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Agency for International Development
RULES
Commodities and services financed by USAID: source, origin, and 
          nationality rules, 72181 


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Agricultural commodities; U.S. grade standards and other selected 
          regulations removed; Federal regulatory reform
    Correction, 72101-72102 
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Transfer of regulations under Egg Products Inspection Act to FSIS, 
            72351-72356 


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Forest Service
See Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
    Tuberculosis in cervids--
        Identification requirements, 72104-72129 


Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    ATM forum, 72329 
    CommerceNet Consortium, 72329 
    Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc., 72329-72331    
    Frame Relay Forum, 72331 
    Gas Utilization Research Forum, 72331-72332  
    Network Management Forum, 72332 
    OBI Consortium, Inc., 72332 
    Phase Change Brake Team, 72332 
    Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd., 72333 
    Xerox Parc, 72333 


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Committee to Director, 72316 
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, 72316 
    National Center for Environmental Health--
        Public Health Response to Asthma, 72316-72317 
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health--
        Scientific Counselors Board, 72317 


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    Upper Mississippi River, 72189-72190 
PROPOSED RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Kill Van Kull Channel et al., NY and NJ; regulated navigation area, 
            72219-72222 


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


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile consultation; review of trade:
    Pakistan, 72288-72289 


Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72289-72290 


Delaware River Basin Commission
NOTICES
Hearings, 72290 


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
RULES
Occupational radiation protection:
    Primary standards and compliance requirements
        Correction, 72129-72130 


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 72195-72200  
    North Carolina, 72190-72193 
    Tennessee, 72193-72195 
Drinking water:
    National primary and secondary drinking water regulations--
        Chemical and microbiological contaminants; analytical methods 
                for compliance determinations; withdrawal, 72200 
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    California, 72223-72224  
    North Carolina, 72222 
    Tennessee, 72222-72223 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements-
        Comment availability, 72310-72311 
    Weekly receipts, 72311 
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Great Lakes binational toxics strategy; preliminary draft 
            pesticides, alkyl-lead, and octachlorostyrene reports, 
            72311 
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements etc.:
    Standard scrape site, IL, 72311-72312 

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Export Administration Bureau
RULES
Encryption items, 72156-72167 


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Avions Pierre Robin, 72137-72139 
    Boeing, 72143-72148 
    British Aerospace, 72139-72143  
    New Piper Aircraft, Inc., 72132-72137 
    Pratt & Whitney, 72148-72154 
    Raytheon, 72130-72132 
Class E airspace, 72154-72156   
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Class B airspace, 72342-72343 
    RTCA, Inc., 72343  


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72312-72313 
Meetings:
    North American Numbering Council, 72313 
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 72313-
          72314 


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72314 


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
    Persons holding interlocking directorates; filing requirements, 
            72167-72171 
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    ERI Enterprises, L.L.C., et al., 72303-72306 
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Buckley, Jerry B., et al., 72306 
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Allegheny Energy, Inc., and DQE, Inc., 72290-72291  
    Alliant Services, Inc., et al., 72291 
    ANR Pipeline Co., 72291 
    CET Marketing, L.P., et al., 72291-72292 
    CNG Transmission Corp., 72292 
    Columbia Gas Transmission Co., 72292-72293 
    Commonwealth Chesapeake Co., L.L.C., 72293 
    El Paso Natural Gas Co., 72293-72294 
    Energy East Beaver Falls, LLC, 72294 
    Equitrans, L.P., 72294-72295  
    Florida Gas Transmission Co., 72295  
    Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 72295-72296 
    Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 72296 
    Louisville Gas & Electric Co. et al., 72296 
    Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 72296-72297 
    NorAm Gas Transmission Co., 72297  
    Northern Natural Gas Co., 72297-72298 
    Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, 72298 
    South Carolina Public Service Authority, 72298 
    Southern Natural Gas Co., 72298 
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 72298-72299  
    Texas Eastern Transmission Corp, 72299-72300  
    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 72300-72301  
    Union Pacific Highlands & Gathering Co., 72301-72302 
    Western Area Power Administration, 72302 
    Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 72302-72303   


Federal Labor Relations Authority
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Regional offices: geographical jurisdictional changes
        Correction, 72350


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 72314-72315 


Federal Railroad Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control:
    Safety integration plans, 72225-72242 
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Texas State Railroad, 72343-72344 


Federal Reserve System
PROPOSED RULES
Availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation CC):
    Software changes related to merger; implementation time, 72216-
            72217 
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 72315 
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 72315 


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Industry guides:
    Private vocational and distance education schools; correction, 
            72350


Financial Management Service
See Fiscal Service


Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72346 
Interest rates:
    Renegotiation Board and prompt payment rates, 72346-72347 


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Queen Anne's County, MD; Delmarva fox squirrel, 72321-72322 


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Administrative practice and procedure:
    Clinical investigators; financial disclosure, 72171-72181 


Food Safety and Inspection Service
RULES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Agency responsibilities, organization, terminology and transfer of 
            regulations under Egg Products Inspection Act from AMS, 
            72351-72356 

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Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Flathead National Forest, MT, 72243-72244 


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Food and Drug Administration
See Health Care Financing Administration
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 72315-72316 


Health Care Financing Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72317-72318  


Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
NOTICES
Cases filed, 72306-72307  
Decisions and orders, 72307-72310    


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 72319 
Public and Indian housing:
    Public housing assessment system--
        Real Estate Assessment Center; advisory scores issuances, 
                72319-72320 


Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72333-72334  


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


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72182-72183 
Income taxes, etc.:
    Withholding of tax on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign 
            persons and related collection, refunds, and credits; etc., 
            72183-72189 
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Tax return preparers' signatures; retention, 72218-72219 


International Development Cooperation Agency
See Agency for International Development


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Fresh and chilled Atlantic Salmon from--
        Norway, 72244-72245 
    Preserved mushrooms from--
        China, 72255-72268 
        India, 72246-72255 
        Indonesia, 72268-72283 
    Stainless steel plates from--
        Sweden, 72283-72284 


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Organic photo-conductor drums and products containing same, 72327 
    Synthetic methionine from--
        Japan, 72327-72328 


Justice Department
See Antitrust Division
See Immigration and Naturalization Service
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Pfizer, Inc., 72328-72329 


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Wild and Scenic John Day River and related resource management 
            plans, 72323-72324 
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    Arizona, 72324 
Withdrawal and reservation of lands:
    Idaho, 72324-72326  


Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Submerged lands; gas lease, 72327 


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Red snapper, 72200-72203 
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 72203-72215 
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
    State programs--
        Evaluation findings availability, 72284 
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Washington State Department of Corrections; harbor seals, 
                72285-72287 
Meetings:
    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 72287 
    New England Fishery Management Council, 72287-72288 
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 72288 


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Byproduct material; domestic licensing:
    Generally licensed industrial devices containing byproduct 
            material, 72216 
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    CBS Corp., 72338-72339 
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; 
          biweekly notices, 72339-72341 

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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Clark, William H., 72334-72336 
    Entergy Operations, Inc., 72336 
    Florida Power & Light Co. et al., 72336-72337  
    Indiana Michigan Power Co., 72337 
    Public Service Company of Colorado, 72337-72338 
    Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 72338 


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 72288 


Personnel Management Office
RULES
Employment:
    Federal employee training; correction, 72097 
Pay administration:
    Indebted government employees; collection by offset, 72098-72101 
Prevailing rate systems:
    Lead agency responsibility, 72097-72098 


Public Debt Bureau
See Fiscal Service


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


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Proposed collection; comment request, 72341 


Research and Special Programs Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous materials:
    Hazardous materials transportation--
        DOT cylinder specifications and maintenance, requalification, 
                and repair requirements, 72224 
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
    One-call systems study; information collection and solicitation of 
            public participation, 72344-72345 


Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Program regulations:
    Materials and construction--
        Electric overhead distribution lines; specification and 
                drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction, 72102-
                72104 


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Federal regulatory review:
    Rules list and comment request, 72217-72218 


Special Counsel Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities:
    Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72341-72342 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 72318 
    Substance Abuse Prevention Center, National Advisory Council, 
            72318-72319 


Surface Transportation Board
PROPOSED RULES
Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control:
    Safety integration plans, 72225-72242 
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 72345-72346 


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


Transportation Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Fiscal Service
See Internal Revenue Service


United States Information Agency
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, 72347 


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance rate, 
          72347-72349 
  
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, and Food 
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                           5 CFR
410..................................................72097
532..................................................72097
550..................................................72098
Ch. XIV..............................................72350

                           7 CFR
52...................................................72101
53...................................................72101
54...................................................72101
59...................................................72352
1728.................................................72102

                           9 CFR
77...................................................72104
91...................................................72104
Ch. III..............................................72352

                          10 CFR
835..................................................72129
Proposed Rules:
30...................................................72216
31...................................................72216
32...................................................72216
170..................................................72216
171..................................................72216

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
229..................................................72216

                          14 CFR
39 (7 documents)....................................72130,
                  72132, 72137, 72139, 72141, 72143, 72148
71 (3 documents)....................................72154,
                                                     72155

                          15 CFR
740..................................................72156
742..................................................72156
743..................................................72156
772..................................................72156
774..................................................72156

                          16 CFR
254..................................................72350

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. II...............................................72217

                          18 CFR
46...................................................72167
131..................................................72167

                          21 CFR
54...................................................72171

                          22 CFR
228..................................................72181

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents).....................................72182,
                                                     72183
31...................................................72183
35a..................................................72183
301..................................................82183
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................72218

                          33 CFR
117..................................................72189
Proposed Rules:
165..................................................72219

                          40 CFR
52 (4 documents)....................................72190,
                                       72193, 72195, 72197
141..................................................72200
143..................................................72200
Proposed Rules:
52 (4 documents)....................................72222,
                                                     72223

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
107..................................................72224
171..................................................72224
172..................................................72224
173..................................................72224
177..................................................72224
178..................................................72224
180..................................................72224
244..................................................72225
1106.................................................72225

                          50 CFR
622..................................................72200
648..................................................72203