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Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation for Uses in
Clean Water Act Programs

Meeting #1

Hilton Alexandria Old Town

1767 King Street

Alexandria, VA

Salons A & B

Tuesday -- Wednesday, June 21-22, 2005

AGENDA

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  **DAY ONE: 
  June 21,   
  2005, 9:00 
  AM to 5:00 
  PM**       

  **Time**   **Activity**

  **9:00     **EPA Welcome, Purpose, Hopes for the Process**
  AM**       

  **9:30     **Introductions**
  AM**       

  **9:40     **Federal Advisory Committee Act -- an overview**
  AM**       

  **9:55     **Agenda Review, Review and Approval of Ground rules**
  AM**       

  **10:40    **BREAK**
  AM**       

  **10:55    **Statements of Interest by Advisory Committee Members and
  AM**       Hopes for the Process**

  **12:30    **Lunch**
  PM**       

  **1:30     **Process Design and Schedule**
  PM**       

  **2:00     **Common Base of Information**
  PM**       

  **3:15     **Break**
  PM**       

  **3:30     **Identification of Key Policy Questions**
  PM**       

  **4:40     **Public Comment**
  PM**       

  **4:55     **Wrap-up and Agenda Review for Day 2**
  PM**       

  **5:00     **ADJOURN**
  PM**       
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  **DAY TWO: 
  June 22,   
  2005, 8:00 
  AM to 4:00 
  PM**       

  **8:00     **Welcome, Agenda Review**
  AM**       

  **8:15     **Key Policy Questions (continued)**
  AM**       

  **9:00     **Initial Discussion of Detection and Quantitation
  AM**       Methodologies**

  **10:00    **Break**
  AM**       

  **10:15    **Initial Discussion of What Parties Need from Detection and
  AM**       Quantitation Methodologies That Will Lead to Criteria**

  **12:00    **Lunch**
  PM**       

  **1:00     **Identification of Terms Needing Common Definitions**
  PM**       

  **1:50     **Discussion of Pilot Testing Concept**
  PM**       

  **2:20     **BREAK**
  PM**       

  **2:35     **Composition of Technical Work Group and Assignments to the
  PM**       Group**

  **3:25     **Public Comment**
  PM**       

  **3:40     **Review of Expectations, Summary Statement, Wrap-up and
  PM**       Next Steps**

  **4:00     **Adjourn**
  PM**       
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**DA 05-1357**

May 17, 2005

Jill McDonald

IWL Communications Inc. d/b/a Caprock

Services Corp.

4400 S. Sam Houston Parkway East

Houston, TX 77048

Re: Call Sign: E910607

SES-STA-20050506-00546

Dear Ms. McDonald:

On May 6, 2005, IWL Communications Inc. d/b/a Caprock Services Corp.
filed the above-captioned application for Special Temporary Authority
(STA) to add multiple 1.2 meter and l.5 meter remote antennas to a Fixed
Satellite Service earth station in the 11.7-12.2 and 14.0-14.5 GHz
bands.

A review of the application reveals that you did not provide any
justification supporting your STA request. In addition, your application
does not specify the time period sought. Therefore, your application is
incomplete.

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(1)[^1] of the Commission's
rules, we dismiss your application as defective without prejudice.

Sincerely,

Scott A. Kotler

Chief, Systems Analysis Branch

Satellite Division

International Bureau

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 25.112(a)(1). *See also* Echostar Satellite LLC,
    *Order on Reconsideration*, DA 04-4056 (released December 27, 2004).
**RHIC Spin Report for DOE: Outline of STAR Detector Section 4.2**

(each major heading represents \~1 paragraph)

**A. Overview of STAR detector and collaboration**

1.  **Figure:** cross section of STAR, emphasizing subsystems already
    added with spin program as primary driver.

2.  Brief description of BBC's and FPD's and their use for spin program:
    **Figure** of BBC asymmetries vs. CNI asymmetries, with STAR
    rotators on and off.

3.  Status of barrel and endcap EMCs; timeline to complete BEMC readout.

4.  Use of EMCs in p+p triggers for jets, photons, π^0^, W, *J/ψ*.

5.  Recent expansions of collaboration interests in spin program.

**B. Performance of STAR EMC's**

1.  **Figure:** photo of insertion of last BEMC module; photo of
    completed EEMC.

2.  **Figure:** event display of dijet with TPC and BEMC; jet
    neutral/total *E~T~* spectrum from BEMC + TPC in 2004 p+p run.

3.  **Figure:** typical SMD profile and π^0^ invariant mass spectrum
    from EEMC for 2004 p+p run.

4.  Brief description of ongoing algorithm development for π^0^ and γ
    ID.

**C. Motivation for STAR upgrade needs for spin program**

1.  Improved forward tracking: TPC resolution limits at 40 GeV/c,
    especially in endcap region; need for W charge sign discrimination,
    improved e/h discrimination for W program; fast tracking minimizes
    TPC pileup ambiguities.

2.  **Figure:** charge sign discrimination improvements with model
    forward tracking vs. TPC alone.

3.  Forward extension of calorimetry: primary motivation from studying
    low-*x* gluons in nuclei; benefits to spin program in low-*x* and
    large ∆η access.

4.  Benefits to spin from planned STAR upgrades driven by other physics:
    TOF pion ID for interference fragmentation studies of transversity
    (?); DAQ upgrades, rate capability, space-saving for forward
    tracker; Heavy Flavor Tracker for improved ID of open charm, beauty,
    sensitivity to quark mass terms in QCD, etc.

**D. Plan for forward tracking improvements**

1.  **Figure:** schematic illustrations of inner silicon barrels and
    disks, and of endcap GEM tracker under consideration.

2.  Envisioned timeline (rough), staging and integration with other STAR
    upgrades.

3.  Organization of efforts and institutions involved; R&D activities
    under way.

4.  Rough estimate of resources needed to design/construct.

5.  Open issues to address: optimum tradeoffs between coverage and cost;
    resolution impact of material at endcap of TPC; others?

**E. Plan for Forward Meson Spectrometer**

1.  **Figure:** transverse profile of proposed calorimeter, and location
    within STAR.

2.  Institutions involved, cost estimate, source of materials and
    funding, MRI proposal submitted to NSF.

3.  Timeline driven by d+Au gluon saturation studies.

4.  Open issues to address?
The BLM Equipment Development Unit has been informed of three separate
instances of wheel chock retaining device failures causing the chock to
fall out during operation of the vehicle. The spring loaded lever that
retains the chock has too much play and is allowed to open the retainer
(as pictured below) and release the wheel chock.

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Zico, the manufacturer of the chock and holder has been notified and is
working on a correction. It is recommended that all vehicles equipped
with Zico chocks be inspected immediately. If the chock retainer is
found faulty, the chock shall be removed prior to operating the vehicle,
and until repair parts are installed. Possible BLM vehicles affected
include Type 4 engines, Type 3 engines, Water Tenders, and Fuel Trucks.
The fix that Engineers at S&S Fire implemented is pictured below. Repair
kits can be obtained from the Equipment Development Unit after May 22,
2006. Contact Mike Utecht (208)387-5424, Dan Y (208)387-5445, John
Fitchner (208)3875425, or Carl Dorsey (208)387-5423

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

June 28, 2002 Maureen Peratino (202) 418-0506

> **FCC and Industry Canada Sign Arrangement on Sharing of**
>
> **Frequency Bands by 2-Way Multipoint Distribution Systems**

Washington D.C. \-- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and
Industry Canada have signed an Interim Arrangement that will facilitate
development of Multipoint Distribution Systems (MDS) near the
U.S.-Canada border. MDS includes video distribution and digital
broadband services for use by the public.

This Arrangement sets forth the principles and mechanisms for spectrum
sharing by MDS operations in the 2150-2162 MHz and 2500-2690 MHz bands
near the U.S.-Canada border. It includes new 2-Way systems that
previously had not been permitted in the border area. The Arrangement
also applies to one-way digital and analog MDS, and the Instructional
Television Fixed Service. The Arrangement provides the criteria needed
to determine which MDS stations near the border require coordination.
Coordination of MDS providers in both the United States and Canada must
be based on either the terms contained in the Arrangement or the
development of separate cross-border sharing agreements. Two categories
of existing one-way MDS stations that were licensed prior to the signing
of this Arrangement are grandfathered and may continue to operate as
already authorized without any further coordination: (a) those that were
successfully coordinated or notified prior to the signing of this
Arrangement; and (b) those located more than 80 km from the border that
are now subject to the terms of the new Arrangement.

The full text of the Interim Arrangement is on file at the International
Bureau Reference Room CY-A257, located on the Courtyard level of 445
12^th^ St. S.W. Copies also are available from the FCC's duplicating
contractor, Qualex International at (202) 863-2893 and can be downloaded
from the FCC's International Bureau internet site at
<http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/agree>.

For further information, contact Tim Maguire, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-2155 or Thomas Lucey,
International Bureau at (202) 418-2161.

\- FCC -
**§1.464 Minor patients.**

\(a\) *Definition of minor*. As used in §§1.460 through 1.499 of this
part the term "minor" means a person who has not attained the age of
majority specified in the applicable State law, or if no age of majority
is specified in the applicable State law, the age of eighteen years.

\(b\) *State law not requiring parental consent to treatment*. If a
minor patient acting alone has the legal capacity under the applicable
State law to apply for and obtain treatment for drug abuse, alcoholism
or alcohol abuse, infection with the HIV, or sickle cell anemia, any
written consent for disclosure authorized under §1.475 of this part may
be given only by the minor patient. This restriction includes, but is
not limited to, any disclosure of patient identifying information to the
parent or guardian of a minor patient for the purpose of obtaining
financial reimbursement. Sections 1.460 through 1.499 of this part do
not prohibit a VA facility from refusing to provide nonemergent
treatment to an otherwise ineligible minor patient until the minor
patient consents to the disclosure necessary to obtain reimbursement for
services from a third party payer.

\(c\) *State law requiring parental consent to treatment*.

\(1\) Where State law requires consent of a parent, guardian, or other
person for a minor to obtain treatment for drug abuse, alcoholism or
alcohol abuse, infection with the HIV, or sickle cell anemia, any
written consent for disclosure authorized under §1.475 of this part must
be given by both the minor and his or her parent, guardian, or other
person authorized under State law to act in the minor's behalf.

\(2\) Where State law requires parental consent to treatment, the fact
of a minor's application for treatment may be communicated to the
minor's parent, guardian, or other person authorized under State law to
act in the minor's behalf only if:

\(i\) The minor has given written consent to the disclosure in
accordance with §1.475 of this part; or

\(ii\) The minor lacks the capacity to make a rational choice regarding
such consent as judged by the appropriate VA facility director under
paragraph (d) of this section.

\(d\) *Minor applicant for service lacks capacity for rational choice*.
Facts relevant to reducing a threat to the life or physical well being
of the applicant or any other individual may be disclosed to the parent,
guardian, or other person authorized under State law to act in the
minor's behalf if the appropriate VA facility director judges that:

\(1\) A minor applicant for services lacks capacity because of extreme
youth or mental or physical condition to make a rational decision on
whether to consent to a disclosure under §1.475 of this part to his or
her parent, guardian, or other person authorized under State law to act
in the minor's behalf, and

\(2\) The applicant's situation poses a substantial threat to the life
or physical well-being of the applicant or any other individual which
may be reduced by communicating relevant facts to the minor's parent,
guardian, or other person authorized under State law to act in the
minor's behalf. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7334)
**[Reality Check: Sometimes There Are No Do-Overs]{.underline}**

***Today=s Decisions Can Have Legal and Long-Term Consequences***

1.  Because I=m 18, any federal crime I=m convicted of won=t have an
    impact on the rest of my life.

> True False

2\. My parents know that my friends and I are going to drink and they
want to keep us off the road, so they buy the beer and take us to a
federal park near the beach where we party. Law enforcement won=t get
involved if we have parental supervision.

> True False

3\. Probation in the federal system is just a matter of meeting with my
probation officer and, maybe, doing drug testing for a few weeks.

> True False

4\. *Assume that there is a federal law that makes cell phone use while
driving illegal*: I use my cell phone almost every time I get in the
car. It=s the only place that I have any privacy. Everyone does it. If I
get stopped, I=d get off because I=d just say that I didn=t know about
the law.

> True False

**5.** I=ve been driving for five years B since I was 16. I=ve never
been caught speeding and I=ve never had an accident. But I do have a
stack of parking tickets in my glove compartment that I=ve never paid.
If I ever got stopped, say, on a federal parkway, the worst that could
happen is that my insurance rates would go up. No big legal deal.

> True False

6\. Sure, when I go to a bar, I use the fake I.D. I bought on the
Internet. I=ve heard that the site could be part of a national ring, but
I=m not going to get caught. Besides, if I do, I=ll just get kicked out
of the bar.

> True False

7\. I don=t drink or do drugs, but I go to parties where other guys do.
Last Saturday, my best friend=s uncle bought us a keg from across state
lines for our party. If I=m not actually doing the distributing or
using, law enforcement can=t touch me.

> True False

8, Let=s say I=m hanging out on the National Mall, which is the federal
park where most of the monuments are in Washington, D.C. My friends are
passing a joint and we get stopped. The best thing to do is for no one
to claim ownership, then the feds can=t get us.

True False

9\. Putting graffiti on the courthouse is my First Amendment right. If I
ever did get caught, I would just have to clean it off.

> True False

10\. Everybody downloads music and movies from the Internet. There=s no
way it can be illegal. It=s all in the public domain.

> True False

11\. I order steroids off the Internet that come to me in the mail. I
use them to improve my athletic performance. I need every edge I can get
to win a college scholarship. These are pharmaceuticals. They=re not
illegal drugs that I=m getting from some street dealer, so the feds
can=t touch me.

> True False

12\. FaceBook and MySpace are harmless ways to stay in touch with my
friends. I like to take pictures at parties. One time we staged a World
Wrestling Smack Down among the guys. The parents over reacted and took
it wrong. They thought we were really fighting because we named the
video AFight Club.@ No harm can come from that.

> True False
**Sample Format Table 2 for RISE Competing (Type 1) Grant Applications**

**Institutional Faculty Data**

**Reporting Period:** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**Institution:** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

  -------------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
  **Departments**      **Total                       **Faculty from                  **Faculty from 
                       faculty**                     URM                             Non-URM        
                                                     groups****\***                  groups**       

                       **Total        **Total        **Total          **Total        **Total        **Total
                       tenure-track   tenure-track   tenure-track     tenure-track   tenure-track   tenure-track
                       faculty**      research       faculty**        research       faculty**      research
                                      active                          active                        active
                                      faculty**                       faculty**                     faculty**

  **Biology**                                                                                       

  **Chemistry**                                                                                     

  **Physics**                                                                                       

  **Psychology**                                                                                    

  **Mathematics**                                                                                   

  **Other:                                                                                          
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  **Institution-                                                                                    
  wide**                                                                                            
  -------------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------- --------------

**Instructions:**

Provide the number of tenure-track faculty (total as well as the number
of faculty from groups underrepresented\* in biomedical/behavioral
sciences) *for the current year only*. Of these totals provide the
number of faculty who are engaged in externally funded research. Enter
data for the overall institution and for each participating
department/school separately (examples are shown; modify and/or include
others as appropriate).

**Note:**

\* URM is defined as members of any of the following groups: Native
American, African American, Hispanic American, and natives of the U.S.
Pacific Islands.
Dear Colleague:

At our 1999 Industry Forum in Orlando, GM emphasized the importance to
users of reducing robot system integration costs, and proposed open
architecture controls as one means of achieving that objective. Later
presentations and discussions highlighted this as an important and
timely and controversial topic. We have also discovered that there are
consortia and existing and proposed standards in the PLC and machine
tool industries that focus on the same issues that were raised at our
Forum.

The Robotic Industries Association and the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a one-day workshop to explore
this topic further. This workshop, to be held February 10, 2000, at the
Swan Hotel at Disney in Orlando, FL, will allow attendees to share
perspectives on open architectures and to hear about related work in the
programmable logic controller and machine tool industries

We are inviting representatives from several communities of interest:
robot users, robot vendors, related technology providers and
researchers. In order to maintain a balanced dialog and to allow
everyone time to present their opinion, we are going to combine a number
of prepared presentations with small group discussions.

The primary objective is information exchange among the attendees, but
we will also ask you to consider needs and priorities for future RIA,
industry and research community efforts. This will provide guidance and
a beginning roadmap for future efforts.

We hope that you will be able to join us. Please RSVP as soon as you
can; we want to insure balance in the attendees and will invite others
if you are unable to attend.

Sincerely,

Fred Proctor

NIST

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8230

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8230

301-975-3425 (voice)

301-990-9688 (fax)

frederick.proctor@nist.gov (email)
**UNITED STATES OF AMERICA**

**[NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD]{.smallcaps}**

**[OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES]{.smallcaps}**

\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \*
\* \* \* \* \* \*

[ROBERT A. STURGELL \*]{.smallcaps}

[ACTING ADMINISTRATOR]{.smallcaps} \*

Federal Aviation Administration \*

\*

Complainant, \*

\* Docket No.: SE-18141

v\. \*

\*

EDY MARSAN \*

\*

Respondent. \*

\*

\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \*
\* \* \* \* \* \*

### NOTICE OF HEARING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a hearing on the above-entitled case will
be held before the undersigned Administrative Law Judge at ***U.S. Tax
Court, Federal Building, Courtroom 1524, 51 SW 1^st^ Avenue*** in the
City of ***MIAMI, FL*** on the ***13^th^ & 14^th^*** day of ***November
2008*** beginning at ***9:30 a.m.*** of each day.

**[NOTICE: CONTINUANCES WILL BE NOT GRANTED EXCEPT ON WRITTEN MOTION AND
FOR COMPELLING AND UNFORESEEABLE GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT
GOOD CAUSE FOR A CONTINUANCE EXISTS WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE OF
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IF YOU BELIEVE THAT CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTING GOOD CAUSE FOR
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MUST FILE YOUR MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE IMMEDIATELY. THE FACT THAT
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THE ABSENCE OF A GOOD CAUSE, PROVIDE A BASIS FOR CONTINUANCE. IN THE
EVENT THAT A SETTLEMENT IS REACHED IN THIS CASE, PLEASE NOTIFY THIS
OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.]{.smallcaps}**

The parties are expected to be present and to present testimony and
witnesses, if any, in support of their positions. ***At the hearing, the
parties shall provide a copy of each exhibit for the Judge's use at the
bench and shall exchange copies of all exhibits they intend to offer
into evidence at the hearing. The Board will not provide copies of
exhibits to parties after the hearing.***

Entered this 15^th^ day of August, at Washington, D.C.

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

WILLIAM A. POPE, II

ADMINISTRTAIVE LAW JUDGE
MESSAGE NO: 9021202 DATE: 1/21/2009

CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INJ

REFERENCE: 8365209 REFERENCE DATE: 12/30/2008

CASES: A-423-808, C-423-809

PERIOD COVERED: 05/01/2006

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS, PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER-STAINLESS STEEL PLATE IN, COILS-BELGIUM
(A-423-808 AND C-423-809) PROD & EXP BY, UGINE & ALZ/ARCELORMITTAL. SEE
ALSO MSG 9006204 ON CVD

1\. ON 01/16/2009 THE U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (CIT)

ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO) ENJOINING

LIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES PRODUCED AND EXPORTED BY UGINE

& ALZ BELGIUM N.V. AND ITS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST

ARCELORMITTAL STAINLESS BELGIUM N.V., WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO

THE ANTIDUMPING AND COUTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS ON STAINLESS

STEEL PLATE IN COILS FROM BELGIUM (A-423-808 AND C-423-809,

RESPECTIVELY) FOR THE PERIOD ON OR AFTER 05/01/2006.

2\. THIS TRO WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH COURT CASE NUMBER

08-00434 AND ENJOINS LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES DESCRIBED

ABOVE. THIS TRO SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ALL ENTRIES WHICH

REMAIN UNLIQUIDATED AS OF 5:00 P.M. ON 01/16/2009 AND SHALL

REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 01/26/2009.

3\. THIS TRO APPLIES TO THE LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS COVERED

BY MESSAGE NUMBER 8365209, DATED 12/30/2008, AND MESSAGE

NUMBER 9006204, DATED 01/06/09.

4\. ACCORDINGLY, EFFECTIVE 01/16/2009, UNTIL 01/26/2009, CBP IS

INSTRUCTED NOT TO LIQUIDATE ENTRIES OF MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO

THE TRO, AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH #1 OF THIS INSTRUCTION.

ANY

ENTRIES THAT ARE SET FOR LIQUIDATION MUST BE UNSET IMMEDIATELY.

CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF OTHER ENTRIES OF STAINLESS

STEEL PLATE IN COILS FOR THE PERIOD ON OR AFTER 05/01/2006 FROM

UGINE & ALZ BELIGIUM N.V. AND ITS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST

ARCELORMITTAL STAINLESS BELGIUM N.V. UNTIL LIQUIDATION

INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED.

5\. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP

OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE

CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT THE OFFICE OF AD/CVD

OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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OR (202) 482-3577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O3:MGS).

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# OVERVIEW

For the past years we have been working to achieve closer agreement
between the requirements of FDA laser radiation safety standard and the
two most important standards of the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC). These standards are IEC 60825-1, a horizontal standard
applicable to all laser and light emitting diode (LED) products, and IEC
601-2-22, a vertical standard applicable to high-power medical laser
products. However, complete adoption or harmonization with IEC 60825-1
is not considered appropriate at this time. Experts in the US believe
that expansion of the scope of applicability to include LEDs
unrealistically exaggerates the hazard of these products. The hazard of
highly divergent laser beams is also exaggerated by the placement and
size of the collecting aperture to be used for determination of the
level of radiation for hazard classification as specified in

IEC 60825-1. The proposed amendments include:

-   Adoption of the tables from IEC 60825-1 of Accessible Emission
    Limits (AEL) of the hazard classes of laser products.

-   Redefinition of the hazard classifications to be in agreement with
    IEC 60825-1.

-   Introduction of a correction factor to increase the AEL for radiant
    energy and power for sources of larger than minimum angular subtense
    to replace the current AEL for radiance of visible and near-infrared
    radiation.

-   Introduction of a correction factor to reduce the AEL for repetitive
    pulses in order to recognize the synergistic hazard of pulsed
    sources.

-   Revision of the measurement parameters for radiant energy and power.

-   Reduction of the maximum emission duration to be used for hazard
    classification of products for which viewing of the radiation is not
    intended or inherent in the design or nature of the product.

-   Deletion of requirements for beam shutters and emission indicators
    for visible low-power laser products.

-   Simplification of the requirement for a safeguard for scanned laser
    radiation to prevent emission in a higher hazard class as a result
    of scan failure.

-   Recognition of the design for warning labels specified in IEC
    60825-1.

-   Deletion of the requirement for a means of measurement of the level
    of high energy or power laser radiation from medical laser products
    intended for irradiation of the human body and in its place adoption
    of the following requirements from IEC 601-2-22:

-   A specification of accuracy of the output with respect to a preset
    or selected value.

-   The monitoring of a parameter directly related to the output level.

-   An indication of a deviation of the output by more than 20% from the
    preset or selected value.

-   An indication of emission occurring.

-   An emergency stop control.
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S705-03E.doc

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**Section 705. - ROCK**

**705.01 Gabion and Revet Mattress Rock.** [Add the
following:]{.underline}

**(d)** Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 50% max.

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**705.02 Riprap Rock.** [Delete lines (a), (b), (c), (d), and substitute
the following:]{.underline}

**(a)** Apparent specific gravity, AASHTO T 85 2.40 min.

**(b)** Absorption, AASHTO T 85 4.0% max.

**(c)** Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 50% max.

**(d)** Gradation for the class specified Table 705-1

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**Table 705-1.** [Add the following to Table 705-1:]{.underline}

**Table 705-1**

Gradation Requirements for Riprap

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| **Class**  | **Percent of   | **Mass**         | **Approximate      |
|            | Rock**         |                  | Cubic Dimension    |
|            |                | **(lbs)**        | ^(1)^ ^(2)^**      |
|            | **by Mass**    |                  |                    |
|            |                |                  | **(inches)**       |
+------------+----------------+------------------+--------------------+
| 7          | 20             | 8800 to 14300    | 45 to 55           |
+------------+----------------+------------------+--------------------+
|            | 30             | 3300 to 8800     | 31 to 45           |
+------------+----------------+------------------+--------------------+
|            | 40             | 330 to 3300      | 14.to 31           |
+------------+----------------+------------------+--------------------+
|            | 10 ^(1)^       | 0 to 330         | 0 to 14            |
+------------+----------------+------------------+--------------------+

> ^(1)^ Furnish spalls and rock fragments graded to provide a stable
> dense mass.
>
> ^(2)^ The volume of the rock with these cubic dimensions will have a
> mass approximately equal to the specified rock mass.
>
> ^(3)^ Furnish rock with breadth and thickness at least one-third its
> length.
**EXTRA LONG STAPLE (ELS) COTTON ANNOUNCEMENT April 27, 2006**

The Department of Agriculture\'s Commodity Credit Corporation announced
that the competitiveness payment program payment rate in effect from
12:01 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2006, through midnight Thursday, May 25,
2006, is zero. The next ELS payment rate announcement will be on May 25,
2006, at 5 p.m., Eastern time.

ELS competitiveness payments are provided whenever, for 4 consecutive
weeks, the lowest Friday through Thursday average adjusted price
quotation for foreign growths (LFQ) is less than the Friday through
Thursday average price quotation for U.S. Pima cotton, C/F Far East
(USPFE); and the adjusted LFQ is less than 134 percent of the current
crop year loan level for ELS cotton grade 2, staple 46, micronaire 3.5
or higher, strength 37.5 grams per tex and above (82.45 cents per
pound).

Relevant data for the ELS competitiveness program follow:

Adjusted

Fri/Thur LFQ as % USPFE

Period of ELS USPFE LFQ Less Payment Dates

[Ending Loan Rate Price Price LFQ Rate Applicable]{.underline}

\...\...\.... cents/lb \...\...\.....

04/06/06 135 134.00 125.16 8.84 0.00 (04/07-04/27)

04/13/06 136 135.20 126.16 9.04 0.00 (04/14-04/27)

04/20/06 136 136.00 126.36 9.64 0.00 (04/21-04/27)

04/27/06 136 136.00 126.36 9.64 0.00 (04/28-05/25)

Adjusted LFQ = LFQ adjusted for transportation differential, 13.56,
between the United States and the Far East.

Future payments will be established if price conditions warrant.

To obtain an ELS agreement or to inquire regarding operational issues,
please contact Richard Mashek, Kansas City Commodity Office at (816)
823-1134 or by e-mail Richard.Mashek@kcc.usda.gov

Further program information is available from Steve Neff, (202)
720-7954, e-mail [steve.neff@usda.gov](mailto:steve_neff@wdc.usda.gov)
--------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------
  NAME                  EMAIL                            PHONE

  Steve Larson          <srlarson@bpa.gov>               \(503\) 230-4999

  Don Kari (Puget)      <DKari@perkinscoie.com>          \(425\) 635-1406

  Gary Dahlke (Avista)  <Gdahlke@Painehamblen.com>       \(509\) 455-6012

  Connie Westadt        <cwestadt@sppc.com>              \(775\) 834-4196
  (Sierra Pacific)                                       

  Sue Ackerman (NRU)    <Susan.K.Ackerman@comcast.net>   \(503\) 297-2392

  Terry Mundorf (WPAG)  <terrym@millcreeklaw.com>        \(425\) 742-4545

  Nancy Baker (PPC)     <nbaker@ppcpdx.org>              \(503\) 232-2427

  Todd E. Miller (BPA)  <temiller@bpa.gov>               \(503\) 230-7315

  Margie Schaff (ATNI)  <mschaff@att.net>                \(303\) 443-0182
  --------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------

Kathleen (Kathy) A. Bleth - (503) 230-5293 - <kableth@bpa.gov>

Updated: 10/12/05
February 13, 2008

Mr. Gordon Burin

1324 Merdith Road

Fallbrook, CA 92028-5305

Dear Mr. Burin:

This letter is to inform you that we have received and begun processing
your petition for exemption. It acknowledges receipt of the petition and
describes how we will process it.

# We Have the Petition

We regret to inform you that your July 30, 2007, petition for an
exemption from § 65.83 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
was not received by the FAA for processing until February 1, 2008. This
exemption, if granted, would allow you to apply for your mechanic
certificate without exercising the privileges and ratings within the
preceding 24 months.

We've added your petition to the public docket (No. FAA-2007-28456) and
we are processing it. We will contact you if we need additional
information.

# How We'll Process the Petition

A petition for an exemption, according to 14 CFR 11.63(d), must be sent
to the FAA at least 120 days before the proposed effective date of the
exemption. In addition, we publish a summary of the petition in the
[Federal Register]{.underline} for public comment unless, according to
14 CFR 11.87, we determine that good cause exists for not publishing it.

We will advise you of the agency\'s final decision on your petition as
soon as possible. If you have any questions in the meantime, you may
contact me at (202) 267‑9677.

Sincerely,

/s/ Frances Shaver

Transportation Industry Analyst

Aircraft and Airport Rules Division
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height="1.5729166666666667in"} During the Revolutionary War most
American women remained at their homes performing

their customary tasks of cooking, cleaning, and rearing children. For
those whose husbands or

older sons had gone off to fight in the war there were the additional
responsibilities of

managing farms or businesses. These tasks were further complicated when
either the British or

American armies were close at hand, trampling crops, seizing foodstuffs
and looting homes and

businesses. Also troubling was when word came home that the husband or
son had been

wounded, killed, or inexplicably lost in the maelstrom of war.

At Guilford Courthouse National Military Park are monuments honoring the
wartime

Activities of two courageous and dedicated women -- Kerenhappuch Norman
Turner and Martha

McFarland McGee Bell. Their experiences are in some way typical of
thousands of American women

who were drawn into the Revolutionary War by circumstances which were
byond their control.
Biological Agents in the Mail Center - History of BioTerrorism

History of BioTerrorism

Before the era of modern microbiology brought the prospect of germ
warfare to the world of the 21st century, ancient armies used filth,
cadavers, animal carcasses and contagion as weapons against each other.
They knew that fear of infectious diseases could rapidly demoralize and
dismantle enemy forces.

During the North American colonization, British forces purposely spread
smallpox among the native Indian population by sending smallpox-infested
blankets as \"gifts\"; to Indian tribes who resisted British authority.

A chilling, low-tech, example of BioTerrorism in the U.S. happened in
1984 in a small town in Oregon, when members of the Rajneeshee religious
group used Salmonella poisoning to contaminate 10 salad bars in the
local area. This affected over 750 restaurant customers who had food
poisoning resulting in 45 hospitalizations. The attack was tied to a
failed plan to influence the outcome of a local election. This event
went undetected until the perpetrators were arrested on different
charges some months later and informed local officials about their
conspiracy.
> Hydrogenase activity as an indicator of microbial activity in deeply
> buried marine sediments.

Bruno Soffientino

*Graduate School of Oceanography*

*University of Rhode Island*

*Narragansett, RI*

*USA*

bruno@gso.uri.edu

Arthur J. Spivack

*Graduate School of Oceanography*

*University of Rhode Island*

*USA*

David C. Smith

*Graduate School of Oceanography*

*University of Rhode Island*

*USA*

Steven D'Hondt

*Graduate School of Oceanography*

*University of Rhode Island*

*USA*

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Leg 307 Shipboard Scientific Party

The microbial communities of deeply buried, oceanic sediments make up a
large proportion of Earth's subsurface biomass. A quantitative measure
of their activity is necessary to understand how these communities adapt
and respond to the environmental conditions in which they live.
Microbial activity in the deep subsurface, however, is generally too low
to measure directly by previously available methods. Therefore, we have
developed a sensitive radioassay to quantify the activity of
hydrogenase, an enzyme that all H~2~-producing and H~2~-consuming
microbes possess. Because H~2~ is an important intermediate in many
anaerobic metabolic pathways, we hypothesized that enzymatic (catalytic)
activity involved in H~2~ metabolism should be a good index of overall
microbial community metabolism.

We quantifyed hydrogenase activity in sediment samples that were cored
in a carbonate mound in the Porcupine Basin (North Atlantic) during
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 307 in April 2005. We found
that: a) significant hydrogenase activity was present in all samples
from 0 to 300 meters below seafloor; b) the activity did not correlate
well with cell abundance; and c) activity was highest in sediment zones
where H~2­~-dependent metabolism occurs (e.g., sulfate reduction, methane
oxidation). These results are the first measurements of microbial
activity in sediments deep below the seafloor. They demonstrate that
hydrogenase activity is a sensitive indicator of subsurface life, and
that it may be used in the future as a proxy for microbial metabolism in
low activity environments.
**\[DOE LETTERHEAD\]**

January 15, 2003

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004

Dear Mr. Chairman:

With this letter, I am pleased to report on-schedule completion of two
of the Los Alamos National Laboratory's commitments found in the
Department's 00-1 Implementation Plan (Revision 2). The commitments
proposed for closure are as follows:

501. Complete stabilization of all solutions - December 2002

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503. Complete stabilization of nitrides and cellulose rags - December
     2002

We continue to closely track progress on all Recommendation 00-l
commitments and will keep you and your staff apprised of our progress.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (202) 586-2179.

Sincerely,

***Everet H. Beckner***

***Deputy Administrator***

***for Defense Programs***

cc:

M. Whitaker, S-3.1
**Parameter Code \'00556**

**Name:** Oil and grease, water, unfiltered, freon extraction,
gravimetric, recoverable, milligrams per liter\
**Matrix:** Water, Unf

  ------------------ -------- ------ --------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -----
  Analyte Name       Test ID  Lab    LTMDL by  LTMDL   Std Dev Change   LCL     UCL     LRL
                              Code   Spk Std   in use          To:                      
                                     Dev                                                

  OIL&GREASE EPA1664 00556B   2125   4.15235   3       1.655   4.2      3.211   5.877   8
  ------------------ -------- ------ --------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -----

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**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of )

)

Amendment of Section 73.202(b), ) MM Docket No. 01-112

Table of Allotments, ) RM-10115

FM Broadcast Stations. )

(Waitsburg, Washington ) )

**REPORT AND ORDER**

**(Proceeding Terminated)**

**Adopted: August 22, 2001 Released: August 31, 2001**

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

1\. In response to a petition filed by Jeffrey A. Bruton ("Bruton") the
Commission has before it for consideration the [Notice of Proposed Rule
Making]{.underline}, adopted May 16, 2001 and released on May 25. 2001,
DA No. 01-1291, requesting the allotment of Channel 272A at Waitsburg,
Washington. Neither Bruton nor any other party filed comments in
response to the [Notice]{.underline}.

2\. As stated In the [Notice]{.underline}, a showing of continuing
interest is required before a channel will be allotted. It is the
Commission\'s policy to refrain from making an allotment to a community
absent an expression of interest. Therefore, since no such continuing
interest has been expressed for an allotment at Waitsburg, we will
dismiss Bruton's proposal.

3\. In view of the above, IT IS ORDERED, That the Petition for Rule
Making filed by Jeffrey A. Bruton (RM-10115), requesting the allotment
of Channel 272A at Waitsburg, Washington, IS DISMISSED.

4\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

5\. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Kathleen
Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

John A. Karousos

Chief, Allocations Branch

Policy and Rules Division

Mass Media Bureau
48‑360448-3604.  [Establishing zones in the district]{.underline}

A.  The board may divide the area of jurisdiction into two or more
zones, the boundaries of which shall be described in a resolution
adopted at a hearing held pursuant to subsection C.

B.  The board may alter the boundary lines of any previously established
zone or zones pursuant to subsection C.

C.  Before establishing zones or altering their boundary lines, the
board shall fix a date for a hearing, which shall be not less than
twenty-one days nor more than forty days from the date of the
resolution. Any interested citizen may appear at the hearing and be
heard on any matter relating to the reasonableness of establishing the
zones.  Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for three
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of
jurisdiction and zone and shall be posted in not less than thirty public
places in the zone.  The posting and the first date of the publications
shall be not less than three weeks before the date of the hearing.

D.  The board shall meet at the time and place fixed for the hearing and
may adjourn the hearing from time to time.  At the hearing any
interested owner of real property in the proposed zone may appear and be
heard on any matter relating to the establishment of the zone and may
allege that his real property in the proposed zone will not be benefited
by the proposed improvements.  If after the hearing it appears to the
board that the establishment of the zone is necessary and desirable to
carry out the objects and purposes of the district in the proposed zone
and that all property in the zone will benefit by the establishment of
the zone, the board shall establish the zone.  If the board determines
that any property in the proposed zone is not benefited, it shall delete
the property from the zone.  Thereupon the board shall adopt a
resolution establishing the zone and shall file with the county
recorder, the county assessor and the department of revenue a certified
copy of the resolution and a map showing the zone and its
boundaries.  The board shall publish a copy of the resolution once a
week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
in the area of jurisdiction and zone and shall post a copy of the
resolution in not less than thirty public places in the zone.

E.  A party aggrieved by action of the board in establishing a zone may
bring an action in the superior court in the county in which the area of
jurisdiction is located to set aside the action of the board.  The
action shall be heard in a trial de novo.  The action must be instituted
not more than thirty-five days after the last publication or date of
posting, whichever is later, of the copy of the resolution establishing
the zone. 48‑3604
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Para difusión Contactos: Stephanie Babyak o Jane Glickman

9 de mayo de 2006 (202) 401-1576

**NUEVO PROCEDIMIENTO BENEFICIA A LAS VÍCTIMAS DEL TRÁFICO HUMANO QUE
BUSCAN ASISTENCIA PARA LOS ESTUDIOS POSTSECUNDARIOS**

Cualquier víctima del tráfico humano que coopere con los agentes del
orden público en el enjuiciamiento de traficantes de personas puede
aprovechar un nuevo y eficaz procedimiento de solicitud de ayuda
económica para los estudios postsecundarios, según anunció la secretaria
de Educación Margaret Spellings.

«Los estudios pueden ofrecer un nuevo comienzo a las personas liberadas
del tráfico humano», afirmó Spellings. «Me complace que, gracias al
nuevo procedimiento, estas personas puedan solicitar y recibir ayuda
federal para estudiantes».

Según los datos oficiales, hay más de 600,000 hombres, mujeres y niños
que son esclavizados cada año a nivel mundial. En EE.UU sólo las
víctimas que colaboren con las agencias del orden público en el
procesamiento de traficantes ---que con frecuencia pertenecen a
organizaciones criminales--- pueden acogerse a los beneficios ofrecidos
al amparo de los programas asistenciales del Gobierno Federal y de los
estados. Actualmente más de 900 personas están certificadas por el
registro oficial de víctimas del tráfico humano para participar en los
programas de asistencia. En conformidad con la Ley de Protección a
Víctimas del Tráfico Humano y de la Violencia, estas personas pueden
participar en la mayoría de los programas federales y estatales. También
pueden participar el cónyuge, los hijos o los padres de la persona
certificada.

Los departamentos de Justicia, Seguridad Interna, Salud y Servicios
Humanos, y Educación participan en el proceso de confirmar a las
víctimas del tráfico humano como aptas para recibir ayuda estudiantil
federal. Estos cuatro organismos se han unido en un esfuerzo
colaborativo para crear el nuevo procedimiento de aprobación.

Debido a la necesidad de comunicación entre los cuatro organismos, el
cotejo de datos empleado para comprobar la aptitud del solicitante era
complicado y poco ágil. Con el nuevo procedimiento, el personal de
asistencia económica de la institución educativa en la que el alumno
tiene previsto estudiar puede comunicarse directamente con la oficina
designada del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos, para certificar
que el solicitante reúne los requisitos de los programas federales de
ayuda estudiantil.

Para mayor información, pulse
[aquí](http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/spanish/TraffickingFaqs.jsp).