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Agency for International Development
PROPOSED RULES
Commodity transactions:
    Maximum prices and preshipment inspection requirements; withdrawn, 
            49682 


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


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Community College Board of Visitors, 49690-49691 
    Scientific Advisory Board, 49691   


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Brucellosis in cattle and bison--
        Procedures for retaining class free State status, 49670-49673 


Army Department
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    Defense Technology Corp. of America, 49691 


Census Monitoring Board
NOTICES
Meetings; cancellation, 49685 


Civil Rights Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; State advisory committees:
    Oklahoma, 49685-49686 
    Pennsylvania, 49686 
    Texas, 49686 


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Bulgaria, 49688 
    Malaysia, 49688-49689 
    Taiwan, 49689-49690 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Over-the-counter derivatives; concept release, 49681-49682 


Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49725-49726 


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49690 


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Federal Perkins and Federal family education loan programs, 49797-
            49801 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    International Energy Agency Industry Advisory Board, 49692 
Spent nuclear fuel and/or high-level radioactive waste:
    Commercial waste acceptance and transportation services 
            acquisition; proposals request, 49693 


Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Policy and Technology National Advisory Council, 
            49693-49694 


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 49654-49657  
    Boeing, 49657-49661  
    Bombardier, 49661-49666 
    Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH, 49653-49654 
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 49677-49679 
    Burkhart GROB Luft-und Raumfahrt GmbH, 49673-49675 
    EXTRA Flugzeugbau GmbH, 49675-49677 
    McDonnell Douglas, 49679-49681 


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Kentucky, 49667-49668 
PROPOSED RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    Georgia, 49682-49683 
    Missouri, 49682 
    New Mexico, 49683 
    Tennessee, 49684 
    Texas, 49683-49684 


Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49694 

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Millennium Pipeline Co., L.P., et al., 49693 


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials transportation:
    Preemption determinations, 49803-49812 


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 49694 


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 49694-49695  
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 49695-49696  
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 49696 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 49696-49697  
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49697 


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49706-49707 
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 49707 
Migratory bird hunting:
    Alaska; migratory bird subsistence program, management bodies for 
            development, implementation, and management; intent to 
            establish, 49707-49708 
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992:
    Approval applications--
        Jordan, Rick, 49708 


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Science Board, 49698 


Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in U.S.; risk analysis, 49685 


Government Ethics Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49697-49698 


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department


Health Care Financing Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49698-49699  
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49699-49702   


Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    National organ and tissue donation initiative; partnership 
            opportunities, 49702-49703 


Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
NOTICES
Program exclusions; list, 49703-49706 


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
RULES
Watches and watch movements:
    Allocations of duty exemptions--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana 
                Islands, 49666-49667 


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
RULES
Watches and watch movements:
    Allocations of duty exemptions--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana 
                Islands, 49666-49667 
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Fresh cut flowers from--
        Colombia, 49686-49687 
    Iron construction castings from--
        Canada, 49687-49688 


Justice Department
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Beshara Management et al., 49714 
    Coltec Industries, Inc., et al., 49714 


Labor Department
See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims section:
    Calista Corp., 49708-49709 
Meetings:
    Iditarod Advisory Council, 49709 
Oil and gas leases:
    Alabama, 49709 
Public land orders:
    Alaska, 49709-49710 
    Idaho, 49710 
    Oregon, 49710-49711 
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Dixie Resource Area, UT, 49711-49712 
Survey plat filings:
    Illinois, 49712 
    Oregon, 49712-49713 

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Marine Mammal Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 49715-49716 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pollock, 49668-49669 
Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 49668 


National Park Service
NOTICES
Wilderness preservation and management; reference manual No. 41; public 
          review period extension, 49713 


National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Meetings:
    50th Anniversary Public Advisory Committee, 49715-49716 
    Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel, 49716 
    Ecological Studies Advisory Panel, 49716 
    Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 49716-49717 


Navy Department
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 49691 
Meetings:
    Naval Research Advisory Committee, 49691-49692 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Atlas uranium mill tailings site, UT; cleanup, 49717 
    White Mesa uranium mill, UT; regulatory oversight, 49717 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    GPU Nuclear, Inc.; correction, 49717 


Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 49714-
            49715   


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Excepted service:
    Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked--
        Consolidated list, 49731-49764 


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7121), 49813-49816 
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 
            7122), 49817-49818 


Public Health Service
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Resources and Services Administration


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials transportation:
    Preemption determinations, 49803-49812 


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., 49720-49722 
    American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 49765-49795 
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 49722-49724 
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 49724-49725 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc., 49717-49720 
    Public utility holding company filings, 49720 


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


Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 49726 
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 49726-49727 


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration


Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Thrift Supervision Office


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Newly Independent States regional educational advising coordinator, 
            49727-49729 


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 49729 
    Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 49729-49730 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Office of Personnel Management, 49731-49764 


Part III
Securities and Exchange Commission, 49765-49795 


Part IV
Department of Education, 49797-49801 


Part V
Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 49803-49812 


Part VI
The President, 49813-49818  
  
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online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted 
public laws.


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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7121.................................................49813
7122.................................................49817

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
78...................................................49670

                          14 CFR
39 (6 documents)....................................49653,
                         49654, 49656, 49657, 49659, 49661
Proposed Rules:
39 (4 documents)....................................49673,
                                       49675, 49677, 49679

                          15 CFR
303..................................................49666

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
34...................................................49681
35...................................................49681

                          22 CFR
Proposed Rules:
201..................................................49682

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
674..................................................49798
682..................................................49798

                          47 CFR
73...................................................49667
Proposed Rules:
73 (5 documents)....................................49682,
                                              49683, 49684

                          50 CFR
285..................................................49668
679..................................................49668