BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**ESA**[^1] **Effects Determination Record, Pacific Islands
Region/Area**

Project Name/Tracking #:

Project Location & Dates:

Agency & Office:

Contact Person:

[Effects Determinations]{.underline}

(check off each category, or list species in each category, as
appropriate):

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Effects Category**  | **NMFS-listed         | **USFWS-listed        |
|                       | species**             | species (turtles on   |
|                       |                       | land, birds,          |
|                       | **(turtles in sea,    | invertebrates,        |
|                       | Hawaiian monk seal,   | plants**[^3]**)**     |
|                       | whales**[^2]**)**     |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| No effect (NE)[^4]    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| May affect, but not   |                       |                       |
| likely to adversely   |                       |                       |
| affect (NLAA)[^5]     |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| May affect, and       |                       |                       |
| likely to adversely   |                       |                       |
| affect (LAA)^5^       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

[Notes:]{.underline}

[Questions?]{.underline}: Call Lance Smith (944-2258), Krista Graham
(944-2238), or Don Hubner (944-2233), PRD ESA Team

[^1]: [Acronyms:]{.underline}

    ESA: Endangered Species Act

    NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service

    PIRO: Pacific Islands Regional Office (in NMFS)

    PRD: Protected Resources Division (in PIRO)

    USFWS: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

    NE: No effect

    NLAA: Not likely to adversely affect

    LAA: Likely to adversely affect

[^2]: NMFS has ESA jurisdiction over marine species, the following of
    which are listed under the ESA and occur in the Pacific Islands
    region/area: Green, Olive Ridley, Loggerhead, Leatherback, and
    Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Hawaiian Monk Seal, and Humpback, Sperm,
    Blue, Fin, Sei and Right Whales -- see <http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/>

[^3]: USFWS has ESA jurisdiction over terrestrial species, including the
    terrestrial life history stages of sea turtles. A list of species
    protected under the ESA that occur in the Pacific Islands
    region/area is provided at
    <http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/wesa/endspindex.html>

[^4]: If NE, no further action is required -- concurrence from NMFS
    and/or USFWS is [not]{.underline} required.

[^5]: If 'may affect' (NLAA or LAA), consultation is required with
    appropriate regulatory agency and office (NMFS PIRO PRD, or USFWS
    Ecological Services); note if the proposed project is already
    covered by an existing programmatic or other consultation. If not,
    then note when & how consultation was initiated.
**Session VI -- Plant Breeding, Germplasm Utilization and Cereal
Genomics -- Poster VI-25**

**QTLs Associated with Breeding Characteristics in Oat DH Mapping
Population**

Pirjo Tanhuanpää^1)^, Elina Kiviharju^1)\*^, Outi Manninen^1)^, Alan
Schulman^1,2)^, Ruslan Kalendar^2)^, Merja Eurola^1)^, Veli
Hietaniemi^1)^, Marja Jalli^1)^ and Leena Pietilä^3)^

^1)^ MTT Agrifood Research Finland, 31600 Jokioinen, Finland

^2)^ MTT/BI Plant Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, P.O.
Box 56, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

^3)^ Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd, Myllytie 10, 31600 Jokioinen, Finland

\*Corresponding Author: PH: (358) 3-41881; E-mail:
<elina.kiviharju@mtt.fi>

Abstract

All the maps reported for hexaploid oat have been constructed using
recombinant inbred lines (RILs). Another permanent population type is a
doubled haploid (DH) population. Compared to RILs, DHs contain no
residual heterozygosity. DHs have been applied for mapping in several
cereal species, but in oats production of a DH mapping population has
just recently started to be an option.

In this study, a mapping population of 137 DH plants was generated
through anther culture of F~1~ plants from the spring oat cross Aslak
Matilda, by a method lately developed in MTT Agrifood Research Finland.
Aslak is a Finnish cultivar of Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd and Matilda a
Swedish cultivar of Svalöf Weibull AB.

We were particularly interested in finding chromosomal regions
associated with -glucan and oil content and oat leaf blotch resistance,
but also several other traits were measured. Field tests were carried
out during years 2005 (1 m^2^ plots with four replicates) and 2006 (6
m^2^ plots with three replicates). Resistance of the lines to
*Pyrenophora avenae* was evaluated in a greenhouse test and -glucan and
oil content analysed from the yield of the field tests.

A variety of PCR-based DNA markers was analysed in the DH progeny,
including microsatellites, RAPDs (random amplified polymorphic DNAs),
REMAPs (retrotransposon-microsatellite amplified polymorphisms), ISSRs
(inter simple sequence repeats), SRAPs (sequence-related amplified
polymorphisms), and AFLPs (amplified fragment length polymorphisms).

A linkage map of 28 linkage groups consisting of 625 markers was built.
The amount of markers in groups ranged from 6 to 70, and the total size
of the map was 1526 cM. Seven QTLs were associated with oil content, two
with -glucan and several with leaf blotch disease resistance. In
addition, QTLs associated with agronomical traits were located. Results
from the QTL analyses will be shown and discussed. Our final goal was to
provide marker-assisted tools for more efficient oat breeding.
**SEPARATE STATEMENT OF**

**CHAIRMAN MICHAEL K. POWELL**

*Re: Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules
to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access,
Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690
MHz Bands (RM-10586); et al.*

By today's Notice, the Commission explores ways for the American people
to enjoy the full potential of a large parcel of previously
underutilized, prime spectrum real estate. The opportunity is monumental
-- the MMDS/ITFS band ("2.5 GHz Band") encompasses 190 MHz of contiguous
spectrum. This is more than double the 83 MHz that spurred the
development of WiFi at 2.4 GHz. It is roughly equal to [all]{.underline}
spectrum currently devoted to terrestrial, mobile wireless -- a
ubiquitous, nationwide service characterized by a high-level of
competition, low prices, and constant innovation. But the 2.5 GHz band
has not yet delivered similar rewards, in no small part because of the
well-intentioned, but ultimately misguided, regulatory decisions of this
agency.

The 2.5 GHz band has labored for years under the heavy hand of
command-and-control regulation. The regime has not served the American
people or the Commission's licensees particularly well. Our rules have,
at times, been complex and stifling, and have shifted in their
objectives -- from promoting competition in the MVPD market to offering
rural broadband solutions. Despite the uncertainty caused by these
regulatory shifts, many licensees have strived to provide innovative and
quality services. In particular, some ITFS licensees have
conscientiously provided valuable educational opportunities and services
to the communities they serve. Similarly, some MMDS licensees have
invested considerable resources in researching, developing and deploying
networks to provide service in these bands. This Notice is not intended
to undermine those efforts. Instead we seek to expand the rights and
opportunities of 2.5 GHz licensees, affording them greater flexibility
to deliver services to the American people.

As we re-think our spectrum policies in light of the recommendations of
the Spectrum Policy Task Force, the time has come chip off the
regulatory barnacles encumbering ITFS and MMDS. By this Notice, we
explore opportunities to increase licensed use of the 2.5 GHz band via
spectrum auctions, examine unlicensed spectrum options, and evaluate
rule changes to effectuate our earlier decision to add a mobile
allocation to the band. I applaud the work of the National ITFS
Association, the Wireless Communications Association International and
the Catholic Television Network to develop proposals for the evolution
of this band and to expand opportunities for all licensees to achieve
their missions. I look forward to continuing our work with them to
eliminate the regulatory barriers that have hindered the development of
this band for far too many years.
DA 02-1862

August 1, 2002

**THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU NOW FORMALLY IDENTIFIES PAPER-FILED VS
ELECTRONICALLY-FILED APPLICATIONS ON BOTH IBFS PUBLIC NOTICE REPORTS AND
ON IBFS WEB SITE QUERY RESULTS**

In keeping with the International Bureau\'s commitment to customer
service, IBFS, the International Bureau electronic filing system, has
recently been enhanced to facilitate identification of electronically
filed applications. Interested parties may now determine whether an
application, which has been accepted for filing and for which an action
has been taken, was filed via paper or electronically by two methods.
First, on all IBFS Public Notice Reports, every application file number
is followed by either an "E" or a "P". "E" designates
electronically-filed applications and P designates paper-filed
applications. IBFS Public Notices Reports are available either in hard
copy at the Commission or by accessing the IBFS Public Notice Reports
through the IBFS Web Site at
[www.fcc.gov/ibfs](http://www.fcc.gov/ibfs).

The following demonstrates how applications appearing in IBFS Public
Notice Reports identify electronically- and paper-filed applications
using "E" and "P."

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

**ITC-214-20020117-00008** E ABC Communications Corp

International Telecommunications Certificate

**Service(s):** Global or Limited Global Resale Service

Application for authority to provide service in accordance with the
provisions of Section 63.18(e)(2) of the rules.

**ITC-214-20020501-00010** P XYZ Telecommunications Company

International Telecommunications Certificate

**Service(s):** Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based AND Resale
Service

Application for authority to operate as a facilities based carrier in
accordance with the provisions of Section 63.18(e)(1) of the rules, and
also to provide service in accordance with the provisions of Section
63.18(e)(2) of the rules.

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

Second, the IBFS Web Site search capability also offers customers the
ability to determine how an application was filed as soon as it has been
accepted for filing. By using the Search Tool feature, all application
query results now display either an "E" or a "P" immediately after the
file number to designate either electronically-filed or paper-filed
applications, respectively. The following demonstrates a search result
identifying an application as paper-filed.

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height="4.871527777777778in"}

Please remember to look for these designations in the future when
researching IB application filings.

If you have any questions about this Public Notice, please call the IBFS
Help Line on 202-418-2222 or e-mail us at IBFSINFO@fcc.gov.
Subject: NIMS Annual Reporting live

From: Amy Painter \<Amy.Painter@noaa.gov\>

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:38:57 -0400

To: \_OAR Sea Grant Directors \<oar.sg.dir@noaa.gov\>

CC: \_OAR Sea Grant Research Coordinators
\<sg.research.coordinators@noaa.gov\>, \_OAR Sea Grant Fiscal Officers
\<oar.sg.fo@noaa.gov\>, \_OAR Sea Grant Technical Staff
\<oar.sg.ts@noaa.gov\>

Dear Members of the Sea Grant Network,\
This message is to inform you that the National Information Management
System (NIMS) is now available for your use. Those of you who are
submitting your Annual  Reports through this system will want to use the
link below and go to \"Sign In\" (top navigation) in order to register
in the system.  The NSGO will then approve you as a user, send you a
formal e-mail verification, and you can get started.  \*Please appoint
no more than TWO USERS per Sea Grant Program. \*(More can be added
later, but for now, we need to keep the number of users fairly small.)\
\
Please keep in mind that this is a project (sub-award) tracking system. 
Your basic project information is in the system. So, for the purposes of
Annual Reporting, you will update project-by-project info. as per the
Annual Reporting Guidance, before entering program-wide Metrics
information. \*Also, you do \_not\_ need to use the Generate Reports
function (disabled at present) for your Annual Report. Once you enter
into the system, you are done.\* This information is laid out in our
instructions, which are attached. The instructions are also available in
the NIMS system (as a link on the Annual Reporting page and under the
Help menu). Lastly, the system is a work in progress.  We will continue
to develop and enhance NIMS over the coming weeks and months. You are
welcome to provide feedback through <oar.nims.suggestions@noaa.gov>.
Details for NIMS log in and use are as follows:\
**\*NIMS Access\***\
<http://seagrant.noaa.gov/NIMS/NimsHome/default.aspx>\
**\*Annual Reporting Guidance\***\
<http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/GreenBook/annual_report_guidance_final_031907_final.doc>\
\*Frequently Asked Questions about Annual Reporting in NIMS:\*
<http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/nimsfaqs.html>\
\*For Questions not addressed by the attached Instructions or FAQs,\
Contact:  \*Amy Painter (<amy.painter@noaa.gov>) for non-technical
questions; or, Roopesh Das (<roopesh.das@noaa.gov>) for technical
questions.\
Best,\
Amy

\--

Amy Painter

Communications

National Sea Grant Office

1315 East-West Highway R/SG

Silver Spring, MD 20910

301/734-1076

amy.painter@noaa.gov
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height="1.6770833333333333in"}

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

Contact: Susan Buchanan **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

\(301\) 713-2370 July 31, 2003

**FISHERIES CHIEF TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS IN MARYLAND**

On August 5, NOAA Fisheries chief Bill Hogarth will meet with
constituents in Baltimore, Md. The session will take place in
conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting,
from 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., at the Wyndham Hotel Resort,
101 West Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland. Anyone interested in
federal management of marine

resources is invited to attend.

Bill Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries, will be traveling throughout
the summer to meet with fishermen and other constituents around the
country about fishery management issues. The

sessions are intended to gather public input on ways to improve the
effectiveness of NOAA Fisheries and its management of living marine
resources. The regional sessions will be a collaborative effort
involving all major marine fisheries interests - councils, commercial
and recreational fishermen, tribal representatives, environmental
organizations, and federal and state government.

**WHAT:** NOAA Fisheries 2003 Constituent Sessions to be held in
conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting

**WHERE:** Wyndham Hotel Resort

> 101 West Fayette Street\
> Baltimore, Md. 21201\
> (410) 752-1100

**WHEN:** 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday, August 5

6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Tuesday, August 5

**WHO:** Bill Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries

For more information and dates of the meetings, go to the Constituent
Sessions Web site at:

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/emeetings. You can also provide comments online
by clicking on the

e-comments link, which lists a variety of fisheries issues. Commenting
on fisheries

management has never been easier! You may also contact Patricia Lawson @
301-713-

2239x145 or patricia.lawson@noaa.gov.

\- \## -
**Building Drinking Water Capacity in Native Alaskan Villages: Executive
Summary**

Cindy Christian; BA, MPA

Historically, there have been high rates of diseases associated with
unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation in Alaskan Native Villages.
In an attempt to address these public health problems, state and federal
agencies were funded to design and build public water systems (PWS) in
rural Alaska. There are now PWS in most villages that treat and
distribute drinking water for public use. The water systems in each
village are subject to the regulations enacted by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and
amendments. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)
Drinking Water (DW) Program is the primacy agency responsible for
enforcing the SDWA regulations within the State of Alaska. Under the
SDWA 1996 Amendments, requirements for capacity development were enacted
for all PWS's. The capacity development regulations require that each
system demonstrate the technical, managerial and financial capacity to
deliver safe drinking water to their residents. Demonstrating capacity
has been a challenge for villages and public health protection goals
continue to be unmet. Many villages cannot meet the requirements due to
lack of economic resources, geographic and climatic extremes, lack of
understanding of the regulations, lack of trained water treatment plant
operators and other social concerns. Currently, there are multiple state
and federal agencies involved in helping the villages deliver safe
drinking water. This project addresses new ways to coordinate various
state and federal agency efforts to develop capacity in the villages and
ways to improve communication between the DW Program and villages. A
process has been developed to assess the capacity development status in
villages and to develop ways that state and federal agencies can
coordinate their activities to assist villages in capacity development
efforts for the protection of public health.
LC Detector Testbeam Requirements

Goals:

1.  Sufficient data for Energy Flow algorithm development

2.  Provide data for calorimeter tracking algorithms  Help setting MIP
    threshold

3.  Test feasibility for various detector technologies

4.  Investigate the effects of incident angles and sampling ratio

5.  Construct shower library based on Testbeam shower

6.  Investigate magnetic field effect to Energy Flow Algorithm

Expected Run period: in late 2005 or 2006 for how long?

Requirements for TB Facility:

1.  An independent hall that can be interlocked for hadron runs.

2.  A crane that can handle sufficiently large weights for absorber
    plate assembly and manipulation of the assembled modules.  (20ton?)

3.  Beam line with the following conditions:

    a.  Electron and photon beam

    b.  Pion and other hadron beam

    c.  Energies of EM and Hadrons: 5 - 150 \~ 250 GeV (If possible as
        low energies as possible, down to1\~2GeV)

    d.  Muon beam at energies 1-100 GeV or so ==\> This is for
        calorimeter tracking algorithm studies.

    e.  Beam line equipped with rotating dipoles that can let us
        position beam as we want.

Detector needs:

1.  Tracking needed?

2.  Magnet to mimic central magnetic field

3.  Absorber plates that have adjustable gaps and adjustable absorber
    thickness

4.  Interchangable sensitive gap

5.  Ability to change the incident angle

6.  Sufficient number of readout channels

Studies needed:

1.  Mimicking neutrons with protons,

2.  Detector sizes,

3.  Study of LC jet characteristics, such as energy distribution of
    hadron in the jets, for various CMS energies  Do we need to contain
    the entire shower energy?

4.  Cross check of MC's to verify the longitudinal energy profile of
    single particle,

Software needs:

1.  Analysis software capable of dealing with TB geometry

2.  Simulation of the TB geometry

3.  Online monitoring

4.  Slow control monitoring

5.  Data and code management

Questions:

1.  When do we run TB? Late 2005 or early 2006?

2.  How long do we run?

3.  Where do we run?
**DA 05-1743**

**June 23, 2005**

**DTV Tentative Channel Designations for 1,554 Stations Participating in
the First Round of DTV Channel Elections**

The Media Bureau hereby announces tentative DTV channel designations for
1,554 stations that participated in the first round of DTV channel
elections. *See* *Report and Order*, *Second DTV Periodic Review of the
Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital
Television*, 19 FCC Rcd 18,279 (2004) ("*Order*"). The list in
Attachment I hereto contains tentative DTV channel designations for
licensees in the following categories that participated in the first
round of channel elections: (1) licensees that were parties to a
negotiated channel arrangement (NCA)[^1]; (2) licensees that elected
their DTV channel; and (3) licensees that elected their NTSC channel and
did not receive a conflict letter.[^2] The call sign and tentative DTV
channel for each of the licensees assigned a tentative channel
designation are set forth in Attachment I. Tentative designations in the
border zones near Canada and Mexico are subject to appropriate
international coordination.

For additional information, contact Joyce Bernstein or Nazifa Sawez of
the Video Division, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1647 or (202) 418-7059,
or at <joyce.bernstein@fcc.gov> or nazifa.sawez@fcc.gov. TTY: (202)
418-7172.

\--FCC\--

[^1]: *See In the Matter of Negotiated Channel Election Arrangements*,
    DA 05-1619 (released June 8, 2005).

[^2]: By letters dated June 7, 2005, the Media Bureau's Video Division
    notified approximately 160 licensees, which had elected to keep
    their allotted NTSC channel as their post-transition DTV channel,
    that their proposed digital operation on their elected channel would
    result in impermissible interference to one or more stations. These
    licensees have until August 8, 2005 to file a First Round Conflict
    Decision Form 383 indicating how they will resolve the interference
    conflict.
**Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)**

**Millennia Partners Conference**

**August 1, 2008**

**1:00pm -- 3:30pm Eastern Time**

**EPA East -- Room 1153**

**Agenda**

**Welcome** Speaker: David Fuller, Service Center Manager

> Office of Acquisition Management

**Executive Overview** Speaker: Lisa Lund, Director

Office of Compliance

-   Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's Mission

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-   Key ICIS Stakeholders

**ICIS Programmatic Overview** Speaker: Betsy Smidinger, Acting Director

Enforcement Targeting & Data Division

> Office of Compliance

-   ICIS Development Background

-   Current & Future Challenges

**ICIS Overview** Speakers: Michael Mundell, Chief

> ICIS Section
>
> Enforcement Targeting & Data Division
>
> Glendora Spinelli, Team Leader
>
> ICIS Development, Operations and Maintenance Team

-   Current & Future System Activities

-   System Environment

-   System Sizing Metrics

-   Current & Future System IT Challenges

**What is EPA Looking For?** Speaker: Lucy Reed, Chief

Data Systems & Information Mgmt. Branch

**Questions & Answers** Moderator: Lin Pinskey, Contracting Officer

> HQ Procurement Operations Division,

Office of Acquisition Management
General Services Administration (6ADB)

Attn: Freedom of Information Act Officer

1500 E. Bannister Road, Room 1161

Kansas City, MO 64131-3088

November 14, 2023

Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. subsection 552, I am
requesting information on:

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

-   If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please
    inform me before filling my request.

-   Please send me the records without informing me of the cost unless
    the fees exceed \$\_\_\_\_\_\_, which I agree to pay.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific
exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and
notify me of appeal procedures available to me under the law.

If you have any questions about this request, you may contact me by
telephone at:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (office phone) or
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (cell/home phone).

Sincerely,

(Name & Address)
> ![](media/image1.wmf) FAA WILLIAM J. HUGHES

TECHNICAL CENTER

#  AWARD NOTIFICATION

AWARDED TO (ADDRESS):

Boston College

140 Commonwealth Ave.

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

DATE OF AWARD:

07/16/01

CONTRACT OR GRANT AMOUNT:

\$265,000

**CONTRACT AWARD NO.:**

**     **

**GRANT AWARD NO.:**

01-G-018

GRANT OR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD (DURATION):

12 months

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Chestnut Hill, MA

SUMMARY OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

Proposed work will study ionospheric effects on satellite navigation
systems, it will also determine the effect of geomagnetic storms on the
operational WAAS system and estimate the effect of intense scintillation
on the performance of dual-frequency codeless receivers.

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

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE**

**CONTRACTING OFFICER:**

     

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

**Clare J. Schneider, 609-485-6970**

**ROUTING SYMBOL OF THE REQUISITIONING ORGANIZATION: ACT-50**

**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):**

**Dr. Patricia H. Doherty, 617-552-8767**

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

**E-MAIL ADDRESS: Ms. Barbara Lingberg, AND-730, 202-493-4601**

**TITLE OF GRANT: Ionospheric Research in support of a Wide Area
Augmentation System**

**GRANT COMPLETION DATE: 07/15/02**
## [FACT SHEET]{.underline}

**OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION**

**(OPIC)**

**Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII)**

**July 25, 2007**

-   The \$228 million Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII) has been
    in development since early 2005. The Aspen Institute, a U.S.
    non-profit organization, serves as the US sponsor.

-   The MEII is designed to address the challenges of limited access to
    long-term finance in the West Bank, which is a substantial barrier
    to the development of the local private sector.

-   The MEII consists of a \$110 million guaranty from OPIC, a \$50
    million guaranty from the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) and up
    to \$10 million from the Aspen Institute. The remaining capital is
    mobilized by the involvement of Private Financial Institutions (PFI)
    which will make the loans.

-   PFIs will include commercial banks, microfinance institutions and
    non-governmental organizations.

-   The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA), which regulates banking
    operations in the West Bank, will ensure the basic credit worthiness
    of the private sector institutions that will participate in the
    MEII.

-   CHF International, a U.S. NGO, will manage the initiative locally
    and work with the PFIs, as they extend loans.

-   The MEII will provide a critical flow of capital to small businesses
    in the West Bank through loans issued by PFIs operating in the West
    Bank. These loans will be guarantied by OPIC and the Palestinian
    Investment Fund (PIF).

-   The MEII will catalyze private sector business development and
    expansion, and promote job creation and economic growth.

-   It is anticipated that the majority of the loans will go to small
    and family-owned businesses.
### **Before the** 

######## FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of )

) CC Docket No. 94-97

Expanded Interconnection Services ) CC Docket No. 96-234

)

)

Sprint Local Telephone Companies ) Transmittal No. 167

Revision to Tariff F.C.C. No. 3 )

)

# ORDER

Adopted: October 4, 2001 Released: October 5, 2001

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau

1\. On September 21, 2001, Sprint Local Telephone Companies (SLC) filed
Transmittal No. 167 to revise Tariff F.C.C. No. 3, Access Service. SLC
is proposing, among other things, to add optical cross-connect rates for
the provision of expanded interconnection in the states of Florida,
Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia; add electrical cross connect
rates in the state of New Jersey; and finally, reduce electrical cross
connect rates in Pennsylvania. Both physical and virtual collocation are
covered.

2\. Transmittal No. 167 raises the same issues regarding rate levels,
rate structures, and terms and conditions of collocation services as
those that are subject to the investigation of SLC Access Service,
Expanded Interconnection Services offering.[^1] Therefore, with respect
to any matters concerning Expanded Interconnection Services, Transmittal
No. 167 is suspended for one day and will be subject to the
investigation initiated in the Matter of Sprint Local Telephone
Companies. [^2] Any expanded interconnection rates proposed in this
transmittal will be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any
refunds that may later prove necessary.

3\. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 204(a), and the
authority delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, the revisions to Sprint
Local Telephone Companies, Tariff F.C.C. No. 3, applicable to Expanded
Interconnection Service offerings filed under Transmittal No. 167, ARE
SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date and an investigation of
the referenced transmittal is instituted and incorporated within CC
Docket Nos. 94-97 and 96-234.

4\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Sprint Local Telephone Companies SHALL
FILE tariff revisions within five business days of the release date of
this Order to reflect this suspension.

5\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i) and
204(a), Sprint Local Telephone Companies shall keep accurate account of
all amounts received by reason of the rates that are subject of this
investigation.

> FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
>
> Jane E. Jackson
>
> Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
>
> Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: Sprint Local Telephone Companies Physical Collocation
    Investigation, CC Docket 96-234 and Virtual Collocation
    Investigation, CC Docket 94-97.

[^2]: *Id.*
4330.2 REV-2

APPENDIX E

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WASHINGTON DC AREA BOOKSTORES

RETAIL SALES OUTLET McPherson Square GPO

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Laurel MD 20707 Washington DC 20005 Washington DC 20402

301-953-7974 653-5075 2-0132

DISTRIBUTION CENTER

PUEBLO DISTRIBUTION CENTER

PO Box 4007 Pueblo CO 81003

719-948-2240

GPO BOOKSTORES

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First Union Plaza 2021 3rd Avenue North Thomas P O\'Neill Jr

and Peachtree St, N.E. 35203-3301 Fed Bldg

Suite 120 30309-3964 205-731-1056 10 Causeway Street,

404-347-1900 Room 169

02222-1047

617-720-4180

PHILADELPHIA

CHICAGO ILLINOIS CLEVELAND OHIO PENNSYLVANIA

One Congress Center Rm 1653 Fed Ofc Bldg Robert Morris Bldg

Suite 124 1240 E 9th St 100 N 17th St

401 South State St 60605 44199-2002 19103-2736

312-353-5133 216-522-4922 215-636-1900

PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA COLUMBUS OHIO DALLAS TEXAS

Rm 118 Fed Ofc Bldg Rm 207 Fed Ofc Bldg Rm 1050 Fed Bldg

1000 Liberty Ave 200 N High St US Courthouse

15222-4004 43215-2484 1100 Commence St

412-644-2721 614-469-6956 75242-0196

214-767-0076

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Rm 117 Ste 160 Texas Crude Bldg.,

Fed Bldg US Courthouse Patrick V McNamara Suite 120

1961 Stout St 80294-2900 Fed Bldg 801 Travis Street

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1305 SW First St Norwest Banks Bldg 1000 West Bay Street

97201-5801 201 N 8th St 81003 Suite 100

503-221-6217 719-544-3142 32202-4412

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816-765-2256 213-239-9844 53203

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NEW YORK NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA SEATTLE WASHINGTON

Rm 110 Fed Bldg Rm 1023 Fed Bldg Rm 194 Fed Ofc Bldg

26 Federal Plaza 450 Golden Gate Ave 915 2nd Ave

10278-0061 94102-3565 98174-1030

212-264-3825 415-252-5334 206-553-4270

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\*U.S. Government Printing Office: 1995 - 387-734/20057 03/95
*Poster Presentation 4-17*

**Combinatorial Approaches for Developing New Catalysts for Polyols**

[Johnathan .E. Holladay]{.underline}, Danielle S. Muzatko, John G. Frye
and James F. White

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352

Phone: (509) 375-2025 email: john.holladay@pnl.gov

Formation of ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (PG) from sugars
offers potential renewable resources for solvents, deicers, antifreeze
and other products. The mechanism for hydrogenolysis is complex. At the
minimum it involves dehydrogenation, accompanied with isomerization,
retro-aldol (C-C cleavage), dehydration (C-O cleavage) and
re-hydrogenation. Numerous precious metals and mixed metal systems on
various supports along with various base or acid promoters have been
used to catalyze the reaction. The complexity of the mechanism and the
variety of metals, supports and promoters possible in optimal catalytic
systems makes combinatorial methodology ideal for advanced catalyst
development.

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We have employed high-throughput combinatorial techniques for advanced
catalyst discovery. The combinatorial approach has allowed us to rapidly
prepare and screen in excess of 4,000 individual experiments in a matter
of months. Surprising results were found on preferred supports, metal
combinations and promoters. Catalysts systems screened included one or
two central metals with up to two additional promoter metals (i.e. up to
quaternary metal systems). The exact catalyst compositions will not be
presented at this time. Rather, the presentation will focus on the
process of catalyst discovery using mechanism-based design and
statistical tools.
**[Sole Source Justification]{.underline}**

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases (NIAMS) is requesting a task order with Courtesy Associates.
NIAMS does not have the required resources to handle upcoming
conferences & meetings previously scheduled. Courtesy Associates is
being used as a sole-source vendor based on their past experiences with
the NIAMS. Courtesy Associates will be used to handle meetings over the
next few months and for the duration of this fiscal year. Courtesy
Associates possesses the required knowledge and resources that the NIAMS
is seeking to handle each of these upcoming events, which will help the
process flow much smoother, quicker, and less financial hardship to the
federal government.
Contact: Adam Czech, Public Information Coordinator

Phone: (651) 602-7799 (office); (320) 309-1160 (cell) **FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE**

E-mail: <adam.czech@mn.usda.gov>

**\
Ground Broken on New Wastewater System in Hope**

*USDA Rural Development financing over \$457,000 of project*

HOPE, Minn., May 23 -- With ground now officially broken, construction
soon will begin on a new \$1 million wastewater system for Hope, an
unincorporated area in Somerset Township in Steele County.

USDA Rural Development helped finance the project with a \$285,000 grant
and \$172,000 low-interest loan. The State of Minnesota Public
Facilities Authority (PFA) financed the remaining \$600,000 of the
project. The PFA funding comes from its Total Maximum Daily Load grant
program, which assists communities targeted for wasteload reductions,
and its Wastewater Infrastructure Fund program, which awards grants and
loans to communities in financial need for new wastewater systems.

"A community's quality of life can be tied directly to the quality of
its infrastructure," said Doug Altrichter, Assistant to the State
Director for USDA Rural Development in Minnesota. Altrichter was one of
five Rural Development officials to attend Friday's event.

"This new system will serve the area of Hope for many years and will
bring the area into compliance with pollution standards. I want to thank
the Hope community for making this project happen and the PFA for
remaining strong partners of USDA Rural Development."

The 85 residents of Hope, located just south of Owatonna, currently use
individual septic tanks for wastewater treatment, which are not meeting
minimum requirements established by the state and county. A new gravity
sewer system will pump wastewater to a new treatment facility.

USDA Rural Development finances infrastructure and economic development
projects in rural areas. Rural Development has invested about \$4
billion throughout rural Minnesota since 2001. More information is
available at [www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn](http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn), or
by calling the local project in Faribault at (507) 332-7418, or Austin
at (507) 437-8247.

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# Day 1

# Wednesday, May 26, 2004

1900: Welcome Cocktail, Hyatt Regency Casablanca

2100: Dinner at Leisure

**Day 2**

# Thursday, May 27, 2004

0900-0910: Welcome; **Larry Dewitt, American Chamber of Commerce**

0910-0920: Opening Remarks**, US Ambassador Tom Riley**\*

0920-1000: **Keynote Speaker -- Larry Johnson, Terrorism Expert (Fox
News, CNN)\***

1000-1030: Coffee Break 1

1030-11:45: Panel Discussion: Security Challenges in the New Middle East
for the American Business

-   **Richard Proof, General Dynamics Land Systems**

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-   **Mary Hackman, DS/OSAC**

-   **Thomas Hunter, The Boeing Company**

-   **Larry Johnson, CNN/Fox News**

-   **Dr. Christopher Carr, Regional Expert, US Air War College**

12:00-1300: **Burley Fuseleier, Director of International Programs,
USDOS**

1300-1430: Host Lunch -- Hyatt Regency Casablanca

1430-1545: **Panel Discussion -- Business Security in Iraq**

-   **Burley Fuselier, Director of International Programs - Iraq**

-   Barry Grosshart, Halliburton

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-   George Seagle, Halliburton

-   Nick Hymans, Armor Group

-   Tim Bowen, Bearing Point

1545-1615: Coffee Break 2

1615-1700: **Marriott Hotels Presentation -- Alan Orlob, Marriott
International**

## "Protecting Soft Targets -- Lessons from the bombing at the JW Marriott Jakarta"

1700-1800: American School Security - Mr. Chris Roos

2000 -2300: **Dinner at Leisure**

### Day 3

# Friday, May 28, 2004

0900-1000 -- **Crisis Management and Business Recovery Seminar,
Diplomatic Security**

1000-1030- Coffee Break

1030-1130 -- **Intelligence and Threat Analyst, Kit Bartels, US State
Department\***

1130-1230 -- **The Future of Libya -- Panel Discussion**

1230-1400 -- Host Lunch -- Hyatt Regency Casablanca

**1400-1445 -- NEA Regional Security Officer Panel With Questions**

1500-1530 -- Coffee Break

1530-1630- **Information Security Presentation,**

-   **Marcel Groeneveld, IBM**

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-   **John McClurg, Lucent Technologies**

-   **David Reece, Time Warner**

1630-1700- Closing Remarks, **Mike Evanoff, Director, OSAC**

2000-2300- Moroccan Poolside Gala Dinner, (Pay Event), Hyatt Regency
Casablanca
N037305

September 9, 2008

CLA-2-63:OT:RR:NC:N3:351

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 6305.33.0050

Richard Berg

Berg Bag Company

410 Third Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55401

RE: The tariff classification of a woven polypropylene sack from China

Dear Mr. Berg:

In your letter dated August 27, 2008, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.

The submitted sample is a portion of a sack woven of polypropylene
strips. The strips meet the dimensional requirements of man-made fiber
textile strips contained in Section XI, Legal Note 1(g) of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). You indicate
that the bag weighs 90 grams and is printed in three colors. Its
intended use is for the packaging of food products.

The applicable subheading for the woven polypropylene sack will be
6305.33.0050, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
which provides for sacks and bags of a kind used for the packing of
goods: Of man-made textile materials: Other, of polyethylene strip or
the like: Other: Weighing less than 1 kg, with an outer laminated ply of
plastic sheeting. The rate of duty will be 8.4% ad valorem.

The merchandise in question may be subject to antidumping duties or
countervailing duties. Written decisions regarding the scope of AD/CVD
orders are issued by the Import Administration in the Department of
Commerce and are separate from tariff classification and origin rulings
issued by Customs and Border Protection. You can contact them at
www.trade.gov/ia/ (click on \"Contact Us\") or you may call them at
202-482-0984. For your information, you can view a list of current
AD/CVD cases at the United States International Trade Commission website
at www.usitc.gov (click on \"Antidumping and countervailing duty
investigations\"). You can search AD/CVD deposit and liquidation
messages using the AD/CVD Search tool at www.cbp.gov (click on
\"Import\" and \"AD/CVD\").\
     

Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change.
The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are
provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the
Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be
provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is
imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact
National Import Specialist Mitchel Bayer at (646) 733-3102.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director

National Commodity Specialist Division
Dated March 6, 2002

Mr. Eugene Lenz

Senior Director

Division of Special Education

Texas Education Agency

1701 N. Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701-1494

Dear Mr. Lenz:

This letter is in response to your February, 8, 2002 facsimile
transmission to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP), requesting OSEP\'s analysis of Texas proposed
rule, Section 89.1152, as it relates to compliance under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The Texas proposed rule at Section 89.1152 specifically states:

Presentment

This section will take effect on August 1, 2003.

Pursuant to the policy to encourage and support the resolution of any
dispute at the lowest level possible, and in a prompt, efficient and
effective manner, no issue may be raised at a due process hearing unless
it was first raised at an admission, review and dismissal (ARD)
committee meeting. Hearing officers shall dismiss any hearing request
upon satisfactory proof that the issues raised in the hearing were not
first presented to the ARD committee.

The Texas proposed rule impermissibly imposes additional prior notice
requirements on parties. Parents and school districts do not have the
right under IDEA to limit issues raised in a hearing to only the issues
that were previously raised as part of an ARD committee meeting.

The IDEA identifies with great specificity the circumstances under which
a parent or a school district is required to provide prior notice.
Parents are obligated to provide advance notice to school districts in
certain instances to maximize their ability to receive reimbursement for
placing their child in a private school. *See* 20 U.S.C.
§§1412(a)(10)(C)(iii). notice provision enables a earing officer to
limit the amount of the reimbursement in certain instances and does n
preclude parents from proceeding with a due process hearing for failure
to provide requisite notice. For school districts, the major prior
written notice provisions are set forth at 20 U.S.C. §§§1(b)(3), (c) and
(d).

Page 2 -- Mr. Eugene Lenz

" (20 U.S.C. §1415(b)(6)) and certain disciplinary matters. 20 U.S.C.
§1415(f)(1). Other than the notice provisions expressly contained in the
IDEA, no other notice provisions can be applied to limit the statu

If you have any further questions, please contact Dr. JoLeta Reynolds at
(202) 205-5507 or Paul Steenen at (202) 205-9908.

Director