BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 228079

## Session M-10 Worksheets

- VA RCOs:
- What we do and how we do it
- October 15, 2007

## HRPP

**COMPONENTS**
- IRB(s)		R&D
- IO			PIs / Researchers
- ISO		PO
- Bio-safety		Pharmacy
- Affiliate Teams	Coordinators
- Credentialing (RN & PSB)
- Human Resources (HRMS, NPC, Affiliate)
- Voluntary 	Radiation Safety

**QA STRATEGIES**
- Monitor’s Reports
- Sporadic Not-for-Cause Audits
- Secondary Review of Incident Reports
- Enrollment Data
- CPRS Progress Notes

**COMMUNICATE**
- IRMS Staff
- E-mail / Phone / Take a Walk
- Drop-In Consult
- Mentor / Teach
- Observe Consent / Study Visit
- Talk with Subjects
- Town Hall Meeting

**TOOLS**
- Attend Trainings / Grand Rounds / M&M
- Walk the Halls
- Open-Door Policy
- Reasonableness Approach
- Humor
- Newsletter
- IATA Training / Monitoring

## IACUC

**COMPONENTS**
- Veterinarian	IO	R&D
- Animal Facility Manager	Caretakers
- Community Representative	AO
- Animal Subcommittee	IACUC Chair
- Union Member		Biosafety
- RN / Occupational Health	Rad Safety
- Infectious Disease		Pharmacy
- Researchers / Staff		EMS
- Engineering

**QA STRATEGIES**
- Audit: For and Not-for Cause
- Semi-annual report
- Walk through
- Support from Caretakers
- Chart Reviews
- Self Assessments

**COMMUNICATE**
- E-mail / Phone / Take a Walk
- Memos
- IACUC Administration
- Face-to-Face
- Sharepoint Software
- Town Hall Meeting
- Group / Flash e-mail
- JIT Needs

**TOOLS**
- Consult with Colleagues
- Walk Through
- Security Check
- Disaster Drills
- Emergency Plan – test it
- Newsletter
- IATA Training / Monitoring

## Research Safety

**COMPONENTS**
- Subcommittee Research Safety
- Radiation Safety	AO
- Chemical Safety	Industrial Hygienist
- Bio-safety Officer – Recombinant DNA
- Infection Control 	Safety Officer
- Facility Safety	Union Representative
- GEMS	Engineering	EMS
- Pharmacist
- Police – Vulnerability Assessment quarterly

**QA STRATEGIES**
- Walk Around
- Audits
- Self-Assessments
- Minutes
- Complaints
- Annual Review
- Audit-logs
- Review of SRS/Continuing Review

**COMMUNICATE**
- E-mail / Phone / Take a Walk
- Memos
- Face-to-Face
- Sharepoint Software
- Town Hall Meeting
- Group / Flash e-mail
- JIT Needs

**TOOLS**
- IATA Training	          Education
- Cross-Fertilization	          MSDS
- Controlled substances      Disaster Drills
- Bi-annual review of chemicals
- Veterinarian QA	Outside Reviewers
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Hoods/Autoclave Certs
- Logs:  Eyewash, freezers, showers

## IT Security 

**COMPONENTS**
- ISO	PO/HIPAA      IRMS
- CIO – IT Procurement (VA, NPC, Univ)
- R&D and all Subcommittees
- ACOS/R	       AO	      RCO           VISN
- PIs	          Users 	      ADP-Coordinator
- Contracts/AMMS	     Policy/Security
- Colleagues/Collaborators
- Sponsors		Monitors

**QA STRATEGIES**
- Inspections – laptops / flash drives
- FISMA / FIPS 140-2 compliant
- Encryption
- Contract Review

**COMMUNICATE**
- E-mail / Phone / Take a Walk
- Door-to-Door
- Sharepoint Software
- Town Hall Meeting
- Group / Flash e-mail
- Remind everyone that a hacker attempt is detected every millisecond!

**TOOLS**
- PI Data Certification
- Re-evaluation at Continuing Review
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## Data Analysis on the Monthly Electric Utility Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions (EIA – 826)

- Joe Sedransk and Nancy Kirkendall
- Statistics and Methods Group
- Friday, October 29, 2004

## Background

-   Residential
-   Commercial
-   Industrial
-   Other
- Other entities such as IOUs and wholesalers are censused
- EIA-861:  annual census; provides frame for
- EIA-826:  monthly survey used to provide estimates of total sales and revenues
- 	n = 149 in 2002; n = 170 in 2003

**Background**

## Sample Design

-   Included IOUs, now censused
-   Additions, deletions
- Sample coverage rate (IOUs + non-IOUs) in August 2003
-   76% to 88% depending on variable and end-user
-   68% to 95% by geographic region

**Sample Design**

## Estimation

## Evaluation

*Ten regions*
- Alaska, NEA(CT,DE,DC,ME,MD,MA,NH,NJ,PA,RI,NY,VT); NEC(IA,MI,MN,WI); CEN(IL,IN,KY,MO,OH,TN,WV); NWC(MT,NE,ND,SD,WY); WES(CA,NV);
- NEW(OR,WA,ID); SEA(AL,FL,GA,NC,SC,VA);
- SOU(AR,KS,LA,MS,OK,TX); SWE(AZ,CO,MN,UT)
*Four regions*
- North West (AK,NEW,NWC); North East (NEA,CEN,NEC);
- South East (SEA,SOU); South West (SWE,WES,HI)
*Data*
- All
- All except outliers and influential observations
- 	Outlier: |Standardized Residual| > 3.5
- 	Influential Observation: DFFITS > 2/n0.5

**Evaluation**

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Issues/Questions

- 2.  Composition of “estimation groups” (i.e., post-strata)
- 	a.  Examples
- Eleven regions
- Smaller number of regions (e.g., four)
- Other regions based on temperature and climate
- Ownership
- 	b.  Methodology for selection
- Use of macro-level longitudinal data
- 	For each variable (sales, revenue) and each end-user (residential, commercial, industrial)

**Issues/Questions**

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Slide 15

## Slide 16

## Slide 17

## Issues/Questions (cont.)

- 4.  Use of company level longitudinal data

## Issues/Questions (cont.)

- Are seasonal patterns of largest companies approximately the same as those for the smallest?
- Is grouping of companies in regions appropriate?

## Issues/Questions (cont.)

- Pooling similar regression coefficients
- 	Cross sectional view
- 	Enhance precision by using a larger number of estimation groups
- 	Use data-based pooling of “like” regression coefficients

## Questions for the Committee

- Have you suggestions for forming estimation groups (post-strata) starting from (a) company level data, or (b) data from a set of geographical regions?
- Do you have suggestions for other uses of the macro-level longitudinal data?
- Do you have suggestions for use of the company level longitudinal data?
- Do you have suggestions about alternative methodology for using a relatively large number of estimation groups and then using analytical tools (e.g., the “uncertain pooling” in point 5 above) for aggregation?

**Questions for the Committee**
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## Worldwide Acceptance

- Major accredited fire testing laboratories in North America include Factory Mutual Research, Southwest Research Institute, Western Fire Center, Underwriters Laboratories, Omega Point Laboratories, Intertek Testing Services NA and Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
- Accredited laboratories and agencies enjoy worldwide acceptance of their reports if their Accreditation Body is a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) operated by various international cooperations:
- International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
- Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)
- National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA) S domestic United States cooperation
- InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC)

## Worldwide Acceptance (cont’d.)

- American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), International Accreditation Service (IAS) and National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) are the three United States Accreditation Bodies recognized by the ILAC and APLAC MRAs.
- Five accreditation bodies are covered under National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA): A2LA, IAS, NVLAP, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and Performance Review Institute (PRI).

## Uncertainty of Measurements and Proficiency Testing for Laboratories

- Uncertainty of measurements very important for large-scale fire testing laboratories. This subject is currently being actively debated in APLAC and ILAC
- In-house retest of samples or items by several analysts
- Local or national exchange of samples or items for test and formal analysis of results
- 	(Proficiency Testing Suppliers accredited to ISO/IEC Guide 43 and ILAC G 13)
- APLAC exchange of proficiency testing samples among member economies, each with several laboratories participating (mostly testing)

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Typical Accreditation Certificate

***Typical Accreditation Certificate***

## Thank You

**   **

**                                               **

- www.iasonline.org
- Phone: +562 699-0541
- Facsimile: +562 699-8031
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## Slide 1

## Features of FIRE Baseline

-  **16 Wedged TF Coils**
-  **Two Pairs of External Divertor Coils**
-  **Two Pairs of External Ring Coils**
-  **Free-standing, Segmented CS**
-  **Vacuum Vessel Filled with Steel/Water for Shielding**
-  **Plasma Facing Components:**
**-Be coated Cu 1****st**** Wall**
**-W pin-type Inner Divertor, Baffle, & Outer Divertor**
-  **2 Outboard Poloidal Limiters**
-  **Internal Passive & Active     Stabilization Coils**

## Guidelines for FY01 Engineering Tasks

**Evaluate design alternates:**
**Sensitivity of cost to performance, aspect ratio, and size**
**Modifications to wedged baseline**
**Bucked and wedged, all OFHC Cu TF coils**
**Identify R&D issues**
**Carry out peer reviews of critical systems**
**Complete the baseline cost estimate**

## FY01 Meetings and Milestones

| item | where | date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY01 Kick-off Meeting | ANS, Park City | Oct 18, 00 |
| Design Point Subgroup | PPPL | Nov 29-30, 00 |
| Cost Subgroup | PPPL | Dec 1, 00 |
| Review of Physics & Engineering Status | NSO PAC, MIT | Jan 17-18, 01 |
| Project Peer Reviews: |   |   |
| TF/PF/Structures | TBD | March, 01 |
| ICRF Staging & Requirements | TBD | April, 01 |
| Power Supplies | TBD | May, 01 |
| Facilities & Siting | TBD | June, 01 |
| VV, PFC’s, Fueling & Pumping | With F&S | With F&S |
| Remote Handling & Tritium | With F&S | With F&S |
| Physics & Engineering Update | PPPL | June, 01 |
| Draft FY 01 Engineering Report | ----- | July 15, 01 |
| Final FY01 Engineering Report | ------ | Aug.  15, 01 |

## FIRE Engineering R&D

**State-of-the-art materials and manufacturing processes will allow the highest performance to be achieved cost effectively. **
**Several R&D areas have been identified to:**
**-complete the material property data base to assure that design criteria are satisfactory for materials procured in the size required for the device,**
**-test design concepts for component manufacture or assembly to assure processes are sufficiently developed and specified, or**
**-validate the design of prototype components through fabrication and test to assure that performance, cost or remote handling features have been adequately considered.**** **

## List* of Engineering R&D Areas

**TF Conductor and Design Criteria**
**TF Conductor Joints**
**Radiation Resistant Electrical Insulation**
**High and Low Friction Materials**
**High Force, High Reliability Jacking System for TF coils**
**Power Supply System**
**First Wall and Divertor Components**
**Vacuum Vessel**
**Remote Handling**
**Fueling and Pumping**
**ICRH Antenna**

- *priority and costs are TBD
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## Malaysia: Wastewater Treatment Sector Overview

- Vivian How
- Commercial Specialist
- U.S. Commercial Service Kuala Lumpur

## Market Overview

- Environmental Quality Act 1974
- Department of Environment
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Insufficient power, limited resources and manpower, lack of technical expertise, weak prosecution system

## Sewage and Industrial Effluents Regulations 1979

|  | Standard A | Standard B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BOD | 20 | 50 |
| COD | 50 | 100 |
| Suspended Solids | 50 | 100 |
| Mercury | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Cyanide | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Lead | 0.10 | 0.50 |
| Sulfides | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Oil and Grease | Not detectable | 10 |

*All units are in parts per million (ppm)*

## Market Size

- Total market size of water and wastewater treatment equipment in 2005: $ 878 million (source: World Trade Atlas)
- In 2005, U.S. has second largest market share of 20%
- Primary competitor: Japan with market share of 31%

## Best Prospects

- Integrated wastewater systems including process design and engineering, pollution prevention technologies, and wastewater recycling.
- Advanced water recovery systems for solvents, waste oil, acid and metals.
- High tech water monitoring and analytical equipment
- Oil-water separators

## Market Entry

- Local presence either representative, agent/distributor
- Product support and after-sales service
- “Well-connected” partners

## Market Access & Obstacles

- Few trade barriers
- Costlier
- Lack of back-up support

## Trade Events

- Asia Water 2008, April 1-3, 2008
- 	Kuala Lumpur Convention Center
- 	Organized by AMB Exhibitions
- 	For more information: _[www.asiawater.org](http://www.asiawater.org/)_

## Key Contacts

- Malaysia Department of Environment
- 	_[www.doe.gov.my](http://www.doe.gov.my/)_
- Malaysia Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment
- 	_[www.nre.gov.my](http://www.nre.gov.my/)_
- Indah Water Konsortium
- 	_[www.iwk.com.my](http://www.iwk.com.my/)_

## U.S. Commercial Service

- 	U.S.Commercial Service Kuala Lumpur
- 	American Embassy
- 	376 Jalan Tun Razak
- 	50400 Kuala Lumpur
- 	Malaysia
- 	Tel: +60-3-2168-4825
- 	Fax: +60-3-2168-8350
- 	Vivian How, Commercial Specialist
- 	E-mail: _[vivian.how@mail.doc.gov](mailto:vivian.how@mail.doc.gov)_
- 	Website: www.buyusa.gov/malaysia
# Presentation: 299821

**National Weather Service**

- By Curtis B. Barrett
- _[Curt.barrett@noaa.gov](mailto:Curt.barrett@noaa.gov)_
- Technology Transfer Program Manager
- National Weather Service
- Silver Spring, MD

## OPERATIONS CONCEPT 

**OPERATIONS CONCEPT**

## OPERATIONS CONCEPT 

**THE RIVER FORECAST CENTER**
**	****MISSION**
**	****USERS**
**	****INFRASTRUCTURE**
**	****	**
**	****	****PERSONNEL REQUIREM,ENTS**
**	****	****HOURS OF OPERATION**
**	****	****HARDWARE**
**	****	****SOFTWARE**

## OPERATIONS CONCEPT

**	****FORECAST CENTER PRODUCTS AND ****	****	****DEADLINES**
**	****DATA FLOW AND COMMUNICATIONS**
**	****STANDARD OPRATING PROCEDURES**
**	****EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND BACKUP**
**	****NON FORECASTING ACTIVITIES**
**	****	****TRAINING**
**	****	****DATA QUALITY CONTROL AND ARCHIVE**
**	****	****FALL OVER PROCEDURES**
**	****	****TROUBLE SHOOTING**
**	****	****FORECAST VERIFICATION**

**OPERATIONS CONCEPT**

## OPERATIONS CONCEPT CONT.

**	****	****OPREATIONAL CHECKLISTS**
**	****	****STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES**
**	****	****FORECAST PRODUCT EXAMPLES**

**OPERATIONS CONCEPT CONT.**

## AGNES FLOOD FORECAST PRODUCT

- FLOOD BULLETIN
- RECORD STAGES HAVE OCCURRED OR ARE FORECAST FOR SUSQUEHANA RIVER FROM THE NEW YORK BORDER SOUTHWARD. NEW RECORD STAGES ON THE WEST BRANCH BELOW RENOVO ARE RESULTING FROM THE RECORD RAINS OF THE LAST 48 HOURS.  ON THE NORTH BRANCH AT TOWANDA AND WILKES BARRE CREST STAGES WILL EXCEED ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BY 6 TO 8 FEET.
- AT 5:30 AM THE STAGE AT HARRISBURG WAS 29.23 FEET AND RISING.  THIS IS EQUAL TO THE CREST STAGE OF THE HISTORIC 1936 FLOOD.  HARRISBURG IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 32 FEET LATER TODAY.  7 AM STAGE AT HARRISBURG WAS 29.85 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY.
- THE RIVER FORECAST CENTER HAS LOST POWER AND IS TRANSFERRING TO STATE CIVIL DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS IN THE CAPITOL.
- RIVER BULLETIN	11:30 PM EDT		FRIDAY	JUNE 23, 1972
- STATION		FLOOD STAGE		CREST FORECAST	DAY 	TIME
- MAPLETOWN		20 FEET		28 FEET		6/23	1 AM
**LEWISTOWN****	****	****23 FEET****	****	****34 FEET****	****	****6/23****	****1 AM**
- WATSONTOWN	17 FEET		33 FEET		6/23	9 PM

- Total

- Zoom
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## Michigan Adolescent Screening Project-Community Partnerships

**	**
**	**

**MDCH**

## County Pilot Project STD Screening and Assessment of Reproductive Health Needs 

**MDCH funded Project through IPP funds**
**Ages 13-20**
**Special Settings**
**Juvenile Detention**
**Juvenile Correctional**
**School Based Clinics**
**Alternative Schools**
**Shelter Care**
**Jail**
**Drug Court***

## Description

**Urine-based**
**Computerized Sexual Questionnaire**
**Initiated 12/00**
**>3300 adolescents screened to date**

## Model for Screening

**Juvenile Detention**
**Offered to  adolescents reporting sexually activity on admission**
**Re-offer few days later for those that refuse**
**School Clinics**
**Offered to students accessing clinic for any reason**** **
**Correctional and Shelter**
**Weekly visit by Project Nurse to interview new adolescent admissions**

## Age and SexMales1697/ Females 1659

- Number

- Age

## Race/Ethnicity

##  Number of Lifetime            Sexual PartnersN 3355

- Mean  Number of Partners

- Age

- Total Number of Partners = 23,640
- Mean
-  Female (5)
- Male (9)

## Reproductive Health

**17% history of previous STD**
**20% history of pregnancy**
**Pregnancy outcomes - 60% abortion**
**10 % report on scheduled birth control**

## Reproductive Health

**Reported Condom Use- LSC**
**51% Females**
**65% Males**
**New Pap results (N-260)**
**25% Abnormal pap**
**Identified 87 new pregnancies**
**32% Chlamydia **

## Overall Positivity

- %

## Comparison of SitesChlamydia Positivity

- %

## Chlamydia Positivity by Gender/Race/Age

- %

-        Age

## Positive for ChlamydiaSymptoms

- 20%

- 80%

-      Males				      Females

## Chlamydia Positivity -Primary Reason for Clinic Visit

- %

- 50% of the infections would have been missed -       only tested STD requests

## CT Positivity - Number of Lifetime Partners

-      Number of Lifetime Partners

- %

## Gonorrhea Positivity by Age

- %

## Comparison of SitesGonorrhea Positivity

- %

## Positive for GonorrheaSymptoms

- 32%

- 68%

-      Males				    Females

## Symptoms Indicate InfectionGC/CT or Both

-        Males                                         Females

- 29 %

- 95 %

## Pen-based Computers

**Data entry at time of client contact**
**Uploaded directly into database **
**Time saving**
**no data entry **
**no missing data**
**Data can be analyzed at individual sites**

## Future Directions

**Pilot Project               CDC Expansion funds into          another county**
**CDC Jail Integration Funding - provided urine tests and computers to other detention facilities**
**Prevalence of infections within community**
**Infrastructure of health care on site**
**Creative ways to reach adolescents**
**Sport Physicals**
**Juvenile Drug Court**
**Alternative Schools**

## Expansion of Adolescent Screening Sites in  Michigan

- *

- *

- *

- *

## Presented by : 

- Lynda Byer R.N., M.S.
- Barbara Draper R.N., B.S.N.
- Oakland County Children’s Village
- byerl@co.oakland.mi.us    248/ 452-9188

**MDCH**
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## Landing Site Compositional Assessment Using High Resolution TES Data

- Steve Ruff, Vicky Hamilton, and
-  Phil Christensen
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Arizona State University

## Endmember Suite

- Minerals
- Quartz
- Microcline
- Albite
- Oligoclase
- Andesine
- Labradorite
- Bytownite
- Anorthite
- Actinolite
- Biotite
- Muscovite
- Chlorite
- Enstatite
- Bronzite
- Diopside
- Augite
- Hedenbergite
- Serpentine

- Forsterite
- Fayalite
- Hematite
- Anydrite
- Gypsum
- Calcite
- Dolomite
- Nontronite
- Fe-Smectite
- Illite
- Si-K glass
- Basaltic glass
- Atmosphere
- Atmospheric dust (low CO2)
- Atmospheric dust (high CO2)
- Water ice cloud (high latitude)
- Water ice cloud (low latitude)
- CO2 gas
- H2O gas

## Unit 1

**Unit 1**

**Unit 2**

**Unit 3**

## Slide 4

## Unit 1,

- Plagioclase		30%
- Pyroxene		25%
- Calcite		10%
- Fe-smectite	10%
- Si-K glass		10%
- Other		15%

## Unit 1

**Unit 1**

**Unit 2**

**Unit 3**

## Slide 7

## Unit 2,

- Plagioclase 	35%
- Pyroxene		30%
- Si-K glass		15%
- Gypsum		10%
- Other		10%

## Unit 1

**Unit 1**

**Unit 2**

**Unit 3**

## Slide 10

## Unit 3

- Plagioclase		45%
- Pyroxene		20%
- Si-K glass		10%
- Other		25%

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Plagioclase		30%

- Plagioclase		30%
- Surface dust	25%
- Pyroxene		15%
- Olivine		15%
- Other		15%

## Slide 15

## Eos Chasma

**Eos Chasma**

## Slide 17

## Pyroxene		30%

- Pyroxene		30%
- Carbonate		30%
- Plagioclase		10%
- Olivine		10%
- Other		20%

## Athabasca

**Athabasca**
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## GIS 

**GIS **

- Geographic Information Systems

## Geographic Information Systems What is it?

**   *****spatial location***** -** usually a geographic location
**   *****information***** - **visualization of analysis of data** **
**   *****system*****  - **linking software, hardware, data
**   *****people***** - **a thinker, user and explorer who is behind the power of GIS

- Geographic Information Systems** ****What is it?**

## a method to visualize, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data to study the  world
a “Smart Map” linking a database to the map, creating dynamic displays

**a “Smart Map”**** *****linking a database to the map, creating dynamic displays***

***In other words, GIS is...***

##   Data is organized by layers, coverages or themes; with each theme representing a common feature.

-   Data is organized by layers, coverages or** themes; ***with each theme representing a common feature.*
-   Layers are integrated using explicit location on the earth’s surface, *thus geographical location is the organizing principal*.

**Political Boundaries**

**Common Land Units**

**Highways and Roads**

**SSURGO Soils**

**Hydrography**

**Elevation**

## What Can a GIS Do for You?

_**Perform Specific Geographic Queries and Analysis**_
- Are there any wetlands within a specific parcel?
- Where are all the steep slopes within a specific township?
- What is the total area of type II and III wetlands within a proposed building site?
_**Improve Organizational Integration**_
- Improved management of resources
- Interdepartmental information sharing and communication
_**Maps, Modeling and Analysis**_
- Geographic visualization
- Database
_**Make Better Decisions and Create Better Solutions**_
- Tools to query, analyze and map data in support of the decision making process

## 	Raster Data or Grid Data

- Pixel Data
- A location and value
- Examples of Raster Data are
- 	satellite and aerial photos
**Vector Data or Linear Data**
- Points, lines and polygons
- Features – (ex; house, boat, well, lake)
- Attributes -  (ex; type, length, size)

- Point

- Line

- Polygon

## Database“Not Easy to Interpret”

**Database****“Not Easy to Interpret”**

## Visualization  “Worth a Thousand Words”

**Visualization **** “Worth a Thousand Words”**

- GIS creates dynamic maps

## Combining Various Display Methods

## NRCS GIS Examples

## Slide 11

## Index sheets for soil surveys

**Index sheets for soil surveys**

## INTERESTED?

- Check out the web!
- A career in GIS and natural resources is rewarding
- Even if your career path doesn’t lead you to GIS, keep in mind that it is a tool that can support every discipline; from soils to economics to health occupations.

## For more information

- Danielle Evans
- State Soils GIS Specialist
- 651-602-7895
- Danielle.Evans@mn.usda.gov
- Banette Kritzky
- State GIS Coordinator
- 651-602-7905
- Banette.Kritzky@mn.usda.gov
# Presentation: 675823

## EPA’s Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office 

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**4**

**13**

**15**

**27**

**The Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) Mission: **To facilitate faster, more effective, and less costly cleanup and reuse of Federal Facilities.

- EPA’s Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office** **
**Program Snapshot for May 2004**
*Federal Environmental Cleanups that Put Citizens First*

**National Priorities List (NPL) Information Summary**

***177 Federal Facilities on the NPL**********
***(Overall Average Cleanup Phase)*****

***Status of NPL ***
***Federal Facilities***

_**Notes:**_**  ****	****All data from 5/17/2004 CERCLIS 3 except where noted.  **
**	****NPL and Non-NPL cleanup data includes both Superfund and RCRA activity at Superfund Federal Facilities.  **

**Includes facilities Proposed to the NPL, Final, and Deleted from the NPL.*
*** Facility overall average cleanup phase is based on average cleanup status across Facility pipelines.*

***Federal Facilities ***
***NPL Remedial Pipeline Action Status****

***NPL Federal Facilities ***
***by Agency***

- *Other Federal Agencies include: EPA, DOI, DOT, FAA, NASA, SBA, USDA

**Total number of Federal Facilities and  private sites on the NPL is 1,583.*

**21**

**42**

**3**

**53**

**1**

**45**

**1**

**11**

***Completed Interagency Agreements***
***by Agency (148 Total)***

**42**

**1**

**42**

**31**

**3**

**21**

**7**

- *Other Federal Agencies include: EPA, DOI, DOT, FAA, NASA, SBA, USDA

**1**

**569**

**454**

**283**

**250**

**Includes 1,556 ongoing RI/FS, ongoing RD, ongoing RA, completed RA actions, and Long Term Stewardship actions at 177 Federal Facilities*

## Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office Program Facts

**Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office Program Facts**
***Federal Environmental Cleanups that Put Citizens First***

**Community Involvement**

***Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs) and ***
***Restoration Advisory Boards (RABs)/***
***Site-Specific Advisory Boards****** ******(SSABs) ***

**Number of Active **
**TAGs and RABs/SSABs**

_**Notes:**_** ****	****All data from 5/17/2004 CERCLIS 3 except where noted.  **
**	****NPL and Non-NPL cleanup data includes both Superfund and RCRA activity at Superfund Federal Facilities.  **

**Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)**

***BRAC Parcels where ***
***Finding of Suitability to Transfer/Lease is Completed***
**Cumulative Acreage (in Thousands)**

*Number of Acres*

***Status of the 108 Select BRAC Installations***
***(36 NPL & 72 Non-NPL)***

**18**

**17**

**63**

**5**

**(Total: 184)**

**4**

**1**

***EI Status for Federal Facilities***
*** ******on the RCRA Cleanup Baseline***
***Total Facilities: 160***
*Source: RCRIS 12/09/2003*

**10**

**74**

** ****39**

**37**

**Environmental Indicators**

***EI Status for NPL Federal Facilities***

_**Groundwater**_

_**Human Exposure**_

**Long Term Stewardship**

***Long Term Stewardship at NPL Facilities***
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## CMIP1—T126, 64 layers version of CFS 

***T62 CMIP and AMIP integrations with 64 and 28 layers***
***Compared to independent estimates of fluxes***
***K&T Kiehl and Trenberth estimates of global mean surface heat budget (with range)***
***SRB—surface radiation from satellite estimates of TOA radiation, ISCCP clouds and radiative transfer model***
***SOC—Southampton COADS-based estimates of surface heat fluxes with and without correction ***
***ERA40, NCEP1 and NCEP2 reanalyses***
***CMAP or Xie-Arkin precipitation estimates***

## SRB

|  | CFST126 | K&T | Range |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LH | 93 | 78 | 78-90 |
| SH | 13 | 24 | 16-27 |
| DSW | 210 | 198 |  |
| USW |  30 | 30 |  |
| NSW | 180 | 168 | 142-174 |
| DLW | 325 | 324 |  |
| ULW | 396 | 390 |  |
| NLW | 71 | 66 | 40-72 |
| Net Rad | 109 | 102 | 99-119 |
| NHF | 2.15 |  |  |

**185**
**24**
**161**
**348**
**396**
***48***
**113**

***Global means***

## CFS T126

- T62

- Reanl

- Zonal mean surface net heat flux

## T126

- T62

- reanl

- Zonal mean surface net shortwave

## Evaporation

- T126 CFS

- ERA40 reanl

- NCEP reanalyses

***Evaporation***

## Evaporation

- T126 CFS

- ERA40 reanl

- COADS estimate

- COADS estimate adjusted to zero global net heat flux into ocean

***Evaporation***

## Surface net short wave

***Surface net short wave***

- T126 CFS

- T62 CFS

- T62 28 levels

## Surface net heat flux

***Surface net heat flux***

- T126 CFS

- ERA40 reanl

- COADS estimate adjusted to zero global net heat flux into ocean

- COADS estimate

## T126 CFS

***Surface net heat flux***

- ERA40 reanl

- NCEP reanalyses

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Global mean precip

***Global mean precip***
***Kiehl and Trenberth 2.69 (2.69-3.1) mm/day***
***CMIP1  3.22 mm/day***

- T126 CFS

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Precipitation annual mean

***CMAP***

***CMIP1***

***28 levels,T64***

***64 levels, T64***

***Precipitation annual mean***

## CMAP

***CMAP***

- CMIP trouble with SPCZ, Too little rainfall
- at equator in east Pacific, too much rain in ITCZ no of equator

## CMAP

***CMAP***

- Not enough rain east of Phillipines, SPCZ wrong orientation
# Presentation: 237770

## DOE Grand ChallengeSupercomputer Solution of Massive Crystallographic and MicrotomographicStructural Problems

- www.mcs.anl.gov/xray/

## Grand Challenge Program

-  “Attack challenging scientific problems in which the application of advanced computational techniques is likely to lead to significant advances”

- Computational Accelerator Physics: Advanced Modeling for Next Generation Accelerator Applications
- Global Ocean and Climate Modeling
- A High Performance Computational Engine for the Analysis of Genomes
- Materials, Methods, Microstructure and Magnetism
- Particle Physics Phenomenology from Lattice QCD

- DOE Grand Challenges

## Participants in X-Ray GCA

- Argonne National Laboratory
- Advanced Photon Source
- Mathematics and Computer Science Division
- Structural Biology Center
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources
- Hauptman-Woodward Institute
- USC Information Sciences Institute
- Northwestern University

## Project Goals

- New capabilities for the reconstruction of high-resolution tomographic data
- Including time-resolved data
- New capabilities for the direct phase solution of atomic-resolution, large-molecule crystallographic data
- Quasi-real-time analysis and visualization, and interactive steering of experiments

## Goals: Microtomography

- Quasi-real-time analysis, based on existing algorithms, and new techniques
- High-speed filtered backprojection, FFT
- New reconstruction algorithms
- Improved ART based on clipped SOR, C-G, limited-memory quasi-Newton
- Reconstruction with limited views
- Diffraction tomography

## Goals: Crystallography

- Improved parallel direct phase solution (larger molecules) + Laue crystallography
- Direct phasing
- Extend Shake-and-Bake to macromolecules
- Diffraction image processing
- Rapid extraction of structure factor amplitudes
- Extraction of of crystal mosaicity information
- Laue crystallography
- Large-scale oscillations

## Goals:Computational Infrastructure 

- Real-time scheduling
- Specification of computational requirements
- Location and allocation of resources
- High-performance networking
- Visualization
- Data compression and data reduction
- Parallel Discrete Cosine Transform, Discrete Wavelet Transform, Pyramid Vector Quantizer

## Facilities

- IBM SP Systems
- 80 SP3 and 64 SP1 nodes, with approximately 40GB of memory, 1TB of on-line storage, and 60TB off-line storage capacity
- SGI Origin 2000 System
- Currently 16 processors
- CAVE and ImmersaDesk VR Systems

## Purpose of Meeting

- Get to know each other
- Establish technical goals for next 12 months
- Code developments
- Scientific milestones
- Define mechanisms for future communication
- Workshops
- Subgroup meetings
- Next “all-hands” meeting

## Meeting Structure

- Morning
- 8-12: Brief presentations from participants
- Afternoon
- 1:30-2: Discussion
- 2-4 pm: breakouts
- 4-5 pm: Final discussion
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## Genetic diversity assessment and validation of core collection of Chinese oat with SSR markers

- CAAS-Bioversity Centre of Excellence, c/o Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

- Zongwen Zhang, Enlai Zhang, Bin Wu, Wei Xu, Yajun Hou, Huaijun Xiang

## Introduction

- Oat is one of the important food and feed cereal crops in China, with cultivation area of 0.6-0.7 million hectares annually
- About 4000 accessions of oat were collected and conserved in China and a core subset was developed for promoting evaluation and utilization
- SSR marker is useful tool in genetic diversity assessment
- SSR marker was used to analyze the genetic diversity of the core subset of oat collection in China to provide molecular information for further validating the core collection

## Material and methods

- Core collection of oats: 458 accessions
- 315 native accessions
- 143 introduced accessions
- SSR marker (simple sequence repeats)
- DNA extraction
- PCR protocol
- Data analysis

## Major results

- 72 alleles were identified, 4.8 alleles in each SSR locus
- M83381 is most polymorphic marker, with 11 alleles identified
- Average PIC is 0.6, with maximum of 0.789 expressed by M83381

- Shannon-weaver index:
- Ranged from 0.459-1.118, with highest from American accessions (1.118), followed by accessions from Eastern Europe (1.091).
- Within the country, accessions from Shanxi (1.085) and Inner Mongolia (1.033) have higher diversity than others

| Origins | Diversity Index |
| --- | --- |
| America (AM) | 1.118 |
| Western Europe (WE) | 1.091 |
| Shanxi (SX) | 1.085 |
| Inner Mongolia (IM) | 1.033 |
| Other countries (OT) | 0.951 |
| Eastern Europe (EE) | 0.931 |
| Hebei (HB) | 0.923 |
| Qinghai (QH) | 0.918 |
| Gansu/Ningxia (GN) | 0.833 |
| Southwest (SW) | 0.828 |
| Northeast (NE) | 0.824 |
| Shaanxi (SH) | 0.73 |
| Xinjiang (XJ) | 0.459 |
| Total | 1.107 |

- Table 2 Shannon-weaver index of accessions with different origins

- Genetic similarity coefficient:
- Ranged from 0.346-0.517 among accessions with different origins
- Strong relationships between geographic accessions observed, the closer the geographical areas, the closer the accessions from those areas
- Principle coordinate analysis
- Group 1: Shanxi, Gansu and Ningxia
- Group 2: Southwest of China
- Group 3: Western Europe

- □ NE
- ▲ EE
- ▽ GN
- ★  OT
- ※  HB
- ◆  AM
- ☆  IM
- ♀  QH
- ▓  SX
- ◎ SH
- △ SW
- ● WE
- ♂ XJ

**Fig 1.  Two-dimension principal coordinate analysis based on SSR data **
# Presentation: 772197

## Signal Processing For Spectral Imaging

**Signal Processing For Spectral Imaging**

**S**mall
**B**usiness
**I**nnovation
**R**esearch

**Irvine Sensors Corporation**

- Costa Mesa, CA

**INNOVATION**
- On-focal plane electronics incorporated into
- integrated circuit, capable of compensating for
- detector array non-uniformities
**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- On-focal-plane functions achieved including significant improvement in gain and offset corrections, and the capability for analog to digital conversion at 1000 Hz frame rate with 11 bit resolution and focal plane mode switching
- Technology demonstrated for infrared detectors
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Basis for several important R&D contracts with military and NSF

**GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- Developed 32 channel integrated circuit for infrared readout for Sidewinder missiles, $780,000 in R&D contracts
- Contributed to development contract with U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command to build a 64x64 focal plane array, $3,155,000 contract
- R&D contracts with NSF and the National Cancer Institute for a total of $130,000 to further develop technology

***Digital Readout Technology***

- 1987 Phase II; NAS7-1065
- NASA/JPL Contact -
- Company Contact - David Ludwig

- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Success Story #7-005
# Presentation: 701486

## Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

- Comprehensive Environmental Data System (CEDS)

**Notes:**
To understand the Virginia CEDS and why it was developed, it is helpful to understand Virginia’s monitoring program.

## 49,500 Miles of Free Flowing Streams

- 2,500 Square Miles of Estuarine Waters
- 800 Stations Monitored by
- 7 Regional Offices and Contractors

**Notes:**
These figures don’t include many other sampling efforts included in our water programs such as NPDES related samples, TMDLs, Special Studies, Associated QA/QC samples, and pollution response samples.

## 282,354 Observations per Year

- 1400 Observations per Day

**Notes:**
These observations are field and laboratory values such as pH, D.O., Nitrite, Suspended Solids, etc.
These observations don’t include station metadata, station description, date, time, depth, collector, etc.
These observations don’t include lab metadata, comment codes, methods, QA data, etc. 

## Over 8800 Stations with over 5 million Observations in Legacy STORET Dating back to 1941

- Electronic Data Transfer (EDT) system developed in 1986
- (Old) STORET ends in 1998
- DEQ IBM Mainframe Unplugged in 1999

**Notes:**
 A thumbnail sketch of our data processing history.
The EDT system was developed in 1986 to handle this large volume of data, eliminating a large paper trail.  The EDT system also reduced the number of data entry errors; only the persons producing data, key data into the system.  The field data are entered by the field personnel, the lab data are entered and approved by the chemists. 
Analytical requests, and data about the samples are shipped to the contract lab, the lab returns analyte data.  A QA check is performed on the data and the data are shipped directly to STORET.  STORET was truly Virginia's data STOrage and RETrieval site.  This was Virginia’s only place to store data and to retrieve/view data.

When STORET ended, data files were stored on site awaiting the advent of (New) STORET and batch upload capabilities.
As the DEQ IBM mainframe neared the end of its life in 1999 Virginia faced several challenges,  we were about to lose our ability to transfer data to and from our lab, STORET wouldn’t be on line with batch upload capabilities, and we were facing a 305(b) report with data in two locations making it difficult to analyze the data. We quickly began to develop an ORACLE platform to take over the EDT system. The new CEDS includes data storage and retrieval capabilities.
All of Virginia’s Legacy STORET data was uploaded into CEDS.
While we tried to include many of STORET’s minimum requirements into our CEDS system, the system we have today is very much tailored to Virginia’s needs. 

## Slide 5

**Notes:**
This is an example of one of the 494 watershed in Virginia.  Stations are sited in each watershed based on Shreve or Strahler stream order.  The number of stations is based on the pollution potential of the watershed (land use), and drainage size.  Generally 1-8 stations per watershed.
Sampling sites are grouped into “RUNS” which can be economically sampled in a day.
# Presentation: 294341

## USCS Communication

**USCS Communication**

- Chicago, Il
- October 18, 2000

- Bill Higgins  (703) 921-6312
- Bill.Higgins@Customs.Treas.Gov

**AES Communications**

##  Dial-Up Lines

** ****Dial-Up Lines**
** ****SNA Dedicated Line**
** ****Value Added Networks**
** ****Frame Relay**
** ****AES Direct**

## USCS Network Dial-Up Capability

**USCS Network Dial-Up Capability**

** ****264 Dial-Up Lines**
** ****14400 kbs max speed**

##   75 + Leased Lines

**  ****75 + Leased Lines**
**  ****56kb speed**
**  ****IRE Encryption**
**  ****RJE/NJE**
** ****LU62**
**  ****MQSeries**

##  USCS Communication Options

- Trade Benefits:
-   Improved Data Throughput
-   Dedicated Circuit to Customs

** ****USCS Communication Options**
**SNA Point to Point Solution**

##   ATT Global

**  ****ATT Global**
**  ****GEISCO**
**  ****Kleinschmidt**
**  ****Sterling Commerce**
**  ****ARINC**

## USCS Communication Options

- Trade Benefits:
-   Improved Data Throughput
-   Performance on Demand
-   Engineered Redundancy
-   Disaster Recovery Capability
-   Integrated Component of the Customs/ITDS Infrastructure

**USCS Communication Options**
**Frame Relay/MQSeries**

## USCS Communication Options

- What is the Frame Relay/MQSeries Enterprise Solution
-   IBM Messaging Technology
-   Sprint Digital Networking Technology
-   Cylink Encryption Technology
-   Solution for high volume/high performance, mission critical processing

**USCS Communication Options**
**Frame Relay/MQSeries**

## USCS Communication Options

- Trade Benefits:
-   Improved Data Throughput
-   Performance on Demand
-   Engineered Redundancy
-   Disaster Recovery Capability
-   Integrated Component of the Customs/ITDS Infrastructure

**USCS Communication Options**
**Frame Relay/MQSeries**

## U.S. Customs

**AES Communication Solutions**
# Presentation: 696761

**Fiscal Year (FY) 2003**
**Budget Request**

- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

## FY 2003 Request

**FY 2003 request = $251,700,000**
**Decrease of $48,659,000**
**16.2%, from the FY 2002 level of $300,359,000**

## FY 1990 - FY 2003Appropriation HistoryDollar in Millions

## FY 2003 Total RequestProportion Earmarked 

**$59.6 M**

**$192.1 M**

- Earmarked=Fully funded items
- Unprotected=Require some reduction to commitments

## FY 2003 RequestEarmarked Components

- Patient safety increases by $5 million to $60 million
- MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey)
- National reports on quality and disparities
- TRIP (Translating Research Into Practice)
- HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
- CAHPS® (Consumer Assessment of Health Plans)
- Expansion of Current Population Survey

## Potential Impact of Proposed Earmarks

- If proposed budget is enacted:
- No new grants or contacts
- 46% cut in existing grants
- 31% cut in existing contracts

## Examples of Grant Programs Eligible for Reduction

**Investigator-initiated Research = $32.4 Million**
**PBRNs (Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks) = $2.0 Million**
**CERTs (Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics)= $3.4 Million**
**Healthcare Markets & Managed Care = $2.7 Million**
**EXCEED (Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities)= $6.0 Million**
**Working Conditions - $3.8 Million**
**Domestic Violence = $1.1 Million**
**M-RISP (Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program)- $2.2 Million**
**K (Career Development) Awards - $2.6 Million**

## Numbers of New Grants

## Numbers of New Large Grants(Excluding Patient Safety)

## Contracts Eligible for Reduction

- Evidence-based Practice Centers = $3.0 Million
- National Guideline Clearinghouse = $1.2 Million
- Integrated Delivery System Research  Networks = $1.2 Million
- National Quality Measures             Clearinghouse = $2.1 Million

## Research Coordination Council

- Established October 2001
- Chaired by Bobby Jindal, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- Goal: improved integration and coordination of research throughout the Department
- Members:  All Agencies and Staff Offices that conduct or sponsor research demonstration, or evaluation activities

## Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

**Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality**

- Cost and
- Financing
- Studies

- Organization
- and Delivery
- Studies

- Outcomes
- and
- Effectiveness
- Research

- Primary
- Care
- Research

- Practice
- and
- Technology
- Assessment

- Quality
- Improvement and
- Patient Safety

- Office of the
- Director

- Management

- Research Review,
- Education, and Policy

- Health Care
- Information

- Priority Populations
- Research
# Presentation: 447252

## Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation

**Panel 4 - Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays**
*Moderator*:	**Mr. William Phaneuf**, Sr. Staff Engineer, Engineering and Air Safety Dept, Air Line Pilots Assoc.
*Rapporteur*:	**Mr. Glenn Smith**, Aviation Throughput Goal Manager, Headquarters NASA
*Rapporteur*:	**Dr. Paul Try**, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (Science and Technology Corporation)

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays

**FACT**
**A picture is worth one thousand words!**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(2)

**Questions:**
**What type of picture?**
**What information will it convey?**
**Who is responsible for:**
**Why it’s there?**
**What it says?**
**How it’s used?**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(3)

**How does the display fit both the cockpit and the situation (GA to commercial)?**
**Is it tethered or integrated?**
**When can examples be expected?**
**Will the systems and the concept work?**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(4)

**NASA Trilogy**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(5)

**The suite of information available from providers may range from simple to complex.**
**The combination of crew experience/ responsibility and avionics capability, will determine both complexity and how the package is used**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(6)

**GA probably needs precise ceiling and visibility information to make en route go/no-go decisions**
**High end complex operations need more en route air mass information for strategic routing decisions**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(7)

**Are we teaching the pig to sing?**
**or**

## Multifunctional Color Cockpit Displays(8)

**Or do we have a pig that can hum a pretty good tune, but needs to learn the words?**
# Presentation: 334736

## Wide Area Augmentation System

- Designed under LPV criteria

## GENERAL

- Under LPV criteria the lateral protection area is based on the precision approach trapezoid dimensions and the vertical surfaces are structured around WAAS vertical performance.
- LPV approaches can be designed for HAT values of equal to or greater than 250’.

## GENERAL

**FINAL SEGMENT.**
- The FAS originates 200 feet from LTP and ends at the PFAF (see figure 3-1). The primary area consists of the "W" and "X" obstacle clearance surface (OCS), and the secondary area is the "Y" OCS.
**Figure 3-1. Obstacle Clearance Areas**

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## CONCLUSION

- 150 new LPV’s nationwide this year
- 300 new LPV’s for FY-06
- 300 new LPV’s for FY-07
- GQS surface must be clear
- D or ANAPC or PIR 405 surveys required
- Survey money available from program office
# Presentation: 004090

## MNM Fatal 2006-03

- Machinery
- February 13, 2006 (Pennsylvania)
- Crushed Stone Operation
- Superintendent
- 25 years old
- 5 years mining experience

## Overview

- The victim was fatally injured when he was
- struck by a pitman assembly that was being
- removed from the crusher at the secondary
- plant.  A crane, operated by a contractor
- employee, was being used to remove the
- pitman assembly.  The victim  was standing
- on the work platform with two other employees.

## Slide 3

## Root Causes

- A risk assessment to determine all possible hazards and to establish safe work procedures was not conducted prior to performing the task. No procedures were in place to ensure that persons were clear of suspended loads. The location of the pitman assembly in relation to the upper level screening section catwalk on the crusher prevented a straight, perpendicular, and unrestricted crane pick causing the lifting line to scrape against the upper catwalk.
- Standards and controls were inadequate and failed to ensure that training regarding hand signals was provided to the miners by the contractor’s crane operator before performing the task.

## Best Practices

- Train miners in safe work procedures, including hand signals, before beginning repairs that involve cranes.  Ensure they are familiar with the manufacturer's recommendations.
- Stop, Look, Analyze, and Manage (SLAM) each task to identify all potential hazards before performing work.

## Best Practices

- Prior to hoisting loads, crane operators should ensure that all persons are positioned in areas where they will not be exposed to hazards of suspended loads.
- Arrange the rigging to prevent shifting of the load being lifted. Balance the load by placing the crane or hook block directly above the load's center of gravity and ensure the pick line isn't contacting or deflected by any structure.