FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Construction safety and health standards: Federal regulatory reform, 9228, 31427 General industry safety and health standards applicable to construction work; incorporation, 41738 Scaffolds, 46026 Correction and partial stay, 59831 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Administrative Review Board; establishment and review procedures, 19982 Safety and health standards: Federal regulatory reform, 9228, 31427 Grain handling facilities, 9578 Personal protective equipment for general industry, 19547 Correction, 21228 Safety and health standards, etc.: 1,3-Butadiene (BD); occupational exposure, 56746 Asbestos; occupational exposure Correction, 43454 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 5507 Shipyard employment safety and health standards: Federal regulatory reform, 9228, 31427 Personal protective equipment, 26322 Correction, 29957 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: Kentucky et al., 55098 Minnesota, 36824 North Carolina, 28053, 66593 PROPOSED RULES Construction safety and health standards: Federal regulatory reform, 37849 Powered industrial truck operator training; public hearing, 3094 Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee Re-establishment, 66002 Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee Intent to establish, 28824 Meetings, 28824, 45923, 69058 Occupational injury and illness; recording and reporting requirements, 4030, 15435, 27850 Preliminary economic analysis; executive summary, 7758 Safety and health standards: Exit routes (means of egress), 47712 Federal regulatory reform, 37849 Safety and health standards, etc.: 1,3-Butadiene; occupational exposure, 9381, 15205 Powered industrial truck operator training -- Public hearing and comment period extended, 3092 Respiratory protection, 1725 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: California, 48443, 58358 North Carolina, 48446 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1604, 2267, 10384, 30261, 38225, 38226, 42063, 45988, 48983, 51305 Air contaminants; permissible exposure limits (PEL), 1947 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Maritime Advisory Committee, 3056 Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 15523 Metalworking fluids, occupational exposure; standards advisory committee, 45459 Emergency response plans: National Response Team's integrated contingency plan guidance; availability, 28642 Meetings: Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 10600, 40863, 56065, 65083 Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 15524 Occupational Safety and Health Maritime Advisory Committee, 40662 Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee, 9199, 13221, 18628, 25507, 28600, 33541, 43080, 58223 Memorandums of understanding: Energy Department, Environment, Safety and Health Office; facilities and operations at Savannah River Site, SC, 15059 Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Energy Policy Act; gaseous diffusion plants, 40249 Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: Canadian Standards Association, 36763, 59110 ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc., 41659 Inchcape Testing Services NA, Inc., 59111 MET Laboratories, Inc., 41661, 59114 Wyle Laboratories, 36764, 59115 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: California, 50335 State plans; standards approval, etc.: Vermont, 47195 Washington, 8667 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 14024 Practice and procedure: E-Z Trial pilot program implementation and simplified proceedings for adjudicative process; rules revision -- Pilot program extension, 50711 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 31192, 47988 ***** Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office ***** Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office ***** Office of the Special Counsel NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 68325 ***** Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States ***** Overseas Private Investment Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36094, 54214 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 19319, 24329, 30257, 37767, 41652, 43075, 51129, 54215, 68053 Hearings, 58702 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8986, 27097, 47177, 64364 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 25239 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council NOTICES Power plan amendments: Northwest power in transition plan, 13892 ***** Panama Canal Commission RULES Acquisition regulations: Debarment, suspension and ineligibility, 3846 Canal tolls rates and vessel measurement rules -- Approval authority transfer from President to Canal Commission, 16718 Health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance; and radio communication: Disinfecting vessels requirement; technical amendments, 36497 Shipping and navigation: Canal tolls rates and vessel measurement rules -- Toll rate increase and on-deck container capacity measurement, 60610 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 23834, 63328 Shipping and navigation: Canal tolls rates and vessel management rules -- Toll rates increase and on-deck container capacity measurement, 46407, 53886 ***** Parole Commission RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: Original jurisdiction cases procedures, 13763 Parole date advancements; substance abuse treatment program completion, 4350 Transfer treaty cases; special transferee hearings, 38569, 54096 Correction, 54096 Voting quorums establishment, 55742 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 11064, 14346, 37290, 37291, 40451, 49155, 50053, 51721, 53935, 64534, 65421 ***** Patent and Trademark Office RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Communications with agency; mailroom site creation, mailing addresses, etc., 56439 Patent cases: Correspondence practice changes; signature and filing requirements, 64027 Fee revisions, 39585 Correction, 43400 Patent cases and secrecy of inventions and licenses to export and file applications in foreign countries: Patent applications; 18-month publication schedule, 42790 Patents: Acquisition and protection of foreign rights in inventions, licensing of foreign patents acquired by Government; CFR parts removed Federal regulatory reform, 40997 Services of Process: Testimony by employees and the production of documents in legal proceedings; CFR parts removed, 42807 Trademark cases: Opposition filing time extensions notice, consented requests; proof of service requirement eliminated, 36825 Trademarks: Fastener Quality Act -- Insignias of manufacturers and private label distributors; recordation fees establishment, 55223 PROPOSED RULES Patent cases: Fee revisions, 19224 Correction, 20877 Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences; submission in computer readable form, 51855 Patent practitioners; registration examination, continuing education requirement, and annual fee, 51072 Patents: Practice rules; assignment recording, and rights of assignee and national and international patents and inventions; Federal regulatory review, 49820 Trademarks: Fastener Quality Act -- Insignias of manufacturers and private label distributors; recordation fees establishment, 48872 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1749, 6632, 8260- 8262, 10430, 13156, 16759, 19261, 42007, 50807 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 28857, 37722, 40199 Applications, prima facie incomplete filing date; procedure change, 30041 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 34801 Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions: Chairman's text; public briefing, 54159 Meetings: Nucleic acid sequences search systems, 8922 Patent cases: Human drug products -- REMERON active ingredient; term extension, 8263 Nucleic acid sequences related issues patent protection; hearings and comment request, 9980 Payor numbers; extension of use to matters involving pending patent applications, 54622 Therapeutic and diagnostic methods; patent protection; hearings and comment request, 10320 Patents: Computer-generated icons; design patent applications; examination guidelines, 11380 Computer-related inventions applications; examination guidelines, 7478 Technical documentation; accessibility to patent examiners and public; hearing and comment request, 19611 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 54626 Two-year exclusivity period claims: G.D. Searle & Co.; oxaprozin, 25635 ***** Peace Corps PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 23838, 63332 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 12114, 27939, 27940, 40865, 47215, 47216, 53984, 59251 ***** Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Transfer of responsibilities to General Services Administration et al.; effectiveness of regulations after agency termination, 11308 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5587 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7305 ***** Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Interpretive bulletins and regulations removed; Federal regulatory reform, 33847 Participant investment education -- Investment-related information provision; interpretive bulletin, 29586 Plan assets; participant contributions, 41220 PROPOSED RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Health insurance portability; comment request, 68697 Insurance company general accounts; clarification, 59845 Interpretive bulletins and regulations removal; Federal regulatory review, 14690 Plan assets; participant contributions, 1879 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Portability, access, and renewability provisions; comment request, 68697 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 63870-63872 Employee benefit plans: Form 5500 series filing requirement changes, 3735, 5808 Employee benefit plans; class exemptions: Authorized transactions between plans and parties in interest, 39988 Bank collective investment fund (CIF) conversion transactions, 58224, 59244 Plan asset transactions determined by in-house asset managers, 15975 Receipt of investment services by individuals for whose benefit IRAs or KEOGHs have been established or maintained, 39996 Restoration of delinquent contributions to plans, 9199, 40459 Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: Aultman Retirement Savings Plan et al., 5572, 20276 Beall Corp., et al., 55321, 68787 Bill Ussery Motors Inc. et al., 31954 Biscayne Bay Pilots, Inc., et al., 18159 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine et al., 3467, 14827 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia et al., 25899, 64763 Budge Clinic, 10014 Chase Manhattan Bank et al., 47195, 59465 Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. et al., 49155, 58231 Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States et al., 47205 Everett Clinic et al., 28237 First Hawaiian Bank et al., 3478 GE Capital Investment Advisors, Inc., et al., 59912 General Electric et al., 21501 General Motors et al., 11875 Hassan Zekavat, M.D., P.A., et al., 3483 Jacor Communications Inc. et al., 18421, 31958 Keebler Co., et al., 68791 Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., 55325 Masters, Mates and Pilots, et al., 51463 Mewbourne Oil Co., Inc., 37924 Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. et al., 28243, 58237 NBD Bancorp et al., 8670 PaineWebber Inc., 40000 Pikeville National Bank & Trust Co., 57461 Real Estate Equity Trust No. 1 et al., 66314 RREEF USA Fund et al., 25909 RREEF USA Fund-I et al., 11878 San Diego National Bank et al., 20278, 36766 Smith Barney Shearson Prototype Defined Contribution Plan et al., 54224, 66333 Society National Bank et al., 44081 Sprague Electric Co. et al., 28244 Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America et al., 54229 Wells Fargo Bank et al., 15123, 37933 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al., 64150 Westinghouse Savannah River Co., 40005 Westinghouse Savannah River Co./Bechtel Savannah River, Inc., et al., 49171 WLI Industries, Inc., et al., 3488 World Omni Financial Corp., 10025 Zekavat, Hassan, M.D., P.A., 51470 Zerhusen and Ghazi, M.D., Inc., 44085 Meetings: Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 9203, 18161, 18162, 25912, 25918, 25919, 34880, 43386, 43387, 50053, 50053, 50054, 54237, 54238, 55017 Pension payback program; restoration of delinquent participant contributions voluntary compliance program; adoption, 9203, 40462 ***** Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Multiemployer plans: Late premium payments and employer liability underpayments and overpayments; interest rates, 1126 Valuation of plan benefits and plan assets following mass withdrawal -- Interest rates, 1127, 5945, 10674, 16388, 24444, 30160 Withdrawal liability; notice and collection; interest rates, 16391 Regulations; reorganization, renumbering, and reinvention; Federal regulatory reform, 34002 Correction, 36626, 37316, 37795, 67942 Single-employer plans: Allocation of assets -- Benefits valuation for plan termination; expected retirement age, 65476 Benefits valuation for termination; interest rates, 36968, 48406 Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 58479 Interest rates and assumptions, 65474 Interest rates for valuing benefits, 42384, 53623 Disclosure to participants, 24694 Terminated plans; benefits payable, 65473 Late premium payments and employer liability underpayments and overpayments; interest rates, 1126, 16387 Reportable events and annual reporting requirements, 63988 Valuation of plan benefits -- Interest rates and factors, 1127, 5945, 10674, 16388, 21228, 24444, 25513, 30160 Withdrawal liability; notice and collection; interest rates, 1129 PROPOSED RULES Premium payments: Premium filings-rated information; submission of records, 66247 Semi-annual agenda, 23842, 63336 Single-employer plans: Reportable events and annual reporting requirements, 38409 Reportable Events Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 13117 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 15839, 59917 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14164, 36771, 47774, 59252 Multiemployer plans: Bond/escrow requirement; exemption requests -- Dunham-Bush, Inc., 67355 St. Louis Cardinals, L.P., 38480, 53463 Tuscan Dairy Farms, Inc., 38481, 53465 Interest rates and assumptions, 36970, 53772 Variable-rate premiums and benefits following mass withdrawal; interest rates and assumptions, 42448, 48513, 58598, 65607 Premium-related information; penalties for failure to provide, reassessment, 36837, 66338 Premiums payment and late payment or underpayment reduction penalty charges; policy statement, 63874 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 18184, 53466 Single-employer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 36970, 53772 Waivers for major diaster area residents due to blizzard of 1996, 1414 ***** Personnel Management Office RULES Absence and leave: Family and Medical Leave Act; implementation, 64441 Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Suits brought by covered individuals because of health benefit denial, 15196 Administrative law judge positions examination administration; funding, 39267 Correction, 56271 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances and post differential; nonforeign areas; partnership pilot project, 59173 Separate maintenance allowance for Johnston Island duty, 27243 Child support and/or alimony; garnishment orders; processing: Legal process; designated agents lists, 67378 Correction, 68821 Conflict of interests, 36993 Employment: Career and career-conditional -- Former overseas employees; noncompetitive employment, 9321 Federal employees' political activities, permitted and prohibited (1993 Hatch Act Reform Amendments), 35088 Federal employee training, 21947, 66189 Correction, 68119, 68821 Federal employment information; agencies funding requirements, 11499 Private sector temporaries; government use, 19509 Surplus and displaced Federal employees; career transition assistance programs development; correction, 691 Federal civilian and uniformed service personnel; solicitation for contributions to private voluntary organizations; correction, 4585 Health benefits, Federal employees: Coverage continuance; leave without pay or insufficient pay status; Agencies notification requirement, 37807 Disputed claims procedures and court actions, 15177 Family and Medical Leave Act; implementation, 64441 Inpatient hospital charges, physician charges, and FEHB benefit payments; Medicare limitations, 50689 Legal actions; CFR correction, 25775 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Voting rights program; applications or complaints; Alameda County, CA examination point designation, 11747 Organizations representing Federal employees and other organizations; Agency relationships, 32913 Pay under General Schedule: Locality-based comparability payments -- Interim geographic adjustments; termination, 3539, 34713, 50535, 51319, 52497, 53491 Metropolitan areas; removed, 40949, 42939, 43574 Prevailing rate systems, 3175, 5921, 5922, 10879, 20701, 27243, 27995, 27996, 36609, 47661, 48817, 49649, 67447 Retirement: Coverage elections by current and former nonappropriated fund employees, 41714 Federal Employees Retirement System -- Alternative forms of annuity; critical medical condition standards; establishment, 21953 Retirement, health benefits, and life insurance, Federal employees: Distirct of Columbia Financial Control Authority; employee coverage as Federal employees, 58457 Senior Executive Service: Executive, management, and supervisory development, 46531 Voting rights program: Jefferson and Galveston Counties, TX, 64998 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; implementing amendments, 32401 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; partnership pilot project, 41746 Employment: Federal employment information; agencies funding requirements, 546 Merit promotion program -- Internal merit selection procedures design, intensive training programs use, and appointment-appropriate employee assignment, 6324 Suitability, national security positions, and personnel investigations -- National security and non-sensitive positions; distinctions, 394 Temporary and term employment; appointment system streamlining, 47450 Mobility assignments between Federal agencies and non- Federal entities; appointment system streamling, 65189 Execepted service: Schedule A authority for temporary organizations positions, 63762 Health benefits, Federal employees: Opportunities to enroll and change enrollment, 35973 Pay under General Schedule: Locality-based comparability payments -- Metropolitan areas; removals, 55227 Prevailing rate systems, 4940 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System -- Merit Systems Protection Board direct appeals; claims adjudication, 66948 Semi-annual agenda, 23810, 63306 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 423, 4689, 4690, 6662, 6663, 7284, 8082, 9507, 13223, 16655, 19963, 20867, 21507, 22076, 22077, 26549, 28910, 30645, 33550, 35817, 36771, 40865, 41664, 41812, 56574, 56575, 58599 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6663, 14346, 15316, 22077, 26550, 27374, 27375, 30930, 35272, 37096, 42072, 46491, 48514, 53468, 56575, 56724, 60127, 66063, 66064 Agriculture Department; alternative personnel management system; demonstration project, 9507, 49178 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances in Alaska; winter 1995 surveys report; availability, 4070 Excepted service: Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked -- Consolidated list, 46835 Update, 565, 6663, 10601, 15529, 19963, 28251, 33150, 39483, 46491, 50886, 56575, 65249 Federal position classification structure; occupational series reduction, 16654 Health benefits, Federal employees: Medically underserved areas (CY 1997), 47530 Locality pay; President's Pay Agent; salary tables, 30645 Meetings: Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 2848, 11067, 21507, 24837, 33550, 43565, 46669, 67584 Federal Salary Council, 8082, 34911, 49801 National Partnership Council, 1654, 4295, 5045, 9510, 15151, 19328, 35818, 46871, 52978, 56724, 64177 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Claims settlement procedures transferred from General Accounting Office, 51730 Personnel management demonstration projects: Air Force; Armstrong, Phillips, Rome and Wright science and technology reinvention laboratories, 24622, 60400 Veterans Affairs Department; pay for applied skills system -- New York and Detroit Benefits Regional Offices, 58942 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 35818, 50351, 50352, 60127 Systems of records, 9510, 36919 Senior Executive Service: Career positions reserved during 1995 list, 25018 Performance Review Board; membership, 37942 ***** Physician Payment Review Commission NOTICES Meetings, 17737, 46669 ***** Postal Rate Commission RULES Practice and procedure: Domestic mail classification schedule -- Preferred rate mailers rates changes, etc.; correction, 37316 Revisions, 32656, 55100 Market testing; postal services, 24447 PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure: Omnibus rate proceeding -- Cost attribution methods and rate design principles, 67760 NOTICES Complaints filed: Coalition Against Unfair USPS Competition, 40671, 67356 Domestic mail classification schedule: Preferred rate mailers rates changes, etc., 16129 Revisions, 67860 Special services fees and classifications, 31968, 42449 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1256, 30104, 37097, 65092, 65093 Post office closings; petitions for appeal: Atlantic, ME, 55175 Bruington, VA, 6397 Cuyama, CA, 59120 DiGiorgio, CA, 67584 Eagle Harbor, NY, 35819 Forest Grove, MT, 18632, 24341 Green Mountain, IA, 55175 Huntley, NE, 28910 Kemp, OK, 15151 Lewiston, NE, 28627 Moriah, NY, 40675 Morrison, IA, 2269 Oakley, IL, 64401 Oquossoc, ME, 7832 Plevna, MO, 66721 Salem, NE, 26939 Shiloh, VA, 42922 Templeville, MD, 57722 Trevett, ME, 30930 Walters, MN, 14586 West Rushville, OH, 35819 Visits to facilities, 16944, 19646 ***** Postal Service RULES Board of Governors bylaws: Conflict of interests and Sunshine Act provisions, 36498 Domestic Mail Manual: Deposit, collection and delivery -- Packages weighing 16 ounces or more; deposit in collection receptacles, restrictions, 52702 Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel automation rate category; zip code realignments in test areas, 17206, 53322 Mail classification reform; implementation standards, 10068, 17190, 42478, 48071, 64618 Mail preparation standards, etc., 48572, 60190 Implementation standards, 67218 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 55750, 56450 Inspection Service/Inspector General authority: Commercial espionage as criminal activity added to mail cover regulations, 42557 Mail reasonably suspected of being dangerous to persons or property; treatment, 28059 International Mail Manual: Global Priority Mail -- Expansion, 14025 Implementation, 13775 International package consignment service -- Additional destination countries, 13765, 39592, 55572 Implementation, 36500 PROPOSED RULES Domestic Mail Manual: Address correction information requests by mailers, 53280 Mail classification reform; implementation standards, 32606 Mail with insufficient postage deposited for delivery; treatment, 15205 Inspection Service/Inspector General authority: Commercial espionage as criminal activity added to mail cover regulations, 21404 Organization and administration: Mail reasonably suspected of being dangerous to persons or property; treatment, 7452 Postal electronic commerce services; electronic postmark services prototype system test, 42219 NOTICES Domestic mail classification and rates, 10220, 42464 Domestic Mail Manual: Postage meters manufacture and use -- Postal security devices and indicia (postmarks); specifications, 34460, 36940, 44094, 53468, 55676 Transition book; revision, 55053 Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel automation rate category, 17210 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2581, 3088, 5605, 6297, 6894, 10406, 11906, 16655, 16944, 18185, 24341, 25928, 31979, 33783, 36586, 38232, 38482, 42072, 43566, 50353, 54245, 56576, 56577, 58431, 58715, 59473, 65092, 68071 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 9736 Systems of records, 10038, 24837, 29774, 31562, 39674, 52069 ***** Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses NOTICES Meetings, 195, 2549, 7284, 9737, 15316, 25720, 28911, 34461, 37942, 41812, 47216, 52816 ***** Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Bulgaria; extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most- favored-nation treatment) to products of (Proc. 6922), 51205 Burma: Suspension of entry of certain persons into U.S. as immigrants and nonimmigrants who formulate or implement policies that are impeding the transition to democracy or who benefit from such policies (Proc. 6925), 52233 Cuba; national emergency and emergency authority relating to regulations of anchorage and movement of vessels (Proc. 6867), 8843 Feed grain from the disaster reserve; state of emergency declaration and release of (Proc. 6907), 35083 Generalized System of Preferences; amendments (Proc. 6942), 54719 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, establishment (Proc. 6920), 50223 Imports and exports: Broom corn brooms, imports (Proc. 6961), 64431 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of U.S.; amendments (Proc. 6948), 56385 Israel: Implementing the U.S.-Israel agreement on trade in agricultural products (Proc. 6962), 64581 Romania; extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most- favored-nation treatment) to products of (Proc. 6951), 58129 Sudan; suspension of entry of certain persons as immigrants and nonimmigrants who are members or officials of the government or armed forces (Proc. 6958), 60007 Tariff-rate quotas for certain cheeses (Proc. 6914), 45851 West Bank and the Gaza Strip and qualifying industrial zones; duty-free treatment to products (Proc. 6955), 58761 Special observances: Adoption Month, National (Proc. 6947), 56383 African American History Month, National (Proc. 6863), 3777 America Goes Back to School (Proc. 6915), 48063 American Heart Month (Proc. 6864), 4347 American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 6949), 56397 American Red Cross Month (Proc. 6866), 7685 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 6892), 21045 Boorda, Admiral Jeremy M., death of (Proc. 6898), 25767 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 6926), 52675 Burke, Admiral Arleigh A.; death of (Proc. 6860), 381 Cancer Control Month (Proc. 6875), 14603 Captive Nations Week (Proc. 6909), 38049 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Day (Proc. 6905), 32911 Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 6937), 54069 Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 6881), 16037 Child Health Day, (Proc. 6933), 53301 Children's Day, National (Proc. 6939), 54073 Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 6917), 49405 Columbus Day (Proc. 6940), 54075 Consumers Week, National (Proc. 6945), 55077 Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 6888), 18045 D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 6882), 16611 Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, National (Proc. 6935), 53593 Day of Prayer, National (Proc. 6877), 15175 Day of Remembrance of the Oklahoma City Bombing, National (Proc. 6880), 16035 Death of Those Aboard U.S. Air Force Aircraft in Croatia (Proc. 6878), 15363 Defense Transportation Day, National, and National Transportation Week (Proc. 6896), 25129 Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc. 6929), 53291 Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 6927), 52677 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 6960), 64245 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 6876), 14605 Family Caregivers Week, National (Proc. 6953), 58313 Family Week, National (Proc. 6956), 59301 Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 6952), 58311 Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 6916), 48815 Father's Day (Proc. 6904), 30797 Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 6930), 53293 Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 6903), 29633 Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 6944), 54927 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 6879), 15871 General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 6936), 53825 German-American Day (Proc. 6931), 53295 Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 6923), 51347 Great American Smokeout Day, National (Proc. 6957), 59803 Greek Independence Day (Proc. 6873), 13383 Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 6919), 49647 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 6921), 50419 Honoring the Filipino Veterans of World War II (Proc. 6943), 54925 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 6964), 65455 Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 6868), 8847 Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 6887), 18043 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, National (Proc. 6910), 39551 Labor History Month (Proc. 6891), 20419 Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 6890), 19803 Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 6934), 53591 Loyalty Day (Proc. 6889), 19503 Maritime Day, National (Proc. 6900), 26067 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 6861), 1207 Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 6913), 44143 Mother's Day (Proc. 6893), 21047 Muskie, Edmund Sixtus; death of (Proc. 6874), 14233 National Park Week (Proc. 6870), 9899 Older Americans Month (Proc. 6894), 24661 Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc. 6886), 18041 Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1996 (Proc. 6884), 16615 Parents' Day, (Proc. 6911), 39553 Pay Inequity Awareness Day, National (Proc. 6883), 16613 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 6895), 24663 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 6963), 64957 Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 6871), 10445 POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 6918), 49407 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 6901), 26769 Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 6862), 1271 Roosevelt History Month (Proc. 6928), 53289 Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 6897), 25765 Saudi Arabia, victims of the bombing (Proc. 6906), 33823 Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 6869), 8849 School Lunch Week, National (Proc. 6938), 54071 Small Business Week (Proc. 6902), 28465 Smithsonian Institution, 150th Anniversary (Proc. 6865), 5269 Student Voter Education Day, National (Proc. 6924), 51767 Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 6954), 58455 United Nations Day (Proc. 6946), 55545 Unity, A National Month of (Proc. 6908), 35587 Veterans Day (Proc. 6950), 56873 Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 6885), 17545 White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 6941), 54077 Wildlife Refuge Week, National (Proc. 6932), 53297 Women's Equality Day, 1996 (Proc. 6912), 43645 Women's History Month (Proc. 6872), 11707 World AIDS Day (Proc. 6959), 63691 World Trade Week (Proc. 6899), 25769 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 6965), 66865 EXECUTIVE ORDERS Alternative fueled vehicles, Federal leadership (EO 13021), 66529 Armed Forces Reserve Medal; eligibility requirements (EO 13013), 41483 Armed Forces Service Medal; establishment (EO 12985), 1209 Civil Justice Reform (EO 12988), 4729 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Bioethics Advisory Commission, National; amendment (EO 13018), 49045 Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, Advisory Commission on (EO 13017), 47659 Counter-Narcotics, President's Council on; establishment (EO 12992), 11287 HIV/AIDS, Presidential Advisory Council on; amendment to EO 12963 (EO 13009), 30799 Mental Retardation, President's Committee on; continuation (EO 12994), 13047 National Railway Labor Conference; labor disputes -- Emergency board establishment (EOs 13001, 13003, 13004, 13027), 21943, 25131, 25771, 58971 President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection; amendment (EO 13025), 58623 Protection, establishment (EO 13010), 37347 President's Drug Policy Council; expansion and name change (EO 13023), 57767 President's Export Council; amendment (EO 12991), 9587 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; labor disputes, emergency board establishment (EO 13012), 38051 Tribal Colleges and Universities, Presidential Board of Advisors on (EO 13021), 54929 United States -- Pacific Trade and Investment Policy, Commission on; amendment (EOs 12987 and 13032), 4205, 68985 White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (EO 13015), 43937 Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (EO 13028), 64589 Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation; Implementation of Annex 1 (EO 13029), 64591 Export controls; administration (EO 13020), 54079 Encryption (EO 13026), 58767 Export controls administration; encryption (EO 13026), 58767 Export controls and foreign assistance; administration (EO 13030), 66187 Federal facilities; locating on historic properties in central cities (EO 13006), 26071 Federal procurement; empowerment contracting (EO 13005), 26069 Government agencies and employees: Commerce Secretary, designation of officers to act as; amendment (EO 12998), 15873 Competitive appointments of students who have completed approved career-related work study programs (EO 13024), 58125 Contracts; Immigration and Naturalization Act provisions compliance (EO 12989), 6091 Defense Secretary, order of succession of officers to act as (EO 13000), 18483 Education technology; transfer of excess and surplus computer equipment and employee assistance to classrooms (EO 12999), 17227 Federal Acquisition, Recycling, and Waste Prevention; amendment (EO 12995), 13645 Federal information technology (EO 13011), 37657 Inspectors General; administrative allegations against (EO 12993), 13043 Pay and allowance rates (EOs 12984 and 13033), 237, 68987 Uniform services (EO 12990), 8467 Wildlife Refuge System, National; management and general public use (EO 12996), 13647 Indian sacred sites (EO 13007), 26771 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; immunity from suit (EO 12986), 16934 Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; designation as a public international organization (EO 12997), 14949 Midway Islands; administration (EO 13022), 56875 Narcotics control policies (EO 13008), 28721 Superfund implementation: National Contingency Plan National Response Team; authority delegations (EO 13016), 45871 Supporting Families: Collecting Delinquent Child Support Obligations (EO 13019), 51763 Taiwan; maintaining unofficial relations with the people of (EO 13014), 42963 Vietnam and adjacent waters; termination of combat zone designation (EO 13002), 24665 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Air Force, operating location near Groom Lake, NV, classified information (Presidential Determination No. 96-54 of September 28, 1996), 52679 Alaskan North Slope crude oil exports (Memorandum of April 28, 1996), 19507 Albania; reconfirmation of findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-44 of August 27, 1996), 45859 Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, and Tajikistan; Trade Act of 1974: Continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 96-30 of June 3, 1996), 29457 Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); continuation of emergency with U.S. (Notice of September 16, 1996), 49047 Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1994; suspending prohibitions on certain sales and leases (Presidential Determination No. 96-23 of April 30, 1996), 26029 Argentina-U.S. nuclear energy cooperation agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-12 of February 28, 1996), 9887 Armenia; reconfirmation of findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-47 of August 27, 1996), 45865 Belarus; renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-15 of March 7, 1996), 49935 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Compliance on withdrawal of foreign forces and terminating intelligence cooperation with Iran (Presidential Determination No. 96- 34 of June 26, 1966), 36493 Eligibility to be furnished defense articles and services (Presidential Determination No. 96-10 of February 23, 1996), 8463 Receipt of defense articles and services from Department of Defense (Presidential Determination No. 96-39 of July 6, 1996), 38053 Revitalization; aggregate bilateral contributions (Presidential Determination No. 96-40 of July 8, 1996), 38055 Broom corn brooms: Action under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Memorandum of November 28, 1996), 64439 Determinations under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 and section 304 of the North American Free Trade Act (Memorandum of August 30, 1996), 46697 Cambodia; military drawdown for POW/MIA purposes (Presidential Determination No. 96-50 of September 4, 1996), 48601 China: Export-Import Bank loan for equipment and services for Yangcheng power plant (Presidential Determination No. 97-3 of November 11, 1996), 59805, 59807 Export-Import Bank loan for equipment and services for Xiaolangdi hydroelectric power plant in Henan (Presidential Determination No. 96-38 of June 29, 1996), 36991 Export-Import Bank loan for Nantong II power plant in Jiangsu Province (Presidential Determination No. 96-35 of June 26, 1996), 36495 Export-Import Bank loan for plant equipment and services at Qinshan II nuclear power plant (Presidential Determination No. 96- 37 of June 29, 1996), 36989 Reconfirmation of findings with respect to Trade Agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-33 of June 21, 1996), 32631 Trade Act of 1974 restrictions; continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 96-29 of May 31, 1996), 29455 Colombia; significant narcotics traffickers; continuation of emergency (Notice of October 16, 1996), 54531 Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and countries of Eastern Caribbean; antinarcotics assistance (Presidential Determination No. 96-57 of September 30, 1996), 56865 Debt amount owed to U.S. by poorest countries, reduction; authority delegation to Secretary of Treasury (Memorandum of July 8, 1996), 38563 Economic Community of West African States' Peacekeeping Force; drawdown of Defense articles and services (Presidential Determination Nos. 96-55 and 96-56 of September 30, 1996), 56861, 56863 Endangered Species Act of 1973: Suspension of proviso limiting implementation of certain sections, contained in Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Memorandum of April 26, 1996), 24667 Eritrea, Ethiopa, and Uganda; authorization to be furnished emergency military assistance (Presidential Determination No. 96-53 of September 26, 1996), 56859 Export control regulations; continuation of national emergency (Notice of August 14, 1996), 42527 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996: Delegation of authority (Memorandum of November 20, 1996), 64247 Determination pursuant to section 523 (Presidential Determination No. 96-19 of March 19, 1996), 14235, 64247 Georgia; findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-49 of August 27, 1996), 45869 Germany; delegation of authority to identify Germany under title VII and modify or restrict title VII trade action taken against, 35079 Government agencies and employees: Classified national security information (Order of February 27, 1996), 7977 Haiti: Delegation of authority under Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Memorandum of February 5, 1996), 5669 Drawdown of commodities and services from the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense, and Justice (Presidential Determination No. 96-52 of September 12, 1996), 50417 Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996; delegation of responsibilities (memorandum of November 21, 1996), 64249 Iran emergency; continuation (Notices of March 8, 1996 and October 29, 1996), 9897, 56107 Iraqi emergency; continuation (Notice of July 22, 1996), 38561 Iraq, northern: Drawdown of commodities from the Department of Defense to support peace monitoring force (Presidential Determination No. 96-29 of May 31, 1996), 67685 Israel: Agreement governing Arrow Deployability Program (Presidential Determination No. 96-27 of May 28, 1996), 29001 Drawdown of commodities and services from the Departments of Defense (including defense articles, defense services, and training), Treasury, Transportation, and Justice (Presidential Determination No. 96-17 of March 7, 1996), 11123 Israel; loan guarantee authority (Presidential Determination No. 96-58 of September 30, 1996), 56867 Jordan; designation as major non-NATO ally (Presidential Determination No. 97 - 4 of November 12, 1996), 59809 Jordan; eligibility to be furnished defense articles and services (Presidential Determination No. 96-11 of February 23, 1996), 8465 Kazakhstan; renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-16 of March 7, 1996), 49937 Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. contribution (Presidential Determination 96-21 of April 4, 1996), 26021, 27767 Kyrgyzstan; reconfirmation of findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-45 of August 27, 1996), 45861 Libya; continuation of state of emergency with U.S. (Notice of January 3, 1996), 383 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of; elegibility to receive defense articles and services (Presidential Determination No. 96-18 of March 8, 1996), 11497 Mexico: Drawdown of articles, services, military education and training from Defense Department (Presidential Determination No. 97-9 of December 2, 1996), 65149 Drug control cooperation (Memorandum of April 8, 1996), 16039 Middle East Peace process; continuation of emergency regarding terrorists who threaten to disrupt (Notice of January 18, 1996), 1695 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; availability of funds (Presidential Determination No. 97-8 of November 27, 1996), 65147 Mojave National Preserve: Suspension of Subsection 119(a) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Memorandum of April 26, 1996), 24875 Moldova; reconfirmation of findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-48 of August 27, 1996), 45867 Mongolia; emigration policies; determination under Trade Act of 1974 (Presidential Determination No. 96-51 of September 4, 1996), 48603 Narcotics; major producing and transit countries, certification (Presidential Determination No. 96-13 of March 1, 1996), 9891 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996; delegation of authorities to Secretary of State (Memorandum of April 1, 1996), 26017 National Parks: Public-private partnerships (Memorandum of April 22, 1996), 18231 Transportation impact; planning (Memorandum of April 22, 1996), 18229 Palestine Liberation Organization: Suspending restriction on relations with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 96-41 of August 12, 1996), 43137 (Presidential Determination No. 96-20 of April 1, 1996), 26019 (Presidential Determination No. 96-32 of June 14, 1996), 32629 (Presidential Determination No. 96-8 of January 4, 1996), 2889 Delegation of responsibilities to Secretary of State (Memorandum of February 29, 1996), 9889 Refugee admissions numbers and authorizations of in-country refugee status (Presidential Determination No. 96-59 of September 30, 1996), 56869 Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States; certification of troop withdrawal from Latvia and Estonia (Presidential Determination No. 96-31 of June 6, 1996), 30127 Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991; delegation of authority to Secretary of State (Memorandum of May 10, 1996), 26033 Soviet Union, New Independent States of the Former; foreign assistance (Presidential Determination No. 96-24 of May 9, 1996), 26031, 59171 Assistance program (Presidential Determination No. 96-14 of March 1, 1996), 9893 Tajikistan; findings with respect to Trade Agreement (Presidential Determination No. 97-7 of November 26, 1996), 63695 Tongass National Forest: Suspension of subsection 325(a) and (b) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Memorandum of April 26, 1996), 19505 Trading With the Enemy Act; extension of the exercise of certain authorities (Presidential Determination No. 96-43 of August 27, 1996), 46529 Turkey; waiver of statutory restrictions to permit assistance (Presidential Determination No. 96-25 of May 16, 1996), 27001 Turkmenistan; findings with respect to Trade Agreement (Presidential Determination 97-5 of November 20, 1996), 59303 Ukraine; reconfirmation of findings with respect to trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 96-46 of August 27, 1996), 45863 Uzbekistan; findings with respect to Trade Agreement (Presidential Determination No. 97-6 of November 26, 1996), 63693 Vietnam: Cooperation in accounting for POW/MIA (Presidential Determination No. 97-10 of December 3, 1996), 29453, 65151 Military drawdown for POW/MIA location efforts (Presidential Determination No. 96-42 of August 24, 1996), 46699 Weapons of mass destruction; continuation of emergency (Notice of November 12, 1996), 58309 Wheat reserve release (Presidential Determination No. 96-9 of January 22, 1996), 4207 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro) and Bosnian Serbs; continuation of emergency (Notice of May 24, 1996), 2887, 26773 Yugoslavia, former; refugee and migration assistance (Presidential Determination No. 96-22 of April 18, 1996), 26027 ***** President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 53242, 56976 ***** President's Council on Sustainable Development NOTICES Meetings, 24839, 50354, 59473 ***** Prisons Bureau RULES Contact with persons in community: Incoming publications; nudity or sexually explicit material or information; distribution to inmates, 57568 Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Acts of violence and terrorism prevention, 25120 Administrative remedy program, 86 Central inmate monitoring system, 40142 Classification and program review, inmate discipline, etc.; Federal regulatory reform, 47794 Drug abuse treatment programs and early release consideration, 25121 Education tests; minimum standards for administration, interpretation, and use; regulation rescinded, 47795 Hostage situation management, 38042 Inmate organizations -- Fund-raising activities; prohibition, 11274 Intensive confinement center program, 18658 Inmate restraints application and use of force, 39800 Medical services -- Plastic surgery, 13322 Records access and information release, 64950 Release from custody -- Standarized release preparation program; exceptions, 38042 Telephone regulations and inmate financial responsibility -- Effective date delayed, 90 Unescorted transfers and voluntary surrenders, 64953 Work and compensation -- Drug abuse treatment programs and pretrial inmates, 378 Institutional management: Food service; special food or meals, 16374 PROPOSED RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Authorized personal property lists standardization and transportation procedures, 14440 Correspondence of pretrial inmates; restricted special mail procedures, 5846, 64954 Inmate legal activities and inmate personal property, 56096 Records access and information release, 32258 Telephone and commisary privileges limitations; inmate financial responsibility, 92 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Martin County, KY, 43267 Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Incarceration cost; annual fee determination, 39802 ***** Prospective Payment Assessment Commission NOTICES Meetings, 15840, 28252, 36940, 51731, 64401 ***** Public Debt Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 53262 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 32478 ***** Public Health Service See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RULES Fellowships, internships, training: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences hazardous substances basic research and training grants, 55113 National Institutes of Health training grants, 55110 Grants: Investigators; conflict of interests; CFR correction, 56631 National Institutes of Health center grants, 55106 Nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery programs, 51787 Public health and allied health personnel training, 6118 Correction, 9532, 51020 Research projects grants, 55102 Teaching facilities construction, educational improvements, scholarships and student loans -- Correction, 9532 Interstate shipment of etiologic agents: Facilities transferring or receiving select infectious agents; additional requirements, 55190 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Senior Biomedical Research Service; establishment, 6556 PROPOSED RULES Interstate shipment of etiologic agents: Facilities transferring or receiving select infectious agents; additional requirements, 29327 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; operation framework and Federal oversight provisions: Human liver allocation policies, 58158 Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Vaccine injury table revision, 4249 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 29103 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 64919 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: ASPIRA Association, Inc., 60110 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Family planning services personnel training program, 14212 Indian Health Service facilities; inpatient and outpatient medical care; reimbursement rates (CY 1996), 30088, 33130 Meetings: National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 63853, 63854 National Toxicology Program; Scientific Counselors Board, 11216, 17314, 29413, 55165, 58698, 58698 National toxicology program: Annual plan (FY 1995); availability, 28883 Biennial Report on Carcinogens; criteria and process used in listing substances, 50499 Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies -- 1-Amino-2,4-dibromoanthraquinone, 66055 2,2-Bis(Bromomethyl)-1,3-Propanediol, 66056 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, etc. (skin paint studies of mice), 50500 Acetonitrile, 50500 Allyl bromide, etc., 22066 Benzethonium chloride, 19306 Codeine, 66055 Diethylphthalate, etc., 19305 Isobutyl nitrite, 66055 Methylphenidate hydrochloride, 19306 Nickel oxide, 66054 Nickel subsulfide, 66054 Nickel sulfate hexahydrate, 66056 O-Benzyl-p-chlorophenol, 19306 T-Butyl alcohol, 19305 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48959, 49785 National Institutes of Health, 14804, 19944, 25234, 36737, 42433, 47952, 54451, 58078, 58079, 65071 Secretary's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010; establishment, 54668 Xenotransplantation, infectious disease issues; guideline availability, 49920 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Railroad Retirement Board RULES Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act; implementation, 8213, 54732 Public information availability; fee schedule, 25390 Railroad Retirement Act: Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities -- Payroll records disposal or utilization, 31395 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Employers' contributions and contribution reports -- Unemployment contributions based on experience rating system, 20070 Representative payee program administration, 42377 PROPOSED RULES Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 54745 Public information availability; fee schedule, 1252 Railroad Retirement Act: Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities -- Payroll records disposal or utilization, 5970 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Representative payee program administration, 16067 Semi-annual agenda, 23850, 63342 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1415, 1416, 2270, 4690, 7026, 7833, 9209, 9210, 10826, 15152, 16273, 16274, 25928, 37498, 37499, 40866, 43095, 43096, 45463, 51731, 55677, 57927, 64177, 64401, 67079, 68071 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 423, 3739, 4690, 4691, 5046, 15151, 15152, 15530, 16655, 19965, 24839, 25929, 29144, 29145, 30104, 33550, 35820, 40469, 50516, 51311, 54466, 54825, 56977, 58599, 60128, 67363 Meetings: Actuarial Advisory Committee, 11068, 56253 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1206, 5838, 7049, 10406, 11437, 20867, 31192, 36399, 37540, 42290, 47988, 58431, 65250 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 36772, 42666, 57927 Systems of records, 45463, 60129 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Employer contribution rates, 64547 Monthly compensation base and other determinations (CY 1997), 58911 Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise tax, 9737, 28911, 46871, 65422 ***** Reclamation Bureau RULES Acreage limitation: Reclamation reform administration and settlement contract requirements, 66754 Water conservation rules and regulations: Reclamation reform administration and settlement contract requirements, 66754 PROPOSED RULES Acreage limitation: Large trusts with landholdings; compliance, 66827 Newlands Reclamation Project, NV; operating criteria and procedures adjustments, 64832 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 9485, 31950, 68052 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 35249, 35250, 57700 Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Water conservation plans; evaluation criteria; decision, 6385, 26931, 50329 Colorado River Reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating criteria; review, 43073 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Advisory Group; meetings, 16934, 50330 Schedule, 50330 Contract negotiations: Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly status, 4281, 19087, 41424, 55651 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Acreage limitation and water conservation rules and regulations; 17 Western states, 4677 American River Bridge Crossing Project, CA, 53385 American River, CA; water resources investigation; workshops and hearings, 8972 Animas-La Plata Project, CO and NM, 19636, 34445 Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge mitigation project, ND, et al., Boise Project, ID; Cascade Reservoir travel management plan, 171 Central Valley, CA; American River Water Resources investigation, 4677 Interim South Delta Program, CA, 42913, 52955, 66059 Lower Colorado River, CO; biological assessment of operations, maintenance, and sensitive species, 16511 Maricopa County, AZ; Ak-Chin Indian community, 53756 Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project; AZ, 56704 San Jose, CA; South Bay water recycling project, 25687 Southern Nevada Water Authority treatment and transmission facility, 51128 Stanislaus and Calaveras Rivers, CA; water use program, 41426 Tongue River Basin Project, MT, 13212 Yakima River Basin, WA; water enhancement project, 19957, 16111 Environmental statements; notice of intent: CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 10379 Elephant Butte and Caballo Reservoirs, NM, 37923 Rio Grande floodway, etc., 65234 Loup Basin Reclamation District, NE; long-term water service contract renewal, 25239 Narrows Project, UT, 4790 Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, NE and KS; long-term water service contract renewal, 7803, 10378, 37767 San Diego County Water Authority, CA, et al., 6261 Leasing of public lands: California, 59240 Nevada, 44077 Meetings: Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 2262, 8642, 15515, 21487, 34445, 44344, 52808, 55014, 56969, 60303 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, 54677 Colorado River Reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating criteria; review, 56246 Public meetings, 56246 Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 40657 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Conservation Advisory Group, 75, 37924, 54214 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: River Solutions, Inc., 60118 Programmatic agreements: Animas-La Plata Project, CO and NM, 41178 Water resources planning; discount rate change, 60725 ***** Refugee Resettlement Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Community and family strengthening discretionary social service program (FY 1996), 27908 Ethnic community organizations program; cancelled, 6018 Preferred communities program, 6018, Refugee resettlement program -- Preferred communities, unanticipated arrivals, orientation, technical assistance, and mental health services, 32833 Refugees in local areas of high need, 20260, 36739 Refugee social services funds; State allocations, 20268, 38458 Unanticipated arrivals program; bidders' conference call, 6018 ***** Regulatory Information Service Center PROPOSED RULES Unified agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions, 22702, 62005 ***** Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program: Control of drug use and alcohol misuse in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations, 60206 Drug and alcohol testing: Alcohol misuse prevention program; guidelines and interpretations, 5722, 10477 Reporting drug and alcohol testing results by computer disk option, 65364 Federal regulatory review and customer service: Hazardous materials table; reformat, 18926 Hazardous materials: Cylinders, DOT specification and exemption, for compressed gases transportation; maintenance and requalification, 26750, 51238 Cylinder specification requirements restructuring; Federal regulatory reform, 25940 Editorial corrections and clarifications, 51334 Exemption, approval, registration, and reporting procedures; miscellaneous provisions, 21084, 51235, 51241 Correction, 27948 Hazardous materials transportation -- Bulk packagings containing oil; oil spill prevention and response plans, 30533 Open head fiber drum packaging; extension of authority for shipping, 7958 Oxygen generators as cargo in passenger aircraft; temporary prohibition, 26418 Rail requirements, 28666, 50252 Rail requirements; RESIDUE placard discontinuance, 38642 Regulations harmonization with dangerous goods; international commerce by vessel and aircraft, 65958 Ticketing for certain transportation violations; pilot program, 7178 Oxygen generators as cargo in passenger aircraft; prohibition, 68952 Performance-oriented packaging standard and final transitional provisions, 50616 Correction, 51495 Radioactive materials transportation; International Atomic Energy Agency regulations compatibility, 20747 Rulemaking procedures -- Direct final rule process for use with noncontroversial rules, 30175 Tank cars; crashworthiness protection requirements, 33250 Hazardous materials safety program: Federal regulatory reform, 27166 Air Line Pilot Association et al.; reconsideration petitions denied, 51236 Hazardous materials transportation: Air carrier's company materials (COMAT); aircraft transportation, 65479 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Liquified petroleum gas in cargo tanks; safety guidance, 65480 Transportation in commerce by aircraft, motor vehicle, rail car and vessel -- Proper identification, packaging, authorization, handling, loading, and transportation; advisory guidance, 30444 Onmibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991: Substance abuse professional; definition amendment, 37222 Pipeline safety: Federal regulatory reform, 18512, 27789 Correction, 38403, 45905 Gas pipeline safety standards; Federal regulatory reform, 28770 Correction, 30824, 35139, 41019 Hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide -- Pipelines; hydrostatic pressure testing, 43026 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Petroleum product definition interpretation and low- stress pipelines, 24244 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Service lines; excess flow valve performance standards, 31449 Rulemaking procedures, replication; Federal regulatory reform, 50908 Correction, 36825 Voluntary specifications and standards, etc.; periodic updates; Federal regulatory reform, 26121 PROPOSED RULES Hazardous materials: Cylinder specification requirements restructuring; Federal regulatory review, 8328 Hazardous materials transportation -- Loading, unloading, and storage; regulatory applicability; public meetings, 39522, 49723, 53483 Open head fiber drum packaging; extension of authority for shipping, 688 Oxidizers as cargo in passenger aircraft; temporary prohibition, 68955 Regulations harmonization with dangerous goods international standards, 55364 Intrastate shippers and carriers; regulations compliance, 11484, 24904, 26253 Docket relocation and availability for review during Dockets Unit temporary closure, 38702 Performance-oriented packaging standards; final transitional provisions, 33216 Hazardous materials safety program: Federal regulatory review, 6478 Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991: Substance abuse professional; definition amendment, 9969 Pipeline safety: Excess flow valves for gas distribution systems performance standards; customer notification, 33476 Hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide -- Hydrostatic pressure pipeline testing, 9415 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage; workshop, 342, 13144, 27323 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Hydrogen sulfide transportation; withdrawn, 9132 Onshore oil pipeline response plans; public hearing, Personnel performing operating or maintenance activities on hazardous liquid, carbon dioxide, and gas pipelines; training; withdrawn, 34413 Pipeline Personnel Qualification Negotiated Rulemaking Committee -- Intent to establish, 34410 Voluntary specifications and standards, etc.; periodic updates; Federal regulatory review, 8231 Rulemaking petitions: Barbecue Industry Association -- Propane cylinders filling, 43515, 60674 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3761, 7153, 8706, 13918, 16528, 24854, 41820, 51315 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7153, 17951, 27126, 33794, 39510 Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program: Control of drug use and alcohol misuse in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations, 5834, 10617 Pipeline personnel drug testing program data and random positive drug testing rate, 5834 Emergency response plans: National Response Team's integrated contingency plan guidance; availability, 28642 Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 1985, 1986, 5597, 5599, 7041, 11677, 11678, 14200, 16819, 16820, 25736, 25738, 30934, 41201, 41202, 54253, 59276, 59277, 68329, 68331 Exemption applications delayed; list, 21221, 41821, 54487 Radioactive material industry; radiation protection programs guidance, 17349 Hazardous materials transportation: Preemption determinations, 1432, 11463, 11677, 38513 Registration requirement and fee assessment program, 9518 International standards on safe transport of radioactive material; 1996 edition availability, 49523 Meetings: Hazardous materials safety program; regulatory review and improved customer service, 24529, 38797 International standards on transport of dangerous goods, 27128, 32025, 56605, 59135, 59930 Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines; detection, 53484, 68813 Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees, 17750, 55356 Pipeline safety program; regulatory review and improved customer service, 30936 Pipeline safety user fee assessment methodology; public meeting, 55069 Risk management and pipeline industry; public conference, 13226 Toward a Metric America; national metrication process open public dialogue, 55069 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Dockets Unit; temporary closure, 38798 Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program: Framework; public meetings, 58605 Performance measures guidance, 68092 Pipeline safety: Risk assessment prioritization (RAP) program first generation completion; public meeting, 1435 User fees, 9005, 58739 Pipeline safety; waiver petitions: CNG Transmission Co., 35860 CNG Transmission Corp., 50900 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 55184 Reports availability, etc.: Surface transportation research and development plan, 67870 ***** Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Rural housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515 preapplication processing, 1153 ***** Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Federal regulatory reform: Federal assistance and grant coordination programs and projects evaluation (OMB A-95), 6309 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 32645 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Housing Service and Rural Business-Cooperative Service; agency name changes, 2899 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 67624 Audit requirements, 18493 Construction and other developments seismic safety requirements compliance requirements; planning and performance, 65153 Housing loans and/or grants; lobbyist disclosure provivions; Federal regulatory reform, 39850 Intermediary relending program loan limit increase, 6761 Liquidated guaranteed loans; future recovery of losses, 43147 Loan assessment, market placement, and seasoned direct loan borrowers graduation to loan guarantee program, 35916 Nonprofit National Corporations Loan and Grant Program; Federal regulatory reform, 55877 Program-related instructions, construction and repair, and housing; duplicate regulations removed, 56114 Real estate title clearance and loan closing procedures, 11709 Rural technology and cooperative development grants, 3779 Program regulations, etc.: Obsolete CFR regulations removed, 21361 Single-family housing; direct section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 59762 Correction, 63928, 65266 PROPOSED RULES Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 45907 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 3853 Housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515, 4814 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 37405 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 48075 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 24269, 41569, 41767, 47868, 51400, 64856, 65010 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 29340 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Rural business enterprise program, 29340, 33489 Rural technology and cooperative development program (FY 1996), 11378 Loan guarantee authority; maximum portion available for 1996- 1997 FY, 67530 ***** Rural Housing and Community Development Service RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Agency name change from Consolidated Farm Service Agency -- Departmental reorganization regulations alignment, 1109 Program regulations: Obsolete CFR regulations removed, 21361 PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515, 4814 Rural housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515 preapplication processing, 1153 ***** Rural Housing Service RULES Federal regulatory reform: Federal assistance and grant coordination programs and projects evaluation (OMB A-95), 6309 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 32645 Housing: Congregate housing services program Streamlining and Federal regulatory reform, 42942 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Housing Service and Rural Business-Cooperative Service; agency name changes, 2899 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 67624 Business and industrial loan program; audit requirements, 18493 Construction and other developments seismic safety requirements compliance requirements; planning and performance, 65153 Housing loans and/or grants; lobbyist disclosure provisions; Federal regulatory reform, 39850 Intermediary relending program loan limit increase, 6761 Liquidated guaranteed loans; future recovery of losses, 43147 Loan assessment, market placement, and seasoned direct loan borrowers graduation to loan guarantee program, 35916 Nonprofit National Corporations Loan and Grant Program; Federal regulatory reform, 55877 Program-related instructions, construction and repair, and housing; duplicate regulations removed, 56114 Real estate title clearance and loan closing procedures, 11709 Rural technology and cooperative development grants, 3779 Single family housing; direct section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 59762 Correction, 63928, 65266 PROPOSED RULES Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 45907 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 3853 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 37405 Single family housing portfolio management; section 502 and 504 programs; Federal regulatory review, 15395 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 48075 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 15215, 18371, 18544, 22017, 26154, 26155, 27046, 34415, 35708, 36549, 37440, 39117, 47479, 48880, 48881, 51400, 55785, 60677, 65010 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Housing in underserved areas -- Nonprofit and underserved/targeted reserve increase; co-venture eligibility, 19254 Rural housing funds (FY 1997), 68209 Rural Rental Housing Guaranteed Loan demonstration program, 34416 Rural housing: Section 515 loan funds recipients list (FY 1995), 1896 ***** Rural Telephone Bank NOTICES Loan policies: Interest rates, 8236, 58030 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2001, 19607, 41993, 64321 ***** Rural Utilities Service RULES Consultants funded by borrowers; use, 48605 Electric loans: Borrower audit policy and certified public accountant peer review requirements, 104 Electric borrowers; merger and consolidation policies, 66867 Federal regulatory reform: Federal assistance and grant coordination programs and projects evaluation (OMB A-95), 6309 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 32645 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Housing Service and Rural Business-Cooperative Service; agency name changes, 2899 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 67624 Business and industrial loan program; audit requirements, 18493 Construction and other developments seismic safety requirements compliance requirements; planning and performance, 65153 Housing loans and/or grants; lobbyist disclosure provisions; Federal regulatory reform, 39850 Intermediary relending program loan limit increase, 6761 Liquidated guaranteed loans; future recovery of losses, 43147 Loan assessment, market placement, and seasoned direct loan borrowers graduation to loan guarantee program, 35916 Nonprofit National Corporations Loan and Grant Program; Federal regulatory reform, Program-related instructions, construction and repair, and housing; duplicate regulations removed, 56114 Real estate title clearance and loan closing procedures, 11709 Rural technology and cooperative development grants, 3779 Program regulations, etc.: Obsolete CFR regulations removed, 21361 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine grant program, 33622 Correction, 37813, 37961, 42462 Single family housing; direct section 502 and 504 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 59762 Correction, 63928, 65266 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Aerial service wires specifications, 26073 Telephone loans: Telecommunications borrowers; accounting requirements, 39844, 55877 PROPOSED RULES Consultants funded by borrowers; use, 21 Electric loans: Electric borrowers; merger and consolidation policies, 41025 Electric standards and specifications for materials and construction -- Bulletins; numbering and reformatting, 57788 Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 45907 Program regulations: Business and industrial loan program, 3853 Housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515, 4814 Personal property -- Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 37405 Rural housing -- Rental housing loans; Section 515 preapplication processing, 1153 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine grant program, 16684 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Postloan engineering services contract, 4754 Telecommunications plant acceptance tests and measurements, 44195 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 48075 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5737, 8236, 10723, 19906, 36024, 51400, 65010 Cost-of-money loans, telecommunications (FY 1997); interest rates, 50468 Electric distribution borrowers exempt from certain operational controls; list, 29070 Electric loans: Quarterly municipal interest rates, 10724, 31089, 49299, 66252 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Alabama Electric Cooperative, 43522 Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., 66994 Barry Electric Cooperative, 2483 Iliamna-Newhalen-Nondalton Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Tazimina River project, 56662 Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., 13151 LaGrange County, IN, Sewer District, 4760, 27333 Marshalls Energy Co., Inc., 67304 South Mississippi Electric Power Association, 345 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., 38433 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Alabama Electric Cooperative, 25844 Albany, KY; Cagle water expansion project, 60678 Dairyland Power Cooperative et al., 25844 Intertie Participants Group, 52908 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Distance learning and telemedicine program, 33639, 34927, 37881 Applicants list, 48459 Water and wastewater loan program: Refinancing policies, eligible borrowers list, and loan portfolio participation, 46434 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation RULES Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 54733 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Great Lakes pilotage regulations -- CFR title transfer and consolidation, 32655 Responsibility transferred from Coast Guard, 5720 Seaway regulations and rules: Clarification and simplification, 19548 PROPOSED RULES Seaway regulations and rules: Great Lakes Pilotage rates adjustments, 50258, 58496 NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board, 10061, 28638, 39511, 58096 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 57943 ***** Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Meetings: President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 12114, 46805, 68745 ***** Secret Service RULES Counterfeit Deterrence Act: Color illustrations of U.S. currency, 27280 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 43399 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 31608 ***** Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Accounting bulletins, staff: Nonmonetary assets transfers by promoters or shareholders, 40721 Treasury stock acquisitions following business combination as pooling-of-interests, 12020 Annual report form (Form ADV-S); suspension of use, 68503 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Filer Manual -- Update and incorporation by reference, 52283 Electronic media; use in delivery purposes, 24644, 24652 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 57773 Correction, 59930 Investment companies: Custody of assets with futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations, 66207 Money market funds; risk-limiting conditions imposed, etc.; compliance date suspended, 42786 Open-end management investment companies -- Deferred sales loads imposition; exemption, 49011 Registered; fund shares distribution payments, 49010 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Commission Secretary, 5939 Enforcement Division Director, 20721 General Counsel, 56891 Practice and procedure: Administrative proceedings; evidentiary hearings before administrative law judges, etc.; correction, 13689, 15338 Securities: Brazil et al., ``proposed countries''; exemption for purposes of trading futures contracts, 10271 California state securities law; exemption from registration requirements for limited offerings up to $5 million, 21356 Cash tender and exchange (odd-lot offers) by issuers, 68587 Customer limit orders; improvement of handling and execution compliance date, 48290, 63709 Disclosure Simplification Task Force recommendations, 30397 Employee benefit plan exemptive rules; phase-in period extension, 30396 Equity securities, unregistered sales; disclosure requirements streamlining and quarterly reporting requirements, 54506 Executive and director compensation disclosure; streamlining and consolidation, 54509 Filing processing program changes for Forms SB-1, SB-2, and Regulations A and S-T; appropriate filing location and form revisions, 67200 Form BD amendments, 37357 Compliance date suspension, 47412 Ownership reports and trading by officers, directors, and principal securities holders (insider trading), 30376 Quotations publication; market liquidity, transparency and efficiency initiatives, 48290 Small issuers total assets threshold increase; relief from reporting requirements, 21354 Transactions exempt from transaction fees, 68590 Securities and investment companies: Money market funds; risk-limiting conditions imposed, etc., 13956 Securities, etc.: Independent Offices Appropriations Act Fees; elimination, 49957 Correction, 52996 PROPOSED RULES Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Submission of filings and other documents; amendments, 65440 Investment advisers: Advisers between Commission and states; reallocation of responsibilities, 68480 Investment companies: Acquisition of securities during existence of underwriting syndicate, 13630 Money market funds; advertising, etc., 66621 Multiple class and series investment companies, 49022 Registered open-end management investment companies -- Shares distribution, 1313 Unit investment trusts; calculation of yields, 1312 National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996: Private investment companies exception for ``qualified'' purchasers, 68100 Securities: Accounting policies for derivative financial and derivative commodity instruments; financial statement footnote disclosures requirements, 578, 16674 Beneficial ownership in publicly-held companies reporting requirements, 36521 Broker-dealer registration and reporting -- Form BDW, uniform request for withdrawal from broker- dealer registration; amendments, 37701 Broker-dealers books and records requirement, 55593 Cash tender and exchange (odd-lot) by issuers, 18306 Customer orders; improvement of handling and execution -- Comment period extended, 1545 Disclosure Simplification Task Force recommendations, 9848, 30405 Lost securityholders; transfer agent requirements, etc., 44249, 59046 Money market funds; advertising, etc., 66621 Offshore activities, press access -- Conferences, meetings with company representatives and press related materials, 54518 Quote rule; continuous two-sided quotations from over-the- counter market makers and exchange specialists, 48333 Safe harbor provisions; derivative financial, other financial, and derivative commodity instruments information disclosure, 16672 Securities Exchange Act of 1934; section 10A reporting requirements, 45730 Securities Investor Protection Corporation rules -- Contracts closeout and completion for purchase or sale of securities made by debtors in liquidation, 56485 Securities offerings trading practices rules, 17108 Short-form registration expansion to include companies with non-voting common equity, 47706 Securities, etc.: Independent Offices Appropriations Act fees; elimination, 25601 Correction, 43400 Semi-annual agenda, 24066, 63548 Semiannual regulatory agenda Correction, 65191 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 739, 1790, 3060, 10407, 13540, 13893, 14586, 15530, 16146, 16813, 19646, 24341, 28627, 28628, 31192, 33784, 36587, 37943, 38483, 40258, 40867, 43096, 50354, 52476, 54825, 56977, 56978, 58087, 58716, 64548, 65251, 68317 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7284, 11437, 13541, 13893, 14586, 15840, 25248, 25721, 27109, 28252, 28911, 30264, 31193, 32861, 36587, 37776, 37777, 40675, 41665, 43795, 44094, 47533, 47534, 48177, 48514, 48515, 49363, 49502, 51133, 52978, 53468, 56979, 56980, 60129, 65607, 68072, 68073 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes Advisory Committee, 8092 Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee, 8989 Consolidated Tape Association and Quotation Plans; amendments, 2321, 24842 Consolidated Tape Association plan; amendments, 31570 Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Alternative system architectures, 740, 4691 Corporation Finance Division; phase-in list changes and corrections, 2270 Phase-in completion, 13544 Investment advisers; registration cancellations; list, 15533 Joint industry plan: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 358, 10408, 12122, 50058, 52980 Meetings: Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes Advisory Committee, 4500, 26940, 28629 Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee, 35281 Intangible assets symposium, 8313, 11070 Securities laws uniformity annual conference; request for comments on proposed agenda, 15847 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1669, 3766, 4521, 7854, 10605, 11233, 13544, 14165, 15317, 15537, 16274, 18455, 25511, 25932, 26550, 26940, 30104, 33786, 36772, 36944, 37513, 38233, 38793, 39492, 40867, 43102, 43797, 44097, 46009, 46884, 48518, 49184, 50357, 50524, 50889, 52479, 53773, 53984, 54472, 55833, 56981, 58091, 58600, 59476, 60314, 64933, 66064 Options price reporting authority, 741, 5827, 14844, 49801, 49802 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 16149 Reports; availability, etc.: Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes Advisory Committee; Securities Act concepts and their effects on capital formation, 40044, 49184 Securities: Senior citizens and qualified retirement plans; protection against fraud; request for comments, 13906 Suspension of trading -- Alliance Industries, Inc., 60734 Comparator Systems Corp., 24843, 43400 Enstar Group, Inc., 14844 Global Timber Corp., 43281 Home Link Corp., 30104 Interactive Multimedia Publishers, Inc., 64773 JDMC Global Corp., 49184 Novatek International, Inc., 54246 OmniGene Diagnostics, Inc., 59476 Systems of Excellence, Inc., 52982 Securities Investor Protection Corporation; membership: WestLB Securities Americas Inc., 40052 Self-regulatory organizations: Clearing agency registration applications -- Cedel Bank; exemption, 31201 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 64183 International Securities Clearing Corp., 64184 MBS Clearing Corp., 35281 Participants Trust Co., 10409, 14357 ProTrade, 7285 Options disclosure documents -- Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corp., 43281 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange, Inc., 196, 575, 1796, 1799, 1953, 1954, 2556, 2849, 4695, 5590, 6050, 6665, 6872, 7031, 8313, 8315, 8319, 10606, 11448, 11451, 13545, 13547, 14165, 14358, 15317, 15537, 16150, 17931, 18765, 19102, 19650, 20871, 21215, 22084, 24520, 24976, 28915, 29774, 29776, 30268, 31570, 33153, 33558, 33786, 36094, 36773, 37782, 38485, 38487, 38488, 39167, 39169, 39170, 41669, 41814, 42075, 42667, 44097, 50524, 50525, 51476, 52480, 52982, 53246, 54827, 55176, 56981, 57503, 58270, 59122, 59261, 59476, 60135, 63884, 65623, 68805, 69124 American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 1791, 14168, 14172, 38234, 51474, 56983, 58924 Boston Stock Exchange Clearing Corp., 42669 Boston Stock Exchange Clearing Corp. et al., 53773 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 672, 1801, 3512, 14359, 15318, 18634, 31573, 36944, 40268, 42297, 42670, 43797 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 39172 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 199, 566, 1802, 2324, 3741, 4502, 4691, 6275, 6400, 7285, 7839, 8698, 8699, 10043, 11452, 11453, 11911, 13548, 13550, 13907, 14845, 15338, 15539, 15542, 15543, 15853, 16514, 16660, 17741, 17743, 19106, 24843, 24979, 24982, 24983, 25251, 28629, 28916, 29154, 32470, 32868, 33155, 33561, 33562, 33787, 33788, 34911, 35282, 35821, 36592, 37513, 38792, 39175, 39685, 39947, 40686, 40689, 40868, 41194, 41196, 41434, 41671, 42455, 43281, 46497, 46884, 47992, 48179, 48180, 48182, 48722, 49508, 49515, 50059, 50358, 50362, 51478, 53472, 53774, 54691, 54693, 55058, 55833, 56586, 56587, 56724, 56726, 63886, 64405, 65098, 65422, 67365, 69126 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., et al., 6666, 14177 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1803, 1958, 2850, 2851, 3739, 3967, 6403, 7032, 7840, 9213, 9215, 15544, 16274, 17932, 19107, 24988, 26940, 28918, 29156, 32870, 32872, 34462, 38490, 38491, 40270, 40690, 42079, 43393, 43566, 44370, 48184, 48724, 49803, 59124, 59263, 59918, 66065, 69127 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 1195 Cincinnati Stock Exchange, 54472 Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 359, 575, 5050, 7569, 8989, 11655, 15322, 45467, 48185, 67086 Delta Clearing Corp., 20298, 25722, 26942, 36095, 40471, 48186, 56072, 57504 Delta Government Options Corp., 3743, 8991, 15330 Depository Trust Co., 429, 1199, 1417, 2852, 4692, 4807, 5050, 5433, 6404, 6669-6671, 7287, 7288, 8992, 25253, 29158, 30931, 31989, 36593, 37783, 37948, 40692, 43283, 46498, 46885, 48187, 52985, 54473, 56588, 57505, 57933, 58600, 64774-64776 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 742, 4500, 10045, 10614, 26550, 33564, 34912, 39492, 40275, 42925, 43103, 48189, 48190, 48191, 49367, 54475, 55059, 55341, 56591, 64778, 64779, 67371 International Securities Clearing Corp., 430, 4508, 8995, 13908, 17338, 36096, 41436 MBS Clearing Corp., 24989, 30268, 37307, 41437, 42298, 48193, 52483, 56592, 64780, 65424 MBS Clearing Corp. et al., 36945, 46887 Midwest Clearing Corp., 2552, 11913, 17339 Midwest Clearing Corp. et al., 7033, 11456, 43105, 55678 Midwest Securities Trust Co., 2554, 38493 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 203, 1955, 6276, 7034, 10828, 17745, 24990, 31207, 34463, 36594, 44098, 47224, 49368, 51495, 52819, 56072, 58431, 64781, 64782, 68078, 68322 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 204, 206, 433, 1419, 1655, 1805, 2854, 3743, 3955, 4504, 6052, 6674, 7127, 8996, 8997, 9739, 10048, 11070, 11655, 11913, 13553, 13909, 13911, 14182, 14185, 15338, 15855, 16662, 16944, 17339, 18452, 20299, 20301, 21216, 21517, 24845, 26239, 29777, 30269, 30272, 31574, 31604, 33156, 34915, 35284, 35822, 36098, 36595, 36947, 37515, 37518, 37521, 37950, 39686, 40054, 40693, 40869, 41438, 41816, 43107, 44100, 48725, 52072, 53984, 54830, 55342, 56594, 56986, 57934, 58271, 59265, 59267, 64185, 64549, 64550, 65625, 66339, 67372, 68081, 68806 National Securities Clearing Corp., 1807, 3746, 3967, 7290, 8997, 10050, 10051, 10831, 13912, 17341, 21217, 24343, 24993, 30265, 30274, 33159, 33565, 42457, 42927, 43800, 47534, 49806, 52073, 54695, 55060, 55178, 56595, 57506, 59478, 63887, 64783 National Securities Clearing Corp. et al., 1418, 35289 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 361, 432, 436, 744, 1420, 1808, 1959, 2856, 5592, 6279, 8998, 10053, 10410, 10832, 13557, 14183, 14360, 15546-15548, 16277, 19651, 20302, 24846, 25257, 26943, 27123, 29438, 31208, 36596, 37523, 37784, 38494, 38497, 39176, 40056, 40699, 40870, 40871, 41673, 43109, 43284, 43400, 43574, 44116, 46008, 49185, 49371, 51133, 52996, 53246, 53473, 54476, 54477, 56987, 58728, 58919, 60735, 65099, 67087, 68082, 69129, 69130 Options Clearing Corp., 5593, 5594, 6053, 7293, 11457, 12124, 13558, 22084, 24995, 29160, 32471, 32873, 36599, 38498, 38500, 46499, 46500, 46888, 46889, 47535, 48193, 48195, 49373, 53475, 53477, 55062, 56596, 56729, 64406, 64407, 64934, 68807 Options Clearing Corp. et al., 30650, 51731 Pacific Clearing Corp., 7570, 7571 Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 5052, 6405, 8092, 8321, 9515, 10054, 11072, 11929, 12126, 16152, 16515, 18636, 19328, 20304, 24521, 24523, 29582, 32875, 33566, 33568, 34917, 34918, 36099, 36100, 37785, 38503, 41675, 42458, 43285, 43801, 44376, 45468, 46891, 47536, 48195, 50366, 50527, 50889, 51734, 52483, 52820, 53247, 53253, 53492, 54479, 54481, 55345, 56079, 56597, 56990, 57507, 57508, 57936, 57937, 58272, 58434, 67088 Participants Trust Co., 208, 744, 1809, 4507, 20304, 26552, 36601, 36949, 41677, 41816, 49807, 54483, 56598, 68087 Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 745, 3060, 3956, 7841, 9000, 10416, 11073, 12127, 15338, 25258, 26243, 27377, 27378, 35292, 43110, 43287, 43288, 47227, 55679, 56079, 56730, 56990, 57938, 58924, 59269 Philadelphia Depository Trust Co. et al., 3958, 35291 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 209, 211, 568, 575, 1200, 1961, 1964, 2557, 2559, 2561, 2562, 2858, 3747, 4694, 4697, 4699, 6054, 6280, 7295, 7297, 9001, 10417, 11074, 11668, 13559, 13913, 13915, 14187, 14188, 15549, 15856, 16156, 18454, 22084, 24525, 29782, 30932, 32877, 32878, 32880, 32881, 33160, 33162, 33790, 35294, 36102, 36410, 38505, 40058, 40276, 40873, 42080, 42298, 42671, 43289, 44379, 47537, 47775, 47993, 48198, 48200, 49515, 50060, 50367, 51319, 51479, 53254, 55062, 56599, 56991, 57940, 59125, 59919, 63888, 63889, 65254, 66721 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 676, 3513, 7846, 27379, 47229, 68324 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia et al., 2551, 42929 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 54697 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Abatix Environmental Corp., 32862 ABN AMRO Bank N.V. et al., 14347, 31979 Acacia National Life Insurance Co. et al., 39675 Access Capital Strategies Community Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 13541 Accessor Funds, Inc., et al., 42452 Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, 43097 Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Co. et al., 27110 Aetna Series Fund, Inc. et al., 37945 Affinity Fund Group, Inc., 3515 AIM Equity Funds, Inc., et al., 6269 Air-Cure Technologies, Inc., 13894 Alliance Convertible Fund, 54466 Alliance Counterpoint Fund, 54467 Alliance Global Fund, 54468 Alliance Growth Fund, Inc., 44368 Alliance Multi-Market Income Trust, Inc., 54468 Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America et al., 49178 Allied Capital Lending Corp. et al., 43272 Allstate Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 40676 Alpine Group, Inc., 57497 Alternative Investment Fund et al., 58261 American AAdvantage Funds et al., 28912, 59252 American Centurion Life Assurance Co. et al., 39677 American Corporate Trust, 35273 American Skandia Life Assurance Corp. et al., 5046, 42290 AMREP Corp., 63874 Annuity Management Series, 66338 ARCH Fund, Inc., et al., 47988 Arizona Limited Maturity Municipals Portfolio, 46492 Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., et al., 16658 AUSA Life Insurance Co., Inc., et al., 41665 AZX, Inc., 29145, 43574 Baird Blue Chip Fund, Inc., 42453 Baird Capital Development Fund, 56577 Baker, Fentress & Co., et al., 17737 Banco Santander, S.A., 6272 Bando McGlocklin Capital Corp. et al., 58716 Bando McGlocklin Small Business Lending Corp., 65422 Bankers Trust Australia Ltd., 27375 Banque Paribas (Deutschland) OHG et al., 3063 BEA Investment Funds, Inc., 35273 Benchmark Funds & Northern Trust Co., 10038 Benham Manager Funds et al., 52816 Benman California Tax-Free Trust, et al., 42923 Berger Institutional Products Trust et al., 14349 Bessemer Securities LLC et al., 65608 Bitwise Designs, Inc., 29148 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., 59256 Blue Chip Value Fund, Inc., 24967 Boston Mutual Life, 63875 Brinson Funds et al., 6398, 19965 Brinson Relationship Funds et al., 1420, 48515 BT Insurance Funds Trust et al., 39484 BT Investment Portfolios et al., 45464 Calvert Social Investment Fund, et al., 60312 CAM Designs, Inc., 66064 Canadian Dollar Performance Portfolio L.P., 20293 Capital Market Fund, Inc., 28253 Cardinal Corporate Income Trust Series, 01, 20294 Centennial Technologies, Inc., 68073 CenterPoint Properties Corp., 32862 Central and South West Corp., et al., 37777, 58718 Champion Healthcare Corp., 42671 Chase Corp., 36940 Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., 1810 Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., et al., 25248, 29148, 32862 Chicago Milwaukee Corp., 43276 Chubb Series Trust, et al., 64178 CIGNA Funds Group et al., 64768 CII Financial, Inc., 18632 Cityfed Financial Corp., 3750 Classic Trust, 55678 Colonial Data Technologies Corp., 6400 Columbia Gas System, Inc., 8311 Common Trust Fund R of the Commercial Bank Combined Capital Trust, 49365 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 32864 Commonwealth Energy System, 25250 Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A., 14840 Companion Life Insurance Co. et al., 16813 Compass Capital Group, 64771 Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. et al., 24840, 46871 Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc., et al., 13894 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 11906 Continental Assurance Co. et al., 40035 Corporacion Financiera Nacional Y Suramericana S.A., 20867 CountryBasket Index Fund, Inc., et al., 5415 CR Blue Chip Timing Fund, Inc., 54827 Credit Suisse, 1812 Daily Money Fund et al., 40679, 50516 Dean Witter Managed Assets Trust, 6870 Delaware Group Foreign Investors Government Fund, L.P., 16663 Delaware Group Foreign Investors High-Yield Fund, L.P., 16664 Del Global Technologies Corp., 30264 Destiny Plans IIA, 58912 Deutsche Bank AG, 56069 Deutsche Mark Performance Portfolio L.P., 20295 DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc., et al., 425 Dial Corp., 54245, 54256 Disc Graphics, Inc., 30264 Diversified Investors Strategic Variable Funds et al., 50355 Dreyfus/Laurel Investment Series, 28914 Dreyfus Asset Allocation Fund, Inc., et al., 16017 Dreyfus International Recovery Fund, Inc., 65613 Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund et al., 13896 Driehaus International Large Cap Fund, L.P., et al., 41813 E. Acquisition Corp., 58266 EAI Select Managers Equity Fund et al., 16664 Eaton Vance Cash Management Fund, 8082 Eaton Vance Equity-Income Trust, 8083, 11083 Eaton Vance Investment Fund, Inc., 8083 Eaton Vance Investors Trust, 8084 Eaton Vance Liquid Asset Trust, 8085 Eaton Vance Securities Trust, 8086 Eaton Vance Tax Free Reserves, 8086 Eaton Vance Total Return Trust, 8087 Elfun Trust, et al., 59257 Emerging Americas Fund, Inc., 33955 Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 17927, 24968 ENSCO International Inc., 569 Enterprise Group of Funds, Inc., et al., 58913 EQ Financial Consultants, Inc. et al., 37779 Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa et al., 17330, 49365 EVEREN Unit Investment Trusts, Series 44, et al., 15841 Evergreen Trust et al., 16656 Evergreen Variable Trust et al., 5419 EV Marathon Gold & Natural Resources Fund, 8088 Federated Investors et al., 58088 First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 4295, 46874 First American Strategy Funds, Inc., et al., 46493 First Colonial Ventures, Ltd., 1965 FIRST FUNDS et al., 31981 First Trust Special Situations Trust, 39490 First Trust Special Situations Trust et al., 55328 First Variable Life Insurance Co. et al., 57928 Flex-Partners et al., 10602 FMR Corp. et al., 37097 Focus Investment Trust (Series 1), 44369 Foreign Fund, Inc., et al., 5425 Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. et al., 31193 Fountain Powerboat Industries, Inc., 49181 Franklin Templeton Fund Manager et al., 26235 Freedom Mutual Fund et al., 57930 Fremont Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 59474 Frontier Communications Services, Inc., 9210 Funds IV Trust et al., 1424 Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., 49503 Gainsco, Inc., 58599 Gannet Welsh & Kotler Funds et al., 56578 GE Funds et al., 46876 GE Investment Management Inc. et al., 43278 George K. Baum Employee Equity Fund, L.P., 31984 Glickenhaus & Co. et al., 17929 Global Income Plus Fund, Inc., 15843 GMO Trust et al., 29152 GNA Variable Investment Account et al., 13898 Golden American Life Insurance Co., 37500 Great American Reserve Insurance Co. et al., 39679 Great Pond Investors, L.P., et al., 41189 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 362, 37502 Greenman Bros. Inc., 4701 Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., 9211 Hanover Funds, Inc., 65613 Hanover Investment Funds, Inc., 65251 Harcourt-Symes, Ltd., 50520 Harris & Harris Group, Inc., 6870 Harris Trust & Savings Bank et al., 68317 Hercules Funds Inc., 52979 Heritage Media Corp., 41434, 43574 HLM Global Equity L.P. et al., 56580 Home Network Unit Investment Trust, 55176 Horizon Mental Health Management, Inc., 24342 IDEX Fund et al., 3065 IDS Life Insurance Co. et al., 5587 IDS Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 39682 ILI Endeavor Variable Annuity Account, 57497 INCSTAR Corp., 29154 Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6664 Indigo Group, Ltd., et al., 20869 Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, 68073 ING Bank N.V. et al., 58915 Institutional Series Trust, 36587 International Tourist Entertainment Corp., 569 ITT Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 30647, 40258 J.P. Morgan Index Funding Co., LLC, 5429 Jefferson Funds Trust, 46879 John Hancock Capital Growth Fund, 8986 John Hancock Cash Management Fund, 3752 John Hancock Declaration Trust et al., 48991 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 24970 John Hancock Tax-Exempt Income Fund, 55330 Keyport Life Insurance Co. et al., 40040 Kirby Corp., 63875 Lanstar Semiconductor, Inc., 21218 Laser Industries Ltd., 36940 Lazard Funds, Inc., et al., 40682, 43574 LB Series Fund, Inc., et al., 40260 Lexington Growth & Income Fund, Inc., et al., 4297 Lexington Short-Intermediate Government Securities, Inc., et al., 8987 LifeUSA Funds, Inc., et al., 48996 Lincoln National International Fund, Inc., et al., 47990 Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. et al., 46880, 47217 Lincoln National Variable Annuity Fund B, 36588 Lipper Funds, Inc., et al., 4496, 64771 Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc., et al., 27112 MacNeal-Schwendler Corp., 34462 Managed Currency Portfolio L.P., 20295 Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 11438, 20296 Marcum Natural Gas Services, Inc., 428 MAS Funds, 15844 McDonald & Co. Securities, Inc., et al., 8987, 10846 Medallion Financial Corp., 63880 Medallion Financial Corp. et al., 19097 Medicore, Inc., 31197 MedQuist Inc., 39491 Merrill Lynch Balanced Fund for Investment & Retirement, Inc., 49505 Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc. et al., 58725 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al., 49182 Mexico Equity & Income Fund, Inc., 19100 MFS Special Value Trust, 38232 M Fund, Inc., et al., 750 Midland National Life Insurance Co. et al., 65093 Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 11440, 37504 Minorco S.A., 24517 Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Equity Income Fund, Inc., 65615 Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Government Income Fund, Inc., 65615 Mobile Mini, Inc., 9738 Morgan Grenfell Investment Trust, 19646 Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 50521 Morgan Stanley Universal Funds, Inc., et al., 46000 MuniVest California Fund Inc., 3516 MuniVest Florida Fund II, 3517 MuniVest New Jersey Fund II Inc., 3516 Mutual Fund Group et al., 365 NASL Financial Services, Inc. et al., 65616 NASL Series Trust et al., 63881 National Bond Fund, 5430 National Equity Trust, 26237 National Federal Securities Trust, 5431 National Financial Services Corp. et al., 31564 National Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 12115 National Securities Tax Exempt Bonds, Inc., 5432 National Total Return Fund, 5432 Nations Fund Portfolios, Inc., et al., 9511 Nations Fund Trust et al., 33784, 42072 NDE Environmental Corp., 428 New South Africa Fund Inc., 37780 New York Localities Legal Obligations Cash ACCESS Trust, 25929 Nomura Dividend Income Fund, 10041 North Carolina Limited Maturity Municipals Portfolio, 46496 Northeast Utilities et al., 53468 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., 10042 Norwest Advantage Funds et al., 15846 Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., et al., 36941 Norwest Funds et al., 29580 Nuveen California Municipal Income Fund, Inc., 32866 Nuveen New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc., 32867 OCC Distributors et al., 64931 Oppenheimer Global Environment Fund, 35820 Osmanli Bankasi A.S. et al., 57498 Pacifica Funds Trust et al., 9211 Pacific Horizons Funds, Inc. et al., 37946 PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody California Tax Exempt Money Fund, 68321 PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Government Money Fund, Inc., 68320 PaineWebber America Fund et al., 52477 PaineWebber Atlas Fund, 39684 Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp., 36944 Photonic Fund, Inc., 54469 Pierre Funding Corp., 21214 Pilot Funds et al., 40683, 50887 PIMCO Advisors Funds et al., 68803 Pittway Corp., 57499 PLM Equipment Growth Fund, 11443 PLM Equipment Growth Fund II, 11443 PLM Equipment Growth Fund III, 11443 PNC Bank, N.A., et al., 3753 Pound Sterling Performance Portfolio L.P., 19648 Principal Aggressive Growth Fund et al., 14354 Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 13223 Princor Balanced Fund, Inc., et al., 12117 Protective Life Insurance Co. et al., 1965 Providence Energy Corp., 68075 ProvidentMutual Growth Fund, Inc., 67079 ProvidentMutual Investment Shares, Inc., 67080 ProvidentMutual Moneyfund, Inc., 67081 ProvidentMutual Tax-Free Bond Fund, 67082 ProvidentMutual Total Return Trust, 67083 ProvidentMutual U.S. Government For Income, Inc., 67083 ProvidentMutual Value Shares, Inc., 67084 ProvidentMutual World Fund, Inc., 67085 Pruco Life Individual Variable Annuity Account, 45467 Prudential Adjustable Rate Securities Fund, Inc., 12119 Prudential Institutional Fund et al., 42293 Prudential Strategist Fund, Inc., 18633 Prudential U.S. Government Fund, 40043 Public utility holding company filings, 423, 1422, 1660, 1968, 2549, 3755, 4701, 6046, 7027, 8089, 9213, 10407, 10604, 11910, 13901, 16147, 17333, 18451, 19967, 21508, 25930, 27940, 29150, 30266, 31568, 33551, 35274, 36589, 39165, 40470, 41667, 42454, 43795, 45999, 47219, 48177, 49506, 52071, 54687, 55331, 56581, 57932, 59259, 59261, 63876, 64402, 65619, 67363, 67862 Putnam Research Analysts Fund, 51473 Qualified Unit Investment Liquid Trust Series Equity Opportunity Trust et al., 7834 Qualivest Funds et al., 16147, 33151 Quantitative Group of Funds et al., 46004 Quest for Value Global Funds, Inc., 40263 Reich & Tang Distributors L.P. et al., 49507 Reliv' International, Inc., 55057 Renaissance Assets Trust, 754 Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc., 65621 Rockwell International Corp., 5433, 17741 Royce Capital Trust et al., 35275 SAFECO Life Insurance Co. et al., 24974 Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation, 25510 Schwab Advantage Trust, 19649 Schwab Annuity Portfolios, 46669 Schwab Capital Trust et al., 4498 Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 40263 Security First Life Insurance Co. et al., 53469 SEI Institutional Managed Trust et al., 15530 Select Capital Growth Fund, Inc., 2860 Select Managed Fund, Inc., 2861 Seligman Henderson Emerging Companies Interval Fund, Inc., 44369 Semiconductor Packaging Materials Co., Inc., 18185 Shawmut Funds, 59121 Sherman, Dean Fund, Inc., 35280 Sherry Lane Growth Fund, Inc. et al., 37102 Sierra Asset Management Trust et al., 29435 Simula, Inc., 9738 Sirrom Capital Corp., 31197, 65252 Sirrom Capital Corp. et al., 38483 Southeast Interactive Technology Fund I, LLC, et al., 42295 Southwestern Life Insurance Co. et al., 11068 Special Opportunities Trust, Health Care Securities, Series I, 43280 Stagecoach Funds, Inc., et al., 27114 Star Multi Care Services, Inc., 25250, 25251 Stepan Co., 16663 Strong Advantage Fund, Inc., et al., 57500 Struthers Industries, Inc., 32867 SunAmerica Series Trust et al., 58266 SuperTrust Trust for Capital Market Fund, Inc., 28254 T. Acquisition Corp., 58269 T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc. et al., 36400 Target Portfolio Trust et al., 43098 Target Unit Investment Trust, 12120 Tasty Baking Co., 55057 TCW/DW Global Convertible Trust, 6871 TCW/DW North American Intermediate Income Trust, 6273 TCW Convertible Limited Partnership, et al., 58917 TCW Mid-Cap Growth Stocks L.P. et al., 12121 Technitrol, Inc., 64183 Technology Funding Partners III, L.P., et al., 50065 Templeton Global Utilities, Inc., 31200 THC Partners, 27116 The One Group et al., 44094 The One Group Investment Trust, 755 Titan Corp., 17741 Tomorrow Funds Retirement Trust et al., 8693 Total Growth Trust, 3517 Transamerica Investors, Inc., et al., 43100 Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. et al., 48998 Transworld Telecommunications, Inc., 13225 Travelers Insurance Co. et al., 18761, 47221 Travelers Life & Annuity Co. et al., 18763 Trend Capital Management, Inc., 33555 Twentieth Century Blended Portfolios, Inc., et al., 10826 U.S. Trust Corp. et al., 13903 UAM Funds, Inc., et al., 6047, 16816 UniMark Group, Inc., 25251 United of Omaha Separate Account B, 3960 United Vision Group, Inc., 58270 Urohealth Systems, Inc., 67365 UST Master Variable Series, Inc., 48179 Valley Forge Life Insurance Co. et al., 18185 Van Eck Funds et al., 40266 Van Eck Trust, 33557 Vanguard Money Market Reserves, Inc., et al., 11444, 54470 Van Kampen American Capital Bond Fund, Inc., et al., 3518 Van Kampen American Capital Comstock Fund et al., 21515, 27118 Van Kampen American Capital Equity Opportunity Trust et al., 39166, 46006, 55333, 68076 Van Kampen American Capital Global Managed Assets Fund et al., 3067 Van Kampen American Capital, Inc., et al., 7836 Van Kampen Merritt California Municipal Opportunity Trust, 760 Van Kampen Merritt California Quality Municipal Trust II, 1969 Van Kampen Merritt Growth Fund, 1970 Van Kampen Merritt Michigan Quality Municipal Trust, 760 Van Kampen Merritt New York Municipal Opportunity Trust, 761 Van Kampen Merritt New York Quality Municipal Trust II, 1970 Van Kampen Merritt Pennsylvania Municipal Opportunity Trust, 761 Van Kampen Merritt Senior Income Opportunity Trust, 1971 Van Kampen Merritt Texas Municipal Opportunity Trust, 762 Van Kampen Merritt Trust for Insured Municipals II, 762 Variable Investment Trust et al., 55336 Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc., 46008 Victory Portfolios et al., 65095 Virginia Limited Maturity Municipals Portfolio, 46496 Voice Control Systems, Inc., 9738 Voyageur Arizona Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., 57502 Voyageur Colorado Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., 57503 Voyageur Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund II, 53472 Voyageur Missouri Municipal Income Fund, Inc., 67585 Voyageur Texas Municipal Income Fund, 67586 Walnut Properties L.P. et al., 3069 Wanger Advisors Trust et al., 60130 Warburg, Pincus Managed Bond Trust, 24342 Washington National Insurance Co. et al., 27120 Weldotron Corp., 54827 Wood Island Growth Fund, Inc., 6274 Woodward Funds et al., 17336 Worldwide Short-Term Trust, 570 Wyly, Samuel Evans, et al., 36590 Yen Performance Portfolio L.P., 19649 Zurich Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 9513 ***** Selective Service System PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 23856, 63348 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 6281 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 13917, 18455, 31991 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 48202 ***** Sentencing Commission, United States See United States Sentencing Commission ***** Small Business Administration RULES Administrative claims under Federal Tort Claims Act and representation and idemnification of SBA employees: Federal regulatory reform, 2401 Conflict of interests, 2398 Disaster loan programs: Streamlining and clarification, 3304 Federal regulatory reform: Business loan programs, 3226 Correction, 7985, 11471 Government contracting review, 3310 Correction, 7986, 39304 Procedure rules governing cases before Office of Hearings and Appeals, 2682 Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act regulations, 2691 Small business investment companies, 3177 Correction, 7985, 41496 Small business size standards, 3280 Correction, 6412, 7306, 7986, 43119 Standards for conducting business with SBA, 2679 Surety bond guarantee program, 3266 Correction, 7985 Freedom of Information Act: Federal regulatory reform, 2671 Privacy Act: Federal regulatory reform, 2671 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, etc.: Federal regulatory reform, 2394 Small business size standards: Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Metal bars and rods, 42376 Purified terephthalic acid, ground and unground, 54538 PROPOSED RULES Business loan policy: Unguaranteed portions of loan, sale, 60649 Semi-annual agenda, 23858, 63350 Small business size standards: Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Airborne integrated data components, 65492 Purified terephthalic acid, ground and unground, 20191 Routers and switches, 59382 Tabulating paper (computer forms, manifold or continuous), 20191 Tri-deck airborne recorder, 8mm (ruggedized), 59382 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 11461, 11462, 16516, 17747, 20309, 25259-25261, 25723, 36412, 49186, 53987, 55180, 59920 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10420, 10421, 14847, 27942 Disaster home loan servicing and collection functions; cost efficient method, 6281 Disaster loan areas: Alabama, 15153 Alaska, 32882 Arizona et al., 51134 Arkansas, 24345 California, 6675 Florida, 3960, 36950, 38793, 50067, 56730, 64187, 67863 Florida et al., 58274, 59270 Georgia, 2326 Guam, 64187 Hawaii, 64935 Idaho, 9216, 10055, 11931 Illinois, 24346, 25261, 26244, 26944, 28923, 33570, 40875, 43802, 52485 Indiana, 19653, 34919, 38506, 40875, 40876 Kentucky, 21219, 29783, 38506, 40876 Kentucky et al., 43290 Maine et al., 58436 Maryland, 11932, 52485 Maryland et al., 6675 Massachusetts et al., 6676, 58275, 58436, 60136 Michigan, 46892 Minnesota et al., 40059 Mississippi et al., 9217 New Hampshire, 58275, 59270, 60136 New Jersey, 6676, 36950, 67863 New Mexico et al., 26244 New York, 6676, 47541, 67779, 67864 North Carolina, 19653, 40059, 40876, 42673, 43802, 50067, 53775, 53988, 55834, 57509, 66723 Ohio, 6677 Ohio et al., 28632 Oregon, 1426, 9217, 11932, 67864 Pennsylvania, 11932, 15153, 19653, 36104, 36951, 40876, 52485, 53776 Pennsylvania et al., 6677, 8094, 52485 Puerto Rico, 50068, 52486, 53988, 59271 Rhode Island, 3960 Tennessee, 4509, 15153, 48726 Tennessee et al., 42673, 47541 Texas, 31605, 54484 Virginia, 6876, 16666, 50068, 52486, 53988, 56731, 57509, 58435, 58921 Virgin Islands, 1426, 38506 Washington, 2326, 9217, 11932, 15153, 16666 West Virginia, 11932, 29783, 33570, 36104, 42673, 43802, 50068 West Virginia et al., 6678, 40877 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Small business development centers, 37951 Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 2566, 17936, 39496, 53256 Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities, 52074 License surrenders: Bartlesville Investment Corp., 33570 Bethela Capital Corp., 25932 Calista Business Investment Corp., 49002 Central Texas Small Business Investment Corp., 13563 D.C. Bancorp Venture Capital Co., 2566 Enterprise Venture Capital Corp. of Pennsylvania, 11075 ESLO Capital Corp., 56731 FBS SBIC, L.P., 6406 First City Capital Corp., 31605 Fluid Capital Corp., 33570 Fluid Financial Corp., 33570 Inverness Capital Corp., 33571 Investment Capital Inc., 33571 Los Angeles Capital Corp., 38507 North Riverside Capital Corp., 8095 Northwest Venture Partners et al., 6406 Oklahoma Capital Corp., 55834 Qneneska Capital Corp., 50069 Richmond Square Capital Corp., 3519 San Joaquin Capital Corp., 37104 SBI Capital Corp., 64187 Threshold Ventures, Inc., 49002 Venture Capital Corp. of New Mexico, 33571 Watchung Capital Corp., 33571 Meetings: Houston District Advisory Council, 24345 National Advisory Council, 47999 National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 4704, 28255, 43291 Portland District Advisory Council, 21219 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Connecticut, 2326, 26944, 31209 Georgia, 36104 Hawaii, 11932, 41678 Maine, 8701, 47999 Massachusetts, 11933, 43290 Minnesota, 2326, 18637, 52826 New York, 11933 Rhode Island, 52826 Utah, 13917 West Virginia, 37952, 41678 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Deputy Administrator et al., 4808 Procurement opportunities through electronic commerce and electronic data interchange: Value-added services, 24849 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 58921 Surety bond guarantee program; fees, 7848 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: ABN Capital (USA) Inc., 5434 Blue Rock Capital, L.P., 24344 Canaan S.B.I.C., L.P., 57508 Commerce Capital, L.P., 5828, 57509 CoreStates Enterprise Capital, Inc., 24344 Eastern Virginia Small Business Investment Corp., 27124 Enterprise Fund, L.P., 2564, 46674 First Capital Group of Texas II, L.P., 4704, 24345 FNF Ventures, Inc., 46674 Gateway Partners, L.P., 37104 Javelin Capital Fund, L.P., 36950 Kline Hawkes California SBIC, 3519 Mellon Ventures, L.P., 2565, 15330 MMG Ventures, L.P., 64186 Penny Lane Partners, L.P., 59479 Prospect Street NYC Discovery Fund, L.P., 48726 Regent Capital Partners, L.P., 4299, 41678 Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, L.P., 57509 Societe Generale Capital Corp., 5829, 24345 Stratford Equity Partners, L.P., 64186 Sundance Venture Partners II, L.P., 2565 Toronto Dominion Capital (U.S.A.), Inc., 4299, 46674 Walden Capital Partners, L.P., 43802 Wasserstein Perella SBIC, L.P., 64187 Wells Fargo Small Business Investment Co., Inc., 2564, 15331 ***** Social Security Administration RULES Acquisition regulations: Chapter establishment, 50737 Authority citation revisions, 5939 Black lung benefits: Overpayment appeal and waiver rights, 56126 Civil monetary penalties; assessments and recommended exclusions, 18078 Hearings and appeals procedures, 65467 Social security benefits: Disability and blindness determinations -- Growth impairment listings; expiration date extension, 64615 Musculoskeletal system listings; expiration date extension, 28046 Earnings and benefit estimates statements, 18075 Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance -- Elementary or secondary school students, full-time; inclusion of students enrolled in home schooling or independent study programs, 38361 Living in the same household and lump-sum death payment rules; revision, 41329 Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act, et al.; coverage provisions, 38363 Signature requirements for State agency medical and psychological consultants in disability determinations, 11133 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Dedicated accounts and installment payments for past- due benefits, 67203 Income exclusions, 49962 Lawful admission for permanent residence in the U.S.; documentation requirements, 56133 Natural disasters; lost, damaged or destroyed excluded resources repair or replacement funds; time period, 5943 Temporarily institutionalized persons; continuation of full benefits, standard, 10274 Victims' compensation payments and relocation assistance exclusions, 1711 Vocational rehabilitation services payments, 31022 Signature requirements for State agency medical and psychological consultants in disability determinations, 11133 PROPOSED RULES Civil monetary penalties, assessments and recommended exclusions Hearings and appeals procedures, 39921 Semi-annual agenda, 23874, 63358 Social security benefits: Cycling payments; additional days throughout month on which benefits will be paid, 2654, 4389 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Supplementary payments on behalf of States; administrative fees and interest, 18529 U.S. residency, definition; birth, baptismal records as acceptable evidence, etc., 17609 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 7128, 8095, 10838, 14189, 15331, 17342, 19653, 20872, 24996, 27380, 30275, 35295, 40472, 41817, 45470, 46502, 53478, 59126, 65628, 67865 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2566, 3961, 6282, 8095, 18637, 37787, 39178, 42930, 49517, 51481, 56601, 64784 Foreign insurance or pension systems: Croatia, 10615 Magnetic media filing requirements change; W-2 wage reports, 13563 Meetings: Representative Payment Advisory Committee, 1661, 5052, 11075, 15858, 26944, 38235 Social Security Advisory Council, 15858 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Chief Actuary Office et al., 35844 Inspector General; subpoenas issuance, 28255 Inspector General Office; internal organizational realignments, 36602 Office of Information Management, etc., 15553 Office of Program Benefits Policy, 56253 Office of the Regional Commissioner, 56254 Publications and Logistics Management Office, 5053 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 7298, 18766, 25723, 38793, 58091 Systems of records, 25724, 30653, 33791, 46675 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 2567 Social security acquiescence rulings: DeSonier vs. Sullivan; State intestate succession law application in determining entitlement to child's benefits, 27942 Rescissions -- Rosenberg v. Richardson et al., 5434 Validity of last marriage, 11462 Social security benefits: Cost-of-living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts increase, average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, etc., 55346, 60154 Social security claims: Disability evaluation; redesigned method development; research plan, 47542 Social security rulings: Administrative findings of fact by State agency medical and psychological consultants, etc., 34466 Allegations of pain and other symptoms; consideration in determining whether medically determinable impairment is severe, 34468 Disability claims symptoms evaluation; individual's statements credibility assessment, 34483 Electronic service delivery, 68808 Federal circuit court and district court decisions application, 34470 Medical source opinions on issues reserved to Commissioner, 34471 Rescissions -- Living in the same household; definition, 41439 Residual functional capacity assessment in initial claims, 34474 Residual functional capacity for less than full range of sedentary work, implications; determining capacity to do other work, 34478 Symptoms, medically determinable physical and mental impairments, and exertional and nonexertional limitations, 34488 Treating source medical opinions; controlling weight, 34490 Social security supplementary agreement between U.S. and Germany; payment provision for ethnic German Jews; entry into force, 33570 Supplemental security income: Disability claim process; testing modifications to prehearing procedures and decisions by adjudication officers; locations of tests, 3757 Disability determination procedures; testing modifications; test sites for single decisionmaker model, 19969 ***** Southeastern Power Administration NOTICES Power rates: Kerr-Philpott Projects, 4433, 51103 Stonewall Jackson Project, 43760 ***** Southwestern Power Administration NOTICES Integrated System power rates and opportunities, 34432, 51102 Extension, 34432, 51102 Rate design development, 53732 Power rates: Robert D. Willis project, 35209, 51104 ***** Special Counsel Office See Office of the Special Counsel ***** Special Trustee for American Indians Office RULES American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act: Restricted tribal funds withdrawal and management, 67931 ***** State Department RULES Claims and stolen property: Fishermen's Protective Act Guaranty Fund procedures; Federal regulatory reform, 49966 Federal regulatory reform: Foreign official status notification, 32327 Removal of alien enemies brought to U.S.; World War II reparations; and disposal of surplus property in foreign areas; CFR parts removed, 6506 Shipping and seamen; CFR parts removed, 29940 Foreign missions protection guidelines; CFR part removed, 10447 International agreements: Coordination and reporting; determination not to publish certain agreements, 7070 International Traffic in Arms regulations, 19841, 36625 Afghanistan; defense articles and services importation and exportation, etc.; prohibition, 33313 Amendments and nomenclature changes, 48830 Commercial aircraft engines and communications satellites hot-section technologies -- Transfer to Commerce Department's CCL, 56894 Cryptographic products for personal use; exemption, 6111 Encryption items removal from U.S. Munitions List, transfer to Commerce Control List, 68633 Georgia et al., 41499 Ukraine; defense articles and services importation and exportation, 41737 Legal and related services: International child abduction -- Office of Children's Issues designated as U.S. Central Authority for Hague Abduction Convention, 7069 Longshore work by U.S. nationals; foreign prohibitions, 29941 Nationality and passports: Passports and U.S. nationality claims in foreign countries; persons authorized to issue and adjudicate, 43310 Passports for minors; custodial dispute and non-dispute situations, 6505 Nationality procedures: Nationality retention or loss; obsolete sections deleted, 29651 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Authentication Officers; authentication certificates issuance, 39584 Notarizing servicing overseas Correction, 14375 Passports: Information release; obsolete language removed, 29940 Press building passes, 3800 Privacy Act; implementation, 68148 Tort claims and certain property damage claims, administrative settlement; CFR part removed, 2915 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant visa program; requirements to prevent fraudulent practices, 1523 Correction, 6111 Federal regulatory reform -- Aliens arrested and deported, international child abduction, temporary workers and trainees, etc., 1832 Labor certification, unqualified physicians, misrepresentation, failure of applicant to comply with INA, etc., 1834 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; implementation -- Visa ineligibility grounds, 59182 Issuance to aliens failing to comply with Immigration and Nationality Act, 9325 Correction, 11305 Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: Federal regulatory reform -- Aliens arrested and deported, international child abduction, temporary workers and trainees, etc., 1832 Labor certification, unqualified physicians, misrepresentation, failure of applicant to comply with INA, etc., 1834 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; implementation -- Visa ineligibility grounds, 59182 Jurisdictional consular office for nonimmigrant processing; designation by geographical area, 56438 Summer 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA; visa applications; removal, 1521, 53058 Visa waiver pilot program -- Argentina, 35628 Australia, 39318 Witnesses and informants, 1837 PROPOSED RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation: National security information; classification, safeguarding, and declassification, 39927 Longshore work by U.S. nationals; foreign prohibitions Comment period extended, 2973 Privacy Act: Implementation, 53158 Privacy Act; implementation: National security information; classification, safeguarding, and declassification, 39927 Semi-annual agenda, 23290, 62790 NOTICES Accountability Review Board: Attack on headquarters of Office of Program Manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard in Riyadh in which five Americans were killed, 8322 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2567, 7129, 11076, 24996, 24997, 26945, 46892 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43394, 51483 Antarctic fishing; conservation measures adoption by Commission for Conservation of Antartic Marine Living Resources, 66723 Basel Convention on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Disposal: Basel-covered wastes trading with non-party absent agreement, 8323 Climate change action plan: U.S. initiative on joint implementation; evaluation and assessment, 59480 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Defense Trade Advisory Group, 12128 International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 7039 Private International Law Advisory Committee, 67090 Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 67090 Cryptographic products, temporary export; reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 6282 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act; implementation guidelines, 30655 Diversity immigrant visa program; registration, 2862 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Eagle Paso, TX; new international bridge, 20873 El Paso County, TX; Rio Grande Pipeline Co. pipeline, 49002 Express Pipeline Partnership pipeline from Montana to Alberta, Canada, 49003 Portal Pipe Line Company; pipeline to Canadian border, 24997 Foreign Assistance Act; determinations, 10056 Gifts to Federal employees from foreign governments; listing, 24536 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: American Council of Teachers of Russian et al., 43567 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Eastern Europe and independent states of former Soviet Union; research and training, 52075 International airports; ineffective security measures: Hellenikon International Airport, Athens, Greece, 15554 International Atomic Energy Agency-U.S. Safeguards Agreement; interagency procedures for implementation, 7130 International conferences: U.S. delegations; private-sector representatives, 63892 International Joint Commission on Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement: Air Quality Committee 1996 progress report; transboundary air pollution reduction; inquiry, 58728 International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory debarment, 29784 Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996; clarification, 66067 Meetings: Defense Trade Advisory Group, 59481 Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Advisory Committee, 4705 Fine Arts Committee, 9218, 47231 Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 9002, 24998, 48518, 60736 International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee, 11671, 43111, 58729 International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 49808, 58729, 65256, 68089 International Law Advisory Committee, 24850, 66340 International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 4705, 4809, 9218, 9740, 10616, 16018, 18767, 19654, 36104, 45470, 51739, 55181, 58921, 67091, 67865 Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 1254, 22077, 67091 Overseas Security Advisory Council, 7571, 27382, 56256, 66340 Private International Law Advisory Committee, 7571, 7572, 22078, 43395, 47999 Shipping Coordinating Committee, 1426, 1427, 3519, 5596, 6407, 6678, 7039, 16516, 18456, 19329, 21521, 24346, 24850, 36774, 43112, 45470, 47231, 52486, 52487, 55181, 55680, 56602, 57509, 66341, 66735, 69131 U.S. foreign policy economic sanctions programs; briefing, 29444, 58729 Missile technology proliferation; sanctions: Iranian entities, 29785 Korean entities, 29785 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Secretary for Administration et al., 46893 Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, 58436 Security Assistance, Science and Technology Under Secretary, et al.; Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, etc., 25727 Passport travel restrictions, U.S.: Iraq, 10839 Lebanon, 8096, 43395 Libya, 56993 Pipeline facilities on U.S. borders; permit applications: Express Pipeline Partnership, 37787 Rio Grande Pipeline Co., 26945 Presidential permits: Eagle Pass, TX; new international bridge, 20874 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 53259 Property claims: Nicaragua, 5054 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 46893, 48202 Shrimp trawl fishing; turtle protection guidelines; certifications, 17342, 24998, 43395, 59482 U.N. Indigenous Rights draft declaration elaboration: American tribal leaders/U.S. government officials consultations, 36774 U.S. Framework Convention on Climate Change: Second U.S. Climate Action Report; preparation, 66341 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant (DV-98) visa program; registration, 58730 ***** State Justice Institute NOTICES Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines, 45640, 53782 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5606, 29583, 36605, 58436 ***** Statistical Reporting Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service ***** Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2838, 4279, 10005, 18753, 34438, 51713, 54668 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 16805, 17905, 24320, 29415, 31945, 31946, 36891, 42640, 54669 Caring for Every Child's Mental Health: Communities Together Campaign; cosponsorship opportunity, 8633 Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting minimum standards, list, 3723, 8635, 15074, 19629, 28225, 35232, 40242, 46816, 52455, 56702, 64140 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Minority fellowship program -- American Nurse Association et al., 37280 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 48718 National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, 25499 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment -- Receipt date cancellation, 58699 Community mental health services block grants -- Formula and methods for allocations determination, 30625 Knowledge development and application cooperative agreements, 15810, 16927 Knowledge dissemination conference program -- Receipt date cancellation, 6018, 37075 Mental health systems change evaluation technical assistance center (FY 1997), 31541, 58080 Substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants -- Formula and methods for allocations determination, 30625 Substance abuse treatment conference program, 6018 Receipt date cancellation, 37075 Meetings: Drug Testing Advisory Board, 7118, 22068, 55166 Mental Health Services Center National Advisory Council, 9189, 15266, 39465 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration special emphasis panel, 4675, 9190, 43067, 54812, 57878, 60111, 67843 Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory Council, 22068, 26919, 43376 Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory Council, 3724, 37753, 44315 Meetings; advisory committees: January, 1598 May, 18155, 21475 June, 26192, 28226, 29108 July, 30916, 39465 August, 37487, 42912 September, 41171, 47762 October, 51714 January (1997), 69107 Meetings; special emphasis panels: August, 44071 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 55991 ***** Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Indian lands program: Abandoned mine land reclamation plan -- Hopi Tribe, 17833 Navajo Nation, Hopi and Crow Tribes, 6507 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Alabama, 37382 Alaska, 48835 Colorado, 6509, 26792, 32328, 59332 Illinois, 26801, 33799, 37383 Indiana, 15378, 15891, 26443, 55743 Kentucky, 66220 Maryland, 12027 Missouri, 26445, 26454, 31610, 38374 New Mexico, 26825, 38376 North Dakota, 52691 Ohio, 7411, 8074, 46548, 55748 Oklahoma, 26461, 38381, 67213 Oregon Coal exploration requirements; CFR correction, 40155. Texas, 15380, 30805, 67216 Utah, 46550 Virginia, 26836, 42788, 46552 West Virginia, 6511, 38382 Wyoming, 6537, 40735, 43966 Program development, administration, and enforcement grants: Administrative procedures; CFR correction, 40155 PROPOSED RULES Abandoned mine land reclamation: Reclamation fund list; fee collection and coal production reporting -- Coal excess moisture allowance, 64220 Federal lands program: State-Federal cooperative agreements approval; Federal regulatory review, 15005 Federal regulatory review: Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions, 20768, 26477 Indian lands program: Abandoned mine land reclamation plan -- Hopi Tribe, 53884 Navajo Nation, AZ and NM, 51070 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Arkansas, 19881 Colorado, 8534, 47722, 58800 Illinois, 14039, 39612, 51631 Indiana, 1546, 1549, 1551, 15435 Iowa, 67967 Kentucky, 46577, 55247 Maryland, 44258 Missouri, 2459, 14517 Montana, 15910 New Mexico, 3625, 13117 North Dakota, 18100, 25425 Ohio, 16731, 29504, 32382, 43696, 54373, 54375 Oklahoma, 8536, 15435, 25426, 40369, 40474, 49284 Pennsylvania, 7446, 10918 Texas, 3628, 38420, 44260, 56648 Utah, 11350 Virginia, 10919, 19885, 29506, 31071, 38422, 48110 West Virginia, 17859, 37023 Wyoming, 20773 NOTICES Abandoned mine reclamation program; guidelines, 68777 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10786, 11429, 14579, 15830, 16113, 19957, 31147, 32460, 55314, 68052 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3730, 5408, 6022, 8642, 11061, 28232, 32461, 34446, 38472, 49792 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Fence Lake Mine, NM and AZ, 17319 Fern Lake Watershed, TN, 2531, 41651, 49793 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Bull Mountains Mines, MT; cancelled, 8074 Valid existing rights determinations: Buckingham Coal Co., Inc.; Wayne National Forest, OH, 37078 ***** Surface Transportation Board RULES Contracts and exemptions: Rail general exemption authority -- Ferrous recyclables, 47446 Hydraulic cement, 66230 Railroad contracts; nonagricultural transportation contracts exemption removed, 29036 Discontinuance of bus transportation in one State; CFR part removed, 17579 Environmental laws implementation procedures: Abandonment and discontinuance of rail lines and rail transportation; environmental laws, 67876 Exemptions: Boxcar traffic, 26846 Motor carrier transportation: Regulations transfer and redesignation from STB to Federal Highway Administration, 54706 Pipeline carriage rates and service terms: Disclosure and notice of rates and other service terms, 35139 Practice and procedure: Class III rail carriers; class exemption for acquisition or operation of rail lines, 32355 Correction, 36965 Licensing and related services to public; user fees, 42190, 48639, 66229 Rail licensing procedures -- Rail Passenger Service Act; avoidable losses determination; CFR part removed, 16066 Rail carriage rates and service terms: Disclosure, publication, and notice of change of rates and other service terms, 35141 Rail carriers: Connecting track and rail construction; class exemptions, 29973 Exempt issuance of securities and assumption of obligations; CFR part removed, 7428 Reasonably expected costs and joint rates subject to surcharge or cancellation; CFR parts removed, 7427 Rail licensing procedures: Abandonment and discontinuance of rail lines and rail transportation; envirionmental laws, 67876 Train or ferry discontinuance or change of operation; CFR part removed, 7427 Rate procedures: Rail rate reasonableness, exemption and revocation proceedings; expedited procedures, 52710, 58490 Correction, 53996 Effective date delayed, 57339 Recyclables; CFR parts removed, 7426 Tariffs and schedules: Anchorage, AK; Alaska intermodal motor/water traffic service; rate increases notification, 30181 Filing requirements for government shipments at reduced rates; CFR part removed, 24722 Owner-operator food transportation; CFR parts removed, 21387 Payment of discounts by motor carriers of property to nonpayer of freight charges; rescission, 19859 Publication, posting and filing; CFR part removed, 7428 Railroad agricultural products contracts, 68668 Transfer of regulations from Interstate Commerce Commission, 1842 Uniform system of records of property changes for railroad companies; CFR part removed, etc., 9112 Water carriers: Harbors, and water carrier operations exemption; CFR parts removed, 54104 PROPOSED RULES Accounts, records, and reports: Abandonment applications; revenue and cost data for years prior to base year period; elimination -- Discontinuance of proceeding, 11375 Exemptions: Boxcar traffic, 13146 ICC Termination Act of 1995: Rail common carriage changes of rates and other service terms; disclosure and publication, 9413 Interlocking rail officers and directors; authorization, 22014 Practice and procedure: Class III rail carriers; class exemption for acquisition or operation of rail lines, 11802 Licensing and related services; user fees, 15208 Correction, 20877 Pipeline common carriage rates and service terms; disclosure and advance notice of increase, 10526 Rail exemption revocation proceedings; withdrawn, 11804 Rail rate reasonableness, exemption and revocation proceedings; expedited procedures, 39110 Rail carriers: Carrier rates and service terms: Disclosure, publication, and notice of change of rates and other service terms, 21153 Rail licensing procedures: Abandonment and discontinuance of rail lines and rail transportation, 11174 Railroad contracts: Specified rail services provision under specified rates and conditions, 13147, 17682 Rate procedures: Correction, 14735 Rail rate reasonableness and exemption/revocation proceedings; expedited procedures, 11799, 19236 Semi-annual agenda, 24094, 63580 Tariffs and schedules: Household goods carriers tariff requirements, 56656 Motor tariff regulations; review; proceeding terminated, 19902 Noncontiguous domestic trade -- Freight forwarders tariff filing requirements; rate reasonableness exemption, 59075 Property transportation by or with water carrier, 67291 Pipeline common carriage; change of rates and other service terms; disclosure and notice, 24474 Railroad agricultural products contracts, 54144 Tariff indexes; revisions, 9419 Uniform system of record of property changes for railroad companies; withdrawn, 9138 NOTICES Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment unnecessary, 55070 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council; membership, 2866 Declaratory order petitions: National Association of Freight Transportation Consultants, Inc., 60140 Demurrage collection consideration; antitrust immunity withdrawal, 14200 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Central Railroad Co. of Indiana et al., 13567 Norfolk & Western Railway, Inc., et al., 16821 Ogeechee Railway Co. et al., 2570 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 1814 ICC Termination Act of 1995; implementation: Noncontiguous domestic trade tariffs, 5835, 52494 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 17954, 26554, 32897, 49191 Motor carriers: Control exemptions -- Antelope Valley Bus, Inc., 51489 Coach USA, Inc., 51742 Greyhound Lines, Inc., 53991 Fuel cost-related surcharge implementation; petitions to allow short-term notices -- American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al., 18462, 27946 Revenue pooling arrangement -- Capitol Bus Co. et al., 3522 Service pooling agreements -- Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc., 42677 Negotiated Rates Act of 1993; motor contract requirements; policy statement vacated, 19974 Rail carriers: Central Power & Light Co. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. -- Captive shippers; legal and policy issues, 46018 Procedural schedule and oral argument notice, 50078 Cost of capital; railroad industry's annual rate proceeding, 28638, 65428 Cost recovery procedures -- Adjustment factor, 9224, 13227, 32898, 50372, 68092 Railroad revenue adequacy determinations; class I railroads, 37793 Service pooling agreements -- Degussa Corp. et al., 42676 State intrastate rail rate authority -- Alabama et al., 14849 Waybill data; release for use, 13567, 48203, 49375, 49810, 51136, 53992, 59278 Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: A&G Railroad, L.L.C., et al., 33579 Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Co., Inc., et al., 58437 Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Co., 2572 Angelina & Neches River Railroad Co., 26554 Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Co., 9006 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., 56734 Atlantic & Western Railway, L.P., 47546 Berlin Mills Railway, Inc., 42084 BHP Copper, Inc., 29794 BHP Nevada Railroad Co., 29794 Bootheel Regional Rail Corp. et al., 25739 Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., 24854 Burlington Junction Railway, 19330 Burlington Northern Railroad Co., 3963, 20550 Burlington Northern Railroad Co. et al., 43812, 48521, 48730 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. et al., 37313, 49524 CAGY Industries, Inc., 38514 Camp Lejeune Railroad Co., 3523 Canadian American Railroad Co., 53779 Canadian Pacific Ltd. et al., 52994 Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority et al., 16282 Cascade & Columbia River Railroad Co., 48521 Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd., Central New England Railroad, Inc., 8709 Central Railroad Co. of Indiana, 17952 Chester Valley Railway, Inc., 15160 Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C., et al., 47233 Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad Co., 52838 Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C., 8324 Clark County, WA, 67593 Claussen, H. Peter, et al., 14200, 26248 Colorado Mountain Express, Inc., et al., 60747 Columbia & Northern Railway Co., 16027 Columbia Basin Railroad Co., Inc., 65630 Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Co., 53486 Connecticut Central Railroad Co., Inc., 54258 Connecticut Southern Railroad, Inc., 50902 Consolidated Rail Corp., 30108, 32474 Consolidated Rail Corp. et al., 6059 Coopersville & Marne Railway Co., 25511 Corman, Richard J., 2571, 32025 CSX Corp. et al., 40475, 58611, 58613 CSX Transportation, Inc., 4513, 21223, 26249, 28924, 47233, 49005 CWRR, Inc., 42936 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 9519, 11939 Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad, Inc., 13567 Dakota Rail, Inc., 55357 Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, 58096 Delaware Valley Railway Co., Inc., 58739 Dubois County Railroad Corp., 49524 Dubois County Railroad Corp. et al., 49524 Durbano, David L., 8325, 13567 Durden, K. Earl, 33580 East Texas Central Railroad, Inc., 50903 Economic Development Rail Corp. et al., 13227 Economic Development Rail II Corp., 16528 Elk River Railroad, Inc., 42679 Ellis & Eastern Co., 9742 Evansville Terminal Co., Inc., 37314 Falls Road Railroad Co., Inc., 56735 Fay Penn Industrial Development Corp. et al., 52085 Fillmore Western Railway Co., 65428 Flats Industrial Railroad Co., 53486 Fort Worth & Western Railroad Co., 42084 Fort Worth & Western Railroad Co., Inc., 28924, 46901 Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 51316, 52495 Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., 8104, 13568, 32025, 58739 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc., 1254, 65102 Great Western Lines, LLC, 27382 Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC, 27383 Hastings Industrial Link Railroad, 65103 Head, Douglas M., et al., 29165 Hoosier Southern Railroad, 48203 Housatonic Railroad Co., Inc., et al., 68333 Huron and Eastern Railway Co., Inc., 9520 Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc., 8105 Illinois Central Corp. et al., 8105 Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al, 68814 Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger Corp., 19112, 32026 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co., 64409 Iron Road Railways Inc. et al., 49006 Jaxport Railway, 3762 K&E Railway Co., 30109 Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 15562, 56085, 56999 Kansas Eastern Railroad, Inc., 63925 Kansas Southwestern Railway Co., L.L.C., 46019 Lackland Western Railroad Co., 49375 Laidlaw Transit, Inc., et al., 48001 Lexington & Ohio Railroad Co., Inc., 26250 Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corp., 9742, 25739 Longhorn Railway Co., 17952 Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc., 51743 Luxapalila Valley Railroad, Inc., 28638 Minnesota Commercial Railway Co., 9006 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 29447, 47781 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al., 54847 Modesto & Empire Traction Co. et al., 48002 Morris Leasing Co., Ltd., et al., 58278 Naugatuck Railroad Co., Inc., 2329 Nebraska Central Railroad Co., 21532 Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railnet, Inc., 67870 Nebraska Northeastern Railway Co., 39511 Neptune Partners, Ltd., 27383 New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, 56085 Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad Co., 63925 Nolan, John C., 15161 Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 28925, 29165, 42460 Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et al., 1996 Norfolk Southern Corp. et al., 60317 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 40880 Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., 25740, 37109, 51316 North Charleston Terminal Co., 28639 North Coast Railroad Authority, 11469, 37792, 50902 Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District, 2570 Northern Central Railway, Inc., et al., 36417 Northern Vermont Railroad Co. Inc., 38798 Northwestern Pacific Railroad Authority, 25011 Northwestern Stage Lines, Inc., et al., 53486 Notre Capital Ventures II, LLC, et al., 13568 Ormet Railroad Corp., 25012, 53992 Owensville Terminal Co., Inc., 20550, 25012 Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc., 50903 Peterson, Russell A., 3762 Pickens Railway Co., 19330, 40280 Pioneer Railcorp, 13228, 16028 Pioneer Railcorp., et al., 64191 Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad, Inc., 20551, 24854 Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, Inc., 68333 Providence & Worcester Railroad Co., 53261 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Allentown Lines, Inc., 37540 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Pennsylvania Lines Inc., 2571, 32026 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Western Ohio Line, 33580, 40704 RailAmerica, Inc., 37314, 48522, 55357 Rail Link, Inc., 9520, 14372 RailTex, Inc., 32027, 50904, 52495, 68334 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Co., 46019 Robey, Richard D., 46018, 46020 Rochelle Railroad Co., 16029 Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor Joint Powers Authority, 49191 Saginaw Valley Railway Co., Inc., 39511 San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 21223 SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority et al., 63925 SEDAoint Rail Authority et al., 46020 Shawnee Terminal Railway Co., Inc., 53487 Sheffield Station Junction Railway, 31222 Soo Line Railroad Co., 5439, 39180, 39180 Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 52839, 58096 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., 63926 St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co., 38799 Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Co., Inc., 9521 TNW Corp., 39512 Tongue River Railroad Co., 17350 Track Tech, Inc., 67106 Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway Co., L.L.C., 2329 Union Pacific Corp. et al., 16529 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 27383, 38799, 47781, 52840, 52995, 58097, 67593 Union Pacific Railroad Co., et al., 68092 Utah Railway Co., 48522 Varlen Corp., 37960 Verde, David Monte, et al., 56735 Wabash & Western Railway Co., 67871 Warren & Trumball Railroad Co., 50078 Warren & Trumbull Railroad Co., 27128, 42084 Webb, Richard B., et al., 50903 Willamette Valley Railway Co., 43399 Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., 17751, 56086 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 52495, 60320 Wisconsin Central Ltd. et al., 3963, 39180 Railroad services abandonment: Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Co., 18191 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 31606, 31607 Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C., 24349 Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., 67106 Burlington Northern Railroad Co., 7850, 16029, 16030, 17350, 17953, 24349, 34925 Central Kansas Railway, Limited Liability Co., 9743, 10428 Central of Georgia Railway Co., 16031 Central Railroad Co. of Indiana, 9743 Central Railroad Co. of Indianapolis, 24350 Consolidated Rail Corp., 6410, 9521, 17751, 18772, 29165, 31607, 31608, 33795, 38243, 38799, 38800, 49006, 49007, 64567, 67107, 67375, 68334 Council Bluffs Railway, 26554 CSX Transportation, Inc., 1427, 11679, 12133, 16529, 16667, 25013, 25740, 29166, 32027, 32474, 33958, 37315, 37793, 65429 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 51316, 66073 Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc., 4706 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. et al., 41828 Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 16666 Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc., 13569 Georgia Great Southern Division, South Carolina Central Railroad Co., Inc., 42679 Georgia Southern et al., 1995 Illinois Central Railroad Co., 1996 J.P. Rail Inc. et al., 14850 Jacksonville Port Authority, 17953 K&E Railway Co., 69132 Lamoille Valley Railroad Co., 49191 Michigan Shore Railroad, Inc., 52839 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 2330, 31222, 33958, 41824, 41825, 46506, 69132 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al., 2572, 41823 MNVA Railroad, Inc., 4513 New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad Co., 40477, 40705 Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 15336, 57726, 59921 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 30667, 47781 Ogeechee Railway Co. et al., 1994 Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc., 15337 PL&W, Inc., 40705 San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 4707 Sequatchie Valley Railroad Co. et al., 42936 Soo Line Railroad Co., 13570, 20326, 48523 South Carolina Central Railroad, 38800 Southeastern International Corp., 32474 Southeast Kansas Railroad Co., 53487 Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 41826, 41827 Texas Northeastern Division, Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc., et al., 66748 Tulare Valley Railroad Co., 43117 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 3081, 3523, 11680, 14200, 39512, 41829-41832, 47547, 65264 Western Kentucky Railway, L.L.C., 33581 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 64568 Wyoming & Colorado Railroad Co., Inc., 48730, 28925 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Technology Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 42008 Meetings: Federal Key Management Infrastructure Federal Information Processing Standard Development Technical Advisory Committee, 58862 Metric Policy Interagency Council and Commerce Department; metric town meeting, 16759 National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee, 17689, 57398 Modular construction products acquisition; metric-usage requirements; Federal agency implementation policy statement, 24761 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 49301 ***** Tennessee Valley Authority RULES Conflict of interests, 20117 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 55097 Privacy Act; implementation, 2111 Property management: Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act; implementation, 6110 Correction, 54849 PROPOSED RULES Privacy Act; implementation, 58018 Semi-annual agenda, 23896, 63380 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 9740, 33571 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Chickamauga Dam, TN; navigation lock project, 25727 Energy Vision 2020 integrated resource plan, 7572 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, AL; conversion to fossil- fueled power plant, 18767 Lignite Power Generation Facility, MS, 53988 LSP Energy L.P.; option purchase agreement for supply of electric energy, 42299 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6411, 17747, 22078, 25729, 30656, 36105, 42930, 48726, 53776, 58731 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 58092 ***** Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ***** Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board RULES Resolution Funding Corporation: Book-entry securities, 66874 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 24104 ***** Thrift Supervision Office RULES Community Reinvestment Act regulations, 21362 Corporate governance and policy statements: Federal regulatory review, 64007 Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act; implementation: Lending and investment authority expansion, qualified thrift lender (QTL) test amendment, etc., 60179 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 56118 Federal Deposit Insurance Act: Safety and soundness standards, 43948 Federal regulatory reform: Lending and investment, 50951 Management official interlocks, 40293 National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994; implementation: Loans in special flood hazard areas, 45684 Operations: Conflicts of interest, corporate opportunity, and hazard insurance, 60173 Practice and procedure: Uniform and local rules, 20350 Privacy Act; implementation, 386 Savings associations: Lending limits; loans to one borrower; correction, 575 Subsidiaries and equity investments; Federal regulatory reform, 66561 Technical amendments, 65177 Savings associations and service associations: Suspicious activity uniform reporting form, etc., 6100 PROPOSED RULES Conflicts of interest, corporate opportunity, and hazard insurance, 30190 Corporate governance and policy statements: Federal regulatory review, 32713 Federal regulatory review: Lending and investment, 1162 Mutual savings and loan holding companies: Mutual holding company structure; establishment, 58144 Risk-based capital: Collateralized transactions, 42565 Savings associations: Subsidiaries and equity investments; Federal regulatory review, 29976 Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System; conforming amendments, 38114 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3524, 16669, 19114, 29584, 35861, 39691-39693, 42085, 53262, 53994, 56999, 64409, 64410 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2573, 19114, 19114, 39683, 39694, 46507, 47236, 48527, 56897, 57000, 60748, 64410, 64411, 64793, 68337 Decisions and findings; review, appeal, and reconsideration guidelines, 36960 Delayed availability of funds; interagency policy statement; withdrawn, 43573 Thrift financial report: Condition reports, public disclosure, 68817 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Advance Financial Savings Bank, f.s.b., 58279 Algiers Homestead Association, 25741 American Savings, F.S.B., 6686 Amsterdam Federal Savings & Loan Association, 39513 Buffalo Federal Savings & Loan Association, 4518 Catskill Savings Bank, 5835 Chester Savings Bank, FSB, 41207 Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Association of Delphos, 53263 Citizens Loan & Savings Co., 2574 Citizens Savings Bank, F.S.B., 13229 City National Savings Bank, F.S.B., 16668 Commonwealth, M.H.C., 5836 Community Bank of Excelsior Springs, A Savings Bank, 39513 Community Federal, M.H.C., 2573 Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, 25741 Empire Federal Savings & Loan Association of Livingston, 58280 Fairfield Savings Bank, F.S.B., 56606 Fidelity Federal, M.H.C., 2574 First Federal Bank of Arkansas, FA, 13229 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Allen Parish, 42679 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Bloomington, 17957 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cullman, 56606 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Herrin, 14208 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Ironton, 17957 First Federal Savings Bank of America, 59279, 67376 First Federal Savings Bank of Dover, 4518 First Lancaster F.S.B., 17957 Foundation Savings Bank, 37110 Fulton Savings Bank, FSB, 46507 Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association, 5836 Home City Federal Savings Bank of Springfield, 64794 Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of Elgin, 41207 Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of Fayetteville, 2573 Investors Federal Bank & Savings Association, 59279 Jacksonville Federal M.H.C., 6686 Kenwood Federal M.H.C., 24531 Lawrenceville Federal Savings & Loan Association, 4518 Lexington Building & Loan Association, F.A., 14208 Madison First Federal Savings & Loan Association, 39514 Market Building & Savings Co., 53263 Midwest Savings Bank, 42680 North Central Bancshares, M.H.C., 5836 Ocean F.S.B., 25741 Park Federal Savings Bank, 37110 Patapsco Federal Savings & Loan Association, 2573 Peoples Federal Savings & Loan Association of Massillon, 19333 Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan Association, 5836 Preferred Savings Bank, 55071 Prestige Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, 19333 Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B., 16668 South Bergen Savings Bank, 4518 Union Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, 42680 Washington F.S.B., 2574 Wayne Savings Bank, F.S.B., 19333 Yonkers Savings & Loan Association, FA, 6687 ***** Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ***** Trade and Development Agency NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 55834 ***** Trade Representative, Office of United States RULES Sugar and specialty sugar imports; tariff-rate quota implementation, 26783 PROPOSED RULES Uruguay Round Agreement Act (URAA): Tariff-rate quota amount determinations -- Leaf tobacco, 6333, 28522 NOTICES Accession: Austria et al., 56082 Argentine: Apparel, textiles, footwear; specific duties and non- tariff barriers affecting; policies and practices, 53776 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Intellectual property rights contact point list; establishment and applications request, 42300 Australia: Subsidies affecting leather; policies and practices, 55063 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; beneficiary countries status; report to Congress, 30927, 51134 Colombia: Banana exports to European Union; policies and practices, 1788 Costa Rica: Banana exports to European Union; policies and practices, 1789 Determination under section 305 of the Trade Agreements Act of, 979, 35082 European Community: Banana regime, 18450 Foreign government discrimination against U.S. products and services in procurement practices; information request, 5044 Foreign trade barriers; national trade estimate report, 56081 Generalized System of Preference: Out-of-cycle country of eligibility review, 66342 Generalized System of Preferences: Annual Review (1995) -- Petitions, public hearings, and list of articles, 52078 Public hearings site, 55351 Cambodia; beneficiary developing country designated criteria, 54484 Least developed beneficiary developing countries' articles imported; list -- Public hearings, 64935 Pakistan; internationally recognized worker rights, 30646 Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; policies and practices: China, 25000, 33147 Pakistan, 19971 Portugal, 19970, 55351 Priority foreign countries; identification, 1413, 19969 Japan: Economic deregulation measures; market access for U.S. products and services; comment request, 52826 Photographic film and paper access barriers; determination, 30929 Korea: Telecommunications trade; priority foreign country identification, 40279 Meat from animals treated with certain hormones from European Community; termination of increased duties, 37309, 39515 Meetings: Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade, 8081, 36605 Industry Functional Advisory Committee, 57510 Industry Policy and Sector/Functional Advisory Committee, 25720 Industry Sector Advisory Committees -- Aerospace equipment, 69131 Building products and related materials, 58094 Nonferrous ores and metals, 57510 Retailing and wholesaling, 64944 Small and minority business, 55064 Standards, 59128 Investment and Services Policy Advisory Committee, 29444, 44382 Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 15554, 27938, 50516, 52988 Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 1790, 44382 United States -- Pacific Trade and Investment Policy Commission, 16277, 20310, 28258, 31993, 37525, 39179, 44117, 54831, 55680, 60137, 65634 Priority practices identification; comment request, 29444 Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: Beef from New Zealand, 53242 Organic refined sugar as specialty sugar; globalization, 42935 Raw and refined sugar, 39179, 51135, 51751 Raw cane sugar, 8691, 15859, 34496 Telecommunications products trade agreements compliance review; request for comments Japan et al, 66068 Trade expansion priorities; report to Congress, 52827 Trade relations agreements: Cambodia, 56256 Turkey: U.S. films; box office revenues; discriminatory tax imposition; Section 302 investigation, 30646, 32883 Unfair trade practices, petitions, etc.: Brazil; auto sector trade and investment policies and practices, 54485 Canada; discriminatory practices affecting imported periodicals, 11067 Canada; U.S.-owned programming services; authorization, 5603 Germany; heavy electrical equipment discriminatory procurement practices, 35082, 53242 Indonesia; motor vehicle sector promotion incentives; investigation and comment request, 54246 Japan; sodium azide from Japan; third-country investigation request, 33148 United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement: Canadian softwood lumber exports, 28626 Vietnam, Socialist Republic of; bilateral trade agreement negotiations; comment request, 59920 World Trade Organization: Albania; accession, 24999 Armenia; accession, 24999 Basic telecommunications services negotiations; comment request, 36606 Canadian measures affecting periodicals, 38238 Croatia; accession, 24999 India; pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals patent protection, 35857 Meat from animals treated with certain hormones, European ban on import; dispute settlement proceeding; comment request, 33149 Pakistan; pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals patent protection; settlement proceeding, 38791 Saudi Arabia; accession, 24999 Singapore; accession, 11233 Ukraine; accession, 24999 Underwear, cotton and man-made fiber, from Costa Rica; dispute settlement proceedings, 12129 Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) -- Japan; imported consumer photographic film and paper; dispute settlement proceeding, 52835 Woven wool shirts and blouses from India; dispute settlement proceedings, 24516 ***** Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Commercial Space Transportation Office See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation See Surface Transportation Board See Transportation Statistics Bureau RULES Acquisition regulations: Commercial training services, 391 Incorporation by reference; guidance adherence, 273 Streamlining and restructuring, 50248 Correction, 53677, 54490 Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability: Lifts and boarding facilitation devices, etc., 56409 Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: Accessibility guidelines -- Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular areas, and reflecting pools, 39323 Transportation for individuals with disabilities, 25409, 26467 Aviation economic regulations: Technical amendments, 34724 Conflict of interests, 39901 Economic and procedural regulations: Aircraft accident liability insurance; terminations, suspensions, and reductions of service; Federal regulatory reform, 19164 Federal regulatory reform: Audits of state and local governments (A-128); CFR part removed, 21386 Civil Aeronautics Board, public meetings; release of internal staff memoranda, 17565 Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation; CFR part removed, 29284 General policy statements; redundant provisions removed, 29645 Interlocking relationships between air carrier and person controlling another air carrier; policy statement removed, 29646 Medals of Honor; clarification, 17578 National security information; CFR part removed, 17564 Official seal uses; duplicative regulations removed, 17577 Great Lakes pilotage rate methodology, 21081 Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991: Drug and alcohol testing requirements for foreign-based drivers operating in U.S.; participation by Canadian and Mexican laboratories, 37015 Substance abuse professional; definition amendment, 37222 Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs Specimen collection procedures, 37693 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 3331, 34745, 55582, 67476, 67952 Federal Highway Administration Administrator et al., 68162 Maritime Administrator, 64029 Staff assignments and review of action under assignments; Federal regulatory reform, 19166 Urban Mass Transportation Administration; statutory name change, 32354 Procedural regulations: Electronic docket system transition; paper-based to optical ``imaging'', 9282 Rulemaking proceedings; policy statement, 29018 Tariffs: International airline passenger fares; electronic filing, 18070 PROPOSED RULES Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of handicap: Seating accommodations and collapsible electric wheelchair stowage, 56481 Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: Accessibility guidelines -- Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular areas, and reflecting pools, 16232, 16234 Aviation economic regulations: Large certificated air carriers; passenger origin- destination survey reports, 32375 Commercial Motor Vehicles Drivers License and Drivers Physical Qualifications Programs Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Intent to establish, 18713 Computer reservation systems; carrier-owned: Contract terms imposition on participating carriers limiting carriers' choice of participation, 42197 Fair display of airline services, 42208 Correction, 43500 Economic regulations: Airline oversales signs; Federal regulatory review, 27818 Passenger manifest information; flight segments to or from United States, 47692 Federal regulatory review: Classified information, 33886 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 33075 Implementation of Equal Access to Justice Act in Agency proceedings: Federal regulatory review, 28831 Large air carriers; international data submissions; changes, 5963 Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991: Drug and alcohol testing requirements for foreign-based drivers operating in U.S.; participation by Canadian and Mexican laboratories, 13809 Substance abuse professional; definition amendment, 9969 Passenger manifest information collection regulation for international flights; meeting, 10706 Privacy Act; implementation Federal regulatory review, 29522 Semi-annual agenda, 23298, 62798 Tariffs, etc.: Ticketless air travel; passenger notices, 1309 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5830, 6056, 8096, 25261, 25932, 37104, 41439, 42674, 50528, 58275, 59271, 67091 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6678, 11671, 11680, 14363, 19654, 21521, 27125, 29785, 40060, 41440, 44383, 47777, 47778, 48000, 48518-48520, 49187, 49518, 50369, 50529, 51483, 52079, 52487, 53990, 55064-55066, 55681, 56257, 58436, 58601, 58614, 58732, 59128, 59271, 60736, 64187, 65256, 65424, 67092, 68325, 69131 Air carrier operations; resumption: ValuJet Airlines, Inc., 46503 Airport rates and charges; policy statement, 31994 Aviation proceedings: Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 213, 570, 1815, 3071, 3961, 5054, 6679, 7299, 8096, 9516, 10840, 11673, 16019, 16517, 17936, 18769, 19972, 22079, 25010, 26245, 28632, 29163, 32472, 33955, 36952, 37788, 38794, 40702, 41678, 42675, 43803, 48000, 49004, 49519, 51312, 52080, 53777, 54697, 55352, 56602, 57941, 58733, 60737, 64189, 64944, 66342, 67373 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 214, 571, 1814, 3071, 3961, 5055, 5596, 6679, 7299, 8097, 9516, 10840, 16019, 16517, 17937, 18769, 19972, 22079, 25010, 26245, 28632, 29163, 34497, 36953, 37105, 37788, 40702, 41679, 42675, 43803, 46010, 47778, 49004, 51312, 53777, 54697, 55352, 56082, 56603, 57942, 58733, 60314, 64188, 64944, 66343, 67373 Hearings, etc. -- Air 4000, Inc., 41198 Alaska international airports; expanded cargo transfer flexibility, 49519 AlphaJet International, Inc., 6680 Anchorage and Fairbanks international airports, AK; expanded cargo transfer flexibility, 57722 Baltia Air Lines, Inc., 2568 Canadian and Mexican specialty air service operators, 3071 Falcon Air Express, Inc., 7132 Florida West International Airways, Inc., 30105 Gemini Air Cargo, L.L.C., 50529 Golden West Airlines, Inc., 53778 Gulf & Caribbean Air, 64561 Jet Aspen, Inc., 2327 Maverick Airways Corp., 48727 Merlin Express, Inc., 33956 Mountain Air Express, Inc., 60737 Panagro Airways, Inc., 30276 Pan American Airways, Inc., 43803 Premeir Airlines, 10840 Pro Air, Inc., 43112 Sky Trek International Airlines, Inc., 28255 Sun Pacific International, Inc., 7040 Sunworld International Airlines, Inc., 9003 United Parcel Service Co., 37953 Vision Air, Inc., 50370 Aviation proceedings; Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 64189 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Board, 31209 Freight transportation accross all modes; policy, 14587 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act; reauthorization policy statement and principles, 30276 International cargo rate flexibility level: Standard foreign fare level -- Index adjustment factors, 5596, 15154, 33163, 43397, 52988, 66735 Meetings: Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway system administration and services management; U.S./Canadian Governmental Working Group, 43568 NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee and Transportation Consultative Group; annual plenary session, 19654 Partnership Council, 3962, 51484, 60315 Transportation Statistics Advisory Council, 9218, 59271 White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, 44117, 46504, 59272, 60315 Motor carriage limitations of liability study; public meetings, 6056 National emergency: Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, foreign or domestic, in U.S. territorial sea; emergency regulations, 9219 Noncontiguous domestic maritime trades, competition; comment request, 6057 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 33164, 42301 Secretarial determinations: Hellenikon International Airport, Athens, Greece; notification of ineffective security measures, 13917, 25729 Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines; notification of effective security measures, 9219 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 36105 Transportation Marketplace Conference and Seminars; proposal request, 214 Transportation Secretary's Community Partnership Awards; nominations request, 6882 Truck size and weight study; analytical framework and outreach plan, 18458 ***** Transportation Statistics Bureau PROPOSED RULES Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Data Collection Program Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Intent to establish, 64849 ***** Travel and Tourism Administration RULES Agency termination; CFR chapter removed, 30509 ***** Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Comptroller of the Currency See Customs Service See Engraving and Printing Bureau See Federal Law Enforcement Training Center See Fiscal Service See Foreign Assets Control See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service See Public Debt Bureau See Secret Service See Thrift Supervision Office RULES Bank Secrecy Act: Suspicious transactions; reporting requirement, 4326 Correction, 14248, 18250 Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- Casinos and other gaming establishments operated on Indian lands, 7054 Exemptions from currency transaction reporting, 18204 Funds transfers and transmittals (wire transfers); recordkeeping by financial institutions; correction, 14382, 18250 Government Securities Act of 1986: Correction, 52498 Large position reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 48338 Correction, 53996 Tobacco products; sale and distribution restriction, 25396 PROPOSED RULES Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- Gaming establishments; card clubs, 67260 Government Securities Act of 1986; large position rules financial responsibility and reporting and recordkeeping requirements amendments, 4944 Marketable book-entry Treasury bills, notes, and bonds; sale and issue; uniform offering circular; amendments, 25164, 31072 Meeting, 38127 Privacy Act; implementation: Internal Revenue Service, 50461 Semi-annual agenda, 23468, 62968 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4516, 4517, 5061, 7851, 11234, 18192, 30281, 36779, 41832-41834, 50904, 54699, 55838, 59922, 66073-66075 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1997, 5061, 5440, 7153, 7575, 9006, 9007, 11235, 14201, 16162-16164, 16284, 16285, 16530, 16531, 17954, 17955, 18772, 18774, 21224, 25013, 25014, 26251, 26252, 28256, 28257, 28925, 28926, 30282-30284, 32028, 33796, 33796, 36780, 36781, 36783, 37794, 37960, 38244, 38514, 38515, 38801, 38802, 40477, 40478, 41681, 41682, 43117, 43118, 43570-43572, 46021, 46022, 48523-48527, 51743-51745, 53488, 53489, 54700, 54701, 55358, 55360, 57727, 57728, 58613, 59923, 64787-64789, 64946, 65631-65634, 68335 Bank Secrecy Act application to Tribal casinos, compliance; conference, 7057 Bonds, Treasury: Redemption calls; 8 percent bonds, 16668 Boycotts, international: Countries requiring cooperation; list, 4514, 15563, 39181, 52840, 65634 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 28927 U.S. Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee, 3964 Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Entities exempt from currency transaction reporting; list, 18212 Government information locator service (GILS); establishment, 52495 Meetings: Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee, 18463, 31608 Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 76, 18775, 49192, 60142 Debt Management Advisory Committee, 572, 14850, 36784, 51745 National Center for State, Local, and International Law Enforcement Training Advisory Committee, Organization, functions, and authority delegations: American Indian Arts Institute; Assistant Secretary for Management & CFO, Inspector General Office et al., 21533 Assistant Secretary (Financial Institutions), 14595 Assistant Secretary (Financial Markets), 10841 Assistant Secretary (Management) and CFO, 50905 Bureau heads et al.; affixing Seal of the Department of Treasury, 14373 Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration), 54258 Deputy Assistant Secretary (Law Enforcement), 5441 Director, Equal Opportunity Program Office, 6293 Director, Tax Advisory Program for Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union, et al., 31223 Engraving and Printing Bureau, Director, 48727 General Counsel; alternative dispute resolution, 48002 Personnel Security Program; Assistant Secretary for Management & CFO, 21534 Treasury Seal, 68093 Under Secretary (Domestic Finance), 42085 Under Secretary (International Affairs), 59923 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 7041 Systems of records, 9008, 11939 Senior Executive Service: Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership, 25270 Performance Review Board; membership, 39513 ***** Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14762, 35728, 54629, 67324 ***** United States Enrichment Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 574, 5443, 9744, 21538, 28929, 40707, 42088, 48527, 52086, 58099 ***** United States Information Agency RULES Exchange visitor program: Au pair programs; oversight and administration, 8215 Program extension procedures for designated sponsors; extension requests, etc., 15372, 29285 Clarification, 37002 Partial stay, 20437 Short-term scholars; participation period extended, 39585 Summer travel/work programs, 13760 Privacy Act; implementation, 51004 PROPOSED RULES Exchange visitor program: Two-year return home requirement; waiver requests by interested U.S. Government agencies, 46745 Semi-annual agenda, 23898, 63382 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 7580, 7581, 15866, 53263, 64193 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1999, 2000, 19115, 29167, 65103 Art objects; importation for exhibition: Adolph Menzel (1815-1905): Between Romanticism and Impressionism, 40079 Africa: The Art of a Continent, 20555 Agayuliyararput (Our Way of Making Prayer): The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks, 8107 Alexander the Great, 46023 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 49376 Corot, 45473 Degas: Beyond Impressionism, 39183 Enamels of Limoges, 2867 Eugene Cuvelier, Photographer in the Circle of Corot, 45473 Faberge and Finland: Exquisite Objects, 57729 From Court Jews to the Rothschilds; Art, Patronage and Power (1600-1800), 36964 Georges de La Tour and His World, 45473 Giambattista Tiepolo, 67596 In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Plein-Air Painting, 19116 Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller, 10618 Jasper Johns: A Retrospective, 46023 Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial Court, 56606 Legacy of Peter the Great: St. Petersburg: A Cultural Celebration, 60753 Life of a Patron: Zhou Lianggong and the Painters of Seventeenth Century China, 52086 Marc Chagall (1907-1917), 8108 Masterpieces from the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome, 25511 Michelangelo and His Influence: Drawings from Windsor Castle, 48527 Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, 20875 Picasso and Potraiture: Representation and Transformation, 8108 Queen Nefertiti and the Royal Women: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, 48003 Rings: Five Passions in World Art, 24855 Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World, 3964, 8108 Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture, 56742 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Bosnia; media and parliamentary in-country and U.S. training programs, 19655, 24855 College and university affiliations program, 51746 Edmund S. Muskie fellowship program, 18465, 56266 Freedom Support Act graduate fellowship program, 56266 Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship program, 30109 International educational and cultural activities -- Albania; media management training programs, 68094 Discretionary program, 33582 Freedom Support Act undergraduate program, 54259 International visitors; multi-regional groups project development, 53264 Newly independent states (NIS) secondary school initiatives -- Inbound academic year placement, 16164 Secondary school linkage program (Armenia et al.), 60322 Washington, DC civics education program, 49376 Newly independent states -- Humanities and social sciences curriculum consultants exchange program, 16969 Regional humanities and social sciences scholar exchange program, 19658 North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian foreign language training, area studies and research; U.S. graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, 16971 Russian civic education; curriculum development and teacher training, 2574 Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; training programs, 53270, 54261, 55188 Summer institute for study of U.S. -- History of the U.S.; Religion in America, 54263 International politics; Russian university educators, 2576 Political science; Russian social scientists, 2330 Political system, economy and society, 54261 U.S. based training program for overseas educational advisers, 65429 Ukraine and Moldova; hands-on training in American business and legal and public sector environments, 13920 Lisbon Expo '98; U.S. Pavilion design, fabrication, and operation, 18775 Meetings: Cuba Broadcasting Advisory Board, 18649, 52840 Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 6687, 51140 Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 2579, 3525, 6294, 16670, 30938, 49529, 66345 ***** United States Institute of Peace NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Peaceful resolution of international conflict; senior fellowships, 31224, 42461 Solicited grants -- Post-settlement peacebuilding, etc., 46508 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1438, 10845, 19975, 47236, 58740 ***** United States Sentencing Commission NOTICES Practice and procedure internal rules promulgation; comment request, 39493, 51738, 52825 Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 79, 7037, 10835, 20306, 34465, 56741 ***** United States -- Pacific Trade and Investment Policy Commission NOTICES Meetings, 16277, 20310, 28258, 31993, 37525, 39179, 44117, 54831, 55680, 60137, 65634 ***** Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission RULES National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 16719 Operating procedures: Organizational structure and functions, 13450 PROPOSED RULES National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 2219 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Provo River restoration project, 30111 Utah Lake Wetland Preserve, 27385 Establishment, 4811 Five-year plan; Central Utah project, etc., construction impacts; guidance, 11681 Annual update; recommendations request, 50905 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Veterans Affairs Department RULES Acquisition regulations: Assistant Secretary for Management et al., 1526 Duplicative provisions elimination, etc., 20491 Loan guaranty -- Management brokers blanket advance authority increase and property holders' emergency repair threshold increase, 20493 Nomenclature changes, etc., 11585 Service contracting of nonpersonal healthcare services, etc.; deviations, 52709 Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Active duty periods for eligibility determination; correction, 11731 Brownsville Incident; lump-sum payment provision removed, 11309 Disability or death resulting from hospitalization, treatment, examination, or vocational rehabilitation; compensation, 25787 Diseases associated with exposure to herbicide agents -- Prostate cancer and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy; presumtive service connection, 57586 Examinations; use when medical evidence not adequate for rating purposes, 13424 Legal services, General Counsel; miscellaneous amendments, 68665 Marriage dissolution, birth of child, death of family member; evidence requirements, 56626 National Service Life Insurance (NSLI); obsolete provisions removed, 29289 Obsolete provisions removal, etc., 67949 Servicemen's group life insurance and veteran's group life insurance -- Regulatory clarification, 20134 Technical amendments, etc., 20726 Vicious habits; references removed, 20438 Willful misconduct; removal of Latin phrases and other unnecesary or redundant material, 56626 Board of Veterans Appeals: Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- Notification procedures, 43008 Single member and panel decisions, reconsiderations, etc., 20447 Unnecessary provisions elimination, 29027, 68666 Conflict of interests, 11308 Disabilities rating schedule: Endocrine system, 20440 Fibromyalgia, 20438 Infectious diseases, immune disorders and nutritional deficiencies (systemic conditions), 39873 Mental disorders, 52695 Respiratory system, 46720 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 56449 Freedom of Information Act: Information law; technical amendments, 29023 Inventions developed by employees, 29657 Investigation provisions removal, 29023 Life Insurance, United States Government (USGLI) rules of practice: Obsolete provisions removal, 29024 Loan guaranty: Discount points financed in connection with interest rate reduction refinancing loans; limitation, 7414 Veterans Home Loan Program -- Miscellaneous amendments, 28057 Medical benefits: Adult day health care, community residential care, and veterans with alcohol and drug dependence disorders contract programs -- National Fire Protection Association life safety code; incorporations by reference; update, 63719 Alcohol and drug dependence disorders; contract program; eligibility criteria, Health professional scholarship program; repayment formula correction, 24236 Miscellaneous amendments, 21964 Medical regulations: Autopsies; death from crime at VA facility, 29293 National cemeteries: Burial eligibility, etc., 27281 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: General Counsel et al.; discrimination complaint final decision, 26107 Miscellaneous amendments, 20438 Property facilities directors; police officers appointment, etc., 56448 Recruitment advertising; competitive and excepted service positions, 20133 Regional Counsel Offices; jurisdictions and addresses, 7215 Regional Counsels; tort claims and debt collection, 27783 Under Secretary of Health et al.; subpoena authority and means of service description, 68665 Part-time career employment program, 38570 Practice and procedure: Rulemaking notice-and-comment provisions, 11309 Correction, 14596 Reestablishment, 33850 Privacy Act: Information law; technical amendments, 29023 Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief; obsolete provisions deletion, 29025 VA publications; gender-neutral language conformance, 27282 Veterans mortgage life insurance, 29027 Vocational rehabilitation and education: Educational assistance; technical amendments, 20727 Veterans education -- Educational assistance test program; rates payable increase, 28753 Eligibility requirements, rates of payment, training time measurement, course approval, etc., 6780 Federal regulatory reform, 26107, 29449 Graduate students in undergraduate courses; enrollment measurement, 28755 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable increase, 15190, 24237 Post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program; flight training, etc., 1525, 7217, 29028, 36629 Reservists education and Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve; educational assistance awards commencing dates, 11310, 29297, 29481 Veterans' and survivors' and dependents education assistance programs; clarification, etc., 29294 Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act and post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program; implementation, 1525 PROPOSED RULES Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Diseases associated with exposure to herbicide agents -- Prostate cancer and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy; presumptive service connection, 41368 Ionizing radiation exposure claims (prostate cancer and any other cancer), 50264 Marriage dissolution, birth of child, death of family member; evidence requirements, 24910 Human subjects protection: Research-related injuries treatment; compensation, 47469 Medical benefits: Alcohol and drug dependence disorders contract care; eligibility criteria, 25428 Civilian Health and Medical Program of VA (CHAMPVA) -- Medical care for survivors and dependents of veterans, 56486 Homeless providers grant and per diem program, 37024 Informed consent for patient care, 41108 Practice and procedure: Disinterments in national cemeteries -- Immediate family member definition; revision, 31479 Rulemaking notice-and-comment provisions; elimination, 33878 Semi-annual agenda, 23572, 63074 Vocational rehabilitation and education: Veterans education -- Graduate students in undergraduate courses; enrollment measurement, 5357 Work-study services performance; debt reduction, 40589 NOTICES Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 9224 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3087, 6893, 7581, 9224, 10061-10063, 10619, 13570, 13571, 16167, 16168, 17351, 17352, 18776-18778, 27385-27388, 34500-34502, 37110, 38245, 42088, 47236, 47238, 55185-55187, 56267-56270, 60324, 65431, 65432, 68817-68819, 69133, 69134 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7154, 11681, 13571, 13572, 27946, 34503-34505, 35862, 35863, 37111, 37112, 39694, 42088, 47238, 59136-59138, 60146-60148, 60325, 60754, 60755, 65432- 65434, 68820 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Education Advisory Committee, 49817 Future of VA Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 58740 Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 48527 Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee, 49378 Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 46903 Residency Realignment Review Committee, 11469 Structural Safety of Facilities Advisory Committee, 25512 Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, 53272 Cost-of-living adjustments: Compensation and dependency and idemnity compensation (DIC) programs, 5836 Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel; roster of employees; availability, 12134 Diseases not associated with exposure to herbicide agents, 41442 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Homeless providers grant and per diem program, 10619 Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions: Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary, 10063, 38245, 66748 Loan guaranty: Percentage to determine net value, 7046 Medical care reimbursement rates (FY 1996), 4812 Meetings: Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 20875, 49379 Education Advisory Committee, 27129, 48528 Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 18778, 58740 Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 26952 Human Radiation Interagency Working Group, 7302 Medical Research Service Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 14209, 49379 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 10620, 24855, 47548 Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 5837, 8325, 30669, 38246, 56742 Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, 20555, 46904 Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 7302, 47239, 67107 Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 33174, 56742 Rehabilitation Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board, 1665, 8325, 65264 Research Realignment Advisory Committee, 7302, 17353 Residency Realignment Review Committee, 7582, 13572 Scientific Review Board for Health Services Research and Development Service, 25512, 67108 Special Medical Advisory Group, 17353, 42937 Structural Safety Advisory Committee, 60755 Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission, 4519, 17353, 36109 Vietnam and Other War Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 14374, 36109 Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 5441, 48528 Wage Committee, 1666, 8326, 30938, 50373, 65104 Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 59487 Poverty threshold (1995); weighted average, 67376 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 40079, 57000 Systems of records, 3525, 14853, 60148 Real property; enhanced-use leases: Big Spring, TX Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1666 Indianapolis, IN; Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 9531 Reno, NV Veterans Affairs Medical Center; child development center, 30111 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 51317, 53490 ***** Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 68303 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Homeless veterans employment and training program, 10807, 17734 Job Training Partnership Act -- Employment and training programs, 16574 Meetings: Veterans' Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 21504 ***** Vice President of the United States PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Plan statement, 62003 ***** Victims of Crime Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Child and adult victims of sexual assault and abuse services; training and technical assistance project (FY 1996), 7277 Victim service agencies; training and technical assistance, 68296 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** Wage and Hour Division RULES Alien crewmembers used for longshore activities in U.S. ports; attestations by employers, 46988 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; contract labor laws, 40714 Migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection: Workers' compensation information disclosure and transportation liability insurance requirements, 24858 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Administrative Review Board; establishment and review procedures, 19982 Wage rates predetermination procedures; and construction and nonconstruction contracts; labor standards provisions: Davis-Bacon semi-skilled helper regulations suspension continuation, 68641 Worker protection provisions related to employers using aliens or nonimmigrant workers; Federal regulatory reform, 51013 PROPOSED RULES Migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection: Employ, independent contractor and joint employment, definitions; Federal regulatory review, 14035 Workers' compensation information disclosure and transportation liability insurance requirements, 10911 Wage rates predetermination procedures; and construction and nonconstruction contracts; labor standards provisions: Davis-Bacon semi-skilled helper regulations suspension continuation, 40366 ***** Western Area Power Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Navajo Transmission Project, 52445 Salt Lake City Area, UT; integrated projects electric power marketing program, 56534 Sierra Nevada Region 2004 power marketing program, 26174 Grand Canyon Act replacement resources methods report; availability, 34433 National Defense Authorization Act: Central Valley Project, CA; 17.0 megawatts for FY 1994; availability, 2503 Post-2000 resource pool allocation procedures; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Eastern Division; proposed power allocation procedures, etc., 2817, 9449, 28574, 41142, 45957, 52788, 64080 Power rate adjustments: Boulder Canyon Project, AZ and NV, 25664, 51106 Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, 655, 4650 Purchase concept; power purchase from non-hydropower renewable resource producers on project-by-project basis, 16480, 19274, 24789, 43051, 45959 Transition rate adjustments: Colorado River Storage Project, 52448 ***** Workers' Compensation Programs Office NOTICES Privacy Act: Computer matching program, 37090