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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Olives grown in--
    California, 5905-5907
PROPOSED RULES
Cotton research and promotion order:
    Cotton Board rules and regulations, 5936


Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Farm Service Agency
See  Forest Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5946


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Advisory Committee to Director, 5989
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, 5989-5990
Meetings:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health--
        Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, 5990


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5990-5991


Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5994-5996


Commerce Department
See  Industry and Security Bureau
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5948-5949


Defense Department
See  Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5966-5967
Meetings:
    Science Board task forces, 5967-5968


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Michigan, 5932-5933
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs:
    Ambient air quality standards, national--
        Fine particulate matter and ozone; interstate transport control 
                measures; public hearings, 5944-5945
NOTICES
Integrated risk information system:
    Health effects of chronic exposure to chemical substances--
        2004 program announcement and information request, 5971-5976
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    North American Cooperation in the Conservation of Biodiversity 
            Strategic Plan, 5976-5979
    Watersheds; integrating ecological risk assessment and economic 
            analysis; conceptual approach and case studies, 5979-5980
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    New chemicals--
        Receipt and status information, 5980-5985
Water pollution control:
    Total maximum daily loads--
        Louisiana, 5985-5986


Farm Credit Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5986


Farm Service Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Special programs:
    Direct Farm Loan Programs; regulatory streamlining, 6055-6121


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Aerospatiale, 5914-5918
    Airbus, 5907-5911, 5922-5924, 5926-5928
    BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd., 5913-5914
    Boeing, 5911-5913, 5920-5922, 5924-5926
    Learjet, 5918-5920
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 5939-5940
    Gulfstream, 5936-5939


Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio frequency devices:
    Interference temperature operation, 5945
NOTICES
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 5986


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster and emergency areas:
    Maine, 5996-5997
    Micronesia, 5997
    Ohio, 5997-5998

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings, 5968-5971


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5986-5987


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6006


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5987-5988
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 5988
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 5988-5989
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 5989


Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5989


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species and/or marine mammal permit 
          applications, 5999
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 5999-6000


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5991-5993


Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5947-5948
Meetings:
    Deschutes Provincial Advisory Committee, 5948
    Resource Advisory Committees--
        Siskiyou County, 5948


Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Indian Health Service
See  National Institutes of Health


Homeland Security Department
See  Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau
See  Federal Emergency Management Agency
See  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau


Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5998


Indian Health Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 5993


Industry and Security Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
    Commerce Control List--
        QRS11 micromachined angular rate sensors; licensing 
                jurisdiction, 5928-5930


Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
See  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Guam War Claims Review Commission, 5998


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Business electronic filing; guidance, 5931-5932
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Business electronic filing; guidance, 5940-5942
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 6015-6017


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Antifriction bearings and parts thereof from--
        Various countries, 5949-5960
    Stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from--
        Taiwan, 5960-5964
Countervailing duties:
    Carbon and alloy steel wire rod from--
        Brazil, 5964-5966


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Commercial availability of apparel inputs (2004); preferential 
            treatment to apparel from Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean 
            Basin, and Andean countries, 6003-6004
    Polyethylene retail carrier bags from--
        Various countries, 6004-6005
    Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) from--
        China, 6005-6006


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Disclaimer of interest applications:
    Utah, 6000-6001
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Royal Gorge, CO; South Park Land tenure adjustment plan, 6001-6002
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        New Mexico, 6002-6003
Survey plat filings:
    Illinois, 6003


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

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National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories facility, 
            Boston, MA, 5993-5994


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pollock, 5934
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
    Taking and importation--
        Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean; yellowfin tuna, 5966


Navy Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel; correction, 5968


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Dow Chemical Co., 6006-6007


Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Allowances and differentials:
    Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas)--
        Methodology changes, 6019-6022
Health benefits, Federal employees:
    New enrollments or enrollment changes; standardized effective 
            dates, 5935-5936
NOTICES
Allowances and differentials:
    Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas)--
        Methodology changes, 6022-6053


Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    Options markets; competitive developments, 6123-6138
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6007-6008
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 6008-6009
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 6009
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 6010-6013


Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Texas, 5942-5944


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., 6014-6015


Tennessee Valley Authority
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Paradise-Wilson 500-kV transmission system, KY and TN, 6013-6014


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See  Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 6017

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Personnel Management Office, 6019-6053


Part III
Agriculture Department, Farm Service Agency, 6055-6121


Part IV
Securities and Exchange Commission, 6123-6138

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                           5 CFR
Proposed Rules:
591...................................................6020
890...................................................5935

                           7 CFR
932...................................................5905
Proposed Rules:
761...................................................6056
762...................................................6056
763...................................................6056
764...................................................6056
765...................................................6056
766...................................................6056
767...................................................6056
768...................................................6056
769...................................................6056
1205..................................................5936

                          14 CFR
39 (10 documents)......5907, 5909, 5911, 5913, 5914, 5918, 
                                    5920, 5922, 5924, 5926
Proposed Rules:
39 (2 documents)................................5936, 5939

                          15 CFR
734...................................................5928
740...................................................5928
774...................................................5928

                          17 CFR
Proposed Rules:
240...................................................6124

                          26 CFR
1.....................................................5931
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................5940

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
943...................................................5942

                          40 CFR
52....................................................5932
Proposed Rules:
51....................................................5944
72....................................................5944
75....................................................5944
96....................................................5944

                          47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
15....................................................5945

                          50 CFR
679...................................................5934