BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
Appendix I

Appendix II of the 1997-98 season plans consists of a list of IEE/EA and
related environmental documents\
for 1996-97.

Installation of an Experimental Wind Turbine at Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station, Antarctica, Signed October 18,1996 \[SPST9701.EAF\].

Decommissioning and Removal of Byrd Surface Camp, Antarctica. Signed
October 28,1996 \[MCFC9702.EAF\].

Amendment to the EA/IEE Establishment of Twin Otter and Helicopter Fuel
Caches for the 1994-95 Season \[MCFC9502.EAF\], covering fuel caches
projected for the 1996-97 field season. Signed November 1,1996
\[MCFC9701.AM3\].

Adoption of SOP for the Renovation or Decommissioning of USAP
Facilities. Signed November 4,1996 \[PGAN9701.EAF\].

Continuation of Food Waste Management at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Signed November 25, 1996 \[MCST9701.FON\].

Installation of a 16-beam Imaging Riometer in the Arrival heights Site
of Special Scientific Interest (No. 2), SIGNED December 11,1996
\[MCST9702.EAF\].

Placing a Bulk Used Oil Storage Tank in the Hazardous Waste Storage
Yard, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, signed December 12,1996,
\[MCST9703.EAF\].

Retrieval of Fuel and Other Materials from Old South Pole Station,
Antarctica, Signed December 16,1996, \[SPST9702.EAF\].

Improvement of the Helicopter Pad at Lake Bonney Field Camp in the
Taylor Valley, Antarctica, signed December 18,1996 \[MCDV9701.EAF\].

Amendment to Environmental Document, Replacement Garage for the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, signed April 14,1997
\[SPST9703.AM1\].

Replacement of the Electric Power Plant and Fuel Storage Facilities at
the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, signed April 15,1997
\[SPST9704.EAF\].

Consolidation of Facilities in the Hazardous Waste Yard McMurdo Station,
Antarctica. Signed September 24, 1997 \[MCST9704.EAF\]

Addition to the Long-Duration, Heavy-Lift Balloon Structure at Williams
Field, Antarctica. Signed September 3, 1997 \[MCAN9501.AM1\].
Technical Notes

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USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Boise, Idaho

BIOLOGY TECHNICAL NOTE NO.1 April 18, 2007

POLLINATORS

The following web sites can be used as a quick reference to available
NRCS technical material related to pollinators (invertebrates and
vertebrates) and their habitat.

<http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/media/pdf/tn_b_38_a.pdf>

<http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/media/pdf/tn_b_50_a.pdf>

<http://www.unl.edu/nac/agroforestrynotes/an32g06.pdf>

<http://www.unl.edu/nac/agroforestrynotes/an33g07.pdf>

<http://www.unl.edu/nac/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf>

## 

## 

## **Instructions for considering pollinators in the planning process**

1.  Identify and protect pollinator forage already in place.

2.  Ensure that flowers are present throughout as much of the growing
    season as

possible.

3.  Identify the best sites to enhance existing or create new nectar and
    pollen sources

(i.e., riparian forest buffers, shelterbelts, windbreaks, hedgerows,
filter strips,

conservation cover and tree and shrub establishment).

4.  Select the best plants available to provide nectar and pollen
    sources.

5.  Develop a pest management plan to reduce impacts to pollinators, use
    spot

treatments, where possible, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
concepts.

6.  Develop the conservation plan with the landowner to enhance
    pollinators.
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**Species Group: Non-Salmonid Marine Species**

**Problem: There is a need for alternative feeds focusing on non-fish
proteins or oils for growout.**

**Rank: 1st**

**Problem Statement:**

-   There is a need for alternative feeds focusing on non-fish proteins
    and oils for growout.

**Research Statement:**

-   Develop efficient diets that optimize use of alternative protein and
    oils.

**Problem: There is a lack of breeding programs and broodstock diets
with emphasis on gamete quality.**

**Rank: 2nd**

**Problem Statement:**

-   There is a lack of breeding programs and broodstock diets with an
    emphasis on gamete quality.

**Research Statement:**

-   Develop breeding and domesticated broodstock programs and diets that
    produce quality gametes.

**Problem: Diseases in marine species are not well characterized or
understood.**

**Rank: 3rd**

**Problem Statement:**

-   Diseases in marine species are not well characterized or understood.

**Research Statement:**

-   Identifying and characterizing emerging diseases in marine species.

**Problem: Lack of support for an evolving commercial culture of marine
species under low-salinity conditions in RAS.**

**Rank: 4th**

**Problem Statement:**

-   Lack of support for an evolving commercial culture of marine species
    under low-salinity conditions in RAS.

**Research Statement:**

-   Optimize production of marine species using low salinity water
    conditions in RAS.

**Problem: Sustainable year-round seedstock (larval production) for
non-salmonids is unreliable and unpredictable.**

**Rank: 5th**

**Problem Statement:**

-   Sustainable year-round seedstock (larval production) for
    non-salmonids is unreliable and unpredictable.

**Research Statement:**

-   Refine larval rearing techniques for consistent mass production.

**Problem: Lack of demonstration commercial-scale RAS for marine finfish
prodcution.**

**Rank: 6th**

**Problem Statement:**

-   Lack of demonstration commercial-scale RAS for marine finfish
    production.

**Research Statement:**

-   Demonstrate commercial-scale RAS production of marine finfish.

**Problem: Lack of technologies and protocols for commercial scale live
feed production.**

**Rank: 7th**

**Problem Statement:**

-   Lack of technologies and protocols for commercial scale live feed
    production.

**Research Statement:**

-   Develop technologies and protocols for commercial-scale small sized
    live feed production such as copepods.
**Abstract Title:** Raman detection of individual nanowires and carbon
nanotubes manipulated using optoelectronic tweezers

**User Name:** Professor Ming C. Wu (Project Leader), Arash Jamshidi
(Primary Researcher)

**Affiliation:** University of California, Berkeley

**[Short Description:]{.underline}**

Optoelectronic tweezers (OET) is a dynamic, non-invasive optical
manipulation tool that works based on the principle of light-induced
dielectrophoretic force. OET is capable of trapping many different types
of particles including polystyrene beads, cells, metallic and
semiconducting nanowires. In addition, it has been demonstrated that OET
can create real-time dynamic arrays of nanowires and separate metallic
and semiconducting nanowires. In this work, we demonstrate the in-situ
Raman measurement of an individual silicon nanowire that is trapped
using optoelectronic tweezers.

**[Presentation Abstract:]{.underline}**

> In-situ Raman spectroscopy has been used by other manipulation methods
> such as optical tweezers to study

biological cells, micro and nanostructures. However, OET's low required
optical power density, large working area, and ability to massively
manipulate cells in liquid buffer makes it highly biocompatible.
Therefore, OET- trapped nanostructures can be used for future
non-invasive probing and imaging applications. In addition, in-situ
Raman measurements of OET-trapped individual nanowires will be useful
for sorting and separating nanowires of different compositions, sizes,
and surface functionalities, as well as for creating arrays of single
nanowires of alternating properties.

> Fig. 1a shows the experimental setup for Raman measurements of trapped
> silicon nanowires. The liquid

buffer containing the silicon nanowires (100 nm diameter, 10-20 μm in
length) was introduced into the OET device. At first, no voltage was
applied to the device and the nanowires were undergoing Brownian motion.
Once the voltage was applied to the device, a single silicon nanowire
was attracted to the laser spot. Upon trapping of the individual silicon
nanowire, the silicon Raman peak was observed in the Raman spectra (fig.
1b). The Raman peak, approximately 520 cm^-1^, agrees with typical
reported values for large silicon nanowires.

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Fig. 1: (a) Experimental setup for Raman measurement of an individual
silicon nanowire: a diode laser (830 nm, 20 mW optical power) is focused
onto the OET surface using a 20X objective. An AC voltage of 15 Vpp at
100 KHz is applied across the device. The Raman signal is collected
using a spectrometer and a CCD camera. (b) No Raman signal was detected
in the absence of an AC voltage (dotted line). Once the voltage was
applied, an individual silicon nanowire was attracted to the laser and
the silicon Raman peak was detected (solid line).
Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee

Meeting, #32 May 10, 2002

CBER Briefing Document - BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, Minutes of Meeting, December 6,
    2001; *www4.od.nih/oba/RAC/meeting.html*

2.  Gordon, J.W., Germline alteration by gene therapy: assessing and
    reducing the risks. *Molecular Medicine Today.* November 1998
    468-470.

3.  Masahiro, S., Ishikawa, A. and Kimura, M. Direct injection of
    foreign DNA into mouse testis as a possible in vivo gene transfer
    system via epididymal spermatozoa. *Molecular Reproduction and
    Development.* 2002; 61:49-56.

4.  Arruda, V.R., Fields, P.A., Milner, R., Wainwright, L., DeMiguel,
    M.P., Donovan, P.J., Herzog, R.W., Nichols, T.C., Biegel, J.A.,
    Mahmood, R., Dake, M., Huff, D., Flake, A.W., Couto, L., Kay, M.A.,
    and High, K.A. Lack of germline transmission of vector sequences
    following systemic administration of recombinant AAV-2 vector in
    males. *Molecular Therapy*. 2001; 4(6) 586-592.

5.  Favre, D., Provost, N., Blouin, V., Blancho, G., Cherel, Y.,
    Salvetti, A., and Moullier, P. Immediate and long-term safety of
    recombinant adeno-associated virus injection into the nonhuman
    primate muscle. *Molecular Therapy.* 2001; 4(6): 559-566
> 4/22/2008

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                
                       Contact:  Audrey Jones

Tuesday, November 7,
2006                                                       202-226-0443
Office

**Congressman Scott Garrett Cites the Need for the Republican Party to
Get Back to Basics**

 

Washington, D.C.---Today, Congressman Scott Garrett released the
following statement:

\"The Republican Party needs to get back to basics. The American people
are worried about security - homeland security, job security, financial
security, retirement security. We\'ve had job growth and wage growth,
record low unemployment and record high homeownership; even falling gas
prices, but we haven\'t been able to make people more secure in their
pocketbooks. We\'ve gone five years since 9/11 without a terrorist
attack on our soil, but we\'ve been unable to make people feel more
secure in their homeland. And this is because we fail to address, as a
party, the issues at the core of their worries. Instead we address
symptoms of the insecurity with legislative band-aids that look good \--
and do good things \-- but put off the ultimate questions to the future.
If we are to reclaim the true mantle of leadership, we have to get
Federal spending under control, to continue to chop away at the deficit
with a cleaver instead of a knife. We have to address major fiscal
disasters looming over the horizon, like Medicare and Social Security.
And we have to make tough choices about protecting our homeland, both at
our borders and abroad.\"

\###
[PURPOSE]{.underline}

-   To promote rural economic development and job creation projects

[APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY]{.underline}

-   RUS (Rural Utility Service) Electric and Telephone utility borrowers
    only

-   Financially sound organization

-   Current on all Federal debts

[USE OF LOAN FUNDS]{.underline}

-   Business expansions and start-ups

-   Community development projects

-   Business incubator projects

-   Project feasibility studies

-   Advanced telecommunications and computer networks for medical and
    educational services

-   Community antenna television systems or facilities (with
    restrictions)

[MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LOAN AMOUNTS]{.underline}

-   Maximum \$740,000

-   Minimum \$10,000

[LOAN TERMS AND REPAYMENT]{.underline}

-   Zero-interest loan provided to the RUS Borrower on a pass-through
    basis to the ultimate recipient (project owner)

-   Maximum 10 year repayment period

-   Payments may be deferred up to two years

-   Repayment by the ultimate recipient may not be more restrictive than
    the repayment schedule of the RUS Borrower

-   Minimum 20% supplemental financing required of ultimate recipient

[APPLICATION PROCESS]{.underline}

-   Applications are submitted to the USDA -

> Northern Minnesota: Francis (Butch) Koehmstedt, 218-681-2843 ext. 114,
> Francis.Koehmstedt@mn.usda.gov
>
> Central Minnesota: Kathy Coyle, 218-847-9392x121,
> Kathy.Coyle@mn.usda.gov
>
> Southern Minnesota: Lisa Noty, 507-373-7960x120, Lisa.Noty@mn.usda.gov

-   Applications are forwarded to the USDA - Rural Development National
    Office for selection on a national competitive basis

-   Applications are selected quarterly

[SELECTION FACTORS]{.underline}

-   Nature of the project

-   Job creation projections

-   Long-term improvements in economic development

-   Diversifying the rural economy or alleviating underemployment

-   Supplemental funds

-   Economic conditions and job creation

-   Unemployment rates

-   Per capita personal income

-   Change in population

-   Number of long-term jobs

-   Community-based economic development program

-   Plan for improving the marketable skills of people in rural areas

-   Location (rural)

-   Support for program - cushion of credit payments

-   Demonstration project

-   Probability of success

-   Ownership and management of the project

-   Ultimate recipient\'s business plan

-   Completeness of application

[FOR MORE INFORMATION]{.underline}

Contact:

> Northern Minnesota: Francis (Butch) Koehmstedt, 218-681-2843 ext. 114,
> Francis.Koehmstedt@mn.usda.gov
>
> Central Minnesota: Kathy Coyle, 218-847-9392x121,
> Kathy.Coyle@mn.usda.gov
>
> Southern Minnesota: Lisa Noty, 507-373-7960x120, Lisa.Noty@mn.usda.gov

TDD for hearing impaired (651) 602-7830.

**www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn**
Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 7/7/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** GM4024

GM4024

**Germany**

**Dairy and Products**

**German dairy farmers exceeded their milk quota by 362,000 MT in milk
year 2003/04.**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Karina Ramos

U.S. Embassy, Berlin

**Prepared by:**

Sabine M. Lieberz

**Report Highlights:**

German dairy farmers exceeded their milk quota by 362,000 MT or 1.3
percent in milk year 2003/04. This is the highest amount that they have
overshot their milk quota since 1996/97. As a result farmers have to pay
a superlevy of U.S. \$ 158 million (Euro 129 million) in total.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Berlin \[GM1\]

\[GM\]

In milk year 2003/04 (April /March) German dairy farmers exceeded their
milk quota by 362,000 MT or 1.3 percent based on adjusted fat content.
This is the highest overshoot since 1996/97. The German quota for
2003/04 was 27,769,340 MT.

# Table 1: Quota overshoot by German Dairy Farmers in 1,000 MT

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The reason for the high milk deliveries lies in the farmers'
underestimating the German milk production potential. In 2002/03 milk
deliveries had fallen 90,000 MT short of the quota. Also, it was the
common perception that the heat and drought of the Summer of 2003 would
result in lower feed stocks (hay and silage) and consequently in lower
milk production. In combination, this led farmers to believe that their
own overproduction would by compensated for by lower production of other
producers. When in January of 2004 it became apparent that this was a
misconception, it was too late to reduce production enough to evade a
superlevy.

According to EU common market organization for milk and milk products,
German farmers now face a superlevy of U.S.\$ 158 million[^1] (Euro 129
million).

[^1]: Exchange rate: U.S. \$ 1 = Euro 0.8145, 1 Euro = U.S. \$ 1.2277 as
    of July 6, 2004
The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act

[Fact Sheet]{.underline}

*Today, individuals in the custody or control of the United States are
being transferred for interrogation or detention to countries where they
are likely to be tortured. Known as **"extraordinary rendition,"** this
practice amounts to the United States outsourcing torture of detainees
suspected of connections to terrorism, and violates U.S. and
international law. **The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act will close
once and for all the loopholes in U.S. law that have been exploited to
allow this misguided program to go forward.***

**Extraordinary Rendition:**

-   **Endangers U.S. troops and personnel overseas.** Universal
    compliance to international human rights standards and the threat of
    prosecution for violation of these standards is the only defense for
    the most vulnerable American troops -- those captured on the
    battlefield. Extraordinary rendition threatens to undermine
    international adherence to international standards for the treatment
    of detainees and POWs.

-   **Violates U.S. and international law**, which guarantee that no
    individual shall be transferred to "a country where there are
    substantial grounds for believing the person would be in danger of
    being subjected to torture."

-   **Is premised on "diplomatic assurances."** The Bush Administration
    accepts non-legally binding assurances from torturing countries that
    they will not mistreat transferred individuals. The Administration,
    in other words, accepts an inherently untrustworthy and unverifiable
    pledge from known torturers that "this time we won't torture."

-   **Produces bad intelligence.** Torture is widely known to produce
    unreliable intelligence, as an individual will say or sign anything
    to make the pain stop. That's why U.S. military interrogators have
    said that torture is useless from an intelligence perspective.

-   **Damages the moral authority and international standing of the
    United States.** How can the United States call for improved human
    rights standards around the world when we are sending suspects to
    the worst abusers of human rights for "interrogation?"

**The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act will:**

-   **Bar the transfer of individuals** in the custody or control of the
    U.S. government or contractors to any country known for the use of
    torture, regardless of that individual's citizenship or location of
    seizure.

-   **Bar the use of "diplomatic assurances"** as the basis for
    determining that the threat of torture does not exist.

-   **Allow treaty-based extraditions** to countries that do not torture
    to continue unimpeded.

-   **Provide the Secretary of State with waiver authority** to permit
    transfers when there is either verifiable mechanism in place to
    assure that the person transferred will not face torture, or if the
    country no longer practices torture.

The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act is supported by a broad coalition
of human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Human Rights
First.
**110.0 PURPOSE**

This chapter sets forth the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA)
policies, responsibilities, and procedures for the purchase of corporate
and individual memberships in societies, associations, and institutions
and for the payment of dues for such memberships. This chapter does not
address grants and sponsorships (refer to Chapter 155), Bonnevile
Financial Assistance Instructions, or acquisition of membership related
publications.

**110.1 POLICY**

**A. BPA's policy is** to pay for memberships in societies,
associations, and institutions when such membership is job-related,
cost-effective, and not redundant. The organization which
requested/acquired the membership is responsible for budgeting and
funding the payment of the membership dues.

**B.** When BPA has purchased a corporate membership, it will not
purchase an individual membership. An exception may be made if BPA
determines that an individual membership benefits BPA. Such exceptions
must be approved by the Vice-President (VP), Executive VP or Senior VP
of the organization where the request originated.

**110.2 RESPONSIBILITIES**

**A.** **Requester** is the individual requesting corporate or
individual membership and is responsible for justifying whether the
membership is in the best interest of the BPA and must complete blocks
1-5 of BPA F 1130.01e.

**B.** **Requesting Organization** is the organization to which the
requester is assigned and is responsible for funding membership
approvals.

**C.** **Approving Officials** - normally first level managers - must
assure that membership is job-related, that the corporate membership is
in the organization does not already exist, that funds are available for
the membership fees, and that the justification provided by the
requester warrants the expenditure of funds.

**D. Librarian,** is the individual responsible for assuring that a
current listing of corporate memberships is maintained and is available
to BPA employees via the BPA Intranet.

**E. Employees** are responsible for maintaining their individual
memberships in good standing, and for notifying their supervisors of any
termination in membership. The employee is responsible for notifying the
society, association or institution (of which he/she was a member) that
any refund of amounts paid by BPA are to be made directly back to BPA.

**110.3 PROCEDURES**

**A.** **The requester** completes the BPA Membership Request and
Approval Form 1130.01e and forwards the form via the appropriate
supervisory channels to the approving.

**B.** **The approving official,** completes the remainder of the BPA
Membership Request and Approval Form 1130.01e and forwards the form and
any further documentation to Dispersment Operations for payment.

**C. The requester**, following approval of the form, must send a copy
to Library Services, for the corporate database to be updated.

4.  **REFERENCE:**

Section 11 (b) (11), Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act (P.
L. 93-454), dated October 18, 1974, codified at 16 U.S.C. 838
(i)(b)(11), is the authority for this activity.

5 USC 5757(a), Payment of Expenses to Obtain Professional Credentials
**§14.668 Disposition of claims.**

\(a\) *Disallowed claims.* Claimants will be promptly notified of the
disallowance of a claim and the reasons therefor.

\(b\) *Allowed claims.*

\(1\) *Reimbursement in kind.* Where a claim is allowed and it is
determined to be to the advantage of the Government, reimbursement will
be made in kind. The official authorizing settlement will request the
Director, Supply Service, Veterans Health Services and Research
Administration, to procure the necessary article or articles and deliver
same to the claimant.

\(2\) *Reimbursement by check.* The official authorizing settlement will
forward allowed claims, other than those requiring reimbursement in
kind, to the Finance activity at the Department of Veterans Affairs
installation where the claim arose. That activity will audit the claim,
which if found proper for payment, will be scheduled on SF 1166,
*Voucher and Schedule of Payments*, and forwarded to the appropriate
Regional Disbursing Office for payment.

\[38 FR 5475, Mar. 1, 1973, as amended at 42 FR 41422, Aug. 17, 1977\]

**§14.669 Fees of agents or attorneys; penalty.**

The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964 (Pub.
L. 88-558; 78 Stat. 767) was amended by Pub. L. 89-185 (79 Stat. 789),
on September 15, 1965, by adding a new section which provided that no
more than 10 percent of the amount paid in settlement of each individual
claim submitted and settled under the authority of the Act shall be paid
or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of
services rendered in connection with that claim. Any person violating
the provisions of this Act is deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding \$1,000.

\[38 FR 5475, Mar. 1, 1973\]

*Next Section is §14.700*
SOURCES TABLE

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  KID          AUTHOR    YEAR   TITLE                      PUBLISHER

  1006546874   H. Hinds  1912   The coal deposits of       Missouri Bureau
                                Missouri                   of Geology and
                                                           Mines

  1006547491   R. C.     1949   Divisions of the           Kansas Geological
               Moore            Pennsylvanian System in    Survey
                                Kansas                     
  ------------ --------- ------ -------------------------- -----------------
Dear BLM Planning Committee,

I wanted to send a quick note expressing my extreme concern about the
possibility of the increase in logging on the 2.5 million acres of
forest managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in western Oregon.
When will we learn that the old growth forests here in the northwest
should be protected by all of us and treated as the unique and wonderful
part of our culture that they are.

The Northwest Forest Plan\'s protections should remain in place for BLM
lands, not sacrificed in an out-of-court deal between the timber
industry and the White House. Once the Oregon ancient forests are
decimated there will never again be giant trees for our children and our
children's children to appreciate. We are gradually ruining this
countryside that we should be protecting .... all in the name of the
almighty dollar. What a shame!

I am concerned that the changes the BLM has proposed in its Western
Oregon Plan Revision will not only lead to the loss of Oregon\'s
irreplaceable ancient forests but to the increase in water pollution,
degraded habitat, and increased conflict and controversy as well.

Please protect western BLM forests and maintain the Northwest Forest
Plan reserve system.

Sincerely,

Julie A Harrison\
6523 SE 19^th^ Ave

Portland, OR 97202
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By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.  On November 22, 1999, Saint Jo Independent School District (Saint
    Jo) filed its Schools and Libraries Universal Service Program
    Services Orders and Certification Form 470 (FCC Form 470). The
    Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service
    Administrative Company (SLD or USAC) posted Saint Jo\'s FCC Form 470
    to its web site on December 28, 1999. Because SLD failed to timely
    post Saint Jo\'s FCC Form 470, Saint Jo was unable to comply with
    the competitive bidding rules set for in 47 C.F.R. § 54.504(b)(4).
    Subsequently, SLD denied Saint Jo\'s FCC Form 471 application on
    October 13, 2000 as a violation of the competitive bidding
    rules.[^1]

2.  On April 25, 2001, USAC filed a letter with the Commission relating
    the above facts and urging the Commission to grant Saint Jo\'s
    waiver request consistent with the Commission\'s decision in
    *Runnemede Public Schools*.[^2] Because the delay in posting Saint
    Jo\'s FCC Form 470 was solely attributable to USAC, we believe that
    a waiver of the Commission\'s competitive bidding requirement is
    warranted in this case. Therefore, we remand Saint Jo's application
    to SLD for reprocessing and the issuance of an appropriate Funding
    Commitment Letter.

3.  ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
    sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission\'s rules, 47
    C.F.R. §§ 0.91. 0.291, and 54.722(a), that the Request for Review
    filed by Saint Jo Independent School District, Saint Jo, Texas IS
    GRANTED to the extent provided herein and that Saint Jo Independent
    School District's application IS REMANDED to SLD for further
    consideration in light of this decision.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert

Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division

> Common Carrier Bureau

# 

[^1]: *See* Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal
    Service Administrative Co., to Phillip Hall, Saint Jo Independent
    School District, dated October 13, 2000.

[^2]: *See* In the Matter of Request for Waiver by Runnemede Public
    Schools, Runnemede, New Jersey, released December 21, 1999.
OS-2 (8-98)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTTION

[www.dot.state.pa.us](http://www.dot.state.pa.us/)

7000 Geerdes Boulevard

King of Prussia, PA 19406-1525

May 8, 2001

060/MSL/RRM

> Chester and Montgomery Counties
>
> S.R. 0202, Section 404
>
> Document No. 009

Allan A. Myers, Inc.

P.O. Box 98

1805 Berks Road

Worcester, PA 19490

> Attn: Thomas A. Kinsman
>
> Project Manager

Re: Transmittal #0051

High Steel Request for CNC Drilling Acceptance

Dear Mr. Kinsman:

> The Department has reviewed the March 1, 2001 letter from High Steel
> Structures, Inc. requesting that CNC and template drilling of frill
> size field splice holes be accepted
>
> The CNC drilling procedure is accepted at the 5-21941, S-22002 and
> S-21677 structures under the following conditions:
>
> 1\) Klan A. Myers, Inc. and High Steel Structures, Inc. accepts
> responsibility for any problems and cost that might occur from using
> this procedure and the conditions set by the Department to ensure
> proper fit-up and quality of the product.
>
> 2\) No additional holes will be allowed in the flange or web.
> Misdrilled holes will result in the girder being rejected.
>
> 3\) No tack welds will be allowed unless they will be consumed by the
> final weld. -

SR. 0202, Section 404

High Steel Request for CNC Drilling Acceptance

May 8, 2001

> 4\) In accordance with 1105.03(g)1, use the Progressive Girder
> Assembly to ensure fit-up of structure.
>
> 5\) No time extension will be granted as a result of this procedure
> and progressive girder assembly fit-up requirements.

6)  Any additional cost resulting from a failure to meet erection
    schedules will be the responsibility of Allan A. Myers, Inc. and
    High Steel Structures, Inc. and not the Department.

> If you have any questions concerning this matter please contact James
> Mastrilli, P.E., District 6-0 Structure Control Engineer, at
> 610-205-6686.

Very truly yours,

Marshall S. Linton, P.E.

Assistant District Engineer, Construction

O6O/MSL/JMM: sr

w/attachmen.

cc: M. Linton

R. Mackey

S.  Laws

> J. Mastrilli

R. Horwhat --- Mat's and Testing Lab --- Harrisburg

D. Wilhelm --- Mat's and Testing Lab --- Harrisburg

T. Macioci --- Central Office Bridge Unit - Harrisburg

W. Williams --- FHWA --- Harrisburg

L. Triandaftlou --- FHWA - Baltimore

A. Alberts

2\.
Codes of Conduct DC

Updated December 5, 2008

Aarp Foundation

601 E Street, Nw

Washington DC 20049-

Acord Fair Housing

739 8th. Street Se

Washington DC 20003-

Catholic Charities of The Archdiocese of

Washington

924 G Street Nw

Washington DC 20001-

Coalition For The Homeless

1234 Massachusetts Avenue,

Washington DC 20005-

Community Connections

801 Pennsylavania Avenue Se

Washington DC 20003-

Community Family Life Services, Incorporated

305 E. Street, N.w.

Washington DC 20001-

Dc office of Revenue Analysis

441 4th Street, Nw Suite \# 400

Washington DC 20001-

District of Columbia Housing Authority

1133 North Capitol Street Ne

Washington DC 2002-

District of Columbia. Department of Health

64 New York Avenue

Washington DC 20002-

Families Forward, Inc.

1012 14th Street., N.w. \# 105

Washington DC 20019-

Homefree-usa

318 Riggs Road, Ne

Washington DC 20011-

House of Ruth

5 Thomas Circle

Washington DC 20005-

Housing Assistance Council

1025 Vermont Ave., N.w., Ste

Washington DC 20005-

Housing Counseling Services, Inc.

2430 Ontario Rd., Nw

Washington DC 20009-

Howard University

2400 6th St., Nw, P.O. Box

Washington DC 20059-

Jhp, Inc.

1526 Pennsylvania Avenue Se

Washington DC 20003-

Marshall Heights Community Development, Inc.

3939 Benning Road, Ne

Washington DC 2001 -

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments\
777 N. Capitol Street, Ne., Ste.

Washington DC 20002-

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

733 15th St., Ste 540

Washington DC 20005-

National Council of La Raza

1126 16th Street, Nw

Washington DC 20036-

National Credit Union Foundation, Inc.

601 Pennsylvania Avenue Nw,

Washington DC 20004-

National Fair Housing Alliance

1212 New York Ave., Ste 525

Washington DC 20005-

Near Northeast Community Improvement Corporation

1326 Florida Avenue Ne

Washington DC 20002-

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

1325 G Street, Nw, Ste.800

Washington DC 20005-

Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.

741 8th Street, Se

Washington DC 20003-

Some ( So Others Might Eat )

71 \" O \" Street, Nw

Washington DC 20001-

The Community Partnership For The Prevention of Homelessness

801 Pennsylvania Avenue Se,

Washington DC 20003-

The Equal Rights Center

11 Dupont Circle, Nw, 4th Floor

Washington DC 20036-

Transitional Housing Corporation

5101 16th Street, N.w.

Washington DC 20011-

University Legal Services

220 I Street, Ne, Ste 130

Washington DC 20002-

Hannah House, Inc.

612 M Street, Nw

Washington, Dc DC 20001-
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 25, 2007

## 

##### New plan to improve parking at Atlanta VAMC 

ATLANTA, GA -- In its continued effort to provide the best customer
service possible, the Atlanta VAMC today announced a new parking plan
which will continue to feature valet service.

Under the new plan, patients and visitors will be encouraged to use
complimentary valet parking and open area parking spaces. The parking
deck, which can accommodate 1187 vehicles, will be reserved for
employees. The only exception will be for handicap vehicles. Vehicles
with valid handicap tags will still be allowed to park in any handicap
area at the facility.

"Currently employee parking is not strictly enforced and patient and
employee parking are mixed in," said Pamela Watkins, Facility Planner.
"The new parking plan will allow for one whole area to be dedicated to
employees which will help eliminate the many parking frustrations."

The changes should take effect on or around August 6, 2007, according to
Atlanta VAMC Police Chief Jeffrey Garrett. Garrett and Watkins both say
the key to the plan is ensuring it's enforceable. With that in mind,
more police officers, dispatchers, and traffic assistants have been
hired.

In addition, new systems and administrative requirements will also help
with enforcement. For example, dispatchers will be able to address
questions or concerns through a new intercom system and soon all
employees will have to use a Proximity Card to enter and exit the
parking deck.

Chief Garrett says he understands it will take time for all the new
changes to sink in and says a compressive education campaign will soon
follow.

"First and foremost, employees have to fully understand the rules and
guidelines so increasing awareness will be an on going part of the
campaign. We'll continue to listen to our veterans and employees and
with their cooperation we will alleviate the stress of parking,"
concluded Chief Garrett.

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**NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE**

**Idaho**

**CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS**

**FOR**

# SPOIL SPREADING

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

(Owner/Operator)

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

(Project Title)

GENERAL

Installation shall be in accordance with an approved design and plan.
Details of construction shown on the drawings but not included herein
are considered as a part of this specification. Construction activities
shall be in accordance with applicable OSHA regulations.

SITE PREPARATION

Where clearing of the spoil disposal area is specified on the drawings
the designated area(s) shall be cleared and stripped of all brush,
roots, sod, large rock or other material not suited for making a
compacted earthfill.

FILLS

The thickness of layers requiring compaction shall be placed in layers
no more than 8 inches in thickness. Compaction shall be no less than two
passes of pneumatically tired equipment over the entire surface of each
lift.

Surfaces of compacted and uncompacted areas shall be smoothed.

ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
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Channell \-- \-- \-- \-- BMT60925B7 Series \-- BMT650B7 Series

Emerson Network Power,

Energy Systems 5533G \-- \-- \-- \-- \-- \--

Thomas&Betts**^(1)^** \-- \-- \-- \-- C-2516 \-- C-2518

Tyco Electronics**^(1)^**

(DTerminator 2) \-- DT2-PMT DT2-PMT DT2-PMT DT2-PMT DT2-PMT DT2-PMT

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Thomas&Betts^(1)(2)^ \-- \-- \-- \-- C-2517 \-- \--

Tyco Electronics**^(1)^**

(DTerminator 2) \-- DT2-PMP DT2-PMP DT2-PMP DT2-PMP DT2-PMP DT2-PMP

**Note:**

1.  Order stub cable length in accordance with manufacturer\'s
    instructions.

2.  These protected blocks use the Energy Network Power, Energy Systems
    Communications 1557 (R-800) cable-class \"medium duty\" arrester.

3.  These protected blocks use the DTerminator 2 cable-class \"heavy
    duty\" arrester. Add details on Tyco types of protection i.e. -- (1)
    Fail-Safe 265-600V 24 AWG protection for OSP applications and (2)
    Fail-Safe/Vent Safe 265-600V 24 AWG protection, which can be used
    for primary protection.
April 1, 2008

SUBJECT: Midwest Area Equal Opportunity and Inclusion Policy Statement

TO: Midwest Area Employees

FROM: Steven R. Shafer /s/ 4/1/08

Director

Our Area is made up of individuals of different ethnic backgrounds,
genders, ages, work and life experiences, and talents and interests\--to
name only a few of the many ways our workforce is diverse. Personally
and professionally we benefit from exposure to our differences and our
diversity\--all of which enhance the work and collaborations of the
Agricultural Research Service and the Midwest Area. We need to retain
our diversity, promote inclusion of everyone, and continue to reach out
and further reflect the nation's increasing diversity at our worksites.

To do this requires effort by each of us to appreciate our differences;
increase our self awareness; treat others with courtesy, dignity and
respect; and be sensitive to the interpretation of our communications
and actions---basic non-discriminatory tenets.

All Area supervisors and managers share with me a commitment and
responsibility to promote a discrimination-free environment within the
Midwest Area that fosters inclusiveness, values diversity of
perspectives, is free of barriers to full participation, and empowers
every individual to contribute to the mission of ARS. All aspects of our
policies, practices, and operations are governed by the equal
opportunity principles prohibiting discrimination in employment based on
race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual
orientation, marital or familial status, political beliefs, protected
genetic information, or receipt of public assistance.

In the Midwest Area, inclusiveness of all individuals is valued while
discrimination or harassment are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
401(k) Plan Trustee Agrees To Repay Participants Following Legal Action
By U.S. Labor Department

**SPRINGFIELD, Mass**. \-- Alan Scrivner, the president of bankrupt
DataProfit Corp., has agreed to restore over \$43,000 to five
participants in the company's 401(k) profit sharing plan, the U.S. Labor
Department announced today.

The agreement is part of a Feb. 27 consent judgment that resolves a
Labor Department lawsuit filed in November alleging violations of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to James Benages,
Boston regional director for the department's Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield. The Labor
Department alleged that Scrivner violated his fiduciary duties under
ERISA by allowing \$85,000 in loans from five plan participants to be
deposited into the account of DataProfit Solutions, a party-in-interest
of which Scrivner is the majority owner. This is a prohibited
transaction under ERISA.

The suit also alleged that from November 2000 through March 2001,
Scrivner failed to ensure that employee contributions and loan
repayments totaling more than \$370,000 were forwarded to the plan. In
August, the department filed an adversary proceeding against Scrivner in
his Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding to designate the withheld funds and
improper loans as non-dischargeable debts. On March 20, 2002, the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court approved a consent judgment designating Scrivner\'s
\$43,000 restitution obligation a non-dischargeable debt.

Scrivner neither admits nor denies the allegations. Under the order he
agrees to pay the five plan participants restitution of \$43,000 plus
accrued interest. He is also permanently enjoined from serving as a
fiduciary to any ERISA-covered employee benefit plan and from future
violations of ERISA.

The judgment was predicated upon payment of \$475,000 to the plan by its
insurer to make up for contributions and loan repayments that were not
forwarded to the plan, plus legal fees. That payment has been made.
Steven Weiss, interim trustee of DataProfit Corp. has received authority
from the court to oversee the plan's termination and distribution of
contributions to participants and beneficiaries.

The Department's legal action against the defendants followed an
investigation by the Boston Regional Office of the Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration, located in Room 575 of the John F. Kennedy
Federal Building in Boston. The telephone number is 617-565-9600. Long
distance callers may reach the office through PWBA's toll free hotline:
1-866-275-7922.

\###

(Chao v. Alan Scrivner; DataProfit Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing
Plan (01-CV-30202-FHF)

(Chao v. Alan Scrivner. 01-42770-HJB)