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[email protected]. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments
(mail, fax, or e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
section 11(d), 29 U.S.C. 211(d),
authorizes the Secretary of Labor to
regulate, restrict or prohibit industrial
homework as necessary to prevent
circumvention or evasion of the
minimum wage requirement of the Act.
The Department of Labor (DOL) restricts
homework in seven industries (i.e.,
knitted outerwear, women’s apparel,
jewelry manufacturing, gloves and
mittens, button and buckle
manufacturing, handkerchief
manufacturing and embroideries) to
those employers who obtain certificates.
To prevent curtailment of
employment opportunities for workers
with disabilities, FLSA section 14(c), 29
U.S.C. 214(c), authorizes employers who
obtain a certificate from DOL to pay
special minimum wages (i.e., wages less
than the Federal minimum wage) to
workers whose productivity is impaired
by their disability. The FLSA defines a
‘‘worker with a disability’’ as an
individual whose earning or productive
capacity is impaired by age or physical
or mental disability.
Employers use Form WH–2 to obtain
certificates to employ individual
homeworkers in one of the restricted
homework industries. Upon application
by the homeworker and the employer,
DOL may issue a certificate to the
employer authorizing employment of an
individual homeworker, provided (1) it
is shown that the worker is unable to
adjust to factory work because of age or
physical or mental disability or is

unable to leave home because the
worker’s presence is required to care for
an invalid in the home, and (2) the
worker has been engaged in industrial
homework in the particular industry
prior to certain specified dates as set
forth in the regulations (may be waived
if causes unusual hardship) or is
engaged in industrial homework under
the supervision of a State Vocational
Rehabilitation Agency.
Employers use Form WH–226 and the
supplemental data Form WH–226A
when obtaining authorization to employ
workers with disabilities in competitive
employment in work centers and in
hospitals or institutions at subminimum
wages that are commensurate with those
paid to workers with no disabilities.
Commensurate wages are based on the
prevailing wages paid to experienced
workers with disabilities performing
essentially the same type, quality, and
quantity of work in the same locality
where the employee(s) with disability is
employed. This form may be used by
school officials to request authorization
for groups of students with disabilities
to participate in school work experience
programs, by State vocational
rehabilitation counselors, and by
Veterans Affairs’ officials to grant or
extend temporary authorization to
employ on-the-job trainees with
disabilities.
This information collection is
currently approved for use through
December 31, 2007.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
Number of
respondents

Form

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WH–2 ...............................................................................................................
WH–226 ...........................................................................................................
WH–226A .........................................................................................................

Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,025.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $1,342.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.

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III. Current Actions
DOL seeks approval for the extension
of this information collection in order to
ensure effective administration of
agency programs regarding the
employment of homeworkers in
restricted industries and payment of
subminimum wages to workers with
disabilities.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Title: Applications to Employ Special
Industrial Homeworkers and Workers
with Disabilities.
OMB Number: 1215–0005.
Agency Number: WH–2, WH–226,
WH–226A.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 3,050.
Total Responses: 12,050.
Number of
responses

50
3,000
3,000

Dated: July 16, 2007.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–14041 Filed 7–19–07; 8:45 am]
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.

50
3,000
9,000

Time per
response
(in minutes)

Burden hours

30
45
45

25
2,250
6,750

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center; Notice of Competition and
Request for Applications
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.

AGENCY:

Notice of competition and
request for applications for the OSHA

ACTION:

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Training Institute Education Center
Program.

OSHA Training Institute (OTI)

The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
conducts short-term technical training
in occupational safety and health topics
through the OSHA Training Institute in
Arlington Heights, Illinois. The number
of requests for training from private
sector personnel and federal personnel
from agencies other than OSHA
increased beyond the capacity of the
OSHA Training Institute to meet the
demand. In October 1992, OSHA began
the program of using other training and
educational institutions to conduct
select OSHA Training Institute courses
for private sector personnel and for
federal personnel from agencies other
than OSHA. Additional information
regarding the OTI Education Center
Program background, including a
complete list of current organizations
and course offerings, can be found on
the OSHA Web site at: http://
www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/
edcenters/index.html.
This notice announces the
opportunity for interested nonprofit
organizations to submit applications to
become an OSHA Training Institute
Education Center. Applications will be
rated on a competitive basis. Complete
application instructions are contained
in this notice. This notice also contains
information on a proposal conference
designed to provide potential applicants
with information about the OSHA
Training Institute Education Center
Program.
SUMMARY:

Applications (3 copies) must be
received by 4:30 p.m. central time on
Friday, August 24, 2007. The proposal
conference date is Tuesday, August 7,
2007, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. central time,
at the OSHA Directorate of Training and
Education, 2020 S. Arlington Heights
Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–
4102.

DATES:

Submit applications (3
copies) to the U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Directorate of Training
and Education, Office of Training and
Educational Programs, 2020 S.
Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington
Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil
Elbrecht, Program Analyst, or Jim
Barnes, Director, Office of Training and
Educational Programs, OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102,
telephone (847) 297–4810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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The OSHA Training Institute in
Arlington Heights, Illinois, is the
primary training provider of the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. It conducts more than
100 short-term courses and seminars
covering OSHA standards, policies, and
procedures for persons responsible for
enforcing or directly supporting the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, for
private sector employers and
employees, and federal personnel from
agencies other than OSHA. The OSHA
Training Institute’s primary
responsibility is to federal and state
compliance officers and state
consultation program staff. Private
sector personnel and federal personnel
from agencies other than OSHA receive
training from the OSHA Training
Institute on a space available basis.
OTI Education Center Program Origin
By the early 1990s, requests for
training from federal and state
compliance officers, state consultation
program staff, private sector personnel,
and federal personnel from agencies
other than OSHA had increased beyond
the capacity of the OSHA Training
Institute to meet the demand. In
addition, resources of the OSHA
Training Institute had not increased at
a rate that could keep up with the
demand. As the number of students
from federal and state personnel
engaged in enforcement or consultation
increased, opportunities for training for
private sector personnel and federal
personnel from agencies other than
OSHA remained static or decreased. In
order to meet the increased demand for
its courses, the OSHA Training Institute
selected nonprofit organizations to
conduct select OSHA Training Institute
courses for private sector personnel and
federal personnel from agencies other
than OSHA. Current organizations were
selected through regional competitions.
Current OTI Education Centers
The current OSHA Training Institute
Education Centers are: Keene State
College, Manchester, New Hampshire;
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, New York; University of
Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey,
Piscataway, New Jersey/State University
of New York, Buffalo, New York/
Universidad Metropolitana, Bayamo´ n
Puerto Rico; Building and Construction
Trades Department AFL–CIO/Center to
Protect Workers’ Rights, Washington,
DC/National Labor College, Silver
Spring, Maryland/West Virginia
University, Morgantown, West Virginia;
Indiana University of Pennsylvania,

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Indiana, Pennsylvania; Georgia
Technical Research Institute, Atlanta,
Georgia; Eastern Kentucky University,
Richmond, Kentucky; University of
South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Eastern
Michigan University, Ypsilanti,
Michigan/United Auto Workers, Detroit,
Michigan/University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Northern Illinois
University, DeKalb, Illinois/
Construction Safety Council, Hillside,
Illinois/National Safety Council, Itasca,
Illinois; Ohio Valley Construction
Education Foundation, Springboro,
Ohio/Sinclair Community College,
Dayton, Ohio; Texas Engineering
Extension Service, Texas A&M
University System, Mesquite, Texas;
Metropolitan Community Colleges,
Business & Technology Center, Kansas
City, Missouri; Kirkwood Community
College, Kirkwood, Iowa/Saint Louis
University, Saint Louis, Missouri/
National Safety Council of Greater
Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; University of
Utah/Salt Lake Community College, Salt
Lake City, Utah; Red Rocks Community
College, Lakewood, Colorado;
University of California, San Diego, San
Diego, California; Westside Energy
Services, Taft, California; and the
University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington.
OTI Education Center Selection
Guidelines
OSHA does not have a predetermined
number of organizations to be selected
to act as OSHA Training Institute
Education Centers. Rather, the number
of organizations selected will be
determined according to the
qualifications of the applicants and their
ability to serve the regional populations.
Colleges, universities, or other nonprofit
training organizations will be selected
based upon their ability to conduct
OSHA courses for private sector
personnel and federal personnel from
agencies other than OSHA.
Geographic Distribution
OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers are currently in each OSHA
Region. However, OSHA may elect to
select more than one OSHA Training
Institute Education Center in some
OSHA Regions. The Regions contain the
following states.
1. Region I: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
2. Region II: New Jersey, New York,
Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.
3. Region III: Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
4. Region IV: Alabama, Florida,
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Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee.
5. Region V: Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin.
6. Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
7. Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
and Nebraska.
8. Region VIII: Colorado, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming.
9. Region IX: American Samoa,
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
Nevada, and Trust Territories of the
Pacific.
10. Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,
and Washington.
For this notice of competition, special
emphasis will be given to the following
major metropolitan locations:
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Charlotte, NC
Cleveland, OH
Columbus, OH
Hartford, CT
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
Louisville, KY
Memphis, TN
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Northern New Jersey
Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Providence, RI
Richmond, VA
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Antonio, TX
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
VA
Wilmington, DE

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OTI Courses Required To Be Presented
OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers are required to present the
following six courses on an annual
basis:
#500 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for the
Construction Industry

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#501 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for
General Industry
#502 Update for Construction Industry
Outreach Trainers
#503 Update for General Industry
Outreach Trainers
#510 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for the Construction
Industry
#511 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for General Industry
In addition, OTI Education Centers
are required to present at least five of
the following courses on an annual
basis:
#521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene
#2015 Hazardous Materials
#2045 Machinery and Machine
Guarding Standards
#2225 Respiratory Protection
#2250 Principles of Ergonomics Applied
to Work-Related Musculoskeletal and
Nerve Disorders
#2264 Permit-Required Confined Space
Entry
#3010 Excavation, Trenching and Soil
Mechanics
#3095 Electrical Standards
#3110 Fall Arrest Systems
#5600 Disaster Site Worker Train-theTrainer Course
#6000 Collateral Duty Course for Other
Federal Agencies
In addition, OTI Education Centers
will be allowed, but not required, to
present any of the following short
courses and seminars:
#7000 OSHA Ergonomic Guidelines for
Nursing Homes
#7005 Public Warehousing and Storage
#7100 Introduction to Machinery and
Machine Safeguarding
#7105 Evacuation and Emergency
Planning
#7200 Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Control for Healthcare Facilities
#7205 Health Hazard Awareness
#7300 OSHA’s Permit-Required
Confined Space Standard
#7400 Trainer Course in Construction
Noise
#7405 Fall Hazard Awareness for the
Construction Industry
#7500 Introduction to Safety and Health
Management
#7505 Introduction to Accident
Investigation
#7510 Introduction to OSHA for Small
Business
#7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
A brief description of each of the
courses is attached.
OSHA may increase or decrease the
number of different courses available to
be offered by the OSHA Training
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Selection Criteria
Applicants will be selected based
upon their occupational safety and
health training experience, their
nonacademic training background, the
availability of classrooms, laboratories,
and conference facilities, access to
transportation and lodging at their
resident location, and their capability to
provide training throughout their
Region.
Application Eligibility
Any nonprofit public or private
college or university is eligible to apply.
Any other nonprofit organization that
can demonstrate that training or
education is part of its mission and that
more than 50 percent of its staff and
dollar resources is devoted to training or
education is also eligible.
Funding Provisions
OSHA provides no funding to the
OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers. The OSHA Training Institute
Education Centers will be expected to
support their OSHA training through
their normal tuition and fee structures.
Cooperative Agreement Duration
Selected applicants will sign nonfinancial cooperative agreements with
OSHA effective October 1, 2007 through
September 30, 2012. With satisfactory
performance, agreements may be
renewed without competition for an
additional five years.
Geographic Criteria
Applicants must have a physical
presence in the OSHA Region for which
they are applying. For example, an
eligible national organization based in
San Francisco that has a training facility
in Chicago would have a physical
presence in Region V. On the other
hand, a national organization based in
New York City that rents hotel space to
provide training at multiple sites around
the country would be considered to
have a physical presence only in Region
II. OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers are expected to provide training
throughout their respective Regions. In
addition, applicants must demonstrate
the capability to locate satellite
downlink sites for use by federal and
state employees and private sector
employers and employees to receive
satellite delivered training from the
OSHA Training Institute. At a
minimum, applicants should identify
potential satellite downlink sites in all
cities with a federal or state compliance
office or state consultation office as well
as other major population centers
within their Region.

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Consortia and Partnerships
Applicants may join with one or more
other nonprofit organizations in their
Region to apply as a consortium. A
training or education institution may
elect to apply for this program in
partnership with a safety and health
organization that is not primarily a
training organization. For example, a
university could enter into an agreement
with a labor union that provides for the
use of university classrooms and faculty
supplemented by union safety and
health professionals. All consortium
partners must be physically located in
the same OSHA region.

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OTI Education Center Responsibilities
OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers are responsible for the
following:
1. Ensure that instructors are qualified
in the courses/subjects they will be
teaching.
2. Arrange for course chairpersons to
attend OSHA orientation for each OSHA
Training Institute course for which they
are the chair.
3. Schedule courses on a year-round
basis with each required course being
offered at least once a year.
4. Schedule courses at various
locations throughout their respective
Region.
5. Publicize and promote the
availability of courses to ensure
attendance and the delivery of the
scheduled courses.
6. Conduct at least five courses per
month and achieve annual student
training goals and objectives as
established by OSHA.
7. Facilitate student registration.
8. Acquire audiovisual materials for
use in the courses.
9. Reproduce handouts for students.
10. Conduct courses in accordance
with materials and instructions
provided by OSHA.
11. Monitor courses to ensure that
OSHA course outlines are being
followed and OSHA learning objectives
are being met.
12. Collect course evaluation data
from students in accordance with OSHA
procedures and provide that data to
OSHA.
13. Maintain student registration and
attendance records in accordance with
OSHA guidelines.
14. Issue course completion
certificates to students. These
certificates, which certify that a student
has completed training in a particular
course, must be approved by OSHA.
15. Provide the OSHA Directorate of
Training and Education with summary
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delivered, locations of courses, and
number of students.
16. Maintain clearly identifiable
records of tuition and fees collected
from OSHA course students.
17. Identify the availability of
appropriate accommodations for
students.
18. Administer Outreach Training
Program activities. This includes
distribution of student cards to active
Outreach Training Program trainers and
providing trainer and student
information to the OSHA Directorate of
Training and Education on a regular
basis.
Outreach Training Program
The Outreach Training Program is a
voluntary program through which
OSHA authorizes trainers to conduct 10and 30-hour training courses on
occupational safety and health hazards.
Persons who successfully complete
either OSHA Training Institute course
#500 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for the
Construction Industry or #501 Trainer
Course in Occupational Safety and
Health Standards for General Industry
are authorized to conduct 10- and 30hour training courses, to submit training
documentation to the appropriate
organization, and issue OSHA course
completion cards to their students.
Construction outreach trainers must
attend #502 Update for Construction
Industry Outreach Trainers once every
four years to maintain their active
status, while general industry outreach
trainers must attend #503 Update for
General Industry Outreach Trainers
once every four years to maintain their
active status.
OSHA Training Institute
Responsibilities
The OSHA Training Institute is
responsible for the following:
1. Provide OSHA Training Institute
Education Center course chairpersons
with orientation on how the OSHA
Training Institute teaches the course.
2. Provide course objectives for each
OSHA course to be presented by the
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center.
3. Provide answers and technical
assistance on questions of OSHA policy.
4. Monitor the performance of the
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center through on-site visits including
unannounced attendance at courses and
examination of course reports and
attendance records.
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center and provide each organization
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Proposal Conference
The proposal conference is intended
to provide potential applicants with
information about the OSHA Training
Institute, OSHA Training Institute
courses and methods of instruction, and
administrative and program
requirements for a OSHA Training
Institute Education Center. The OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education
will hold one proposal conference.
The proposal conference is scheduled
for Tuesday, August 7, 2007 from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. central time, at the OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
Applicants interested in attending
this conference may contact Neil
Elbrecht, Program Analyst, or Jim
Barnes, Director, Office of Training and
Educational Programs, OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102,
telephone (847) 297–4810, for
information about local
accommodations and transportation. It
is not necessary to register for the
conference.
Application Requirements
Applicants must address each of the
following points in their application.
1. Identifying Information. Provide
the name and address of their
organization. If the mailing address is a
post office box, also provide the street
address. Provide the name, title, and
telephone number of the contact person
who can answer questions about the
application.
2. Authority to Apply. Provide a copy
of the resolution by the Board of
Directors, Board of Regents, or other
governing body of their organization
approving the submittal of an
application to OSHA to become an
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center.
3. Nonprofit Status. Include evidence
of the nonprofit status of their
organization and of each member
organization if they are applying as a
consortium. A letter from the Internal
Revenue Service or a statement
included in a recent audit report is
preferred. In the absence of either of
these, a copy of the articles of
incorporation showing the nonprofit
status will be accepted.
4. Status as a Training Organization.
This section applies only to applicants
that are not colleges or universities.
Show that training or education is a
principal activity of their organization.
Through audit reports, annual reports,
or other documentation, demonstrate

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that for the last two years more than 50
percent of the organization’s funds have
been used for training and education
activities and that more than 50 percent
of its staff resources have also been used
for this purpose.
5. Occupational Safety and Health
Training Experience. Describe the
organization’s relevant course offerings
for the last two years. Include copies of
catalogs and other recruitment materials
that provide descriptive material about
the courses. For each course, include
the dates the course was offered and the
number of students who completed the
course. Also provide descriptive
material including course descriptions
and number of hours that is similar to
the information contained in the
appendix to this Notice.
6. OSHA Training Institute Courses.
Indicate which of the OSHA Training
Institute courses the organization would
offer. The complete list of available
courses is attached.
7. Staff Qualifications. Describe the
qualifications of course chairpersons
and staff teaching occupational safety
and health courses. Indicate the
professional qualifications of each, such
as Certified Safety Professional (CSP),
Professional Engineer (PE), or Certified
Industrial Hygienist (CIH). Also describe
staff knowledge of and experience with
OSHA standards and their application
to hazards and hazard abatement.
Include resumes of current staff and
position descriptions and minimum
hiring qualifications for all positions,
whether filled or vacant, that may be
assigned to conduct OSHA classes.
8. Classroom Facilities. Describe
classroom facilities available for
presentation of the courses. Include
number of students accommodated,
table arrangements, and availability of
audiovisual equipment. Also describe
appropriate laboratory facilities and
other facilities available for hands-on
exercises. Indicate provisions for
accessibility for persons with
disabilities.
9. Distance Learning. Describe plans
for identifying satellite downlink sites
within the Region for receiving OSHA
Training Institute broadcasts. Identify
the types of organizations that would be
contacted and the information that
would be made available to the OSHA
Training Institute to ensure a successful
broadcast.
10. Outreach Training Program.
Provide a description of the systems that
would be in place to administer the
Outreach Training Program and to
assure its integrity including
maintaining records, ensuring that only
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cards, reviewing requests for student
cards, and distributing student cards.
11. Tuition. Provide a copy of the
organization’s tuition and fee schedule.
Explain how tuition or fees will be
computed for each course, referencing
the organization’s tuition and fee
schedule.
12. Recruitment. Explain procedures
for marketing the training programs,
promoting the organizations status as an
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center within the region, and recruiting
students from the private sector and
from federal agencies other than OSHA.
13. Registration. Describe registration
procedures including provisions for
cancellation, furnishing enrollees with
hotel information, and tuition or fee
collection.
14. Location. Describe the
accessibility of the training facility for
students. Include such items as distance
from a major airport, number of airlines
serving the airport, transportation from
the airport to hotels, and distance from
the interstate system.
15. Accommodations. Provide a
representative listing of hotels available
for student accommodation and give
sample room rates. Explain how
students will be transported between
the hotels and classes. Describe the food
service and restaurants available both in
the area in which the classes will be
held and in the area where the hotels
are located.
16. Off-site Courses. Successful
applicants are required to conduct
courses at sites other than their own
facilities, especially in other states in
their Region. Describe the organization’s
plan to provide off-site training within
their respective Region including
procedures to assure that classroom
facilities and accommodations are
adequate.
17. Nondiscrimination. Provide
copies of the organization’s
nondiscrimination policies covering
staff and students. In the absence of a
written policy, explain how the
organization will ensure that staff and
students are selected without regard to
race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
disability.
Application Submission
Applications (3 copies) must be
submitted to the attention of Jim Barnes,
Director, Office of Training and
Educational Programs, OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
The submission is to consist of one
original and two copies of the
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bound or stapled and should only be
printed on one side of the page.
Application Dealine
Applications (3 copies) must be
received no later than 4:30 p.m. central
time on Friday, August 24, 2007.
Application Review Process
A panel of OSHA staff will review the
application and will consider each of
the factors listed below.
1. Occupational Safety and Health
Training Experience. Evidence that
occupational safety and health training
or education has been an ongoing
program of the organization. Reviewers
will examine the number of different
occupational safety and health courses
offered by the organization, the number
of students completing each course, and
the number of times each course was
offered.
2. Qualifications of Staff. For
personnel teaching occupational safety
and health courses this includes
academic training in occupational safety
and health subjects, experience with the
application of OSHA standards to
hazards and hazard abatement,
professional certification, practical
experience in the field of occupational
safety and health, and experience in
training workers or managers in
nonacademic situations.
3. Outreach Training Program. Plans
for administering the Outreach Training
Program and ensuring program integrity
will be reviewed.
4. Location. A major airport with
regular service to all parts of the Region
should be within a reasonable driving
time from the training location and the
hotel. Interstate highways should also
be within reasonable distance.
5. Adequacy of Training Facilities.
Potential for accommodating classes of
25 to 40 students on a year-round basis
in settings comparable to those of the
OSHA Training Institute will be
reviewed. Items considered will include
classroom layout, availability of
audiovisual equipment, reproduction
facilities for handouts, and availability
of appropriate laboratory and hands-on
facilities. Accessibility for persons with
disabilities will also be considered.
6. Distance Learning. Successful
applicants will demonstrate the
capability to identify satellite downlink
sites in their Region for use by federal
and state employees and private sector
employers and employees to receive
satellite delivered training from the
OSHA Training Institute. At a
minimum, applicants should identify
potential satellite downlink sites in all
cities with a federal or state compliance
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as other major population centers
within the Region.
7. Recruitment for the programs.
Successful applicants will articulate
their detailed plans for marketing the
training programs, promoting status as
an OSHA Training Institute Education
Center within the region, and recruiting
students from the private sector and
from federal agencies other than OSHA.
8. Registration Procedures. How
reasonable are the organization’s
procedures for registering students
including methods of reaching potential
students, ease of registration, provisions
for cancellations, and system for
informing students of available
accommodations are among the items
that will be reviewed.
9. Accommodations. Preferably,
national hotel/motel chains and
restaurants should be reasonably priced
and should be within a few miles of the
training facility.
10. Tuition. Conformance of proposed
tuition or fees with the established
policies of the applicant and
reasonableness of the charges will be
considered.
11. Off-site Courses. Experience and
ability of the organization to conduct
courses at sites other than its own
facility will be considered.
12. Nondiscrimination. Adherence of
the organization’s policies with federal
requirements will be reviewed.
Application Selection Process
The OSHA review panel will make
recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, who will make the
final decisions.
Notification of Selection
Applicants will be notified by a
representative of the Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health, if their organization is selected
as an OSHA Training Institute
Education Center. An organization may
not conduct OSHA Training Institute
Education Center activities until it has
signed a non-financial cooperative
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Notification of Non-Selection
Applicants will be notified in writing
if their organization is not selected to be
an OSHA Training Institute Education
Center.
Non-Selection Appeal
There is no appeal procedure for
unsuccessful applicants. All decisions
by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health are
final.
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application by writing to Jim Barnes,
Director, Office of Training and
Educational Programs, OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
Authority
Section 21 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of
July, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.

Attachment
#500—Trainer Course in OSHA
Standards for Construction
This course is designed for personnel
in the private sector interested in
teaching the 10- and 30-hour
construction safety and health outreach
program to their employees and other
interested groups. Special emphasis is
placed on those topics that are required
in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well
as on those that are the most hazardous,
using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course participants are briefed on
effective instructional approaches and
the effective use of visual aids and
handouts. This course allows the
student to become a trainer in the
Outreach Program and to conduct both
a 10- and 30-hour construction safety
and health course and to issue cards to
participants verifying course
completion. Prerequisites: Course #510
and five years of construction safety
experience.
Note: Students in Course #500 who wish
to participate as authorized trainers in the
Outreach Program must successfully pass a
written exam at the end of the course.
Outreach trainers are required to attend
Course #502 at least once every four years to
maintain their trainer status.

#501—Trainer Course in OSHA
Standards for General Industry
This course is designed for personnel
in the private sector interested in
teaching the 10- and 30-hour general
industry safety and health outreach
program to their employees and other
interested groups. Special emphasis is
placed on those topics that are required
in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well
as on those that are the most hazardous,
using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course participants are briefed on
effective instructional approaches and
the effective use of visual aids and
handouts. This course allows the
student to become a trainer in the
Outreach Program and to conduct both
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safety and health course and to issue
cards to participants verifying course
completion. Prerequisites: Course #511
and five years of general industry safety
experience. Note: Students in Course
#501 who wish to participate as
authorized trainers in the Outreach
Program must successfully pass a
written exam at the end of the course.
Outreach trainers are required to attend
Course #503 at least once every four
years to maintain their trainer status.
#502—Update for Construction Industry
Outreach Trainers
This course is designed for personnel
in the private sector who have
completed #500 Trainer Course in
Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for the Construction Industry
and who are active trainers in the
outreach program. It provides an update
on such topics as OSHA construction
standards, policies, and regulations.
Prerequisites: Course #500. Note:
Outreach trainers are required to attend
this course once every four years to
maintain their trainer status. Students
must bring their current trainer’s card
for validation.
#503—Update for General Industry
Outreach Trainers
This course is designed for private
sector personnel who have completed
course #501 Trainer Course in
Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for General Industry and who
are active trainers in the outreach
program. It provides an update on
OSHA general industry standards and
OSHA policies. Prerequisites: Course
#501.
Note: Outreach trainers are required to
attend this course once every four years to
maintain their trainer status. Students must
bring their current trainer’s card for
validation.

#510—Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for Construction
This course for private sector
personnel covers OSHA policies,
procedures, and standards, as well as
construction safety and health
principles. Topics include scope and
application of the OSHA construction
standards. Special emphasis is placed
on those areas that are the most
hazardous, using OSHA standards as a
guide. Upon successful course
completion, the student will receive an
OSHA construction safety and health
30-hour course completion card.
#511—Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for General Industry
This course for private sector
personnel covers OSHA policies,

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procedures, and standards, as well as
general industry safety and health
principles. Topics include scope and
application of the OSHA general
industry standards. Special emphasis is
placed on those areas that are the most
hazardous, using OSHA standards as a
guide. Upon successful course
completion, the student will receive an
OSHA general industry safety and
health 30-hour course completion card.
#521—OSHA Guide to Industrial
Hygiene
This course addresses industrial
hygiene practices and related OSHA
regulations and procedures. Topics
include permissible exposure limits,
OSHA health standards, respiratory
protection, engineering controls, hazard
communication, OSHA sampling
procedures and strategy, workplace
health program elements and other
industrial hygiene topics. The course
features workshops in health hazard
recognition, OSHA health standards and
a safety and health program workshop.

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#2015—Hazardous Materials
This shortened version of #2010
covers OSHA general industry standards
and integrates materials from other
consensus and proprietary standards
that relate to hazardous materials.
Included are flammable and
combustible liquids, compressed gases,
LP-gases, and cryogenic liquids. Related
processes such as spraying and dipping
are covered, as well as electrical
equipment. Prerequisites: 21(d) State
Consultants: Computer-based #1500
Basic Onsite Consultation program.
Other Federal Agency or Department
Personnel: Course #2005, #6000, or
#6010. Private Sector and Other NonFederal Government personnel: Course
#2005, #501, #510, or #511. This course
is available to non-compliance
personnel only.
#2045—Machinery and Machine
Guarding Standards
This shortened version of #2040
familiarizes the student with various
types of common machinery and the
related safety standards. Guidance is
provided on the hazards associated with
various kinds of machinery and the
control of hazardous energy sources
(lockout/tagout). The course presents an
approach to machinery inspection that
enables participants to recognize
hazards and to provide options to
achieve abatement. These hazards
include mechanical motions and actions
created by points of operation and other
machinery processes. Also included is
hands-on training in the laboratories.
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Computer-based #1500 Basic Onsite
Consultation program. Other Federal
Agency or Department Personnel:
Course #2005, #6000, or #6010. Private
Sector and Other Non-Federal
Government personnel: Course #2005,
#501, #510 or #511. This course is
available to non-compliance personnel
only.
#2225—Respiratory Protection
This course covers the requirements
for the establishment, maintenance, and
monitoring of a respirator program.
Topics include terminology, OSHA
standards, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) certification, and medical
evaluation recommendations. Program
highlights include laboratories on
respirator selection, qualitative fit
testing, and the use of a large array of
respiratory and support equipment for
hands-on training.
#2250—Ergonomics Applied to MSDs
and Nerve Disorders
This course covers the use of
ergonomic principles to recognize,
evaluate, and control work place
conditions that cause or contribute to
musculoskeletal and nerve disorders.
Topics include work physiology,
anthropometry, musculoskeletal
disorders, use of video display
terminals, and risk factors such as
vibration, temperature, material
handling, repetition, and lifting and
transfers in health care. Course
emphasis is on industrial case studies
covering analysis and design of
workstations and equipment, laboratory
sessions in manual lifting, and coverage
of current OSHA compliance policies.
Prerequisites: OSHA Federal and State
Compliance Officers: Course #1000.
21(d) State Consultants: Computerbased program, ‘‘Basic Onsite
Consultation.’’ Safety personnel: Course
#1210. Other Federal Agency or
Department personnel: Course #6000,
#6010 OR EQUIVALENT. Private Sector
and Other Non-Federal Government
personnel: Course #501, #510, OR
EQUIVALENT.
#2264—Permit-Required Confined
Space Entry
This course is designed to enable
students to recognize, evaluate, prevent,
and abate safety and health hazards
associated with confined space entry.
Technical topics include the recognition
of confined space hazards, basic
information about instrumentation used
to evaluate atmospheric hazards, and
ventilation techniques. This course
features workshops on permit entry
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#3010—Excavation, Trenching and Soil
Mechanics
This course focuses on OSHA
standards and on the safety aspects of
excavation and trenching. Students are
introduced to practical soil mechanics
and its relationship to the stability of
shored and unshored slopes and walls
of excavations. Various types of shoring
(wood timbers and hydraulic) are
covered. Testing methods are
demonstrated and a one-day field
exercise is conducted, allowing students
to use instruments such as
penetrometers, torvane shears, and
engineering rods. Prerequisites: All
participants must have completed
Course #2000, #510, or have equivalent
construction training or experience.
Industrial hygienists may substitute
Course #1010 for #2000.
#3095—Electrical Standards
This shortened version of #3090 is
designed to provide the student with a
survey of OSHA’s electrical standards
and the hazards associated with
electrical installations and equipment.
Topics include single- and three-phase
systems, cord- and plug-connected and
fixed equipment, grounding, ground
fault circuit interrupters, and safetyrelated work practices. Emphasis is
placed on electrical hazard recognition
and OSHA policies and procedures.
Students will receive instruction on safe
and correct use of their electrical testing
equipment. Prerequisites: All OSHA
personnel must have completed Course
#2030 or have equivalent training or
experience. Other Federal Agency or
Department personnel: Course #2005,
#6000, or #6010 or equivalent. This
course is available to noncompliance
personnel only.
#3110—Fall Arrest Systems
This course provides an overview of
state-of-the-art technology for fall
protection and current OSHA
requirements. Topics covered include
the principles of fall protection, the
components of fall arrest systems, the
limitations of fall arrest equipment, and
OSHA policies regarding fall protection.
Course features a one-day field exercise
demonstrating fall protection
equipment. Prerequisites: All
participants must have completed
Course #2000, #510, or have equivalent
construction training or experience.
Industrial hygienists may substitute
Course #1010 for #2000.
#5600—Disaster Site Worker Train-theTrainer Course
The Disaster Site Worker Train-theTrainer Course prepares experienced
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Disaster Site Worker Course. Trainers
for this course need to be able to apply
the elements of successful adult training
programs, along with specific
knowledge, skills, and attitudes to
awareness training about safety and
health standards at natural and manmade disaster sites. Trainers are given
the opportunity to practice knowledge,
skills, and attitudes through discussion,
planned exercises, demonstrations, and
presentations. Participants receive
lesson plans and training materials for
the Disaster Site Worker Course as well
as information on training techniques
and resources. Trainers will be expected
to present a selected portion of the
Disaster Site Worker Course and to use
a ‘‘presentation evaluation’’ sheet to
evaluate to other presenters.
Prerequisite: The intended audience for
this course is authorized OSHA #500
trainers who have also completed the
40-hour HAZWOPER training.
#6000—Collateral Duty Course for Other
Federal Agencies
This course introduces federal agency
collateral duty safety and health
personnel to the OSH Act, Executive
Order 12196, 29 CFR part 1960 and 29
CFR part 1910. The training enables
participants to recognize basic safety
and health hazards in the workplace
and effectively assist agency safety and
health officers with inspection and
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#7000—OSHA’s Ergonomics Guidelines
Training for Nursing Homes
The focus of this one-day course is to
use OSHA’s Ergonomics Guidelines for
Nursing Homes to develop a process to
protect workers in nursing homes. The
course will focus on analyzing and
identifying ergonomic problem jobs and
practical solutions to address these
problems. Featured topics include:
Developing an ergonomic process; risk
factors in the nursing home guidelines:
Identifying problem jobs including
protocol for resident assessment; and
implementing solutions including work
practices and engineering solutions.
#7005—Public Warehousing and
Storage
The course is designed as a training
course for warehouse workers and will
focus on many hazards and injuries that
are likely to be encountered in
warehouse operations. It has been
shown that warehousing has become an
increasingly hazardous area to work in.
OSHA has identified Public Storage and
Warehousing as one of seven industries
with a high lost time claims rate.
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to hazardous substances; and slips, trips
and falls. The course will discuss:
Powered industrial trucks; material
handling/lifting/ergonomics; hazard
communication; walking and working
surfaces; and exit routes and fire
protection.
#7100—Introduction to Machinery and
Machine Safeguarding
The main focus of this course is to
increase the participant’s knowledge
and skill in proper machine
safeguarding techniques, and to
highlight the benefits of guarding
various types of machinery. It is the
employer’s responsibility to identify
and select the safeguard necessary to
protect employees and others in the
work area, as well as provide
appropriate training in safe work
practices. Knowing when and how to
properly safeguard machinery can
reduce or eliminate the potential for
accidents and injuries.
#7105—Evacuation and Emergency
Planning
Evacuation and emergency planning
focuses on OSHA requirements for
emergency action plans and fire
protection plans. Preparing for
emergencies is a basic principle of
workplace safety and health.
Participants will learn: (1) Reasons for
emergency action plans and fire
prevention plans and when they are
required for a workplace; (2) elements of
a good evacuation plan; and (3) features
of design and maintenance of good exit
routes. The optional session for this
course will focus on assessment of risk
for terrorist attack and how to utilize
OSHA’s two matrices, evacuation
planning and fire and explosion, as
tools in planning for emergencies.
#7200—Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure
Control for Healthcare Facilities
The purpose of this course is to
develop a Bloodborne Pathogens
Exposure Plan for healthcare facilities
using a step-by-step approach. Featured
topics include an Introduction to
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, the
Exposure Control Plan, Exposure
Determination, Methods of Control,
Vaccinations and Evaluations, Training
and Information, and Record Keeping.
#7205—Health Hazard Awareness
This course provides an introduction
to common health hazards that are
encountered in the workplace. These
health hazards will include exposure to
chemicals, asbestos, silica, and lead.
The course will feature these topics:
Identification of hazard; sources of
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evaluation of exposure; and engineering
and work practice controls. The course
materials will include an instructor and
student manual; workshops and group
activities; and PowerPoint
presentations. The course is designed as
an awareness course for employers and
employees.
#7300—OSHA’s Permit-Required
Confined Space Standard
This one-day course discusses the
requirements of OSHA’s permitrequired confined space standard, 29
CFR 1910.146. It is designed for small
employers or a designated
representative (line supervisor or
manager) with the responsibility to
develop a permit space program. It
covers OSHA’s requirements but does
not feature hands-on sections
(instrumentation and control methods
and testing) which are included in
OSHA course #2260.
#7400—Trainer Course in Construction
Noise
The primary objectives of this one-day
course are to increase the participant’s
knowledge and skill in construction
noise and provide them with materials
and guidance for training their workers.
OSHA published an Advanced Notice
for Proposed Rulemaking, Hearing
Conservation Program for Construction
Workers. This course builds on OSHA’s
efforts to reduce occupational hearing
loss in the construction industry.
#7405—Fall Hazard Awareness for the
Construction Industry
The focus of this 5-hour course is to
identify, evaluate, and prevent or
control fall hazards at constructions
sites. The course focuses on falls to a
lower level not falls to the same level
resulting from slips and falls. The target
audience is the small construction
employer, business owner, or manager
who would like to obtain information
about fall hazards found in the
workplace. The training is also suitable
for employees and employee
representatives. Topics include
identifying fall hazards, analyzing fall
hazards, and preventing fall hazards as
well as OSHA resources addressing fall
hazards.
#7500—Introduction to Safety and
Health Management
Using interactive assignments and
thought-provoking group projects,
students of this one day workshop come
away with a strong understanding of the
benefits in implementing a safety and
health management system in the
workplace.

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#7505—Introduction to Accident
Investigation
Introduction to accident investigation
provides an introduction to basic
accident investigation procedures and
describes accident analysis techniques.
The goal of the course is to help
participants gain the basic skills
necessary to conduct an effective
accident investigation at their
workplace. The target audience is the
small employer, manager, employee or
employee representative who, as part of
a firm’s safety and health system, would
be involved in conducting accident and/
or near-miss investigations.
#7510—Introduction to OSHA for Small
Business
This course provides an introduction
to OSHA for owners and managers of
small businesses. The goal of the course
is to help participants gain an
understanding of OSHA operations and
procedures and learn how they can
work with OSHA to prevent or reduce
injuries and illnesses in their
workplaces. Included in the course is
information on the background of
OSHA, standards, the inspection
process, implementing a safety and
health program, and assistance available
to small business. It is anticipated that
the course materials could be covered in
31⁄2 to 4 hours.
#7845—Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
This course is designed to assist
employers in identifying and fulfilling
their responsibilities for posting certain
records, maintaining records of illnesses
and injuries and reporting specific cases
to OSHA. Participants who successfully
complete this course will be able to
identify OSHA requirements and
complete new OSHA’s forms 300, 300A
and 301.
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Sunshine Act Notice of Meeting
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Committee of the Legal Services
Corporation’s Board of Directors
The July 19, 2007
meeting of the Performance Reviews
Committee of the Legal Services
Corporation’s Board of Directors
previously noticed in Volume 72,
Number 134 of the Federal Register, at
page 38626, has been cancelled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia D. Batie, Manager of Board
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Upon request, meeting
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alternate formats to accommodate visual
and hearing impairments. Individuals
who have a disability and need an
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Dated: July 18, 2007.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
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Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS
Subcommittee on Plant Operations;
Notice of Meeting
The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant
Operations will hold a meeting on
August 14, 2007, at the U.S. NRC Region
IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400,
Arlington, Texas.
The entire meeting will be open to
public attendance.
The agenda for the subject meeting
shall be as follows:
Tuesday, August 14, 2007—8:30 a.m.
until the conclusion of business.
The Subcommittee and Region IV will
discuss regional inspection,
enforcement, and operational activities.
The Subcommittee will gather
information, analyze relevant issues and
facts, and formulate proposed positions
and actions, as appropriate, for
deliberation by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
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Electronic recordings will be permitted.
Further information regarding this
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individual at least two working days
prior to the meeting to be advised of any
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Dated: July 16, 2007.
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Affirmed on April 17, 2007
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This meeting will be webcast live at
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