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To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum) occur based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Eddy County, New Mexico. NOTE: The text description provided by the Federal Register incorrectly identifies the sections as T20S;R25E;Sec19 and T20S;R26E;Sec24. The actual location is T20S;R25E;Sec24 and T20S;R26E;Sec19.

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This digital geospatial data set consists of structure contours of the top of the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer along the Front Range of Colorado. The U.S. Geological Survey developed this data set as part of a project described in the report, "Structure, Outcrop, and Subcrop of the Bedrock Aquifers Along the Western Margin of the Denver Basin, Colorado" (Robson and others, 1998).

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This shapefile contains a representation of the total net coal thickness in the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone. This theme was created specifically for the National Coal Resource Assessment in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains Region.

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This part of DS 781 presents data for the bathymetric contours for several seafloor maps of the Offshore of San Francisco map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Contours_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreSanFrancisco/data_catalog_OffshoreSanFrancisco.html. 10-m interval contours of the Offshore of San Francisco map area, California, were generated from bathymetry data collected by Fugro Pelagos and by California State University, Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab (CSUMB). Mapping was completed between 2004 and 2008, using a combination of 400-kHz Reson 7125 and 244-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam echosounders. These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry from about the 10-m isobath to beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters. Bathymetric contours at 10-m intervals were generated from the merged 2-m bathymetric surface. The most continuous contour segments were preserved while smaller segments and isolated island polygons were excluded from the final output. Contours were smoothed via a polynomial approximation with exponential kernel (PAEK) algorithm using a tolerance value of 60 m. The contours were then clipped to the boundary of the map area. These data are not intended for navigational purposes.

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[Commercial reference buildings](http://en.openei.org/wiki/Commercial_Reference_Buildings "OpenEI Wiki page for Commercial Reference Buildings") provide complete descriptions for whole building energy analysis using [EnergyPlus](http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/energyplus_about.cfm "About EnergyPlus") simulation software. Included here is data pertaining to the reference building type _Quick Service Restaurant_ for each of the [16 climate zones](http://en.openei.org/wiki/Commercial_Reference_Buildings#Climate_Zones_Used_to_Create_Reference_Buildings "Climate Zone Summary"), and each of three construction categories: new construction, post-1980 construction existing buildings, pre-1980 construction existing buildings. The dataset includes four key components: building summary, zone summary, location summary and a picture. Building summary includes details about: form, fabric, and HVAC. Zone summary includes details such as: area, volume, lighting, and occupants for all types of zones in the building. Location summary includes key building information as it pertains to each climate zone, including: fabric and HVAC details, utility costs, energy end use, and peak energy demand. In total, DOE developed [16 reference building types](http://en.openei.org/wiki/Commercial_Reference_Buildings#Building_Types "OpenEI Wiki Reference Building Types List") that represent approximately 70% of commercial buildings in the U.S.; for each type, building models are available for each of the three construction categories. The commercial reference buildings (formerly known as commercial building benchmark models) were developed by the [U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)](http://en.openei.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy "OpenEI Wiki page for DOE"), in conjunction with three of its national laboratories. Additional data is available directly from DOE's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy [(EERE) Website](http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial_initiative/reference_buildings.html), including EnergyPlus software input files (.idf) and results of the EnergyPlus simulations (.html).

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This digital dataset defines the surface traces of regional geologic structures designated as potential ground-water flow barriers in an approximately 45,000 square-kilometer area of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) in southern Nevada and California. Most geologic structures representing potential flow barriers were faults that were identified on the basis of length, offset, type of slip, orientation with respect to predominate ground-water flow directions, the location of springs, abrupt water level offsets, and hydraulic characteristics (Sweetkind and others, 2004). A subset of the potential ground-water flow barriers was incorporated into a transient ground-water flow model of the DVRFS (Faunt and others, 2004). This model is the most recent in a number of regional-scale models developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support investigations at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (see "Larger Work Citation", Chapter A, page 8).

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Bathymetry for Corpus Christi Bay was derived from fifteen surveyscontaining 132,988 soundings. Four older, less accurate, overlappingsurveys were removed before tinning. The average separation betweensoundings was 66 meters. The fifteen surveys used dated from 1989 to1991. The range of soundings for the surveys was from 0.4 meters to-20.4 meters at mean low water. A mean high water value of 0.3 meterswas assigned to the shoreline. Nine points were found that were notconsistent with the surrounding points. These were removed prior totinning. DEM grid values outside the shoreline (on land) were assignednull values (-32676).Corpus Christi Bay has nine 7.5 minute DEMs and a single one degreeDEM. The 1 degree DEMs were generated from the higher resolution 7.5minute DEMs which covered the estuary. A Digital Elevation Model(DEM) contains a series of elevations ordered from south to northwith the order of the columns from west to east. The DEM isformatted as one ASCII header record (A- record), followed by aseries of profile records (B- records) each of which include a shortB-record header followed by a series of ASCII integer elevations(typically in units of 1 centimeter) per each profile. The lastphysical record of the DEM is an accuracy record (C-record).The 7.5-minute DEM (30- by 30-m data spacing) is cast on theUniversal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. It provides coveragein 7.5- by 7.5-minute blocks. Each product provides the samecoverage as a standard USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle but the DEMcontains over edge data. Coverage is available for many estuaries ofthe contiguous United States but is not complete.

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The appendices in this document include: Public Law 101618, the Stillwater WMA Management Plan, scoping reports for Lahontan Valley Wetlands, a concept paper defining wetland water requirements, a history of the below Lahontan Reservoir model, economic impacts of the USFWS Water Rights Acquisition Program for Lahontan Valley Wetlands, socioeconomic effects of the Water Rights Acquisition Program, a species list for the affected area, a Section 7 consultation form, farmland conversion impacts and the Farmland Protection Policy Act, and comments on the draft EIS.

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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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The Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2005 (PLS FY2005) is a study that is part of the Library Statistics program. PLS FY2005 (http://www.imls.gov/research/public_libraries_in_the_united_states_survey.aspx) is a cross-sectional study that includes information on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children�s materials, reference transactions, library visits, children�s program attendance, interlibrary loans, electronic services and information, full-time-equivalent staff, operating revenue and expenditures, and capital expenditures. The study was conducted using paper surveys, web-based surveys, and email. The key respondents in this study were state library agencies. The study's response rate was 97.7 percent. The key statistics produced from PLS FY2005 were about service measures such as access to the Internet, number of users of electronic resources, number of internet terminals used by the general public, reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children�s program attendance, and circulation of children�s materials. It also includes information about size of collection, staffing, operating revenue and expenditures, type of geographic service area, type of legal basis, type of administrative structure, number and type of public library service outlets, and square footage of outlets.

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The GOES Solar X-ray Imager is integrated into the GOES-12 satellite, whose primary mission is to provide Earth-weather monitoring. The SXI is operated by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NOAA's Space Environment Center (SEC) receives the telemetry stream directly from SXI, processes the data, and integrates the observations into their space weather alert and forecast services. The data are sent in real time to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly National Geophysical Data Center) where they are immediately made available to the public, and preserved in a secure archive for future research. SXi was launched in with GOES-M on July 23, 2001 Post Launch Test data were available from August - December 2001.SXI officially entered operations in April 2003.

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A joint venture involving the National Atlas programs in Canada (Natural Resources Canada), Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática), and the United States (U.S. Geological Survey), as well as the North American Commission for Environmental Co-operation, has led to the release (June 2004) of several new products: an updated paper map of North America, and its associated geospatial data sets and their metadata. These data sets are available online from each of the partner countries both for visualization and download. The North American Atlas data are standardized geospatial data sets at 1:10,000,000 scale. A variety of basic data layers (e.g. roads, railroads, populated places, political boundaries, hydrography, bathymetry, sea ice and glaciers) have been integrated so that their relative positions are correct. This collection of data sets forms a base with which other North American thematic data may be integrated. Any data outside of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America included in the North American Atlas data sets is strictly to complete the context of the data. The North American Atlas - Bathymetry data set shows the depth in metres for ocean areas covered by the extent of the North American Atlas project. Isobaths (lines of equal depth) are provided for sea level (coastline, with depth = 1), 200, 500, and 2500 metres. Polygons bounded by these isobaths represent depth ranges of 0-200, 200-500, 500-2500, and greater than 2500 metres.

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Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba, Dana) are among the most abundant animal in the Antarctic. However, in a habitat roughly the size of England, finding them can be difficult. These important and sometimes elusive animals are the primary prey item for all of the major predators in the Southern Ocean ? including humans. The AERD has used acoustic monitoring of the productive waters around the South Shetland Islands to find and count these elusive animals since 1992, both on their daily migrations up and down through the water column and on their long-term migrations that follow the regional currents. By tracking krill, the AERD is able to determine their relative annual abundance, dispersion, and population density. Combined with biological and physical oceanographic data, these acoustically-determined krill population patterns allow US scientists to understand how krill interact with their environment, and will help determine which environmental changes might impact their population size.

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As the focus of space system architectures changes from single, to multiple, and eventually to many spacecraft flying in formation, a greater demand on total lifetime impulse and precision control becomes unavoidable. A unique property of these spacecraft clusters is that controlling only relative positions within the cluster is normally sufficient to satisfy most metrics of performance. This opens the possibility of using inter-spacecraft forces and torques (such as those generated electromagnetically) as the primary means of control, eliminating the need for onboard propellant. Eliminating the dependence on a non-replenishable consumable (propellant) in lieu of a replenishable resource (electricity) allows even aggressive maneuvers to be repeated without limit for as along as the other subsystems last. A testbed has been developed at the MIT Space Systems that uses a combination of steerable magnetic dipoles and reaction wheels on each spacecraft allows for all relative degrees of freedom within a cluster to be controlled. Payload Systems proposes to design an avionics and software system which would not only be usable with the existing testbed, but would also be appropriate for an on-orbit demonstration. This effort would drastically reduce the risk and effort required to transition the technology from ground to flight.

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This is a statistical data tool used during country reviews. It contains three data elements. (1) Country indicators such as economic activity, demography, education, etc., as identified by Special Projects (SPP). (2) Official Development Assistance (ODA), disbursements of OECD/DAC donors. Data is disaggregated according to the State/F strategic framework. (3) US government assistance disbursements. Data is disaggregated by agency and by the State/F strategic framework.

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The Table of Organization Position System, TOPS, is a nation wide system that gives ICE a means to (1) exercise control over position vacancies; (2) maintain the Table of Organization (TO); (3) track positions throughout their life cycle: (4) link employees to positions; (5) support budgetary needs in determining and projecting costs of positions; (6) reconstruct and display the ICE work forces as it existed at a given time in any particular prior year; and (7) provide the users a means of quickly and easily obtaining information. TOPS exchanges data with other major human resources

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Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) Dataset - Independent Rural Health Clinic and Freestanding Federally Qualified Health Center (HCLINIC).This data was reported on form CMS-222-92. The data in this release includes years FY2009 to present. The HCLINIC Cost Report Data contains cost and statistical data for Independent Rural Health Clinic and Freestanding Federally Qualified Health Center providers.

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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the UTM projection and coordinate system. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.

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Balcones Technologies, LLC proposes to adapt actively controlled suspension technology developed by The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (CEM) for high performance off-road vehicles to address STTR 2009-1 Subtopic T1.02, Information Technologies for Intelligent Planetary Robots. In particular, our team will develop a concept design for an actively controlled ElectroMechanical Suspension (EMS) system, including algorithms, software and hardware, that dramatically improves mobility for MER to MSL scale rovers. Our system exploits and adapts approximately $25M of highly successful active suspension R&D at CEM since 1993. It also exploits CEM's experience developing electromechanical systems for space applications gained during NASA funded programs to develop flywheel energy storage system technology for the International Space Station. Finally, it exploits our team's extensive experience migrating University technology to commercially viable manufacturable products. Relevant features of our anticipated solution include: ? Capable of vehicle speeds exceeding 3 m/s over lunar relevant terrain while maintaining hyper-stability for payloads of 100 kg or more ? Large suspension travel to enable obstacle negotiation ? Control system that can operate autonomously or slaved to higher level vehicle controller for specialized operations such as obstacle negotiation ? Four quadrant actuator control, capable of power regeneration for damping operations to improve system efficiency ? Passive springs to support rover static weight (no power consumption to support static weight) ? Highly efficient electromechanical suspension actuators for each wheel station, individually sized to support a high proportion of vehicle mass to enable obstacle negotiation ? Modular control system, based on our highly successful control system for terrestrial manned and unmanned vehicles ? Scalable technology for rover sizes representative of MER to MSL rovers

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HPMS compiles data on highway network extent, use, condition, and performance. The system consists of a geospatially-enabled database that is used to generate reports and provides tools for data analysis. Information from HPMS is used by many stakeholders across the US DOT, the Administration, Congress, and the transportation community.

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Radar indicated-rain gage verified and corrected hourly precipitation estimate on a corrected ~4km HRAP grid. This archive contains hourly estimates of precipitation from the river forecasting centers' archives that the data were available from. Documentation of the data and publication methodology is available here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3035 The Northwest, Southwest, and Colorado basin RFCs are not included in this archive because hourly data were not available from their archives. The time series represented here are not serially complete. Some periods are missing for unknown reasons. As these data were produced and quality controlled through a real time-manual process, there will be other unforseen issues with the data. Users are encouraged to analyze the data they receive to determine suitability and completeness prior to any application of the data. Real time data is being made available using an automated process that is prone to failures. No assurances are made that this service will continue to be available. Disclaimer: The U.S. Geological Survey assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, use, or validity of this data.

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To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus), Guam Micronesian kingfisher (Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina), and Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi) occur based on the based on the description provided in the Federal Register documentation.

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Type of Retirement Distribution by Number Added to the Retirement Roll for Ten Consecutive Fiscal Years

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The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), funded by the Department of Energy Office of Science and operated by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides a national-scale high performance network that connects thousands of globally dispersed researchers enabling the collective brainpower of the world's leading scientists to tackle important challenges like understanding Earth's changing climate or finding new clean energy sources.