BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**Payment And Reimbursement of the Expenses of**

**Medical Services Not Previously Authorized**

**§17.120 Payment or reimbursement of the expenses of hospital care and
other medical services not previously authorized.**

To the extent allowable, payment or reimbursement of the expenses of
care, not previously authorized, in a private or public (or Federal)
hospital not operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or of any
medical services not previously authorized including transportation
(except prosthetic appliances, similar devices, and repairs) may be paid
on the basis of a claim timely filed, under the following circumstances:

\(a\) *For veterans with service connected disabilities*. Care or
services not previously authorized were rendered to a veteran in need of
such care or services:

\(1\) For an adjudicated service-connected disability;

\(2\) For nonservice-connected disabilities associated with and held to
be aggravating an adjudicated service-connected disability;

\(3\) For any disability of a veteran who has a total disability
permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability (does
not apply outside of the States, Territories, and possessions of the
United State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico);

\(4\) For any illness, injury or dental condition in the case of a
veteran who is participating in a rehabilitation program under 38 U.S.C.
ch. 31 and who is medically determined to be in need of hospital care or
medical services for any of the reasons enumerated in §17.48(j); and
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1724, 1728)

\(b\) *In a medical emergency*. Care and services not previously
authorized were rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that
delay would have been hazardous to life or health, and

\(c\) *When Federal facilities are unavailable*. VA or other Federal
facilities were not feasibly available, and an attempt to use them
beforehand or obtain prior VA authorization for the services required
would not have been reasonable, sound, wise, or practicable, or
treatment had been or would have been refused. (Authority: 38 U.S.C.
1724, 1728, 7304)

\[39 FR 1844, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 49 FR 5616, Feb. 14, 1984; 51
FR 8672, Mar. 13, 1986; 56 FR 3422, Jan. 30, 1991. Redesignated at 61 FR
21966, May 13, 1996\]
**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554**

RELEASED: January 28, 2005

DA 05-111

Letter Dated: January 26, 2005

Luisa L. Lancetti, Esq.

Sprint Wireless

401 9^th^ Street, NW Suite 400

Washington, DC 20004

Re: CALEA Section 107(c) Extension Petition

Deadline for Packet-Mode Communications

Sprint Corporation

TRS Nos. 811754, 819060, 818104, 811156, 806727

Dear Ms. Lancetti:

This letter acknowledges your letter of January 6, 2005, containing
representations on Sprint's nationwide deployment of a packet-mode
interception capability for push-to-talk ("PTT") service, based on the
J-Std-025B industry standard. Because you represent that Sprint now is
in compliance with the CALEA statute and the Commission's rules and
orders implementing that statute, relative to push-to-talk service, you
seek leave to withdraw your Section 107(c) Petition for Extension of
Time, filed January 30, 2004 to the extent it deals with push to talk
service. Your request for withdrawal of said petition, as it applies to
push-to-talk service is hereby granted.

You also state that Sprint is continuing efforts, in conjunction with
the FBI, to develop new interception standards for Voice over Internet
Protocol (VBoIP) and PTT over cellular (PoC) services, as well as an
interim mapping solution for PoC.

Your report on progress toward CALEA compliance for these several
services will be associated with the still-pending request related to
the packet-mode. Please continue to notify the Commission of Sprint's
further compliance with CALEA.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Michael Wilhelm

Chief, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division

cc: Laura Parsky, Esq.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General---Criminal Division

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 2113

Washington, D.C. 20530
BARBARA HINKE

Ms. Barbara Hinke's career in law enforcement began with the San
Francisco Sheriff's Department. From there, she switched to the San
Francisco Police Department where she became a special police officer
for 4 years. She eventually returned to the San Francisco Sheriff's
Department, working myriad different details including but not limited
to the first jail ombudsman for the sheriff in this country, and the
assistant to the chief of the Civil Division. Additionally, Ms. Hinke
interned with the U.S. Attorney General's Office while obtaining her
paralegal degree.

After several years, injuries began to plague Ms. Hinke's career. She
was tapped to become a lieutenant and then captain in a private-sector
worldwide security organization called The Wackenhut Corporation. During
this time, she sustained another serious injury while detailed to take
over robbery prevention at one of the Bank of America bank branches. It
was the same year that the tragic 9/11 events occurred.

During her recovery, Ms. Hinke was offered vocational rehabilitation and
decided to further her formal education with a master's degree. She
recovered from an infectious disease that took 2 entire months to
diagnose. It became intensely evident to her that the United States was
deficiently prepared to diagnose infectious diseases such as she had
contracted during her tour of duty. The Nation is in dire need of
updating its own protection from terrorists that could infiltrate the
country with hundreds of possible scenarios and ultimately carrying out
one of their fanatical destructive intimidating attacks.

These events led Ms. Hinke to begin her master's program with American
Military University (AMU) in hopes that one day soon, the United States
will have advanced its protection efforts from the 20^th^ century
tactics into a newer, more highly advanced and superior strategically
balanced protective undertaking to combat the current challenges we face
today and in the future.

Ms. Hinke was chosen to fulfill the position of student
recorder/reporter for the Emergency Management Institute Higher
Education Conference. Her desire and goals in attending this Conference
in the capacity of a recorder/reporter is to gain additional knowledge
of how this country is to handle natural disasters, domestic, and/or
international acts of terrorism. It is also a part of her commitment to
AMU to report back daily to the officers and members of the
International Association of Emergency Managers the progress of the
Conference, an overview of the speakers, and the content that they share
with the workforce attending this Conference.
**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

![](media/image1.png){width="0.84375in" height="0.84375in"}**ENFORCEMENT
BUREAU**

South Central Region

**Miami Office**

P.O. Box 520617

Miami, FL 33152-0617

December 15, 2008

Opa Park, LLC

Opa Locka, Florida

**NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION**

Case Number: EB-08-MA-0221

Document Number: W200932600022

The Miami Office received information that an unlicensed broadcast radio
station on 89.1 MHz was allegedly operating in the Miami area. On
December 9, 2008, agents from this office confirmed by direction finding
techniques that radio signals on frequency 89.1 MHz were emanating from
an antenna mounted on the roof of a warehouse building at the property
1761-1899 Opa Locka Blvd., Opa Locka, Florida, near door labeled 1881.
According to Florida property records, Opa Park, LLC is the owner of
this property. The Commission's records show that no license was issued
for operation of a broadcast station on 89.1 MHz at this location in Opa
Locka, Florida.

Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 301.
The only exception to this licensing requirement is for certain
transmitters using or operating at a power level or mode of operation
that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§  15.1 *et seq*. The field strength of
the signal on frequency 89.1 MHz was measured at 7,705 microvolts per
meter (µV/m) at 739 meters, which exceeded the maximum permitted level
of 250 µV/m at 3 meters for non-licensed devices. Thus, this station is
operating in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301.

You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of
the Federal laws cited above and could subject the operator to severe
penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines,
*in rem* arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and
criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (*see* 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501,
503 and 510).

**UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY**.

You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any
evidence that you have authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your
response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference
the listed case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5
U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission's staff
will use all relevant material information before it to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with
FCC Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in your
reply.

You may contact this office if you have any questions.

Stephanie Dabkowski

Resident Agent

Miami Office

Attachments:

Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended

Enforcement Bureau, \"Inspection Fact Sheet,\" March 2005
# X-ray Liquid-Surfaces Diffractometer at the Advanced Photon Source 

## David Vaknin and Douglas S. Robinson 

Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

A novel X-ray liquid-surfaces diffractometer, recently commissioned on
the 6-ID beamline at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National
Laboratory, offers unique research opportunities of interfacial
phenomena. The diffractometer with its auxiliary peripherals enables the
structural investigations of free liquid-gas, liquid-liquid, and
liquid-solid interfaces. The structural determination of the interface
between two mediums (imiscible liquid-liquid, for instance) is of
considerable importance in a range of areas, such as friction and
lubrication, phase transfer catalysis, solvent extraction of metals and
as model systems for biological membranes. The apparatus can operate
with X-ray incident beam energies in the range of 4-40 keV providing a
unique opportunity to locate the positions of interfacial ions using the
anomalous diffraction techniques. In the near future the diffractometer
will be employed for a wide range of investigations including
electrochemical, photochemical, and biological effects in interfacial
phenomena.

![](media/image1.png){width="3.0in" height="3.1597222222222223in"}Using
the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, we have recently constructed
two-dimensional arrays of phthalocyanine pigments on solid support for
potential use as light harvesting antenna in artificial photosynthetic
devices[^1]. The two-dimensional pigment array was formed on a
negatively charged template of dihexadecyl phosphate (DHDP) monolayer
that was spread on the pigment solution. The complexed film
(DHDP-pigment) was subsequently transferred to solid support by the LB
technique for photo-absorption studies. To examine the feasibility of
the process and the quality of the 2D pigment array, X-ray reflectivity
and grazing incidence diffraction have been employed on the liquid
surface reflectometer on the X-22B beamline at the National Synchrotron
Light Source, at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Recently, we have
employed a similar approach to form a monomolecular magnetic layer
contigouous to a charged lipid monolayer at the air/water interface. In
another study we found that certain magnetic molecules spontaneously
form monolayers at the air-water interface and can be transferred
directly to solid support for further studies and applications. The
apparatus at the APS will enable determination of the structure and
organiztion of a wide variety of 2D arrays of magnetic molecules, liquid
crystals, biomemebranes, and many others; information that is pivotal
for the basic research of these systems and for their potential
apllications.

[^1]: ^1^ B. W. Gregory, D. Vaknin, et al, *J. Phys. Chem*. **101**,
    2006 (1998); B. W. Gregory, D. Vaknin, et al, *J. Phys. Chem*.
    **103**, 502 (1998)
[VETERANS FUNDING OP-ED]{.underline} April 10, 2003

Before Members of the House and Senate work returned home for the April
district work period, they passed a budget resolution for Fiscal Year
2004. I want to take a moment to respond to a widely-voiced
misconception which concerns me greatly.

One of the arguments to emerge from the ranks of those who oppose the
Budget passed by Congress last week, is that benefits to our nation's
veterans have been cut even as we proceed with our efforts in the
ongoing War Against Terrorism.

Unfortunately, as with many of the decisions made in Washington, the
factual details of the Budget Resolution are underscored by the
contentious political environment in which it is considered.
Unfortunately, critics have manipulated the evidence to fit their
desired outcome.

I am dismayed to see an issue as vital as meeting the needs of the men
and women who have served our nation used as a political game-piece. As
a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, one of my personal
priorities in Congress is to ensure government keeps its promises to our
veterans. That is precisely why I supported the higher levels of funding
for veterans programs found in the Congressional Budget Resolution.

The budget resolution we passed in Congress includes an increase of
\$6.2 billion in veterans funding from Fiscal Year 2003 to 2004 -- this
represents a 10.7% increase in overall veterans spending. In addition,
the budget resolution includes a \$3.4 billion (or 12.9%) increase in
funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Yet critics continue to decry cuts. How, in the face of such clear
evidence, is this possible?

The fact is, it isn't possible. Those who oppose the budget speak loudly
of so-called "cuts," but are reluctant to even whisper about the
formulae they use to reach that conclusion. In order to claim a \$6.2
billion increase in spending for veterans' programs as a cut, one must
work from a fabricated projection of spending based upon an outdated
budget.

Critics take a large risk when they use hypothetical numbers to justify
their arguments. I commend their command of theoretical math, but
challenge them to a discussion based on the facts.

Fact: In Fiscal Year 2003, we are spending \$57.63 billion for veterans'
programs.

Fact: Our budget for Fiscal Year 2004 provides \$63.8 billion for
veterans' programs.

Fact: The budget resolution passed by Congress would *increase* spending
on veterans' programs by \$6.2 billion.

Now is not the time for political games. Congress has passed a budget
resolution that funds our nation's priorities -- such as caring for our
veterans -- and provides the stimulus our economy needs. Now is the time
to rise above partisan politics, and unite in support of our nation's
priorities.
PUBLIC NOTICE![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
height="0.6604166666666667in"}

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 **DA 01-1277**

News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet:
http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov

**Released: May 23, 2001**

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS FIFTEEN**

**800 MHz SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO (SMR) SERVICE FREQUENCIES**

**IN THE LOWER 80 CHANNELS LICENSES**

**Auction Event No. 36**

**Report No. AUC-36 (Auction No. 36)**

On March 19, 2001, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced that
it was prepared to grant applications for fifteen (15) licenses to
winning bidders in the 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Service
Frequencies in the Lower 80 Channels Auction (Auction 36), provided that
each applicant made full and timely payment of the remaining balance of
its winning bid.[^1] The final payment deadline was April 2, 2001.[^2]

The Commission received full and timely payment, as required by Section
1.2109(a) of the Commission's rules, for fifteen (15) licenses.
Accordingly, by this Public Notice, we announce the grant of the fifteen
(15) 800 MHz SMR Service Frequencies in the Lower 80 Channels licenses
listed in Attachment A. We grant these licenses pursuant to Section
309(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §
309(a), and Section 0.331 of the Commission\'s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.331,
because it will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.

This Public Notice contains the following Attachments:

Attachment A: List of Applications the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau is Granting -- sorted by Applicant.

Attachment A1: List of Applications the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau is Granting -- sorted by market and block.

Attachment B: Instructions for Searching for Applications Listed in
Attachments A and A1 Using ULS.

Attachment C: Instructions for Searching for Granted Licenses Listed in
Attachments A and A1 Using ULS.

Attachment D: Instructions for Accessing the FCC Network Using Windows
95/98.

For further information, the news media should contact Meribeth
McCarrick, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0654. For
questions regarding legal matters and licensing issues, contact Gary
Oshinsky or Erin McGrath, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial
Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch, at (202) 418-7240.

**- FCC -**

[^1]: *See* Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces It is Prepared
    to Grant 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Service Frequencies
    in the Lower 80 Channels Auction Licenses After Final Payment is
    Made, *Public Notice*, DA 01-709 (rel. Mar. 19, 2001).

[^2]: *See id*.
> Poster Presentation 1B-44
>
> **Synthesis of Esters Catalyzed by Experimental Preparations of
> Immobilized Lipases in Solvent Free Medium**

[Heizir F. de Castro\*]{.underline}, Fabrício G. Maciel, Michele Miranda

Department of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena

P.O. Box 116; 12606-970; Lorena-SP, Brazil

Phone and Fax: +55 --12-553 3224; E-mail: <heizir@dequi.faenquil.br>

Synthesis of esters catalyzed by lipases has been already described for
more than 50 flavor compounds. In principle, the process can be
performed in a reaction system consisting of appropriate amounts of
alcohol and carboxylic acid in the presence of organic non-polar
solvents. However, the elimination of solvents is technically feasible
and offers significant cost savings. In addition, solvent free systems
facilitate downstream processing, avoid solvent toxicity and are
particularly interesting in the food industries, where severe
regulations exist for solvent uses.

The objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of
experimental preparations of immobilized lipase for the synthesis of
flavor esters in solvent free systems. Reaction mixtures of alcohol
(butanol) and organic acids (C4 to C12) were incubated with experimental
preparations of immobilized lipase onto styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer
(STY-DVB) and controlled pore silica (CPS), for a maximum period of 72
hours at 40°C and shaking. For each immobilized preparation, a full
two-factorial design was used to study the influence of the carbon chain
length (C4 to C12) and the biocatalyst concentration (10 to 30%) on the
esterification yield and productivity. The use of molecular sieves was
found to be essential for removal of the water formed during the
reaction. Data were analyzed by Statgraphics software version 6.0 and
mathematical models were proposed that represent the ester yield in the
experimental region studied.

In the case of the lipase immobilized on STY-DVB, the ester formation
was strongly influenced by both variables. The reaction was maximized
(63%) for acyl donors with long carbon chain C12 (lauric acid) and
enzyme concentration of 10%, corresponding to a productivity of 1.4
grams of butyl laurate/ mL.h. For the lipase immobilized on CPS, only
the biocatalyst concentration was statistically significant (p \<0.01).
Higher yields were obtained for the system butanol and octanoic acid and
biocatalyst concentration of 20%, which gave productivity in the order
of 1.2 grams of butyl octanate/ mL.h.
**David Applegate**

David Applegate is the senior science advisor for earthquake and
geologic hazards at the U.S. Geological Survey. In that capacity, he
leads the Earthquake Hazards, Global Seismographic Network, and
Geomagnetism Programs and provides coordination for geologic hazards
activities across the USGS. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the National
Science and Technology Council\'s interagency Subcommittee on Disaster
Reduction. In addition to his USGS duties, Applegate is an instructor in
the Environmental Sciences and Policy graduate program at The Johns
Hopkins University. Prior to joining USGS in February 2004, he spent
eight years at the American Geological Institute as director of
government affairs. Before coming to AGI, Applegate served with the U.S.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources as the American
Geophysical Union\'s Congressional Science Fellow and as a professional
staff member for the minority.

Lloyd S. Cluff

Lloyd Cluff joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in 1985 and
is responsible for PG&E's Earthquake Risk Management Program. Lloyd
served two terms as chairman of the California Seismic Safety
Commission. In 2002 he was appointed chairman of the Scientific
Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee, a committee mandated by Congress
and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to review the USGS
Earthquake Hazards Program and report to Congress annually. He was
awarded the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western States
Seismic Policy Council in Earthquake Risk Reduction and the 2003 William
B. Joyner Memorial Lecture Award from the Seismological Society of
America and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. He was
awarded the 2000 John Wesley Powell Medal from the U.S. Geological
Survey, for his lifetime contributions to seismic safety, and in 1978
was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

**Ellis M. Stanley, Sr.**

Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., is the General Manager of the City of Los Angeles
Emergency Preparedness Department. He began his City career in September
1997. Prior to that he was the Director of the Atlanta-Fulton County
Emergency Management Agency for ten years. He has been the director of
an emergency management program for 30 years, beginning in 1975 in
Brunswick County, North Carolina, and in Durham-Durham County, North
Carolina, in 1982. Ellis has also served as a County Fire Marshal, Fire
and Rescue Commissioner and County Safety Officer. He has an
international reputation, having chaired the International Development
Committee for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
and establishing Global Partnership Programs on preparedness in several
countries. Currently Ellis serves as an advisor to the Multidisciplinary
Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, engineering solutions for
earthquake loss reduction.
**ICD9-Codes to Identify Ischemic Stroke Patients**

There is a lack of consensus about the classification of patients with
stroke. Identifying patients with stroke is highly dependent on the
International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes
that are used. Approaches that use different ICD-9 codes yield different
results.

**Approach No. 1**

436 acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease

**Approach No. 2**

434.xx

436 acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease

**Approach No. 3**

433.x1, 434 \[excluding 434.x0\], or 436

**Approach No. 4**

[Includes]{.underline}:

362.3 retinal vascular occlusion

433.x1 occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries

434.x1 occlusion of cerebral arteries

436 acute, but ill-defined cerebrovascular disease

[Excludes]{.underline}:

433.x0

434.x0

437.x

438.x
**National Park Service List of Accessibility Coordinators/Contacts**

updated 2-9-09

Send updates to Lori Simmons: <Lori_Simmons@nps.gov>

**[NPS Executive/Washington, DC Contacts]{.underline}:**

Accessibility Program Manager -- *vacant* (formerly David C. Park)

Director of Education and Technical Assistance -- Ray Bloomer
812-856-4422 rbloomer@indiana.edu

Equal Opportunity Manager, National Capital Region -- Joy Harris
202-619-7458

Complaints Program Manager, EEO Program -- Mary E. Denery 202-354-1868

Equal Opportunity Specialist -- David Quirino 202-354-1871

**[NPS Regional/Service Centers Accessibility
Coordinators]{.underline}:**

**Alaska Region** -- Brad Richie 907-644-3387

**Intermountain Region** -- Karen Breslin 303-969-2707

**Midwest Region** -- David (Dave) J. Thomson 402-661-1568

**National Capital Region** -- Stanley A. Briscoe 202-619-6391

**Northeast Region** -- Richard L. Dretsch 215-597-5370

**Pacific West Region** -- Joe Dunstan 206-220-4273

**Southeast Region** -- Priscilla L. Nalls 404-562-3110 x652

**Denver Service Center** -- Joanne Cody 303-969-2278

**Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services** -- Magaly Green 304-535-6003

**[Other NPS Contacts]{.underline}:**

**SWACC** is the Servicewide (NPS) Accessibility Coordinating Committee

Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services: SWACC member -- Lori Simmons
304-535-6019

Intermountain Region:

• Southern Arizona Group (SOAR) park coordinator -- Jim Gagkowski
602-640-5250 x237

• Southwest Utah Group park coordinator -- same as Arches and
Canyonlands NP coordinator

Northeast Region: SWACC member -- Jeannette Kempa 215-597-1008

Pacific West Region

• SWACC member/ regional interpretive accessibility -- Guy Washington
510-817-1390

• SWACC member/regional physical accessibility

Trung-Son (Trung) Thai Nguyen 510-817-1381

Southeast Region:

• SWACC chair/regional park management/interpretation -- Erin Broadbent
864-936-7921

• SWACC member/regional architect -- Michael Stanley 305-242-7779

• regional facility management -- *vacant* (formerly Dale Brukiewa)

Washington Office:

• Accessibility Program Assistant -- *vacant*

• SWACC member/concession specialist -- *vacant*

Appalachian National Scenic Trail -- SWACC member -- J. David Reus
304-535-4001

National Trails System Office, Salt Lake City accessibility coordinator
-- *vacant*

National Trails System Office, Santa Fe accessibility coordinator --
Andrea Sharon 505-988-6842
Stephanie Meadows \<Meadows@api.org\>

05/05/2006 12:32 PM

To

Group Ow-Docket@EPA

cc

david.b.olson@usace.army.mil, MitigationRule@EPA

bcc

Subject

Request for an Extension to the Public Comment Period \-- Docket Number

EPA-HQ-OW-2066-0020 and RIN Number 0710-AA55

Docket Clerk:

Please find attached a request for an extension to the public comment
period to the DOD Army Corps of Engineers/US EPA notice of proposed

rulemaking entitled "Department of Defense, Department of the Army,
Corps

of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency Compensatory Mitigation

for Losses of Aquatic Resources; Proposed Rule:" Docket Number
EPA--HQ-OW-2066-0020 and RIN Number 0710-AA55.

Should you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me.
I look forward to a timely response.

Regards,

Stephanie Meadows

Stephanie R. Meadows

Upstream Coordinator

American Petroleum Institute

1220 L Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202/682-8578

Fax: 202/682-8426

Email: meadows@api.org
Emergency Response Guide Contact Phone Numbers

**[Fire Emergency Numbers:]{.mark}**

**LBNL Phones with 486 and 495 prefix x7911**

**Non-LBNL buildings JGI in Walnut**

**Creek and OSF in Oakland 9-911**

**All other Phones (cell or Pac Bell) 911 or (510) 486-6015**

**Security (Blackberry Gate) x 5472**

**[Radiation Spill:]{.mark}**

**If there is a medical emergency or**

**danger to life, health or environment x7911 or 9-911**

**Bob Fairchild ext 2278**

**Chris Donahue ext 7736**

**[Chemical Spill:]{.mark}**

**If there is a medical emergency or**

**danger to life, health or environment x7911 or 9-911**

**Larry McLouth x7911 or 9-911**

**[Biological Spill:]{.mark}**

**If there is a medical emergency or**

**danger to life, health or environment x7911 or 9-911**

**Bruce King x7911 or 510-840-5013**

**David Rogers x7676**

**[Personal Injury:]{.mark}**

**All injuries are to be reported to**

**Health Services x6266**

**Request emergency medical attention x7911 or 9-911**

**[Earthquake:]{.mark}**

**If there is a medical emergency or**

**danger to life, health or environment x7911 or 9-911**

**[Wildland Fire:]{.mark}**

**LBNL Phones with 486 and 495 prefix x7911**

**All other Phones (cell or Pac Bell) 911 or (510) 486-6015**

**Security (Blackberry Gate) x 5472**

**[Threats:]{.mark}**

**Call x7911 or 9-911**

**[Suspicious Packages & Mail:]{.mark}**

**Immediately call x7911 or 9-911**
**STATEMENT OF\
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS**

Re: *Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Petition for
Rulemaking*

*to Enhance Security and Authentication Standards for Access to
Customer*

*Proprietary Network Information*, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (CC
Docket

No. 96-115, RM-11277)

American consumers deserve the security of knowing that their personal
phone records are not for sale. By starting this proceeding, we pledge
to protect consumers from unscrupulous data brokers who have built a
business on selling information about our private conversations. The
Commission also commits to adjusting its rules to further safeguard
privacy and prevent the unauthorized disclosure of customer proprietary
network information (CPNI). For these reasons, I am pleased to support
today's effort.

Privacy issues must always be on the Commission's front burner---but
sometimes they languish. We have a three-and-a-half-year-old Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking on CPNI safeguards and enforcement that needs to be
acted on. We have a three-year-old proceeding on the dissemination of
CPNI to unaffiliated third parties, initiated by a petition from the
Arizona Corporation Commission, that also has stalled. And last year, we
reclassified wireline broadband Internet access services, but left for
another day the chilling question of whether or not privacy protections
followed this regulatory remix. It's time to move ahead. I hope today we
begin a new chapter.

We live in a day and age where our cherished right to privacy suffers
from a daily fusillade of data gathering. Companies can monitor what we
do, stores can study what we buy, technologies can track what we watch,
see and hear. Consumers rightfully expect that regulatory agencies like
this one will do something to protect them from this bombardment, to
give them a measure of confidence that not every aspect of their
personal information is available to the highest bidder.
**DA 02-2131**

**Released: August 30, 2002**

**NOTICE OF STREAMLINED DOMESTIC 214 APPLICATIONS GRANTED**

The applications listed in this notice have been granted pursuant to the
Commission's streamlined procedures for domestic section 214 transfer of
control applications. 47 C.F.R. § 63.03. The Wireline Competition Bureau
has determined that grant of these applications serves the public
interest.[^1] For purposes of computation of time for filing a petition
for reconsideration or application for review, or for judicial review of
the Commission's decision, the date of "public notice" shall be the
release date of this notice.[^2]

1.  Acquisition of Assets of Citizens Telecommunications Company of
    North Dakota by Red River Telecom, Inc., WC Docket No. 02-193, DA
    02-1810 (rel. July 25, 2002).

> **Effective Date of Grant:** 8/25/02

2.  Acquisition of Assets of Citizens Telecommunications Company of
    North Dakota by Polar Telecommunications, Inc., WC Docket No.
    02-194, DA 02-1811 (rel. July 25, 2002).

> **Effective Date of Grant:** 8/25/02

3.  Acquisition of Assets of Citizens Telecommunications Company of
    North Dakota by Dickey Rural Access, Inc., WC Docket No. 02-195, DA
    02-1809 (rel. July 25, 2002).

> **Effective Date of Grant:** 8/25/02

4.  Acquisition of Assets of Dakota Community Telephone, Inc. and
    McLeodUSA Telecom Development, Inc. by PrairieWave Communications,
    Inc., WC Docket No. 02-187, DA 02-1845 (rel. July 30, 2002).

> **Effective Date of Grant:** 8/30/02

For further information, please contact Tracey Wilson, at (202) 418-1394
or Bill Dever, Competition Policy, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202)
418-1578.

[^1]: *Implementation of Further Streamlining Measures for Domestic
    Section 214 Authorizations,* 17 FCC Rcd 5517, 5529 (2002), para. 22.

[^2]: *Id.; see* 47 C.F.R. § 1.4 (Computation of time).
> ![](media/image1.wmf) FAA WILLIAM J. HUGHES

TECHNICAL CENTER

#  AWARD NOTIFICATION

AWARDED TO (ADDRESS):

Dr. Judith A. Neubauer

Associate Dean for Research

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

675 Hoes Lane

Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

DATE OF AWARD:

4/2/04

CONTRACT OR GRANT AMOUNT:

\$49,891.00

**CONTRACT AWARD NO.:**

**     **

**GRANT AWARD NO.:**

04-G-028

GRANT OR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD (DURATION):

12 mths

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

SUMMARY OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

Study to investigate traces of aircraft movements in terminal areas from
available landing parameters. The goal is to provide an algorithmic
solution to identify touchdown and turnoff points.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (OPTIONS-TIME AND DOLLARS,
IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE):

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE**

**CONTRACTING OFFICER:**

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE GRANTS OFFICER:**

**Barbara Fuller 609-485-4919**

**ROUTING SYMBOL OF THE REQUISITIONING ORGANIZATION: AAR-490**

**Note: If a Grant, please fill out the appropriate Grants information.
If a Contract, please fill out the appropriate Contracts information.**

**Please complete the following information for Grants:**

**PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (P/I) (NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL
ADDRESS):**

**Ming Ouyangmi #732-445-8275**

**FAA TECHNICAL MONITOR (NAME, ORGANIZATION, PHONE NUMBER AND**

**E-MAIL ADDRESS: Larry Hackler, AAR-490,
#609-485-4087.....larry.hackler@faa.gov     **

**TITLE OF GRANT: Identification of Aircraft Touchdown Point in
Commercial Operations**

**GRANT COMPLETION DATE: 4/1/05...unless continued**
Honorable Roger Nober

Opening Statement

Hearing on

Class Exemption for Expedited Abandonment Procedure For Class II and
Class III Railroads

STB Hearing Room August 31, 2004

Thank you for being here this morning.

Originally, the Board had scheduled to hold a voting conference at the
beginning of this hearing to vote on the ropening in the PPL rate case
and on TTX's application.

However, Commissioner Buttrey was called away for the birth of his first
grandchild. The Board therefore completed its voting in advance of this
hearing so that Commissioner Buttrey could attend the birth, and we wish
his family well on their new addition.

First, the Board voted unanimously to approve a decision in PPL that
dismissed the complaint and discontinued the proceeding.

Second, the Board voted to approve an extension of TTX's pooling
authority for 10 years, with a review to occur after year 5.
Commissioner Buttrey and I voted in favor of the decision. Vice Chairman
Mulvey concurred in part and dissented in part.

Finally, I'll note that the Board has also voted to restart the
proceeding in which Kansas City Southern seeks to acquire Mex-Rail and
Tex-Mex. In restarting the proceeding, the Board is providing for a
30-day period in which interested parties may comment on the altered
terms of the acquisition. Kansas City Southern will then have 15 days to
respond to those comments before the Board considers the record and
makes a decision.

All three of these decisions will be available on our web-site soon.

We will now turn to today's hearing.

This hearing focuses on a proposal submitted by a group of 65 Class II
and Class III carriers to create a new class exemption for abandonments.
In addition, the Association of American Railroads has asked us to look
at some issues related to the historic review process that is part of an
abandonment.

Let me say at the outset, that I share the underlying concern addressed
by the group of short lines and the AAR. The process for abandoning a
line takes too long, for reasons not entirely in the Board's control.
For example, the environmental review and historic preservation
processes can be slow because of the other organizations that
participate in them.

At the same time, we have some statutes that place parameters around the
actions the Board can take, which I believe is a point that our
witnesses from two labor organizations will address.

I look forward to the discussion. Perhaps together we can find some ways
to streamline the abandonment process for Class II and Class III
carriers.

Let me address a few procedural issues. We'll have one panel today with
all four witnesses. We'll hear from each member of the panel \--
starting with the person seated to my left (the audience's right). After
we have heard from each member of the panel, I will recognize Vice
Chairman Mulvey for any questions he may have for the panel. And I may
work in some questions as well -- probably toward the end. So we'll be
holding our questions until we have heard from all the panelists.

Let me remind everyone to please turn off your cell phones.
May 30,2006

Dear \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_:

The Carroll Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol would like to
thank you for supporting our charity basket bingo event this year. Your
sponsorship of a basket or donation allowed us to have another
profitable event. Your donation in the amount of \$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is
greatly appreciated.

This year's event will help support our Cadet Program and help fund our
Squadron's operating expenses. The Cadet Program gives teenagers a
positive leadership experience through military education and
participation in emergency services. CAP cadets learn military
leadership and serve as members of search and rescue teams.

Our goal this year was to raise scholarship funds for CAP cadet
activities. These activities include orientation courses at the Air
Force Para-Rescue School, National Search and Rescue School, Cadet
Officers School, and the International Air Cadet Exchange program, to
name a few. We will also use the money to purchase radio equipment for
our Ground Team for Search & Rescue missions as well as provide fuel and
maintenance for our van.

Your contribution to this event helped ensure that funds are available
to support these activities. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Again, I thank you for your support of our squadron!

Sincerely,

> J. Kevin McHale, Captain, CAP
>
> Commander
>
> Carroll Composite Squadron
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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:** February 1, 2001 Ron
Freesemann - (605) 352-1132 or

Patrick Gross - (605) 624-7060 or

\(605\) 352-1100

# 

# USDA ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO HOUSING REPAIR PROGRAM

**WASHINGTON -** The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the
relaxing of mortgage security requirements on repair loans to very-low
income homeowners. This change will open the opportunity for more
very-low income homeowners to improve living standards by repairing
leaky roofs, installing more energy efficient materials, or correcting
basic structural problems.

USDA's Rural Housing Service Single Family Housing repair loan program
previously required mortgage security on any loan exceeding \$2,500. The
change, which became effective December 27, 2000 through Public Law
106-569, allows applicants to receive assistance with only a promissory
note on loans up to \$7,500. Mortgage securities will only be required
on loans exceeding \$7,500.

Loans are available for general repairs to improve or modernize homes,
remove health and safety hazards, and increase adaptability for
households with persons with disabilities. Loans can be made for amounts
up to \$20,000, a maximum of 20 years repayment period, and at an
interest rate of one percent annually. Individuals 62 years or older may
qualify for a grant in cases where an individual lacks the financial
ability to repay a Section 504 loan.

In South Dakota, information on USDA's home repair loan and grant
program is available by contacting one of our ten office locations in
Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Vermillion, Yankton,
Rapid City, Pierre, and Sturgis or visit Rural Development's South
Dakota Home Page at: www.rurdev.usda.gov/sd/index.htm. Further
information can also be obtained by visiting the national USDA Rural
Development's web site at:
[[www.usda.rurdev.rhs/]{.underline}](http://www.usda.rurdev.rhs/) or by
calling (202) 720-1474.

**-USDA-**

*The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political
beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for communication of program information
(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA\'s TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of
discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room
326-W, Whitten Building, 14^th^ and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal
opportunity employer.*
### Concentrating 1.5kb PCR products (7-13-05)

If there are more than 40 uL of PCR product to be analyzed, use a
Microcon YM-100 concentration device (regenerated cellulose, 100,000
Molecular Weight Cut Off).

1.  Label a concentrator insert (blue) and its collection tube. Indicate
    on the collection tube that it contains the flow-through.

2.  Add up to 500 uL PCR product.

3.  Spin the concentrators in a microcentrifuge for 1 -- 5 minute
    intervals at 500 x g, checking the volume remaining in the insert
    after each spin. Continue the process until there is
    ![](media/image1.png){width="9.375e-2in" height="9.375e-2in"} 40 uL
    of retentate. The volume can be checked using a pipette set at 40 uL

4.  Label a new 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tube and turn the vial upside
    down into it.

5.  Spin at 500 g for 2 -- 3 minutes or do a quick spin to recover the
    retentate.

6.  Measure the amount of retentate using a pipette.

7.  Analyze 1 uL of the retentate and 20 uL of the 'flow-through' via
    gel electrophoresis. DNA present in the flow-through indicates a
    failed Micron filter. If necessary, re-concentrate the retentate and
    flow-through or perform additional PCRs to obtain enough material to
    use for microarray analysis.
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**Background**

The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is requesting a check for \$20,000 to
support the 14th International Workshop on HIV Dynamics and Evolution.
This meeting will be held April 17 -20, 2007 in Segovia, Spain. These
funds will be used to provide logistical and travel support for the
meeting.

**Description of Work**

The Contractor will perform the following tasks:

1.  Issue a check for \$20,000

2.  Make check payable to: UC Regents
**DA 03-1583**

**Released: MAY 13, 2003**

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS NARROWBAND PCS LICENSES

**AUCTION EVENT NO. 41**

###### 

**Report No. AUC-41 (Auction No. 41)**

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau grants an application for a
winning bidder in the Narrowband PCS Auction (Auction No. 41).

The Commission received full and timely payment, as required by Section
1.2109(a) of the Commission's rules, [^1] for the application listed in
Attachment A. Accordingly, by this Public Notice, we announce the grant
of the Narrowband PCS application listed in Attachment A. We grant this
application pursuant to Section 309(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 309(a), and section 0.331 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.331, because it will serve the public
interest, convenience and necessity.

This Public Notice contains the following Attachments:

-   Attachment A: List of Applications the Wireless Telecommunications
    Bureau is Granting -- sorted by applicant.

-   Attachment B: Instructions for Searching for Applications Listed in
    Attachment A Using ULS.

-   Attachment C: Instructions for Searching for Granted Licenses Listed
    in Attachment A Using ULS.

-   Attachment D: Instructions for Accessing the FCC Network Using
    Windows 95/98.

For further information, the news media should contact Meribeth
McCarrick, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0654. For
questions regarding legal matters and licensing issues, contact Amal
Abdallah, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless
Division, Policy and Rules Branch, at (202) 418-7307.

[^1]: 47 C.F.R § 1.2109(a). Because the applicant listed in Attachment A
    already has made full payment of its winning bid, the Wireless
    Telecommunications Bureau will not issue a separate public notice
    indicating that it is prepared to grant the application upon full
    payment.
> DA 04-1174
>
> Released: April 29, 2004

NOTICE OF PROHIBITED PRESENTATIONS IN THE MATTER OF DIGITAL AUDIO
BROADCASTING SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE TERRESTRIAL RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE (MM DOCKET NO. 99-325 )

Notice is hereby given that written prohibited presentations concerning
the above‑referenced proceeding (MM Docket No. 99-325) have been
received by the Commission on April 14-19, 2004. Section 1.1203 of the
Commission\'s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.1203, prohibits the making of any
presentation, whether ex parte or not, to decision‑making persomnel
concerning any matter listed on the Commission\'s Sunshine Agenda until
the Commission releases the text of a decision or order relating to that
matter. The instant presentations addressed the merits of MM Docket No.
99-325, which was included in the Commission\'s Sunshine Agenda by
Public Notice dated April 8, 2004. Accordingly, under Section 1.1212 of
the Commission\'s Rules, 47 C.F.R § 1.1212, these presentations, and any
similar presentations also received during the Sunshine Agenda period,
shall be associated with, but not made a part of, the record in MM
Docket No. 99-325.

The full texts of these documents are available for public inspection
amd copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY‑A257,
Washington, DC, 20554. These documents may also be purchased from the
Commission\'s copy contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445
12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY‑B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone
202‑863-2893, facsimile 202‑863-2898, e-mail qualexint@aol.com. These
documents may also be viewed on the Commission\'s Home Page (HYPERLINK
https://haifoss.fcc.gov/cgi‑binlws.exe/prod/ectslcomSrch v2.hts).

Action by Office of General Counsel, Administrative Law Division
> **AGENDA**
>
> **ASR-11**
>
> **Monday Morning Program Meeting\*\***
>
> **9:00 -- 9:30 AM**
>
> **4^th^ Floor -- Southeast Conf. Room (a.k.a. Richards)**
>
> **30 July 2007**

-   Output from weekly meetings/other news

    -   **The date for the FY07 PR Closeout is 10 August.**

-   ASR-11 Status of FY07 JRC's

    -   Tech Refresh JRC

    -   Re-baseline JRC

-   FY07 Goals Status

    -   70 FY07 Goals (includes 6 External Surveillance goals); 62 goals
        completed.

        -   Goals remaining in July: 0

        -   Goals remaining in August: 1

        -   Goals remaining in September: 5

    -   One (1) new variance proposal submitted on 19 July to extend the
        due date of AGS IOC to 31 August (from 31 July); approved on 25
        July.

\*\*Every Monday morning -- *this meeting will convene on the 4^th^
Floor of FOB-10B in the Southeast conference room (a.k.a., RICHARDS)*

781-238-7745, (secret) pass code is 1842 (through 12/31/07)

*If a Monday is a holiday, the meeting will not be rescheduled.*