BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**July 3, 2003**

**FCC FILINGS**

**June 26**

**In the Matter of Business Options, Inc. Order to Show Cause and Notice
of Opportunity for Hearing (EB Docket No. 03-85/File No.
EB-02-TC-151).** Enforcement Bureau's Notice of Disposition Upon Oral
Examination.

**June 30**

**In the Matter of Section 272(f)(1) Sunset of the BOC Separate
Affiliate and Related Requirements (WC Docket No. 02-112)/2000 Biennial
Regulatory Review Separate Affiliate Requirements of Section 64.1903 of
the Commission's Rules (CC Docket No. 00-175).** Comments -- AT&T
Corporation, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., National Telecommunications
Cooperative Association, -TEL Communications, Inc. , Sprint Corporation,
Verizon.

**In re: Interstate Common Line Support Certification of Smith Bagley,
Inc. (CC Docket No. 96-45).** Smith Bagley, Inc., US Unwired, LLC.

**In re: Easterbrooke Cellular Corporation (West Virginia) Interstate
Access Certification (CC Docket No. 96-45).** Comments -- Easterbrooke
Cellular Corporation.

**In re: KRZB/Archer City, TX Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(MB Docket No. 03-116).** Comments -- KRZB(FM).

**-2-**

**In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service ALLTEL
Communications, Inc. Petition for Designation as an Eligible
Telecommunications Carrier In the Commonwealth of Virginia (CC Docket
No. 96-45).** Comments -- The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet
Association.

**In the Matter of Grande Communications, Inc. (CC Docket No. 96-45).**
Petition for Waiver --Expedited Treatment Requested.

**July 1**

**In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support
Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules.**
Certification - Perry Spencer Rural Tel. Coop., Inc.

**In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support
Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules.**
Certification -- Concord Telephone Company.

**In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support
Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules.**
Certification -- Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Company.

**In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support
Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules.**
Certification -- Cassadaga Telephone Corporation.

**In the Matter of Grande Communications, Inc. (CC Docket No. 96-45).**
Erratum of Grande Communications, Inc.

**In the Matter of Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket
No. 96-128).** Comments -- The Illinois Public Telecommunications
Association.

**- FCC -**
**Mission Architecture Options\
for a Near Term Small Europa Lander**

Tibor S. Balint

*Mission Concepts Section, 312*

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,*

*4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109*

*USA*

tibor.balint@jpl.nasa.gov

James H. Shirley

*Advanced Instrumentation and Spectroscopy*

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA*

Thomas R. Spilker

*Mission Concepts Section, 312*

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA*

Robert D. Abelson

*Mission Concepts Section, 312*

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA*

Michael Evans

*Mission Concepts Section, 312*

*Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA*

In the Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey (2002) the National
Research Council (NRC) identified Europa as the single highest near-term
priority destination among its \"Flagship\" class missions. In response,
NASA\'s Solar System Exploration (SSE) Roadmap (2005) included the
Europa Geophysical Explorer under its first decade of missions. This
orbiter could potentially include a small lander to provide in-situ
measurements and complement orbital remote sensing observations. Based
on current views, the mass allocation for such a small lander could
scale up to \~500kg. This mass allocation would allow for a wide range
of mission architectures, each with diverse characteristics. There are
multiple lander architecture options for delivering science packages to
the surface of Europa, categorized by their maximum deceleration loads
during descent / landing and by their initial mass allocations. Soft
landers would encounter peak deceleration below 40g; rough landers --
using airbags or crushable materials -- should tolerate up to \~600g;
and impactors would have to survive g-loads likely in the thousands. In
general, the softer the landing the more complex and expensive is the
landing strategy required to accomplish it. Descent and landing consumes
a large fraction of the initial mass. Since the payload mass fraction is
only a few percent of the initial mass, a smaller lander would
significantly limit science return. In order to assist the science
community with the definition of science goals and requirements, we
outline the relevant trades for various lander architectures, discussing
the impact of mass, power, mission duration, extreme environments (e.g.,
radiation) and technologies.
## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leann Fox

November 14, 2023 Director of Washington Advocacy

> and Communications

## 800/962-9008 ext 225

\(202\) 256-1417 Cell

## lfox@osteopathic.org 

**AOA Teams with Congress to Develop Solution to Growing Physician
Shortage Crisis**

**(Washington, DC) --** In response to the nation's physician workforce
shortage, Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) and Reps. Jim Matheson (D-UT) have
joined forces to introduce innovative legislation, the "Physician
Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act." The American
Osteopathic Association congratulates them for taking action on this
important issue.

"Thirty-four percent of physicians practicing medicine in the United
States are within 10 years of retirement age," said John Strosnider,
D.O., president of the AOA. "The time it takes to educate and train a
physician is, at minimum, seven years. A student accepted in the class
of 2007 will not enter the physician workforce until at least 2014. This
bill creates a new program that will assist in the establishment of new
graduate medical education programs focusing on primary care, general
surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, which is critical to training a
larger cadre of physicians. "

The "Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement
Act," directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an
interest-free loan program whereby hospitals committed to starting new
osteopathic or allopathic residency training programs could secure
start-up funding to offset the initial costs of starting such programs.
The loan program is designed to focus on hospitals located in geographic
areas that lack teaching programs currently.

"It is well documented that physicians establish practices near the
location of their training," said Dr. Strosnider. "This makes it
imperative that we begin to create new training programs in geographic
areas that currently lack an adequate number of physicians. The AOA
believes that if you train physicians in community and rural hospitals,
they will choose to stay and practice in those communities."

A majority of allopathic and osteopathic residency training programs
exist in or near the major metropolitan cities on the east coast, west
coast, and Great Lakes region. While current programs excel at producing
high quality physicians, their ability to disburse physicians to
communities across the nation is unproven. If carried out over ten
years, the loan program established by the "Physician Workforce and
Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act" has the potential of
assisting in the establishment of up to 50 new residency programs.

\###

The American Osteopathic Association proudly represents over 59,000
osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) practicing in 31 specialties and
subspecialties, promotes public health, encourages scientific research,
serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s and is the accrediting
agency for all osteopathic medical schools and health care facilities.
More information on D.O.s/osteopathic medicine can be found at
[www.osteopathic.org](http://www.osteopathic.org/).
**DA 07-1706**

**April 12, 2007**

**ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF REVENUE THRESHOLDS**

This notice announces the inflation-adjusted 2006 revenue thresholds
used for classifying carrier categories for various accounting and
reporting purposes: (1) distinguishing Class A carriers from Class B
carriers;[^1] and (2) distinguishing larger Class A carriers from
mid-sized carriers.[^2] The revenue threshold between Class A carriers
and Class B carriers is increased to \$134 million.[^3] The revenue
threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is
increased to \$7.950 billion.[^4] The revenue thresholds for 2006 were
determined as follows:

Class A to Class B Larger Class A to Midsize

> [Threshold]{.underline} [Threshold]{.underline}

\(1\) GDP-CPI Base 86.68[^5] 102.40[^6]

\(2\) 2006 GDP-CPI[^7] 116.29 116.29

\(3\) Inflation Factor (line 2 ÷ 1) 1.3416 1.1356

\(4\) Original Revenue Threshold \$100 million \$7 billion

\(5\) 2006 Revenue Threshold[^8] (line 3 \* 4) \$134 million \$7.950
billion

Action by Acting Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau

[^1]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 32.11, 43.21, 43.43, and 64.903.

[^2]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 32.9000.

[^3]: Section 402(c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Act mandates
    that we adjust this revenue threshold annually to reflect the
    effects of inflation since October 19, 1992, at which time the
    threshold was \$100 million. Pub. L. No. 104-104, § 402(c), 110
    Stat. 56, 130 (1996). In accordance with the statute, we adjust the
    threshold based on the ratio of the gross domestic product
    chain-type price index (GDP-CPI) in the revenue year and the GDP-CPI
    for October 19, 1992.

[^4]: In the *Phase 2 Report and Order* released November 5, 2001, the
    Commission concluded that it would begin annually indexing for
    inflation the \$7 billion threshold used to separate the larger
    Class A carriers and the mid-sized carriers using the GDP-CPI index
    factor. Because this Order was released in 2001, we use the December
    31, 2001, GDP-CPI as the base. *See* *2000 Biennial Regulatory
    Review -- Comprehensive Review of the Accounting Requirements and
    ARMIS Reporting Requirements for Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers:
    Phase 2; Amendments to the Uniform System of Accounts for
    Interconnection; Jurisdictional Separations Reform and Referral to
    the Federal-State Joint Board; Local Competition and Broadband
    Reporting,* CC Docket No. 00-199, Report and Order in CC Docket Nos.
    00-199, 97-212, and 80-286; Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in
    CC Docket Nos. 00-199, 99-301, and 80-286, 16 FCC Rcd 19913 (2001)
    (*Phase 2 Report and Order*).

[^5]: GDP-CPI adjusted to October 19, 1992 (2000 = 100).

[^6]: GDP-CPI for December 31, 2001 (2000 = 100).

[^7]: National Income and Product Accounts Table, Bureau of Economic
    Analysis, March 2007, Table 1.1.4.

[^8]: Rounded to the nearest million.
\-\-\-\--Original Message\-\-\-\--

From: Jennifer Longnion
\[[[mailto:jennifer@gigglemite.com]{.underline}](mailto:jennifer@gigglemite.com)\]

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:15 PM

To: comments; field@hrc.org; gigglemite@msn.com;
kay.hoogland@motorola.com

Subject: Tax Reform Considerations

To Whom It May Concern:

The Human Rights Campaign asked that its members share with you the type
of issues that we face as same-sex partners. Before I begin, I would
like to say that I am not writing as part of a political agenda to
legislate for same-sex marriage. My concern is that I am able to provide
for my family, the people I love, as any responsible person wants to do.
Here is some context about our situation.

My partner and I have been a couple for 6.5 years. We just had our
commitment ceremony this past April in Key West. Because our commitment
is not recognized in the United States, we hired a lawyer to draw up our
wills, estates, and medical directives immediately and changed my
partner\'s last name to mine through the Illinois court system. The
other caveat is that I was transferred to Illinois for my job. At first,
my partner could not leave St. Paul as she was gainfully employed there
with a good paying job. We weren\'t sure if I was going to like Chicago
and my new job, so we wanted her to wait until we were sure. While the
government does provide unemployment to individuals who re-locate with
their spouse, in our relationship, that was no possible. My partner had
to move here with no job and no unemployment. She spent eight months
without a job, which was very taxing on our finances.

We chose to raise a child together, who will arrive in July. The issue
is that my partner is covered under my insurance as my company provides
excellent benefits to domestic and same-sex partnerships. However, the
way the tax laws are written, if she and the baby remain under my
insurance, I have to pay tax penalties on their coverage as we are not
legally related. The company suggests that we, as domestic partners,
meet with a tax attorney before choosing to accept partner benefits to
determine if the tax liability is higher than the cost of out-of-pocket
insurance coverage. To cover my partner and the baby out-of-pocket could
cost me \$600+/mo. Seeing that my partner has been out of a job for
eight months, that amount is impossible to cover. In addition, I will
not be able to claim our child (be legal

adoption) on my taxes, even though I will provide financially for the
child with my income.

Again, my partner and I know the discrimination that surrounds our
relationship and are prepared to deal with it. To feel like inferior
citizens in our own country is tough. The tax laws are just another
barrier to equality/equity for us. I hope you will consider our story as
you advocate for tax reform.

Thank you and regards.
Betsy Von Holle \<vonholle@fas.harvard.edu\>

06/09/2006 01:10 PM

To

Group Ow-Docket@EPA

cc

bcc

Subject Attention Docket ID No. EPA--HQ--OW--2006--0141

6/9/2006

RE: Docket ID No. EPA--HQ--OW--2006-- 0141

To Whom It May Concern:

The EPA's proposed rule to allow water transfers without regulation

under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permitting program could have long-term economic costs as well as harm
our natural

waterways. Not only is there the potential for chemical pollutants to be
moved between and potentially harm waterways, but nonnative species can
be moved between waterways, harming the environment and, as a result,
the people who depend on these aquatic systems. Nonnative species in the
US cause environmental damages and losses that add up to \$120 billion/
year (Pimentel et al. 2001). Many of these species are aquatic invasive
species (such as the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha) which cost
industries such as power plants as well as harming threatened and
endangered aquatic species (Ricciardi et al. 1998). The invasion of many
aquatic nonnative species between water bodies have been facilitated by
canals (Mills et al. 1993). If, for example, two waterways were
connected where one was infested with a harmful nonnative species, the
uninfested waterway would most likely become invaded by the nonnative
species present in the infested waterway. Thus, the costs of containment
and control of these nonnative species would become amplified by the
connections made between water bodies. Without a federal permitting
process, oversight to limit the movement of pollutants and nonnative
species will be lost, which will harm our environment as well as
contribute greatly to taxpayer costs.

Sincerely,

Betsy Von Holle, Ph.D.

AAAS Environmental Fellow

vonholle@fas.harvard.edu
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| **FEHB Program Carrier Letter**        | **U.S. Office of Personnel  |
|                                        | Management**                |
| All Carriers                           |                             |
|                                        | **Office of Insurance       |
|                                        | Programs**                  |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| **Letter No. 2000- 30** **Date: July   |                             |
| 7, 2000**                              |                             |
|                                        |                             |
| Fee-for-service \[ 25 \]               |                             |
| Experience-rated HMO \[ 26 \]          |                             |
| Community-rated \[ 28 \]               |                             |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

**Subject: FEHB Fall Plan Conference**

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the American Association of
Health Plans (AAHP) are excited to announce our annual conference to
address program-wide, as well as HMO and fee-for-service plan specific,
issues under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. We
encourage all FEHB carriers to attend.

We expect to send the details later this summer, but wanted to give you
advance notice of the dates and location so you may plan appropriately.

**Dates: October 17 & 18, 2000**

**Location: JW Marriott, Washington, DC**

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue\
Washington, DC 20004\
Tel: 202-393-2000\
Fax: 202-626-6991

We also want your input! We are asking for your suggestions on what
topics you would like to see presented at this year's conference. What
are the issues that affect your participation in the FEHB Program and
that are of most interest to you? We will make every attempt to include
all suggested topics. Please send your suggestions by **[August 1,
2000]{.underline}** to: (email preferred)

Dennis A. Horner

Insurance Policy and Information Division

Room 3425

1900 E. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20415

<DAHorner@opm.gov>

\(202\) 606-0004

\(202\) 606-0633 (FAX)

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Sincerely,

(Signed)

Frank D. Titus

Assistant Director

for Insurance Programs
***Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the
Secretary of the Treasury Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906***

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906, Page 5. -- Historical
Reference Collection United States Mint.

OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR.

The operations of the mints were reduced somewhat during the last fiscal
year, owing chiefly to the fact that there was no silver bullion
available for the usual supply of subsidiary silver coins. The stock of
bullion accumulated under the act of July 14, 1890, was exhausted and
some question existed as to the authority of the Secretary of the
Treasury to resume silver purchases. The force in the Philadelphia mint
was furloughed three months and the force of the New Orleans mint four
months.

The work of the San Francisco mint was interrupted by the catastrophe of
April 18, 1906. The structure and its contents were saved from the fire
by intelligent and courageous work on the part of the superintendent and
employees, but as the fuel used for its melting, annealing, and assaying
operations was city gas, the destruction of the gas works made a
discontinuance of operations necessary. Moreover, the mint, by reason of
the destruction of the subtreasury and all of the banks of the city
became the only financial institution able to do business in the city
and the agency through which all remittances to and from the city and
disbursements within the city were made. The mint became the depository
and treasury for the relief fund and its superintendent, Mr. Frank A.
Leach, had many new and very important responsibilities suddenly thrust
upon him, all of which were borne with fidelity and signal ability.

The most important development in the mint service during the year was
the opening of the new mint at Denver.

Compiled and transcribed by the United States Mint, Office of the
Historian.
**For Immediate Release July 1, 2008**

> **[World War II Veteran to Donate Unique Art Piece to]{.underline}**
>
> **[Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center Gallery]{.underline}**

***Ceremony takes place at VA Gallery, Thursday, July 3 at 1 p.m.***

![](media/image1.jpeg){width="3.1993055555555556in" height="1.9625in"}
The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center will be receiving a World War II
inspired art piece from veteran William Schupe, on Thursday, July 3 at 1
p.m. The art work will be placed in the VA Medical Center Gallery **on
the 7^th^ Street side of the medical center.**

The art piece includes a beautifully handcrafted eagle, World War II
medallion, and American Flag. The background shows a hand painted scene
of soldiers arising from the clouds and another scene of the important
moment when American soldiers raised the flag on Iwo Jima.

![](media/image2.png){width="2.6166666666666667in" height="1.75in"}

Schupe, an 82 year-old World War II veteran who served in the Navy's
Third Amphibious Forces, constructed the piece by himself in his home.
"It took me over seven years to complete it," he said. "I really wanted
to just put it in a place where people can enjoy it."

Schupe is currently receiving hospice care from our VA.

***Media Note: Photos and interviews with Schupe will be available at
the ceremony. You can enter the VA Gallery of the Carl T. Hayden VA
Medical Center from 7th Street, just north of Indian School Road. The
Medical Center is on the west side of the street.***
-------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
  **VTEA: Tribally           
  Controlled Postsecondary   
  Vocational and Technical   
  Institutions**             

  **FY 2007 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 5           

  Multiple                   

  VTEA, Section 117          

  Document                   
  Year 2007 Appropriation:   
  \$7,366                    

  CFDA                       84.245: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical
                             Institutions
  -------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  **Program      **To increase access to and improve vocational education
  Goal:**        that will strengthen workforce preparation, employment
                 opportunities, and lifelong learning in the Indian
                 community.**

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *Ensure that CTE students served in tribally controlled
                            postsecondary vocational and technical institutions are
                            prepared to make successful transitions to work or
                            continuing education.*

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  ----------------------- ---------------- ----------------- -----------------------------
  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                      
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1382                                           

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\         **Status**
                                           (or date          
                                           expected)**       

  1999                                     23                Measure not in place

  2000                    25               57                Target Exceeded

  2001                    59               82                Target Exceeded

  2002                    65               46                Did Not Meet Target

  2003                    47               48                Target Exceeded

  2004                    49               44                Did Not Meet Target

  2005                    52               49                Made Progress From Prior Year

  2006                    57               42                Did Not Meet Target

  2007                    42               (August 2007)     Pending

  2008                    43               (August 2008)     Pending

  2009                    45               (August 2009)     Pending
  ----------------------- ---------------- ----------------- -----------------------------

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual
HQ 953829

July 26, 1993

CLA-2 CO:R:C:F 953829 JGH

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 2936.90.000

Lawrence D. Blume, Esq.

Graham & James

2000 M St. N.W.

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20036-3113

RE: Classification of Vitamins Used in Animal Feed -

Reconsideration of New York Ruling Letter (NYRL) 839134

Dear Mr. Blume:

Your letter of April 5, 1993, in behalf of Rhone-Poulenc

Inc., concerns the classification in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of certain vitamins, from

France, used in animal feeds. NYRL 839134, dated April 27, 1989,

classified Microvit AD3 Supra 650/325 as medicaments in

subheading 3003.90.000, HTSUS.

FACTS:

Microvit AD3 Supra is described as a powder form of combined

vitamin A and vitamin D3; they are said to be uniformly shaped,

completely digestible coated spheres of droplets of vitamin A

acetate and vitamin D3, developed for animal feed applications.

Listed are Microvit AD3 Supra 650/325 and Microvit AD3 Supra

500/100. In addition to the vitamin content these products

contain as a \"coating\" gelatin and lactose to provide stability

and protection from air, light, humidity and temperature; with

BHT as an anti-oxidizer, and water. These added ingredients are

not nutrients but act as anticaking and stabilizing agents.

ISSUE:

Classification in the HTSUS of vitamin microsphere powders

coated with anti-caking and stabilizing agents.

\- 2 -

LAW & ANALYSIS:

In the earlier ruling, NYRL 839134, the vitamins because of

their coatings were considered as finished products, prepared for

a specific use. However, the Explanatory Notes to heading 2936

were revised, effective February 1992, to allow vitamins

classifiable in that heading to be treated with anti-oxidants,

anti-caking agents, and coated with appropriate substances (e.g.,

gelatin, waxes or fats); provided that the quantity added in the

processing in no case exceeds that necessary for their

preservation or transport and that the addition or processing

does not alter the character or the basic product and render it

particularly suitable for specific use rather than general use.

The vitamins are sold to premixers who blend the vitamins

with minerals, amino acids, growth promoters and other nutrients;

then the premixes are sold to feed manufacturers who use the

premix as an ingredient in a final feed formula, which may

contain soya, cereal, molasses and fat. The vitamin product is

said to amount to 0.0002 per pound in the finished feed.

Based on the processing described it is believed that the vitamin

products\' \"coating\" is within the product description of the

Explanatory Notes.

HELD:

The Microvit AD3 products described above (Supra 650/325 and

500/100) are classifiable under the provision for other

provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis

(including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used

primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing,

whether or not in any solvent, in subheading 2936.90.0000, HTSUS.

The rate of duty is 4 percent ad valorem.

NYRL 839134 is revoked.

Sincerely,

John Durant, Director
**FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT**

# Yountville Mobile Home Park Flood Barrier Project 

**FEMA-DR-1044-CA, HMGP #1044-005**

The Town of Yountville, California has applied, through the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) to the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), for assistance with the construction of a
flood barrier wall to protect two mobile home parks from periodic
flooding. FEMA is proposing to provide assistance for this project
through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) under Presidential
Disaster Declaration FEMA-DR-1044-CA. This Environmental Assessment (EA)
has been prepared according to the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental
Quality's regulations for implementing NEPA (Title 40 of the Code of
Federal Regulations \[CFR\] Parts 1500-1508), and FEMA's implementing
regulations (44 CFR Part 10).

The Yountville Mobile Home Park Flood Barrier Project (Project) would
surround the Rancho de Napa and Gateway Mobil Home Parks in the
southeast corner of the town of Yountville, California. The mobile home
parks are located within the 100-year flood plain of the Napa River.
There are three primary parts to the Proposed Action: (1) construction
of a masonry floodwall around most of the mobile home parks that closely
matches the alignment of the existing perimeter fence, (2) construction
of closure structures at the park's two entrances to provide flood
protection at these locations, and (3) installation of interior storm
drainage facilities consisting of storm drain lines, a drainage
collection basin, and a pump station to handle storm water that falls
within the parks.

Based upon the conditions and information contained in the Final
Environmental Assessment for the Yountville Mobile Home Park Flood
Barrier Project (April 2003) and in accordance with FEMA's regulations
in 44 CFR Part 10 (Environmental Considerations) and Executive Orders
11988 (Floodplain Management), 11990 (Protection of Wetlands), and 12898
(Environmental Justice), the following is concluded:

[A Finding of No Significant Impact]{.underline}. Therefore, an
Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared based on the fact
that there will be no long-term adverse impacts on the natural
environment resulting from this project.

This Finding of No Significant Impact is based upon the conditions
contained in the Final Environmental Assessment.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Sandro Amaglio Date

Environmental Officer
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  *Periodic Expense                                                                
  Chart*                                                                           

                    **Annual    **12=**   **Monthly   ** **   **Adjusted   ** **   **Adjusted
                    Total**               Expense**           Annual**             Monthly**

  Clothes           580         12=       48.33                            12=      

  Heating Fuel/Wood             12=                                        12=      

  Doctor/Dentist                12=                                        12=      

  Medicine          120         12=       10.00                            12=      

  Glasses                       12=                                        12=      

  Newspaper &                   12=                                        12=      
  Magazines                                                                        

  Household                     12=                                        12=      
  Repairs/                                                                         
  Furnishings                                                                      

  Gifts             550         12=       45.83                            12=      

  School                        12=                                        12=      
  Supplies/Books                                                                   

  Tires & Car       360         12=       30.00                            12=      
  Repair                                                                           

  Car Inspection/   250         12=       20.83                            12=      
  Registration                                                                     

  Car Insurance                 12=                                        12=      

  Emergencies                   12=                                        12=      

  Taxes                         12=                                        12=      

  Entertainment                 12=                                        12=      

  Travel                        12=                                        12=      

  Vacation                      12=                                        12=      

  Recreation                    12=                                        12=      

  Other                         12=                                        12=      

  Other                         12=                                        12=      

                                                                                    

                    **Monthly             \$ 154.99           **Adjusted           \$
                    Grand                                     Monthly              
                    Total**                                   Grand                
                                                              Total**              
  ----------------- ----------- --------- ----------- ------- ------------ ------- ------------
**00-POL-007**

**Civic Square II Project**

(Federal/Local Government Collaborate on Public-Private Partnership)

**U.S. Postal Service**

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) partnered with the City of New Brunswick
on the development of Civic Square II, a four-story, 95,000 square foot
structure housing a combination of federal, county and city users. It is
the first public/private partnership of its kind in the State of New
Jersey. The project creates a government district, providing a bridge
between the city's nearby cultural, academic, health care and business
sectors. It is expected to be a catalyst for additional downtown
revitalization, which is now dominated by the city's public housing
complex and scattered and abandoned stores and houses.

The USPS Realty Asset Management Group acted as an internal consultant
and contracting office by providing real estate expertise to identify,
analyze and maximize the return on underutilized or excess postal real
property assets. Based on previous development projects, the USPS
determined that implementation of a long term, unsubordinated ground
lease, with participation by the developer and/or lessee, often provided
the Postal Service with a financial return far exceeding that generated
by the simple sale of a property. At the same time, USPS received
improved operational space for its own needs, at either nominal or no
cost.

Financial benefits are evident in this project. Rather than expending
\$1.3 million to address a backlog of deferred maintenance items, USPS
realized \$2.2 million from the transaction in prepaid ground rent and a
temporary facility build-out allowance. Operations improved, as well as
customer satisfaction and employee morale and productivity.

For additional information, contact Mr. Edward J. Rynne, Jr., at (703)
526-2856 or via e-mail at erynne1@email.usps.gov.
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SHORT TERM NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY QWEST

Report No. NCD-1512 November 23, 2007

Re: SHORT TERM NETWORK CHANGE CERTIFICATION RECEIVED

Qwest, an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed
certification that short term public notice of network change has been
provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by
section 51.329(a) of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), together with certification of service on identified
interconnecting carriers, as required by section 51.333(a). Upon initial
review the filing appears to be complete. *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 51.325
through 51.335. Specific network change information can be obtained on
the Internet at: http://www.qwest.com/disclosures/

The incumbent LEC\'s certification refers to the change(s) identified
below:

+-----------------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| **Qwest Disclosure    | **Implementation       | **Announcement      |
| Number**              | Date(s)**              | Title of Proposed   |
|                       |                        | Network Change(s)** |
+-----------------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| 628                   | November 8, 2007 thru  | Copper retirements  |
|                       |                        | in AZ, IA, MN, NE,  |
|                       | April 30, 2008.        | NM, ND, UT & WA     |
+-----------------------+------------------------+---------------------+

The incumbent LEC contact:

Melissa Newman

Vice President -- Federal Regulatory

Qwest

607 14th Street, NW, Suite 950

Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: (202) 429-3120

An objection to an incumbent LEC\'s short term notice may be filed by an
information service provider or telecommunications service provider that
directly interconnects with the incumbent LEC's network. Such objections
must be filed with the Commission, and served on the LEC, no later than
the ninth business day following the release of this public notice.
*See* 47 C.F.R. § 51.333(c).

The original filing is available for inspection and copying at the FCC
Public Reference Room, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Suite CY-A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554.

For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418-2325
(voice), or **[carmell.weathers@fcc.gov]{.underline}** (email), of the
Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. The TTY number
is (202) 418-0484. **-FCC-**
![](media/image1.jpeg){width="0.875in" height="0.85625in"}SPS -- Vista

**[May 13, 2008]{.underline}**

***Microsoft Vista Operating System:***

Some organizations and agencies are moving towards using the Vista
operating system within their enterprise as a desktop standard. Many
organizations have struggled with this migration due to the significant
differences between Vista and Windows XP. Some of the problems
encountered include networking problems and desktop configuration
problems. According to a Gartner survey most organizations are staying
with Windows XP until the Vista product matures to the point of
enterprise use. The current commitment to the XP operating system by
Microsoft is until 2014.

We give you this background because FMS applications have been developed
and tested using Microsoft Windows XP as a desktop platform and Internet
Explorer as the browser. As such, FMS is unable to assist business
partners with problems related to the partner\'s use of the Vista
Operating System. Such problems may include, but are not limited to,
inaccessibility, performance degradation, data corruption, and
integration and compatibility issues especially as related to
applications requiring Public Key Infrastructure certificates for
authentication and/or digital signatures.

FMS will continue to monitor and evaluate the maturity of the Vista
Operating System. We feel that with the release of Service Pack 1 the
product is moving in the right direction. FMS will re-evaluate its
position in 12 months as to support of the Vista OS.

***[What should Federal Agencies do:]{.underline}***

FMS will continue the support of SPS on Windows XP O/S for the
foreseeable future. Agencies are expected to keep using SPS on Windows
XP at least until FMS announces their support of SPS operating on Vista.

For FPAs who move to Vista before FMS has tested and made the needed
changes to SPS, FMS cannot guarantee the FPA's SPS results nor will FMS
support be available for troubleshooting.

***"Note that the Microsoft support for Windows XP O/S is expected to be
continued for the foreseeable future."***

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height="0.42777777777777776in"}
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![](media/image2.png){width="1.3763888888888889in"
height="0.41388888888888886in"} **CSP Overview Sheet**

**United States Department of Agriculture**

**Natural Resources Conservation Service**

**Basic Eligibility**

In order to qualify for any CSP enhancement payments under Air Resources
(Air Quality and Atmospheric Change), clients must meet all applicable
agriculturally-related requirements for their state\'s air quality State
Implementation Plan (SIP), if the watershed in which they are located
lies within a non-attainment area.

**Enhancement Activities**

Beyond meeting basic eligibility criteria, clients must initiate or
maintain one or more activities that have been identified with improving
air quality and/or mitigating atmospheric change. There are many of
these "enhancement" activities specifically related to air resources.
These enhancement activities fall under six general
agriculturally-related air resource categories or issues. These are:

-   Reducing particulate matter (both coarse---PM~10~, and
    fine---PM~2.5~)

-   Reducing odors

-   Reducing airborne chemical drift

-   Reducing ammonia emissions

-   Reducing ozone precursors (both volatile organic compounds, or VOCs,
    and nitrogen oxides)

-   Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (CO~2~, CH~4~, N~2~O) and
    increasing carbon sequestration

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height="3.3222222222222224in"}

**Benefits**

These activities will directly benefit air quality, including: Improving
visibility; reducing near-surface ozone levels; reducing transport of
fine and coarse particulates; decreasing livestock-related off-site odor
issues; reducing the potential for airborne agricultural chemicals and
volatile organic compounds to affect human habitation; decreasing
agriculture's potential contribution to the buildup of greenhouse gases;
and increasing the sequestration of carbon on crop, range and pasture
lands.
# ![](media/image1.png){width="5.986111111111111in" height="0.8611111111111112in"}Career Profile Questionnaire

The NOPHNRCSE Recruitment and Career Development Committee is compiling
membership career profiles. This publication will help schools,
professional organizations and NRCS offices to locate and contact guest
speakers, trainers and mentors from within our organization. It will
also be used to spotlight employees within the organization.  Please
complete this questionnaire and include a photograph of yourself (on the
job would be best) to further add to the quality of this publication.
Attach additional sheets of paper if needed and return it to:

> Eric Beardsley\
> Recruitment & Career Development\
> 1345 Main Street\
> Red Bluff, CA 96080\
> <Eric.Beardsley@ca.usda.gov>

*Please type or print:*

Name:\
Home Address:\
City: State: Zip Code:

Office Address:\
City: State: Zip Code: Phone:

Voicecom:      Fax:

Email:

NRCS Job Title and length of service:

Other NRCS positions held:

Other agricultural or Natural Resources Professional Experiences:

Academic degrees, professional and technical certificates and licenses:

Career and Professional goals:

Awards and commendations:

Career highlights, and accomplishments:

Your impact on the community:\
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\
\
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Hobbies and interests:

What academic disciplines played a key role in your successes as a
Natural Resources Conservation Service Professional?

Personal statement about the role of NOPHNRCSE in your professional
development:

Types of committees or teams you would be interested in serving on:

> Professional/NRCS:
>
> Organizational/NOPHNRCSE:
>
> Collateral duties:

Are you willing to take temporary assignments? yes / no

If yes, how long (e.g. 90 days or less; 6 months, 1 year, etc.)

Are you willing to work in Washington, D.C.? Yes/no

Foreign assignments? Yes/ no

If yes, where?

Other information you would like to include (personal goals)?

How do you feel NOPHNRCSE can help you? (e.g. reach your goals, provide
training, respect your views/needs to management, etc.)
\[\"The Department of the TREASURY NEWS\" banner, with \"The Department
of the Treasury 1789\" seal on right and \"BUREAU OF THE MINT; WASH.,
D.C. 20220; (202) 964-2133; (202) 964-5011\" below.\]

[ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10 A.M. CDT, SATURDAY, AUG. 22,
1970]{.underline}

[HOSKINS JOINS MINT TO ORGANIZE NUMISMATIC SERVICE]{.underline}

Mrs. Mary T. Brooks, Director of the Mint, announces the appointment of
Charles Roy Hoskins III, effective August 13, 1970, to serve as a
consultant to the Director and to organize and develop a Numismatic
Service at the Philadelphia Mint.

Before coming to work for the U.S. Mint, Mr. Hoskins was the Director of
the Money Museum at the National Bank of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. Hoskins is well known in numismatic circles. He has received two
Certificates of Award and one Medal of Merit from the American
Numismatic Association. He has had published numerous articles in
numismatic journals and has been a guest speaker on numismatics before
many social, fraternal and educational groups.

While Director of the Money Museum at the National Bank of Detroit, he
developed the exhibits at that institution and wrote and spoke about its
history. For use in his own lectures and for loan to other banks on
request, he prepared and built special traveling exhibits of the
collection.

Mr. Hoskins was born in Athens, Ohio, and is a graduate of Ohio
University at Athens where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree. He
pursued graduate studies in world history at Wayne State University in
Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. Hoskins is married to Sylvia Harvey, formerly of Marietta, Ohio.
They have one daughter and one son.
**[GENERAL]{.underline}**

**[EDUCATION and OUTREACH]{.underline}**

**[ON-GOING FLIGHT PROGRAM]{.underline}**

**[FUTURE FLIGHT PROGRAM - ISSA PHASE I/II/III]{.underline}**

EXACT Investigators Present Results at LT-22

Two posters on the flight definition experiment Experiments Along
Coexistence near Tricriticality (EXACT) were presented at the 22nd
International Low Temperature Conference (LT-22) held in Helsinki in
early August. Professor Norbert Mulders of the University of Delaware,
one of the co-investigators on EXACT, presented his work on deriving the
equations for the propagation of heat pulses in mixtures of helium-3 and
helium-4. His poster was entitled \"A Nonlinear Wave Equation for
Second-Sound Propagation in ^3^He-^4^He Mixtures\". Also at LT-22,
EXACT\'s work on developing a nano-Kelvin resolution thermometer for the
temperatures below 1K was presented by Dr. John Panek of JPL. His poster
was entitled \"A High-Resolution Thermometer for the Temperature Range
0.75-1.0 K\".

**[ISSUES AND CONCERNS]{.underline}**

**[SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS]{.underline}**

:

Quantum tunneling across spin domains in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

**[MIT Group Explores Boundary between Domains in a
Condensate]{.underline}**

Wolfgang Ketterle of MIT reports that a paper titled \"Quantum tunneling
across spin domains in a Bose-Einstein condensate\" was recently
published in Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. **83**, 661-665
(1999)). The authors D.M. Stamper-Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, A.P. Chikkatur,
S. Inouye, J. Stenger, and W. Ketterle describe dynamics in a condensate
consisting of two immiscible components. In case of two immiscible
fluids, gravity tries to localize the heavier fluid below the lighter
one. When the heavier one is placed on top of the lighter one, a
metastable situation arises. The analogous situation was prepared by the
MIT group in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate, with a magnetic field
gradient playing the role of gravity. For a sufficiently strong
gradient, tunneling of one component through the other was observed and
led to a stable equilibrium state. The observation of the tunneling
rates provides a sensitive probe of the boundary existing between the
two immiscible spin domains.

**[UPCOMING EVENTS]{.underline}**