BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**§1.962 Waiver of overpayments.**

There shall be no collection of an overpayment, or any interest thereon,
which results from participation in a benefit program administered under
any law by VA when it is determined by a regional office Committee on
Waivers and Compromises that collection would be against equity and good
conscience. For the purpose of this regulation, the term *overpayment*
refers only to those benefit payments made to a designated living payee
or beneficiary in excess of the amount due or to which such payee or
beneficiary is entitled. The death of an indebted payee, either prior to
a request for waiver of the indebtedness or during Committee
consideration of the waiver request, shall not preclude waiver
consideration. There shall be no waiver consideration of an indebtedness
that results from the receipt of a benefit payment by a non-payee who
has no claim or entitlement to such payment.

\(a\) Waiver consideration is applicable in an indebtedness resulting
from work study and education loan default, as well as indebtedness of a
veteran-borrower, veteran transferee, or indebted spouse of either,
arising out of participation in the loan program administered under 38
U.S.C. ch. 37. Also subject to waiver consideration is an indebtedness
which is the result of VA hospitalization, domiciliary care, or
treatment of a veteran, either furnished in error or on the basis of
tentative eligibility.

\(b\) In any case where there is an indication of fraud or
misrepresentation of a material fact on the part of the debtor or any
other party having an interest in the claim, action on a request for
waiver will be deferred pending appropriate disposition of the matter.
However, the existence of a prima facie case of fraud shall,
nevertheless, entitle a claimant to an opportunity to make a rebuttal
with countervailing evidence; similarly, the misrepresentation must be
more than non-willful or mere inadvertence. The Committee may act on a
request for waiver concerning such debts, after the Inspector General or
the Regional Counsel has determined that prosecution is not indicated,
or the Department of Justice has notified VA that the alleged fraud or
misrepresentation does not warrant action by that department, or the
Department of Justice or the appropriate United States Attorney,
specifically authorized action on the request for waiver. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 501(a))

\[39 FR 26400, July 19, 1974, as amended at 44 FR 59906, Oct. 17, 1979;
50 FR 38803, Sept. 25, 1985; 52 FR 42112, Nov. 3, 1987; 61 FR 7216, Feb.
27, 1996\]
TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 214

> Facilitator: Carol Hogsett

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 220

> Facilitators: K. Patterson 1:00 -- 2:40
>
> S. Chastain 2:40 -- 4:45

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 412

Facilitators: E. Martinez 1:00 -- 2:40

N. Trujillo 2:40 -- 4:45

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 516A

Facilitators: S. Martinez 1:00 -- 2:40

M. Robinson 2:40 -- 4:20

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 517

> Facilitators: B. Roybal 1:00 -- 2:40

J. Baker 2:40 -- 4:20

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 622

> Facilitators: P. Quintana 1:25 -- 2:40
>
> D. Jackson 2:40 -- 4:20

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 625

Facilitators: C. Ramsey 1:00 -- 2:40

S. Wallin 2:40 -- 3:55

TECHNICAL TALKS

UNM-LA Rm. 626

> Facilitators: M. Tonks 1:00 -- 2:40
>
> B. Nemzek 2:40 -- 4:20
Participant Profile:

Jeff Peck, JD

Criminal Justice Depart. Chair

Delaware Technical and Community College

100 Campus Drive

Dover Delaware 19904

302.857.1741

<jpeck1@dtcc.edu>

My background is in policing and criminal law.

I am attending the symposium to gather information and resources for use
in building an Associate of Applied Science degree program in Homeland
Defense and Emergency Management. I believe we need entry level higher
education in this emerging discipline and that the community college is
the place to offer it.
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NOTIFICATION of laws and regulations

under article 18.5 of the agreement

brazil

Corrigendum

The following communication, dated 1 May 1998, has been received from
the Permanent Mission of Brazil.

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

The following is a corrigendum to the text of Decree No. 1602, of 23
August 1995, circulated in document G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2, dated 26 August
1997.

Corrigendum[^1]

\- On page 10 of document G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2, Art. 15.2 reads:

\"The effect of dumped imports shall be assessed in relation to the
domestic industry (...)\".

This segment of the text should read:

\"The effect of dumped imports shall be assessed in relation to **the
production of** the domestic industry (...)\".

\- On page 11 of document G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2, Art. 17.4 reads:

\"(a) the producers within such a market sell all or almost all of their
production of the product in question in that market (...)\".

This segment of the text should read:

\"(a) the producers within such a market sell all or almost all of their
production of the product in question in that market; **and** (...)\".

\- On page 14 of document G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2, Art. 21.4 reads:

\"As soon as the investigation is initiated and without prejudice to the
right to confidentiality, the complete text of the application [which
requested it]{.underline} shall be [furnished]{.underline} (...)\".

This segment of the text should read:

\"As soon as the investigation is initiated and without prejudice to the
right to confidentiality, the complete text of the application shall be
**provided** (...)\".

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

[^1]: Words underlined or in bold characters merely indicate where
    changes were made to the original text.
April 30, 2002

Dear Chief State School Officer:

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB Act) enacted on January 8, 2002,
introduced many changes designed to improve student academic
achievement. The Department is developing guidance and regulations for
Title I requirements, including teacher and paraprofessional
qualifications. As we strive to complete this work as quickly as
possible, I want to outline a few key paraprofessional requirements that
took effect on January 8. There is no time for delay in their
implementation.

All paraprofessionals hired after January 8 must have (1) completed two
years of study at an institution of higher education; (2) obtained an
associate's (or higher) degree; or (3) met a rigorous standard of
quality and be able to demonstrate, through a formal State or local
academic assessment, knowledge of and the ability to assist in
instructing reading, writing, and mathematics (or, as appropriate,
reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness).
Paraprofessionals hired before January 8 and working in a program
supported with Title I funds must meet these requirements in four years.
Our policy is not finalized, but our current thinking is---

-   These requirements apply to paraprofessionals with instructional
    duties in any program supported by Title I funds. For a schoolwide
    school, this means all paraprofessionals with instructional duties
    without regard to the source of funding of the positions.

-   The above requirements do not apply to paraprofessionals working
    primarily as translators or solely on parental involvement
    activities. Individuals who work solely in non-instructional roles,
    such as food service, cafeteria or playground supervision, personal
    care services, and non-instructional computer assistance are not
    considered to be paraprofessionals for Title I purposes.

-   ***All*** paraprofessionals (regardless of their hiring date) in a
    program supported with Title I funds must have a secondary school
    diploma or equivalent. This is a change from the previous statute,
    which permitted the hiring of paraprofessionals without high school
    diplomas, or the recognized equivalent, to work as translators.

-   Finally, Title I and Title II funds may be used for ongoing training
    and professional development to help paraprofessionals meet the
    statutory requirements.

We will post regulations and further guidance at
[www.ed.gov](http://www.ed.gov/) as we develop them.

> Sincerely,
>
> Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Director
>
> Compensatory Education Programs

cc: State Title I Director

State Special Education Director
# David M. Troutman, B.A., R.S.

Director of Environmental Health

Cabarrus Health Alliance

Kannapolis, NC 28083

## Biography

David M. Troutman currently serves as the Director of Environmental
Health for the Cabarrus Health Alliance, the Public Health Authority for
Cabarrus County North Carolina. He began his career in environmental
public health in 1978 as a summer intern in the Solid Waste and Vector
Control Branch of what was then The Cabarrus Health Department. He
received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte in 1979.

He became a Registered Sanitarian with the N.C. Board of Sanitarian
Examiners in 1984. He graduated with a Certificate in Community
Preparedness and Disaster Management from the University of North
Carolina School of Public Health in 2005. Mr. Troutman is the current
chairman for the Cabarrus County Local Emergency Planning Commission
(LEPC).

## Leadership Development Opportunities

As I reflect on all I have learned the past year I am very thankful for
the opportunity to participate in EPHLI. I am extremely thankful for all
the help and knowledge that I have received as a result of that
participation. It has been a great chance to meet new people and build
relationships, compare and discuss issues of common interest as well as
develop and share ideas.

One thing that I have become immensely aware of is that improvement
requires change and improving yourself as a leader requires you to
change. Perhaps my greatest accomplishment is that I have a greater
understanding that holding strongly to one\'s opinion (and even
defending it vigorously) is not incompatible to listening to another
position and respecting and liking the person holding it. To be a real
leader one needs to be able to influence people to make the changes
needed to achieve results and in order to do that we need to examine
where we are coming from and release our need to be right and
acknowledge all parties have needs and commit to a process to achieve a
mutually satisfactory solution. I know I am a better person and I think
(time will tell) that I am a better leader.
**In-situ spectral analysis of Antarctic cryptoendoliths: Linking
biology and geology in the coldest of climates**

Kevin Hand

*Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences*

*Stanford University*

*450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320*

*USA*

*\*Present Address: Princeton University Department of Astrophysical
Sciences, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544*

<khand@stanford.edu>

Robert W. Carlson

*NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech*

*Pasadena, CA*

*USA*

Henry Sun

*Desert Research Institute*

*Las Vegas, NV*

*USA*

Mark Anderson

*NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech*

*Pasadena, CA*

*USA*

Wynn Wadsworth

*Designs & Prototypes Ltd.*

*Simsbury, CT*

*USA*

Ralph Levy

*Quant Engineering, LLC*

*Doylestown, PA*

*USA*

The cold, desiccating, and harsh UV environment of the exposed surface
of Mars is not an attractive biological niche by terrestrial standards.
On Earth, microbial communities that once lived on the surface of warm
sandstones of Cenozoic proto-Antarctica gradually adapted to the cold
and harsh climate of the modern Antarctic by seeking refuge within the
pore spaces of the subsurface quartz grains. If Mars was indeed once
warm, wet, and inhabited, then perhaps life there may have also sought
out refuge within the rocks as the martian climate evolved to its
contemporary conditions.

In an effort to both understand the extremes of terrestrial biology and
extend our ability to someday assess the habitability of Mars, we have
analyzed both the surface expression and depth profile of
cryptoendolithic microbial communities at Battleship Promontory, in the
Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Data was collected on site with an active
mid-infrared Fourier transform microspectrometer (2.6 -- 15 um), a
near-infrared spectrometer (0.9-1.8 um), and a visible spectrometer
(0.4-1 um). The trio of instruments are connected to microscopes that
yield \~1 mm^2^ spatial resolution on the sample and they are mounted on
two perpendicular motorized stages that allow for spatial scanning over
an area of \~2cm^2^.

Here we present results on the analysis of colonized and non-colonized
samples examined both at the exposed rock surface and in cross-section.
Such an analysis provides fundamental insights into the geological and
biological interactions that make the Antarctic cryptoendolithic
ecosystems possible.
MESSAGE NO: 2113111 DATE: 4/22/1992

CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: LIQ

REFERENCE: 2108114 REFERENCE DATE: 04/17/1992

CASES: A-588-819

PERIOD COVERED: 10/15/1991 TO 04/14/1992

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA
AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: CORRECTION TO EMAIL MESSAGE ON ASPHERIC OPHTHALMOSCOPY, LENSES

1.THIS CORRECT THE EMAIL MESSAGE OF APRIL 17, 1992 ON ASPHERIC

OPHTHALMOSCOPY LENSES FROM JAPAN

2.PLEASE REFER TO PARAGRAPH 2. THE CORRECT HTS CLASSIFICATION

FOR THIS MERCHANDISE IS 9018.50.00
# SHALLOW WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

## PRACTICE INTRODUCTION

**USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service―Practice Code 646**

![](media/image1.jpeg){width="5.945138888888889in"
height="3.3048611111111112in"}

### SHALLOW WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT 

Shallow water development and management is the inundation of lands to
provide habitat for fish and/or wildlife.

### **PRACTICE INFORMATION** 

This practice is applicable to lands where water can be impounded or
regulated by diking, excavating, ditching, and/or flooding. It can also
be used to provide refuge habitats for native fish during high flow
periods.

The purpose is to provide habitat for wildlife such as shorebirds,
waterfowl, wading birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and other
species that require shallow water for at least a part of their life
cycle.

Site selection is important to successfully carrying out this practice.
Soils must have a low permeability or seasonal high water table. The
site must be free of hazardous materials, and the water supply must be
adequate to maintain water levels between 1 to 18 inches in depth over
the majority of the area during the inundation period. Operation and
maintenance is very important to ensure that this practice functions as
intended throughout its expected life.

### COMMON ASSOCIATED PRACTICES

Shallow Water Development and Management is commonly used in a
Conservation Management System with the following practices:

-   Dike (356)

-   Structure for Water Control (587)

-   Irrigation Water Conveyance (428)

-   Pipeline (516)

-   Pond (378)

-   Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644)

Refer to the practice standard in the local Field Office Technical Guide
and associated Job Sheets for further information.
A G E N D A

**ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCES (AC/GEO)**

#### Wednesday, May 11 -- Thursday, May 12, 2005

##### Wednesday May 11, 2005

**Plenary Session 1 -- Room 375**

8:00 -- 8:30 a.m. *Light Refreshments*

8:30 -- 8:45 a.m. Welcome, Introductions of New Members, Dr. Brune,
Interim Chair

> Agenda, Status of actions from last meeting

8:45 -- 9:00 a.m. Orientation for Members Dr. Cavanaugh

9:00 -- 10:00 a.m. Report on the Directorate for Geosciences Dr. Leinen

######### 10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. *Coffee break*

10:15 -- 11:00 a.m. Reports on the Divisions Drs. Clark, Moyers,

& Zimmerman

######### 

11:00 -- 12:00 noon "Guiding Principles"

> Committee discussion of issues raised Dr. Brune
>
> in the presentations and documents

######### Division Subcommittee Meetings

12:00 -- 1:00 p.m. *Working Lunch for Divisions*

1:00 -- 4:00 p.m. Division Subcommittee Meetings

**Room 705** Atmospheric Sciences

**Room 365** Earth Sciences

**Room 375** Ocean Sciences

######### Education and Diversity Subcommittee -- Room 375

4:00 -- 5:30 p.m. Agenda Dr. Peach

> · Geoscience Education Working Group Report Dr. Huntoon

· Education and Outreach for Major Projects Dr. Peach

> · E & O at IRIS and EarthScope Dr. John Taber
>
> · E & O at IODP and OOI/ORION Dr. Peach
>
> Future Structure of Subcommittee Dr. Peach

5:30 p.m. *Adjourn for reception Room 705*

7:00 p.m. *Committee dinner*

# Thursday, May 12, 2005

**Plenary Session 2 -- Room 375**

8:00 -- 8:30 a.m. *Light Refreshments*

8:30 -- 9:15 a.m. Subcommittee reports Subcommittee chairs

9:15 -- 10:00 a.m. Other Issues

-   Priority Area updates Program Officers

-   ITR COV report Dr. Meacham

-   AC/ERE report Dr. Wilson

-   Global Observations Dr. Spence

10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. *Coffee break*

10:15 -- 12:00 noon Discussion of Issues Dr. Brune

12:00 -- 1:30 p.m. *Working Lunch*

> Outgoing Member Presentations Drs. Chavez, Mosher,

and Silver

1:30 -- 2:00 p.m. Preparation for visit from NSF Director Dr. Brune

2:00 -- 3:00 p.m. Visit with the NSF Director Dr. Bement

3:00 -- 4:00 p.m. AC/GEO Topics

-   Follow-up to Dr. Bement's visit

-   "Mini-science Symposia" for future meetings

-   Announcements from Members

-   Committee communication with external community

-   Review of action items

-   Dates of next meeting

-   Concluding remarks from Dr. Brune

4:00 p.m. *Adjourn*

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
**U.S. Congressman Mike Pence**

Indiana's Sixth Congressional District

1605 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515

[\<http://mikepence.house.gov/\>]{.underline} Phone: (202) 225-3021 Fax:
(202) 225-3382

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Lloyd

July 22, 2003 Office: 202-225-3021

Cell: 202-225-4184

**PENCE CALLS FOR LESS MONEY FOR U.N.**

***"The United Nations Failed and it's Time to Send a Message"***

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Mike Pence introduced legislation today
urging the U.S. Representative to the United Nations to negotiate lower
U.N. dues for the United States.

**"As coalition forces prepared to oust the regime of Saddam Hussein,
the United Nations abdicated its responsibility of serving as a bulwark
against tyranny around the world,"** said Pence. **"The United Nations
failed and it's time to send a message."**

**"The United Nations had a choice of whether it wanted to cover for
tyrants and nations who support them or whether it would fulfill its
historic mission and be about the business of advancing freedom and
confronting tyranny around the world,"** said Pence.

**"It is now obvious the U.N. decided to ignore the United States and
its efforts to confront one of the most tyrannical regimes since
Hitler,"** said Pence.

Pence pointed out during his floor remarks that the United States
currently pays 22 percent of the United Nations' regular budget. Germany
pays 9.8 percent, France pays 6.5 and China 1.5 percent.

Pence also pointed out that the U.N. passed 16 separate resolutions over
a period of a decade and the security council, which includes Germany,
France and Russia adopted U.N. resolution 1441, which required Iraq to
disclose its weapons of mass destruction. **"Time and again the U.N.
failed to take itself seriously,"** said Pence.

**"Mr. Speaker, during his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy
renewed U.S. support for the U.N. 'to prevent it from becoming merely a
forum for invective.' The U.N. has become what President Kennedy feared.
Aside from its humanitarian work, the U.N. has become a 'forum for
invective,'"** said Pence.

**"It is time for Congress to reevaluate our commitment to the United
Nations. U.S. taxpayer money should not be used to fund an organization
that is so diametrically opposed to the national security interests of
the United States and its allies,"** said Pence.

**\###**
**DA 08-2566**

**Released: December 15, 2008**

Lauren Lynch Flick

Counsel for Fisher Broadcasting-Oregon TV, L.L.C.

2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Re: MB Docket No. 05-317

Dear Ms. Flick:

By letter dated October 15, 2008, Fisher Broadcasting-Oregon TV, L.L.C.,
permitee of KVAL-DT, Eugene, Oregon requested an extension of its waiver
of Section 339(a)(2)(D) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
to prohibit satellite subscribers from receiving or conducting a digital
signal strength test of KVAL-DT's digital signal.[^1] The Commission
granted the original digital signal testing waiver based on the fact
that the station's digital signal coverage was limited due to the
necessity to use a side mounted antenna.[^2] The Commission has granted
the licensee two six-month extensions.[^3] In its most recent extension
request, the licensee states that it continues to experience loss of
approximately 20 % of its predicted population coverage due to its use
of a side mounted antenna and that it is prevented from installing a top
mounted digital antenna because its analog antenna is currently
installed in that position. This situation will continue until February
17, 2009 when the digital transition takes place.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the request of Fisher
Broadcasting-Oregon IS GRANTED and the first permissible date for
digital testing for KVAL-DT IS EXTENDED until February 18, 2009. No
further extensions of this waiver should be necessary.

> Sincerely,

Barbara A. Kreisman

Chief, Video Division

Media Bureau

[^1]: *See* 47 U.S.C. § 339 (a)(2)(D)(viii), as amended by Section 207
    of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of
    2004 ("SHVERA"), 47 U.S.C. § 339.

[^2]: *See Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home
    Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004*, 22 FCC Rcd 12918,
    12925 (MB 2007).

[^3]: *See Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home
    Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004*, 23 FCC Rcd 396,
    400 (MB 2008); Letter to Lauren Lynch Flick, DA 08-1278 (June 6,
    2008).
\[\"Department of the TREASURY NEWS\" banner, with \"The Department of
the Treasury 1789\" seal on right and \"Washington, D.C. 20220;
Telephone 566-2041\" on 2nd line.\]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 15, 1978

Contact: Alvin Hattal

202-566-8381

TREASURY SAYS GOLD MEDALLIONS

CAN BE OFFERED FOR SALE IN 1980

The Treasury Department today said gold medallions bearing the images of
American artists could be offered for sale in the spring of 1980 if
appropriated funds are provided for their production and sale.

Legislation providing for the issuance of American Arts Gold Medallions
is effective October 1, 1979, and requires that medallions containing
one ounce and one-half ounce of fine gold, totalling one million ounces
of fine gold, be struck and offered for sale in each of the five
following calendar years.

The artists to be honored on the medallions are: Grant Wood and Marian
Anderson, in 1980; Mark Twain and Willa Cather in 1981; Louis Armstrong
and Frank Lloyd Wright in 1982; Robert Frost and Alexander Calder in
1983; and Helen Hayes and John Steinbeck in 1984, on the one-ounce and
half-ounce medallions respectively.

The obverse side of each medallion will bear the image of the artist and
the reverse side the inscription "American Arts Commemorative Series"
and designs representative of the achievements of the artist being
honored.

The law specifies that the medallions are to be nine-tenths fine gold
and one-tenth alloy and that they be "sold to the general public at a
competitive price equal to the free market value of the gold contained
therein plus the cost of manufacture, including labor, materials, dies,
use of machinery, and overhead expenses including marketing costs."

In the initial year, 500,000 ounces of gold will be struck in medallions
of each size. Thereafter, the proportion of medallions in each size will
be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of expected
demand.

Detailed plans for production and sale of the medallions, which will not
be legal tender, are being developed but cannot be made final until the
required appropriation is enacted.

B-1268
\<@37\>Plummer Series

\<@32\>The Plummer series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils
that formed in sandy and loamy sediments. These soils are in areas of
flatwoods. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. The soils of the Plummer
series are loamy, siliceous, thermic Grossarenic Paleaquults.

\<@32\>Plummer soils are associated with Bivans, Chipley, Dorovan,
Mascotte, Osier, Pamlico, Pelham, Pottsburg, Stockade, and Surrency
soils. Bivans soils have a Bt horizon at a depth of less than 20 inches.
Chipley soils are somewhat poorly drained, do not have a Bt horizon, and
are in the slightly higher landscape positions. Dorovan and Pamlico
soils are organic. Mascotte soils have a Bt horizon at a depth of 20 to
40 inches. Osier soils do not have a Bt horizon. Pelham soils have a Bt
horizon at a depth of 20 to 40 inches. Stockade soils have a Bt horizon
within a depth of 20 inches. Surrency soils are very poorly drained.
Pottsburg soils have a Bh horizon below a depth of 51 inches and do not
have a Bt horizon. Mascotte and Pottsburg soils are in positions similar
to those of the Plummer soils. Bivans, Dorovan, Osier, Pamlico, Pelham,
Stockade, and Surrency soils are in the slightly lower landscape
positions.

\<@32\>Typical pedon of Plummer sand; about 1,800 feet north and 2,900
feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 4, T. 2 N., R. 13 E.

\<@23\>A---0 to 9 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand; weak fine
granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; strongly acid;
gradual wavy boundary.

\<@33\>E1---9 to 16 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; weak fine
granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; strongly acid;
gradual wavy boundary.

\<@33\>E2---16 to 36 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single
grained; loose; common fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy
boundary.

\<@33\>E3---36 to 52 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grained;
loose; few fine roots; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btg1---52 to 58 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy
loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine
roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btg2---58 to 70 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy clay loam;
common coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very strongly acid; gradual
wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btg3---70 to 80 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) sandy clay loam;
common coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very strongly acid.

\<@8\>The thickness of the solum is 70 inches or more. Reaction ranges
from extremely acid to strongly acid throughout.

\<@32\>The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma
of 1 or 2.

\<@32\>The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1
or 2. It is fine sand or sand.

\<@32\>The Btg horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1
or 2. It has few to many mottles in shades of brown and yellow. It is
sandy loam or sandy clay loam.
John Lindsay

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies

Brandon University

Ground Floor, John R. Brodie Science Centre

270 - 18th Street

Brandon, Manitoba

R7A 6A9

\(204\) 571-8555 ph

\(204\) 571-8588 fax

<lindsayj@brandonu.ca>

John Lindsay is currently an Assistant Professor in the Applied Disaster
and Emergency Studies department at Brandon University where he combines
research with his experiences as an emergency manager in Canada and New
Zealand. He teaches two introductory courses as well as Emergency
Management Law, Disaster Response Management and supervises practicum
students. John received a Master of City Planning degree from the
University of Manitoba in 1993 with a research focus on urban planning
and emergency management. He continues to be interested in the
connections between disaster vulnerability, population health and
sustainable urban development practices. This is his first visit to
FEMA's Higher Education Conference and he is looking forward discussing
how university programs will contribute to the transformation of
emergency management into a profession.
SN-03 BPA Data Response

**Request No.:** AL-GN-BPA:012

**Request:** Witnesses: C. Miller, T. McCoy, *et al.*

Exhibit: SN-03-E-BPA-10, Page 3, Line 19

Please identify and provide a copy of all "additional specifications
coming from contract language."

Please provide your response as soon as possible and no later than April
8, 2003.

**Response: The following is from section 4, Settlement Benefits, of
contract 01PB-10885 (Amended Settlement Agreement) for Puget Sound
Energy:**

\(C\) Cash Payment Adjustments Due to Application of Safety-Net Cost
Recovery Adjustment Clause (SN CRAC) and Dividend Distribution Clause
(DDC) to BPA Firm Power Sales

\(i\) Adjustment to Cash Payments Resulting from SN CRAC and SN CRAC
Balancing Account

**\
**In the event of imposition of the SN CRAC to BPA's firm power sales,
BPA shall reduce the monthly payment to Puget in section 4(b)(1)(A) or
section 4(b)(1)(B) above by an amount equal to the hours in the month
times the mills/kilowatthour (kWh) increase in the Lowest PF Rate at 100
percent load factor above the maximum millage amount allowed for the
Lowest PF Rate for such month under the Financial-Based CRAC, times 331
aMW in Contract Year 2002 and 368 aMW in each year of Contract Years
2003 through 2006. BPA shall record the amounts of reduction in such
monthly payments in a SN CRAC balancing account (the "SN CRAC Account").

**The following is from section 4, Cash Payments, of contract 01PB-10854
(Financial Settlement Agreement) for Pacificorp:**

\(c\) Cash Payment Adjustments Due to Application of Safety-Net Cost
Recovery Adjustment Clause (SN CRAC) and Dividend Distribution Clause
(DDC) to BPA Firm Power Sales

(1) Adjustment to Cash Payments Resulting from SN CRAC and SN CRAC
    Balancing Account

> **\
> **In the event of imposition of the SN CRAC to BPA's firm power sales,
> BPA shall reduce the monthly payment to PacifiCorp in section 4(a) or
> section 4(b) above by an amount equal to the hours in the month times
> the mills/kilowatthour (kWh) increase in the Lowest PF Rate at 100
> percent load factor above the maximum millage amount allowed for the
> Lowest PF Rate for such month under the Financial-Based CRAC, times
> 226 average megawatts (aMW) in Contract Year 2002 and 251 aMW in each
> year of Contract Years 2003-2006. BPA shall record the amounts of
> reduction in such monthly payments in a SN CRAC balancing account (the
> "SN CRAC Account").

April 7, 2003
Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 3/6/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** PL6010

PL6010

**Poland**

**Sanitary/Phytosanitary/Food Safety**

**First Case of H5N1 Strain of Avian Influenza in Poland**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Ed Porter, Agricultural Counselor

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

PR

**Report Highlights:**

Polish veterinary officials have confirmed the first case of H5N1
influenza virus in Poland in two dead swans found in Torun city.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Warsaw \[PL1\]

\[PL\]

Polish veterinary officials have confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian
influenza virus in Poland. It was detected in two dead swans found in
the city of Torun, a large city about 125 miles northwest of Warsaw. The
birds were found late March 2, in the city water sports club area near
the Vistula river.

Samples were sent to the laboratory of the National Veterinary Research
Institute in Pulawy. Peliminary results revealed the H5 subtype of the
AI virus. On March 6, Pulawy confirmed that the swans died from the
H5N1. Professor Zmudzinski, Head of the Virology Department of the
National Veterinary Research Institute, said that Polish officials used
the same testing methods for AI as used in other laboratories in the EU.
On March 6, samples were sent to Weybridge in the UK for confirmation.

Upon preliminary confirmation of AI, the Polish veterinary service
notified the EU and activated the emergency reaction team of the
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province and Torun City. The following actions have
been implemented:

-   The entire area of the Vistula River bank where the swans were found
    (an area very close to major tourist attractions) was closed and
    movement of pedestrians and cars banned.

-   A three kilometer radius "Infected" area and a 10 kilometer
    "Intensive Surveillance" area were established around the area where
    the birds were found.

-   Mats soaked with disinfecting solution have been placed at entrances
    to the infected area, as well as at entrances to all poultry farms
    in the region.

-   Police are enforcing all quarantine regulations.

There are six commercial poultry farms and four poultry slaughter and
processing plants in the area of Torun County. One plant is located
within the Intensive Surveillance area. Like nearly everywhere in
Poland, there are also numerous small, back-yard flocks in the area.
Post will continue to provide updates of developments.
Terry Bish (202) 720-3210

Mary Cressel (202) 690-0547

# 

# **USDA REQUESTS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM**

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2003---USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service
Chief Bruce Knight today announced that a notice of proposed rulemaking
and request for comments for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program
(EWP) has been released.

"This program has helped countless communities recover from natural
disasters. Emergency conservation measures help reduce the threat of
injury, loss of life or devastating property damage should a subsequent
disaster occur," said Knight. "The proposed changes will improve the
effectiveness of USDA's response to natural disasters."

The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides technical and
financial assistance through EWP to help remove threats to life and
property that remain in the nation's watersheds in the aftermath of
natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires.
Funds typically are provided through Congressional emergency
supplemental appropriations and are used for such measures as debris
removal, streambank stabilization, revegetation, purchase of floodplain
easements and repair of water control structures and public
infrastructure.

The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, 2003,
gives the public the opportunity to comment on several proposed changes
to the way the program is implemented. These changes include:

-   Modifying the cost-share rate for program assistance;

-   Clarifying that EWP assistance is not available for federal lands
    except in situations where safeguards are followed to avoid
    inappropriate augmentation of appropriations;

-   Allowing a greater federal cost share in areas that qualify as
    limited resource areas; and

-   Describing the parameters under which NRCS will purchase floodplain
    easements as a means to limit flood damages and reduce future
    federal obligations.

Comments must be received by Jan. 20, 2004. Submit them by mail to
Director, Watersheds and Wetlands Division, USDA-NRCS, P.O. Box 2890,
Washington D.C. 20013-2890; by fax to 202-720-2143; or by e-mail to
<victor.cole@usda.gov>. The notice and additional information on EWP are
available at <http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/EWP>.

\#
**STATEMENT OF**

**COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS**

Re. *Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities*; *E911 Requirements
for IP-Enabled Service Providers*, CG Docket No. 03-123, WC Docket No.
05-196.

A 911 call may be the most important call you'll ever make. When most
people place such a call, 911 operators immediately know where they are
calling from based on their phone number. But imagine if the operator
didn't know because you don't have a phone number and because you're not
calling from a traditional phone line. Imagine the additional time it
would take to determine where to send emergency services or worse,
imagine if the operator refused to take your call at all. The deaf and
hard of hearing don't need to imagine these situations because they have
faced these scary scenarios when relying upon Internet-based
Telecommunications Relay Services such as Video Relay Service, Internet
Protocol Relay and IP-captioned telephone relay service to communicate.

The Americans with Disabilities Act mandates functional equivalency and
it is astonishing that in 2008 some people with disabilities don't have
the equivalent of something as basic as 911 service or, for that matter,
a home phone number. I am pleased to support this item because it
requires providers to accept and prioritize all 911 calls from consumers
using Internet relay services. It also establishes a concrete timeline
for implementing a ten-digit numbering plan for consumers. In doing so,
we take another step towards providing the deaf and hard of hearing the
functionally equivalent phone services they need and deserve.

I want to thank all my colleagues for their willingness to commit the
Commission to a timeline for getting the job done. Specifically, the
Commission has committed to completing a final Order on ten-digit
numbering rules by the end of June. In order to provide all stakeholders
the time necessary to implement these rules, the Commission will require
that the plan be implemented no later than year-end. In doing so,
consumers who use Internet relay services will have conveniences and
life-saving services available to them for the first time. To succeed in
this, it will require all interested parties -- consumers, providers and
the Commission -- pulling together to make this happen. I am optimistic
that with everyone's focus, effort and assistance we can get it done and
I look forward to helping bring it all home.
**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, DC 20554**

In the Matter of )

)

Request for Review of the Decision of the )

Universal Service Administrator by )

)

Bliss School District 234 ) File No. SLD-343607

Bliss, Idaho )

)

Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45

Universal Service )

)

Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97-21

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. )

**order**

**Adopted: July 30, 2003 Released: July 31, 2003**

By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau:

1.  Bliss School District 234 (Bliss School District), Bliss, Idaho,
    seeks review of a decision by the Schools and Libraries Division
    (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company
    (Administrator).[^1] Prior to the time that Bliss School District
    filed its request with the Commission, it also filed an appeal of
    the same decision with SLD.[^2] The Commission\'s rules do not
    contemplate simultaneous appeals of SLD's decisions to the
    Administrator and the Commission.[^3] We therefore dismiss without
    prejudice Bliss School District' Request for Review to the
    Commission. Once the Administrator has issued its decision, Bliss
    School District may then appeal to the Commission, if it believes
    such an appeal is warranted at that time.[^4]

2.  ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
    sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission\'s rules, 47
    C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a), that the Request for Review
    filed on June 5, 2003, by Bliss School District 234, Bliss, Idaho,
    IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Mark G. Seifert

Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division

Wireline Competition Bureau

[^1]: Letter from Kevin Lancaster, Bliss School District 234, to Federal
    Communications Commission, filed June 5, 2003 (Request for Review).
    Any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of the
    Administrator may seek review from the Commission. 47 C.F.R §
    54.719(c).

[^2]: Letter from Kevin Lancaster, Bliss School District 234, to Schools
    and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company,
    filed June 3, 2003.

[^3]: 47 C.F.R. § 54.720 (when an applicant has an appeal pending with
    the Administrator, the period to file with the Commission is tolled
    until the Administrator's review is complete).

[^4]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.719 -- 54.725 (setting forth rules
    pertaining to Commission review of the Administrator's decisions).
**§3.4 Compensation.**

\(a\) *Compensation.* This term means a monthly payment made by the
Department of Veterans Affairs to a veteran because of service-connected
disability, or to a surviving spouse, child, or parent of a veteran
because of the service-connected death of the veteran occurring before
January 1, 1957, or under the circumstances outlined in paragraph (c)(2)
of this section. If the veteran was discharged or released from service,
the discharge or release must have been under conditions other than
dishonorable. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(2), (13))

\(b\) *Disability compensation*.

\(1\) Basic entitlement for a veteran exists if the veteran is disabled
as the result of a personal injury or disease (including aggravation of
a condition existing prior to service) while in active service if the
injury or the disease was incurred or aggravated in line of duty.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1110, 1131)

\(2\) An additional amount of compensation may be payable for a spouse,
child, and/or dependent parent where a veteran is entitled to
compensation based on disability evaluated as 30 per centum or more
disabling. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1115)

\(c\) *Death compensation*. Basic entitlement exists for a surviving
spouse, child or children, and dependent parent or parents if:

\(1\) The veteran died before January 1, 1957; or

\(2\) The veteran died on or after May 1, 1957, and before January 1,
1972, if at the time of death a policy of United States Government Life
Insurance or National Service Life Insurance was in effect under waiver
of premiums under 38 U.S.C. 1924 unless the waiver was granted under the
first proviso of section 622(a) of the National Service Life Insurance
Act of 1940, and the veteran died before return to military jurisdiction
or within 120 days thereafter. (See §3.5(d) as to Public Health
Service.) (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1121, 1141)

\[26 FR 1564, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 38 FR 21923, Aug. 14, 1973;
39 FR 34529, Sept. 26, 1974; 44 FR 22717, Apr. 17, 1979\]
**Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26)**

***Statement concerning President George W. Bush's Guest Worker
Program***

***January 21, 2004***

I am opposed to an immigration amnesty for those that break the law. The
blanket amnesty that went into effect in 1986 only promoted more illegal
immigration into this country. Today, with nearly 8-10 million illegal
aliens in the United States, the need to improve enforcement of our
immigration laws and support provisions that make the legal immigration
process viable has reached a critical juncture.

Several proposals that attempt to deal with the immigration crisis in
the U.S are currently before Congress\--they are proposed by congressmen
and senators from across the political spectrum and range from
amnesty-like proposals to complete immigration moratoriums.

On January 7, 2004, President Bush proposed a guest worker program that
would allow illegal aliens already in the U.S. to obtain legal status
*if employed in a job that the employer could not fill with an American
worker*. Under the proposal, this legal guest worker status would expire
after three years. At the end of the three-year period, these temporary
workers must return home or apply for a green card under existing law.

I believe that President Bush has good intentions by bringing this
proposal forward. He is to be commended for bringing the immigration
issue to the forefront of issues facing our country. I believe, however,
that it falls short of achieving the goals of protecting our borders,
ensuring the integrity of legal immigration, protecting American jobs,
and bestowing the appropriate value on U.S. citizenship.

While not a blanket amnesty, like the amnesty granted in 1986, President
Bush\'s guest worker program ultimately rewards those immigrants who are
here illegally. This policy sends the wrong message to American citizens
about the value and obligations of U.S. citizenship. It signals to
millions of foreigners legally maneuvering their way, through the
current American immigration bureaucracy, that American law is devoid of
force or meaning.

I am committed to reducing illegal immigration into our country. I
support more limited and verifiable forms of immigration. Throughout our
history, immigrants have made important scientific, cultural and
political contributions to the United States. I believe immigration
policy must ensure that the contributions of law-abiding individuals are
not eclipsed by the negative impact that illegal immigration can have on
our country. I will work with President Bush and the Congress to ensure
that border enforcement is increased, immigration laws are enforced, and
that employers hiring illegal aliens face much more stringent sanctions.