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**Fabrication of Nanomaterials: Which, How, and Why?**

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**Vilas G. Pol**

Postdoc. Fellow, IPNS- 360,

Argonne National Laboratory

This seminar will be focused on the fabrication of various nanomaterials
using electrospinning, ultrasound, microwaves, novel RAPET (Reactions
under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated Temperature) techniques, and the
study of fascinating properties of these nanomaterials. Four topics will
be discussed: 1) non-conventional electrospinning for the fabrication of
continuous conducting gold wires; 2) the application of ultrasound in
the coating of optical \[Au, Ag\], magnetic \[air-stable Fe\],
fluorescent \[Eu~2~O~3~\] nanomaterials on the variety of surfaces
\[silica, carbon, titania\]; 3) microwave superheating phenomena for the
fabrication of 1D \[TiO~2~, SnS\] nanomaterials; and 4) recently
developed RAPET approach for the synthesis of superconducting \[MgB~2~,
MgNiC~3~\] nanoparticles, high surface area carbides \[SiC nanorods, WC
nanotubes\], inorganic fullerenes-like \[WS~2~, WSe~2~\], solar cell
\[TiO~2~, ITO\] and storage \[V~2~O~5~\@C,SnS\] materials. Unique
properties, such as significant lowering of the melting point of
nanogold (\<180^o^C), induced crystallization of silica, high
intra-grain critical current density in MgB~2~ nanocrystals, 10%
negative magnetoresistance in fullerene like Ni@C nanostructures, 2.5 wt
% hydrogen storage in SiC nanorods, highest magnetization of air stable
Fe, and stabilization of metastable tetragonal phase of ZrO~2~ forming
*in-situ* carbon shell will be demonstrated.
#### Biographical Sketch

##### John C. Pine (225) 578-1075 jpine@lsu.edu 

**Professional Preparation**

B.A. Rhodes College, History, 1968

M.Ed. University of Georgia, Adult Education & Counseling, 1974

Ed.D. University of Georgia, Higher Education Administration and

> Public Administration, 1979

##### Current Academic Appointment - 2006 -- to present, Director, Disaster Science and Management, and Professor-Research, Department of Environmental Studies and Department of Geography & Anthropology, LSU

###### Current Research Grants 

> "Public Health Impacts of Major Disasters," Louisiana Board of Regents
> (2002-2007).
>
> "Building and Maintaining Sustainable Communities," Louisiana Sea
> Grant (NOAA) See: [http://www.risk.lsu.edu](http://www.risk.lsu.edu/)
>
> "Louisiana Levee School," Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
> and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
>
> "Coastal Resiliency Index for the Gulf of Mexico" National Oceanic
> Atmospheric Administration.
>
> "Risk of Historic Places: City of New Orleans." (with Barrett Kennedy
> -- Architecture) National Park Service (2005 -- 2006)
>
> "Geo-Referencing Critical Infrastructure," Louisiana Office of
> Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
>
> "GIS Support for Emergency Operations." Federal Emergency Management
> Agency. (October 2005 -- March 2006).
>
> "Development of a Disaster Clearinghouse for Hurricanes Katrina and
> Rita." Federal Emergency Management Agency. (November 2005 -- October
> 2006) -- See [http://www.katrina.lsu.edu](http://www.katrina.lsu.edu/)

**Recent Publications**

> Pine, John C. 2006. \" The Contributions of Management Theory and
> Practice to Emergency Management.\" In McEntire, David (ed.)
> *Disciplines, Disasters, and Emergency Management.* C.C. Thomas
> Publishers.
>
> Curtis, Andrew, Jacqueline W. Mills, Jason K. Blackburn, John C. Pine,
> and Barrett Kennedy (2006). \"Louisiana State University Geographic
> Information System Support of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations.\"
> *International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters.* Vol. 24,
> No. 2
>
> Pine, John C. (2006). *Technology and Emergency Management.* John
> Wiley & Sons, Inc.
>
> Pine, John C., H. Mashriqui, S. Pedro, and J. Meyer 2005. "Hazard
> Mitigation Planning Utilizing HAZUS-MH Flood and Wind Hazards."
> *Journal of Emergency Management.* Vol. 2.
>
> Pine, John C. (2005). *Tort Liability Today: A Guide For State and
> Local Governments*. National League of Cities and Public Risk
> Management Association, Washington D.C. 10^th^ Edition.
**University of Nevada, Las Vegas**

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is offering a course entitled
\"Emergency Management for the Public Sector\" which will be
cross-listed at the graduate and undergraduate levels.  Graduate
students will have to do two extensive policy analysis.  The purpose of
the course is to provide public administration students the foundation
in the four phases of emergency management, intergovernmental relations
and the legal/political underpinnings.  The course is usually offered
every year.   A Bachelor\'s Degree program in Public Administration with
a concentration in Emergency Services Administration is currently under
development.  This course will be a requirement for graduation.  For
further information

Contact: Jim O\'Brien, Plans & Operations Officer- Clark County Office
of Emergency Management\
University of Nevada, Las Vegas\
500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 6th Floor\
Las Vegas, Nevada 89155-1713\
Phone: (702) 455-5370\
Fax: (702) 455-5718\
Email: <jpo@co.clark.nv.us>

**Additional Information:**\
\
Additional Phone:

*Updated:*
Partners 15

Tribal Natural Resources

Segment- Return of the Juneberries

Kerry Hartman/Fort Berthold Community College

Juneberries are special because of their link to the past. They were
used extensively by all the tribes on the Northern Great Plains.

They're one of the many plants that there is a great interest in
revitalizing because of their healthful benefits and their cultural
applications.

Narrator

Kerry Hartman is on the science faculty at Fort Berthold Community
College.

Working with North Dakota State University, he and community members
from the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations have been trying to
re-establish this plant that, at one time, provided important nutrition
for local residents.

Kerry Hartman

The actual impetus for the juneberries came from the Talking Circles
that were held for the NRE grant. They were mentioned repeatedly by
elders by practitioners and by educators. Hartman, a graduate of South
Dakota State's Prairie PhD program, is now putting his natural resources
knowledge to work.

He and his team are trying to determine the ideal conditions for growing
juneberries. At a 500-tree test plot at Fort Berthold - and here at this
community garden at White Shields - the plant is being put to the test.
Samples are taken to determine which soil provides optimum growth.

Various types of plastic, used to retard weeds, are being evaluated.

Some plots are fed by drip irrigation. Others rely only on weather's
precipitation.

Three different cultivars are also being tested.

Kerry Hartman

We purchased one-inch pot seedlings from the only supplier in the
Northern Plains area.

We're going to try and correlate all of those factors to find out what
are the best conditions for re-establishing juneberries for the tribal
members who would like to have a plot.

The hope is that juneberries will again become an important part of
daily life. As one Fort Berthold elder expressed during a Talking Circle
session, "Our home had apple trees, crab apple trees, a big strawberry
patch, and plum trees. And now they are all gone."

But the road back to that kind of life is one that will take patience
and determination, especially with Juneberries.

Kerry Hartman

We're hoping lots more for the future when we can actually harvest.
Juneberries don't yield for 4-6 years and when that is happening we
foresee elders and youths harvesting together, preserving together so
this is a long term plan. We're planning to be here for 5-10 years
minimum.
N033415

August 14, 2008

CLA-2-84:OT:RR:E:NC:1:104

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 8479.89.9850

Mr. Jose R. Hernandez

Sr. Import Compliance Adm.

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

2601 E. Beltline Road

Carrollton, TX 75159

RE: The tariff classification of a Swellpacker Isolation System
(Swellpacker) from Norway

Dear Mr. Hernandez:

In your letter dated July 14, 2008 you requested a tariff classification
ruling.

The Swellpacker consists of various lengths of standard oilfield tubular
with rubber elements bonded along the outer length of the tube. The
Swellpacker enters down into the wellbore, and the hydrocarbon molecules
present in the well diffuse into the cross-linked rubber polymer (packer
element) and allow the rubber element to swell and seal inside against
open hole or cased hole. The Swellpacker isolation system is based on
the swelling properties of rubber in hydrocarbons. It can swell up to
200%, sealing the annulus around the pipe to isolate producing zones.
The rubber retains its flexibility, allowing the Swellpacker system to
adapt to shifts in the formation over time, retaining the integrity of
the seal. The conditions of the wellbore such as temperature and the
fluid properties are key variables to determine the rate of absorption
and the time required to swell and set the packer.

In your letter you had proposed the classification of subheading
7304.29.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
However, heading 7304, HTSUS, would not be applicable as it excludes
tubes, pipes and hollow profiles made up into specific identifiable
articles.

The applicable subheading for the Swellpacker Isolation System will be
8479.89.9850, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
which provides for Machines and mechanical appliances having individual
functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; and
parts thereof: Other machines and mechanical appliances:
Other...Other...Oil and gas field wireline and downhole equipment. The
rate of duty will be 2.5% ad valorem.

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 Patricia O'Donnell at 646-733-3011.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director

National Commodity Specialist Division
Here are the references along with their astrobiological implications:

1\) Knauth, L. Paul, Mauro Brilli, and Stan Klonowski (2003) Isotope
geochemistry of caliche developed on basalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, Vol 67, No. 2, pp. 185-195.

<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00167037>

If basaltic materials on Mars were ever in contact with water in a CO~2~
bearing atmosphere, calcium carbonate would have developed as a
weathering product. A stable isotope survey of such carbonate developed
on terrestrial basalts reveals an extraordinary variation in carbon and
oxygen isotopes. Spatial co-variations in C and O isotopes in the
caliche constitute a distinctive isotopic biosignature independent of
the C and O isotope reservoir at the time of formation. The presence or
absence of caliche is thus a test for whether Mars had a \"warm, wet\"
early period and isotopic analysis of the material would be a test for
whether photosynthesizing microbes were present. The study also raises
the possibility that carbonate in ALH 84001, which has similarly large
18O variations, is shock-metamorphosed Martian caliche.

2\) Burt, D.M. and L. P. Knauth (2003) Electrically conducting, Ca-rich
brines, rather than water, expected in the Martian subsurface. Jour.
Geophysical Research, vol. 108, No E4, 8026 JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL
RESEARCH, VOL. 108, NO. E4, 8026

<http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002JE001862.shtml>

This elaborates further on our earlier paper (Icarus, 158, 267-271,
2002) that brines with very low freezing points can be expected in the
megaregolith *if* Mars outgassed a hydrosphere, lost much of it to
space, and froze down. Here we point out that the hypothesis is testable
because such brines should be electrically conductive and thus
detectable with remote geophysical methods.

3\) Knauth, L. Paul and Donald R. Lowe, 2003, High Archean climatic
temperature inferred from oxygen isotope geochemistry of cherts in the
3.5 Ga Swaziland Supergroup, South Africa.  Geological Society of
America Bulletin, vol. 115, No.5, pp. 566-580.

<http://www.gsajournals.org/gsaonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0016-7606&volume=115&issue=05&page=0566>

New and compiled oxygen isotope data combined with the results of
geological and sedimentological studies demonstrate that enclaves of
synsedimentary to very early diagenetic cherts are widely preserved in
the 3.5-3.2 Ga Swaziland Supergroup, Barberton greenstone belt, South
Africa. The low delta 18O values of  these cherts indicate an extremely
hot Archean ocean and surface environment on the order of 55-85 °C.
  Alternative explanations of the oxygen isotope data are evaluated in
detail and are not compatible with the new results.  Early life must
have been a high temperature affair globally and was not huddled
exclusively around hot vents on the seafloor.
**Sulfur Isotopic Evidence for Chemocline Upward Excursions During the
End-Permian Mass Extinction**

Anthony L. Riccardi

*Department of Geosciences*

*The Pennsylvania State University*

*511 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802*

*USA*

ariccard@geosc.psu.edu

Michael A. Arthur

*Department of Geosciences*

*The Pennsylvania State University*

*USA*

Lee R. Kump

*Department of Geosciences*

*The Pennsylvania State University*

*USA*

Steven D'Hondt

*Graduate School of Oceanography*

*University of Rhode Island*

*USA*

The latest Permian was a time of major change in ocean chemistry,
accompanying the greatest mass extinction of the Phanerozoic. To examine
the nature of these changes samples from two well-studied marine
sections that span the Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) have been
analyzed: the Meishan and Shangsi sections located in Southern China.
Isotopic analysis of the carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) in these
samples provides a detailed record of several isotopic shifts in
δ^34^S~CAS~ approaching and across the PTB, ranging from +30‰ to -15‰
(VCDT), with repeated shifts. We interpret the patterns of isotopic
shifts, in conjunction with other data, to indicate a shallow unstable
chemocline overlying euxinic deep water which periodically upwelled into
the photic zone. These chemocline upward excursion (CUE) events
introduced sulfide to the photic zone which led to a bloom in
phototrophic sulfur oxidizing bacteria. We hypothesize that elemental
sulfur globules produced by these organisms and ^34^S-depleted pyrite
produced in the euxinic water column were deposited in the sediment;
later oxidation led to incorporation as CAS. This created the large
changes to the δ^34^S~CAS~ observed in the latest Permian at these
locations. Subsequent releases of euxinic water occurred during the
earliest Triassic, which may have helped to prolong the biotic recovery.
**Appendix H**

**Trail**

**Monitoring**

**Manual**

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**Administration on Aging**

**Hispanic Heritage Month 2007 Model Programs**

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**Program Name: Aging & Disability Resource Center of Broward County**

**Organization: Florida Department of Elder Affairs**

**Description:**

As a 2004 Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) grantee, the
Florida Department of Elder Affairs developed ADRCs utilizing Area
Agencies on Aging (AAA's) in three locations across the state to serve
the elderly and individuals with severe mental illness. The AAAs who led
this initiative included Senior Resource Alliance, the AAA of
Pasco-Pinellas, and the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Broward
County. Florida's ADRC efforts complemented the states priority to
develop a single point of entry into long-term care. The Florida
Legislature passed statutory changes to implement Aging Resource Centers
(ARCs) statewide.

Minority populations constitute 18 percent of the total number of
Floridians age 60 and older. Among minorities, Hispanics are most
numerous, accounting for ten percent of the elder population. This
growing diversity of Florida's population has demonstrated the need for
culturally appropriate service delivery. The Broward County ADRC has
increased its organizational capacity to meet the needs of Hispanic
Elderly and has developed and implemented a *Cultural Competency Plan.*
Implemented between April 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, this plan was
designed to measure the agency\'s goals, strategies, and progress
towards the provision of culturally competent services including the
addition of bi-lingual counselors. The intent of this Cultural
Competency Plan was to ensure that knowledge and sensitivity be
incorporated into program policymaking, administration, and services.

The Broward County ADRC has been able to better reach consumers with
limited English-speaking ability by hiring Spanish speaking staff. In
addition, the staff capacity at Broward County ADRC has increased to
address the diversity in native dialects (e.g., Puerto Rican, Colombian,
and Cuban), especially when securing translation of materials.

For more information on this project contact **Sandi Smith**
850-414-2139 or by email at <smithsl@elderaffairs.org>.
**The External Beams Department has taken over the responsibility for
the NuMI beamline from the NuMI Department.**

**Operations is ready to take over the day to day running of the NuMI
beamline. The official handover will take place at 1600 Thursday May
12^th^, at which time External Beam personnel will no longer be on
shift.**

**The Machine Coordinator is Sam Childress, he should be called anytime
you don't feel comfortable with the conditions or status of the NuMI
Beamline.**

**We will be provided with an updated call list for all systems.**

**Beam Permit System (BPS)**

False trips caused by clearly bad readbacks, can be reset by the
operators. The Machine Coordinator is responsible for seeing that false
trips are kept to a minimum.

Trips that can't be easily reset should generate a call to the
appropriate system expert, along with the Machine Coordinator.

Beam loss trips in excess of 1 per 8 hours should generate a call to the
Machine Coordinator.

If beam loss trips are seen on Radiation Safety Devices (scarecrows),
RSO permission is required to reset.

Trips generated in the Main Injector, should be handled by the Main
Injector Department.

The EBD Head has delegated to the Machine Coordinator the responsibility
to authorize masking BPS channels or making limit changes.

# Whenever an approved change is made to 204 module parameters via E40, save file 1414 should be updated by Operations.

# 

Expert file verification via the web page link in the NuMI Elog memopad
should be done at least once per shift, and when operations resume
following EBD NuMI studies.

# 

# Autotune

Autotune should always be running during normal NuMI operations.

# 

# Save and Restore

File numbers of 1400 to 1499 are reserved for NuMI.\
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The \'default\' save for NuMI should be used on D1.

The \"eXpert\" file for NuMI is file 1414 and is protected with the
OPERATOR password.

Whenever an approved change is made to 204 module parameters via E40,
save file 1414 should be updated by operations.

# NuMI Accesses

Access is permitted to the non-beamline underground areas at MI65 and
MINOS. The Mechanical Room requires RSO approval.

Controlled Access to the Beamline Enclosures at MI65 and MINOS requires
Machine Coordinator Approval. Mike Andrews has to be contacted to
perform the Configuration Control Lockout for controlled access to MI65.

Supervised Access to the Beamline Enclosures at MI65 and MINOS requires
Machine Coordinator Approval. Mike Andrews has to be contacted to
perform the Configuration Control Lockout for supervised access to MI65.
RSO will need to be contacted to have a radiation survey performed.

# Studies

When studies are performed by the External Beams Department, they will
notify us and then assume control of the beamline during the studies
period. They will return control back to us when the studies are
complete and the beamline is restored to a normal beam running mode.

# Logbook

All trips of the BPS should be recorded in the MCR logbook.
**§4.28 Prestabilization rating from date of discharge from service.**

The following ratings may be assigned, in lieu of ratings prescribed
elsewhere, under the conditions stated for disability from any disease
or injury. The prestabilization rating is not to be assigned in any case
in which a total rating is immediately assignable under the regular
provisions of the schedule or on the basis of individual
unemployability. The prestabilization 50-percent rating is not to be
used in any case in which a rating of 50-percent or more is immediately
assignable under the regular provisions.

*Rating*

Unstabilized condition with severe disability:

Substantially gainful employment

is not feasible or advisable 100

Unhealed or incompletely healed wounds or injuries:

Material impairment of employability likely 50

Note (1): Department of Veterans Affairs examination is not required
prior to assignment of prestabilization ratings; however, the fact that
examination was accomplished will not preclude assignment of these
benefits. Prestabilization ratings are for assignment in the immediate
postdischarge period. They will continue for a 12-month period following
discharge from service. However, prestabilization ratings may be changed
to a regular schedular total rating or one authorizing a greater benefit
at any time. In each prestabilization rating an examination will be
requested to be accomplished not earlier than 6 months nor more than 12
months following discharge. In those prestabilization ratings in which
following examination reduction in evaluation is found to be warranted,
the higher evaluation will be continued to the end of the 12th month
following discharge or to the end of the period provided under §3.105(e)
of this chapter, whichever is later. Special monthly compensation should
be assigned concurrently in these cases whenever records are adequate to
establish entitlement.

Note (2): Diagnosis of disease, injury, or residuals will be cited, with
diagnostic code number assigned from this rating schedule for conditions
listed therein.

\[35 FR 11906, July 24, 1970\]
MAZIE K. HIRONO

2^ND^ DISTRICT, HAWAI\`I

\-\-\-\--

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

**Congress of the United States**

**House of Representatives**

**Washington, DC 20515**

**Speech of Hon. Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii**

**in the U.S. House of Representatives**

**Introduction of the North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2007**

**June 11, 2007**

Ms. HIRONO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce the North Maui
Coastal Preservation Act of 2007, a bill directing the National Park
Service to study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain
lands along the northern coast of Maui, between Sprecklesville and Paia,
as a unit of the National Park System.

The citizens of Maui strongly support preservation of this coast, which
provides important open space and public beach areas. Thousands of post
cards in support of creating a national park or national seashore along
this coast have been sent to me and to my predecessor.

This beautiful coastline is under significant development pressure. Its
closeness to major population centers in Maui and its popularity with
both visitors and residents makes protecting access a major concern.

Supporters of this park have asked that it be named after Congresswoman
Patsy Takemoto Mink, a native of Maui who grew up in the Hamakua
Poko/Paia area. While this bill, which authorizes a study, does not
direct what the prospective national park would be named, I would
certainly support naming it after Patsy Mink, whose commitment to the
people of the island and state was without question.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill.
**EXHIBIT C TO SC LBR 6004-1**

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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DATE OF SALE: [(month, day, year)]{.underline}

TYPE OF SALE: [(public auction or private)]{.underline}

PROPERTY SOLD: [(specific description or attach notice of
sale)]{.underline}

PURCHASER: [(name\--if public auction attach tickets and buyer\'s list
showing property purchased and names of purchasers)]{.underline}

PRICE: [(gross sales price)]{.underline}

SALES AGENT, AUCTIONEER, BROKER, ETC: [(name, date of order of
employment; if none, so state)]{.underline}

COMMISSION PAID ON SALE: [(include % and amount paid to sales agent,
auctioneer, broker, etc.)]{.underline}

EXPENSES OF SALE: [(itemize, name of party incurring them)]{.underline}

DEBTOR\'S EXEMPTION: [(amount, type, if applicable; if none, so
state)]{.underline}

LIENS PAID FROM SALE PROCEEDS/ATTACHING TO PROCEEDS: [(name of
lienholder and amount; state if paid, if liens attach to proceeds of
sale, if lienholder is partially paid, or if lienholder is not to be
paid from proceeds of sale)]{.underline}

NET TO ESTATE: [(what estate will net)]{.underline}

AMOUNT DISBURSED TO DATE/RETAINED BY TRUSTEE OR DEBTOR: [(amount of sale
proceeds trustee is still holding to be disbursed later)]{.underline}

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District Court I.D. Number
**Opening Statement of Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub**

Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking on Certain Internet Communications

June 28-29, 2005

I would like to welcome all the witnesses and I want especially to thank
the over eight hundred private citizens around the country who offered
comments regarding the Commission's proposals.

The resounding message that has been conveyed by these commenters is
that the internet has emerged as the great equalizer in political
debate, raising the vast and diverse voices of common citizens above the
established voices of other media. As Chiara LaRotonda of Seattle,
Washington wrote: "I used political blogs to enhance and expand my
understanding of the issues pertaining to the 2004 presidential
elections and honestly believe that I would not have been as informed a
voter otherwise.... One of the best things about the internet for me is
the multitude of voices to be found, from every perspective and
standpoint."

Andrew Collins of Portland, Oregon urged us to "\[p\]lease understand
that the immediate free flow of ideas worldwide, from all sides, that
one currently finds on the internet is the greatest promoter and
safeguard to democracy we have ever seen. It will only get better as new
bloggers from presently oppressed countries start throwing in their two
cents."

The internet can be an antidote to the cynicism that develops when the
citizenry feels that they have no voice. Many of the comments provide
firsthand insight into how the medium provides an outlet that many
people believe is otherwise not available. Anthony Ross of San Jose,
California wrote: "Maybe the greatest value of blogs is that individuals
can convey and share their views without large institutional
intermediaries that keep all but a very few people from effectively
speaking... Blogs provide a kind of middle class in the economy of
information and can have a stabilizing effect if they\'re not driven out
of the marketplace."

I look forward to the testimony of those who will appear before us today
and tomorrow. We invited the commenters to look carefully at our
proposals and tell us what we could do better to protect expression,
while still complying with the court order that made this rulemaking
necessary. We have received some very detailed and insightful
examinations of our proposals and will carefully consider these comments
as we shape a final rule. I appreciate that many of the comments have
been generally supportive of the Commission's focus and precision in
this sensitive area. To the many people who took the time to write to
us, your comments have been very constructive and helpful. I anticipate
an illuminating discussion with the witnesses.
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Conservation Service

6200 Jefferson NE

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**Phone**: (505) 761-4400 **Fax**: (505) 761-4462

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**February 8, 2006**

**NEW MEXICO BULLETIN NO. 250-6-8**

**SUBJECT: FORM IRS-1099 FOR EQIP/CSP PAYMENTS**

**TO: All Offices**

Since NRCS assumed the responsibility for issuing Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP) payments and Conservation Security Program
(CSP) payments, the number of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax
statements issued by the National Finance Center (NFC) has doubled from
the prior year. If you receive inquiries from customers, please do not
refer them to NFC. Rather, provide the following information.

The 2005 IRS Reporting includes payments up to a Treasury confirmed date
of December 28, 2005. NFC has mailed out all IRS-1099s. It appears that
many CSP program participants are under the impression that 1099s are
received for only the portion of their payment that is subject to taxes.
That is incorrect. IRS-1099s are prepared for all payments issued to
program participants. It is the program participant\'s responsibility to
work with their tax advisors or the IRS
([www.irs.gov](http://www.irs.gov/) or 800-829-1040) to determine how to
report the payments.

Attached is a "1099 Request Form". This form should be completed and
emailed to <norm.harris@nm.usda.gov> for the following situations. NFC
will then issue corrected 1099s.

-   Non-receipt of IRS-1099

-   IRS-1099 Errors: If a participant claims that the amount shown on
    the 1099 is incorrect, please check the participant's EQIP/CSP file
    folder to verify that calendar year 2005 payments match up with the
    received 1099. If not, complete the form.

-   Assignments of Payments: If the assignee received the IRS-1099
    rather than the participant, please instruct the assignee to forward
    the form to the program participant. Complete the form, specifically
    identifying the SSN/TIN numbers that should be sent to the program
    participant\'s address instead of the assignee\'s address.

If you have any questions, please contact any member of the Financial
Management Team (Norm Harris-761-4414, Dennis Workeman-761-4453, or
Josie Tafoya-761-4417).

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