FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Construction safety and health standards: Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 37134 Inspections, citations, and proposed penalties: Abatement verification, 15324 Occupational injury and illness; recording and reporting: Establishment-specific data collection by mail, 6434 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 44552 Safety and health standards: 1,3-Butadiene (BD); occupational exposure; reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 29668 Air contaminants; correction, 42018 Safety and health standards, etc.: Cargo handling and related activities conducted aboard vessels and at marine terminals, 40142 Electrical power generation; transmission and distribution; electrical protective equipment, 65203 Methylene chloride; occupational exposure, 1494 Partial stay, 66275 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 42666, 43581 Start-up date extension, 48175, 54382 Shipyard employment safety and health standards: Personal protective equipment; effective date and reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 33547 State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: New Mexico, 49910 Oregon, 49908 State plans; standards approval, etc.: Alaska et al., 2558 PROPOSED RULES Alternative dispute resolution; expanded use by agency programs, 6690 Safety and health standards: Control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout); review meeting, 29089, 41002 Ethylene oxide standard review; meeting, 28649, 41002 Exit routes (means of egress); public hearing, 9402 Tuberculosis; occupational exposure, 54160, 65388 Safety and health standards, etc.: Longshoring and marine terminals; piggybacking of two containers using twist locks, 52671 Shipyard employment safety and health standards: Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- Meetings, 12133, 34417 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4081, 9211, 10592, 11928, 18368, 19621, 23277, 31848, 33909, 35233, 35234, 35838, 36311, 36312, 36313, 36576, 36849, 36850, 37621, 37622, 37623, 37624, 37625, 37626, 37934, 37935, 37936, 37937, 37938, 38124, 38125, 38126, 38127, 38586, 38587, 39282, 52153, 60284, 62355, 66132, 67665 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 34313, 42265 Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 39551 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Residential construction industry standards; training seminars, 29373 Susan Harwood training program, 18799 Meetings: Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 8460, 31463 Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 47519 Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 3718, 29376, 33682, 44149, 67666 Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 43016, 61552 Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee, 13396, 25668, 36577, 48317, 61553 Memorandum of understanding: Energy Department; Savannah River Site, SC; Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority; addendum, 42535 Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: Applied Research Laboratories, Inc., 42827, 62356 Communication Certification Laboratory, 63561 Detroit Testing Laboratory, Inc., 62358 Entela, Inc., 8041, 28066 Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., 42829, 63562 TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., 65446 Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 62359 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 19815, 43355, 59002, 63563, 63968 State plans; standards approval, etc.: California, 31159 Maryland, 16873 Minnesota, 3532 New Mexico, 39551, 54471 Puerto Rico, 25668 Washington, 3311, 3534, 42142, 67096 Variance applications, etc.: Dixie Divers, Inc., 58995 ***** Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission RULES Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation, 59568 Practice and procedure: E-Z Trial pilot program implementation and simplified proceedings for adjudicative process; CFR correction, 14821, 40933, 58650 Correction, 61011 Miscellaneous amendments, 35961 PROPOSED RULES Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation, 42957 Practice and procedure: E-Z Trial pilot program implementation and simplified proceedings for adjudicative process; rules revision, 34031 Miscellaneous amendments, 12134 NOTICES Goals and objectives developed under Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; comment request, 46384 ***** Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office ***** Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office ***** Office of the Special Counsel NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 32851 ***** Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States ***** Ounce of Prevention Council NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: President's Crime Prevention Council; youth drug and alcohol use prevention program, 2886 ***** Overseas Private Investment Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3915, 36843, 42262, 46372 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 15727, 15917, 30338, 33437, 48109, 53338, 62347 Environmental Handbook; current environmental policies and procedures; publication and electronic access, 5645 Hearings, 63383 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8989, 10878, 28896, 46511, 63384 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council NOTICES Power plan amendments: Northwest conservation and electronic power plan, 48682 ***** Panama Canal Commission RULES Acquisition regulations: Debarment, suspension, and ineligibility, 11770 Health, sanitation, and communicable disease surveillance: Disinfecting vessels requirement; technical amendments; correction, 12751 Licensing of activities, 33747 Shipping and navigation: Vessel transit reservation system; transit schedule preference, transiting vessels order, and passenger steamers preference, 18275, 48178 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22522, 58294 Shipping and navigation: Vessel transit reservation system; transit schedule preference, transiting vessels order, and passenger steamers preference, 9997 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 29165, 66400 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 47070 ***** Parole Commission RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: Regional office file disclosure, 51601 Transfer treaty cases; special transferee hearings; correction, 40270 PROPOSED RULES Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: Regional office file disclosure, 40316 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 770, 10588, 12666, 33116, 48670, 49256, 50404, 65444, 65445, 67662 ***** Patent and Trademark Office RULES Patent and trademark cases: Fee revisions, 40450 Correction, 43100 Patents: Practice rules; simplification, clarification, and removal of unnecessary requirements, 53132 Correction, 61235 PROPOSED RULES Patent and trademark cases: Fee revisions, 24865 Patent cases: Practice rules; trademark trial and appeal board proceedings, 30802, 59640 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 37563, 40503, 40504 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 66342 Meetings: Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 18332, 41952 Patent formalities treaty; comment request, 54836 Patents: Chemical composition species, single prior art reference; claims; examination guidelines, 6217, 9486 Human drug products -- CORLOPAM; active ingredient term extension, 18099 Patent prosecution file histories, procedures for recording; hearing and comment request, 49471, 50984 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 48823 ***** Peace Corps PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22526, 58298 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18659 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2401, 5656, 5657, 27283, 31853, 31854, 45282, 48323 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 5657 ***** Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 40696 Group health plans; disclosure requirements, 16979 Correction, 31695 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 36205 Plan assets; participant contributions, 62934 Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements, 16894 Correction, 17004, 31669, 31690 Health flexible spending arrangements; clarification, 67688 Individuals denied coverage due to health status-related factor; clarification, 67689 Mental health parity requirements, 66932 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 35904 PROPOSED RULES Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 19078 Correction, 23534 Employee benefit plans; claims procedures, 47262 Health care continuation coverage; information request, 49894 Health insurance portability; comment request, 3563 Plan assets; participant contributions, 14760 Employee Retirement Income Secutiry Act: Insurance company general accounts; guidance, 66908 Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996; implementation, 34604 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 15539, 41086, 41087, 41088, 59003 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59002 Employee benefit plans; class exemptions: Collective investment fund conversion transactions, 42830 Foreign exchange transactions executed pursuant to standing instructions, 5051 Investment services, reduced or no cost; receipt by individuals whose benefit IRAs or KEOGHs have been established or maintained, 5855 Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: 1st Source Bank et al., 33910, 47050 ADP Fluor Daniel, Inc., et al., 10074 AEW Capital Management, L.P., 47056, 58749 Alloy Die Casting Co. et al., 42837 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 28502 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. et al., 39021 Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Local No. 74 of DuPage County et al., 39027, 48672 Chicago Corp. et al., 1913, 10078 EBPLife Insurance Co. et al., 37299, 62619 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States et al., 33925, 66669 First Bank System et al., 59740 Fortunoff Fine Jewelry & Silverware, Inc., et al., 66685 General Electric et al., 18801 ILGWU National Retirement Fund et al., 7268, 41088 Keebler Co., 31630 Keebler Co. et al., 27621 McCroskey, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock P.C., et al., 41431, 51911 McLane Co., Inc., 27625 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al., 54471 MS Commodity Investments Portfolio II, L.P., et al., 62622 NatWest Securities Corp. et al., 47060 Norwest Investment Services, Inc., 28515 Operating Engineers Local 150 et al., 18803 Orders Distributing Co., Inc., et al., 4802 Pikesville National Bank & Trust Co. et al., 4810 Real Estate Equity Trust No. 1 et al., 17207 Robert A. Benz & Co., P.A., et al., 30616, 44725 State Street Bank & Trust Co. et al., 51684, 66689 TA Associates, Inc., et al., 42839 TCW Group, Inc., et al., 59744 United States Trust Co. of New York et al., 18817 Univar Corp. et al., 1925, 4814 UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 56201 Washington National et al., 17209, 31630, 33443, 35839 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al., 7275 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Employee pension, welfare, and fringe benefit plans; annual return/report forms (form 5500 series) filing requirement changes, 46556 Multiemployer welfare benefit plans; annual reporting enforcement policy; adoption and comment request, 11929 Meetings: 401 (K) plan fees; hearing, 53802 Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council, 5857, 12856, 12857, 13171, 19815, 19816, 27785, 27786, 34314, 42842, 48893, 48894, 54858, 54859 ***** Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 36993 Premium payments: Premium filings-rated information; submission of records, 36663 Regulations; reorganization, renumbering, and reinvention; Federal regulatory reform; correction, 35342, 67728 Single-employer plans: Allocation of assets -- Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 2016, 6874, 12098, 18268, 26741, 32197, 37717, 43639, 48176, 53538, 61012, 65609 Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement age, 65610 Benefits payable in terminated plans; disclosure to participants, 65607 Termination; assessment of penalties for failure to provide required information; policy statement, 12521 Termination regulations; amendments, 60424 Waivers for major disaster area residents due to severe weather: Midwest and South, 12542 Upper Midwest, 28631 PROPOSED RULES Multiemployer plans: Mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans, 23700 Semi-annual agenda, 22530, 58302 Single-employer plans: Allocation of assets -- Mortality tables, 12982 Benefit overpayments and underpayments; recoupment and reimbursement, 66319 Termination regulations; amendments, 12508 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4820, 8057, 9239, 18826, 24998, 43381, 44294, 60929, 67418 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 8057, 20226, 23507, 34721, 40391, 54138, 60287 Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Employee pension, welfare, and fringe benefit plans; annual return/report forms (form 5500 series) filing requirement changes, 46556 Multiemployer plans: Bond/escrow requirement; exemption requests -- Bryland, L.P., 20226 Dunham-Bush, Inc., 16204 Interest rates and assumptions, 2401, 7078, 12257, 18374, 26831, 32387, 37944, 43760, 48323, 53668, 61152, 65718 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 38146, 51494, 67924, 67925 Single-employer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 2401, 18374, 37944, 53668 Substantial damage determination requests: Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Fund, 31465 ***** Personnel Management Office RULES Acquisition regulations: Health benefits, Federal employees -- Truth in Negotiations Act and related changes, 47569, 50435 Administrative law judge positions examination administration; funding, 6448 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas), 14188 Correction, 16218 Miscellaneous changes, 63630 Conflict of interests, 32859, 42897 Employment: Excepted service -- Schedule A authority for positions in temporary organizations, 18505 Summer employment program; streamlining, 19899 Federal employee training; correction, 63630 Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993; notification requirements removed, 23125 Mobility assignments between Federal agencies and non- Federal entities; appointment system streamlining, 23126 Presidential management intern program, 3193, 44199 Qualification requirements, general, 44535 Correction, 46553 Reduction in force -- Initial retirement eligibility establishment and health benefits continuance; annual leave use, 10681 Retention service credit based on job performance, and other retention rights, 62495 Surplus and displaced Federal employees; career transition assistance programs development, 31315 Correction, 34385 Excepted service: Fellowships and similar appointments, 55725 Student educational employment program, 63627 Federal Employee Travel Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Location-based pay entitlements; official duty station determinations, 25423 Group life insurance, Federal employees: Merger of life insurance regulations, living benefits, and life insurance assignment, 48731 Correction, 52181 Health benefits, Federal employees: Opportunities to enroll and change enrollment, 38433 Correction, 41485, 49557, 53223 Intergovernmental Personnel Act programs: Personnel administration by State and local governments; merit systems standards, 33971 Correction, 53223 Pay administration: Fair Labor Standards Act -- Standardization and compliance, 67238 Holiday pay for prevailing rate employees, premium pay for nonappropriated fund wage employees, etc., 28305 Panama Canal Commission employees; severance pay, 49125 Pay under General Schedule: Locality-based comparability payments -- Metropolitan areas; removals, 65311 Practice and procedure: Claims settlement procedures, 68139 Prevailing rate systems, 3195, 16465, 28978, 51759, 66973, 67257, 67258 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System -- Merit Systems Protection Board direct appeals; claims adjudication, 22873 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act -- Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage for District of Columbia employees, 50995 PROPOSED RULES Absence and leave: Emergency leave transfer program, 59301 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas), 13354 Employment: Excepted service -- Summer employment program; streamlining, 1695 Qualification requirements, general, 30778 Reduction in force -- Retention service credit received based on job performance; correction, 5174, 7298 Excepted service: Fellowships and similar appointments, 42943 Health benefits, Federal employees: Disenrollment, 63282 Intergovernmental Personnel Act programs: Personnel administration by State and local governments; merit system standards, 4940 Organizations representing Federal employees and other organizations; agency relationships, 19525 Pay administration: Child support, alimony and commercial garnishment of Federal employees' pay; processing, 31763 Fair Labor Standards Act -- Complaints and compliance; withdrawn, 9995 Standardization and compliance, 45064, 50435 Lump-sum payment for annual leave, 40475 Political activities; Federal employees residing in designated localities, 34017 Correction, 35247 Practice and procedures: Claims settlement procedures, 45060 Prevailing rate systems, 46221, 59300 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System -- Disability retirement; application procedures uniformity, 2323 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant disappears, 35693 Federal Employees Retirement System -- Disability retirement; application procedures uniformity, 2323 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant disappears, 35693 Retirement, health benefits, and life insurance, Federal employees: Decennial census employees with dual appointments; continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 67295 Semi-annual agenda, 22500, 58272 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2197, 3319, 40124, 41454, 45689, 47071, 50643, 52794, 52795, 52796, 53354, 53355, 55841, 65451, 65452, 67924, 68324, 68325 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2403, 3319, 9003, 14171, 23812, 25980, 28741, 43382, 43560, 47071, 47527, 61418, 63402, 67925, 68325 Allowances and differentials: Cost-of-living allowances in nonforeign areas; report on 1996 surveys; availability, 14190 Combined Federal Campaign; recognition of national federations; limitation, 60535 Excepted service: Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked -- Consolidated list, 49078 Update, 2403, 5863, 10095, 14707, 22979, 30889, 36320, 40124, 47071, 51494, 62648 Health benefits, Federal employees: Medically underserved areas (1998 CY), 46384 Locality pay; President's Pay Agent; salary tables 1997 pay adjustments, 16631 Meetings: Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 5062, 17257, 25678, 32832, 35859, 40126, 44294, 44295, 47706, 53355, 63738 Federal Salary Council, 33447, 50643 National Partnership Council, 5063, 10885, 16632, 31182, 35859, 46385, 52365, 60536, 65108 Personnel management demonstration projects: Army Department -- Aviation Research, Development and Engineering Center, Federal Center, St. Louis, MO, 11700 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 12006 U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD, 11676 U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM), Redstone Arsenal, AL, 11982 U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 11646 Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Center, MO; science and technology reinvention laboratories, 34906 Commerce Department -- Alternative personnel management system, 24256, 67434 Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, AL; science and technology reinvention laboratories, 34876 Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers; science and technology reinvention laboratories, 8586, 64050 Retirement: Civil Service Retirement System -- Present value factors, 19149 Federal Employees Retirement System -- Normal cost percentages, 19152 Present value factors, 19151 Senior Executive Service: Career positions reserved during 1996; list, 8516 Performance Review Board; membership, 59754 ***** Physician Payment Review Commission NOTICES Meetings, 6587, 18827, 47073 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2197 ***** Postal Rate Commission RULES Practice and procedure: Domestic mail classification schedule; rules applicable to requests for establishing or changing, 35424 Market research evidence; foundational requirements clarified, 45727 Omnibus rate proceeding -- Cost attribution methods and rate design principles, 30242 Rules and organizational description; limited editorial revisions, 45530 PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure: Market research evidence; foundational requirements clarified, 25578 NOTICES Domestic mail classification schedule: Forwarding and return of standard (A) parcels; schedule provisions and rates changes, 32832 Packaging service; provisional classification and fee schedule, 42270 Parcel services provisions and rates, 9455 Postage rates, fees, and classification changes; recommended decision request filed, 39660, 42149 Weight limitations; bound printed matter, 32125 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1478, 4553, 10597, 18157, 34095, 44023 Parcel classification reform, 26594 Post office closings; petitions for appeal: Ada, KS, 32128 Cardiff, MD, 10097 Eddyville, NE, 5496 Hertel, WI, 5497 Jackson Junction, IA, 10097 Kings Creek, SC, 30890 Kingsdown, KS, 32128 Kinross, IA, 32129 Lasker, NC, 12667 North Shapleigh, ME, 16632 Pleasant Prairie, WI, 429 Popejoy, IA, 30891 Rago, KS, 30891 Russell Springs, KS, 16875 Scotch Grove, IA, 24999 Spottswood, VA, 11938 Stanley, IA, 10886 Webster Crossing, NY, 40868 Visits to facilities, 8058, 43560, 47838 ***** Postal Service RULES Administrative, civil, and criminal forfeitures; remission and mitigation petitions; procedures, 31726 Board of Governors bylaws: Chief Postal Inspector; appointment and removal provisions, 61914 Developmental real estate projects; costs, 43642 Government Performance and Review Act; plans and reports, 41853 Information furnished to Board concerning program review, and Chief Postal Inspector, 18519 Sunshine Act provisions, 4458 Domestic Mail Manual: Address correction information requests by mailers, 15056, 24340 Bound printed matter; weight increases, 51372 Bulk parcel return service and shipper paid forwarding; classifications and fees, 53539 Experimental nonletter-size business reply mail categories and fees; implementation standards, 25752 Miscellaneous amendments, 645, 30457, 63850 Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; eligibility requirements, 61014 Periodicals and standard mail, 39946 Perishable contents; ancillary service endorsements, 60180 Restructuring and revision, 14826 Special services reform; implementation standards, 26086, 31512 Freedom of Information Act; implementation:, 64280 International Mail Manual: Global package link (GPL) service -- Acceptance procedures, 56074 Canada, 638, 1674, 58910 Catalog harmonization charges, 19223 China, 25515 France, 47558 Hong Kong, 49915 Implementation, 631, 17072 Japan, 25136 Mexico and Singapore, 45160 United Kingdom, 638 International mail special services -- Fees and insurance limits changes, 28632 Organization and administration: Handicapped persons; access to postal services, programs, facilities, and employment; discrimination complaint filing and processing, 66996 Practice and procedure: Administrative offsets initiated against former employees; conduct of hearings, 63278 Second-class mail privileges; denial, suspension, or revocation, 66997 Correction, 68364 Practice in proceedings: Pandering Advertisements Statute; administrative violation cases, 4459 PROPOSED RULES Domestic Mail Manual: Commercial mail receiving agency; delivery of mail; procedure clarification, 45366, 62540 Information based indicia, 14833 Correction, 25876 Nonprofit standard mail matter; eligibility requirements, 47178 Periodicals mail; presort requirements, 48191 International Mail Manual: International surface air lift service; postage rates adjustment and miscellaneous changes, 47394 National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 42958 Organization and administration: Conduct of persons on postal property, 61481 NOTICES Complaints filed: Coalition Against Unfair USPS Competition, 23813 Domestic mail classifications and rates: Classroom periodicals, 33142 Experimental nonletter-size reply mail categories and fees, 25756 Special services reform, 26099 Domestic Mail Manual: Postage meters manufacture and use -- Postal security devices and indicia (postmarks) specifications, 1001, 45471 Transition Book; removal, 30892 Government Performance and Results Act: Strategic plan development, 15740, 28074 Guide to Manifest Mailing System; revisions, 36585, 55841 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2197, 3721, 8463, 14480, 19153, 20227, 26595, 28074, 32837, 38331, 39882, 44995, 51169, 54659, 55436, 61153, 63567, 66883, 66884 Postage meters; information based indicia program key management plan; specifications; comment request, 37631 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 18375, 25980, 30898, 30891, 37631 ***** Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses NOTICES Meetings, 7480, 16876, 28074, 32667, 42845 ***** Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Generalized System of Preferences; amendments (Procs. 6969, 6988, 7007), 4415, 19017, 30415 National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants (Proc. 7060), 65987 Trade: Certain Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Intermediates; Tariffs (Proc. 6982), 16039 North American Free Trade Agreement, accelerated schedule of duty elimination (Proc. 7016), 42033 World Trade Organization Ministerial Declaration on information technology products and agreement on distilled spirits (Proc. 7011), 35909 Special observances: Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7048), 60153 African American History Month, National (Proc. 6970), 5287 America Goes Back to School (Proc. 7018), 47911 American Heart Month (Proc. 6971), 5291 American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7047), 59773 American Red Cross Month (Proc. 6973), 9065 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 6998), 25105 Austrian-American Day (Proc. 7027), 51363 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7029), 52005 Brennan, William J., Jr.; death (Proc. 7013), 40719 Cancer Control Month (Proc. 6980), 16033 Captive Nations Week (Proc. 7012), 39413 Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 7043), 54755 Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 6981), 16035 Child Health Day (Proc. 7033), 52473 Child Passenger Safety Week, National (Proc. 6972), 6443 Children's Day, National (Proc. 7040), 53701 Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 7022), 49121 Columbus Day (Proc. 7039), 53697 Consumers Week, National (Proc. 7045), 56047 Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 6989), 19021 D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 6984), 18015 Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, National (Proc. 7049), 60637 Day of Hope and Renewal, National (Proc. 6968), 3443 Day of Prayer, National (Proc. 6991), 19663 Defense Transportation Day, National, and National Transportation Week (Proc. 7002), 26379 Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7031), 52223 Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7030), 52007 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7057), 64131 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 6990), 19471 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, National (Proc. 7046), 59559 Family Caregivers Week, National (Proc. 7055), 62943 Family Week, National (Proc. 7054), 62941 Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 7053), 62939 Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7026), 50473 Father's Day (Proc. 7010), 32983 Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7032), 52471 Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 7009), 31699 Food Recovery, National Week (Proc. 7019), 48929 Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 7042), 54751 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 6983), 17681 General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 7036), 53527 German-American Day (Proc. 7034), 52645 Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 7028), 51365 Great American Smokeout Day, National (Proc. 7051), 62679 Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 6979), 14771 Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7020), 48931 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, National (Proc. 7025), 50471 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 7059), 65309 Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 6974), 9677 Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 7001), 26203 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, National (Proc. 7014), 40723 Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 6995), 19897 Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7035), 53525 Loyalty Day (Proc. 6997), 24557 Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7005), 28605 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, (Proc. 6967), 3441 Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7024), 50469 Mother's Day (Proc. 6999), 25421 National Security Act of 1947, 50th Anniversary (Proc. 7021), 48933 Older Americans Month (Proc. 6996), 24555 Older Workers Employment Week, National (Proc. 6978), 11069 Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc. 6992), 19891 Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 6987), 18503 Parents' Day (Proc. 7015), 40725 Park Week, National (Proc. 6994), 19895 Pay Inequity Awareness Day, National (Proc. 6985), 18497 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7000), 26201 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 7058), 65003 Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 6977), 11067 POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7023), 49123 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 7006), 28793 Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 6966), 3191 Rural Women's Day, International (Proc. 7041), 54335 Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7003), 27167 Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 6976), 9907 School Lunch Week, National (Proc. 7038), 53695 Service and Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 6986), 18501 Small Business Week (Proc. 7008), 30427 Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 7052), 62687 United Nations Day (Proc. 7044), 55723 Veterans Day (Proc. 7050), 60761 White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 7037), 53529 Wildlife Week, National (Proc. 6993), 19893 Women's Equality Day (Proc. 7017), 44529 Women's History Month (Proc. 6975), 9905 World AIDS Day (Proc. 7056), 64127 World Trade Week (Proc. 7004), 27927 Wright Brothers Day, 1997 (Proc. 7061), 66251 EXECUTIVE ORDERS Agricultural trade development and food assistance, amendment (EO 13044), 19665 American Heritage Rivers, Federal support of community efforts (EO 13061), 48445 Burma; prohibiting new investment (EO 13047), 28301 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: American Airlines and the Allied Pilots Association labor dispute; emergency board; establishment (EO 13036), 7653 Bioethics Advisory Commission, National; extension (EO 13046), 27685 Correction, 28109 Capital Budgeting, Commission to Study, Amendment (EO 13066), 59273 Establishment (EO 13037), 10185 Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, Advisory Commission on; amendments (EO's 13040, 13056), 14773, 39415 Critical Infrastructure Protection, President's Commission on; amendments (EO's 13041, 13064), 17039, 53711 Digital Television Broadcasters, Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of; amendments (EO's 13032, 13065), 12065, 55329 Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children, Task Force on (EO 13045), 19885 Federal advisory committees; continuation (EO 13062), 51755 Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, Pesidential Advisory Committee on; extension (EO 13034), 5137 High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet, Advisory Committee on; establishment (EO 13035), 7131 Intelligence Oversight Board; amendment (EO 13070), 66493 Internal Revenue Service Management Board; establishment (EO 13051), 34609 Race; President's Advisory Board on; establishment (EO 13050), 32987 Railway labor dispute; emergency board establishment (EO 13060), 45139 Sustainable Development, President's Council on; membership addition (EO 13053), 35945 Government agencies and employees: Closing of Departments and Agencies on December 26, 1997 (EO 13068), 63247 Eligibility of certain overseas employees for noncompetitive appointments (EO 13054), 36965 Executive branch; administrative management improvement (EO 13048), 32467 Executive Schedule; removal of Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Labor Department from Level V (EO 13063), 51757 International exchanges and training programs, government; coordination (EO 13055), 39099 Pay and allowance rates (EO 13071), 68521 Tobacco smoke in the Federal workplace; protection (EO 13058), 43451 Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices; extension of privileges, exemptions, and immunities (EO 13052), 35659 Iran; prohibiting certain transactions with (EO 13059), 44531 Lake Tahoe Region, Federal actions in (EO 13057), 41249 National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); prohibiting certain transactions (EO 13069), 65989 Naval Special Warfare Development Group; exclusion from Federal labor-management relations program (EO 13039), 12529 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (EO 13049), 32471 Seat belt use in the United States, increasing (EO 13043), 19217 Sudan; blocking Sudanese Government property and prohibiting transactions (EO 13067), 59989 World Trade Organization; implementing for the U.S. Article VIII of establishing agreement (EO 13042), 18017 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Africa, Great Lakes region; refugee and migration assistance (Presidential Determination No. 97-13 of December 27, 1996), 3979 African Crisis Response Initiative; U.S. contributions (Presidential Determination No. 97-34 of September 22, 1997), 52009 Air Force, operating location near Groom Lake, NV; classified information (Presidential Determination No. 97-35 of September 26, 1997), 52647 Air quality, implementation of revised standards for ozone and particulate matter (Memorandum of July 16, 1997), 38421 Albania, Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; Trade Act of 1974; continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 97-28 of June 3, 1997), 32019 Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 98-7 of December 5, 1997), 66253 Angola, National Union for the Total Independence (UNITA); continuation of emergency with U.S. (Notice of September 24, 1997), 50477 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; Trade Act of 1974; emigration policies (Presidential Determination No. 97-27 of June 3, 1997), 32017 Bosnia and Herzegovina; compliance on withdrawal of foreign forces and terminating cooperation with Iran (Presidential Determination No. 97-22 of May 5, 1997), 28295 Brazil; peaceful uses of nuclear energy, proposed agreement with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 98-2 of October 9, 1997), 54569 Burma; report to Congress on conditions and U.S. policy, (Presidential Determination No. 97-29 of June 13, 1997), 34157 (Presidential Determination No. 98-6 of December 2, 1997), 65005 China: Export-Import Bank loan for Shanghai Metro (Presidential Determination No. 97-36 of September 30, 1997), 52475 Trade Act of 1974 restrictions; continuation of waiver authority (Presidential Determination No. 97-25 of May 29, 1997), 31313 Colombia: Foreign assistance (Presidential Determination No. 97-31 of August 16, 1997), 47907 Significant narcotics traffickers; continuation of emergency (Notice of October 17, 1997), 54561 Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and countries of Eastern Caribbean; antinarcotics assistance (Presidential Determination No. 97-38 of September 30, 1997), 53221 Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulation; continuation of emergency (Notice of February 27, 1997), 9347 Defense Authorization Act for 1997 FY, National (Pub. L. 104- 106); authority delegation (Presidential Determination No. 97-39 of September 30, 1997), 52477 Export control regulations; continuation of emergency (Notice of Aug. 13, 1997), 43629 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; transfer of operating expenses (Memorandum of August 20, 1997), 44879 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997; determination pursuant to section 523 (Presidential Determination No. 97-11A of December 6, 1996), 299 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; delegation of responsibility (Memorandum of April 24, 1997), 24797 Government agencies and employees: Central Intelligence Agency, director; delegation of authority (Memorandum of August 5, 1997), 51367 Classified national security information (Order of February 26, 1997), 9349 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, National; delegation of authority (Memorandum of July 24, 1997), 40727 Investigation, Federal Bureau of; delegation of authority concerning employees (Memorandum of April 14, 1997), 23123 Secretary of Commerce; delegation of authority (Memorandum of December 19, 1997), 67547 Human subjects of classified research; strengthened protections (Memorandum of March 27, 1997), 26369 Immigration emergency resulting from alien smuggling (Presidential Determination No. 97-16 of February 12, 1997), 13981 Iran emergency; continuation, (Notice of March 5, 1997), 10409 (Notice of September 30, 1997), 51591 Iraq: Continuation of emergency (Notice of July 31, 1997), 41803 Defense assistance for northern (Presidential Determination No. 97-14 of December 27, 1996), 1379 Ireland, International Fund for; U.S. contributions (Presidential Determination No. 97-33 of September 22, 1997), 53217 Kazakhstan; peaceful uses of nuclear energy; proposed agreement with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 98-5 of November 17, 1997), 63619 Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. contribution, (Presidential Determination No. 97-20 of March 18, 1997), 15353 (Presidential Determination No. 97-21 of April 24, 1997), 23939 Libya; continuation of state of emergency with U.S. (Notice of January 2, 1997), 587 Middle East peace and stability fund; assistance to Jordan (Presidential Determination No. 97-30 of August 7, 1997), 44065 Middle East peace process; continuation of emergency regarding terrorists who threaten to disrupt (Notice of January 21, 1997), 3439 Correction, 3739 Narcotics; major producing and drug transit countries, certification (Presidential Determination No. 97-18 of February 28, 1997), 11589 Palestine Liberation Organization; suspending restrictions on relations with U.S., (Presidential Determination No. 97-17 of February 21, 1997), 9903 (Presidential Determination No. 98-8 of December 5, 1997), 66255 Refugee admissions and authorizations of in-country refugee status (Presidential Determination No. 97-37 of September 30, 1997), 53219 Soviet Union, New Independent States of the Former; assistance program, (Presidential Determination No. 97-15 of December 27, 1996), 1381 (Presidential Determination No. 97-19 of March 11, 1997), 13531 (Presidential Determination No. 97-23 of May 5, 1997), 28297 (Presidential Determination No. 98-4 of November 14, 1997), 63823 State, Secretary of; authorization to redelegate certain responsibilities (Memorandum of November 4, 1997), 60995 Switzerland; peaceful uses of nuclear energy, proposed agreement with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 98-1 of October 8, 1997), 55139 Trading With the Enemy Act; extension of the exercise of certain authorities (Presidential Determination No. 97-32 of September 12, 1997), 48729 Turkey; waiver of statutory restrictions to permit assistance (Presidential Determination No. 97-24 of May 23, 1997), 30737 United Nations; delegation of authority to U.S. Respresentatives on rates of compensation (Memorandum of April 1, 1997), 18261 Weapons of mass destruction; continuation of emergency (Notice of November 12, 1997), 60993 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro); assistance, waiver of prohibition, (Notice of May 28, 1997), 29283 (Presidential Determination No. 97-26 of May 30, 1997), 32015 ***** President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection NOTICES Meetings, 10886, 15208, 22981, 28074, 31467, 44497, 45283, 62094 ***** President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 64604 ***** President's Council on Sustainable Development NOTICES Meetings, 16876, 45283, 59927 ***** Prisons Bureau RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Correspondence of inmates; restricted special mail procedures, 65184 Correspondence of pretrial inmates; general mail procedures, 65186 Discipline and good conduct time, 50787 Early release consideration; drug abuse treatment and intensive confinement center programs, 53690 Good conduct time; credit awarded for satisfactory progress toward earning general educational development (GED) credential, 50786 Inmate legal activities and inmate personal property, 4890 Literacy program (GED standard); satisfactory progress definition, 50791 Mandatory English-as-a-second language program, 39916 National security, classified information disclosure prevention; and acts of violence and terrorism prevention, 33730 Postsecondary education programs for inmates, 25100 Religious beliefs and practices, 44836 Transfer of inmates to State agents for production on State writs, 13825 Transfer of offenders to or from foreign countries, 27872 Urine surveillance, 45292 Research; protection of human subjects, 6660 PROPOSED RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Classification and program review; team meetings, 19430 Progress reports; triennial preparation, 10164 Searching and detaining or arresting persons other than inmates, 10164 Visitor notification requirements, 47894 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Glenville, WV; Federal correctional institution construction, 63390 Scranton, PA; U.S. penitentiary construction, 55421 ***** Prospective Payment Assessment Commission NOTICES Meetings, 1139, 16877, 48683 ***** Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 12684, 12685, 19174, 19175, 27291, 27292, 29189, 29190, 29191, 19192, 37332, 37333, 37334, 43775, 43776, 43777, 49724, 49725, 54504, 54505, 54506, 62402, 62403, 65128 ***** Public Health Service See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RULES Fellowships, internships, training: Health services research, evaluation, demonstration, and dissemination projects; peer review of grants and contracts, 12906 Correction, 37124 Grants: Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness program; requirements, 53548 Vaccine injury compensation program: Vaccine injury table revision, 7685 Correction, 10626 PROPOSED RULES Fellowships, internships, training: Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; NIH clinical research loan repayment program, 5953 NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 48105 Meetings: B vitamins; second Food and Nutrition Board workshop, 12835 Folate, vitamin B-12, and choline dietary reference intakes development; public workshop, 7468 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Toxicology Program, 55649, 63364 National Toxicology Program; Scientific Counselors Board, 23468, 51674, 61520 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; contraception and infertility research loan repayment program, 13892 National toxicology program: Annual plan (1996 FY); availability, 4783 Biennial Report on Carcinogens -- Criteria and process used in listing substances, 23469 Nominations for listing or delisting, 29145 Carcinogens Report, Ninth Edition -- Substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 37272 Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies -- 1-Trans-delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, 46751 Asphalt fumes, etc., 47821 Bromodichloroacetic acid, etc., 19348 Phenolphthalein, 31837 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 13389, 51474, 51479, 53649, 65088 Put prevention into practice; partnership initiative, 7468 Reports; availability, etc.: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences -- Toxicological test methods; validation and regulatory acceptance; Alternative Methods Validation ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Committee report, 11901 Xenotransplantation, infectious disease issues; guideline availability, 3563 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Railroad Retirement Board RULES Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 3790 Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996: Collection of debts by offset against Federal payments, 19219 Federal claims collection: Administrative offset, 44409 Correction, 49049 Railroad Retirement Act: Compensation records finality, 3789 Court decree or court-approved property settlement; payments, 67724 Family relationships and social security overall minimum guarantee provision; stepchild annuity eligibility requirements, 47137 Occupational disability and survivor annuities; eligibility, 11323 Recovery of overpayments, 64161 Retirement annuities; finality of decisions, 45712 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Recovery of benefits, 41270, 64273 Sickness benefits; acceptance of statement of sickness executed by substance-abuse professional in support of payment, 44408 PROPOSED RULES General administration; information disclosure to consular official, 43295 Railroad Retirement Act: Annuity eligibility, 55196 Court decree or court-approved property settlement; payments, 40995 Creditable railroad compensation, 64188 Disability determination standards, 50056 Family relationships and social security overall minimum guarantee provision; stepchild annuity eligibility requirements, 27989 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Sickness benefits; acceptance of statement of sickness executed by substance-abuse professional in support of payment, 19072 Semi-annual agenda, 22536, 58308 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1931, 6813, 6814, 7078, 9003, 11508, 16877, 23817, 33689, 39287, 39882, 41104, 42272, 55284, 60287, 65452 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3926, 6587, 6814, 10296, 11939, 15944, 20228, 25215, 26342, 31638, 32388, 32838, 36086, 37083, 50643, 52797, 55285, 58759, 63402 Meetings: Actuarial Advisory Committee, 23818 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1139, 1931, 3926, 6588, 13199, 16878, 18157, 26342, 27810, 32129, 37083, 43560, 49043, 53846, 61153, 62366, 65289 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 25679 Systems of records, 4085, 64408, 66702 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Monthly compensation base and other determinations (1998 CY), 61558 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 4085 Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise tax, 10297, 30901, 46526, 65108 ***** Reclamation Bureau RULES Newlands Irrigation Project, NV; operating criteria and procedures adjustments, 66442 PROPOSED RULES Acreage limitation: Large trusts with landholdings; compliance; meeting, 7431 Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program: Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 68492 Newlands Reclamation Project. NV; operating criteria and procedures adjustments, 7201 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 4329, 16605, 44720, 63557 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27066, 27067, 36077, 39538 Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Friant Division contractors; interim renewal contracts, 25648 Water conservation plans; evaluation criteria; decision, 3307, 60918 Colorado River reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating criteria; review, 45440, 52354 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 33678 Concessions management policy, directives and standards; public meeting, 4796 Contract negotiations: Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly status report, 6005, 22965, 39872, 55655 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: AB Lateral Hydropower Project, CO, 53652 American River, CA; water resources investigation, 63558 Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge mitigation project, ND, 53653 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, CA, 60266, 68299 Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program -- Colorado River salinity control program, Price-San Rafael River Units, UT, 18649 Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate redemption of storage credits in the Lower Division States, 68466 Columbia River System, MT and WA; Hungry Horse and Grand Coulee projects; system operation strategy, 7041 Columbia River System operation review; Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement, 43548 East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA; supplemental water supply project, 59729 Hamilton City Pumping Plant Fish Screen Improvement Project, CA, 51836 Las Vegas Wash, NV; wetlands park development, 35833 Milltown Hill Project, OR, 67890 Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SC; Angostura Irrigation District; long-term contract renewal, 12665 Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, AZ, 51486 Sacramento County Water Agency and San Juan Water District Central Valley Project, CA; water service contracts, 36304 Savage Rapids Dam, OR; Josephine County water management improvement study; fish passage improvements, 15727, 24508 Westland Irrigation District Boundary adjustment, Hermiston, OR, 60266 Environmental statements; notice of intent: CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 45683, 48885 Contra Costa Water District Multi-Purpose Pipeline Project, CA, 46371, 49027 East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA; supplemental water supply project, 25205 Klamath Project, OR and CA, 61343 Orange County, CA; regional water reclamation project, 59730 Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency's Water Supply Project, CA, 35524 Prineville Reservoir, OR, 49027 Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan, CA; flow objectives, 64884 Westland Irrigation District, OR; boundary adjustment, 61344 Yakima Project, WA, 31153 Glen Canyon Dam; operating criteria and 1997 annual plan of operations, 9447 Government Performance and Results Act: Strategic plan development, 18797 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, UT; research and data collection activities, 36842 Yakima River Basin water enhancement program, 44016 Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 39009 Jurisdictional transfers: Colorado River Storage Project, CO, 52572 Meetings: Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 106, 8266, 14702, 18798, 23795, 29149, 34076, 41974, 44287, 52572, 53025, 59731, 61828, 67891 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, 49255 Colorado River Reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating criteria, 14942 Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group, 42818, 66384, 66385 Glen Canyon Technical Work Group, 49526, 63383 Lower Colorado River; operations, maintenance, and sensitive species; biological opinion, 28894 Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 19602, 42139, 63559 Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Conservation Advisory Group, 2179, 11917, 32123, 63383 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Rust Environmental & Infrastructure Inc., 66386 Water resources planning; discount rate change, 60267 ***** Refugee Resettlement Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Newly arriving refugees; discretionary grants, 64856 Refugee resettlement program -- Omnibus discretionary social service program, 32627 Refugees in local areas of high need, 31437 Social services funds; State allocations, 15721, 35216 ***** Regulatory Information Service Center PROPOSED RULES Unified agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions, 21406, 57005 ***** Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Drug and alcohol testing: Reporting drug and alcohol testing results by computer disk option, 7946 Hazardous materials: Civil penalty increase, etc., 2970 Editorial corrections and clarifications, 51554 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Cargo tank motor vehicle use on interim basis for delivery of propane and other liquefied compressed gases; conditions, 7638, 16107, 31363 Liquefied compressed gasses in cargo tank motor vehicles, 44038, 49171, 65188 Hazardous materials transportation -- Identification systems; poison inhalation hazard label, etc., 1217, 39398, 45702 Informal guidance and interpretive assistance; availability, 24055, 34415 Non-specification open-head fiber drum packagings; authority for shipping certain liquid hazardous materials extended, 29673, 44913 Oxygen generators; shipping description and packaging, 30767, 34667, 37149 Radioactive materials transportation; radiation protection program requirement, 46214, 66898, 66900 Regulations harmonization with dangerous goods international standards, 24690, 45702 Intrastate shippers and carriers; regulations compliance, 1208 Compliance date delay, technical amendments, corrections, and response to reconsideration petitions, 49560 Performance-oriented packaging standards; final transitional provisions, 14334 Pipeline safety: Alcohol misuse prevention program; drug use and alcohol misuse control in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations, 59297 Drug use and alcohol misuse control in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hazardous pipeline operations, 67293 Excavation damage prevention programs -- Qualified one-call systems; mandatory participation by pipeline operators, 61695 Facility response plan submissions; reporting cycle changes, 67292 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; pressure testing, 54591 Hazardous materials transportation -- Informal guidance and interpretive assistance; availability, 24055, 34415 Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards -- Flammable vapor-gas dispersion protection method, replacement, etc.; effective date confirmation and partial removal, 8402, 36465, 48496 Miscellaneous amendments, 41311, 48952 Low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines serving plants and terminals, 31364 Withdrawn, 52511 Natural gas transportation, etc. -- Service lines; excess flow valve performance standards; reconsideration petition, 2618 Outer Continental Shelf pipelines; point at which pipeline is subject to RSPA regulations; memorandum of understanding with Interior Department, 61692 PROPOSED RULES Hazardous materials: Hazardous liquid transportation -- Liquefied compressed gasses in cargo tank motor vehicles; safety standards for unloading, 44059 Hazardous materials transportation -- Miscellaneous amendments, 50222 Oxidizers as cargo in passenger aircraft; prohibition, 44374, 63306 Radioactive materials transportation; radiation protection program requirement, 66903 Pipeline safety: Hazardous liquid transportation -- Pipeline corrosion and corrosion control; public meeting, 44436 Underground storage of natural gas or hazardous liquids other than in tankage; withdrawn, 37008 Leak detection industry standard; incorporation by reference, 56141 Correction, 65635 Metric equivalents, 67602 Natural gas pipeline facilities; remotely controlled valves use; meeting, 51624 Onshore oil pipeline response plans; public hearing; correction, 2989 Pipeline Personnel Qualification Negotiated Rulemaking Committee -- Meetings, 7985, 16131, 27715, 34041, 62543, 67608 Substance abuse professional evaluation for drug use, 44250 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 45287, 61859 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44169 Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 5504, 5506, 8508, 14503, 14530, 14531, 17662, 26846, 26847, 28916, 33151, 33152, 34346, 40397, 44746, 44747, 49292, 49293, 54502, 54503, 56223, 61581, 61582, 67114, 67115 Exemption applications delayed; list, 440, 12682, 28916, 41128, 60311 Safety advisories -- Compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking, 24548, 53873 HC-12a (liquefied petroleum gas); unauthorized cans used to package and transport, 60746 High-pressure compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking and modification, 19651 Steel portable tanks with filling or discharge connections below normal liquid level; internal discharge valve and shear section requirements, 37638, 41481 Hazardous materials transportation: Preemption determinations, 15970, 17281, 31661, 53049, 62121 Registration requirement and fee assessment program, 14502 Meetings: International standards on transport of dangerous goods, 32142, 38606, 49294, 59942, 61163 Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines; detection, 19389, 35539, 50429 National pipeline mapping system, 25013 Pipeline risk management demonstration program, 28102, 50654 Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees, 16212, 54503 Memorandums of understanding: Minerals Management Service; Outer Continental Shelf pipelines responsibilities, 7037, 10115 Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program: Candidates, 40135, 53052 Electronic update; satellite-based video presentations, 44513 Participants -- Shell Pipe Line Corp., 67932 Risk management demonstrations; request for applications, 14719 Pipeline safety: Advisory bulletins -- Potential failure of check valves following remanufacturing, 60747 Hazardous liquid transportation -- Underground storage of natural gas and hazardous liquids, other than in tankage; advisory bulletin, 37118 Toward a Metric America; dialogue open to public; comment request, 11250 User fees, 64042 Pipeline safety; waiver petitions: Applied LNG Technologies, 41993, 44751, 59024 Northern Eclipse, Inc., 10307, 24157, 28103, 38357 Pine Needle LNG Co., 16641, 28104 Pipeline safety risk management demonstration program: Communication; public involvement, 43028 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 9819, 47529, 50430, 62801 ***** Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Delinquent account servicing provisions, 10118 Direct and guaranteed loan making provisions, 9351 Correction, 11953, 28618 Inventory property management provisions, 44393 Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 41794 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 67258 Program regulations: Community facilities grant program, 16465 Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907 Disaster set-aside program; second installment provisions, 41251 Housing preservation grant program, 26207 Rural cooperative development grant program, 42385 Rural rental housing assistance, 25062, 67216 Hearing, 28982 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing, 25071 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 33462 PROPOSED RULES Grants: Rural cooperative development program, 14354 Rural venture capital demonstration program, 17107 Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; servicing loans and grants servicing, 29678 Community programs guaranteed loan program, 52277 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 47384 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing (Exhibit A-8), 36467 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 88, 7205, 9733, 15155, 17144, 18311, 19394, 22907, 34439, 51407 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Inventory property management provisions, 44393 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Cooperative services program, 27716 Rural business enterprise program, 6756 Rural cooperative development grants, 42482 Rural economic development loan and grant program; maximum dollar amount on loan and grant awards, 67617 Meetings: National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 10824, 36485 ***** Rural Housing Service RULES Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Delinquent account servicing provisions, 10118 Direct and guaranteed loan making provisions, 9351 Correction, 11953, 28618 Inventory property management provisions, 44393 Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 41794 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 67258 Program regulations: Community facilities grant program, 16465 Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907 Disaster set-aside program; second installment provisions, 41251 Housing preservation grant program, 26207 Rural cooperative development grant program, 42385 Rural rental housing assistance, 25062, 67216 Hearing, 28982 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing, 25071 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 33462 PROPOSED RULES Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; servicing loans and grants servicing, 29678 Community programs guaranteed loan program, 52277 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 47384 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing (Exhibit A-8), 36467 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 88, 9733, 17144, 19394, 34439, 45390, 50554, 51407, 51826, 60063, 61485, 61489, 61727 Community facilities loan program refinancing policies, etc., 4246 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Housing preservation program, 963, 67329 Multi-family and single family housing, 67225 Rural cooperative development grants, 42482 Section 515 rural rental housing program, 25078, 67234 Section 538 rural rental housing guaranteed loan program, 35782, 47623 Rural housing: Section 515 loan funds recipients list (FY 1996), 14114 Section 515 rural rental housing program; intent to keep loan applications, 32752 ***** Rural Telephone Bank RULES Loan policies: Telecommunications loan program; policies, types, and requirements, 46867 PROPOSED RULES Loan policies: Telecommunications loan program; policies, types, and requirements, 10483 NOTICES Loan policies: Interest rates, 59643 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 7205, 25164, 43314, 55776 Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Rural Electrification Act; Buy American provision compliance, 7205 ***** Rural Utilities Service RULES Direct final rulemaking; policy statement, 6449 Electric loans: Alaska; RUS privatization demonstration prepayment program, 32477 Debt settlement; policies and standards, 50486 Electric borrowers; accounting requirements, 42284 Correction, 43201 Electric borrowers whose net worth exceeds 110 percent of outstanding loans; exemptions of operational controls; timing of notification to borrowers, 27929 Pre-loan policies and procedures -- Conventional utility indenture use as security instrument, 7663, 18037 Temporary loan processing procedures, 7921 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Delinquent account servicing provisions, 10118 Direct and guaranteed loan making provisions, 9351 Correction, 11953, 28618 Inventory property management provisions, 44393 Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 41794 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Rural Development Mission Area, 67258 Program regulations: Community facilities grant program, 16465 Construction and repair; CFR correction, 49907 Disaster set-aside program; second installment provisions, 41251 Housing preservation grant program, 26207 Rural cooperative development grant program, 42385 Rural rental housing assistance, 25062, 67216 Hearing, 28982 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing, 25071 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program, 32434 Telecommunications standards and specifications: Materials, equipment, and construction -- Postloan engineering services contract, 7135 Telecommunications plant acceptance tests and measurements, 23958, 25017 Telecommunications system construction policies and procedures: Digital, stored program controlled central office equipment; acceptance test policy, 32476 Telephone loans: Alaska; RUS privatization demonstration prepayment program, 32477 Telecommunications loan program; policies, types, and requirements, 46867 Correction, 49557 Water and waste loans and grants; regulations consolidation, 33462 PROPOSED RULES Electric loans: Debt settlement; policies and standards, 9382 Electric borrowers; accounting requirements, 23298 Electric engineering, architectural services, and design policies and procedures, 41883 Electric standards and specifications for materials and construction -- Specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV overhead distribution line construction, 45176 Electric system operations and maintenance, 18544 Long-range financial forecasts, 27546 Pre-loan policies and procedures -- Conventional utility indenture use as security instrument; cross reference, 7721 Electric, telecommunications, and water and waste financial assistance programs; environmental policies and procedures, 62527 Grants: Rural cooperative development program, 14354 Program regulations: Community and insured business programs; servicing loans and grants servicing, 29678 Community programs guaranteed loan program, 52277 Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 47384 Section 515 rural rental housing loans; requests processing (Exhibit A-8), 36467 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program, 18678 Correction, 23394 Telecommunications system construction policies and procedures: Digital, stored program controlled central office equipment; acceptance test policy, 32552 Telephone loans: Telecommunications loan program; policies, types, and requirements, 10483 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 88, 8421, 9733, 17144, 19394, 34439, 47624, 47790, 51407 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998; implementation: Interest rates for 1998 FY RUS cost-of-money loans, etc., 67330 Electric loans: Quarterly municipal interest rates, 12594, 34044, 48984, 66595 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Albany, KY; Cagle water expansion project, 19099, 33392, 40499 Associated Electric Cooperative, 38517 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, Nelson County, VA; construction of headquarters office facility, 1088 Cooperative Power Association, 23754 Georgia Transmission Corp., 35786 Horry Electric Cooperative, 34199 Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., 64558 Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, 38971 Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, 10825 Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 23430 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Jackson County Water Association, Jackson County Lake Project, KY, 41336, 44254 Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc., 43696 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; implementation: Inventory property management provisions, 44393 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. et al., 67331 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Distance learning and telemedicine program, 43697 Rural development: Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program -- Maximum amount of financial assistance available and minimum number of points required for loan, 32449 Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA): Rural Electrification Act; Buy American provision; amendment, 7205 Water and wastewater loan program: Refinancing policies, eligible borrowers list, and loan portfolio participation, 43142 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation RULES Seaway regulations and rules: Great Lakes Pilotage rates adjustments, 5917 PROPOSED RULES Seaway regulations and rules: Great Lakes pilotage regulations -- Safety, reliability, and efficiency improvement; public meeting, 4223 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 60117 Meetings: Advisory Board, 4569, 25688, 47529, 63601 ***** Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Meetings: President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 7456, 28023, 48658 ***** Secret Service NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 34741 ***** Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Filer Manual -- Update and incorporation by reference, 8877, 13820, 16690, 41841 Paper filing restrictions; submission requirements, 58647 Submission of filings and other documents; amendments, 36450 Informal and other procedures: Small business compliance guides designation; policy statement, 4104 Investment advisers: Advisers between Commission and states; reallocation of responsibilities, 28112 Correction, 33008 Investment companies: Acquisition of securities during existence of underwriting or selling syndicate, 42401 Investment advisory programs status, 15098 Investment company assets; custody outside the United States, 26923 Money market funds; rules and forms; technical amendments, 64968 National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996; privately offered investment companies; qualified purchasers, 17512 Open-end management investment companies -- Multiple classes and series investment companies; allocation methods expanded and shareholder voting rights clarified, 51762 Registration fees; calculation methods and payment requirements; update, 47934, 64687 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Market Regulation Division Director, 1384 Regional Directors et al., 47367 Public utility holding companies: Acquisition of securities of nonutility companies engaged in energy-related and gas-related activities; exemption, 7900 Securities: Brokers and dealers reporting requirements -- CFR correction, 42664 Optical storage technology employment, 6469 Customer limit orders; improvement of handling and execution -- Compliance and effective dates revision, 1279, 1385 Derivative section 12(g) financial instruments, etc.; accounting policies disclosure, 6044 Disclosure Simplification Task Force recommendations, 39755 Correction, 43581 Lost securityholders; transfer agent requirements, 52229 Money market funds; rules and forms; technical amendments, 64968 Net capital rule -- Theoretical option pricing models or strategy-based methodology use requirements by brokers and dealers, 6474 Offshore press conferences, meetings with company representatives conducted offshore and press-related materials released offshore, 53948 Order execution obligations; compliance and effective dates revision, 6468 Prepared by or on behalf of issuer, definition; offering document subject to State regulation determination, 24572 Prospectus delivery; T+3 securities transactions settlement; authority citation; CFR correction, 65019 Quote and limit order display rules; order execution obligations; phase-in compliance schedule, 18514, 40732 Correction, 45289 Restricted securities resales; shorter holding period requirements, 9242 Securities Exchange Act of 1934; section 10A reporting requirements, 12743 Securities Investor Protection Corporation rules -- Contracts closeout and completion for purchase or sale of securities made by debtors in liquidation, 10450 Securities offerings trading practices rule (Regulation M); manipulation conduct preclusion, 520, 11321 Correction, 13213 Short-form registration expansion to include companies with non-voting common equity, 26386 Small entities -- Informal guidance program; policy statement, 15604 Penalty-reduction policy statement, 16076 Social Security numbers of natural persons; voluntary provision elimination from forms, 35338 PROPOSED RULES Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Institutional investment managers; Form 13F electronic filing requirement, 36467 Federal regulatory review: Rules list and comment request, 1301 Investment advisers: Fees based upon capital gains shares or capital appreciation of client's account; exemption, 61882 Multi-state investment advisers; exemption, 61866 Investment companies: Open-end management investment companies; registration form, 10898 Correction, 24160 Registered investment company name requirements, 10955 Correction, 24161 Registration fees; calculation methods and payment requirements, 38495 Securities: Alternative trading systems, national securities exchanges, foreign market activities, and related issues; regulation of exchanges, 30485, 40316 Broker-dealers books and records requirement, 2633 Brokers and dealers capital reporting requirements -- Nationally recognized statistical rating organization definition, 68018 Covered securities, 32705 Disclosure documents; household delivery, 61933 Equity index insurance products; structure, marketing, etc., 45359, 62273 Net capital rule -- Capital requirements for broker-dealers; net worth charges (``haircuts'') for computing interest rate instruments, 67996 Capital requirements for broker-dealer's proprietary positions; statistical models, 68011 Open-end management investment companies -- New disclosure option, 10943, 24160 Registration form, 10898, 24160 Over-the-counter derivatives dealers, 67940 Plain English disclosure in prospectuses, 3152 Prepared by or on behalf of issuer, definition; offering document subject to State regulation determination, 7186 Registration fees; calculation methods and payment requirements, 38495 Safe harbor procedures; offshore offers and sales, 9258 Shareholder proposals, 50682, 62732 Small business and small organization; definitions for purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act, 4106, 13356 Smaller reporting companies primary offerings; delayed pricing for certain registrants, 9276 Underwriter definition, etc., 9246 Semi-annual agenda, 22738, 58488 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1478, 2197, 3540, 3721, 4086, 4366, 8277, 8807, 10597, 12257, 18660, 25679, 29750, 30358, 32388, 33144, 35860, 37945, 38146, 38331, 42846, 43019, 43561, 47838, 48683, 50033, 52797, 53846, 54659, 55659, 55842, 64409 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 430, 432, 1478, 1932, 3066, 5658, 7284, 10098, 10598, 12667, 14481, 15548, 15944, 16205, 16878, 23287, 25215, 25981, 28741, 33943, 38147, 40126, 42149, 42273, 42610, 42846, 44295, 44995, 46386, 47839, 50034, 50035, 50643, 53846, 54670, 55285, 61559, 62650, 63986, 66151, 67419 Broker-dealer registration requirements: Investors Direct Empowerment Association, Inc.; exemption denied, 60296 Consolidated Tape Association and Quotation plans; amendments, 54886, 64414 Consolidated Tape Association plan; amendments, 24517 Foreign issuers; registration exemptions; list, 6018 Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments, 19846, 30909 Investment Company Act of 1940: Deregistration applications -- Allied Capital Corp. et al., 63208 Crabbe Huson Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 63999 Rodney Square Total Return Fund et al., 60296 Joint industry plan: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 16880, 36586 Meetings: Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee, 50966 Securities laws uniformity annual conference; issues to be considered and comment request, 17653 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1008, 1348, 3319, 3546, 4088, 5501, 6288, 7285, 7483, 8285, 10303, 12261, 13728, 15212, 15945, 17898, 18377, 19636, 23515, 24146, 24147, 25007, 27636, 28524, 28909, 29382, 30911, 32130, 32668, 33448, 33947, 34096, 34722, 36087, 38149, 39040, 40127, 40391, 40871, 42150, 43192, 45283, 46527, 47527, 48911, 50035, 51707, 51708, 53040, 53672, 54147, 54889, 60541, 61566, 64611, 65458 Options price reporting authority, 4553, 17652, 51707, 60933, 64611 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 47884, 47887, 47889 Securities: Suspension of trading -- Amquest International, Ltd., 30363 Combined Companies International Corp., 28081 Discovery Zone, Inc., 42274 Genesis International Financial Services, Inc., 24519 Great Northern Finance Corp., 58760 Green Oasis Environmental, Inc., 26601 HealthTech International, Inc., 61857 Historic Hotel Holdings, Inc., 18160 Legend Sports, Inc., 48912 Orlando Super Card, Inc., 59928 Trinity Gas Corp., 60541 Twenty First Century Health, Inc., 6590, 9469 United States Properties, Inc., 53040 Self-regulatory organizations: Clearing agency registration applications -- Cedel Bank; exemption, 9222, 9225 Delta Clearing Corp., 5869, 40871 Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 37093 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 30911 International Securities Clearing Corp., 31183 MBS Clearing Corp., 36587 Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, 26833 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange, Inc., 1786, 1935, 1936, 2200, 2409, 2411, 4555, 5502, 6590, 6591, 7483, 8464, 8466, 8467, 8469, 9224, 10303, 10627, 12271, 13728, 13918, 14714, 14737, 14972, 15552, 16883, 20043, 24519, 25682, 25982, 28081, 28524, 28910, 28911, 30914, 31638, 32390, 33459, 34342, 37320, 39560, 40560, 40561, 44023, 44735, 46390, 46785, 47711, 48686, 49266, 49543, 51917, 53356, 54889, 55442, 61154, 61418, 61566, 62795, 63576, 65112, 65459, 65463, 65727, 65836, 67422, 67672 American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 8065, 30912, 40391, 48683 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 2202, 3931, 9470, 27080, 28913, 35861, 37104, 52601, 53357, 62381 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 136, 434, 2702, 3547, 5265, 5266, 6821, 7080, 7285, 7485, 7812, 8287, 8472-8474, 10098, 10100, 10888, 12667, 12669, 13201, 14172, 14737, 15213, 15553, 19363, 19364, 20046, 22982, 23516, 24520, 27083, 27283, 27636, 27814, 27816, 28082, 28084, 28525, 28749, 31184, 31643, 32393, 32394, 32846, 34332, 35241, 35862, 36588, 36590, 36592, 36854, 37323, 39040, 39042, 39056, 39292, 40128, 44296, 44500, 44739, 45890, 46527, 46528, 47712, 47840, 47845, 47850, 48123, 50412, 50644, 50966, 50970, 52365, 52602, 52798, 53040, 53358, 53672, 54891, 55289, 55663, 56210, 60542, 60738, 61156, 61419, 62383, 62650, 63209, 63577, 65299, 66154, 66156, 66157, 67101, 67926, 68326, 68327 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 1008, 1348, 1788, 1937, 1938, 3320, 4367, 6592, 10102, 12261, 13415, 14737, 15555, 16632, 26832, 27084, 31467, 32131, 32132, 32134, 32396, 35864, 35865, 35866, 36594, 37325, 38359, 41981, 46392, 47078, 48329, 49269, 49270, 50973, 52367, 54496, 55443, 55444, 55445, 55447, 61157, 62384, 63210, 63404, 63578, 65465, 67103 Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 1480, 3724, 5063, 14173, 39293, 44024, 45893, 50645, 55293, 56211, 65113 Delta Clearing Corp., 3068, 4557, 4559, 9472, 17257, 26342, 26601, 28085, 33145, 37326, 39560, 40872, 43763, 46530, 49547, 52368, 54661, 54663 Depository Trust Co., 4088, 4561, 7486, 7487, 8067, 9473, 9474, 10104, 13729, 25008, 27085, 27086, 37947, 39561, 44995, 44997, 45894, 48331, 49277, 49279, 50414, 50977, 53847, 54666, 62121, 64612, 64901, 66158 Depository Trust Co. et al., 66703 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 5502, 8068, 8475, 17259, 27088, 27089, 27818, 40129, 40877, 49280, 49281, 49283, 49548, 50415, 61158, 63405, 64415 International Securities Clearing Corp., 2703, 23519, 27100, 39562 MBS Clearing Corp., 6289, 8809, 9475, 16634, 22983, 27091, 28750, 30918, 35859, 50646, 54667, 65466, 67422, 67672 Midwest Clearing Corp., 27091 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 3069, 11235, 11236, 30919, 44501, 49717, 55294, 61857, 64417, 65114 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 436, 772, 776, 778, 780, 1009, 1350, 1352, 1939, 1940, 1942, 2204, 2415, 3548, 3725, 3935, 4368, 4562, 4563, 5870, 6041, 6290, 8289, 8477, 9009, 11237, 11245, 11510, 12687, 12866, 13416, 13417, 13921, 14487, 14950, 14953, 14972, 14973, 15945, 16635, 16884, 17260, 17262, 17263, 18665, 19369, 19373, 19378, 20233, 22984, 22986, 24147, 25226, 25683, 26840, 26843, 27093, 27094, 27095, 27818, 27819, 28086, 28088, 29382, 30363, 30920, 31854, 31856, 32669, 34723, 34724, 35243, 35870, 36595, 36855, 36858, 37105, 38150, 38156, 38332, 38333, 39056, 39564, 39565, 39883, 40879, 41454, 42613, 43385, 43568, 43571, 44157, 44158, 44503, 45895, 46535, 46537, 46787, 47080, 47096, 47855, 47856, 47857, 47858, 48688, 48689, 48912, 49049, 49284, 49553, 49719, 51170, 52169, 52170, 53062, 53361, 53365, 53367, 53673, 53675, 55295, 55296, 56217, 59928, 59932, 60542, 62385, 62391, 63580, 63589, 64000, 64034, 64239, 64242, 64419, 64421, 64422, 64428, 65838, 66160, 66164, 66706, 66707, 67104, 67423, 67927, 68330, 68331 National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, Inc., 26841 National Securities Clearing Corp., 8069, 10601, 10602, 14954, 17274, 24522, 24523, 27285, 27286, 27821, 28091, 28914, 38178, 42274, 47862, 50416, 50978, 53848, 54668, 65728 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 1012, 1353, 2704, 4833, 5875, 7488, 12671, 13421, 13922, 14174, 17899, 23521, 25009, 25011, 25984, 27822, 27823, 28092, 29170, 31650, 32135, 32848, 33459, 34334, 34336, 36597, 38179, 39043, 40881, 41118, 41456, 42847, 44298, 45014, 45900, 47715, 48691, 50979, 51497, 52381, 52801, 53369, 53679, 56219, 56220, 60297, 63592, 64613, 64615, 65116 New York Stock Exchange, Inc. et al., 5871 OMLX, London Securities & Derivatives Exchange Ltd., 49553 Options Clearing Corp., 1013, 3070, 4089, 8070, 13931, 14737, 15559, 26602, 27638, 28751, 31468, 44025, 44998, 45901, 50418, 50419, 50647, 53041, 53371, 54669, 64434, 64902, 66167 Options Clearing Corp. et al., 47863 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 13424, 20235, 26605, 26606, 27096, 27640, 27641, 27642, 27643, 27646, 27826, 30922, 31652, 31857, 32682, 33448, 35244, 36860, 37108, 38180, 38335, 41485, 42150, 43764, 44027, 44159, 44299, 44999, 45902, 46544, 50036, 50422, 51172, 51710, 53373, 56221, 60739, 60741, 61160, 62393, 64035, 65840, 67674, 67679, 68334 Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 138, 782, 1945, 4564, 6594, 6823, 6824, 7286, 7489, 8071, 8286, 11247, 14488, 14973, 16886, 22988, 28093, 28095, 29177, 36087, 39056 Participants Trust Co., 3320, 6595, 8072, 8810, 16638, 27097, 34725, 34726, 48913, 65841 Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 1790, 8073, 8478, 8479, 14737, 42614, 53680, 65466 Philadelphia Depository Trust Co. et al., 1015 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 783, 1017, 1356, 2707, 2708, 3321, 4833, 5074, 5268, 5662, 6596, 7288, 7289, 8291, 8483, 10105, 13203, 13204, 14176, 14177, 14715, 17659, 19383, 20048, 20055, 24525, 24529, 24531, 25985, 27099, 29385, 29756, 30365, 30366, 30923, 32136, 33147, 33149, 34730, 34731, 34733, 35535, 36328, 36600, 36602, 37109, 37111, 38180, 40882, 41983, 41986, 42616, 42618, 42848, 44160, 45904, 47865, 48332, 48914, 49286, 52804, 54147, 55448, 55449, 62395, 62652, 63593, 64903, 65117, 65300, 65467, 66169, 66709, 67425, 67680, 68338, 68339 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 8074, 8485, 8811, 13425, 53681, 63218 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia et al., 1018, 1139 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 50648 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: Deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices by brokers, dealers, and other securities industry professionals; prohibition, 18666 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: ABD American Capital Markets Funds, Inc., 42611 Acacia National Life Insurance Co., Inc., et al., 54481 Ackerley Group, Inc., 66884 ACM Managed Multi-Market Trust, Inc., 13405 Acorn Investment Trust, 63987 Advisor's Inner Circle Fund, 15208 Aetna Life Insurance Annuity Co. et al., 41104 Aetna Variable Fund, et al., 44497 AFC (USA) I, Inc., 63989 AIM Equity Funds, Inc., et al., 27810 AIM Strategic Income Fund, Inc., 32667 Alaris Medical, Inc., 36321 Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 54139 Alliance All-Market Advantage Fund, Inc., 43561 Allied Capital Corp. et al., 63568 Altius-Beta Fund, Inc., 28909 Amerac Energy Corp., 34095 American Government Term Trust Inc., 33145 American Odyssey Funds, Inc., et al., 3541 American Restaurant Partners, L.P., 63990 American Skandia Trust et al., 6588 Ameritas Variable Life Insurance Co. et al., 8278 Anchor Pathway Fund et al., 5497 Andean Fund, Inc., 32838 Anicom, Inc., 52599 Apollo Eye Group, 52599 Arch Tax-Exempt Trust, 1479 Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, Inc., 18157 Arthur Andersen Financial Advisers, 33689 B.O.S. Better On-Line Solutions Ltd., 42149 Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc., 66152 Bank Austria AG et al., 63402 Bartlett Management Trust, 37633 Beacon Hill Mutual Fund, Inc., 4086 Benchmark Electronics, Inc., 42847 Benchmark Funds et al., 61560 BFM Institutional Trust Inc., 2198 Biovail Corporation International, 1004 Blanchard Funds et al., 53032 Bond Fund Series et al., 24999 Borland International, Inc., 34096 Brac Associates Limited Liability Co. et al., 12258 Brandywine Realty Trust, 60737 Brantley Capital Corp. et al., 55660 Briar Funds Trust, 32838 BSC Employee Fund, L.P., et al., 26595 Bunker Hill Income Securities, Inc., 13199 Burlington Industries, Inc., 4821 Canadian Imperial Holdings Inc., 1005 Capital Properties, Inc., 34327 Capital Southwest Corp. et al., 10297 Cascades Trust et al., 37084 Cash Accumulation Trust et al., 62789 CharterCapital Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc., 10598 Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc., 37946 Chubb America Fund, Inc., et al., 17650 Chyron Corp., 7284 Citibank, N.A., et al., 14481 Citicorp Life Insurance Co. et al., 13406 Cityfed Financial Corp., 3721 Compass Capital Funds et al., 30902 Conestoga Family of Funds, 10299 Consolidated Tape Association, 14708 Core Trust (Delaware) et al., 24673 Counsellors Tandem Securities Fund, Inc., 8058 Cova Financial Services Life Insurance Co. et al., 14484 Credit Suisse First Boston, Inc., 47706 Credit Union Government Securities Fund, Inc., 29379 CUNA Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 41108 Dean Witter Premier Income Trust, 38147 Diamonds Trust et al., 65453 Diaz-Verson Funds, Inc., 22981 DLJ LBO Plans Management Corp. et al., 29751 Donnelly Corp., 19845 Dracena Funds, Inc., 20228 Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust, et al., 15210 Dreyfus Unit Trusts Insured Tax Exempt Trust (Series 1), 36086 Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund et al., 65289 Ducommun, Inc., 2199 Eaton Vance Corp., 9004 Eaton Vance Management et al., 28742 Emerald Funds, 55436 Emerald Funds et al., 65825 Emerging Germany Fund Inc., 6814 Enron Corp. et al., 8279 Entergy Corp. et al., 5864 Enterprise Group of Funds, Inc., et al., 24675 Epitope, Inc., 2199 EQ Advisors Trust et al., 17888, 61855 Equisure, Inc., 48324 Equus II Inc., 54484 Equus II Inc. et al., 18660 Ernst & Young Investment Advisers LLP, 33692 Evergreen Trust et al., 60536 Federated Index Trust et al., 64409 Federated Investors et al., 56209 Financial Institutions Series Trust et al., 65827 First American Funds, Inc., et al., 63991 First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 10599, 45884, 60113 Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 49043 Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. et al., 63993 Frank Russell Investment Co. et al., 49043 FundManager Portfolios, 43383 GE Funds et al., 47073 General American Life Insurance Co., et al., 17894 Global Privatization Fund, Inc., 13409 Goldman Sachs & Co., 14710 Goldman Sachs & Co. et al., 55285 Great American Reserve Variable Annuity Account D, 48910 Great American Reserve Variable Annuity Fund, 48910 Great Train Store Co., 34096 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 12259, 46784 Greif Bros. Corp., 17895 Grove Property Trust, 43384 Guardian Insurance & Annuity Co., Inc., et al., 62366 Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc., 5063 Hampton Utilities Trust, 10301 Harbor Fund & Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc., 51495 Heartland Technology, Inc., 65829 Hotchkis and Wiley Variable Trust et al., 39034 Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp., 13410 HVA Money Market Fund, Inc. et al., 9004 ICG Communications, Inc., 15548 Insurance Investments Products Trust, 6816 Insured Tax-Exempt Lease Trust Series, 14713 Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 55438 Interactive Data Corp., 65719 INTRUST Kansas Tax Exempt Bond Fund et al., 15549 Investors Bank & Trust Co. et al., 54485 J.P. Morgan Index Funding Co. I et al., 33943 Janus Investment Fund et al., 64606 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 15550 John Nuveen & Co. Inc. et al., 6283 Kansas Farm Bureau Life Variable Account, 8059 Kemper Technology Fund et al., 62369 Kent Funds, 27634 Key Mutual Funds et al., 5659 KPMG Investment Advisors, 33945 Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc., et al., 29165 Lazard Retirement Series, Inc., et al., 38591 LEVCO Series Trust et al., 48324 Liberty All-Star Equity Fund et al., 6817 Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc., 49542 Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 6819 Liberty Term Trust, Inc., 3066 Life Insurance Co. of Virginia et al., 62372 Lord Abbett California Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc., 17896 Lord Abbett Fundamental Value Fund, Inc., 17897 Lord Abbett U.S. Government Securities Fund, Inc., 20229 Magellan Health Services, Inc., 5661 Manulife Series Fund, Inc., 42273 Master Investment Trust, Series II, 1932 Masters' Select Investment Trust et al., 28745 Medeva PLC, 12866 Mentor Funds et al., 65832 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., 67420 Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P., et al., 19359 Merrill Lynch Global Institutional Series, Inc., 4087 Merrill Lynch KECALP L.P. 1997 et al., 24677 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. et al., 40556 Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust, 52600 Mitcham Industries, Inc., 6288 MLX Corp., 20230, 65721 Monarch Life Insurance Co. et al., 46387 Mutual Fund Variable Annuity Trust et al., 43562 Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 5498 Nations Fund Trust et al., 13915, 36322 Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. et al., 5867 Nationwide Life Insurance Co. et al., 4821, 65108 Natural Alternatives International, Inc., 13410 New England Funds Trust I et al., 45886 New England Life Insurance Co. et al., 54489 New USA Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 24679 New World Investment Fund, 10886 New York Times Co., 48911 North Star Universal, Inc., 2200 Nu-Tech Bio-Med, Inc., 53355 OFFITBANK Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 1783 Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust et al., 13200, 55440 OMLX, London Securities & Derivatives Exchange Ltd., 38148 Oppenheimer & Co, L.P., et al., 40868 Pacifica Funds Trust, 30652 Pacifica Variable Trust, 40559 Pacific Gulf Properties Inc., 4366 PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Cash Reserve Fund, Inc., 16879 PaineWebber/Kidder, Peabody Premium Account Fund, 16878 Painewebber/Kidder, Peabody Tax Exempt Money Fund, Inc., 11509 PaineWebber America Fund et al., 11232 Palladian Trust et al., 2404 Park Avenue Portfolio et al., 13410 Partners Income Fund, 8807 Partner Wealth Fund I, L.P., 65457 Patriot American Hospitality, Inc., et al., 42150 PBHG Insurance Series Fund, Inc., et al., 65293 Pennsylvania Mutual Fund, 8809 PIMCO Advisors Funds, 38596 Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust et al., 32839 Ponder Industries, Inc., 38148 Precision Optics Corp., Inc., 50412 Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 3926 ProFutures Capital Management, Inc., 66153 Project Capital 1995, LLC, 25002 Provident Institutional Funds, Inc., 13414 Prudential Insurance Co. of America et al., 54493 Public utility holding company filings, 434, 1347, 2696, 3930, 4087, 4824, 5261, 7079, 8059, 8283, 9006, 10301, 13414, 14713, 16206, 17897, 19153, 19635, 20040, 24141, 24518, 25680, 27079, 28075, 29755, 31182, 32129, 32389, 33447, 34489, 36325, 38591, 41116, 42612, 43761, 44733, 48122, 49265, 53034, 54143, 55441, 60288, 60293, 60929, 61154, 61563, 62375, 62791, 63996, 63997, 64897, 65298, 65834 PW Masters Fund, L.P., 39287 Qualivest Funds et al., 37086 Randgold & Exploration Co. Limited, Inc., 9006 Reich & Tang Distributors, L.P., et al., 32844, 53037 Reserve Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 37088 Reserve Private Equity Series et al., 49267 Reynolds Metals Co., 40127 Riverfront Funds, Inc., et al., 37634 Robertson Stephens Investment Trust et al., 47076 Rodney Square International Securities Fund, Inc., 8285 Royce Global Trust, Inc., et al., 28077 Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., 28748 Safeway Inc., 19362 Salomon Brothers Inc., 52166, 60293 Scudder Spain & Portugal Fund, Inc., 52600 Security First Trust et al., 54145 Seilon, Inc., 41116 Seligman Capital Fund, Inc., et al., 64899 Senior High Income Portfolio II, Inc., 1006 Senior Strategic Income Fund, Inc., 1007 Servico, Inc., 36327 Sierra Asset Management Portfolios et al., 53669 Sierra Prime Income Fund et al., 8063 Sierra Variable Trust et al., 67669 Smith Barney Inc. et al., 18662 Smith Barney Muni Funds, et al., 54659 SoGen Variable Funds, Inc., et al., 2697 Sparta Surgical Corp., 27813 Special Portfolios, Inc., 1786 Stanger Fund, L.P., 33946 State Bond Equity Funds, Inc., 34327 State Bond Income Funds, Inc., 34328 State Bond Investment Funds, Inc., 34329 State Bond Money Funds, Inc., 34329 State Bond Municipal Funds, Inc., 34330 State Bond Tax-Free Income Funds, Inc., 34331 State Street Research Financial Trust et al., 30907 Strong Advantage Fund, Inc., et al., 64411 Strong Insured Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., 10887 Style Select Series, Inc., et al., 47709 Suncor, Inc., 25215 Sun Growth Variable Annuity Fund, Inc., 7812 T.J.T., Inc., 24518 TCW International Equity L.P. et al., 53038 Tele-Communications International, Inc., 45888 Texas Meridian Resources Corp., 20233 Thomson Technical Data Corp., 65725 Time Warner, Inc., 14949 Tivoli Industries, Inc., 54885 Toronto Dominion Holdings, Inc., 65834 Tower Tech, Inc., 55288 TPC Corp., 14950 Travelers Group Inc. et al., 60538 Tri-Magna Corp., 18159 TrustFunds Institutional Funds, 2701 TrustFunds Mortgage + Plus Trust, 2702 U.S. Stock Portfolio, 14486 UAM Funds, Inc., et al., 62793 UNC Inc., 55289 United Continental Income Investment Programs, 23507 United Financial Group, Inc., 1933 United Income Investment Programs, 23510 United International Growth Investment Programs, 23511 United Investors Live Insurance Co. et al., 29380 United Periodic Investment Plans to Acquire United Science Fund Shares of United Funds, Inc., 23509, 23513 United Vanguard Investment Programs, 23514 USL Capital Corp., 15552 USLIFE Income Fund, Inc., et al., 28079 Variable Annuity Account Three, 38149 Variable Annuity Account Six, 47839 Variable Annuity Portfolios et al., 49711 Vertex Industries, Inc., 20233 Victory Funds et al., 23818 Warburg, Pincus Balanced Fund, Inc., et al., 30360 WEBS Index Fund, Inc., et al., 7481 Western National Life Insurance Co. et al., 63574 Western Reserve Live Assurance Co. of Ohio et al., 63206 WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund VI, L.P., et al., 24144 ***** Selective Service System PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22544, 58314 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 28096 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 28096 ***** Sentencing Commission, United States See United States Sentencing Commission ***** Small Business Administration RULES Business loan policy: Depository and non-depository lenders; financing and securitization of unguaranteed portions of Small Business Act guaranteed loans, 15601 Low documentation loan program; participating lenders, 301 Disaster loan program: Legal business entities engaged in agricultural enterprises and non-agricultural business ventures, 35337 Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 45937 Small business investment companies: Examination fees; base fees for examination establishment, 23337 Smaller business term replaced by statutory term smaller enterprise, 11759 Small business size standards: Affiliation with investment companies, 11317 Correction, 26381 Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Airborne integrated data components, 6453 Power circuit breakers, current and potential transformers, autotransformers, and surge arresters, 24325 Routers and switches, 6454 Tri-deck airborne recorder, 8mm (ruggedized), 3985 Standards of conduct and employee restrictions and responsibilities, 48477 PROPOSED RULES Business loan policy: Unguaranteed portions of loans, financing and securitization; retainage, etc., 8640 Hearing, 25874 Disaster loan program: Physical disaster and economic injury loans; increase request requirements, 62707 Procurement assistance: Very small business concerns, 2979 Semi-annual agenda, 22546, 58316 Small business investment companies: Examination fees; base fees for examination establishment, 6147 Miscellaneous amendments, 53253 Small business size standards: 8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business status determinations; eligibility requirements and contractual assistance; Federal regulatory review, 43584 Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- Power circuit breakers, disconnect switches, current and potential transformers, etc., 6499 Very small business concerns, 2979 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 439, 2709, 6291, 7490, 8504, 14492, 23819, 25986, 26844, 28752, 29177, 40562, 44162, 45000, 50648, 53850, 60743, 64905 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 20056, 23524, 27646, 29177, 31858, 33693, 36862, 42849, 44301, 47869, 48916, 56222, 60744 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Veterans Business Affairs Advisory Committee, 8075 Disaster loan areas: Alabama, 43573 Arkansas, 13205, 14179, 14955, 23525, 24532, 24680 California, 1946, 2709, 3727, 6291, 9010, 13205, 18160, 63738 Colorado, 43573, 45690 Florida, 25987, 32396, 53684, 61567, 61568, 64905, 64906 Idaho, 3727, 6292, 7490, 42277, 43766, 45000 Idaho et al., 53684 Illinois, 17275, 18160, 50649, 63596 Indiana, 13205, 18160 Kentucky, 13205, 14179, 17275, 18161, 18827, 26344, 36863 Louisiana, 34096, 42277 Louisiana et al., 61568 Massachusetts, 17275 Michigan, 37636, 39568, 41119, 48692, 52369 Micronesia, 14179 Minnesota, 11939, 14180, 19636, 20056, 24533, 26344, 33454, 36863, 40562, 47869 Mississippi, 12675, 34097, 35536, 39568 Mississippi et al., 65842 Nevada, 3728, 5270 New Jersey, 52369 New York, 1947, 5270 North Carolina, 2710, 53851 North Carolina et al., 43574, 53685 North Dakota, 19637, 33455, 36863 North Dakota et al., 8292, 10106 Northern Mariana Islands, 60744, 66711 Ohio, 13206, 14180, 34097, 43574, 46545 Ohio et al., 39568 Oregon, 6292, 9011 Pennsylvania, 1140, 1947, 8292, 40130 South Dakota, 19637, 33455 South Dakota et al., 8293 Tennessee, 6292, 13206, 14955, 15741, 17276, 18827, 24533, 24681 Tennessee et al., 43766 Texas, 33455, 40130, 40562, 43574, 46545 Vermont, 43575 Virginia et al., 66711 Washington, 5270, 6292, 9011, 18161, 18828, 24533, 42277, 65843 West Virginia, 13207, 14956, 35537 Wisconsin, 40131 Wisconsin et al., 7491 Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 439, 17276, 42278, 51499 Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities, 45001, 45002 License surrenders: 767 L.P., 64906 ABC Capital Corp., 55297 Alta Capital Corp. et al., 45003 Blue Ridge Capital, L.P., 42278 Builders Capital Corp., 3071 Colorado Invesco, Inc., 14180 Cubico Ltd., Inc., 3071 Erie Small Business Investment Co., 29178 Evergreen Capital Co., Inc., 42278 Falcon Capital Corp., 37112 First Idaho Venture Capital Corp., 3071 First Interstate Equity Corp., 6293 Greater Washington Investments, Inc., 43192 Hanover Capital Corp., 64906 Inner-City Capital Access Center, Inc., 3072 Jupiter Partners, 33455 LaSung Investment & Finance Co., 64906 Pan Pac Capital Corp., 61421 Rainbow Bridge Capital Corp., 64906 Red River Ventures, Inc., 3072 Retailers Growth Fund, Inc., 3072 S&S Venture Associates, Ltd., 59010 Safeco Capital, Inc., 3072 Salween Financial Services, Inc., 59010 Sunwestern Capital Ltd., 42278 Unco Ventures, Ltd., 66170 United Financial Resources Corp., 22989 Universal Financial Services, Inc., 3072 Washington Finance & Investment Corp., 53685 Wesbanc Ventures, Ltd., 10603 Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 8076, 25988, 42278 Preferred lenders program; FA$TRAK pilot loan program adoption, 44741 Regional Fairness Boards -- Mid-Atlantic States, 50048 Rocky Mountain States, 27647 Small Business Regulatory Enforcement and Fairness Act, 44028 Southeastern States Regional Fairness Board, 61421 Veterans' Business Affairs Advisory Committee, 38336 Washington (DC) National Advisory Council, 52370 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Connecticut, 19638 Florida, 49287, 67427 Hawaii, 42850 Maine, 49287 Massachusetts, 67427 Missouri, 18161 New York, 18161 Rhode Island, 8076, 42850 Texas, 25216 Washington, D.C., 8076 West Virginia, 19638, 63739 Wisconsin, 8076, 19638, 25988, 38336, 44741 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: North and South Florida District Offices; name changes, 52370 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 43575 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 64037, 65302 Small business investment companies: 3% preferred stock repurchase pilot program -- Program availability extension, 39294 Maximum annual cost of money; alternative computation, 35537 Maximum cost of money; debenture rate, 15951 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Agio Capital Partners I, L.P., 27287 Blue Ridge Investors L.P., 26344 Capitol Health Partners, L.P., 32672 Centura SBIC, Inc., 24680 CEO Venture Fund III, L.P., 59010 CF Investment Co., 53850 Civic Ventures Investment Fund, L.P., 44740 Early Stage Enterprises, L.P., 52603 EGL/NatWest Ventures USA, L.P., 31654 Intercontinental Capital Funding Corp., 61421 New England MESBIC, Inc., 61421 New Vista Capital Fund, L.P., 54670 Norwest Equity Partners VI, L.P., 25987 Oberlin Capital, L.P., 9476 Odyssey Investment Partners, L.P., 31654 Philadelphia Ventures Liberty Fund, L.P., 1946 Pioneer Ventures L.P., 66711 Southwest/Catalyst Capital, Ltd., 54671 Tangent Growth Fund, L.P., 4091 Wachovia Capital Associates, Inc., 24532 ***** Social Security Administration RULES Administrative regulations: Tort claims against Government, 24328 Federal claims collection: Information disclosure to consumer reporting agencies and overpayment recovery through administrative offset against Federal payments, 64274 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 4142 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: References revised and legal citations amended, 38448 Personnel: Indemnification of employees, 39933 Privacy Act; implementation, 4142 Social security benefits: Cycling payments; additional days throughout month on which benefits will be paid, 6114 Disability and blindness determinations -- Body system listings; expiration dates extension, 30746 Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance and aged, blind, and disabled -- Disability claims; testing elimination of final step in administrative review process, 49598 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; effective date extension, 35073 Self-employment wages and net earnings; reporting, 15607 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Absent ineligible spouses or parents in active military service; eligibility and benefit amounts affected, 42410 Currently available reliable information for determining benefit amounts, 30747 Determination whether disability continues or ends, medically necessary and available treatment, etc.; CFR correction, 36460 Disability claims; testing elimination of final step in administrative review process, 49598 Income and resources exclusions; technical changes, 30980 Institutionalized children, 1053, 42411 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney advisors authority; effective date extension, 35073 Supplementary payments on behalf of States; administration fees and interest, 309 U.S. residency, definition; religious record of birth or baptism as evidence of citizenship, etc., 59812 Disability determination for child under 18 years old, 6408 Correction, 13537, 13733 Overpayment recovery by offset of Federal income tax refund, 49437 PROPOSED RULES Federal claims collection: Information disclosure to consumer reporting agencies and overpayment recovery through administrative offset against Federal payments, 42439 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 43489 Organization and procedures: Social security numbers for aliens; information collection from State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service, 63681 Semi-annual agenda, 22554, 58322 Social security benefits: Disability benefits reduction on account of workers' compensation and public disability benefits and payments; proration methods, 60672 Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance -- Administrative review process; identification and referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's authority, 50266 Circuit court law; application, 48963 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 352 Disability benefits reduction on account of workers' compensation and public disability benefits and payments; proration methods, 46682 Disability claims; testing elimination of final step in administrative review process, 26997 Inheritance rights determination; application of State law, 4494 Medical-vocational guidelines; clarification, 49636 Self-employment wages and net earnings; reporting, 349 Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled -- Absent ineligible spouses or parents in active military service; eligibility and benefit ammounts affected, 3633 Administrative review process; identification and referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's authority, 50266 Circuit court law; application, 48963 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 352 Disability claims; testing elimination of final step in administrative review process, 26997 Medical opinion evidence evaluation, 50270 Overpayment recovery by offset of Federal income tax refund, 33778 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3728, 5064, 12262, 16208, 17901, 19154, 19849, 24151, 26607, 33693, 34735, 44163, 44506, 49045, 52173, 53377, 55450, 58760, 59010, 62654, 64435, 66712 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6598, 9233, 25685, 30653, 32849, 32850, 33693, 33694, 34735, 35872, 38336, 40131, 42278, 61161, 67427 Disability determination procedures: Testing modifications -- Disability determination services full process model, 16210 Federal processing center testing, 16209, 41457 Single decisionmaker model test sites, 38182 Foreign insurance or pension systems: Austria, 6598 Czech Republic, 58761 Macedonia, 5503 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; research grants, 14956 Social security disability program; referral system for vocational rehabilitation providers demonstration project, 23820 Magnetic media filing requirements changes: Corrected wage reports, 7814 Magnetic media reporting and electronic filing specifications; public meeting, 1947 Meetings: Electronic customer services provided on networks such as Internet; privacy and security issues; public forums and electronic town meeting, 23525 Plans for achieving self-support (PASS), administration; public forums, 29758, 37948 Organization, functions, and authority delegations:, 34490 Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources, 59938 Deputy Commissioner of Systems Office et al., 1481 External Affairs Office et al., 9476 Hearings and Appeals Office, 55842 Inspector General Office, 41458 Program Support Office, 40884 Publications and Logistics Management Office et al., 50649 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 9477, 19849, 23820, 29178, 29179, 40563, 44301 Systems of records, 11939 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Representative Payment Advisory Committee -- Beneficiary incapability, etc., 7814 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 58761 Social security acquiescence rulings: Chavez vs. Bowen; effect of prior final decision that claimant is not disabled, findings contained therein, on adjudication of subsequent disability claim, 64038 Daniels v. Sullivan; State intestacy law requirement that paternity be established during father's lifetime, 41989 Gamble v. Chater; amputation of a lower extremity, 1791 Parisi by Cooney v. Chater; dual entitlement, reduction of benefits under family maximum, 1792 Social security benefits: Cost-of-living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts increase, average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, etc., 58762 Disability determination procedures; testing modifications; continuation, 12264 Social security claims: Disability evaluation; redesigned method development; research plan, 34097 Social security rulings: Disability insurance benefits; reduction due to receipt of State workers' compensation, etc., 51923 Prehearing case review by disability determination services when new medical evidence is submitted, 42850 Social security supplemental agreements: Canada and U.S., 65303 United Kingdom and U.S., 65303 Supplemental security income: Disability determination procedures; testing modifications; continuation, 12264 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; Federal means-tested public benefits; aliens eligibility requirements, 45284 Title XVI: When inheritances become income, 14959 ***** Southeastern Power Administration NOTICES Power marketing policy: Cumberland System of Projects, 9762, 11253 Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects, 5978 Jim Woodruff Project, 11431 Kerr-Philpott System of Projects, 9763 Power rates: Stonewall Jackson Project, 24104 ***** Southwestern Power Administration NOTICES Electric power marketing: Open access transmission service tariff; comment request and meeting, 50307 Integrated System power rates and opportunities: Extension, 50921 Power repayment studies; comment request, 44670 Rate design development, 5391 Power rates: Robert D. Willis project, 49976 ***** Special Counsel Office See Office of the Special Counsel NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 11941 ***** State Department RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation: Information and records availability; time limits for responding to and consideration of requests for expedited processing, 48757 Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 45937 International traffic in arms regulations: Miscellaneous amendments, 67274 Proscribed destinations list, 37133 Registration fees for manufacturers and exporters, 27497 Nationality and passports: Passports; denying, revoking, or canceling procedures, 62694 Visas; immigrant and nonimmigrant documentation: Consular posts abroad; affidavits of support; uniform acceptance procedures, 67563 Ineligibility grounds, 67564 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant visa lottery administration fee, 42665 Immigrant visas; validity period extended, 27693 Correction, 32196 Violence Againist Women Act -- Relative and preference classifications; self- petitions by spouses and children, 613 Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: Machine-readable nonimmigrant visas; issuing procedures updated, 24332 Machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and combined border crossing cards; processing fee, 24334 Substantial, definition; and treaty trader/investor visa classification principles, 48149 Validity of visa; permanent residents of foreign country and aliens granted refugee status in that foreign country; reciprocity rules, 24331 Visa waiver pilot program -- Probationary entry status eliminated, designation of Ireland as permanent participating country, and extention of program to Slovenia, 51030 PROPOSED RULES Consular services; fee schedule: Changes, 63478 Semi-annual agenda, 21982, 57762 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant visa lottery administration fee, 32558 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 44741, 44742, 50650, 62655, 62656, 62657, 62658, 62659, 62660 Arms Export Control Act: Determinations, 19850, 28097, 28302, 38183, 44303, 45907, 54497, 63739 Export licenses; Congressional notifications, 39569, 59011, 59013, 61421, 67930 Arms Export Control Act and Export Administration Act of 1979: Chemical and biological weapons; imposition of proliferation sanctions on foreign entities and persons, 51926 Chemical and biological weapons proliferation sanctions -- Minglong, Liao, et al., 28304 Climate action report; availability and comment request, 25988 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 46393, 46394 Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 3072 Countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals; determinations: Serbia et al., 66713 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Brownsville, TX; new international bridge, 61568 Export-Import Bank support for sales; determinations: Bahamas; defense articles or services to be used primarily for counter-narcotics, 52603 Foreign Assistance Act; determinations, 43766 Foreign terrorist organizations; designation, 52650 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Eastern Europe and independent states of former Soviet Union; national competitive programs administration, 62661 Egypt and United States -- International, collaborative projects in science and technology, 1948, 41460 Man and biosphere program -- Tropical forest resources in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala; management, harvesting, utilization, and marketing research, 65119 United States-Spain; international collaborative projects in science and technology, 34337 International harmonization of chemical safety and health information; hazardous chemicals classification, safe handling procedures, etc., 15951 Meeting, 27102 International Joint Commission: Red River basin; means to reduce, mitigate, and prevent future flooding; recommendations request by Canadian and United States governments, 36329 International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory debarment, 13932, 13933, 14492, 33694 Iran; significant projects tendered in oil and gas sector; list, 1141 Meetings: Defense Trade Advisory Group, 18377 Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Advisory Committee, 12871 Fine Arts Committee, 8812 Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 11511, 31654, 44743, 64245 International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee, 11941, 29180, 33150, 43767, 54892 International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 14180, 36605, 50650 International harmonization of chemical classification and labeling systems; government activities, 38337, 51926 International Joint Commission Boundary Waters Treaty; safety of dams and other structures, 1141 International Law Advisory Committee, 55665 International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 1948, 5876, 9818, 22989, 27828, 32397, 33150, 34101, 35872, 36088, 41461, 44164, 45285, 50651, 62396, 65469 Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 25989, 66884 Overseas Security Advisory Council, 7814, 19385, 54149 Private International Law Advisory Committee, 3729, 15741, 46394, 60547, 63739, 67427 Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 4825, 33947 Shipping Coordinating Committee, 141, 1948, 2210, 7291, 8812, 15957, 20237, 27102, 28097, 28098, 29180, 41119, 42622, 44165, 45285, 53042, 53685, 55842, 61161, 62396, 62796, 66885 U.N. Environment Program and Food and Agriculture Organization; hazardous chemicals and pesticides; prior informed consent; international agreement, 44303 U.S. foreign policy economic sanctions programs; briefing, 11512, 54497 Mission technology proliferation activities; sanctions: North Korean entities, 44302 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Legal Adviser, 14181 Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs et al., 67930 Passport travel restrictions, U.S.: Iraq, 13426 Lebanon, 4371 Libya, 62663 Presidential permits: Brownsville, TX; new international bridge, 61570 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 19155, 23534, 36863, 44165, 61570 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Climate change; regional impacts, 27102 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 42622, 55297 Shrimp trawl fishing; turtle protection guidelines; certifications, 4826, 19157, 29759 Taiwan Relations Act; U.S. citizenship, nationality, and passport laws specification, 37327 Visas; immigrant documentation: Diversity immigrant (DV-99) visa program; registration, 45004 ***** State Justice Institute NOTICES Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines, 44308, 51927 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 22990, 38337, 60744 ***** Statistical Reporting Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service ***** Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES ADAMHA Reorganization Act; implementation: Adults with serious mental illness; estimation methodology, 14928 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2676, 4547, 5446, 25964, 26812, 35826, 45431, 56197, 60913, 66381, 66382, 67884 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9202, 20014, 25965, 35827, 40100, 46367, 51116 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 66382, 66383# Children with serious emotional disturbance; estimation methodology, 52139 Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting minimum standards, list, 416, 5241, 10287, 16173, 23470, 30608, 36068, 42135, 47213, 51875, 60098, 64393 Federal workplace drug testing programs; mandatory guidelines, 51118 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: American Council for Drug Education of New York, 48666 American Psychological Association, 20015 Family Resources, Inc. et al., 40369 Farm Resource Center, Inc., 32648 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc., 37273, 48105 Women and children's residential treatment program grantees, 19349 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; application receipt date; cancellation, 39005 Comprehensive community mental health services for children and their families, 5994 Knowledge development and application cooperative agreements, 5997, 16602 HIV/AIDS high-risk behavior, cannabis youth treatments, etc., 3707 Service systems change action grants; workshop, 8452 Starting Early Starting Smart, 6974 State incentive program et al., 9796 Knowledge dissemination and substance abuse conference programs -- Receipt date cancellation, 13390, 64395 U.S.-Mexico border four-state substance abuse initiative, 32648 Meetings: Drug Testing Advisory Board, 7468, 32360, 39534, 42137, 58975 Mental Health Services Center National Advisory Council, 40370, 47677, 60913 SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 24964, 31617, 36838, 39006, 59368 SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 103, 4074, 6552, 11459, 13661, 16864, 17199, 19776, 23471, 24127, 24497, 26321, 28724, 28725, 30610, 31617, 33431, 33666, 34481, 36839, 39006, 39853, 42259, 42797, 47822, 49700, 59368, 63956 SAMHSA special emphasis panels, et al., 25638, 37274 Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory Council, et al., 28724, 45264 Women's Services Advisory Committee, 6791, 55268 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 7249 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 49522 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 52727 ***** Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Abandoned mine land reclamation: Reclamation fund list; fee collection and coal production reporting -- Coal excess moisture allowance, 45920, 60138 Reclamation fund reauthorization; implementation, Partial suspension, 30232 Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996; implementation: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 63274 Federal regulatory reform: Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions, 9932 Indian lands program: Abandoned mine land reclamation plan -- Hopi Tribe, 15112 Navajo Nation, AZ and NM, 18269 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Alabama, 66819 Alaska, 15115, 35342 Arkansas, 23129, 31473, 44894 Colorado, 29290, 33747 Illinois, 54765 Indiana, 44894, 44897, 47138, 49049, 59569 Iowa, 16490, 19394 Kentucky, 45714 Maryland, 14306, 32687 Missouri, 41842 North Dakota, 22889, 44899 Ohio, 1668, 9076, 14308, 32687, 53232 Oklahoma, 6041 Pennsylvania, 29294, 60169 Texas, 4451, 14311, 19394, 23136, 32687 Utah, 41845 Virginia, 35964, 48758, 52181, 60658 Surface coal mining and reclamation operations: Ownership and control, permit application process, and improvidently issued permits, 19450 PROPOSED RULES Abandoned mine land reclamation; enhancement, 55365 Meetings, 59639 Abandoned mine land reclamation fund: Fund reauthorization; implementation, 47617 Correction, 61585 Reclamation fund fee collection and coal production reporting; basis for coal weight determination; withdrawn, 33784 Initial and permanent regulatory programs: Surface coal mining and reclamation operations -- Subsidence due to underground mining; prohibition as a surface coal mining operation; interpretation, 4864, 20138 Valid existing rights (VER) definition and claims submission and processing procedures, 4836, 20138, 29314 Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Alabama, 20138, 53996 Alaska, 1074 Arkansas, 4499 Colorado, 11805 Illinois, 63045, 67014 Indiana, 7189, 7192, 11807, 12776, 23192, 25875, 42713 Kansas, 30535 Kentucky, 30540, 46933, 65044 Louisiana, 61712 Maryland, 4502, 14079, 49183, 55321, 62273 Mississippi, 40773 Missouri, 23194, 31541 Montana, 1408, 16506, 63685, 64327 North Dakota, 30800, 46695, 48807 Ohio, 3491, 36248, 38509, 63684 Oklahoma, 42715, 65632 Pennsylvania, 4504, 67590 Texas, 7965, 31543, 67592, 67596, 67597 Utah, 16507, 32255 Virginia, 12776, 16509, 44924, 53275, 67016 West Virginia, 31543, 33785 Permits and coal exploration systems: Notification and permit processing; withdrawn, 47617 Surface coal mining and reclamation operations: Ownership and control, permit application process, and improvidently issued permits, 56139, 63044 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 2683, 7254, 12839, 16606, 17635, 19810, 25970, 26552, 33678, 45684, 50624, 52772, 61828, 65713, 66664 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4797, 15195, 18360, 22995, 24509, 32653, 33906, 39009, 41974, 49993, 65714, 65715 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Permanent program regulations, etc., 4798, 29368 Valid existing rights determinations: Blaire, Edward, et al.; Wayne National Forest, OH, 63187, 66387 Helmick, Walter D.; Monongahela National Forest, WV, 53798, 59731, 66126 Water protection: Probable hydrologic consequences determination and cumulative hydrologic impact assessments; resource document availability on Internet, 5841 ***** Surface Transportation Board RULES Combinations and ownership: Motor carrier of property finance transactions, exemptions; CFR part removed, 5171 General provisions: Miscellaneous amendments, 48953 Correction, 50257 ICC Termination Act of 1995; implementation: Authority citations update, 50522 Interlocking officers: Rail officers of Class III railroads; authorization, 2041 Miscellaneous CFR parts removed, 50885 Nomenclature changes, 42075 Nonrail licensing procedures: Water carriers; operations extemsion; CFR part removed, 4492 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Employee boards; technical amendments, 50882 Practice and procedure: Licensing and related services to public; user fees, 3487 Rail lines acquisition; advance notice of proposed transactions, 47583 Rail passenger carrier commutation or suburban fare increases; CFR part removed, 33028 Statutory jurisdiction; voluntary arbitration of certain disputes, 46217 Correction, 48497 Rail carriers: General purpose costing system; procedures modification, 51379 Railroad consolidation procedures; fee policy modification, 9714, 28375 Correction, 35692 Rail licensing procedures: Abandonment and discontinuance of rail lines and rail transportation, 34669 Commuter rail service continuation subsidies and discontinuance notices; CFR part removed, 45334 Rate procedures: Bus carrier rates and fares; expedited complaint procedures; CFR part removed, 5170 General purpose costing system review; variable cost of privately-owned rail cars use, etc.; verification procedure, 65378 Tariffs and schedules: Freight forwarders in noncontiguous domestic trade; exemption from rate reasonableness and tariff filing requirements, 9110 Household goods carriers; tariff requirements, 5171 Transportation of property by or with water carrier in noncontiguous domestic trade; publication, posting, and filing, 19058 Reconsideration petition, 30285 Uniform systems of accounts: Motor carriers of passengers, common and contract; CFR part removed, 46919 PROPOSED RULES Combinations and ownership: Jurisdiction over motor finance transactions; withdrawn, 36480 Motor passenger carriers finance applications; revisions, 36477 Contracts and exemptions: Rail general exemption authority -- Nonferrous recyclables, 27002, 27003, 28413 Practice and procedure: Rail lines acquisition; advance notice of proposed transactions, 23742 Rail passenger carrier commutation or suburban fare increases; CFR part removed, 8209 Statutory jurisdiction; voluntary arbitration of certain disputes, 14385 Rail carriers: Class 1 track safety standards; service obligations over excepted track, 24896 Policy statement, 54820 Safe implementation of board-approved transactions, 64193 Rail licensing procedures: Commuter rail service continuation subsidies and discontinuance notices, 32068 Rail service continuation subsidy standards; CFR part removed, 42734 Rate procedures: Simplified rail rate reasonableness proceedings; expedited procedures, 6508, 50550 Semi-annual agenda, 22766, 58512 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5068, 5881, 34737, 36869, 54154 Agreements under sections 5a and 5b; applications for approval, etc.: EC-MAC Motor Carriers Service Association, Inc., et al., 27653 Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau, Inc., 55454 National Classification Committee, 60935, 63746 Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., 27654 Western Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc., 23289 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: CSX Corp. et al., 36332, 51500, 52373 Motor carriers: Control exemptions -- Coach USA, Inc., 11518, 28531, 61164, 64437 Coach USA, Inc., et al., 43195, 44748 East West Resort Express LLC et al., 28532 Greyhound Lines, Inc., 27834 Finance applications -- Greyhound Lines, Inc., 2215, 36089, 66715 Merger exemptions -- Coach USA, Inc., et al., 43195, 44748 Revenue pooling agreements -- Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc., et al., 45695 Capital Trailways et al., 50431 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al., 60559 Service pooling agreements -- Capital Motor Lines et al., 19853 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., 9819 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al., 46400 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Office relocation business plan, 8077 Rail carriers: Annual operating revenues of railroads; indexing, 37952 Cost of capital; railroad industry's annual rate proceeding, 38190, 66177 Cost recovery procedures -- Adjustment factor, 12683, 34340, 50048, 66715 Productivity adjustment factor, 7294, 27655 Railroad car hire compensation; clarification of Association of American Railroads' Code of Car Hire Rules, 19652 Railroad revenue adequacy determinations; class I railroads, 45696 Rate guidelines; non-coal proceedings, 23822 Waybill data; release for use, 9483, 15561, 44170, 45475, 51180, 59942, 60747, 62399 Western U.S. rail service; proceeding and hearing, 52373 Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway, LLC, 43576 Anacortes, WA, 47109 Arizona & California Railroad Co. L.P., 47870 Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Co., 43772 Ashland Railway, Inc., 54154 Barenfanger, Charles, 54896 Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad, 49722 Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., 64247, 68352 Burlington Junction Railway, 64438 Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 10308, 18386, 36869, 40138, 50049, 51969 Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., 60312 Burlington Northern Railroad Co., 11519 C&NC, L.L.C., 59026 C&NC Railroad Corp., 59026 Canadian Pacific Railway, 19390 Cargill, Inc., 49294 CBEC Railway, Inc., 42280 Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C., 52806 Charles City Area Development Corp., 1022 Charlotte, NC, 67936 Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C., 1357 Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad, L.C., 9235 CMC Railroad, Inc., 65471 Coach USA, Inc., 17904 Colorado, Kansas & Pacific Railway Co., 63746 Columbia Port, WA, 1487 Connecticut Central Railroad Co., Inc., 66891 Consolidated Rail Corp., 17283 Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., 43576 CSX Corp. et al., 5507, 19390, 26352, 29387, 39577, 62107 CSX Transportation, Inc., 26611, 37331, 52807 CSX Transportation, Inc., et al., 39591, 39593, 39595 Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 3735 Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc., 48130 Delaware Transportation Group, Inc., 62399 Delphos Terminal Co., Inc., 59027 Delta Southern Railroad Co., 49723 DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Co. et al., 18829 Durbano, David L., 9235 Durden, K. Earl, et al., 44748 Eastern Shore Railroad, Inc., 7085 East Penn Railways, Inc., 51969 Effingham Railroad Co., 54897, 67937 Emons Transportation Group, Inc., 63602 Fieldston Co., Inc., 1147 Fulton County, L.L.C., 59027 Fun Trains, Inc., 55317 Gateway Western Railway Co., 52616 Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., 41482, 43577 Georgetown Railroad Co., 1487 Georgia Northeastern Railroad Co., Inc., 54154 Gettysburg Railway Co., Inc., 62400 Gilbertson, Peter A., et al., 1487, 63746 Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad, Inc., 6039 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc., 60313, 61424 I&M Rail Link, LLC, 17283, 41994 Illinois Central Corp. et al., 27653 Illinois Central Railroad Co., 28754 Illinois Railnet, Inc., 67937 Indiana & Ohio Railway Co., 6039 Indiana Rail Road Co., 23290 Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 56235 Iowa Northern Railway Co., 54155 Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., et al., 6832 Kansas City Southern Lines, Inc., et al., 65127 Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 6616, 46796, 50655 Kauri, Inc., et al., 43577 Lake State Railway Co., 14967 Land Conservancy of Seattle and King County, 23291 Lewis & Clark Railway Co., 2215 Luxapalila Valley Railroad, Inc., 39597 Luzerne & Susquehanna Railway Co., 5272 Marino, John H., 62399 Marksman Corp., 53874 Maumee & Western, L.L.C., 59027 Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc., 11519, 11520 National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), 52374 New York & Atlantic Railway Co., 1488 Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 25689, 39597, 39599, 39600, 54683 Norfolk Southern Corp. et al., 5511 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 65472 North American Railnet, Inc., 67937 Northern Plains Railroad, Inc., 1357 Oil Creek & Titusville Lines, 15561 Oklahoma et al., 59028 Omaha Public Power District, 48130 Orange County Transportation Authority et al., 11520 Owensville Terminal Co., Inc., 6039 Pacific Harbor Line, Inc., 63747 Paducah & Louisville Railway, 9820, 31863, 43578, 45011, 45475, 48919, 49555 Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc., 63602 Penn-Jersey Rail Lines, Inc., 34110 Pickens Railway Co., 7085, 38358 Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., 39301, 62667 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Allentown Lines, Inc., 53686 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Pennsylvania Lines, Inc., 14967 RailAmerica, Inc., 11521, 46549, 62400 Railroad Ventures, Inc., 20061 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Co., et al., 3550 Respondek Railroad Corp., 1488 Rio Valley Railroad, Inc., et al., 50431 Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority, 39050 Rochester & Southern Railroad, Inc., 15217 Rutland Line, Inc., 62401 Sammamish Transportation Co., 32142 San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 33153 Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co., 5272, 5515 Sea Lion Railroad, 58769 Sierra Pacific Industries, 17284 Sierra Railroad Co., 63747 South Carolina Central Railroad, Inc., 23291 Southern Electric Railroad Co., 38190 Southern Freight Logistics, L.L.C., 26848 Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 6616, 9015, 24683, 33457, 45287, 50049 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., 36607, 59028 Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, 65306 SPCSL Corp., 6617 St. Croix Valley Railroad Co., 46549 St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Co., 55455 StatesRail, Inc., 18829 Steuben County Industrial Development Agency, 37952 Summit View Inc., 3735, 5273 Sutch, Jeffrey L., et al., 34111 Texas Mexican Railway Co., et al., 36869 Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railway Corp., 53874 Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railway Corp. et al., 53874 Track Tech, Inc., 48130 Trimax Holdings, Inc., 65848 TTX Co., et al., 10605, 42625 Union County Industrial Railroad Co. et al., 2215, 11521 Union Pacific Corp. et al., 25014, 40566 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2435, 7294, 30667, 33457, 43773, 48919, 50049 Union Pacific Railroad Co. et al., 441, 2216, 48333, 48334 Wabash Central, L.L.C., 59028 Washington, Dennis, et al., 17284 West Chester Railroad Co., 52616 Western Fuels Service Corp., et al., 1949, 6301 West Shore Railroad Corp., 2216 West Virginia State Rail Authority, 37119 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 10892 Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. et al., 47109 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 5516, 14184, 19854, 29778 Youngstown Belt Railroad Co., 3735 Railroad services abandonment: Aroostook Valley Railroad Co., 24684 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 53057 Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc., 9820 Boston & Maine Corp., 45697, 45916, 48918, 64042 Burlington Northern Railroad Co., 40137 Carolina Piedmont Division, 68352 Central Kansas Railway Co., 23291 Consolidated Rail Corp., 5273, 6617, 7498, 19169, 27835, 44514 CSX Transportation, Inc., 1357, 1489, 7825, 10308, 13935, 15561, 19653, 26849, 29391, 33700, 33949, 44749, 48334, 55456, 62667, 62668, 66716, 67115 Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 65732 Dallas Area Rapid Transit et al., 26849 Florida Central Railroad Co., Inc., 1805 Georgia Central Railway, L.P., 32855 Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Co., 12883 Illinois Central Railroad Co., 2711, 23292 Indiana Hi-Rail Corp., 39602 Indiana Rail Road Co., 27107 Interstate Railroad Co., 53057 Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 30667, 31188 Lake State Railway Co., 54155 Land Conservancy of Seattle and King County, 35540 Longhorn Railway Co. et al., 30927 Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc., 28918, 28919 Ludington & Northern Railway, Inc., 793 Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc., 44031 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 16213 Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 3941, 32677 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 5516, 5881, 51180 Old Augusta Railroad Co., 3079 Owensville Terminal Co., Inc., 27108, 43033, 63418 Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc., 40137 Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad, Inc., 52617, 52618, 53875 Portland Terminal Co., 45697, 45698 R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Pennsylvania Lines, Inc., 48131 Red River Valley & Western Railroad Co., 56235 Soo Line Railroad Co., 63747 Southeast Kansas Railroad Co., 37639 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., 1358, 28533 South Plains Lamesa Railroad, Ltd., 441 SWKR Operating Co., 7086 Track Tech, Inc., 53875, 53876, 63215, 63216 Tulare Valley Railroad Co., 8077 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2436, 8510, 11251, 14968, 23292, 28104, 34497, 34498, 43578, 54504, 63216 Warren & Trumbull Railroad Co., 44170 West Central Ohio Port Authority, 61583 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 5273, 45917, 51714 Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., 42280 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 15562, 62401, 65472 ***** Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Comprehensive plan; fee schedule; hearing, 22990, 34337 Out-of-basin diversion policy and protocol; public hearing, 9011 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Technology Administration NOTICES Advanced technology program; continuous improvement study; comment request, 16140 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 52325 Meetings: Certificate authorities and digital signatures; enhancing global electronic commerce; public forum, 31411 Competitive technology stimulation experimental program; postponement, 24422, 26782 Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology, 27587, 31412 Federal Key Management Infrastructure Federal Information Processing Standard Development Technical Advisory Committee, 5214, 15158, 28004, 41023, 47650, 61094 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 44952, 45399 ***** Tennessee Valley Authority RULES Privacy Act; implementation, 4642 TVA power securities issued through Federal Reserve Banks; book-entry procedures, 920 Correction, 4833, 8619 Technical amendments, 29287 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3549, 3936, 27287, 28528 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 44506, 44743 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Cherokee National Forest, TN; Upper Ocoee River Corridor recreational development, 19157 Kingston Fossil Plant (KIF) Alternative Coal Receiving Systems, TN, 15957 United States Penitentiary; Lee Pennington Gap, VA, 27103 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3937, 7291, 13933, 19385, 32851, 41461, 46791, 53377, 54671, 64435 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 53042 ***** Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ***** Thrift Supervision Office RULES Application processing, 64138 Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act; implementation: Lending and investment authority expansion, qualified thrift lender (QTL) test amendment, etc., 15819 Federal mutual associations; incorporation, organization, and conversion, 45307 Federal regulatory reform: Capital, charter and bylaw, conversion, etc., regulations; technical amendments, 66260 Correction, 67117 Deposits, 54759 Federal savings associations: De novo charter applications, 27177 Correction, 28982 Fiduciary powers of Federal savings associations; revision; and Community Reinvestment Act regulations; exempt savings associations, 67696 Liquidity, 62509 Operations: Small insured institutions; expansion examination cycle, 6449 Risk-based capital: Small business loan obligations; transfers with recourse, 55490 Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (UFIRS); conforming amendments, 3779 PROPOSED RULES Application processing, 17110 Federal mutual associations; incorporation, organization, and conversion, 17115 Federal regulatory review: Deposits and electronic banking, 15626 Fiduciary powers of Federal savings associations; revision; and Community Reinvestment Act regulations; exempt savings associations, 39477 Liquidity, 26449 Mutual holding companies: Subsidiary stock holding companies; establishment, 30778 Operations: Electronic banking services; Federal regulatory review, 51817 Risk-based capital: Capital adequacy guidelines -- Capital maintenance; servicing assets, 42006 Construction loans on presold residential properties, junior liens on 1- to 4-family residential properties, etc., 55686 Equity securities; unrealized holding gains, 55682 Recourse and direct credit substitutes, 59944 Correction, 62234 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5678, 14969, 14970, 24550, 27112, 29781, 32680, 33458, 43427, 64908, 64909 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3334, 5069, 14971, 24550, 40402, 40403, 44035, 50656, 50657, 65474 Capital and accounting standards; report to Congress, 2711 Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Bayonne Bankshares, M.H.C., 38194 Bridgeport Savings & Loan Association, 39607 CF Mutual Holdings, 27658 Citizens Savings Bank of Frankfort, 41995 Cumberland Mountain Bancshares, M.H.C., 6835 Dollar Savings Bank, 43038 FirstBank Northwest, 25016 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cheraw, 61860 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Sistersville, 22994 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Spartanburg, 22994 First Missouri Financial, M.H.C, 44035 First Robinson Savings & Loan, F.A., 25016 Goshen Savings Bank, 27658 Guaranty Federal Bancshares, M.H.C., 59942 Guaranty Savings & Homestead Association, 6835 Heartland Community Bank, 13211 Hemlock Federal Bank for Savings, 8511 Hopkinsville Federal Savings Bank, 43038 Landmark Community Bank, 43038 Lexington First Federal, M.H.C., 56237 Montgomery Mutual Holding Co., 27658 Newport Federal Savings & Loan Association, 59942 Newport Federal Savings Bank, 61584 Ninth Ward Savings Bank, FSB, 61584 Peoples Federal Savings & Loan Association of Sidney, 11252 Pioneer Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, 41995 Riverview, M.H.C., 41995 Rocky Ford Federal Savings & Loan Association, 16217 Salida Building and Loan Association, 56237 Security Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethton, 18386 Security Federal Savings Bank of McMinnville, 22994 Spring Hill Savings Bank, F.S.B., 41995 Union Federal Savings & Loan Association, 60313 Workingmens Savings Bank, FSB, 39607 Wyman Park Federal Savings & Loan Association, 61584 ***** Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ***** Trade and Development Agency NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 60548 ***** Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Andean Trade Preference Act; report to Congress, 46792 Bilateral trade agreements: Laos, 2211 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Beneficiary country designations -- Anguilla, 62797 Suriname, 52805 Benficiary countries status; list, 59014 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: World Trade Organization dispute settlement roster of panel candidates; nomination opportunity, 37112, 45006 Foreign trade barriers; national trade estimate report, 59014 Generalized System of Preferences: Annual product review (1995) -- Results of annual GSP product review, 32672 Annual product review (1997) -- Hearings, etc., 50426 Indonesia; melamine institutional dinnerware products; expedited review; and other product reviews, 43408 Petitions submission deadline, 27828, 46792 Competitive need limits and countries exceeding, etc.; lists, 8293 Indonesia; melamine institutional dinnerware products; expedited review, 28528 Harmonized Tariff Schedule: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -- Rules of origin rectifications, 22990, 27293 Technical corrections, 51173, 67681 Information Technology Agreement; comment request, 46545 Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; policies and practices: Argentina, 3072 Canada, 1142 Honduras, 28915, 60299, 64039 Korea: Telecommunications trade; priority foreign country identification; revocation, 39573 Meetings: Industry Functional Advisory Committee for Customs Matters, 10305, 28098, 45006 Industry Sector Advisory Committees -- Capital goods, 36606, 64906 Electronics and Instrumentation, 27288, 49287 Retailing and wholesaling, 6035 Small and minority business, 5270, 27288, 64618 Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 52806 Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 8505, 27647, 47869, 62094 United States -- Pacific Trade and Investment Policy Commission, 8813 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Accelerated tariff eliminations -- Articles to be considered; comment request, 54671 First round implementation, 25989 Second round initiation, 25992 Broom corn brooms from Mexico; arbitration panel establishment, 6035 Chapter 19 roster -- Invitation for applications for inclusion, 59015 Priority foreign country practices identification; comment request, 32397 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Trade expansion priorities pursuant to Executive Order 12901 (Super 301), 52604 Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: Beef from -- Argentina, 43192 Uruguay, 39884 Cheeses from Hungary, 66170 Raw and refined sugar, 49720 Raw cane sugar, 12676, 27829 Trade Agreement Act: Thresholds adjustment, 68347 Trade Policy Staff Committee: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation multilateral negotiations mutual recognition agreements for telecommunications equipment; comment request, 62095 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiation; comment request, 9011 World Trade Organization -- Agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures applications; triennial review; comment request, 64618 Multilateral negotiations on expansion of list of pharmaceutical products receiving zero duties, 67683 Unfair trade practices, petitions, etc.: Canada -- Discriminatory practices affecting imported periodicals, 50651 Export subsidies and market access for dairy products; investigation and comment request, 53851 European Union; circumvention of export subsidy commitments on dairy products; investigation and comment request, 53852 Japan; market access barriers to agricultural products; investigation and comment request, 53853 Korea; barriers to U.S. auto products imports; investigation and comment request, 55843 Turkey; U.S. films; box office revenues; discriminatory tax imposition; investigation termination, 64907 World Trade Organization: Algeria, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman, Seychelles, and Vanuatu; accession, 8505 China; accession, 7082 Dispute settlement panel establishment requests -- Argentina; textiles, apparel, and footwear, etc., 4826 European Communities; computer equipment; tariff treatment, 10604 Hungary; agricultural products export subsidies, 7815 India; agricultural, textile, and industrial products; import restrictions, 53855 India; pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals patent protection, 6826 Indonesia; automobile industry measures, 48916 Japan; agricultural products; varietal testing and quarantine requirements, 53378 Korea; alcoholic beverages; excise taxes, 53854 Korea; color television receivers; U.S. dumping order, 65843 Korea; dynamic random access semiconductors (DRAMS) of one megabyte or above; antidumping duties, 63740 Malaysia et al.; sea turtle conservation, shrimp or shrimp products; importation restrictions, 13934 Turkey; foreign films; box office revenues; discriminatory tax imposition, 6827 European Communities; modified starch subsidies; investigation and comment request, 12264 Wheat gluten exports to U.S.; consultations, 32398 Financial services negotiations under General Agreement on Trade in Services, 12871 Pakistan; pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals patent protection, 33695 Vietnam; accession, 8506 ***** Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation See Surface Transportation Board See Transportation Statistics Bureau RULES Acquisition regulations: Miscellaneous amendments, 26419, 67749 Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability: Lifts and boarding facilitation devices, etc.; correction, 16 Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 6719 Classified information; Federal regulatory review, 23661 Computer reservation systems; carrier-owned: Contract clauses barring carriers from choosing participation level; adoption and enforcement; prohibition subject to exception, 59784 Expiration date extension, 66272 Fair displays of airline services, 63837 Debarment and suspension (nonprocurement), 15620 Economic regulations: Large certificated air carriers; passenger origin- destination survey reports, 43276 Ticketless travel; passenger notices, 19473 Equal Access to Justice Act; implementation; Federal regulatory reform, 19233 Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 19515 Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 45937 Large air carriers; international data submissions; changes, 6715 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Chief Information Officer, 51804 Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 19935, 38478 Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, et al., 11382, 17100 Federal Aviation Administrator; secretarial succession, 55357 Federal Highway Administration Administrator, 28807 Maritime Administrator, 2617 Transportation Administrative Service Center, Director, 16498 Privacy Act; implementation Federal regulatory reform, 23666 Procedural and special regulations: Air and foreign air carriers compliance with Consumer Credit Protection Act; update; inspection and copying of DOT records, etc.; CFR part removed, 25840 Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs: Standards Council of Canada; authorization to certify participation of Canadian laboratories in DOT's drug testing program, 19057 PROPOSED RULES Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned, 47606, 58700, 60195 Expiration date extension, 59313 Disadvantaged business enterprise participation in DOT financial assistance programs, 29548, 38952 Economic regulations: Domestic passenger manifest information, 11789, 29313 International passenger tariff-filing requirements; exemption, 10758 Privacy Act; implementation, 55380, 63304 Procedural regulations: Practice rules in proceedings; Federal regulatory review, 5094 Semi-annual agenda, 21990, 57770 Truth in airfares, 48584 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 1020, 5065, 5663, 15960, 19159, 31470, 34101, 34102, 50426, 52611, 52612, 53043, 55297 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1022, 1142, 1356, 1484, 3323, 3550, 3729, 4827, 5066, 5876, 6293, 6300, 6828, 6829, 10605, 11942, 13207, 15742, 15966, 16639, 18828, 19162, 20056, 23288, 24151, 26345, 27288, 27647, 27830, 28752, 31186, 31859, 34102, 34338, 36088, 36606, 37114, 37949, 38184, 38338, 38601, 39046, 39295, 39313, 40131, 40563, 40564, 41119, 41462, 41990, 42153, 43019, 43193, 43575, 44028, 44165, 44744, 45006, 45473, 46395, 46396, 47718, 47882, 48124, 48917, 49721, 51711, 52173, 52611, 53044, 53045, 54149, 55298, 59017, 60115, 61161, 61571, 61572, 63406, 63741, 65120, 65303, 65304, 67684, 68347 Aviation proceedings: Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 785, 2710, 3937, 4828, 6036, 6830, 8304, 9234, 11512, 11942, 13934, 16640, 24152, 25686, 27106, 28528, 30655, 31186, 32674, 33696, 35537, 36329, 37636, 39046, 40132, 41991, 42851, 43767, 45007, 46396, 47232, 48125, 49570, 51967, 53045, 55665, 59381, 60744, 61573, 62664, 63596, 66885, 67930 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 785, 1484, 2710, 3938, 4828, 6830, 8305, 9234, 10892, 11512, 11943, 13208, 13935, 15215, 19162, 24152, 25686, 27106, 28529, 30655, 31187, 32674, 33696, 35538, 36330, 37637, 40132, 41991, 42852, 44166, 45007, 48125, 49570, 50981, 51968, 53046, 54679, 55665, 59382, 60745, 61573, 62664, 63596, 64436, 65844, 67931 Hearings, etc. -- Accessair Holdings, Inc., 32674 Alaska Seaplane Service, L.L.C., 37328 Austin Express, Inc., 51499 Avcenter, Inc., 35245 Caljet Airlines, 14181 Casino Airlines, Inc., 10107 CityLink, 19638 Custom Air Transport, Inc., 47105 Global Air Cargo, Inc., 63742 Jet America, 6830 Jim Air, Inc., 6598 M&N Aviation, Inc., 12677 Tradewinds Airlines, Inc., 62397 Winair, Inc., 61573 Draft cargo liability study; comment request, 30371 Enforcement cases; civil penalties for small entities; reduction and waiver; policy statement, 15560 Environmental justice in minority and low-income populations; incorporation of principles into policies, programs, and activities, 18377 Foreign air carriers; unfair and deceptive advertising; enforcement policy, 51175 Freight transportation across all modes; policy statement, 785 Global positioning system (GPS) modernization; planning for future; comment request, 19386 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Regional liaison outreach and services program, 41463 International cargo rate flexibility level: Standard foreign fare level -- Index adjustment factors, 7082, 16211, 31187, 41991, 51499, 65305 Meetings: Assistance to Families in Aviation Disasters Task Force, 29180, 32398, 40133, 45474, 52174 Minority Business Resource Center Advisory Committee, 60116 NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee and Transportation Consultative Group; annual plenary session, 29386 Partnership Council, 5066, 28098, 53685 Puget Sound area waters; pollution and public safety measures; public views and comments request, 68348 White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, 141, 3730, 4091, 4566, 6037, 6598 Metropolitan planning organizations/airport operators; cooperation across transportation modes; policy statement, 4091 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 5663, 10892, 11943, 13730, 14960, 18161, 37949, 41120, 47105, 54892, 64620, 65121 Secretarial determinations: Eldorado International Airport, Colombia; notification of effective security measures, 1022 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 41124 ***** Transportation Statistics Bureau PROPOSED RULES Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Data Collection Program Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Intent to establish, 3492 Meetings, 3492, 5792 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 6301, 19169, 19854, 19855, 46400, 52180, 65307 Meetings: Transportation Statistics Advisory Council, 10111, 24684, 54897 ***** Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Comptroller of the Currency See Customs Service See Fiscal Service See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service See Public Debt Bureau See Secret Service See Thrift Supervision Office RULES Civil penalty assessment for misuse of Department names, symbols, etc., 42212 Correction, 44036 Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- Exemptions from currency transactions reporting; meeting, 47141, 58909 Employees' personal property claims, 18518 Government securities brokers or dealers: Recordkeeping and preservation of records, 7153 Privacy Act; implementation, 26934, 58907, 60781 PROPOSED RULES Civil penalty assessment for misuse of Department names, symbols, etc., 42220 Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements: Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- Cross-border transportation of certain monetary instruments, 3249 Exemptions from currency transactions reporting, 47156, 63298 Money services businesses; definition and registration; suspicious and special currency transaction reporting, 27890, 40779 Money services businesses; draft forms; meeting, 45365 Money services businesses; meetings, 36475, 38511 Money services businesses; stored value products and issuers, sellers, and redeemers of money orders or traveler's checks; meetings, 40778 Money transmitters; special currency transaction reporting requirement, 27909, 33786 Money transmitters and money order and traveler's check issuers, sellers and redeemers; suspicious transaction reporting requirements, 27900 Federal claims collection standards; implementation, 68476 Privacy Act; implementation, 14376 Semi-annual agenda, 22162, 57934 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 3324, 8307, 8308, 9820, 10893, 13935, 14736, 15217, 15218, 20061, 34340, 44032, 50655, 63419, 68353 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1806, 1807, 2436, 3551-3553, 4830, 7087-7089, 8308, 8309, 9181, 9236, 9237, 10620, 10621, 10622, 10623, 11252, 11946, 11947, 12883, 13211, 15218, 15219, 15220, 15222, 16642, 16643, 18670, 18671, 18672, 18673, 18674, 18775, 20061, 20062, 24684, 24685, 24686, 25689, 25690, 26612, 26613, 30372, 30373, 30374, 32143, 32144, 32145, 33701, 33702, 36090, 36091, 36092, 36093, 37639, 37640, 37641, 37642, 39050, 39051, 40399, 40400, 41130, 41131, 41132, 42853, 42854, 42855, 43773, 43774, 44171, 45476, 46402, 47110, 47111, 47720, 48334, 48335, 48336, 48338, 48339, 49295, 49723, 50432, 50433, 51506, 51507, 52376, 52377, 53379, 53380, 54683, 54684, 54685, 55843, 55844, 55845, 55846, 60118, 61424, 61425, 62111, 62112, 63419, 63420, 64625, 64626, 64628, 65473, 66716, 66717, 66718, 68354 Boycotts, international: Countries requiring cooperation; list, 15224, 47720 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: National Center for State, Local, and International Law Enforcement Training Advisory Committee, 61583 Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, 36870 Corporate credit union study; comment request, 1358 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: White House security review vehicular traffic restriction recommendation; implementation, 29779, 50050 Foreign long-term securities; U.S. ownership; survey, 59384 Meetings: Capital Budgeting Study Commission, 63421 Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee, 4377, 30374, 56236 Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 13211, 32146, 47871, 62801 Debt Management Advisory Committee, 1147, 1949, 16889, 37119, 52378, 54156 National Center for State, Local, and International Law Enforcement Training Advisory Committee, 16213, 60313 Notes, Treasury: Large position reports, call for; 6 1/4 percent notes (February 2007), 31863 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Acting Commissioner of Customs, 50981 Bureau heads and Inspector General, 40401 Bureau heads et al., 54685 Deputy Assistant Secretary (Human Resources), 64624 Financial Management Service, Commissioner, et al., 30668, 34111 Fiscal Fiscal Service, 30374 Internal Revenue Service -- Commissioner, 68355 Deputy Commissioner, 36608 Premium-class travel; approval policy and responsibilities, 63748 Public Debt Bureau, Commissioner, et al., 32678, 63749 Security Office, Director, 54686 Tax Policy Office, Policy Senior Advisor, et al., 55846 Under Secretary (Domestic Finance), 45011 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 7825, 45699 Systems of records, 1489, 6834, 6835, 8814, 9484, 14532, 39603, 65473 Senior Executive Service: Combined Performance Review Board; membership, 42625 Departmental Performance Review Board; membership, 43775 Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership, 32678, 49724 Performance Review Board; membership, 41132 ***** Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** U.S. House of Representatives NOTICES Child support and alimony orders; designation of agent to receive and process, 9015 ***** Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 24439, 37569, 53321 ***** United States Enrichment Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2718, 15224, 27292, 40403, 49555, 55456, 65735 ***** United States Information Agency RULES Exchange visitor program: Au pair programs; participation requirements, 34632, 46876 Reinstatement of exchange visitors (J visa) unlawfully present in United States, 19925 Two-year home-country physical presence requirement; waiver requests by interested U.S. Government agencies, 28801 Two-year return home requirement; waiver requests by interested U.S. Government agencies, 19221 Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 45937 Privacy Act; implementation, 10630 PROPOSED RULES Semi-annual agenda, 22578, 58342 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 10112, 62803 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5069, 11948, 24551, 27113 Art objects; importation for exhibition: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; ten objects, 15565 China: 5000 Years, 60313 Crowning Glory: Images of the Virgin in the Arts of Portugal, 53877 Enlightenment Embodied: The Art of the Japanese, Buddhist Sculptor (7th to 14th Century), 24551 Exiles and Emigres: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler, 5274 Filippino Lippi and His Circle, 51508 Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era, 54156 Glory of Byzantium, 4379 Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 45288 Images in Ivory: Precious Objects from the Gothic Age, 8310 Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces from the Collection of the Rudolph Staechelin Family Foundation of Basel, Switzerland, 42282 Living Memorial to the Holocaust -- Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, 31864 Lorenzo Lotto: Rediscovered Master of the Renaissance, 51973 Millennium of Glory: Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, 23293 Nature of Diamonds, 53382 Objects of Desire; The Modern Still Life, 14184 Old Masters Brought to Light: European Paintings from the National Museum of Art of Romania, 41483 Padshahnama (History of the Emperor), 24687 Painting the Universe: Frantisek Kupka, Pioneer in Abstraction, 26365 Picasso: The Early Years (1892-1906), 6836 The Engraver, Selections from the Musee Picasso, Paris, 40885 Private Collection of Edgar Degas, 41483 Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age, 48712 Revealing an Ancient Message: A Synagogue Mosaic from Sepphoris, 32405, 35892 Rodin and Michelangelo, 7498, 15565 Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture, 14184 Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Archeologico Raphael Larco Herrera, 19658 Victorians: British Painting in the Reign of Queen Victoria, 3079 Cultural property: Guatemala, 27835 Peru, 6617 Exchange visitor program: Skills list, 2448 Czech Republic; removal, 67431 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Armenia; elementary-level teacher education program, 61165 College and university affiliations program, 51721, 51723, 55318, 68356 Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria; training programs, 9016 Edmund S. Muskie and Freedom Support Act graduate fellowship programs, 62113, 62116 English teaching fellow program, 65735 Foreign nationals affiliated with institutions of higher learning in U.S.; census, 30928 Freedom Support Act -- Junior faculty development program, 55318 Undergraduate program, 62116 Fulbright teacher exchange program, 7829, 25218 International educational and cultural activities -- Assistance award program; open competition, 34498 Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and United Kingdom; training programs, 41134 East Timor education exchange program, 20063 International visitor program, 51726 International visitors; multiregional and regional projects, 58770 Israeli-Arab scholarship program, 36095 Jordan; civil justice modernization, 23827 Middle East civic education institute, 37121 Middle East-U.S. exchange program; strengthening social services, 26850 NIS college and university partnerships program, 62118 Overseas direct English teaching programs, 25220 Overseas educational advising services; public/private sector partnerships, 23830 Palestinian Authority; judicial training institution, 23823 Regional scholar exchange program with New Independent States and Freedom Support Act fellowships in contemporary issues, 64252 Ron Brown fellowship program, 64255 Russia et al.; community-based, professional programs for entrepreneurs, legal professionals, and government officials, 146 Russian and Ukranian secondary school educators internships in U.S. high schools, 5679 Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova; NIS training program, 51728 Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia, Baltics and Poland; training programs, 46797 Slovenia; telecommunications training programs, 4572 Summer Institute for English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) -- French- and Portugese-speaking countries of Sub- Africa, 9018 Summer institute for foreign policy officials; United States today program, 58774 Summer institute for study of United States for foreign secondary school teachers and teacher trainers, 60118 U.S. graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian studies; assistance program, 4570 USIA-Bosnia undergraduate development program, 51731 Women's leadership training program for Central and Eastern Europe, 66405 Hannover Expo 2000; private sector partners sought for U.S., 47871 Meetings: Cuba Broadcasting Advisory Board, 17906, 25016 Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 6617, 27836, 64258 Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 3079, 18386, 26614, 48712, 54898, 66177 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 10634, 15752 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 795, 56238 Voice of America programs and program services; private sector partners, joint ventures, and corporate underwriting, 9238, 67432 ***** United States Institute of Peace NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Solicited grants -- International organizations, etc., 46403 Unsolicited grants -- Fall competition program, 33705 Spring competition program, 1952 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1023, 11522 ***** United States Sentencing Commission NOTICES Practice and procedure; internal rules promulgation, 38598 Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 152, 8487, 14490, 26616, 51920 ***** United States -- Pacific Trade and Investment Policy Commission NOTICES Meetings, 8813 ***** Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Central Utah Water Conservancy District -- Wasatch County water efficiency project and Daniel replacement project, 17906 Provo River Restoration Project, 67938 Washington Lake campground, UT, 23293 Mitigation and conservation plan; annual update, 32681 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Veterans Affairs Department RULES Acquisition regulations: Cost comparisons related to contracting out of activities at VA health-care facilities; limitations, 18300 Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Children born with spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans; monetary allowances, 51274 Clothing allowance based on service-connected disabilities, etc., 35421 Death pension benefits entitlement determination; accrued pension benefits exclusion from countable income, 5528 Persian Gulf veterans; undiagnosed illnesses compensation, 23138 Retroactive payments due to liberalizing law or VA issue, 17706 Servicemen's and veterans' group life insurance; amendments, 35969 Correction, 47532 Spouse and surviving spouse regulations; gender-specific language replacement with gender-neutral language, 5528 Surviving spouses; minimum income annuity, 35970 Upgraded discharges, 14822 Board of Veterans Appeals: Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- Appellant's death during pendency of appeal, 55169 Field facility with original jurisdiction; remand for further development, 52502 Disabilities rating schedule: Cardiovascular system, 65207Reader Aids Muscle injuries, 30235 Disinterments from national cemeteries; immediate family member definition change, 51782 Grants and cooperative agreements to State and local governments, universities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 45937 Loan guaranty: Discount points financed in connection with interest rate reduction refinancing loans; limitation, 3610 Electronic payment of all funding fees, 63277 Flood insurance in areas with special flood hazards, 5530 Home loans; credit standards, 53963 Refinancing loans; interest rate reduction requirements, 52503, 63454 Medical benefits: Homeless providers grant and per diem program, 6121 Miscellaneous amendments, 17072 Patient care; informed consent, 53960 State home facilities; construction or acquisition grants, 60783 Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; implementation -- Sensori-neural aids (eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids); furnishing guidelines, 30240, 64722 Vietnam veterans' children with spina bifida; provision of health care, 51281 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Deputy General Counsel et al., 14822 Practice and procedure: Rulemaking notice-and-comment provisions; elimination, 9969 Vocational rehabilitation and education: Miscellaneous amendments, 17706 Reservists' education -- Additional educational assistance while serving in Selected Reserve, 55518 Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve; rates payable increase, 27963, 66277 Veterans education -- Additional educational assistance while serving in Selected Reserve, 55518 Educational assistance; correspondence programs or courses, 63848 Educational assistance test program; increased allowances, 63847 Educational assistance test program; rates payable increase, 10454 Miscellaneous educational assistance and benefits revisions, 55759 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable increase, 14823, 58654 State approving agencies; school catalog submission, 35423 Survivors' and dependents' educational assistance programs; eligible and surviving spouses; eligibility period extension, 59579 Training by independent study, including television; approval, 40279 Vietnam veterans' children with spina bifida, 51286 Work-study services performance; debt reduction, 15400 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Commercial items, 44932 Department protests; duplicative or conflicting provisions elimination, etc., 47411 Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Children born with spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans; monetary allowances, 23724 Dental conditions; service connection determination for outpatient dental treatment purposes, 8201 Nonservice-connected disability; claims based on aggravation, 30547 Board of Veterans Appeals: Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- Attorney fee matters, 64790 Continuation of representation following claimant's or appellant's death, 55200 Field facility with original jurisdiction; remand for further development, 36038 Disabilities rating schedule: Cold injuries, 14832 Intervertebral disc syndrome, 8204 Health care professionals; reporting to State licensing boards; policy, 52519 Loan guaranty: Automatic processing authority, loan reporting, and record retention requirements, 37824 Electronic payment of all funding fees, 24872 Home loans; credit standards, 24874 Medical benefits: Non-VA physician services; outpatient or inpatient care provided at non-VA facilities; payment, 39197 State home facilities; construction or acquisition grants, 40492 Vietnam veterans' children with spina bifida; provision of health care, 23731 Semi-annual agenda, 22256, 58038 Vocational rehabilitation and education: Veterans education -- Correspondence programs or courses approval, 35464 Educational assistance; reduction in required reports, 48969 Educational assistance awards to veterans who were voluntarily discharged; effective dates, 66320 Educational assistance when educational institutions fail to meet requirements; payments suspension and discontinuance, 45596 Election of education benefits, 62736 Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act; certification deadlines, 60464 State approving agencies; school catalog submission, 1075 Survivors' and dependents' educational assistance programs; eligible and surviving spouses; eligibility period extension, 1303 Vietnam veterans' children with spina bifida, 35454 NOTICES Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 8310, 9020, 15748, 36098, 55670 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 5070, 11948, 11949, 11950, 16890, 28755, 28756, 28757, 30930, 32146, 32147, 32148, 32149, 32856, 33153, 38194, 38606, 38607, 42625, 42626, 47871, 48342, 55671, 55672, 55673, 58776, 58777, 60121, 60936, 60937, 68356, 68357, 68358, 68359 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 795, 5070- 5072, 8512, 11950, 11951, 16891, 28758, 30932, 30933, 38195, 38196, 42627, 45478, 45479, 47872, 47873, 47874, 47875, 47876, 47878, 47879, 50982, 55456, 55673, 55674, 55675, 58777, 58778, 58779, 68360, 68361 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 49555 Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 53058 Gulf War Expert Scientific Advisory Committee, 61860 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee et al., 38196 Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 2442 Readjustment of Veterans Advisory Committee, 53058 Special Medical Advisory Group, 62804 Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 2442 Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 53058 Cost-of-living adjustments: Compensation, dependency, and indemnity compensation (DIC) programs, 10112 Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance rate, 2442, 66408 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Homeless providers grant and per diem program, 15748, 28535 Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions: Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary, 15565, 37952, 63603, 64910 Loan guaranty: Percentage to determine net value, 29393 Medical care reimbursement rates (1997 FY), 2718 Meetings: Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 11952, 47880 Education Advisory Committee, 8310, 46552 Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 23293, 47881, 68361 Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 20244, 50434 Future of VA Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 15749, 54691 Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 10624 Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee, 796, 9020, 15749, 32857 Medical Research Service Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 10624 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 10893, 47530 Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 4379, 9484, 19857, 60938, 64047, 65737 Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, 3942, 19858, 50983 Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory Committee, 8311, 48342 Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 9021, 68361 Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board, 34741 Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 47531 Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and Development Service, 28758, 68362 Special Medical Advisory Group, 795, 10625, 12685, 20065, 35246, 41483, 47881 Structural Safety of VA Facilities Advisory Committee, 62804 VA Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 39607 Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 6305, 45479 Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 6836, 48343 Wage Committee, 13212, 34741, 49725, 66410 Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 23294, 48343 Poverty threshold (1996); weighted average, 68362 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 44304, 45288, 49555, 58779 Systems of records, 17285, 35545, 41483, 68362 Real property; enhanced-use leases: Atlanta, GA; Veterans Affairs Department Medical Center, 15567 Durham, NC; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 43777 Indianapolis, IN; Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 43039 Mountain Home, TN; James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32857, 63749 North Chicago, IL; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32857 North Little Rock, AR; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50983 Portland, OR; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 43777 St. Cloud, MN; Veteran Affairs Medical Center, 28759 West Palm Beach, FL; Veterans Affairs Medical Center; child development center, 32858 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Women Veterans Advisory Committee; biennial report; availability, 36097 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 53686 ***** Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 771 Meetings: Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 28897, 42265, 55833 ***** Vice President of the United States PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Plan statement, 57003 ***** Victims of Crime Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Victim assistance program, 7256 Guidelines, 19607 Victim compensation program, 7050 FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1997 ***** Wage and Hour Division RULES American Samoa; minimum wage rates, 52944 Migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection: Employ, independent contractor, and joint employment, definitions; Federal regulatory reform, 11734 Service contracts for maintenance of public buildings; nondisplacement of qualified workers under certain contracts, 28176 Student-learners, apprentices, learners, messengers, and student workers; employment; regulations consolidation, 64956 PROPOSED RULES Alternative dispute resolution; expanded use in agency programs, 6690 Fair Labor Standards Act: Employment of student-learners and workers, apprentices, messengers, etc.; consolidation, redesignation, and removal of CFR parts, 7094 NOTICES American Samoa; special industry committee for all industries; appointment, convention, and hearing, 14446 ***** Western Area Power Administration NOTICES Electric power marketing: Open access transmission service tariff; comment request and meeting, 50572 Energy Planning and Management Program Power Marketing Initiative: Salt Lake City Area integrated projects contracts, application, 8709, 16804 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Navajo Transmission Project, 58966 Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region 2004 power marketing program, 8710, 22934 Post-2000 resource pool allocation procedures; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Eastern Division; final power allocation procedures, etc., 11174 Power rate adjustments: Boulder Canyon Project, 24913, 50922 Central Valley Project et al., 9763, 12638, 50924 Colorado River Storage Project, 34255, 50941 Loveland Area Projects, CO, 49218 Parker-Davis Project, AZ, 28465, 63150 Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Eastern Division, 48272, 49557 ***** Workers' Compensation Programs Office PROPOSED RULES Federal Employees Compensation Act: Claims file material; use and disclosure, 40418 Disability and death of noncitizen Federal employees outside U.S.; compensation, 67120