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Example: 60 FR 12345. 2 III Contents Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 17 Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Agency for International Development See Engineers Corps NOTICES See Navy Department Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: PROPOSED RULES Central and Eastern Europe and New Independent States Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): of former Soviet Union; market-oriented solutions to Electronic data interchange transactions; shipment environmental problems promotion program, 3920± evidence, 4074 3921 NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agricultural Marketing Service Agency information collection activitiesÐ PROPOSED RULES Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3884 Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information order; referendum order, 3848±3849 Education Department NOTICES Agriculture Department Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: See Agricultural Marketing Service National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ResearchÐ See Commodity Credit Corporation Rehabilitation engineering research centers program, See Farm Service Agency 4148±4150 See Forest Service Energy Department Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES See Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department Interstate transportation of animals and animal products NOTICES (quarantine): Atomic energy agreements; subsequent arrangements; Livestock markets; handling of reactors, 3849±3851 correction, 3884±3885 Plant-related quarantine, foreign: Karnal bunt diseaseÐ Engineers Corps Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 3844±3848 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Antitrust Division San Gabriel Canyon, CA; sediment management plan, NOTICES 3884 National cooperative research notifications: Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 3922 Environmental Protection Agency PROPOSED RULES Army Department Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines: See Engineers Corps New nonroad spark-ignition engines at or below 19 NOTICES kilowatts; phase 2 emission standards, 3950±4036 Meetings: Radiation protection programs: U.S. Military Academy, Board of Visitors, 3884 Spent nuclear fuel, high-level and transuranic radioactive Arts and Humanities, National Foundation wastes management and disposal; waste isolation pilot plant complianceÐ See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Air drilling during petroleum exploration; analysis Coast Guard availability, 3863 NOTICES PROPOSED RULES Pollution: Clean Water Act: Marine transportation-related facilities and tank vessels; Pennsylvania; continuing planning process, 3890 capacity increases review, 3861±3862 Meetings: Drinking water issuesÐ Commerce Department Arsenic; national primary drinking water regulation; See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stakeholders, 3890±3891 Commodity Credit Corporation Executive Office of the President RULES See Management and Budget Office Tree assistance program; CFR part removed, 3791±3792 Farm Service Agency Consumer Product Safety Commission RULES NOTICES Tree assistance program; implementation, 3791±3792 Settlement agreements: COA, Inc., 3882±3883 Federal Aviation Administration RULES Defense Department Airworthiness directives: See Army Department Cessna, 3809±3811 IV Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 27, 1998 / Contents PROPOSED RULES Federal Reserve System Airworthiness directives: RULES McDonnell Douglas, 3852±3854 Securities credit transactions: Class E airspace, 3854±3860 OTC margin stocks