FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1996 ***** National Aeronautics and Space Administration RULES Acquisition regulations: Alcohol and drug testing programs, 7224 Civil Space Employee Testing Act of 1991; implementation -- Federal regulatory reform, 5312 FAR supplement (NFS); rewrite, 40533, 52325 Federal regulatory reform, 47068, 55753, 55765, 56271 Government property reporting by contractors, 47082 Japanese products and services, 6577, 42394 Shared savings clause, 64823 Cooperative agreements with commercial firms, 13396 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Accounting guide availability, 2640 Agency procurement protests, 39219 Allowable cost and payment clause; cost-type contracts, 67418 Alternative dispute resolution and Federal Courts Administration Act, 31658 Armed Services Pricing Manual; replacement, 31620 Automatic data processing equipment, definition; and leasing costs cost principle deleted, 69287 Caribbean Basin countries, 31649 Child care services, 31660 Circular 90-37; introduction and summary, 2626 Circular 90-39; introduction and summary, 31612 Circular 90-40; introduction, 39186 Circular 90-44; introduction and summary, 69286 Claims assignment, 18920 Commercial items contracts and subcontract; cost accounting standards exemption, 67418 Community right-to-know; toxic chemical release reporting, 41473 Computer network and micro-purchase procedures, 39189 Contingent fee representation, 39188 Contract award; sealed bidding; construction, 31663 Contract cost principles and procedures -- Agency supplements, 31655 Foreign differential pay, 69294 Contract modifications, 69297 Contractor gratuities to government personnel, 39199 Contractor overhead -- Certification, 67422 Contractor qualifications; ``manufacturer'' or ``regular dealer'' requirement, 67409 Contractor responsibility determinations; use of commercial sources of supplier information, 39201 Contractors' purchasing systems reviews and subcontractor consent, 2641 Contract qualifications; unfair trade practices; made in America labels, 2631 Convict labor use, 31643 Cost accounting standards; interest rate clause revisions, 18921 Cost Accounting Standards Board regulations applicable to educational institutions, 18916 Cost-effective value engineering procedures and processes, 39220 Data Universal Numbering System; use as primary contractor identification, 67412 Debarment and suspension certificate; tax evasion, 2632 Defense Production Act amendments, 31659 Deviations, individual and class; submission requirement elimination, 67411 Disaster Relief Act activities, 39200 Double-sided copying on recycled paper, 31616 Drug-free workplace; certification requirements, 69291 Existing contracts modification, 18915 Federal procurement data system; information collection, 67426 Field pricing support request, 2634 Final indirect cost rates, 69295 Flowdown to subcontractors contract clauses; reduction, 67425 Fluctuating exchange rates, 31650 Foreign purchases; restrictions, 41475 Immigration and Nationality Act employment provisions; contractor compliance, 41472 Indian-owned economic enterprises; subcontracting costs recovery, 39210 Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996; implementation, 41467 Inherently governmental functions, 2627 Inspection clauses; fixed price, 31665 Insurance; liability to third persons, 2639 Irrevocable letters of credit and alternatives to Miller Act bonds, 31651 Javits-Wagner-O'Day program, 2630 Justification and approval thresholds, 31618 Late bid offers consideration, 69292 Legal proceedings costs, 41476 Legislative lobbying costs, 31656 Local government lobbying costs, 67424 Long-lived assets gains and losses; impairment, 67423 Major system; dollar thresholds, 69288 Master subcontracting plans, 31642 Mentor-protege program, 2637, 67419 Minority small business and capital ownership development program, 67420 Miscellaneous amendments, 67408 Introduction, 41466 Streamlining, 18914 Multiyear contracting, 39203 National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, 31617 Nonallowability of excise taxes on nondeductible contributions to deferred compensation plans, 2641 Nonprofit institutions clause prescription, 2633 North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; implementation, 31646 Overhead should-cost reviews, 2635 Ozone depleting substances; items containing, using or manufactured with, 31645 Patent use without authorization; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 39211 Payment by electronic funds transfer, 45770 Performance and payment bonds, 39212 Personal services compensation costs, 39217 Postponement of bid openings or closing dates, 31619 Preaward debriefing, 69288 Predetermined indirect cost rates, 31621 Prompt payment overseas, 31658 Quality assurance actions; electronic screening, 31661 Quality assurance nonconformances, 31662 Quick-closeout procedures, 31660 Records retention, 31655 Small Business Administration; authority to issue certificate of competency determinations, 2636 Small business competitiveness demonstration program; extension, 31643, 67422 Small business innovation research program rights in data, 31664 Small business set-asides; simplified acquisition threshold, 39207 Small business size standards, 31622 Small entity compliance guide, 39224, 41477, 45775, 67430, 69298 Solicitation provisions; contract clauses, 31663 Subcontracting plans, 2638 Subcontract proposal audits, 2634 Task and delivery order contracts, 39201 Technical amendments, 67430 Termination for convenience, 31665 Termination inventory schedules, 39221 Travel costs, 31657 U.S. and European Economic Community; memorandum of understanding; government procurement and sanctions imposed on European Community, 31618 Uruguay Round Agreement Act (URAA), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); implementation, 2454, 31646 Grants and cooperative agreements; uniform administrative requirements: Uniform administrative requirements and definitions; higher education institutions, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations (OMB-110), 38058 Tracking and data relay satellite system (TDRSS): Estimated service rates (CY 1997), 46713 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Contractor financial management reporting, 55264 FAR supplement (NFS); rewrite -- Contractors and offerors certification requirements; non-statutory, 66643 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): ADP/telecommunications Federal Supply Schedules Advantage! program, etc., 52844 Bid and proposal costs definition; withdrawn, 50114 Business meals; withdrawn, 52998 Certified cost or pricing data requirement; exception, 41214 Commercial items; special simplified procedures application, 47384 Commercial items contracts and subcontracts; cost accounting standards exemption, 32312 Competitive range determinations, 40116, 52999, 58622 Contingent fees; withdrawn, 52998 Contract administration and audit cognizance, 65306 Contracting by negotiation -- Competitive range determinations; withdrawn, 14944 Phase I rewrite, 48380, 52998, 57622 Contractor acquisition of ADPE; withdrawn, 14944 Contractor overhead -- Certification, 14216 Rates; final settlement process, 39518 Contractors and offerors -- Certification requirements removed, 48354, 49402, 52232 Contractor selection process; past performance information use requirements; withdrawn, 14944 Contracts, fixed-priced; performance incentives, 31798 Costs related to legal/other proceedings, 31790 Defense Authorization Act; implementation, 6760 Design-build two-phase construction procedures, 41212 Drug-free workplace; certification requirements, 31814 Employee stock ownership plans; comment period extension, 234 Evaluation factors; withdrawn, 14944 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; implementation -- Commercially available off-the-shelf item acquisition, 22010 Final indirect cost rates, 26766 Foreign purchases; restrictions, 6910 Foreign selling costs, 31800 Historically black colleges and universities/minority institutions; collection of award data, 31792 Independent research and development/bid and proposal in cooperative arrangements, 31796 Independent research and development bid and proposal costs ceiling; requirement removed (FY 1996 and beyond), 58452 Late bid offers consideration, 18480 Management oversight of service contracting, 14946 Nonstatutory certifications elimination; public meeting, 24263, 26496 Novation and change-of-name agreements, 43294 Performance-based payments, 47798 Preaward debriefings, 32580 Procurement integrity, 47390 Semi-annual agenda, 23900, 63386 Service contracting, 40284 Simplified acquisition procedures, 48532 Semi-annual agenda, 23764, 63266 NOTICES Advisory committees; report on closed meetings; availability, 3057 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 37049, 54239, 55172, 55326, 60094 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4769, 63831 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Advisory Council et al., 7281 NASA/Industry Process Action Team for Procurement Issues Membership solicitation, 53459 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Advanced Space Transportation Program; engine technology support, 58426 International space station program, 29429 Near Earth asteroid rendezvous mission, 1950 Environmental statements; notice of intent: X-33 vehicle design and flight demonstration program, 52467 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 60685 Agency information collection activities -- Proposed collection; comment request, 3375, 3676-3678, 14745, 14746, 50003 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1897, 1898, 2496, 3374-3387, 3679, 3680, 3911, 4419, 5753, 9983, 15053- 15056, 15470, 15471, 16241, 16242, 26892, 31090, 32775-32777, 40288, 44041, 47893, 51083 Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 29430, 30638, 36091, 36092, 36572, 37092, 38227, 39670, 53239, 55173, 58428, 67575, 69113 Meetings: Advisory Council, 15312, 16513, 36398, 52469 Advisory Council task forces, 6390, 29430, 41663 Aeronautics Advisory Committee, 3493, 4494, 6390, 19643, 22075, 40662, 46490, 46829, 48721, 48988, 59916, 67576 Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, 3057 Earth Systems Science and Applications Advisory Committee, 11652 International Space Station Advisory Committee, 31169, 42919, 46830, 56709 Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, 10385, 14337, 18761, 26935, 28601, 42920, 47773, 51131, 64173 Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee, 10034, 29431, 48174 Procurement policies and practices; open forum, 33142 Space Science Advisory Committee, 3494, 15836, 16809, 20839, 25507, 37093, 40663, 41663, 42920, 46667, 67576 Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee, 9501, 12107 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: 3M Co., 3057, 8687 Active Control eXperts, Inc., 46830 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., 8687 Aqua-Terra-Aqua Technologies Corp., 8687 ARCO Chemical Co., 21210 Atlas Technology Corp., 8688 Bishop Industries, Inc., 42920 CASI, Inc., 15312 Compix Inc., 64767 Computer Sciences Corp., 17734 Consulting Associates, Inc., 38227 Containerless Processing, Inc., 33776 Containerless Research, Inc., 38475 Drexelbrook Engineering Co., 42920 Ensinger, Inc., 54239 Hargraves Technology Corp., 30639 HITCO Technologies, Inc., et al., 36092, 38228 Honeywell, Inc., 46490 Imidyne Corp., 5586, 43563 Imitech, Inc., 3494 Institute for Research, Inc., 51131 Invention Factory, 8688 J&J Engineering, Inc., 38228 Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 37771 Laser Technology Inc., 3058 Lee Associates, Inc., 8688 LoTEC, Inc., 10385 Marotta Scientific Controls, Inc., 29137 Microcosm, Inc., 8688 Moen Inc., 8688 Morgan Matroc, Inc., 42921 NextGen Systems, Inc., 28248 QSound Labs, Inc., 15313 Ranbar Electrical Materials, Inc., 54239 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 46830 SafetySCAN, LLC, 37937 Science & Technology Corp., 11897 Scientific Instruments, Inc., 51131 SpaceTec, Inc., 54240 SR Technology, Inc., 13884 Staged Vibration Corp., 37772 Synkinetics, Inc., 37772 Tech 2000, L.L.C., 68305 Tennessee Valley Performance Products, Inc., 54240 ThermTech Services, Inc., 53981 Trex Medical Corp., 38228 UbiquiTex Technologies Corp., 11227, 48174, 55173 UE Systems Inc., 3058 Vanguard Space Corp., 37937 Vannevar New Media, Inc., 5586 Veatronics Corp., 11897 VISTA Automation Systems, Inc., 3058 Wessex, L.L.C., 15313 Wheelock, Inc., 38228 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 53239 ***** National Agricultural Statistics Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 9145, 9146, 16750, 24759, 33707, 33708, 58166 ***** National Archives and Records Administration See Federal Register Office See Information Security Oversight Office RULES Conflict of interests, 40505 Grants and agreements administration: Uniform administrative requirements and definitions; higher education institutions, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations (OMB A-110), 5660 National Historical Publications and Records Commission; grant program procedures, 5656 Nixon Presidential historical materials; preservation, protection, and access procedures, 17842 Public availability and use: Suitland research room -- Closure, 14971 Location of records and hours of use, 390 Washington National Records Center remaining archival records; appointment system establishment, 14971 Records management: Audiovisual records management, 32335 Federal records disposition -- Federal records centers; maintenance reimbursement requirements for records kept beyond disposal date, 19552, 24702 PROPOSED RULES Records management: Electronic records transfer; timing and acceptable transfer media forms, 39373 Semi-annual agenda, 23774, 63276 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 40466, 43388, 68305 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 53981, 69113 Agency records schedules; availability, 2543, 4801, 8078, 9501, 13221, 15525, 16123, 18628, 19643, 25245, 28601, 30262, 34449, 36769, 39162, 41798, 44091, 49491, 49492, 52469, 55017, 56710, 58896, 64539, 65604, 69114 Archival still photographs, aerial film, maps, and drawings; ordering reproductions: Vendors; public meetings, 560, 65421 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Presidential Libraries Advisory Committee, 40250 Meetings: Presidential Libraries Advisory Committee, 20287 Records of Congress Advisory Committee, 42271, 63873 Nixon Presidential historical materials; opening of additional Nixon White House tapes, 53460, 58253 Nixon Presidential historical materials from White House special files; opening of materials, 48722 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Move to Archives II, College Park, MD -- Reference service on certain textual records; temporary closure, 15146 Privacy Act: Records transfer, 36573 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 2544 ***** National Bankruptcy Review Commission NOTICES Meetings, 4683, 14583, 19961, 28248, 34880, 46668, 51721, 59244, 64374 ***** National Biological Service NOTICES Federal wildland fire management policy and program review, 5737 ***** National Capital Planning Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66061 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Washington, D.C. convention center; construction and operation, 44092 Historic Preservation Review Board; proposed Convention Center effects on historic properties; public meeting, 67577 Memorandums of agreement: Washington, DC; Pennsylvania Avenue development and redevelopment, 41789 Senior Executive Service: Peformance Review Board; membership, 55669 ***** National Commission on Libraries and Information Science NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 39669, 58085, 60732 ***** National Communications System NOTICES Federal telecommunications standards: Telecommunications -- Project 25 land mobile radio standards; availability, 18446 Meetings: National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 416, 4683, 11652, 21506 Telecommunications Service Priority System Oversight Committee, 7281, 36093 Telecommunications operations directives: Communications resource information sharing initiative, 43388 ***** National Council on Disability NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2001, 15147, 29431, 51306 ***** National Credit Union Administration RULES Credit unions: Community development revolving loan program, 50694 Loan interest rates, 4213 Management official interlocks, 50698 Organization and operations -- Chartering and membership field policy; senior citizens and retirees; interpretive ruling and policy statement, 11721 Membership fields restructuring, permission; interpretive ruling and policy statement, 59305 Secondary capital from foundations and other philanthropic-minded institutional investors, 3788, 50696 Supervisory committee audits and verifications, 41312 Share insurance payment and unposted dividends, earned or accrued, payment appeals, 60185 Suspicious activity report, conformance; nomenclature changes, 11526 Federal debt collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 57290 National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994; implementation: Loans in special flood hazard areas, 45684 Organization and operations: Small nonautomated credit unions; Truth in Savings compliance exemption; loan approval to officials; threshold increase, 68127 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Chief Financial Officer et al., 45875 Practice and procedure: Board procedure rules; agenda items determination, 55207 Uniform and local rules, 28021 Truth in Savings Act; implementation: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 114 PROPOSED RULES Credit unions: Community development revolving loan program, 4238 Corporate credit unions -- Capital strengthening risk management and control, 38117 Requirements for insurance, 28085, 41750 Insurance requirements -- Financial and statistical reports; federally-insured credit unions direct assessment for cost of repeated inaccurate or late filings, 4236 Investment and deposit activities, 8499, 29697, 41750 Management official interlocks, 12043 Share insurance payment and unposted dividends, earned or accrued, payment appeals, 36663 Semi-annual agenda, 24032, 63518 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 731, 16270, 30922, 55018, 67577 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11897 Alternative dispute resolution; pilot project, 11433 Credit Unions: Community development revolving loan program; applications, 68802 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1668, 1669, 6296, 9734, 15525, 19090, 24837, 31557, 34450, 37772, 48512, 53460, 58594, 64173, 64922, 66337, 67068, 67577 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 8689 ***** National Drug Control Policy Office NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Drug Control Research, Data, and Evaluation Committee, 8622 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 40864 ***** National Education Goals Panel NOTICES Meetings:, 2544, 28904, 57479 ***** National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda: Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, 23780 Museum Services Institute, 23782 National Endowment for the Arts, 23784, 63282 National Endowment for the Humanities, 23786, 63284 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25919, 44292, 58594, 68802 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40394 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Arts and artisits involvement in substance abuse prevention; publication, 33548 Arts residencies, one-year, in Federal correctional institutions, 30923 Institute of Museum Service; general operating support, etc., 50511, 56572 Learning in museums research, 20545 National Health Care and Insurance Center for the Arts; artists' health insurance project, 12107 Playwrights' theater residency program, 21506 Your Town: Designing its Future, 34789 Meetings: Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel Advisory Committee, 19090, 59245 Arts in Education Advisory Panel, 43331 Arts National Council, 4293, 17326, 43331, 56572, 60311 Combined Arts Advisory Panel, 43331, 50883, 59245, 68063 Fellowships Advisory Panel, 52811 Humanities National Council, 10385, 36550, 56250 Humanities Panel, 2545, 10386, 12108, 19091, 27104, 34790, 39944, 46435, 52812, 56250, 64374, 68063 International Advisory Panel, 21506 Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel, 43332 Media Arts Advisory Panel, 2545 Music Advisory Panel, 13884, 41373 Partnership Advisory Panel, 59245 President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 2545, 17326, 50513 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2580, 15313, 44292 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: National Endowment for the Arts; restructure, 51306 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 53460 ***** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration RULES Alcohol traffic safety program, incentive grant criteria; CFR part removed, 18247 Alternative fuel vehicles; manufacturing incentives, 14507 Petition for reconsideration denied, 46740 Consumer information: Course monitoring tires; fees, 47825 Uniform tire quality grading standards, 47437 Vehicle stopping distance information requirement; rescission, 2946 Drunk driving prevention programs; incentive grant criteria, 9101, 55218 Federal regulatory reform: Highway safety program standards; applicability to Federally administered areas; CFR part removed, 28750 Invoking sanctions against States under the 1996 Highway Safety Act; rules of procedure, 28745 Fuel economy standards: Light trucks; 1998 model year, 14680, 25595 Passenger automobiles; low volume manufacturer exemptions, 4369, 67491 Insurer reporting requirements: Insurers required to file motor vehicle theft loss experiences reports; list, 41985 Motor vehicle content labeling; passenger cars and light vehicles; domestic and foreign content information, 17253, 46385 Motor vehicle safety standards: Air brake systems -- Air compressors on buses; cut-in pressure, 6173, 60635 Long-stroke brake chambers; trucks, buses and trailers, 36516 Medium and heavy vehicles stability and control during braking; malfunction indicator lamps, 49691 Standard clarification and simplification, 27288 Antilock brake systems -- Medium and heavy vehicles; stability and control during braking, etc., 1152, 5949 Brake hoses -- Addresses and dates update; manufacturer designation filing procedures; Federal regulatory review, 9953 Whip resistance test, 41510 Child restraint systems -- Booster seat safety; test dummies use in compliance tests, 30824 Booster seat safety; voluntary compliance date, 4938 Booster seats, child harnesses, etc.; use in aircraft; manufacturers labeling requirements, 28423 Colorfastness requirements removed; Federal regulatory reform, 20170 Rear-facing infant; interaction between child restraints and air bags; cutoff devices; correction, 13108 Door locks and door retention components, 39904 Federal regulatory reform -- Vehicle identification number (VIN) physical requirements; consolidation, 29031 Fuel system integrity -- Compressed natural gas fuel containers, 19202, 47086 Light vehicles, schoolbuses and fuel spillage/barrier crash tests; deletion, 19201 Glazing materials -- Rigid plastic, 41739 Hydraulic brake systems -- Optional burnish procedure; deletion, 19561 Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment -- Headlamp concealment devices; Federal regulatory reform, 49976 Headlamps; visible color other than white; petition denied, 4370 High intensity discharge light source use in replaceable bulb headlamp systems, 20497 Motorcycle headlamps; new photometric requirements, 45359 Retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflectors for rear of truck tractors, 41355 Manufacturers' obligations to provide notification and remedy without charge to owners of vehicles or items not complying with safety standards, 274 Nonconforming vehicles -- Importation eligibility; determinations; list, 51242 Occupant crash protection -- Head restraints, 27023 Hybrid III test dummy; modifications, 67953 Lockable lap belts or lap belt portions of seat belt assemblies; CFR correction, 26845 Smart air bags, vehicles without; warning labels, manual cutoff switches, etc. reduction of dangerous impacts on children, 60206, 64297, 65187 Pneumatic tires, new and retreaded, and tire selection and rims; for vehicles other than passenger cars; Federal regulatory reform, 29493 Rear impact guards for heavy trailers and semitrailers; equipment and vehicle standards; rear impact protection, 2004 Reflecting surfaces standard rescissions; Federal regulatory reform, 11587 Seat belt assemblies -- Anchorages; owner's manual information requirements deletion, 19560 Colorfastness requirements removed; Federal regulatory reform, 20170 Wheel nuts, wheel discs, and hub caps; winged projections; Federal regulatory reform, 20172 Motor vehicle safety standards and consumer information: Truck-camper loading; Federal regulatory reform, 36655 Motor vehicle theft prevention standard: High theft lines for 1997 model year; listing, 15390 Passenger motor vehicle theft data (CY 1993), 1228 National Highway System Designation Act; implementation: Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors; Federal-aid highway funds withholding; zero tolerance laws sanction program implementation, 55213 National Highway System Designation Act of 1995; implementation: Compliance and transfer of funds procedures -- Motorcycle helmet use legislation references and requirements; removed, 28747 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: New importers registration and importation of nonconforming vehicles -- Fee schedule, 51043 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Chief Counsel, 26468 Speed limit enforcement certification: National maximum speed limit compliance program; repeal effective date delay in five States, 11305, 9101 PROPOSED RULES Automotive fuel economy reports: Federal regulatory review -- Semi-annual reports; form and contents, 22010 Federal regulatory review: Invoking sanctions against States under the 1966 Highway Safety Act; rules of procedure, 11794 Fuel economy standards: Light trucks -- 1998 model year, 145, 2228 Passenger automobiles; low volume manufacturer exemptions, 39429, 46756, 67518 Insurer reporting requirements: Insurers required to file reports; list, 15443 Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Meetings, 5370, 26872 Motor vehicle safety standards: Accelerator control systems; Federal regulatory review, 19020 Air brake systems -- Automatic drain valves and air dryers, 56652 Bumper standard -- Golf carts and other small light-weight vehicles, 30848 Child restraint systems -- Universal anchorage systems; public workshop, 47728, 49427 Controls and displays, accessibility and visibility; Federal regulatory review, 27039 Convex cross mirrors; petition denied, 30586 Door locks and door retention components -- Side doors equipped with wheelchair ramps; exclusion, 27325 Federal regulatory review -- Small volume manufacturers; public meetings, 4249 Front stop lamps; petition denied, 10556 Head restraints; regulation design and effectiveness report, 66992 Heavy vehicle safety performance; public meeting, 44031 Hill-holder for manual transmission cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles; petition denied, 38135 Hydraulic brake systems -- Light vehicle brake systems, 19602 Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment -- Auxiliary signal lamps and safety lighting inventions; comment request, 65510 Clearance, side marker, and identification lamps, and backup lamps; petition denied, 28123 Front amber turn signal bulbs; aftermarket sales requirement; petition denied, 14044 Headlamp concealment devices; Federal regulatory review, 16073 Headlamps; visual/optical aiming, 36334, 43033 Heavy truck conspicuity; evaluation plan, 33891 Motorcycle headlamps; new photometric requirements, 6616 Reflectors or reflective tape on driver side door or jamb; new cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles; petition denied, 38135 Reflex reflector standard update; petition denied, 14044 Safety performance; public meeting, 10979 Upper beam headlamps intensity increase from 75,000 to 140,000 cd; petition denied, 54981 Mirror systems safety; public meeting, 4624 Motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines and the environment; international regulatory harmonization, 58362 Occupant crash protection -- Head protection zone requirements; petition denied, 50268 Safety belt fit improvement; Type 2 safety belts for adjustable seats in automobiles with gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less, 39432 Seat belt assembly anchorages, Type II; certification, 24265 Smart air bags, vehicles without; warning labels, manual cutoff switches, etc. reduction of dangerous impacts on children, 40784 Test dummies containment; standard requirement that dummy remain in vehicle during crash test, 45927 Occupant protection in interior impact -- Head impact protection, 9136 Passenger car brake systems -- Antilock brake systems for light vehicles; rulemaking deferred, 36698 Power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems, 28124, 58504 Correction, 30209 Rollover prevention; cunsumer information -- Stability label for light vehicles, 28560 Rollover stability; reconsideration petition denied, 28550 School bus manufacturers and school transportation providers; regional public meetings, 31086 School bus transportation; public meeting, 51669 Side impact protection -- Light trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles; petition denied, 24263 Side impact test dummy specifications; lumbar spine inserts-spacers and ribcage damper pistons, 49992 Steering locks; theft protection; petition denied, 60070 Tires -- New non-pneumatic for passenger cars, withdrawn; Federal regulatory review, 15917 Visual indication of tread depth wear; petition denied, 2991 Warning devices; Federal regulatory review, 29337 Windshields -- Defrosting and defogging systems; Federal regulatory review, 15449 Wiping and washing systems; Federal regulatory review, 15446 Motor vehicle safety standards and consumer information: Truck-camper loading, 5730 National Driver Register Problem Driver Pointer System: Transition procedures, 16729 National Highway System Designation Act; implementation: Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors; Federal-aid highway funds withholding; zero tolerance laws sanction program implementation, 9121 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: New importers registration and importation of nonconforming vehicles -- Fee schedule, 32411 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10423, 15860, 36776, 36778, 44391, 49808, 52769, 55067, 60740, 65629, 67592, 68810-68812 Child safety seats, purchase and distribution; agreement between General Motors and DOT; qualification certification criteria, 14194 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: NAFTA Automotive Standards Council; working groups, 28636 Crash avoidance implementation plan; draft availability, 16281 Fatal accident reporting system users; public meeting, 7850 Fuel economy program, automotive; annual report to Congress, 20311 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Crash Outcome Data Evaluation Systems (CODES) for unfunded states, 60741 National occupant protection program; seat belt use increase in rural areas, 33574 Occupant protection systems and vehicle crash worthiness research program, 15861 Patterns for Life Program; child passenger safety, pedestrian safety, and bicycle helmet safety, 26948 Safe communities concept for traffic safety initiatives; demonstration and evaluation, 15156 State highway safety pilot program (FY 1997); procedures waivers, 46895 Highway safety programs breath alcohol testing devices: Model specifications and conforming products list, 3078 Evidential devices, 3078 Insurance cost information booklet; availability, 16020 Meetings: International Harmonization of Safety Standards; meetings schedule, 9741, 50370 Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee, 8706 Safety performance standards, research and safety assurance programs, 60154 Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.: Chevedden, John, 6290 Ciano, Frank J., 57514 General Motors Corp., 64563 Mierzejewski, Randall H., 58095 Pittle, R. David, 10059 Vermont, Philip G., 2327 Walsh-Dempsey, Mary, 65427 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey; comment request, 21528 Motor vehicle safety standards: International regulatory harmonization, 30657, 38200 Nonconforming vehicles -- Importation eligibility; determinations, 367, 1664, 1816, 3521, 6291, 6684, 6685, 6887, 6889-6891, 8097, 9004, 11675, 11676, 12129, 12131, 15332, 15334, 15335, 15864, 15865, 17950, 17951, 18188, 18190, 20326, 21529-21531, 25265-25267, 25269, 29788-29791, 29793, 31216, 32891-32893, 33577, 33578, 36416, 37107-37109, 38511, 38512, 38795, 38796, 39507-39509, 40068-40073, 40703, 46897, 46899, 47545, 50371, 51739, 51740, 52990, 52992, 52993, 54252, 56997, 56998, 66742 Occupant crash protection -- Fatality reduction by air bags; evaluation report; review, 53260 Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.: Cantab Motors, Ltd., 9517 Capacity of Texas, Inc., 58604 Chrysler Corp., 2570, 5061 Cosco, Inc., 55836 Ford Motor Co., 13566, 55686 General Motors Corp., 1663, 2865, 52493, 56734, 60746, 66744 Michelin North America, Inc., 3962, 32895, 32896, 49522, 59487 Nissan Motor Corp., U.S.A., 66744 Panoz Auto Development Co., 2866 Philips Lighting Co., U.S.A., 66745 Whitfield, R.A., 50372 Motor vehicle theft prevention standard: Passenger motor vehicle theft data (CY 1994), 10424, 50069 Motor vehicle theft prevention standard; exemption petitions, etc.: BMW of North America, Inc., 6292 General Motors Corp., 12132, 25734 Isuzu Motors America, Inc., 24852 Porsche Cars of North America, Inc., 34498 National accident sampling system users; public meeting, 14849 National Award for Advancement of Motor Vehicle Research and Development; eligibility requirements and request for nominations, 56262 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 66747 Reports; availability, etc.: Light truck capabilities, utility requirements and uses; implications for fuel economy, 36779 Updated vehicle survivability and vehicle miles traveled schedules, 7299 Research and development projects, 42083, 43398, 47544 Public meeting, 5438, 8706, 24528, 29446 Safety performance standards, research and safety assurance programs, 4512, 18463, 41681, 58604 Scientific research and development projects presentations; public meeting, 58738 Agenda, 64945 Speed limit enforcement certification: National maximum speed limit repeal; study of associated State costs and benefits, 31212, 60738 ***** National Indian Gaming Commission PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 24040, 63524 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 11227 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11228 Annual fees payable by Class II gaming operations; fee rates, 11064 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Class III tribal gaming ordinances; approval, 31963 ***** National Institute for Literacy NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 17325, 18162, 18445, 18446, 20545, 32465 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33542 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Adult learning system reform and improvement -- Adult literacy basic skills instruction grassroots planning process, 41799 Equipped for the future adult literacy standards, 55019 Governor's State literacy resource centers -- National Electronic Information and Communication Network for Literacy; regional hub establishment on Internet, 41805 Literacy leader fellowship program, 29575, 37498 Meetings: Advisory Board, 1605, 20287, 55025 ***** National Institute of Corrections NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Criminal justice system project; training and technical assistance program, 68785 Paroling authorities structured release and violation guidelines project, 68785 Probation and parole violations responding at local level project, 68786 Program plan (FY 1997), 42914 Meetings: Advisory Board, 5410, 30102, 52811 Prison Construction Standardization and Techniques Task Force, 11652, 41798 ***** National Institute of Justice NOTICES Executive Seminar Series on sentencing and corrections research forum; proposals, 29133 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Arrest policies evaluation program, 42056 Boot camp research and evaluation, 8978 ``Breaking the Cycle'' demonstration project; evaluation, 52957 Community-oriented policing technology research and development partnership projects, 28235 Forensic DNA Laboratory Improvement Program, 52957 High intensity drug trafficking areas program evaluation, 18411 Jackson County, MO; community-backed anti-drug tax (COMBAT) initiative, 16268 Law enforcement and corrections technology, 30921, 40660 Law enforcement family support -- Law enforcement officers and their families; stress reduction demonstration and training programs, 32464 Policing research and evaluation, 30921 Residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners program evaluations, 42056, 43779 Sentencing reforms and their effects on corrections; evaluation and research, 30921 Violence against women; research and evaluation, 36398 ***** National Institute of Standards and Technology RULES Fastener Quality Act; implementation: Fastener quality procedures, 50538 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 19047, 24288, 53355, 67770 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Advisory Board, 51913 Fastener laboratory accreditation program and accreditation body evaluation programs; applications request, 50582 Fastener Quality Act; consensus standards organizations, list, 50582 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Advanced technology program (ATP), 27050, 64336 Fire research program, 14742 Manufacturing extension partnership program, 20242 Materials Science and Engineering Grant Program; research in ceramics, metallurgy, etc., 16752 Motor vehicle manufacturing technology and healthcare information infrastructure; advanced technology program (FY 1997), 68716 NIST Physics Laboratory 1996 Summer undergraduate research fellowships, 5983 Physics Laboratory 1997 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships, 68717 Precision measurement program, 55787 Information processing standards, Federal: Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM), 16754 Electronic data interchange (EDI), 25627 Federal Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard, 15783 Group 3 facsimile apparatus for document transmission, etc., 10986 Initial graphics exchange specification, 17876 Perforated tape code information interchange, etc.; withdrawn, 26891 Standards and guidelines; proposed withdrawal of 2, 46444 Termination of five validation services, 54776 Video/Teletext Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (North American PLPS); withdrawal, 9976 Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 7475, 27866, 43230, 43345 Low-level light standards development, luminometry; public meeting, 5986 Meetings: Advanced Technology Visiting Committee, 7093, 22025, 28853, 43735, 59863 Clamp-on time-of-travel ultrasonic flow meter test program; cooperative research consortium, 4258 Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board, 8568, 25480, 43345, 63830 Cooperative research and development for CD-metrology below 0.25 microns support consortium; commercially available reference standards, 56521 Environmentally safe and fire-retardant materials; cooperative research consortium, 4257 Fastener Quality Act Advisory Committee, 18569 International Laboratory Accreditation Conference, 39120 International organization of legal metrology, U.S. technical participation in 10th Quadrennial Conference, 44298 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards -- Board of Overseers, 9977, 49438 Panel of Judges, 9977, 26165, 37246, 49437 Manufacturing engineering tool kits project; cooperative research and development consortium, 25480 Weights and Measures National Conference, 36711, 68720 National Council for Laboratory Accreditation establishment; public meetings, 58533 National Fire Codes: Fire safety standards, 30858, 64067 Technical committee reports, 30859, 64068 National voluntary conformity assessment system evaluation program:, 53718 European Union (EU) commerce; conformity assessment body status consideration, 20513, 54157 PFS/TECO Corp.; third party product certification bodies evaluation and accreditation program, 42004 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Pasadena Scientific Industries, 51434 Reports; availability, etc.: Laboratory Accreditation Working Group; open forum proceedings, 47891 Voluntary product standards: American Lumber Standard Committee -- American softwood lumber, 34798, 55617 American Petroleum Institute -- Equipment, operations and processes, 4255 Petroleum test laboratory accreditation program, 16759 Pipelines risk management, etc., 41381 Glass Packaging Institute -- Glass bottles for carbonated soft drinks; withdrawn, 14555, 44299 ***** National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2836, 7266, 7267, 10001, 11851, 13205, 19943, 25884, 29106, 29567, 30089, 33937, 43063, 43251, 43556, 49472, 53228, 55158, 56696, 66052, 66053, 67839 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10001, 10002, 11215, 16925, 20532, 39141, 42026, 43063, 49148, 50493, 53930, 55160, 58697, 66287, 67839 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Special Programs Emphasis Panel; establishment, 55809 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Antibiotic treatments from natural products repository and database of open compounds, 40653 Atherosclerosis and LCAT deficiency treatment; modalities to raise plasma concentrations of LCAT; development, 47132 B-cell lymphoma tumor specific antigen studies, 56697 Document imaging and information retreival software and systems, 68271 Fusion proteins including antibody and non-antibody portions; scientific and commercial development, 46478 Green fluorescent protein (GFP) technology applications development, 33753 Hydroxylated aromatic protein crosslinking compounds, scientific and commercial development; treatment of hyperproliferative epithelial lesions, 26915 KAI1 metastasis suppressor gene protocols development, 63852 Lymphocyte ADP-ribosytransferase, etc.; therapeutic intervention in diseases of the immune system; research and development, 5564 Novel heparin-binding peptides; scientific and commercial development, 30914 Opioidmimetic peptide antagonists, highly potent and ultraselective, for biochemical, pharmacological, clinical and therapeutic studies; commercial development, 11852 Soluble tat peptide analogs for inhibition of HIV transcription and viral replication; scientific and commercial development, 59452 Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 5404, 5565, 6247, 7267, 9462, 16926, 17309, 17311, 22066, 37279, 39141, 39142, 39462, 41417, 41418, 42639, 48712, 53931, 55161, 56697, 58074, 59453, 59454, 63853, 66288, 67840 Meetings: Advisory Committee to Director, 26916, 59234, 64918 AIDS Research Office Advisory Council, 6648, 53229 Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council, 7117, 26916, 47756 Cervical cancer consensus development conference, 9463 Clinical Research Advisory Panel, 17314, 55162 Dietary supplements for physically active people; workshop, 26916 Fogarty International Center Advisory Board, 2836, 19079, 50034 Genetic Testing Task Force, 10772, 47757, 60108 Human Genome Research Advisory Council, 1773, 18397, 44314 Human Genome Research Evaluation Committee, 47757 Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel, 27362 National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 47757 National Cancer Institute, 1941, 2837, 3938, 5002, 6648, 7268, 8068, 9463, 11057, 11215, 13206, 14104, 17712, 18400, 24319, 25229, 27905, 29567, 33129, 33754, 34856, 35772, 36734, 36889, 38457, 39145, 44314, 47758, 49473, 50494, 50495, 52802, 53229, 55809, 55810, 56559, 56698, 56699, 57691, 58075, 58571, 58572, 60108, 65070, 66289, 66290, 68272 Cancer Communications Office; cancer related problems partnership with private sector organizations, 50499 National Center for Human Genome Research, 8633, 20533, 28222, 29106, 55162, 56699 National Center for Research Resources, 1596, 1773, 5003, 6649, 13206, 14801, 18399, 20533, 27905, 42429, 47759, 48493, 53931, 55162, 64527, 64528, 64918, 67566 National Eye Institute, 6856, 16255, 17712, 20532, 25230, 27905, 33937, 43064, 48158, 54449, 55810, 58075, 59104 National Eye Institute et al., 1941 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1596, 1774, 3719, 4278, 5003, 5405, 5790, 7269, 8068, 9464, 10003, 11853, 14104, 14801, 16102, 17713, 17904, 18397, 18399, 19079, 20533, 20534, 25230, 26917, 28222, 30089, 32831, 33937, 33938, 41166, 42430, 42638, 47759, 47760, 47951, 48493, 48494, 50495, 53231, 55162, 55810, 56699, 56700, 57692, 58573, 64528, 67566, 67567 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1597, 2256, 3719, 5006, 5566, 7269, 8068, 10773, 11216, 11853, 13206, 14803, 17714, 18154, 18401, 19080, 20534, 20535, 20537, 26918, 27906, 33938, 35772, 41167, 41169, 41795, 43252, 47760, 48495, 53931, 56701, 57692, 57693, 58077, 64358 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2257, 5005, 25232, 42431, 53231, 58075, 58076, 58418, 58697 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 3719, 6649, 11854, 14802, 20535, 25231, 43066, 53749, 54449, 56559, 56700, 59105, 59235, 60109, 65071, 67567 National Institute of Dental Research, 1774, 6248, 7798, 10773, 13864, 15505, 17904, 25232, 28223, 28224, 33754, 36890, 45434, 50496, 51120, 55163, 58076, 59105, 67841 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 3720, 5405, 14105, 14106, 26918, 27905, 41167, 50495, 51119, 60109, 66290, 67841, 68272 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1598, 3046, 5004, 5005, 5790, 6857, 8633, 8965, 10774, 11058, 13864, 14105, 17714, 18398, 25230-25232, 28222, 30089, 35773, 36735, 40423, 41169, 43064, 49149, 50497, 54450, 57693, 58574, 64529, 67567, 67568 National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 4279, 5005, 6650, 10773, 11058, 11853, 14802, 16102, 18154, 25231, 26918, 31540, 32832, 36735, 39145, 41169, 52046, 53231, 54811, 56700, 56701, 57693, 64359, 66053 National Institute of Mental Health, 1941, 2837, 2838, 3720, 5003, 7269, 8633, 9189, 9464, 9713, 10003, 11057, 11854, 13207, 14105, 14802, 15505, 16102, 16103, 17713, 18154, 18399, 20536, 22066, 25499, 27907, 29107, 29567, 30090, 30625, 32448, 32832, 34856, 36734- 36736, 38457, 39145, 41167-41169, 42430, 42639, 43065, 47760, 48496, 49149, 50495, 50496, 51460, 52952, 54449, 54450, 55163, 57692, 57693, 58418, 58574, 59105, 60292, 64528, 64918, 65071 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 1774, 14106, 18398, 41170, 51118, 51120, 52047, 53749, 54449, 55811, 58077, 64918, 64919, 67841 National Institute of Nursing Research, 3721, 8633, 28223, 43252, 49150 National Institute on Aging, 1598, 5004, 15504, 17713, 19080, 19944, 25232, 27906, 34857, 41168, 42432, 43065, 43557, 47761, 49149, 49150, 50496, 50497, 52046, 55810, 60291, 65413 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2256, 5004, 19079, 26917, 42431, 42431, 52046, 52047, 52952, 55163, 58574, 66692 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2837, 3721, 5005, 5790, 6248, 7269, 10774, 11058, 14105, 14802, 15505, 17713, 19944, 25229, 28223, 29107, 32832, 36735, 46479, 47951, 47952, 48494-48496, 48714, 51119, 54450, 58573, 59235, 60291, 64528 National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2257, 3722, 7270, 10774, 17714, 27906, 31540, 37075, 45434, 47951, 51118, 51119, 52046, 54811, 56700, 57692, 60292, 67841 National Library of Medicine, 2257, 6650, 10775, 14107, 20537, 34857, 43066, 47132, 47761, 50498, 60293, 67568 Peer Review Oversight Group, 33129, 55811 Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, 56701 Research Grants Advisory Committee, 17905, 54450 Research Grants Division initial review groups, 5006, 7270, 20538, 67569 Research Grants Division special emphasis panels, 1775, 2258, 3718, 5006, 5567, 6650, 6651, 6857, 7798, 8069, 9464, 9713, 10004, 10775, 11854, 13207, 13208, 13865, 14107, 14803, 15506, 16508, 17715, 18155, 21474, 24320, 25233, 26192, 26919, 27907, 28224, 29107, 29568, 30090, 32833, 33938, 33939, 35773, 35773, 36736, 36737, 36890, 38457, 39146, 39464, 40423, 41170, 41171, 41795, 42260, 42432, 43067, 43252, 46480, 47761, 47762, 48496, 49473, 50034, 52047-52049, 52953, 53749, 54451, 54812, 55164, 55811, 56559, 56560, 58077, 58078, 58574, 58575, 59106, 59235, 60109, 60293, 64529, 64530, 64919, 65071, 67568 Research Grants Division study sections, 50498 Scientific Counselors Boards, 60294 Scientific Counselors Boards chairpersons, 10777 Temporomandibular disorders management technology assessment conference, 9465 Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors, 52049 Women's Health Research Advisory Committee, 11855 Women's Health Research Office, 41795, 54812 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; capability statements: Umbilical cord blood stem and progenitor cells for transplantation; multicenter clinical study, 67842 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: National Institutes of Health, 3722 Resource Management Office, 1775 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: AbbeyMoor Medical, Inc., 67842 Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., 57694 Boehringer-Mannheim Corp., 58575 Cancer treatment; gossypol acetic acid; IVAX Corp., 67842 Cary Medical Corp., 30915 Cephalon, Inc., 37280 Cooperative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research Pty., Ltd., 16103 Creative BioMolecules, Inc., 5405 Cytosine deaminase negative selection system for gene transfer techniques and therapies, 16104 Homologous recombination and cloning of DNA and control of gene expression, 42027 Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc., 51120, 51121 Sandoz Pharma Ltd., 48714 Sentron Medical, Inc., 48497 S'LIL Pharmaceuticals, 51121 Recombinant DNA molecules research: Actions under guidelines, 1482, 10004, 35774 Proposed, 59726 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 51122 ***** National Labor Relations Board RULES Administrative law judges; unfair labor practice proceedings; role in expeditious resolution facilitation:, 6940 Experiment extension, 1281 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 13764 Privacy Act; implementation, 65182 Procedural rules: Debt collection; administrative offset and Federal income tax refund offset, 38368 Misconduct by attorneys or party representatives before agency, 65323 Summary judgment cases notice-to-show cause procedure, advisory opinions, etc.; Federal regulatory reform, 65180 PROPOSED RULES Administrative law judges; unfair labor practice proceedings; role in expeditious resolution facilitation: Comment period extended, 1314 Court decisions; fees and dues, exaction limitations; withdrawn, 11167 Procedural rules: Misconduct by attorneys or party representatives before agency, 25158, 30570 Requested single location bargaining units in representation cases; appropriateness, 1546, 4246, 10709 Semi-annual agenda, 24044, 63528 Summary judgment cases notice-to-show-cause procedure, advisory opinions, etc.; Federal regulatory review, 35172, 40369 NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Agency Procedure Advisory Committee; renewal, 60311 Meetings: Agency Procedure Advisory Committee, 19324, 67578 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1437, 4301, 13222, 20839, 31557, 42271, 47960, 51722, 58253 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: El Paso Resident Office; restructuring, 65245 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 13884 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 37093 ***** National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Aboriginal whaling provisions; elimination of regulations, CFR part removed, 9369 Antarctic marine living resources catches; harvesting and reporting; conservation and management measures, 8483 Aquatic products associations; issuance of cease and desist orders by the Government; CFR part removed, 8224 Civil procedures: Civil enforcement proceedings; opportunity for in-person hearing, 54729 Continental shelf: Fishermen's contingency fund -- Federal regulatory reform, 6322 Endangered and threatened species: Coho salmon; central California coast, 56138 Exceptions to prohibitions; CFR correction, 10477 Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements -- Additional turtle excluder device requirements within statistical zones, 33377 Turtle excluder devices, 66933 Sea turtle conservation; summer flounder trawling requirements -- Turtle excluder device exemption, 1846, 6064 Sea turtles; review of endangered status, 17 Umpqua River cutthroat trout, 41514 Federal regulatory reform: Fish and fishery products inspection standards and regulations; revisions and CFR parts removed, 9368 Marine mammals; protected species general permits, 7429 Ocean thermal energy conversion licensing program; CFR part removed, 21073 Financial aid program procedures; conditional fisheries regulations; CFR part removed, 14682 Fisheries assistance programs: Fisheries obligation guarantee program (FOG) and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act program consolidation, etc.; reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 19171 Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone -- , 41363 Alaska scallop, 46399, 57340, 57341 Alka mackerel, 41363 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 48073, 48074, 60044, 63759, 67962 Bering Sea sablefish, 49076 Correction, 40481, 41684, 45367 Federal regulatory reform, 41363, 49980 Greenland turbot, 53153 Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 41363, 64299, 64487, 67962, 69050 Northern rockfish, 50458, 53154 North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan; interim groundfish observer program, 56425, 64569, 66077 Ocean perch, Pacific, 48415 Pacific cod, 57781, 58491, 59029, 68672 Pacific cod reallocation, 49418 Pacific halibut and red king crab, 65989 Pacific Ocean perch, 51374, 51789, 56477 Pacific Ocean perch, etc., 53153 Pollock, 46570, 50256, 52716, 54580, 54953, 55119 Pollock in 610 statistical area, 49696 Red king crab, 65985 Rockfish fishery, 53679 Rockfish species; reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 52385 Scallop, 47090, 54953, 64298 Tanner crab, 57780 Yellowfin sole, 52385, 54580, 56150 Alaska scallop, 38099, 57002 American lobster, 13454, 16882 Atlantic Coast weakfish, 34746 Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 8496, 14465 Atlantic sea scallop, 8490, 15733, 38404 Atlantic shark, 21978, 39099, 43185 Atlantic striped bass and weakfish, 29321 Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 293 Atlantic swordfish, 27304, 34746 Atlantic swordfish fishery; drift gillnet closure, 35971, 37842, 64486 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 20, 4311, 5608, 6323, 6953, 7754, 7755, 8497, 8498, 8888, 9113, 9370, 10287, 10697, 11165, 11345, 12041, 13109, 16883, 17256, 17849, 19976, 24730, 24905, 25595, 27253, 27312, 27796, 28071, 28072, 29696, 30544, 31463, 33046, 33382, 33386, 36306, 37403, 38358, 39601, 40158, 40353, 40748, 41363, 43312 Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries, 34930, 43952, 44184 Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 48413, 48641 King mackerel, 48848 Queen conch, 65481 Red hind spawning, 64485 Red snapper, 52715 Reef fish, 65983 Regulations consolidation, 47821 South Atlantic Region shrimp, 47446 Domestic fisheries -- Block Island Sound, RI; closed to fishing, 3602, 7050, 11164, 16401, 20175, 27795 Block Island Sound, RI; reopened to fishing, 33694 Federal regulatory reform, 31228, 37843 Fishery management plan development limitations; interpretation, 30543 Foreign and domestic fishing -- Scientific research activity, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities, 26435 Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 20, 2457, 3332, 3333, 3602, 4304, 4594, 5608, 8888, 9955, 9956, 10286, 10901, 11165, 11589, 11590, 13462, 17256, 19976, 21104, 24729, 27253, 27308, 27312, 28069, 28070, 33387, 37225, 37226, 37403, 37404, 37700, 38358, 38656, 39100, 40158, 40353, 41024, 41523, 41523 Gulf of Alaska northern rockfish, 34377 Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic resources, 6175, 7078, 11345, 27281 Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 17, 7751, 14683, 25833 Gulf of Mexico shrimp, 24728 Limited access management of Federal fisheries in and off of Alaska, 1844 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 41744 Northeastern United States fisheries, 34966, 39909 Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 60044 Correction, 60154 Gillnet fisheries, 47827 Monkfish, 54105 Northeast multispecies, 8492, 27710, 35142, 49276, 55774, 68164 Summer flounder, 52715, 54578, 54579, 56902, 64999, 67497, 68164 Summer flounder and scup, 53866, 56125 Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 58461 Northern anchovy fishery, 48853 North Pacific fisheries research plan; fees refund, etc., 13782 Ocean salmon off coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, 8497, 20175, 26125, 31873, 35144, 40157, 41988, 43472 Pacific Coast groundfish, 279, 14512, 16402, 18988, 21102, 28786, 35143 Summer flounder, 291, 292, 10285, 11344, 13452, 15199, 32711, 33382, 38403, 52384 Summer flounder and scup, 43420 West Coast States and Western Pacific; exclusive economic zone; CFR parts consolidation, Correction, 36662 West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries -- Chinook salmon, 50255 Coho salmon, 48852 Exclusive economic zone, CFR parts consolidation; correction, 34570, 36662, 48643 Pacific Coast groundfish, 56902 Pacific whiting, 48643 Rockfish, 47089 Sablefish, 44185 West Coast salmon, 48072 Western Pacific bottomfish, 8890 Western Pacific crustacean, 6577, 35145, 40156 High Seas Fishing Compliance Act; implementation, 11751 International fisheries regulations: International fisheries in U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and on high seas; regulations consolidation, 35548 Magnuson Act provisions; CFR parts consolidation and update, 32538 Correction, 37225 Marine mammals: Commercial fishing operations -- Commercial fisheries authorization; list of fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes, 3851 ``Dolphin safe'' tuna labeling, 27793 Incidental taking -- Federal regulatory reform, 51213 Small takes by harassment; Arctic waters, 15884 North Pacific fur seals -- Subsistance taking; Pribilof Islands, AK; Federal regulatory review, 11750 National Weather Service; modernization criteria, 39862, 53307 Ocean and coastal resource management: Coastal zone management program regulations; Federal regulatory reform, 33802 Correction, 36965 Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, CA; coordinates correction, 51577 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA -- Motorized personal water craft operation zones and access routes, 14963 Shark attraction by chum or other means; restriction or prohibition, 66913 Oil Pollution Act: Natural resource damage assessments, 440 Injury assessment and assessment, compensation formula generation, etc., guidance documents availability, 58131 Pacific Halibut Commission, International: Pacific halibut fisheries, 27025, 29695, 29975, 39362, 41987 Catch sharing plan, 11337 Pacific Salmon Commission: International fisheries regulations -- Fraser River sockeye and pink salmon; inseason orders, 55225 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 11132, 21926 Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 11336, 30182, 30183, 38656, 39361, 40352, 43027, 43184, 48413, 48640, 50765, 55119, 55926, 57340, 58341, 60221, 66618, Tuna fisheries: Atlantic bluefin tuna, 53677, 55119, 55926 Whaling provisions, aboriginal; Federal regulatory reform, 29628 PROPOSED RULES American lobster fishery, 49430 Endangered and threatened species: Coho salmon; Oregon and northern California, 56211 Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements -- Soft turtle excluder devices approval removed, etc., 18102, 30588 Steelhead, 41541 Treatment of intercrosses and intercross progeny (hybridization); comment request, 4710 West Coast steelhead, 55781 Public hearings, 51398 Federal regulatory review: Atlantic highly migratory species regulations consolidation; public hearings, 63812 Ocean thermal energy conversion licensing program; CFR part removed, 2969 Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone -- Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 48113, 50797, 54145, 60076 Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 50797, 54145, 64310 Halibut, etc., 49294 Pacific halibut, 63812 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements; revisions, 67524 Red king crab, 47108 Scallop, 64047 Scallop fishery, 67990 Tanner crab, 63814 Alaska scallop, 19902, 21431 American lobster, 13478, 20207 Atlantic blue fish, 13810, 20789 Withdrawn, 60254 Atlantic golden crab fishery, 16076 Atlantic highly migratory species; CFR parts consolidation, 57361 Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish Correction, 2787 Public meeting, 25185 Atlantic scup, 44289 Atlantic sea scallop, 20207 Atlantic sharks, 67295, 68202 Atlantic striped bass and weakfish, 13811 Atlantic striped bass fishery -- Possession or harvest; Federal moratorium removal, 64497 Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 19604, 31499 Atlantic swordfish, 15212, 16236, 17866 Atlantic swordfish fisheries; rulemaking petition denied, 48661 Atlantic tuna fisheries; rulemaking petition denied, 48661 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 6337, 16085, 16456, 24750, 29726, 37041, 43035, 43325, 44033 Black sea bass, 6810 Caribbean Fishery Management Council -- Hearing, 6965 Red hind spawning; public hearing, 30589 Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries, 55128 Gulf of Mexico shrimp, 50269 King and Spanish mackerel, 66008 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands queen conch resources, 45395 Queen conch, 50794 Red hind spawning aggregations, 55127 Red snapper, etc., 42828, 43215, 59076 Reef fish fishery of Gulf of Mexico, 55128, 59852, 67766 Shrimp, 59856 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; hearings, 67294 Foreign and domestic fishing -- Scientific research activity, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities, 10712 Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 6337, 8023, 9972, 11375, 16456, 18116, 24750, 35174 Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic resources, 10302, 34785 Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic spiny lobster Federal regulatory reform, 12055 Withdrawn, 60254 Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 3369, 4950, 24267, 29339, 32422, 42413 Withdrawn, 39940 Gulf of Mexico stone crab -- Federal regulatory review, 12056 Withdrawn, 60254 Limited access management of Federal fisheries in and off of Alaska, 29729, 32767 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 11376, 14547, 24475 Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 11376, 14547, 24475 Magnuson Act provisions, 57843 New England Fishery Management Council; public meeting, 710, 27862, 64309 Northeastern United States fisheries -- Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 58508, 59857, 64852, 65192, 67521 Atlantic sea scallop, 45395, 49428, 49430, 52903 Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 60074 Black sea bass fishery, 38430 Days-at-sea unused allocation restoration, 58365 New England Management Council; joint designation request, 64046 Northeast multispecies, 49430, 50796 Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 43518, 47106 Northeast multispecies, 64309 Scup, 64854 Squid, minimum mesh provisions; public meeting, 54406 Summer flounder, 66646 Northeast multispecies, 6230, 8540, 14284, 16892, 20207, 26847, 30029 Correction, 27948 Northern anchovy, 13148 Withdrawn, 60254 Implementation, 40380 North Pacific fisheries research plan -- Fees refund, etc., 36702 Implementation, 40380 North Pacific Fishery Management Council; meeting, 16456 Pacific Coast groundfish, 1739, 8021, 10303 Salmon fisheries off coast of Alaska, 13149 Shrimp fishery off Southern Atlantic states, 17866 Snapper grouper fishery, 16076 South Atlantic Region golden crab, 8564 South Atlantic shrimp, 11181 South Atlantic snapper-grouper, 2477, 14735 Summer flounder, 1893, 17682, 20506, 27851, 43725 Summer flounder and scup, 40810 Summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass, 43217 West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries -- Sablefish, 51670 Western Pacific bottomfish fishery, 60255 Western Pacific crustacean, 7771, 15452 Fishery management councils; hearings: Mid-Atlantic -- Atlantic mackerel et al., 37436 New England, 37241 Northeast multispecies, 47472, 47473 Sea scallop, 21431 International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries implementation plan; availability, 38703 Redrafting, 57625 International fisheries regulations: International fisheries in U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and on high seas; regulations consolidation, 25443 Magnuson Act provisions; CFR parts consolidation, 19390 Marine mammals: Atlantic offshore cetacean take reduction plan; public meeting, 52769 Commercial fishing authorizations -- Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; list, 37035 Endangered fish or wildlife -- Anadromous Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers, 44032 North Atlantic right whale protection, 41116, 52404 Shortnose sturgeon in Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ME, 53893 Incidental taking -- Naval activities; USS Seawolf submarine shock testing, 30212, 40377, 43517 Pacific offshore fisheries take reduction plan; meeting, 27042 National Weather Service; modernization criteria, 19594, 28804 New England Fishery Management Council; public meeting, 16237, 56213 Ocean and coastal resource management: Coastal zone management program regulations; Federal regulatory review, 9746 Marine sanctuaries: Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, CA; motorized personal watercraft ban, 33876 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA -- Shark attraction by chum or other means; restriction or prohibition, 5335, 5969 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Seafood inspections (in-plant) and related services; privatization, 9420 Pacific Halibut Commission, International: Pacific halibut fisheries -- Catch sharing plan, 2782, 2992 Tuna, Atlantic bluefin fisheries, 18366, 43034, 43518, 48876 Tuna Management in the Mid-Atlantic Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Intent to establish, 3666, 30214 Whaling provisions, aboriginal; Federal regulatory review, 15754 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 7476, 7477, 8042, 28853, 31923, 39441, 43046, 53208, 54776, 60262, 60263, 65028, 66996, 67770 Argos space-based data collection and location system: Non-environmental use; administrative policy change and public hearing, 52775 Capital construction fund, nonqualified withdrawals; interest rates, 60321 Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries: Consistency appeals -- Taylor, Jessie W., 53719 Mullica River-Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, NJ; management plan, 18569 State programs -- Evaluation findings availability, 16239, 44299 Intent to evaluate performance, 2229, 14079, 16239, 17688, 40196, 54983, 68720 Texas coastal management plan; public hearings, 37048 Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, ME; management plan, 9977, 30222 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team; meeting, 40819 International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. Section Advisory Committee, et al., 41128 Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors, 16255 Endangered and threatened species: Conserving species listed or proposed for listing while providing and enhancing recreational fisheries opportunities; policy, 27978 Endangered Species Act activities; interagency cooperative policy statements -- Distinct vertebrate population segment; interpretation, 4722 Listed species; controlled propagation; draft, 4716 Petitions received under Endangered Species Act; management guidance availability, 36075 Sea turtles; proposed recovery plans availability, 9978 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; States and territories -- Delaware, 43736 Maryland, 51914 Massachusetts, 51914 Michigan, 57673 Northern Mariana Islands, 51914 Pennsylvania et al., 67532 Rhode Island, 43736 U.S. Virgin Islands, 51914 Wisconsin, 57673 Commencement Bay, WA; natural resource damage assessment restoration plan development, 41383 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Atlantic Coast weakfish, 33905 Juneau, AK; consolidation of facilities, 6974 Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone -- Electric reporting system; meeting, 55132 Atlantic herring; spawning closure provisions removed, 50806 Atlantic striped bass fisheries; 1994 survey, 32774 Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog, 50807 Atlantic tuna fisheries; yellowfin tuna statistics, 10319 Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska -- Salmon donation program; authorized distributor selection, 42591 Limited access management of Federal fisheries in and off of Alaska -- Pacific halibut and sablefish, 11189 Weakfish interstate coastal management plan; fishing moratorium, 6351 Cancellation, 14744 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Chesapeake Bay stock assessments, 20803 Climate and Global Change Program, 30593 Environmental Research Laboratories; joint and cooperative institute program, 8920 Fishing industry research and development projects -- Saltonstall-Kennedy program, 11190, 12135 Fishing vessel and gear damage compensation fund program; cessation, 34798 Gulf of Mexico fisheries disaster program, 29350, 55132 Gulf of Mexico fisheries emergency aid, 14293 National estuarine research reserve system; graduate research fellowships (FY 1997), 53355 National sea grant Federal fellows program, 35193 Northeast multispecies; fishing capacity reduction program, 28177, 44300 Pribilof Islands, AK; environmental restoration program, 25632 Small business innovation research program, 47736 Habitat conservation planning and incidental take permitting process; handbook availability, 63854 International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. Section Advisory Committee; public meeting: Schedule, 48888 Marine mammals: California sea lions preying on wild winter-run steelhead; intentional lethal taking, 13153 Gulf of Maine Aquaculture-Pinniped Interaction Task Force report; availability, 6352 Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc. -- Amerada Hess Corp. et al., 48131 BP Exploration (Alaska), 26501, 38715, 49300 BP Exploration (Alaska) et al., 67997 Chevron U.S.A. et al., 29354 Conoco Inc., 51434 Ensearch Exploration Inc. et al.; oil and gas structure removal activities, 65028 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering, 13847, 15785 Parker & Parsley Petroleum USA, Inc., et al., 58168 Schmidt, Henrik, et al., 30037 Tatham Offshore, Inc., et al., 11808 Taylor Energy, 43530 U.S. Coast Guard; vessel and aircraft operations, 54157, 59220 Unocal Corp., 54983 Vandenberg AFB, CA; Lockheed launch vehicles, 19609, 38437 Vandenberg AFB, CA; McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Delta II vehicles, 6975, 45404, 59218 Vandenberg AFB, CA; Taurus space launch vehicles, 50276 Vandenberg AFB, CA; Titan II and IV launch vehicles, 10727, 64337 Walter Oil & Gas Corp., 51435 Italy; identification as large-scale high seas driftnet nation, 18721 Marine sanctuaries: Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, VA; non-research diving; special use permit, 2230 Meetings: Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team, 48131 Atlantic Offshore Fisheries Take Reduction Team; public meeting, 25846 Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 6815, 7775, 24288, 36712, 64070 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 33715 Gulf of Maine Take Reduction Team, 5384 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5536, 6815, 7775, 10563, 14745, 15044, 15469, 16240, 18383, 18570, 24289, 24918, 27052, 29538, 31924, 33490, 33492, 36035, 39950, 41129, 42006, 42871, 43530, 49438, 51435, 52437, 52438, 54984, 55131, 55133, 55789, 56667, 58384, 58534, 58535, 58675, 66018, 67771 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 16467, 20244, 27866, 30223, 34799 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas U.S. Section Advisory Committee; public meetings, 53719 Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, 29354, 55133 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 2493, 5536, 7093, 8568, 11380, 19048, 29741, 35726, 36036, 36712, 38717, 42872, 46445, 54419, 58168, 58676, 63830, 65029 Modernization Transition Committee, 15786, 29355, 46784, 60263 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 2230, 5986, 17879, 31925, 43046, 49438 New England Fishery Management Council, 2230, 6816 New England Recovery Plan Implementation Team, 43346 North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2231, 2802, 7094, 10563, 10564, 11380, 13155, 26504, 27052, 27337, 42006, 45407, 53209, 55278, 56217, 56943, 60092, 68721 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization annual meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia issues review; public meeting, 34422 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 5986, 10992, 25208, 37445 Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3001, 3372, 3373, 7241, 7775, 13155, 14079, 19610, 24289, 24918, 25481, 35727, 37247, 38189, 41130, 48131, 48132, 52439, 52440, 58168, 59220, 68721 Pacific Offshore Fisheries Take Reduction Team, 5385 Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force, 43737 Sea Grant Review Panel, 31509, 66018 Shark Operations Team, 37721 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 2232, 3001, 9979, 14555, 19610, 20808, 28181, 33492, 41774, 43230, 57653, 63831 Space systems, private remote-sensing, licensing; public hearing, 24480 Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 48474 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 9436, 13156, 13851, 30223, 31925, 34799, 45408, 49734, 49735, 52921, 53209, 54419, 54985 National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring: Analog GOES-TAP/GOES-FAX service to digital-date transmission modes; transition, 27337 Weather Service and Forecast Offices; consolidations, 3904, 5739, 5744, 9147, 14079, 17275, 36553, 51914, 68240 Weather Service Offices; automation certifications, 51081 Ocean and coastal resource management: National Estuarine Research Reserve System -- Southcentral Alaska Coast; site selection process; meetings, 59221 Waimanu Valley, HI; withdrawn, 32774, 32775 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: National Weather Service; routine agricultural and fruit frost forecasts; discontinuation, 8259 Pacific Halibut Commission, International: Pacific halibut fisheries, 36036 Permits: Endangered and threatened species, 346, 1748, 4626, 6975, 7241, 7776, 8568, 9437, 9979, 11808, 14296, 14297, 16897, 16898, 20244, 20514, 20515, 21161, 24760, 25208, 25635, 28182, 28854-28856, 30040, 31510, 33095, 33096, 34800, 35727, 36712, 37722, 39442, 40821, 41130, 42592, 43047, 43230, 46445, 47113, 48132, 51436, 53899, 53900, 55789, 56667, 56668, 59419, 68721 Experimental fishing, 17279 Foreign fishing, 5752, 35194, 42006, 51436, 57850, 64342 Marine mammals, 52, 2493, 3001, 3002, 3674, 3909, 5753, 6353, 6631, 6976, 7478, 8043, 8921, 9438, 11194, 11809, 14556, 16899, 19907, 20244, 20808, 21162, 24289, 24919, 25209, 25210, 25481, 25635, 26165, 26505, 27052, 27337, 29355, 29741, 32774, 32775, 33096, 33906, 34422, 34801, 36036, 36713, 37882, 39120, 39442, 39634, 42007, 42592, 42593, 43047, 43737, 43738, 46627, 48888, 49301, 49439, 50002, 51082, 51688, 53209, 53900, 53901, 55134, 55790, 56668, 58676, 58677, 59863, 64070, 64504, 64857, 66019, 67998, 68050 Marine mammals and endangered and threatened species, 2232, 6233, 14556, 33097 Pribilof Islands, AK; claims statements and recommendations; filing notice; report to Congress: Public meetings, 19048 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 50471 Tampa Bay oil spill (August 1993); natural resource damage assessment and restoration plan; document availability, 1357 West Coast salmon fisheries; northwest emergency assistance plan, 17879, 40197, 45408, 56217 ***** National Park Service RULES Criminal Fine Improvement Act; penalty provisions, 2917 ``Environman'' and human figure and design symbol use; CFR part removed, 46554 National Park System: Alaska visitor service authorizations, 54334 Conveyance of freehold and leasehold interests, 28506 Denali National Park and Preserve, AK; Mount McKinley and Mount Foraker; mountain climbing registration requirements, 6943 Glacier Bay National Park, AK; vessel management plan, 27008 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; zoning standards; CFR part removed, 40996 Protection of wildlife and other values and purposes on all navigable waters within park boundaries, regardless of ownership of submerged lands, 35133 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Field Director, 28504 Special regulations: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, PA; hang gliding, 28505 Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC; aircraft operation; Portsmouth Village Airstrip closing, 28751 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA; boating, fishing, and limit of catch; regulations removed, 46379 Oregon Caves National Monument, OR; age restriction elimination, 14617 PROPOSED RULES Boating and water use activities: Prohibited operations, 32383 Historic preservation program procedures; State, Tribal, and local government, 51536 National Park System: Conveyance of freehold and leasehold interests, 5356 Shenandoah National Park; special fishing regulations; removal, 5354 Special regulations: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, PA; hang gliding, 3358 Badlands National Park, SD; commercial vehicle traffic, 41058 Big Cypress National Preserve, FL; recreational frogging, 59393 Big Thicket National Preserve, TX; moored houseboats, 28530 Voyageurs National Park, MN -- Aircraft operation; designation of areas, 20775 Historic resort hotel and villas operation, 3053 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1400, 4287, 4482, 5407, 6384, 14334, 18156, 30918, 30919, 40656, 45455, 46483, 51127 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 14578, 16262, 19956, 26930, 30093, 49791, 53753, 55313, 60302, 67849, 68292, 68776 Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX; Menard Creek Corridor Unit, 25505 Carlsbad Irrigation District National Historic Landmark, NM, 30257 James A. Garfield National Historic Site, OH, 36892 Washington, 38214 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 44343 National Maritime Heritage Grants Advisory Committee; membership nominations solicitation, 13516 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee -- Nomination solicitation, 10786 Concession contract negotiations: Acadia National Park, MA; restaurant, gift shops, stable, and carriage rides, 26204 Buffalo National River, AR -- Canoe rental, shuttle, and related services, 30636 Johnboat rental, shuttle, and guide services, 30637 Canyonlands National Park, UT; interpretive whitewater river tours and transportation services, 47770 Death Valley National Park, CA, 55169 Dinosaur National Monument, CO; commercially guided, interpretive whitewater river tours, 30637 Isle Royale National Park, MI -- Air transportation services, 1401 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, MO; soft drink vending sales, 47955 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway et al., WY; guided snowmobile tours and services, 55169 Katmai National Park, AK; Katmailand, Inc.; lodging, food service, etc., 42262 Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Willow Beach site marina operation, 9484, 37923 Mount Rainier National Park, WA; mountain guide service, 1401 North Cascades National Park, WA; Lake Chelan Recreation, Inc., 47771 Olympic National Park, WA, 41650 Ozark National Scenic Riverways, MO; canoe, inner tube, and johnboat rentals, etc., 30637, 41650 Rock Creek Park, MD; trail ride and horse boarding service, 37077 Sequoia National Park, CA; pack and saddle animal services and facilities, 24950 Voyageurs National Park, MN; historic resort hotel and villas operation, 3053, 16263 Concession contracts and permits, current: Extensions, 65231 Concession management activities: Native American handicraft sales; exemption from franchise fee calculation; policy revision, 18621 Concession prospectus; availability: American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands; tennis complex, 65232 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX; exploratory oil well drilling, 38214, 52955 Cabrillo National Monument, CA, 16263, 39664 Canyonlands National Park, UT; river management plan, 29760 Cape Cod National Seashore, MA, 40657, 44075, 52458, 59107 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM, 44075 Channel Islands National Park, CA, 25505, 37765 Crater Lake National Park, OR, 37765 Denali National Park and Preserve, AK, 31146 Everglades National Park, FL; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; additional housing, 5025, 33765 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, AK; vessel management plan, 11428 Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID, 4483, 37766 Independence National Historical Park, PA, 46483 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, AZ and CA, 40247, 53385 Katmai National Park and Preserve, AK; Brooks River area, 51127 Keweenaw National Historical Park, MI, 64759 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK, 28231, 39664, 64145 Lava Beds National Monument, CA, 41179, 49791 Manhattan sites, New York and Westchester Counties, NY, 15514, 28890 Manzanar National Historic Site, CA, 6384, 55169 Missouri/Niobrara/Verdigre Creek National Recreational Rivers, SD and NE, 36895 National Park of American Samoa, 68776 Nez Perce National Historical Park et al., ID, 53754 Niobrara National Scenic River, NE, 16642, 46821 Olympic National Park, WA, 17911 Elwha River ecosystem restoration, 59108 Lake Crescent watershed, 54676, 58702, 65233, 68051 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ, 16263 Padre Island National Seashine, TX; South Sprint fieldwide gas unit, 65595 Pecos National Historical Park, NM, 44076 Petroglyph National Monument, NM, 64146 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI, 2529, 47174 Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA, 43266, 64758 Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, ME, 48967 Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, NH, 30256 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, CA; general manaagement plan, 39664 South Side Denali, AK, 12095, 22072 Tumacacori National Historical Park, AZ, 1946, 67344 Yosemite National Park, CA, 64361 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Crater Lake National Park, OR, 50866 Fire Island National Seashore, NY, 5407 Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID, 50866 Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, MN and WI, 24328 Manassas National Battlefield Park, VA, 9196 Olympic National Park, WA, 29131 Oregon Caves National Monument, OR, 1783 Redwood National and State Parks, CA, 26205 Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, 37494 Whiskeytown Unit, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, CA, 28595 Whitman Mission National Historic Site, WA, 49481 Yellowstone National Park, WY; commercial services management plan, 26930 Zion National Park, UT; visitor management resource protection plan, 65233 Federal wildland fire management policy and program review, 5737 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Gettysburg National Military Park; visitor center and museum facilities development, 67849 Tribal preservation program; historic preservation funds (FY 1997) for Indian tribes, Alaska natives, and native Hawaiians, 57700 Jurisdictional transfers: Maryland park areas, 41423 Prince William County, VA, park areas, 54213 Management and land protection plans; availability, etc.: Big Cypress National Preserve, FL, 1599 Devils Tower National Monument, WY; climbing limitations based on Indian religious and cultural values, 41424, 68292 Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, NH, 50328 Meetings: Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, 16645, 36080, 55170 Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, 66694 Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 1600, 6654, 20540, 47176, 57449, 67065 Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Kobuk Valley National Park Subsistence Resource Commissions -- Joint meeting, 56705, 60117 Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, 1784, 8073, 25238, 31549, 36566, 42262, 47955, 67344 Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, 6655, 16645, 30094, 41651, 54213, 60117 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Commission, 18622 Delta Region Preservation Commission, 16264, 54676 Denali National Park Subsistence Resource Commission, 18157, 37923 Gates of Arctic National Park Subsistence Resource Commission, 10785, 20834, 55818 Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission, 4287, 16264, 35813, 54676 Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Advisory Commission, 6260, 10007, 15515, 37494, 54214, 65595 Indian Memorial Advisory Committee, 7017, 43069 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, LA; draft Barataria boundary study, 14162 Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Advisory Commission, 43379 Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 2530, 36567, 42262, 47955 Lake Clark National Park Subsistence Resource Commission, 1600 Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission, 11219, 29761, 38784, 41651, 64147 Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission, 17318, 36567, 55818 Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Advisory Commission, 49792, 56705 Mississippi River Coordinating Commission, 8074, 25238, 42263, 55314 Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission, 2530, 25238 Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Group, 42263, 47956, 56569, 68051 Mojave National Preserve Advisory Commission, 25238, 43380 National Capital Area; 1996 Christmas Pageant of Peace, 53755 National Capital Memorial Commission, 43070, 55993 National Park System Advisory Board, 16642, 17318, 56569, 58589 National Preservation Technology and Training Board, 11220, 52807 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, 14335, 43070, 65596 Niobrara National Scenic River Advisory Commission, 19085, 50328, 67344 Petroglyph National Monument Advisory Commission, 24509, 53933 Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, St. Croix, Advisory Commission, 58420 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 53933 Santa Fe National Historic Trail Advisory Council, 52955 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 2530, 19086, 50329, 67345 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Advisory Council, 9484 Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council, 18622 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission, 5025, 60117 Memorandums of agreement: Washington, DC; Pennsylvania Avenue development and redevelopment, 41789 Mining claims, unpatented: Small miner waivers from maintenance fees, 1600 Mining plans of operation; availability, etc.: Death Valley National Park, CA and NV, 18622 Mojave National Preserve, CA, 9720 National Register of Historic Places: Pending nominations, 3460, 4483, 5800, 6655, 7274, 8641, 10008, 11220, 13211, 14578, 15829, 16641, 17355, 17912, 19086, 19634, 20540, 24328, 25505, 26930, 28595, 29132, 29761, 30920, 32856, 34444, 36392, 37282, 38214, 39665, 40848, 42263, 43070, 44077, 46821, 47771, 48967, 50051, 51301, 52807, 53934, 54815, 55994, 56968, 58421, 58892, 60302, 64148, 65233, 66310, 67850, 68293 Native American human remains and associated funerary objects: Acadia National Park, ME; Fernald Point site inventory, 17719 Alaska State Office, BLM, Anchorage, AK -- Hooper Bay Native Village, AK; inventory, 51716 Inventory from Shaktoolik, AK, 52058 Unalakleet Native Village, AK; inventory, 51716 Alaska State Office, BLM, Savoonga, AK; inventory from Kukulik sites, etc., 45455 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AK; inventory, 3944 Anthropology Department, California State University- Fullerton, CA; inventory completion from Island of Maui, Hawaii, 53238 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, AZ; inventory, 16643 Arizona State Office, Land Management Bureau, AZ; inventory, 14335 Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, NM; inventory, 66694 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, CO; inventory, 48720 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI -- Island of Hawaii; inventory, 64362 Island of Kaua'i; inventory, 64363 Island of Lana'i; inventory, 64363 Island of Maui; inventory, 64361 Big Cypress National Preserve, FL; inventory, 7120 Buffalo Bill Historical Center, WY -- Medicine Pipe Thunder Bundle; repatriation, 47177 Sun Dance medicine rattles and paint sack, 16644 Burke Museum, University of WA; inventory, 21485 California Academy of Sciences, CA; inventory from Lanai Island, HI, 51717 Casa Grande National Monument, Coolidge, AZ; inventory from Hohokam sites, 10009 Channel Islands National Park, CA; inventory, 53238 Cheney Cowles Museum, WA -- Spokane Tribe inventory, 7276 Thunder bundle, 7122 Chickasaw National Recreation Area, OK; inventory, 50505 Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, CO; human remains, 38470 Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut, CT; cultural items from Norris L. Bull Collection, 18623 Culturally unidentifible Native American remains disposition; draft availability and comment request, 43071 Denver Museum of Natural History, CO; wooden killerwhale clan hat, 60303 Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, IN; Tlingit clan hat, 29132, 30670 El Morro National Monument, Ramah, NM; sacred objects bundle, 58893 Everglades National Park, FL; Miccosukee inventory, 8971 Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, ND; inventory, 52058 Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California-Los Angeles, CA; inventory from Hawaii, 52059 Fruitlands Museum, MA -- Bad Hand's scalp and hair, 51302 Inventory from Nebraska, 10009 Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM; inventory, 50505 Grand Portage National Monument, MN; inventory from Lodge Oak, FL burial ground, 17720 Hawai'i Maritime Center, Honolulu, HI; inventory from islands of O'ahu and Hawai'i, 64363 Hood Museum of Art, NH -- Inventory from Lake Winnepesauke, NH, 24950 Inventory from Tetlin Village, AK, 19635 Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, AZ; inventory, 7121, 26205 Inventory time requirements extensions granted; list, 36756 Kaibab National Forest, AZ; inventory, 16644 Land Management Bureau, Wyoming State Office, WY; inventory, 19087 Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT, 65597 Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, CA; human teeth from Hawaii, 27097, 30670, 51717 Michigan State University Museum, MI; inventory from Bay County, MI, 47526 Milwaukee Public Museum, WI; Parrot Clan mask, 39153 Minnesota Historical Society, MN; inventory, 21486 Modoc National Forest, CA; volcanic stone pipe, 32856 Museum of New Mexico; Nambe Pueblo -- Acoma inventory, 8972 Inventory from 4 New Mexico sites, 3944 Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, UT; inventory from Havasupai Reservation, AZ, 3459, 41179, 43814 Nevada State Office, BLM, Reno, NV; inventory from White Pine County et al., NV, 51718 Nevada Test Site, Nevada Operations Office, Energy Department, NV; cultural items, 32857, 38471 Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, OK; inventory, 55650 Olmsted County Historical Society, MN; birchbark scroll with mnemonic symbols, 26206 Olympic National Park, WA; inventory, 43073 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, MA; inventory from Straits of Juan de Fuca, WA, 24950 Peabody Museum of Archaeology, MA; Blackfeet Nation beaver bundle, 21486 Portland, OR; Wallula Stone repatriation, 51462 Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, IA; inventory, 7120 Reading Public Museum, PA; Hawaiian inventory, 51462 Rome Historical Society, NY; inventory from Onondaga County Penitentiary Site, 18623 Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History, CA; scalplock, 16264 Santa Fe National Forest, NM; inventory, 18754 Science Museum of Minnesota, MN; medicine or false face masks, 12096 Seattle Art Museum, WA; Tlingit steel dagger, repatriation, 58422 Springfield Science Museum, MA -- Cultural items, 58422 Inventory, 16643 Tonto National Forest, AZ; inventory, 50506 Tulsa, Ok; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Caddo Tribe of OK and Wichita and Affiliated Tribes inventory, 7276 Wichita Tribe et al. inventory, 7275 University Museum, University of Arkansas, AR; inventory from Maui, HI, 52059 University of Alaska Museum, AK; inventory from Sekloghyaget site, Gambell, AK, 46663, 49531 University of Arizona State museum, AZ; San Carlos Apache Gaan material, 21487 University of Iowa, IA, 3462 University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, human remains from Hawaii, 53935 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PA; inventory from Hawaii, 53755 Washington State Historical Society, WA; inventory from Puget Sound, 19636, 55649 Oil and gas plans of operation; availability, etc.: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX, 24807 Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, OH, 28232 Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, TX, 6656 Padre Island National Seashore, TX, 3944 Planning process guidelines; update, 29133 Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.: Alabama, 20834 Arkansas, 29572 New Jersey, 20834 Ohio, 36567 Washington, 33136 ***** National Science Foundation RULES Conflict of interests, 59815, 59835 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 59027 National security information, classification; nondiscrimination, privacy, records availability, etc.; miscellaneous amendments, 51021 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 23788, 63286 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 11065, 28904, 29431, 38228, 42271, 47960, 51722, 51723, 59468, 64922, 67350 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2546, 11065, 12108, 14831, 16809, 41430, 49493, 54685, 56710, 67578, 68306, 68802 Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 6041, 16513, 27104, 45989, 53239, 56572, 57910, 59246, 67579 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Biomolecular Processes Advisory Panel, 46830 Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel et al., 33548 National Science Board; membership nominations, 56711 Science and Technology Centers Program Advisory Committee, 13885 United States Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, 35817 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: McMurdo Station, Antarctica; wastewater treatment plant, 27104 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Federal demonstration project; phase III solicitation, 4802 Information technology; application to undergraduate education; workshop, 9207 Meetings: Advanced Scientific Computing Special Emphasis Panel, 5036, 6041, 11653, 16934, 18447, 59246, 59247 Alan T. Waterman Award Committee, 8078 Antarctic tour operators, 29137 Anthropological and Geographic Sciences Advisory Panel, 16124, 53767, 60732 Astronomical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 2546, 6041, 16124, 51724, 56712, 57479, 58595, 59247 Biochemistry and Molecular Structure and Function Advisory Panel, 13885, 16934, 52958 Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 5036, 6041, 7025, 8079, 15147, 25920, 27937, 29138, 67579, 68064 Biological Infrastructure Advisory Panel, 48988, 50883, 54823 Biological Sciences Advisory Committee, 15147, 35269, 42664, 54685 Biological Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 6042, 8979, 10808, 11653, 13885, 15148, 16125, 16935, 21506, 39162, 50883, 56712 Biomolecular Structure and Function Advisory Panel, 53767, 56712 Cell Biology Advisory Panel, 15148, 16125, 52470, 55669 Chemical and Transport Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 4293, 5037, 6864, 16125, 35269, 67579, 67580, 68064, 68065 Chemistry Special Emphasis Panel, 13885, 30102, 54823, 56712 Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 5037, 5411, 6865, 8979, 19324, 29138, 35269, 60732, 67580, 68065 Cognitive, Psychological and Language Sciences Advisory Panel, 15525, 51724 Computer and Computation Research Special Emphasis Panel, 10809, 56713, 58595, 59247 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, 8079, 15148, 16125, 24963, 31557, 55670 Cross Disciplinary Activities Special Emphasis Panel, 10035, 13886, 25920, 26549, 39163, 52958, 56713, 60732 Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis Panel, 6865, 11653, 13886, 15148, 16125, 16935, 19325, 24963, 29138, 36582, 39163, 40251, 42664, 43389, 43390, 45460, 46831, 47961, 57479, 58595, 67580 Developmental Mechanisms Advisory Panel, 13886, 51724 Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel, 6865, 13886, 15148, 16126, 45461, 51725 Earth Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 40252 Ecological Studies Advisory Panel, 47960 Ecological Studies Advisory Panel et al., 8980 Economics, Decision, and Management Sciences Advisory Panel, 15526, 53767 Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee, 11653, 29139, 36582, 53768, 58596 Education and Human Resources Committee of Visitors, 53768 Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 2546, 5037, 9207, 21506, 68065 Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education Special Emphasis Panel, 6042, 8079, 8980, 16936, 25920, 33549, 43390, 50883, 51725 Engineering Advisory Committee, 3737, 13887, 16126, 39164, 50335, 53768 Engineering Education and Centers Special Emphasis Panel, 24963, 31557, 53768, 55670 Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering Committee, 7025, 29139, 48988 Federal Networking Council Advisory Committee, 11653, 51725 Genetics Advisory Panel, 53769 Genetics and Nucleic Acids Advisory Panel, 15149, 16936 Geosciences Advisory Committee, 8079, 31558, 39164, 41185, 55670 Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 8079, 11654, 15149, 18447, 27937, 31558, 36582, 39164, 43390, 56713, 58596, 60733, 67581 Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel, 16649 Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel et al., 1951 Human Resource Development Special Emphasis Panel, 6042, 6866, 8980, 10809, 16126, 19325, 24963, 35270, 56713, 58597 Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 6866, 15149, 16126, 25920, 51726, 57480, 58597, 59247 Infrastructure, Methods, and Science Studies Advisory Panel, 53769 Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, 53240 International Programs Special Emphasis Panel, 67581 Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 2546, 5037, 6866, 8080, 8981, 13887, 19325, 19644, 25921, 26549, 40252, 44092, 45462, 46831, 50884, 58597, 60733, 67581 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, 6866, 11654, 15149, 55670 Mathematical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 2847, 5038, 8981, 10809, 15150, 45462, 55671, 58597, 59248, 60733, 68066 Microelectronic Information Processing Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 6042, 58598, 67581 Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure Special Emphasis Panel, 6042, 24964, 27937, 31558, 46832, 48988, 50884, 60733 Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 13887, 15150, 16936, 50884, 51726 Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 8080, 11654, 16937, 29139, 45462, 51726, 54686 Physiology and Behavior Advisory Panel, 11654, 15150, 51726, 51727 Polar Programs Special Emphasis Panel, 5038, 25245, 41186, 43390, 43391, 57480, 67581 Presidential Faculty Fellows Advisory Panel, 13887 President's Committee on National Medal of Science, 52958 Proposal Review Advisory Team, 60733 Research, Evaluation and Communication Special Emphasis Panel, 13887, 18447, 35270, 45462, 55671 Science and Technology Centers Program Advisory Committee, 33549, 41186 Science and Technology Infrastructure Special Emphasis Panel, 25921, 36582, 60734 Science Resources Studies Special Emphasis Panel, 21507 Small Business Industrial Innovation Advisory Committee, 24964 Social and Political Sciences Advisory Panel, 15526, 56713 Social, Behavioral and Economic Research Special Emphasis Panel, 33549 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee, 16126, 25921, 27937, 31558, 55671 Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 43391, 58598, 59248 Systemic Reform Special Emphasis Panel, 6043, 8981 Theoretical Physics Panel, 45462 Undergraduate education revitalization; conference on shaping the future, 33549 Undergraduate Education Special Emphasis Panel, 35270, 52958, 68066 Undergraduate science education resources; national clearinghouse feasibility and utility, 16127 United States Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, 48989, 64376, 67068 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5838, 11434, 19325, 36093, 41186, 52958, 58428 Objectivity in research and investigator financial disclosure policy; responses to questions, 34839 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 40468, 40663 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 51727 ***** National Skill Standards Board NOTICES Hearings; public dialogue, 12109, 29432 Meetings, 1410, 10599, 21499, 35271, 56064 National Skill Standards System; establishment, 67068 ***** National Technical Information Service NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board, 22025, 42007, 56522 NTIS Advisory Board, 3673 ***** National Telecommunications and Information Administration RULES Public telecommunications facilities program: Federal regulatory reform, 57966 Correction, 64948 PROPOSED RULES Public telecommunications facilities program: Federal regulatory review, 27230 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 31926, 67771 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Public telecommunications facilities planning and construction program, 6912, 25528 Public telecommunications facilities program (FY 1997), 57982 Telecommunications and information infrastructure assistance program, 7950 Applicants; list, 25376 International activities and short- and long-term agenda; private sector input opportunity and public meeting, 39443 Meetings: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 3373 Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee, 43531 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 54159 ***** National Transportation Safety Board RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Surface Transportation Safety Office; hazardous materials accident investigations; correction, 14512 NOTICES Aircraft accidents; hearings, etc.: Administrator v. Willette et al.; air carrier voluntary disclosure reporting procedures; applicability, 53769, 58896 Classification system, severity of consequences-based -- Statistical reporting changes, 64540 Miami, FL; ValuJet Airlines, Inc., flight 592, DC-9-32; accident, 55671 Integrated bridge systems; public forum, 6265 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3088, 7305, 10035, 13222, 17914, 27938, 30923, 34450, 35271, 38229, 42070, 44093, 47961, 50054, 52812, 54823, 56972, 59118, 64376, 64541 Railroad accidents; hearings, etc.: Fox River Grove, IL; METRA Express commuter train and Crystal Lake school bus collision, 1145 Silver Spring, MD; MARC commuter passenger train derailment and collision with AMTRAK train 29, Capitol Limited, 30102 ***** Natural Resources Conservation Service RULES Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996: Conservation provisions; implementation; public forums, 52671 Support activities: Acquisition of real property under federally assisted programs; CFR part removed, 66867 Technical assistance: Soil loss and wind erosion equations, universal; soil erosion due to water and wind prediction, 27998 Wellton-Mohawk irrigation improvement program; CFR part removed, 41949 Wetlands reserve program: Responsibility transferred from NRCS to Commodity Credit Corporation, 42137 PROPOSED RULES Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996: Conservation provisions; implementation Public forums, 52664 Wildlife habitat incentives program, 65485 NOTICES California State technical guides; changes, 37440 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 43330 Foundation Board of Trustees, 30215, 38137 Conservation Practices National Handbook: Forage harvest management, mine shaft and adit closing and vegetative barriers, 54152 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Attoyac Bayou Watershed, TX, 40812 Bedrock Creek Supplemental Watershed, ID, 15027 Brady Canal, LA; hydrologic restoration project, 8236 BS-3a Caenarvon Diversion Outfall Management Project, LA, 2483 Chestnut Creek Watershed, VA, et al., 32770 Ecleto Creek Watershed, TX, 58030 Fall River Water Users System, SD, 4253, 4254 Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration Project, LA, 43037 Limestone-Graveyard Creeks watershed, CO, 45397 Marshland Watershed Project, WA, 11807 Monastery Run Project Area, PA, 4760 Orchard Mesa Project, CO, 17274 Potomac Headwaters Watershed, WV, 43729, 52405 Raccoon Island Breakwaters Demonstration Project, LA, 51675 Red-White Clay Creeks Watershed, PA and DE, 35708 Vermilion Parish, LA; Freshwater Bayou Wetlands Phase II, 34415 White Tank Mountains Watershed, AZ, 27046 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Watershed, TX, 16087 Calcasieu Parish, LA; Perry Ridge shoreline protection, 64049 Departee Creek Watershed, AR, 56216 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996: Conservation provisions; public forums, 16462 Hydric soils of United States; list additions and deletions, 29050 Meetings: Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 52406 Cancellation, 53898 Watershed projects; deauthorization of funds: Boulder River Watershed, MT, 16751 Browns Creek Watershed, MS, 29730 Coon Creek Watershed, MN, 6970 McKinney-Buzzard Creek Watershed, OK, 47480 Pasture Creek Watershed, MT, 6971 Sebastian Martin-Black Mesa Watershed, NM, 31917 Starkweather Watershed, ND, 7235, 47480 Upper Tioga River Watershed project, PA, 48125, 67304 West Carroll Watershed, LA, 48880 West Carroll Watershed Project, LA, 33092 ***** Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Office RULES Archaeological resources protection: Lands developed for resettlement purposes, 35666 ***** Navy Department RULES Navigation, COLREGS compliance exemptions: Cormorant, 60027 CSP Class and SLWT Class, 52879 USS Butte, et al., 67726 USS Cheyenne, 9105 USS Falcon, 48070 USS Hopper, 46378 USS Kingfisher, 36291 USS Kiska, 14968 USS Kitty Hawk, 9107 USS Milius, 14966 USS Mitscher, 36497 USS Mount Hood, 14969 USS Parche, 14967 USS Paul Hamilton, 9904 USS Robin, 9107 USS Ross, 58009 USS Seawolf, 9104, 35958 USS The Sullivans, 14969 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2234, 9983, 11195, 14760, 14761, 26168, 51690, 66263 Base realignment and closure: Naval Air Station Glenview, IL; disposal and reuse, 28185 Surplus Federal property -- Naval Air Station, Key West, FL, 19614 Naval Air Station, South Weymouth, MA, 20245 Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis, IN, 2235 Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, PA, 11616 Naval Housing Area, Quincy, MA, 20247 Naval Research Laboratory, Orlando, FL, 3008 Naval Reserve Center, Huntsville, AL, 2235 Naval Reserve Center, Sheboygan, WI, 3009 Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA, 34425 Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 19615 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, MD, 5539 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Louisville, KY, 2236 Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment, New London, CT, 20246 Point Molate Fuel Department, Richmond, CA, 3009 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Bellows AFS, HI; land use and development plan, 28568 Charleston Naval Base, SC; disposal, 22034 Container system for naval spent nuclear fuel management, 24293, 28857, 59423 Corpus Christi/Ingleside Naval Complex, TX; Navy Mine Warfare Center of Excellence establishment, 7494 International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex V -- Garbage discharges in special areas; amount and nature, 66264 Plastic processor equipped ships; list, 66264 Long Beach Naval Shipyard, CA; disposal and reuse, 46636, 51085 Marine Corps Air Station, AZ; ordnance storage, 66265 Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Santa Ana, CA; disposal and reuse, 55978 Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, NC; upgrade of wastewater treatment system, 3387 Naval Air Station Miramar; realignment into Marine Corps Air Station, CA, 46785, 64711 Naval Training Center Orlando, FL; disposal and reuse, 64721 Naval Base Philadelphia, PA; disposal and reuse, 3010 Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA; surplus Federal property, 1902 Naval Medical Center Oakland, CA; disposal and reuse, 55135 Naval Sea System Command, Arlington, VA; relocation to Washington Navy Yard, DC, 68014 Naval Station Long Beach, CA; disposal and reuse, 16764 Naval Station Mayport, FL; potential aircraft carrier homeporting; support facilities development, 15057 Naval Station Puget Sound, WA; reuse, 57856, 67324 Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Acoustic Research Detachment, Bayview, ID; capital improvements, 41596 Reactor plants from decommissioned and defueled nuclear- powered cruisers and Ohio and Los Angeles Class submarines; disposal, 20810, 41596 USS Seawolf submarine shock testing; public hearings, 40204 Yuma Training Range Complex, AZ, 1751 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland, CA; disposal and reuse, 27056 Fort Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor, HI; replacement outfall for wastewater treatment plant; construction, 47898 International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex V; compliance and shipboard solid waste disposal; hearing, 19264 Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, CA -- Flood protection facilities construction and Basilone Road Bridge replacement, 644 Naval Air Station Agana, GU; disposal and reuse, 1566 Naval Air Station Miramar, CA; E-2 aircraft squadron realignment, 19262 Naval Air Station Oceana, VA; F/A-18 aircraft realignment, 43533 Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, IN; disposal and reuse, 16468 Naval Base Norfolk, VA; plasma arc hazardous waste treatment facility, 11195 Naval Ordnance Station Louisville, KY; disposal and reuse, 27867 Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters; realignment within DC area, 19263 Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, PR; solid waste disposal; rescission, 42873 Naval Station Treasure Island, CA; disposal and reuse, 50004 Naval Surface Warfare Center, ID; general development, 3010 Naval Weapon Industrial Reserve Plant, NY; disaposal and reuse, 13158 Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, TX; disposal and reuse, 9152 NIMITZ class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers home port facilities development, 64071 Surveillance towed array sonar system (SURTASS) low frequency active (LFA) sonar; operational employment, 37452 Inventions, government-owned; availability for licensing, 3690, 6359, 6977, 33494, 41385, 49753, 66265, 66999 Meetings: Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, 6817, 9984, 13854, 24481, 25851, 50810 Historical Advisory Committee, 41387 Naval Academy, Board of Visitors, 6817, 21446, 57857 Naval Postgraduate School, Board of Advisors to Superintendent, 6978, 9984 Naval Research Advisory Committee, 1905, 14762, 31511 Naval War College, Board of Advisors to President, 21446 Planning and Steering Advisory Committee, 29083, 58171 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Banix Corp., 66999 CIDRA Corp., 49753 Combustion chamber drain system, 24482 Davis Liquid Crystals, Inc., et al., 46446 Dynamic Safety Resources, Inc., 6362 Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., 2237 Liquid crystal composition and alignment layer, 24482 Lumitox Gulf L.C., 13854 Northrup Grumman Corp., 16468 Ocean Test Equipment, Inc., 11196 Precision Quincy Corp. et al., 55281 Research International, Inc., 19616 Shields Environmental Corp., 2237 Shipley Co., L.L.C., 2237, 29361, 52925 SmithKline Beecham Biologicals S.A., 66999 Stidd Systems, Inc., 3690, 29362 Zesto Therm, Inc., 19616 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 19910, 25637, 47483, 54176 Reports; availability, etc.: Garbage discharges from ships; MARPOL Annex V special areas, 14762 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 40204 ***** Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6688, 20545, 37772, 52470 ***** Northeast Dairy Compact Commission NOTICES Price regulation rulemaking proceeding; hearing, 65604 ***** Nuclear Regulatory Commission RULES Byproduct material; domestic licensing: Certain byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials licenses; one-time extension, 1109 Decommissioning regulations; cross-references update, 29636 Employee protection policies; consistency and clarification, 6762 Environmental protection; domestic licensing and related regulatory functions: Nuclear power plant operating licenses; environmental review for renewal, 28467, 37351, 39555, 66537 Correction, 68543 Federal claims collection: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 53554, 56623 Fee schedules revision; 100% fee recovery (FY 1996), 16203 High-level radioactive wastes disposal in geologic repositories; design basis events, 64257 Nuclear equipment and material; export and import: U.S. export controls conformance to Nuclear Suppliers Group export control guidelines; and State Department nuclear nonproliferation policies, 35600 Practice rules: Domestic licensing proceedings -- Enforcement actions policy and procedure; removal; correction, 13655 Outdated references deleted, and minor change, 43406 Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing: Fuel cycle and other radioactive material licenses, etc., 9901 Nuclear power plants -- Codes and standards; subsections IWE and IWL; incorporation by reference, 41303 Light water reactor pressure vessels; fracture toughness requirements; correction, 232 Nuclear power reactors; decommissioning procedures, 39278 Nuclear power reactors -- Emergency planning and preparedness exercise requirements, 30129 Radiation protection standards: Radionuclides; constraint level for air emission, 65120 Radioactive material packaging and transportation: International Atomic Energy Agency compatibility, 28723 Reactor site criteria: Seismic and earthquake engineering criteria for nuclear power plants, 65157 Regulatory agenda; report availability, 46537 Spent nuclear fuel storage capacity availability; criteria and adequacy determination procedures; CFR part removed, 35935 Termination or transfer of licensed activities; recordkeeping requirements, 24669 PROPOSED RULES Agreement State licensees; recognition of areas under exclusive Federal jurisdiction wihin agreement State, 30839 Byproduct material; domestic licensing: Regulatory, health, and radiation safety basis of licensing practices; clarification, 58346 Classified information; access and protection, 40555 Deliberate misconduct rule; extension to six categories of unlicensed persons, 51835 Employee protection policies; consistency and clarification; cross reference, 6796 Federal regulatory review: Radioactive devices regulation; public workshop, 295 Fee schedules revision; 100% fee recovery (FY 1996), 2948 Correction, 5064 Fitness-for-duty programs: Conformance with HHS testing guidelines, etc., 21105 Public meeting, 24731 Onsite testing; public meeting, 27, 1528 Nuclear power reactors, standard design certifications; and combined licenses; early site permits: Boiling water reactors -- System 80+ standard designs; certification approval, 18099, 27027 U.S. advanced reactor; certification approval, 18099 Onsite low-level waste disposal in agreement States; approval authority; withdrawn, 26852 Plants and materials; physical protection: Nuclear power plants; personnel access authorization requirements; public meeting, 16067 Practice rules: Domestic licensing procedures -- Licensing support system (LSS); LSSNet computer-based communications program availability, 59031 Outdated references deleted, and minor change, 43406 Rulemaking petitions; submission procedures, 4378 Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing: Electric utility industry; restructuring and economic deregulation; public health and safety effect policy statement, 49711 Comment period extended, 65190 Nuclear power plants -- Decommissioning; financial assurance requirements, 15427 Nuclear power reactors -- Risk-significant systems and equipment; reporting reliability and availability information, 5318 Radiation protection standards: Conformance, clarifications, and policy change, 52388 Licensed radioactive material; unintended or unauthorized use; reporting requirements, 3334, 7431 Radiation equipment performance requirements; public workshop, 37019 Regulatory agenda: Quarterly report, 6796 Rulemaking petitions: Amersham Corp., 30837, 48645 Heartland Operation to Protect Environment, 633, 67501 IsoStent, Inc., 33388 IsoStent, Inc.; withdrawn, 68688 Measurex Corp.; denied, 1857 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists, 4754 Nuclear Energy Institute, 43193, 60057 Portland General Electric Co., Shillinglaw, Fawn, 24249 University of Cincinnati, 31874 Semi-annual agenda, 24048, 63532, 3619 NOTICES Abnormal occurrence reports: Policy statement, 67072 Quarterly reports to Congress, 661, 7123 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1605, 4684-4687, 5412, 6867, 10386, 13519, 33951, 34879, 35271, 37093, 51307, 52470, 53982, 56714, 65083, 65245, 67351, 67582, 68307, 68308 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3735, 5808, 561, 3494, 3495, 4685, 4804, 5412, 6391, 6661, 7822, 9735, 10809, 11229, 12111, 14831, 15313, 17734, 18629, 20288, 20289, 20290, 20546, 24335, 25508, 27105, 33951, 35272, 36093, 41811, 52068, 52812, 54823, 55025, 57480, 68308 Agreement State program principles and policy statement and adequacy and compatibility policy statement Working group report availability, 49357 Allegers and confidential sources identity protection; policy statement, 25924 Antitrust and financial qualifications and decommissioning funding assurance; draft standard review plans, 68309 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 733 Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel, 67859 Materials Licensing and Inspection Training Working Group, 43091 Medical Uses of Isotopes Advisory Committee, 15838 Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee, 6043 Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 6043, 28908, 69116 Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 59250, 65607 Stolen industrial radiography equipment working group, 40252 Declassification of national security information mandatory review; update, 56974 Enforcement actions policy and procedure: Comment request, 13890, 54461 Policy statement revised, 53557, 65088, 68070 Radiation protection programs, 65128 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: American Nuclear Corp.; Gas Hills site, WY, 55671 Arizona Public Service Co., 5042, 10036, 11231 Atlantic Richfield Co., 47965 Atlas Corp., 3058, 10391 Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 53241 BP Chemicals, Inc., 20548 Brigham Young University, 55672 Cabot Performance Materials facility, PA, 51470 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, 52959 Carolina Power & Light Co., 6044, 55673 Catholic University of America, 10037 Cimarron Corp., 16127 Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. et al., 32860 Commonwealth Edison Co., 669, 6265, 14837, 17329, 25921, 37294 Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 39481 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., 1606 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 3496 Consumers Power Co., 422, 10811 Crow Butte Resources, Inc., 7541 Dow Chemical Co., 37772 Duke Power Co., 5808, 37941 Entergy Operations, Inc., 37774, 39482, 52961 Florida Power & Light Co., 5413, 49176 Georgia Power Co. et al., 8308, 36914 Houston Lighting & Power Co., 58710 Indiana Michigan Power Co., 39672 Indiana University, 57911 James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, 64004 Jefferson Proving Ground (U.S. Army), IN, 20546 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 7824 Northern States Power Co., 26225 Omaha Public Power District, 31561 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 30924, 33146 Pathfinder Mines Corp., 14839 Portland General Electric Co. et al., 64378 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. et al., 49501 Rio Algom Mining Corp., 6267 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 1785, 13891 Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 19962 Sequoyah Fuels Corp., 42071 Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp., 38789, 42666, 57721 South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.; et al., 16272 Southern California Edison Co., 50513 Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., 33781 Soyland Power Cooperative, 58897 Texas Utilities Electric Co., 5042, 58897 Toledo Edison Co. et al., 42273 U.S. Energy Corp., 42665 Union Electric Co., 12112, 59469 United States Enrichment Corp.; gaseous diffusion plants operation; certification decision, 49360 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 6662, 8984 Virginia Electric & Power Co. et al., 6268 Washington Public Power Supply System, 14337, 50056 Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 13520, 66062 Wisconsin Public Service Corp. et al., 42447 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., 9207 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Sequoyah Fuels Corp., 11066 Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities or materials, 15984 Cambridge Isotop Labs, 29435 Siemens Power Corp., 20291 Exports of nuclear reactor components, substances, and items to EURATOM; general and specific licenses, 355 Generic letters: Boraflex degradation in spent fuel pool storage racks, 34882 Control rod drive mechanisms and other vessel head penetrations; primary water stress corrosion cracking, 40253, 43393 Equipment operability and containment integrity during design-basis accident conditions, 52069 Licensee qualification for performing safety analyses; alternative method Cancelled, 56069 Pressure temperature limit curves and low temperature overpressure protection system limits; relocation, 5043 Pressurized-water reactors; valve mispositioning, 3059 Safety-related logic circuits testing, 3497 Workshop, 9736 Safety-related motor-operated valves -- Design-basis capability; periodic verification, 6392 Periodic verification of design-basis capability, 50514 Security measures; nuclear power plant protection against internal threat; reconsideration, 6392 Steam generator internals at foreign pressurized-water reactor facilities; degradation, 69116 Steam generator tube inspection techniques, 69117 Ultrasonic testing examinations in inservice inspection programs; effectiveness, 69117 License renewal demonstration program; site visit plan, 10812 Lobbying activities; registration with Congress and filing of semiannual reports, 3737 Meetings: Agreement States; technical and program management issues in regulation of Atomic Energy Act radioactive materials; public meeting, 40469 Electric cables research; technical issues related to Environmental Qualification process resolution; public meeting, 37775 Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel, 15984 Materials licensing process; public workshop, 8985 Medical Uses of Isotopes Advisory Committee, 2547, 6045, 14840, 54686 Nuclear power plants; operating licenses renewal requirements; public workshop, 50335 Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee, 733, 17914, 19094, 25247, 30924, 30925, 55327, 58429 Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 1607, 6867, 15984, 27108, 36399, 46832, 48990, 52814, 55832, 56976, 65246 Agenda, 52814 Organization of Agreement States; technical workshop, 5414, 8310 Pressure vessel fluence determination; calculational and dosimetry methods, 48176 Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 173, 1608, 1952, 2547, 4688, 4689, 5414, 6868, 7025, 8985, 10037, 11232, 11435, 11898, 12113, 15839, 19094, 20291, 25923, 25924, 27109, 28249, 33783, 33783, 34882, 38475, 39483, 40864, 43565, 44351, 44352, 48990, 50337, 50338, 51132, 52961, 54244, 54686, 55327, 58256, 58898, 58899, 59119, 60311, 67859, 68312 Meeting procedures, 51310 Regulatory information conference, 2268 SCDAP/RELAP5 code modeling of natural circulation in PWR under severe accident conditions; review, 42072 Spent fuel storage and transportation program; public workshop, 8310 State Liaison Officers, 47973 Strategic assessment and rebaselining; stakeholders views and comments solicitation, 52475 Water reactor safety information, 48512 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 231, 1438, 2002, 3088, 4521, 5605, 6296, 6894, 7305, 8311, 8691, 10038, 11232, 13222, 14585, 15839, 16654, 17915, 19095, 20549, 24340, 25509, 26938, 28251, 29578, 30263, 30926, 32860, 34454, 36094, 37095, 38231, 39673, 41188, 42274, 43092, 44093, 46668, 47774, 48991, 50338, 51132, 51311, 52476, 52815, 53461, 53983, 54824, 56069, 56976, 58257, 58899, 60124, 64175, 65247, 66337, 67860 Memorandums of understanding: NRC emergency response data system utilization -- Louisiana, 64379 Wisconsin, 51727 Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Energy Policy Act; gaseous diffusion plants, 40249 Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Department; site decommissioning management plan sites and other decommissioning sites, 46832 Metric system conversion; policy statement, 31169 Mixed radioactive and hazardous waste: Cesium-137 contaminated emission control dust and other incident-related material disposition; staff technical position, 1608 Nuclear industry employees; freedom to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation; policy statement, 24336 Nuclear waste and spent fuel shipments: Governors' designees receiving advance notification; list, 33952 Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices, 174, 1626, 3497, 5809, 6397, 7542, 7825, 9736, 10392, 13521, 15985, 18162, 20842, 25696, 28604, 31171, 34884, 37295, 40013, 42274, 44353, 47973, 50338, 52962, 55028, 57481, 58900, 64381, 66702, 67860 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 37307, 54244 Local public document room relocation and establishment -- Georgia Institute of Technology research reactor; temporary designation, 18761 Hanford tank waste remediation system, WA, 60734 Long Island Power Authority; Shoreham Nuclear Power Station; closure, 3059 Millstone Nuclear Power Station, CT; temporary designation, 18183 Northern States Power Co.; Prairie Island offsite independent spent fuel storage installation, 51311 San Onofre Nuclear Station, CA; temporary closing, 25923 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station et al., PA; temporary service reduction, 55174 Wood River Junction Site, RI; closing, 670 Petitions; Director's decisions: Arizona Public Service Co., 30925, 34454 Bauman, Sherwood, 59251 Blanch, Paul M., 58257 Cleveland Public Power, 55049 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, 30643 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York et al., 36916 Consumers Power Co. et al., 2269 Doyle, Shannon T., 42922 Duke Power Co. et al., 16810, 57917 Fleming, Jane A., 9208 Florida Power & Light Co., 36916, 59469 Florida Power Corp., 31562, 53461 GPU Nuclear Corp., 67352 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 25509, 51729, 60124 Morris, C., 18183, 58711 Northeast Utilities, 671, 57914, 57923 Northern States Power Co., 19644, 55175, 64541 PECO Energy Co., 30456 Perry Nuclear Power Plant et al., 9506 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, 9209 Romer, Klaus R., 36916 Southern California Edison Co., et al., 60734 Tennessee Valley Authority, 15151, 43268 Thermo-Lag fire barrier material use by reactor licensees, 16005 Toledo Edison Co., 3060 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, 37095 Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 66063 Yankee Atomic Electric Co., 5043, 7825, 11898 Yankee Atomic Electric Co. et al., 31964 Pressurized water reactors; control rod insertion problems, 10601 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 16810, 20865, 29578 Pumps and valves; inservice testing inspection procedure; public workshop, 63873 Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 733, 1647, 2269, 3508, 8311, 10812, 16016, 16017, 17915, 19645, 25510, 36771, 42448, 43792, 46834, 47987, 49363, 52977, 55675, 58910, 60126, 67354 Reports; availability, etc.: Boiling water reactors; decommissioning analyses and costs estimate, 46668 Boiling-water reactors emergency core cooling suction strainers; potential plugging by debris, 22076 Branch technical position; screening methodology for assessing prior radioactive waste land burials, 56716 Criteria for Protective Action Recommendations for Severe Accidents, 43794 Dry cask storage systems; standard review plan, 11436 Electrical connections; aging and loss-of-coolant accident testing, 65247 Expert elicitation use in high-level waste program; final branch technical position, 7568, 67354 Gas-cooled reactor, modular high-temperature; preapplication safety evaluation, 6869 Termination, 41189 Geological repository for spent nuclear fuel and high- level radioactive waste; license application review plan; draft, 2847 Heavy load movement over spent fuel, fuel in reactor core, or safety-related equipment, 17330 Human-system interface design review guideline, 48513, 52978 Individual Plant Examination Program; reactor safety and plant performance perspectives, 58429 Industry standards comparison review plan, 5415 Licensed devices control and accountability evaluation agreement state working group, 59120 Light water reactor nuclear power plants; standard review plan update and related documents, 43092 Materials licensing process redesign; methodology and findings, 19096 Medical use program; radiation in medicine; external regulatory review, 1648 Nuclear power plant early site permit applications; emergency planning criteria, 24307 Portable gauge licenses; program-specific guidance, 51729, 55053 Pilot test; volunteer request, 64768 Power reactors; operating licensing examination standards, 6869 Reactor safety and plant performance; individual plant examination program; comment request and workshop, 65248 Reassessment of NRC's dollar per person/rem conversion factor policy, 561 Responsiveness to public, 4294 Sealed source and device evaluations and registrations, applications; standard review plan, 59120 Spent fuel dry storage facilities; standard review plan, 57926 Spent fuel storage and transportation casks; chemical, galvanic, or other potential reactions, 36918 Tritium producing burnable poison rod lead test assemblies, 67584 Uranium mills, Title II alternate concentration limits; final staff technical position, 7127 Sealed source and device evaluations; regulatory authority reassumption: Iowa, North Dakota, and Utah, 20293 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 20293 Site decommissioning management plan; sites: Removals from list -- Aberdeen Proving Ground Site, MD, 36586 Cleveland Works Facility of Aluminum Co. of America, Inc., 16813 Frome Investment Co. (Brooks & Perkins Corp.), 39673 RTI Inc. Site, NJ, 36585 Small business innovation research program; phased withdrawal in FY 1996, 30263 Standard review plan for review of safety analysis reports for nuclear power plants, 64176 Strategic assessment and rebaselining initiative, 58430 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Agarwal, Shashi K., M.D., 49357 Applied Health Physics, Inc., 15526, 52813 Arizona Public Service Co., 47962, 47963, 50535 Arizona Public Service Co. et al., 10035 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit, 64173 Atlas Corp., 4495 B&W Fuel Co., 21210 Babcock & Wilcox Co., 53240 Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 1952, 27371, 29771, 36914, 56714, 60121 Bemis Construction, Inc., 27373 Bolton, Eugene, 8080 Brigham Young University, 56716 Cabot Corp., 28905 Canspec Materials Testing, Inc., 5038 Carolina Power & Light Co., 7125, 25509, 27106, 30102, 42447, 55830 Catholic University of America, 11435 Chemetron Corp., Inc., 28906 Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., 28249, 37937 Cleveland Electric Illuminating & Ohio Edison Co. et al., 20840 Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., 34450 Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. et al., 3951, 7823, 8981, 8982, 10600, 21213, 22075, 40012, 42272 Commonwealth Edison Co., 192, 416, 1412, 1648, 3509, 7281, 15983, 16270, 17735, 18449, 40670, 43391, 47214, 47966, 47968, 54240, 57911, 65084 Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 40468 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., 11229 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. et al., 58598 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 4683 Consumers Power Co., 1787, 16127, 44348, 49493, 50054 Crow Butte Resources, Inc., 34451 Detroit Edison Co., 419 Dial Corp., 58085 Diamond H Testing Co., 10387 DowElanco Greenfield Field Research Station, 16937 Duke Power Co., 65605, 66699, 68310 Duke Power Co. et al., 16649, 17735 Duriron Co., Inc., 17326 Eastern Testing & Inspection, Inc., 15836, 16654 Entergy Operations, Inc., 47971, 57911, 64376 Entergy Operations, Inc., et al., 36770 Euratom, 7126 Fansteel, Inc., 32466 Fernandez, Jose L., 56065 Five Star Products, Inc., et al., 562 Florida Power & Light Co., 29140 Florida Power Corp., 13888 General Public Utility Nuclear Corp., 31964, 59118 Georgia Institute of Technology, 14164, 19961, 25016 Georgia Power Co. et al., 734, 41186, 52471 GPU Nuclear Corp., 30103, 39164 GPU Nuclear Corp. et al., 67078 GRD Steel Corp., 49496 Guzman, Juan, 18630 Guzman, Juan, et al., 26549 HNU Systems, Inc., 45994 Houston Lighting & Power Co., 64175 Houston Lighting & Power Co. et al., 4805, 9502, 14832, 16651, 17735, 26936, 43086, 57719 Idaho State University, 563 IES Utilities, Inc., 3953, 69115 Indiana Michigan Power Co., 56572 Industrial Marine Testing Laboratories, Inc., 41430 Innovative Weaponry, Inc., 25694 Jenson, Mark A., 37938 Kerr-McGee Corp., 38788 Maas, John, 68310 Madigan Army Medical Center, Takoma, WA, 27106 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 735 Massachusetts radiation control program; staff assessment, 68066 McDaniel, Emerick S., 27108, 27938, 33952 McDonald, Donald J., Jr., 14834 MidAmerican Energy Co., 30263 Middle Monongahela Industrial Development Association, Inc., 42921 Minnick, Gary A., 193 Molycorp, Inc., 22075 New York Power Authority, 25245 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 59248, 65085 North Atlantic Energy Service Co. et al., 33142 North Atlantic Energy Service Corp., 60121 Northeast Nuclear Energy Co., 43087, 54242, 58253 Northeast Nuclear Energy Co. et al., 30639, 31559 Northeast Utilities, 4294 Northeast Utilities Service Co., 29771, 36583, 49498 Northern States Power Co., 5413, 9504, 24837, 38789, 48989, 49800, 53983, 57721, 65246 Omaha Public Power District, 355, 45995 Osorio, Jesus N., 37940 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3737, 15314, 48512, 55174, 69115 Pathfinder Mines Corp., 15315, 24964 PECO Energy Co., 45997, 67582 Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 39672, 47529, 56972 Petrotomics Co., 33776, 40864, 56574 Philadelphia Electric Co., 356, 3511, 3512, 20840, 50335 Portland General Electric Co., 17736 Portland General Electric Co. et al., 18448 Power Authority of State of New York, 14835, 28602 Power Resources, Inc., 43267 Public Service Co. of Colorado, 13520, 48174, 58087 Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 17737, 30641, 32468, 38229, 48175, 59249 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. et al., 420, 5040, 50885, 69115 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., 24965, 29142 Sadovsky, Roy, D.V.M., 49499 Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp., 4496, 11231, 24964 Shelton, James L., 1650, 2848 Southern California Edison Co., 34452, 56251 Southern California Edison Co. et al., 67079 Southern Nuclear Operating Co. et al., 41187 Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., 19092, 34880 Tennessee Valley Authority, 5587, 15315, 35272, 37094, 37095, 41431, 51470, 55026 Testco, Inc., 14583, 40671, 43268 Texas Utilities Electric Co., 1651, 3739, 58256, 64930 Toledo Edison Co. et al., 356 U.S. Air Force; McClellan AFB Nuclear Radiation Center, 66061 Umetco Minerals Corp., 563, 1652, 9505 Union Electric Co., 29434, 52959 Virginia Electric & Power Co., 564, 31561, 44093, 49360, 60121 Washington Public Power Supply System, 8307, 10601, 19326, 29577, 33144, 33777, 33779, 44350 Western Nuclear, Inc., 1653, 11066 Whittaker Corp., 56068 Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 51308 Wisconsin Public Service Co. et al., 53769 Wisconsin Public Service Corp. et al., 52472, 60122 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., 10389 Yankee Atomic Electric Co., 1953, 41663 ***** Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board NOTICES Meetings, 11437, 29144, 43095, 64400 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 59472