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1The Commission voted 3–1 to authorize 

issuance of this Complaint. Chairman Inez M. 

Tenenbaum, Commissioner Anne M. Northup and 

Commissioner Robert S. Adler voted to authorize 

issuance of the Complaint. Commissioner Nancy A. 

Nord voted to not authorize issuance of the 

Complaint. 

Industries Extended Employment SWS, 

Kansas City, MO 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, W071 

ENDIST Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Addition to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a product to the Procurement List 

that will be furnished by a nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received on or 

Before: 9/10/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed action. 

Addition 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

product listed below from the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organization that will 

furnish the product to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing a small entity to furnish 

the product to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following product is proposed for 

addition to the Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Product 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–1855—Correction Tape, 

Pen Style, Retractable 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 

Coverage: A-List for the Total Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 12–2] 

Zen Magnets, LLC; Complaint 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Publication of a Complaint 

under the Consumer Product Safety Act. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of its Rules 

of Practice for Adjudicative Proceeding 

(16 CFR part 1025), the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission must 

publish in the Federal Register 

Complaints which it issues. Published 

below is a Complaint: In the Matter of 

Zen Magnets, LLC.1

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Complaint appears below. 

Dated: August 7, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

United States of America 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

CPSC Docket No. 12–2. 

In the Matter of Zen Magnets, LLC, 

Respondent. 

Complaint 

Nature of Proceedings 

1. This is an administrative 

enforcement proceeding pursuant to 

Section 15 of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (‘‘CPSA’’), as amended, 15 

U.S.C. 2064, for public notification and 

remedial action to protect the public 

from the substantial risks of injury 

presented by aggregated masses of highpowered, small rare earth magnets 

known as Zen MagnetsTM Rare Earth 

Magnetic Balls, imported and 

distributed by Zen Magnets, LLC (‘‘Zen’’ 

or ‘‘Respondent’’). 

2. This proceeding is governed by the 

Rules of Practice for Adjudicative 

Proceedings before the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), 16 CFR Part 1025. 

Jurisdiction 

3. This proceeding is instituted 

pursuant to the authority contained in 

Sections 15(c), (d), and (f) of the CPSA, 

15 U.S.C. 2064(c), (d), and (f). 

Parties 

4. Complaint Counsel is the staff of 

the Division of Compliance within the 

Office of the General Counsel of the 

Commission (‘‘Complaint Counsel’’). 

The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency established 

pursuant to Section 4 of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2053. 

5. Upon information and belief, Zen is 

a Colorado corporation with its 

principal place of business located at 

4155 E. Jewell Avenue, Suite 908, 

Denver, Colorado 80222. 

6. Respondent is an importer and 

distributor of the Subject Products 

known as Zen MagnetsTM. 

7. As importer and distributor of the 

Subject Products, Respondent is a 

‘‘manufacturer’’ and ‘‘distributor’’ of a 

‘‘consumer product’’ that is ‘‘distributed 

in commerce,’’ as those terms are 

defined in CPSA sections 3(a)(5), (7), 

(8), and (11) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2052(a)(5), (7), (8), and (11). 

The Consumer Product 

8. The Subject Products are imported 

and distributed in U.S. commerce and 

offered for sale to consumers for their 

personal use in or around a permanent 

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or temporary household or residence, a 

school, and in recreation or otherwise. 

The Subject Products consist of small, 

individual magnets that are packaged as 

aggregated masses in containers of 

varying size. These containers hold 

anywhere from 72 to 1,728 small 

magnets. Each magnet ranges in size 

from approximately 5.03 mm, with a 

chrome coating, and a flux index of over 

50. 

9. Upon information and belief, the 

flux index of the Subject Products 

ranges from 577.1 to 581.4 kg2mm.2

10. Upon information and belief, 

Respondent introduced the Subject 

Products into U.S. commerce in July 

2009. 

11. Upon information and belief, the 

Subject Products are currently 

manufactured by Bestway Magnet Corp. 

No. 225, Northern Section of Huancheng 

Westroad, Ningbo, China. 

12. Upon information and belief, 

Respondent advertised and marketed 

the product in 2009 and 2010 as ‘‘fun to 

play with’’ strong rare-earth magnets 

that ‘‘look good on cute people’’ and can 

act as stress relief and a way to relieve 

boredom. 

13. Upon information and belief, in 

2011 Respondent began advertising and 

marketing the product as a ‘‘magnetic 

science kit’’ in addition to the uses 

listed above. 

14. Upon information and belief, the 

Subject Products are sold in a velvet 

sack, or an MDF hard case for the sets 

of 72 and 216 magnets. The larger set of 

1,728 magnets is packaged in a velvetlined wooden teak box. The sets range 

in retail price from approximately 

$12.65 to over $250.00 for the largest 

set. 

15. Upon information and belief, more 

than 57,000 of the Subject Products 

have been sold to consumers in the 

United States. 

The Subject Products Create a 

Substantial Risk of Injury to the Public 

16. The Subject Products pose a risk 

of magnet ingestion by children under 

the age of 14, who, consistent with 

developmentally appropriate behavior, 

may place single or numerous magnet 

balls in their mouths. The risk of 

ingestion also exists when adolescents 

use the product to mimic piercings of 

the lip, tongue, and cheek and 

accidentally swallow the balls. 

17. If two or more of the magnets are 

ingested and their magnetic forces pull 

them together, the magnets can pinch or 

trap the intestinal walls or other 

digestive tissue between them resulting 

in acute and long-term health 

consequences. Magnets that attract 

through the walls of the intestines result 

in progressive tissue injury, beginning 

with local inflammation and ulceration, 

progressing to tissue death, then 

perforation or fistula formation. Such 

conditions can lead to infection, sepsis, 

and death. Ingestion of more than one 

magnet often requires medical 

intervention, including endoscopic or 

surgical procedures. However, because 

the initial symptoms of injury from 

magnet ingestion are nonspecific and 

may include nausea, vomiting, and 

abdominal pain, caretakers, parents, and 

medical professionals may easily 

mistake these nonspecific symptoms for 

other common gastrointestinal upsets, 

and erroneously believe that medical 

treatment is not immediately required. 

18. Medical professionals may not be 

aware of the dangers posed by ingestion 

of the Subject Products and the 

corresponding need for immediate 

evaluation and monitoring. A delay of 

surgical intervention due to the patient’s 

presentation with nonspecific 

symptoms and/or a lack of awareness by 

medical personnel of the dangers posed 

by multiple magnet ingestion can 

exacerbate life-threatening internal 

injuries. 

19. Magnets that become affixed 

through the gastrointestinal walls and 

are not surgically removed may result in 

intestinal perforations that can lead to 

necrosis, the formation of fistulas, or 

ultimately, perforation of the bowel and 

leakage of toxic bowel contents into the 

abdominal cavity. These conditions can 

lead to serious injury and possibly even 

death. 

20. Endoscopic and surgical 

procedures may also be complicated in 

cases of multiple magnet ingestion due 

to the attraction of the magnet balls to 

the metal equipment used to retrieve the 

magnets. 

21. Children who undergo surgery to 

remove multiple magnets from their 

gastrointestinal tract face long-term 

health consequences, including 

intestinal scarring, nutritional 

deficiencies due to loss of portions of 

the bowel, and possible fertility issues 

for women. 

Count I 

The Subject Products’ Warnings and 

Labeling Are Defective as They Do Not 

Effectively Communicate the Hazards 

Associated With the Ingestion of the 

Subject Product 

22. Paragraphs 1 through 21 are 

hereby realleged and incorporated by 

reference as though fully set forth 

herein. 

23. Upon information and belief, 

many children have ingested products 

(the ‘‘Ingested Products’’) that are 

almost identical in form, substance, and 

content to Zen MagnetTM products. 

24. Upon information and belief, the 

Ingested Products are marketed in 

substantially similar ways as Zen 

MagnetTM products. 

25. Upon information and belief, the 

Ingested Products are used in 

substantially similar ways to Zen 

MagnetTM products. 

26. Upon information and belief, 

some models of the Subject Products are 

sold in packaging that contain the 

following warning on a small slip of 

paper: 

Warning: DO NOT SWALLOW MAGNETS. 

How old do you have to be to play with 

these? Dunno. 14 years old in the U.S. for a 

strong magnetic toy, unless it’s not a toy, 

then no age limit, but they’re fun magnets 

spheres, aren’t they a toy? Unless it’s a 

‘‘science kit’’ then the government age 

recommendation is 8+. But really, it’s 

whatever age at which a person stops 

swallowing non-foods. 

27. The packaging also states: 

Strong magnets can cause fatal intestinal 

pinching. Place swallowing magnets on your 

don’t do list along with breathing water, 

drinking poison, and running into traffic. 

Call poison control if more than one is 

swallowed. And keep these away from kids 

(and pets) who don’t understand these 

dangers. BTW, this is a ‘‘science kit’’ for sure. 

28. On October 11, 2011, staff notified 

Respondent that Zen MagnetsTM failed 

to comply with ASTM Standard F963– 

08, which required that such products 

be marketed to children 14+. 

29. On November 10, 2011, the 

Commission issued a public safety alert 

warning the public of the dangers of the 

ingestion of rare earth magnets. 

30. Upon information and belief, 

Respondent only recently changed its 

product’s marketing to comply with 

ASTM Standard F963–08. Its Web site 

now states that ‘‘CPSC recommends 

minimum age of 14’’ and ‘‘U.S. 

Government age recommendation is 14 

years.’’ 

31. Despite the Commission safety 

alert and enhanced warnings on the 

Subject Products and the Ingested 

Products, ingestions of Ingested 

Products continue to occur. 

32. Warnings are ineffective for the 

Subject Products because parents and 

caregivers do not realize the hazards 

associated with the Subject Products of 

magnet ingestion, and as a result, they 

will continue to allow children to have 

access to the Subject Products. Children 

cannot, and do not, recognize the hazard 

either, and as a result, they will 

continue to mouth the items, swallow 

them, or in the case of young 

adolescents and teens, mimic body 

piercings. 

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33. Warnings are ineffective for the 

Subject Products because once the 

Subject Product is removed from its 

packaging, the individual magnets 

display no warning against ingestion or 

aspiration, and the small size of the 

individual magnets precludes the 

addition of such a warning. 

34. Warnings are ineffective because 

individual magnets are easily shared 

among children so that many end users 

of the product are likely to have had no 

exposure to any warning. 

35. The Subject Products are defective 

because their packaging and warning 

labels cannot guard against the 

foreseeable misuse of the product and 

prevent the substantial risk of injury to 

children. 

36. Therefore, the Subject Products 

are defective pursuant to sections 

15(a)(2) of the CPSC, 15 U.S.C. 

2064(a)(2). 

Count II 

The Subject Products, as Designed, Are 

Defective and Pose a Substantial Risk of 

Injury 

37. Paragraphs 1 through 36 are 

hereby realleged and incorporated by 

reference as though fully set forth 

herein. 

38. The Subject Products are defective 

because they do not operate exclusively 

as intended, and thus, they present a 

substantial risk of injury to the public. 

Although the Subject Products warn 

against placing the magnets in the 

mouth, misuse is foreseeable 

nonetheless. 

39. The Subject Products present a 

substantial risk of injury to children 

because the individual magnets are 

intensely appealing to children due to 

the tactile features, small size, and 

highly reflective, shiny metallic coatings 

of the magnets. 

40. The Subject Products are also 

appealing to children because the 

individual magnets are smooth, unique, 

and make a soft snapping sound as they 

are manipulated. 

41. The Subject Products also move in 

unexpected, incongruous ways as the 

poles on the magnets move to align 

properly, which may evoke a degree of 

awe and amusement among children. 

42. The Subject Products also have 

the unique capability of adhering to one 

another through body tissue, enabling 

adolescents to use the magnets to mimic 

body piercings. This can be appealing to 

adolescents who are experimenting with 

what they, and their caregivers, might 

erroneously believe to be safer risktaking than getting an actual body 

piercing. 

43. The Subject Products present a 

substantial risk of injury to children 

because they do not act solely as adult 

products or manipulatives. 

44. The Subject Products present a 

substantial risk of injury to children 

because they are marketed to appeal to 

both children and adults. 

45. The Subject Products are marketed 

as ‘‘fun to play with’’ products that 

‘‘look good on cute people.’’ 

46. The Subject Products are marketed 

and intended to be used as a ‘‘science 

kit’’ that ‘‘commemorate the natural 

rhythm of geometric shapes, and rouse 

the dreams of inspired imaginations.’’ 

47. The packaging of the Subject 

Products also constitutes a design 

defect. The velvet bags and assorted 

boxes that are designed to hold the 

Subject Products do not prevent 

children from accessing the magnets; 

nor do they prevent individual magnets 

from detaching from the product and 

getting lost. In addition, the packaging 

of the Subject Product does not allow 

parents and caregivers to know readily 

whether a magnet is missing, and is 

potentially within the reach of a young 

child, who could get a hold of it and 

may mouth or ingest the product. 

48. The hazard posed by the Subject 

Products cannot be remedied by 

different packaging because users are 

unlikely to return the magnets to any 

container or case to store them, 

regardless of the packaging design. 

Users of the Subject Products are 

unlikely to disassemble magnet 

configurations, many of which are 

elaborate and time-consuming to create, 

and replace them in a case or container 

after each use. This is more likely with 

the subject product which comes with a 

steel plate upon which designs can be 

affixed and will likely be displayed. 

Count III 

The Subject Products Are a Substantial 

Product Hazard 

49. Paragraphs 1 through 48 are 

hereby realleged and incorporated by 

reference as though fully set forth 

herein. 

50. The Subject Products present a 

substantial risk of injury because the 

pattern of defect—failure to operate 

exclusively as an adult toy, failure to 

communicate warnings effectively, and 

marketing the product for uses 

applicable to children under the age of 

14—is present in all of the Subject 

Products. 

51. Therefore, the Subject Products 

present a substantial product hazard 

within the meaning of Section 15(a)(2) 

of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a)(2), by 

reasons of the substantial risk of injury 

or death alleged in paragraphs 1 through 

48 above. 

52. The Respondent has refused to 

stop sale and conduct a recall of the 

Subject Products voluntarily. 

Relief Sought 

Wherefore, in the public interest, 

Complaint Counsel requests that the 

Commission: 

A. Determine that Respondents’ 

Subject Products, known as Zen 

MagnetsTM, present a ‘‘substantial 

product hazard’’ within the meaning of 

Section 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a)(2). 

B. Determine that extensive and 

effective public notification under 

Section 15(c) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2064(c), is required to protect children 

adequately from the risks of injury 

presented by rare earth magnet 

products, and order Respondent under 

Section 15(c) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2064(c) to: 

(1) Cease importation and distribution 

of the Subject Products; 

(2) Notify all persons and entities that 

transport, store, distribute, or otherwise 

handle the Subject Products, or to 

whom such product has been 

transported, sold, distributed, or 

otherwise handled, to cease distribution 

of the product immediately; 

(3) Notify appropriate state and local 

public health officials; 

(4) Give prompt public notice of the 

defect in the Subject Products, 

including the incidents and injuries 

associated with ingestion or aspiration, 

including posting clear and conspicuous 

notice on its Internet Web site, 

providing notice to any third party 

Internet Web site on which Respondent 

has placed the product for sale, and 

announcements in languages other than 

English and on radio and television 

where the Commission determines that 

a substantial number of consumers to 

whom the recall is directed may not be 

reached by other notice; 

(5) Mail notice to each distributor or 

retailer of the Subject Products; and 

(6) Mail notice to every individual to 

whom the person required to give notice 

knows such product was delivered or 

sold. 

C. Determine that action under 

Section 15(d) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2064(d), is in the public interest, and 

additionally, order Respondent to: 

(1) Refund consumers the purchase 

price of the Subject Products; 

(2) Make no charge to consumers and 

to reimburse consumers for any 

reasonable and foreseeable expenses 

incurred in availing themselves of any 

remedy provided under any 

Commission Order issued in this matter, 

as provided by Section 15 U.S.C. 

2064(e)(1); 

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(3) Reimburse retailers for expenses in 

connection with carrying out any 

Commission Order issued in this matter, 

including the costs of returns, refunds, 

and/or replacements, as provided by 

Section 15 U.S.C. 2064(e)(2); 

(4) Submit a plan satisfactory to the 

Commission, within ten (10) days of 

service of the Final Order, directing that 

actions specified in Paragraphs B(1) 

through (5) and C(1) through (3) above 

be taken in a timely manner; 

(5) To submit monthly reports, in a 

format satisfactory to the Commission, 

documenting the progress of the 

corrective action program; 

(6) For a period of five (5) years after 

issuance of the Final Order in this 

matter, to keep records of its actions 

taken to comply with Paragraphs B(1) 

through (5) and C(1) through (4) above, 

and supply these records to the 

Commission for the purpose of 

monitoring compliance with the Final 

Order; 

(7) For a period of five (5) years after 

issuance of the Final Order in this 

matter, to notify the Commission at least 

sixty (60) days prior to any change in its 

business (such as incorporation, 

dissolution, assignment, sale, or petition 

for bankruptcy) that results in, or is 

intended to result in, the emergence of 

a successor corporation, going out of 

business, or any other change that might 

affect compliance obligations under a 

Final Order issued by the Commission 

in this matter; and 

D. Order that Respondent shall take 

other and further actions as the 

Commission deems necessary to protect 

the public health and safety and to 

comply with the CPSA. 

ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE 

COMMISSION: 

Dated this 6th day of August 2012. 

lllllllllllllllllllll

By: Kenneth Hinson, 

Executive Director, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814, 

Tel: (301) 504–7854. 

Mary Murphy, 

Assistant General Counsel, Division of 

Compliance, Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, Tel: (301) 504–7809. 

Jennifer Argabright, 

Trial Attorney. 

Sarah Wang, 

Trial Attorney, Complaint Counsel, Division 

of Compliance, Office of the General Counsel, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, Tel: (301) 504–7808. 

Certificate of Service 

I hereby certify that on August 6th, 

2012, I served the foregoing Complaint 

upon all parties of record in these 

proceedings by mailing, certified mail, 

postage prepaid, a copy to each at their 

principal place of business, and 

emailing a courtesy copy, as follows: 

Shihan Qu, Founder, Zen Magnets, LLC, 

4155 E. Jewell Avenue, Suite 908, 

Denver, CO 80222, 

shihanqu@gmail.com. 

lllllllllllllllllll

Complaint Counsel for U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: Vol. 77 No. 152, 

Tuesday, August 7, 2012, page 47047. 

ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF OPEN

MEETING: 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m., Thursday, 

August 9, 2012. 

CHANGES TO OPEN MEETING: REVISED TIME: 

Time changed to 3 p.m.–5 p.m., 

Thursday, August 9, 2012. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Todd A. Stevenson, Office 

of the Secretary, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: August 8, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Record of Decision for F35A Training 

Basing Final Environmental Impact 

Statement 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: On August 1, 2012, the 

United States Air Force signed the ROD 

for the F35A Training Basing Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). 

The ROD states the Air Force decision 

to implement the Preffered Alternative 

to beddown 72 F35A Primary aircraft 

authorized (PAA) training aircraft at 

Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. 

The decision was based on matters 

discussed in the FEIS, inputs from the 

public and regulatory agencies, and 

other relevant factors. The FEIS was 

made available to the public on June 15, 

2012 through a NOA in the Federal 

Register (Volume 77, Number 116, Page 

35961) with a wait period that ended on 

July 15 2012. The ROD documents only 

the decision of the Air Force with 

respect to the proposed Air Force 

actions analyzed in the FEIS. Authority: 

This NOA is published pursuant to the 

regulations (40 CFR Part 1506.6) 

implementing the provisions of the 

NEPA of 1969 (42 USC. 4321, et seq.) 

and the Air Force’s Environmental 

Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) (32 CFR 

Parts 989.21(b) and 989.24(b)(7)). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kim Fornof, 266 F Street West, Building 

901, Randolph AFB, 78150–4319, (210) 

652–1961, aetc.a7cp.inbox@us.af.mil. 

Henry Williams Jr., 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Inland Waterways Users Board; 

Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 302 of Public Law 99– 

662 established the Inland Waterways 

Users Board. The Board is an 

independent Federal advisory 

committee. The Secretary of the Army 

appoints its 11 (eleven) representative 

organizations. This notice is to solicit 

nominations for 11 appointments to 

two-year terms that will begin after 

February 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Institute for Water 

Resources, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Attention: Inland Waterways 

Users Board Nominations Committee, 

Mr. Mark R. Pointon, 7701 Telegraph 

Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22315–3868. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Mr. Mark R. 

Pointon, (703) 428–6438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

selection, service, and appointment of 

representative organizations to the 

Board are covered by provisions of 

Section 302 of Public Law 99–662. The 

substance of those provisions is as 

follows: 

a. Selection. Representative 

organizations are to be selected from the 

spectrum of commercial carriers and 

shippers using the inland and 

intracoastal waterways, to represent 

geographical regions, and to be 

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