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S701-03M.doc

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  Use as appropriate when shotcrete or concrete is specified on the
  project.

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**Section 701. - CEMENT**

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  When Prestressed concrete is specified (Section 553) include Subsection
  701.01(a).

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**701.01 Hydraulic Cement**

**(a) Portland Cement.** [Add the following:]{.underline}

When Prestressed Concrete is specified, Type III cement is allowed.

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  When shotcrete is specified, include Subsection 701.01(c), and Section
  566, 703.18. If colored shotcrete is required, also include 711.05.

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**701.01 Hydraulic Cement** [Add the following:]{.underline}

**(c) Shotcrete.** Use one of the following:

> **(1) Portland cement.** Conform to AASHTO M 85, limiting alkalies
> according to Table 2 in AASHTO M 85.
>
> **(2) Blended hydraulic cement.** Use AASHTO M 240, type IS, IS-A, IP,
> or IP-A cement.
# MEMORANDUM

To: ED's Desk Officer for OMB

From: William W. Knudsen

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, OSERS

Subject: Request to Extend Information Collection 1820-0631

The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the U.S. Department of
Education requests clearance to extend the Reporting Form for Projects
With Industry Compliance Indicators and Annual Evaluation Plan (OMB No.
1820-0631) for use through April 30, 2008.

Under Section 379.54 (implementing section 611 (f) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended (Act)) requires grantees who are requesting
funding for the third or any subsequent year to submit indicator data 60
days after the end of the project year.

The Reporting Form for Projects With Industry Compliance Indicators and
Annual Evaluation Plan is used to: (1) evaluate the performance of grant
recipients with respect to their compliance with evaluation standards as
required under section 611(f)(3)(B) of the Act; (2) determine whether a
grantee's performance meets the requirements for continuation funding as
required by section 611(a)(f)(4); (3) comply with mandated annual
reporting requirements in section 611(a)(5); and (4) evaluate the
performance of the program and its grantees with respect to measures
established pursuant to the Government Performance Results Act and the
job training common measures.

In addition, RSA is proposing to revise the current information
collection form which is in the OMB clearance process. The anticipated
time of approval will be January 2008 which will exceed the current
expiration date of November, 2007. A copy of this information is
attached.

Please allow the extension in order to comply with the congressional
mandate to assess project performance based on the above standards
established in the Act.

If you have immediate concerns, please contact Kerrie Clark at
202.245.7281 or Kia Weems at 202.245.7569.

Attachment
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN

**QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE**

[Event]{.underline} [Contact]{.underline}

Aircraft Crash Ft. Detrick Fire and Emergency Services

9-301-619-2528

Bomb Threats 1. Protective Services x1091

2\. NIH Police 301-252-3279

Building Evacuations 1. Pull Fire Alarm

2\. FME Bldg. Coordinator

Civil Disorder/Protest Activity 1. Ft. Detrick Police 9-301-619-7114

2\. Protective Services x1091

Contaminated Air 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068 (normal working hours)

> 2\. Protective Services x1091/ FME Shift Person (after hours)

Elevator Emergency Ft. Detrick Fire and Emergency Services

9-301-619-2528

Explosions Ft. Detrick Fire and Emergency Services

9-301-619-2528

Fire Ft. Detrick Fire and Emergency Services

9-301-619-2528

Fire Alarm System Failure 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

Flooding/Water Damage 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

High Wind/Wind Damage 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN

**QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE**

Page 2

Medical Emergencies 1. OHS x911

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091

(after hours)

Moving Animals Director, Laboratory Animal Sciences Program x1542

Moving Freezers Appropriate Bldg. Manager

Oxygen Deficiency 1. EHS x1451

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

PALS Protective Services x1091

(Child Care Center)

Power Outage 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

Scientific Alarm System Failure Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person

Sewer Cut-Off 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

Site Evacuations John Eaton x1112/U.S. Army Garrison

Snow Emergency John Eaton x1112/U.S. Army Garrison

Spills (Biological, Chemical, 1. EHS x1451

Radiological) (normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091

(after hours)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN

**QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE**

Page 3

Tornado 1. Director, Environmental, Health and Safety Program (Emergency
Notification System)

Ventilation Outage 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)

Water Outage 1. FME Trouble Desk x1068

(normal working hours)

2\. Protective Services x1091/FME

Shift Person (after hours)
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
  **RA: Vocational    
  Rehabilitation      
  Recreational        
  Programs**          

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 3    

  Discretionary       

  RA, Title III,      
  Section 305         

  CFDA                84.128J: Recreational Programs
  ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  **Program      **To provide individuals with disabilities recreational
  Goal:**        activities and related experience that can be expected
                 to aid in their employment, mobility, socialization,
                 independence and community integration.**

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *Recreational Programs*

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  ----------------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------------------
  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  Vocational                                                  
  Rehabilitation-funded                                       
  Recreational Programs                                       
  in operation one, two,                                      
  or three years after                                        
  federal funding ceased.                                     
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   1312                                            

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\          **Status**
                                           (or date           
                                           expected)**        

  2001                                     66                 Measure not in place

  2002                                     80                 Measure not in place

  2003                                     75                 Measure not in place

  2004                    66               83                 Target Exceeded

  2005                    66               78.6               Target Exceeded

  2006                    79               78.5               Did Not Meet Target

  2007                    79               79                 Target Met

  2008                    80               Undefined          Pending

  2009                    80               Undefined          Pending
  ----------------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------------------

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual
*[DO NOT USE SECTION 402 WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL BE
[ADMINISTERED]{.underline} BY THE FOREST SERVICE, USE SECTION 403
INSTEAD (FS DOES NOT USE STATISTICAL ACCEPTANCE).]{.mark}*

[]{.mark}

*[IF SECTION 402 IS USED, ALSO INCLUDE SECTION 401 WITH SUBSECTIONS
\$\$401.03B, \$\$401.13A, AND \$\$401.15A.]{.mark}*

\$\$402.00A

######### Section 402. --- HOT ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT BY HVEEM OR MARSHALL MIX DESIGN METHOD

Revised 1 October 2008

*[INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING]{.mark}*

\$\$402.01A

402.01. Add the following:

Asphalt binder is designated as performance grade PG *[(ASK MATERIALS
ENGINEER FOR SPECIFIC GRADE)]{.mark}*.

*[INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING]{.mark}*

\$\$401.03G

402.03(b). Add the following after the first sentence:

> Submit all job-mix formula materials and information to the EFLHD
> Central Laboratory in Sevierville, Tennessee, with a copy to the CO as
> directed.

\$\$402.03B

402.03(b). Add the following:

> For job-mix formulas with percentages of recycled asphalt pavement
> greater than 15 percent, submit a quality control plan showing
> sufficient control of the recycled asphalt pavement.

\$\$402.03C

402.03(c). Add the following:

> Allow a minimum of 21 calendar days for verification of each job-mix
> formula after receipt of all materials and information at the EFLHD
> Central Laboratory.

\$\$402.00B

######### THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO THOSE 402 PAY ITEMS WITH BID SCHEDULE QUANTITIES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 4000 TONS

Revised 1 October 2008

*[INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING WHEN THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A STATE WITH
SIMILAR HACP SPECIFICATIONS. GRADING C AND E SHOULD BE SPECIFIED IF
ALLOWING A STATE OPTION (CHECK WITH THE MATERIALS ENGINEER)]{.mark}*

\$\$402.03E

402.03. Add the following:

At the option of the Contractor, a State Department of Transportation
mixture gradation may be submitted which has the same maximum size
aggregate as the specified grading and conforms to the aggregate quality
requirements in Subsection 703.07, and design parameters (b); (c)(2) or
(d); and (e) in Table 402-1 for the specified mix Class and the
requirements of Table 402-2.

The allowable deviations for an optional State Department of
Transportation gradation will be the allowable deviations as shown in
Table 703-4 for the gradation specified.

\$\$402.03F

402.03(b). Add the following:

> For State Department of Transportation mixes, submit a job-mix formula
> that is currently approved and has been tested by the State within a
> year of the date of intended use. Include documentation from a State
> Department of Transportation official certifying that it is an
> approved State mix.
William P. Gottlieb Collection

Special Presentation: Gottlieb on Assignment

William P. Gottlieb took most of his photographs while on assignments
for *The Washington Post*, *Down Beat* magazine, and *Record Changer*.
He had a weekly jazz column in the *Post*, a series of articles and
reviews in *Down Beat*, and a monthly column in *Record Changer*. In
this special presentation, four examples of his *Down Beat* assignments
are featured.

1\. Thelonious Monk ‑‑ Genius of Bop: Elusive Pianist Finally Caught in
an Interview, September 24, 1947

When the elusive Thelonious Monk disappeared from the jazz scene in
1947, Gottlieb embarked on a mission to track down the jazz giant. With
the help of Mary Lou Williams, widely regarded as the most significant
female instrumentalist, composer, and arranger in jazz, Gottlieb located
Monk and took him to Minton\'s Playhouse where he had once worked as
house pianist.

2\. Dardanelle is Versatile, June 17, 1946

An accomplished pianist, vibraphonist, and singer, Dardanelle has led an
active career as a pioneering female jazz performer, recording artist,
and radio and television personality. She is one of the few jazz
musicians from the golden age of jazz with whom Gottlieb still maintains
a close relationship. On this particular *Down Beat* assignment,
Gottlieb reviewed a performance by his friend Dardenelle when she
appeared at the Sheraton Hotel with Joe Sinacore and Bert Nazer. In
typical *Down Beat* fashion, the article is concluded by a response from
the artist.

3\. Lion Tracked to his Lair ‑‑ or Willie Smith\'s Story, January 1,
1947

Willie \"the Lion\" Smith\'s flamboyant character coupled with his
legendary derby hat, cigar, and thick glasses, made him an ideal sitter
for a Gottlieb portrait. Approximately ten years after Gottlieb met
\"The Lion\" for the first time, he interviewed the jazz pianist and
composer in his home. The subsequent historical piece is characterized
by Gottlieb\'s clever and witty \"hep cat\" writing style.

4\. Buddy Rich Forgets His Drums; Leads a New, Sweeter Band, May 21,
1947

Gottlieb reviewed drum virtuoso Buddy Rich in concert when Rich was
leading his own band and had begun to experiment with singing. Several
times throughout his career, Rich quit playing drums to be either a
dancer or a singer, but ultimately he always returned to drumming. His
vocal style has been compared to Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra. At the end
of the article, Rich responds favorably to Gottlieb\'s assessment of the
concert.
*Related Extramural SOP: [NIAID Request for Assignment Changes from
CSR](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/sop/csrassignmentchanges.htm)*

*Last reviewed July 30, 2008*

**901**- **REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT CHANGES**

# Instructions

NIAID or other IC program officers use a [901
form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc) to submit a
request to CSR for changes in primary IC assignment for a pending grant
application. To request an assignment change:

-   Send a 901 request to
    ![](media/image1.png){width="0.11388888888888889in"
    height="0.12569444444444444in"} [Contact for NIAID
    Staff](http://intra.niaid.nih.gov/organization/dea/Staff Directory/locked/recref.htm)
    for internal NIAID approval and signature for submission to CSR.

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-   Include the signatures of the referral liaison or designate of the
    ICs involved.

-   Include the name of staff contacts in other ICs involved under
    "Staff Consulted" on the [901
    form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc).

-   Program staff is responsible for tracking the status of 901 changes
    by accessing Quickview, an
    [IMPAC](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/sop/db.htm) application.

-   Add or delete dual (secondary or other) IC assignment by contacting
    DEA staff ![](media/image1.png){width="0.11388888888888889in"
    height="0.12569444444444444in"} [Contact for NIAID
    Staff](http://intra.niaid.nih.gov/organization/dea/Staff Directory/locked/recref.htm),
    using the procedure outlined in [[Dual
    Assignments]{.underline}](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/sop/dual.htm).

Use a [901 form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc) to
request a change in primary IC assignment:

-   **Before peer review \--** NIAID and another IC staff agree that the
    application has been misassigned and, according to the referral
    guidelines, a change in primary assignment is required.

-   **After peer review \--** **Do not make this request until
    [after]{.underline} the summary statement has been entered into
    IMPAC.** NIAID will award the grant and the primary IC assignee
    agrees to relinquish the application. Program divisions should clear
    applications with budget implications through the budget office
    before submitting the [901
    form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc) to DEA.
    CSR requires that any request for a change of assignment made after
    Council review include a statement indicating that the requesting IC
    will fund the application.

    It takes about one week to complete a 901 action, from submission of
    a [901 form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc) to
    DEA until the final entry of new or revised data into IMPAC; this
    time is needed to contact the units that may be involved. DEA also
    uses a [901
    form](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/tool/niaid901form.doc) to request
    changes in NIAID peer review committee assignment and changes in
    activity code, e.g., R01, R03.
Critical aspects of Staff Development

Continuity -- practice, implement, reflect several times with the same
people

Research Results:

(Lillian McDermott)

Student Learning

1.  Facility in solving standard quantitative problems is not an
    adequate criterion for functional understanding.

2.  Connections among concepts, formal representations, and the real
    world are often lacking from traditional instruction.

3.  Certain conceptual difficulties are not overcome by traditional
    instruction. (Advanced study may not increase understanding of basic
    concepts.)

4.  A coherent framework is not typically an outcome of traditional
    instruction.

5.  Growth in reasoning ability often does not result from traditional
    instruction.

6.  Teaching by telling is an ineffective mode of instruction for most
    students.

Teaching

1.  Questions that require qualitative reasoning and verbal explanation
    are essential for assessing student learning and are an effective
    strategy for helping students learn.

2.  Students need repeated practice in interpreting physics formalism
    and relating it to the real world.

3.  Persistent conceptual difficulties must be explicitly addressed in
    multiple contexts.

4.  Students need to participate in the process of constructing
    qualitative models and applying these models to predict and explain
    real-world phenomena.

5.  Scientific reasoning skills must be expressly cultivated.

6.  Students must be intellectually active to develop a functional
    understanding.
Dear Sirs,

I am writing this letter in hopes that you will not take away my right
to take bio-identical hormones. I struggled for years about taking
estrogen and progesterone because of a family history of heart disease
and cancer, however after two years of unbearable days and nights I made
the decision to go to the Hotze Wellness Center. I went there in
September of 2005 and since that time my entire life has changed. I
sleep and can work; I am not dragging and dysfunctional anymore. I don't
have to bring a wash cloth with me to work because of my past 20 a day
hot flashes. I feel younger, look better and my husband could not agree
more. Unless you have lived through the emotions and physically have
dealt with these problems it is unfair to judge what should be done.

There are a million other products on the market that should be looked
at first before you pass judgment on a product that helped millions of
suffering women. I don't believe that women that have used bio-identical
hormones are asking for you to take them away.

Instead I would assume that it is the pharmaceutical companies that are
competing for the market that are asking for this investigation.

Please do not take my right away to enjoy what I consider the best years
of my life.

I make decisions all day long that affect my life; I think it is my
right to choose to take a product that enhances the **quality** of my
life.
**§3.359 Determination of service connection for former members of the
Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland.**

Rating boards will determine whether or not the condition for which
treatment is claimed by former members of the Armed Forces of
Czechoslovakia or Poland under 38 U.S.C. 109(c) is service connected.
This determination will be made using the same criteria that applies to
determinations of service connection based on service in the Armed
Forces of the United States.

\[43 FR 4424, Feb. 2, 1978\]

**§3.360 Service-connected health-care eligibility of certain persons**

**administratively discharged under other than honorable condition.**

\(a\) *General.* The health-care and related benefits authorized by
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code shall be provided to certain
former service persons with administrative discharges under other than
honorable conditions for any disability incurred or aggravated during
active military, naval, or air service in line of duty.

\(b\) *Discharge categorization.* With certain exceptions such benefits
shall be furnished for any disability incurred or aggravated during a
period of service terminated by a discharge under other than honorable
conditions. Specifically, they may not be furnished for any disability
incurred or aggravated during a period of service terminated by a bad
conduct discharge or when one of the bars listed in §3.12(c) applies.

\(c\) *Eligibility criteria.* In making determinations of health-care
eligibility the same criteria will be used as is now applicable to
determinations of service incurrence and in line of duty when there is
no character of discharge bar.

\[43 FR 15154, Apr. 11, 1978\]

*Next Section is §3.370*
N022885

February 11, 2008

CLA-2-87:OT:RR:NC:N1:101

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 8704.31.0020

Ms. Teresa D. Haney, Office Administrator

Belle Group Inc.

3959 Electric Road, Suite 360

Roanoke, VA 24018-4573

RE: The tariff classification of a powered wheelbarrow from the United
Kingdom.

Dear Ms. Haney:

This Ruling is being issued to correct Customs Rulings Number R05128 and
N005378, dated November 16, 2006 and January 17, 2007, respectively. Per
our telephone conversation with you of February 5, 2008, a new Ruling
letter is being issued based on your clarification of the exact
specifications of the engine used to power the BMD MiniDumper. A
complete corrected ruling follows.

In your letter dated October 26, 2006 you requested a tariff
classification ruling.

![](media/image1.wmf){width="2.2944444444444443in"
height="1.5444444444444445in"} The item concerned is the BMD MiniDumper;
it is walk-behind wheelbarrow powered by a gasoline-fueled Honda GXV
160, 5.5 horsepower engine. The MiniDumper can handle loads up to 661
pounds, weighs 330 pounds, has a maximum speed of 3.72 m.p.h. and has
four (4) forward gears and one (1) reverse gear.

The applicable subheading for the BMD MiniDumper will be 8704.31.0020,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides
for "Motor vehicles for the transport of goods: Other, with
spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine: G.V.W. not exceeding 5
metric tons: G.V.W not exceeding 2.5 metric tons". The rate of duty will
be 25%.

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 Richard Laman at 646-733-3017.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director,

National Commodity

Specialist Division
AvantGarde Press

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**Weep For ISABELLE**

**a rhapsody in a minor key**

***Mel Month***

**About Book**

This is a story of 20th century *physicists*, big men with big
ambitions, big ideas, and big egos, who built glorious monuments to the
gods. They dared dream of unraveling the mystery of the universe. But so
tightly did they grasp their hearts' desire that it crumbled into dust
in their hands. In the beginning, the dazzling lights shining in their
brilliant minds gave rise to national laboratories and grand particle
accelerators, which proliferated like wildfire across the American
landscape. Then, suddenly, their size reached a critical point, and
*bigness* planted a verboten sign. The dream the great physicists had of
piercing the armor of the kingdom of the gods was quashed. The
enterprise had just become too big for even extraordinary men to
sustain, and the edifice they were building came crashing down around
them. And all that remained was stagnation and empty dreams! Who would
have thought it? Big Physics seemed limitless. How puzzling then was its
sudden misfortune. But now at last what lay behind it all is revealed --
the closely held confidentialities, the dark secrets, the devious
deceptions, and the cold-hearted conspiracies.

**About the Author**

Mel Month had careers as a research scientist at Brookhaven National
Laboratory, as a management specialist at the Department of Energy, as
an organizer for the physics community, and as founder of a
technology-dominated school on particle accelerators. He has a PhD in
physics and an MBA, and has written extensively on science, education,
and management -- including numerous scholarly papers, management
reports and project proposals. In 2000, he co-authored the
Wiley-published book, *Managing Science*. Now, he has entered the arena
of the historical novel with his new book, *Weep For ISABELLE*, about
the rise and decline of American Big Science in the 20^th^ century. It
is a work based on first-hand experience, written straight from the
heart.
Appendix 13

U. S. TREASURY RATES FOR DELINQUENT DEBTS

Fiscal Year Months Interest Rate

1974 July 1973 - June 1974 6.560%

1975 July 1974 - June 1975 6.352%

1976 July 1975 - Sept. 1976 6.470%

1977 Oct. 1976 - Sept. 1977 6.424% 1

1978 Oct. 1977 - Feb. 1978 7.126%

1978 Mar. 1978 - Sept. 1978 9.00%

1979 Oct. 1978 - Sept. 1979 9.00%

1980 Oct. 1979 - June 1980 9.00% 2

1980 July 1980 - Sept. 1980 14.72%

1981 Oct. 1980 - Dec. 1980 9.09%

1981 Jan. 1981 - Mar. 1981 13.14%

1981 Apr. 1981 - June 1981 17.74%

1981 July 1981 - Sept. 1981 16.19%

1982 Oct. 1981 - Dec. 1981 18.35%

1982 Jan. 1982 - Mar. 1982 14.39%

1982 Apr. 1982 - June 1982 13.22%

1982 July 1982 - Sept. 1982 14.26%

1983 Oct. 1982 - Dec. 1982 11.98% 3

1983 Jan. 1983 - June 1983 13.00%

1983 July 1983 - Sept. 1983 11.00%

Page 1 of 2 OCT 26 1987

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

Appendix 13

U.S. TREASURY RATES FOR DELINQUENT DEBTS (continued)

Fiscal Year Months Interest Rate

1984 Oct. 1983 - Dec. 1983 9.00%

1984 Jan. 1984 - Mar. 1984 9.00%

1984 Apr. 1984 - June 1984 9.00%

1984 July 1984 - Sept. 1984 9.00%

1985 Oct. 1984 - Dec. 1984 9.00%

1985 Jan. 1985 - Mar. 1985 9.00%

1985 Apr. 1985 - June 1985 9.00%

1985 July 1985 - Sept. 1985 9.00%

1986 Oct. 1985 - Dec. 1985 9.00% 4

1986 Jan. 1986 - Dec. 1986 8.00%

1987 Jan. 1987 - Dec. 1987 7.00%

1 Began using new Treasury Fiscal Requirements Manual (TFRM)

2 Began using quarterly rates per TFRM

3 Began using rate prescribed by Debt Collection Act of 1982

4 Began using annual Treasury current value of funds rate

per Treasury Financial Manual

Rates subsequent to December 1987 may be obtained from the

Federal Register, the TFRM, or by contacting the Departmental

Claims Officer, Office of Finance and Accounting, Headquarters.

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**Mapping habitable environments by studying physiological changes in
microbial communities at life's upper temperature boundary**

Matthew O. Schrenk

*Geophysical Laboratory*

*Carnegie Institution of Washington*

*5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW*

# Washington, D.C. 20015

*USA*

[m.schrenk@gl.ciw.edu](../m.schrenk@gl.ciw.edu)

Deborah S. Kelley

*School of Oceanography*

## University of Washington

*USA*

John A. Baross

*School of Oceanography*

## University of Washington

*USA*

Understanding the role of temperature in constraining biologically
habitable environments is fundamental to evaluating the extent of
contemporary biogeochemical cycles as well as microbial evolution
throughout Earth's history. Microbiological studies of geothermal
environments have pushed temperature limits upwards in recent years
following the discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the
concurrent development of culture-independent approaches to study
microbial communities. Laboratory studies have placed an upper boundary
to microbial growth at \~121°C, and a limit to enzymatic activity at
\~130°C. However, recent findings have expanded our view of
biogeochemistry in high temperature environments and provided intriguing
data that support the existence of viable microbial communities beyond
currently accepted limitations. In these systems, due to overlap of
living, fossilized, and abiogenic signals, it is clear that the careful,
integrated study of both biological and geological features is critical
to delineate the processes operative at and above life's upper
temperature boundary. To elucidate changes in microbial community
physiology commensurate with temperature differences, an integrated
microscopic and biochemical approach was developed using laboratory
cultures of hyperthermophilic microorganisms and applied to thermal
gradients within the walls of active deep-sea hydrothermal chimneys.
Results of this work provide insight into physiological factors that
constrain microbial activities *in situ* and can easily be combined with
detailed studies of microbial genetics and biochemistry. We will show
that the complexity of biogenic and abiogenic signatures within these
high temperature environments provides an ideal setting to develop and
test criteria for life detection and characterization in similar
environments on other planets.
> ***ZA ITNA OBJAVA***
>
> 15 septemvri, 2005 godina
>
> Kancelarija za pe\~at: +389 (0)2 308-0446
>
> Mobilen: +389 (0)70 323-807
>
> Email: <talbor@usaid.gov>
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> www.usaid.org.mk

OBJAVA ZA PE\^AT

SAD go poddr\`uvaat prviot Proekt za reciklirawe na plasti\~ni {i{iwa vo
Makedonija

Skopje\-- Makedonija mo\`e da si ja zbogati svojata prirodna ubavina so
toa {to }e gi otstrani frlenite plasti\~ni {i{iwa, a lokalnite firmi
mo\`at da imaat polza od reciklirawe i izvoz na {i{iwa preku proektot
koj e sponzoriran od strana na Agencijata za me\|unaroden razvoj na SAD
koja e del od misijata na SAD vo Makedonija.

Proektot se otvora vo Makedonija kako pilot proekt za sobirawe,
sortirawe, melewe i proda\`ba na koristeni plasti\~ni {i{iwa napraveni
od polietilen tereftalat (PET) so povik za ponudi od zainteresiranite
firmi. Istiot }e se implementira vo oblik na partnerstvo me\|u
privatniot i javniot sektor.

"Davaweto pottik za reciklirawe plasti\~ni {i{iwa ne e samo dobro za
\`ivotnata sredina, tuku e vo interes i na turizmot vo Makedonija," veli
Dik Goldman, Direktorot na misijata na USAID . "Makedonija e prekrasna
zemja, no mnogu mesta se izvlakani so smet od koj pove}eto se plasti\~ni
{i{iwa."

Vo Makedonija ve}e postojat oblici na sobirawe i reciklirawe odredeni
vidovi plasti\~ni proizvodi, no ne na PET proizvodi. Ovaa plastika
voobi\~aeno se koristi za {i{iwa za bezalkoholni i alkoholni pijaloci.
Golema e pobaruva\~kata za pro\~isteni i reciklirani par\~iwa i ostatoci
na PET zaradi proizvodstvo na poliesterski vlakna za tekstilnata
industrija.

Narodot na Amerika od 1993 godina navamu investiral preku USAID pove}e
od \$400 milioni vo Makedonija. Vo tek e implementacija na pove}e od 30
proekti vo vrednost od \$35 milioni godi{no. Ovie proekti se izgotveni
za poddr{ka na tranzicijata na Makedonija vo multi-etni\~ka demokratija
koja po\~iva na sloboden pazar. Tie gi vklu\~uvaat inicijativite za
zabrzuvawe na ekonomskiiot raste\`, razvivawe na demokratski institucii
i obrazovuvawe na gra\|anite za edna moderna ekonomija. USAID dava
ekonomska i humanitarna pomo{ vo pove}e od 100 zemji. Za pove}e
informacii, ve molime posetete ja
[www.USAID.org.mk](http://www.USAID.org.mk/).

ZABELE\[KI ZA UREDNICITE:

Pred zapo\~nuvaweto na pilot proektot be{e napravena edna dlabinska
analiza na sega{nite aktivnosti vo Makedonija vo vrska so reciklirawe na
plastika i koli\~estva otpad koj se proizveduva sekoja godina. Se uvide
deka iskoristenite PET {i{iwa ne se sobiraat, nitu pak se recikliraat.

Koga edna{ }e se stavat vo kontejnerite za otpad, {i{iwata od PET
voobi\~aeno zavr{uvaat na deponii. Analizata poka\`uva deka okolu 5 do
7% od vkupniot otpad se {i{iwa od PET (spored te\`inata), {to vkupno
so\~inuva okolu 5,000 do 6,000 toni godi{no samo vo Skopje. Me\|utoa,
poradi bezbednosni i sigurnosni pri\~ini (na deponiite vo Skopje ne se
dozvoluva pristap na lica koi go prebiraat smetot) i nedostatokot na
linija za sortirawe na deponijata vo Skopje, bukvalno siot ovoj otpad
sega za sega se zakopuva.
# Harbor Beach, Lake Huron

Host organization: Sensient Flavors Inc.

Contact: Plant Manager: James A. Tenbusch

Tel: 989-479-3034

Fax: 989-479-3320

Email: jim.tenbusch@sensient-tech.com

Address: 79 State St.

Harbor Beach, MI 48441-1255

Direction: From the intersection of State St. (Hwy M142) and North Huron
Ave (Hwy M25), go east on State St. through the gate at the industrial
area, then past the white building to the second set of gates. The gauge
house is through those gates on the north side of the peninsula.
Permission to access the area is required and can be given from the
guard shack found north of the State St. and North Huron Ave
intersection. The guard shack is on the right about 1 block north on
North Huron Ave.

Notes:

1.  Tide gauge house looks in good shape and clean both inside and out.

2.  Plenty of room for a 5-½ ft shelf for equipment along with another
    3-½ ft on lower shelf.

3.  No concrete pillar can be installed due to ground fill.

4.  GPS antenna can be installed on the brick wall of the gauge house --
    the brick wall goes down to the foundation (foundation looks in a
    very good condition.)

5.  Antenna cable will be no longer than 50ft.

6.  If we do not use the wireless Internet we can share the existing
    phone line, or to have another phone line installed.

7.  The plant manager is willing to let NOAA use their computer room for
    the equipment along with providing us with a network connection.
    Additional phone line installation is required if we need one.

8.  Needs to send a letter to the Manager for his and company's
    approval.

9.  If we use the wireless network/serial units we may have to buy a
    repeater -- there is a building between the water gauge house and
    the plant's building housing computer room. This middle building is
    a little bit higher than we want. A network communication test will
    help us to decide on this repeater issue.

10. Needs batteries and power inverter.
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER

MICHAEL J. COPPS

RE: Auction of Licenses in the 747-762 and 777-792 MHz Bands and Auction
of Licenses in the 698-746 MHz Band.

After a great deal of deliberation, I agree with today's decision to
proceed as scheduled with the auction of licenses in the 698-746 band
and temporarily to postpone the auction of licenses in the 747-762 and
777-792 MHz bands.

The statutory directives related to auction dates for the 700 MHz band
are ambiguous. I have spent many hours trying to parse their meaning and
intent. Reasonable arguments can be made for proceeding forthwith or
delaying the auctions. Just about any conclusion in this matter involves
some interpretive stretch on the part of the Commission.

Legitimate, but inconsistent, interpretations of section
309(j)(14)(C)(ii) of the Communications Act of 1934 and section 3007 of
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 provide no clear statutory language on
which to determine Congressional intent. Legislative history related to
these provisions is, unfortunately, also inconsistent. Given these
conflicting possible interpretations, I am forced to attempt to meet our
responsibilities in the best way possible.

I believe that moving forward with the lower 700 MHz band will both
advance the goal of deploying rural wireless services and will move us
towards resolution of assignment questions for this band, which Congress
appears to value. I believe that our action today on the lower 700 MHz
band has a sounder basis in statute and legislative history than would a
delay of the entire band. A temporary postponement of at least part of
the 700 MHz band, while controversial, seems in order given the apparent
intent of Congress to legislate on this matter in the near-term future.
The House of Representatives has already passed legislation, and reports
of possible Senate action should give the Commission pause in moving
ahead in the face of these Congressional concerns. Today's delay will
allow Congress time to consider pending legislation related to auctions.

It should be noted that the Commission is forced to act now because the
auction clock is running and a decision could not have been made
subsequent to this that would have accommodated completing an auction
this fall.

For these reasons, I support today's decision on this matter.
Using Municipal Scale Integrated Energy System Models to Fast Track
Investments in Advanced Infrastructure and Management Practices

Edward J. Linky, Esq.

Senior Energy Policy Advisor

USEPA Region II

New York, New York

Climate variability in the 21^st^ century will hasten the need and pace
for municipal environments to adapt to impacts ranging from sea level
rise to the human health and

economic impacts of the Urban Heat Island. Energy system models can
provide a flexible platform from which to accelerate the debate and
decisions about infrastructure

investments needed to make cities survivable, sustainable, and desirable
for human habitation. Decisions about how to manage solid and liquid
materials flows

along with energy will need to be made on an integrated basis.

EPA Region II is developing two versions of a municipal scale energy
system model that will look at technologies and management practices for
reducing greenhouse gas emissions from primary energy (electricity),
municipal solid waste, and wastewater. The output of the model based on
the proven MARKAL platform (see [www.etsap.org](http://www.etsap.org/))

is designed to provide a "blueprint" for a municipal Environmental
Management System.

(EMS)

Taking a series of "cost --benefit curves" of advanced technology and
management practices and translating them into a municipal scale EMS is
thought to be frontier

work in the area of Industrial Ecology. These models are the New York
City MARKAL,

which to date has an energy loop and has examined at an electric utility
substation level the impact of green building technologies as a
mitigation measure for the electric distribution system of Consolidated
Edison. It is hoped that a solid waste and waste water

loop will be added in 2006. The second model, which will serve as the
justification for completion of the NYC model, is the Carolina Puerto
Rico integrated MARKAL which

will contain electricity, waste water and solid waste loops. The results
of the NYC Model

have sparked interest by EPA Region VI in Dallas Texas and numerous
stakeholders in that area including the Texas General Land Office and
Austin Energy. The NYC model

was a collaboration of EPA Region II, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

To be presented at the Eastern Region Energy Water Needs

Assessment Workshop, December 12-14, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland
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***United States Department of Agriculture -- Rural Development***

***World Wide Web: <http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ca>***

***Paul Venosdel, State Director***

July 15, 2005 Contact: Bob Krauter

For Immediate Release Work: (530) 792-5803

Release No. 03.05 Cell: (916) 798-9295

**USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS FUNDS TO KERN EDC**

*\$80,000 rural business grant will help small business expansion in
Kern County*

DAVIS, Calif., - An \$80,000 grant from USDA Rural Development in
California will help sprout new businesses and create jobs in Kern
County rural communities. USDA Rural Development State Director Paul
Venosdel today awarded a check to the Kern Economic Development
Corporation (Kern EDC) in Bakersfield and lauded the organization's
efforts to stimulate economic health and strength in rural areas of the
county.

"Kern EDC has been a great partner with USDA Rural Development in
creating jobs and helping small businesses thrive and expand in the
southern San Joaquin Valley," said Venosdel. "When small businesses grow
and thrive, it translates into additional economic benefits that spread
down main streets of local communities."

The rural business enterprise grant will be used to fund Kern EDC's
"Tomatoes on Steroids" program, an innovative effort to deliver
intensive economic development assistance to small businesses with 50 or
fewer employees. A particular focus of the program is businesses in Kern
County's rural communities with high unemployment. Kern EDC President
and CEO Patrick Collins said the grant ensures the continued success of
the program.

"We are really excited about the success of the first year and looking
forward to working with the USDA Rural Development again this year to
continue growing small businesses in Kern County, said Collins.

Kern EDC is a private, non-profit company providing confidential site
selection assistance and project facilitation for companies expanding or
relocating to Bakersfield and Kern County.

USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grants can be used for a variety of
purposes, including technical assistance, machinery and equipment
purchases, revolving loan fund creation and building construction.

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USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative programs deliver a
variety of assistance to rural businesses and communities. The programs
work in financial partnership with local economic organizations,
including banks and lenders, economic development groups, universities,
cities, counties, tribes and utility cooperatives. More information on
rural programs is available <http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ca>.

**\# \# \#**

**"Committed to the future of rural communities"**

**United States Department of Agriculture • Rural Development**

**430 G Street, Agency 4169, Davis, CA 95616-4169**

**Telephone (530) 792-5803/Fax (530) 792-5841**

**http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ca/**
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Thomas Edison State College is accredited by Middle States Association
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