municipal waste combustors located in States where State 
                plans have not been approved; emission guidelines; 
                implementation; correction, 5834
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Arizona; correction, 5834
Clean Air Act:
    Acid rain program--
        Auction offerors set minimum prices in increments of $0.01, 
                5773-5774
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Common sense initiative--
        Sector-based approach action plan; open meeting, 5801-5802
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
    American Cyanamid Co. et al., 5802-5803


Executive Office of the President
See Management and Budget Office
See Presidential Documents


Export Administration Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5778-5780


Farm Credit Administration
RULES
Farm credit system:
    Loan policies and operations--
        Funding relationship between Farm credit bank and direct lender 
                association, etc., 5721-5725


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 5725-5727
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    AlliedSignal Aerospace, 5763-5764
    Boeing, 5766-5767
    Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., 5765-5766


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Foreign participation in U.S. telecommunications market; effective 
            competitive opportunities test changes; correction, 5743
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Georgia, 5743-5744
    Georgia et al., 5744
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5803
Common carrier services:
    Wireless communications service--
        Auction schedule, 5803-5804
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 5804


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Public assistance program; improved system field testing, 5804-5805


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Ogden Energy China (Beta) Ltd. et al., 5798-5801
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ANR Pipeline Co., 5793
    CNG Transmission Corp., 5793-5794
    Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 5794
    Equitrans, L.P., 5794
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 5794, 5795
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 5795
    Minnesota Power & Light Co., 5795
    Mobile Bay Pipeline Co., 5795-5796
    Montaup Electric Co., 5796
    New York State Electric & Gas Corp., 5796
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 5797
    North Shore Gas Co., 5796-5797
    Overland Trail Transmission Co., 5798
    Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 5798
    Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; correction, 5834
    Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd., 5798


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 5805
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 5805-5806
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 5806


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Recovery plans--
        California jewelflower et al., 5813
Marine mammals:
    Annual report availability (1995 CY), 5813-5814
Meetings:
    Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, 5814


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Food additive petitions:
    BP Chemicals, Inc., 5808-5809
    Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., 5809


General Services Administration
RULES
Federal travel:
    Privately owned vehicle; return transportation from outside the 
            United States; approval or authorization, 5742-5743


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 Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Medicaid:
    Demonstration project proposals, new and pending--
        July, August, September, October, and November (1997), 5809-
                5811


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
National practitioner data bank:
    User fee, 5811-5812


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Immigration and Naturalization Service User Fee Advisory Committee, 
            5819


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Bad debts modifications and dealer assignments of notional 
            principal contracts
        Correction, 5834


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Export trade certificates of review, 5780-5782


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Steel wire rope from--
        Thailand, 5816


Judicial Conference of the United States
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on--
        Appellate Procedure Rules, 5817
        Bankruptcy Procedure Rules, 5816
        Civil Procedure Rules, 5816
        Criminal Procedure Rules, 5817
        Evidence Rules, 5817


Justice Department
See Drug Enforcement Administration
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    President's Advisory Board on Race, 5817


Labor Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy, 
            5819-5820
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation:
    International Labor Affairs Bureau et al; hearing, 5820


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Management framework plans, etc.:
    California, 5814-5815


Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Federal financial accounting standards:
    Pension payments in excess of pension expense; interpretation, 
            5822-5825


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program; crude oil, 5815


National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5820-5821


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Hybrid III test dummy; minor technical amendments, 5746-5748
PROPOSED RULES
Fuel economy standards:
    Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A./Vector Aeromotive Corp.; exemption 
            request, 5774-5777


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Institute of Dental Research, 5812


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 
                5836-5854
Marine mammals:
    Commercial fishing authorizations--
        Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental 
                takes; list, 5748-5762
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Halibut donation program, 5777
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5782-5783
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 5783


National Transportation Safety Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5821


Navy Department
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Camp Pendleton, CA; Milcon Project P-527b, sewage effluent 
            compliance, 5790-5791


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Omaha Public Power District, 5821-5822

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Office of Management and Budget
See Management and Budget Office


Patent and Trademark Office
RULES
Patent cases:
    Continued prosecution application practice; changes, 5732-5734
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 5783-5784


Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
China; renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 98-13 
          of January 30, 1998), 5857


Public Health Service
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 5825-5828
    Delta Clearing Corp., 5828-5829
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 5829-5830


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Columbia University; National Center on Addiction and Substance 
            Abuse, 5812-5813


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5830-5832
Foreign air carriers; exemptions:
    Family Support Act of 1997, 5832
International cargo rate flexibility level:
    Standard foreign fare level--
        Index adjustment factors, 5833


Treasury Department
See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 
            5833
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
          Administration, 5836-5854


Part III
The President, 5857
  
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                           3 CFR
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations:
No. 98-13 of January 30,1998..........................5857

                          12 CFR
614...................................................5721
627...................................................5721

                          14 CFR
39....................................................5725
Proposed Rules:
39 (3 documents).....................................5763,
                                                5765, 5766

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................5834

                          27 CFR
53....................................................5727

                          33 CFR
80....................................................5728
82....................................................5728
84....................................................5728
87....................................................5728
88....................................................5728
90....................................................5728
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.................................................5767

                          37 CFR
1.....................................................5732

                          40 CFR
73....................................................5734
180 (2 documents)....................................5735,
                                                      5737
244...................................................5739
245...................................................5739
721...................................................5740
Proposed Rules:
52....................................................5834
62....................................................5834
73....................................................5773

                          41 CFR
302-10................................................5742

                           46CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I.................................................5767

                          47 CFR
43....................................................5743
63....................................................5743
64....................................................5743
73 (2 documents).....................................5743,
                                                      5744

                          48 CFR
225...................................................5744
252...................................................5744

                          49 CFR
572...................................................5746
Proposed Rules:
531...................................................5774

                          50 CFR
229...................................................5748
679...................................................5836
Proposed Rules:
679...................................................5777