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Meat and Poultry: Improved Oversight and Training Will Strengthen New Food Safety System (open access)

Meat and Poultry: Improved Oversight and Training Will Strengthen New Food Safety System

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to improve the safety of meat and poultry products, focusing on whether: (1) the system adopted by USDA in its regulations is consistent with the seven Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles endorsed by the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods; (2) the HACCP training program for USDA inspectors is adequate and science-based; and (3) there is an adequate dispute resolution (appeals) process between plants and USDA under the new HACCP inspection system."
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Software Development Plan for DESCARTES and CIDER (open access)

Software Development Plan for DESCARTES and CIDER

This Software Development Plan (SDP) outlines all software activities required to obtain functional environmental accumulation and individual dose codes for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) project. The modeling activities addressed use the output of the air transport-code HATCHET to compute radionuclide concentrations in environmental pathways, and continue on through calculations of dose for individuals. The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) Project has a deliverable in the June 1993 time frame to be able to start computing doses to individuals from nuclear-related activities on the Hanford Site during and following World War II. The CIDER code will compute doses and their uncertainties for individuals living in the contaminated environment computed by DESCARTES. The projected size of the code is 3000 lines.
Date: December 8, 1992
Creator: Eslinger, P. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 17, Number 91, Pages 8483-[8630], December 8, 1992 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 17, Number 91, Pages 8483-[8630], December 8, 1992

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 8, 1992
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 91, Pages 10311-10439, December 8, 1995 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 91, Pages 10311-10439, December 8, 1995

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 8, 1995
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-186 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-186

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the boundaries of the Hamilton Hospital District, described in the district's authorizing legislation as coextensive with certain commissioners precincts of Hamilton County, change in accordance with the county's subsequent redistricting of those commissioners precincts (RQ-395)
Date: December 8, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO97-107 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO97-107

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Disposition of state payment to county for transporting prisoners to Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Date: December 8, 1997
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO95-078 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO95-078

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether and how a private road may become a part of the public domain after long and continuous use by the public (RQ-679)
Date: December 8, 1995
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Software Development Plan for DESCARTES and CIDER. Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project: Version 1.0 (open access)

Software Development Plan for DESCARTES and CIDER. Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project: Version 1.0

This Software Development Plan (SDP) outlines all software activities required to obtain functional environmental accumulation and individual dose codes for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) project. The modeling activities addressed use the output of the air transport-code HATCHET to compute radionuclide concentrations in environmental pathways, and continue on through calculations of dose for individuals. The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) Project has a deliverable in the June 1993 time frame to be able to start computing doses to individuals from nuclear-related activities on the Hanford Site during and following World War II. The CIDER code will compute doses and their uncertainties for individuals living in the contaminated environment computed by DESCARTES. The projected size of the code is 3000 lines.
Date: December 8, 1992
Creator: Eslinger, P. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
IX Disposition Project - project management plan (open access)

IX Disposition Project - project management plan

This report presents plans for resolving saving and disposal concerns for ion exchange modules, cartridge filters and columns. This plan also documents the project baselines for schedules, cost, and technical information.
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Choi, I. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementing the theories: A fully integrated project control system that`s implemented and works (open access)

Implementing the theories: A fully integrated project control system that`s implemented and works

Using the theories presented in DOE Orders 4700.1, 1332.1A, and Notice 4700.5 as the basis for system design, the Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corporation (FERMCO) has developed and implemented a Project Control System (PCS) that complies with requirements and provides DOE and FERMCO management with timely performance measurement information. To this extent, the FERMCO PCS probably is similar to the systems of the majority of the contractors in the DOE complex. In fact. this facet of the FERMCO PCS generally mirrors those used on projects around the world by FERMCO`s parent company, Fluor Daniel. Starting with this {open_quotes}platform{close_quotes}, the vision and challenge of creating a fully integrated system commenced. An open-architecture systems approach is the factor that most greatly influenced and enabled the successful development and implementation of the Project Control System for the Fernald Environmental Management Project. All aspects of a fully integrated system were considered during the design phase. The architecture of the FERMCO system enables seamless, near real-time, transfer of data both from and to the Project Control System with all other related systems. The primary systems that provide and share data with the Project Control System include those used by the Payroll, Accounting, Procurement, and Human …
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Harris, R. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cathode strip chamber interface with support structure for SSC GEM detector muon subsystem (open access)

Cathode strip chamber interface with support structure for SSC GEM detector muon subsystem

Structural design and analysis and other practical engineering considerations indicate that the 3-point, kinematic chamber support concept in the GEM Technical Design Report should be replaced by a 4-point, {open_quotes}partial{close_quotes} kinematic support design. Detector physics performance may increase due to a resulting decreased mass in the secondary support structure.
Date: December 8, 1993
Creator: Belser, F. C.; Clements, J. W.; Holdener, F. R.; Horvath, J. A.; Pratuch, S. M.; Wuest, C. R. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical basis for analog input setpoints, 241-AY and 241-AZ tank farm MICON automation system (open access)

Historical basis for analog input setpoints, 241-AY and 241-AZ tank farm MICON automation system

This document describes the original basis for selection of the analog input setpoints for the MICON Automation System. In most cases the setpoints were based on vendor supplied information and design requirements. However, some setpoints were also established based on engineering judgment. These setpoints are subject to change as more experience with operation of the ventilation system is obtained. Revision 1 incorporates minor changes to ensure the document setpoints accurately reflect limits established in OSD-T-151-00019, Rev B-0.
Date: December 8, 1997
Creator: Bragg, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tests of a New Cloud Treatment in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model (open access)

Tests of a New Cloud Treatment in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model

In this study we present a new cloud treatment in an atmospheric climate model. The water (or ice) content of clouds is a introduced as a prognostic variable, subject to both advective and diffusive transport. In the first phase of the study, the cloud water does not affect the radiative properties of clouds. We then find differences in precipitation and cloud fields, but little effect on the overall climate. In the second phase the cloud water determines the reflectivity of the clouds. This causes large changes in the global circulation, largely due to enhanced reflection from high tropical cirrus clouds. As a third step, the cloud emissivity is also based on the cloud water content. This greatly enhances the outgoing terrestrial radiation and brings the model`s radiative budget quite close to the observed.
Date: December 8, 1993
Creator: Kristjansson, J. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-148 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-148

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a deputy constable is required to reside in the precinct for which he was appointed (RQ-0091-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-149 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-149

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether interest earned on motor vehicle inventory tax escrow accounts may be used to purchase certain items and is subject to audit by the county auditor, and related questions (RQ-0097-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-150 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-150

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an ad valorem tax may be assessed on travel trailers (RQ-0037-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-151 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-151

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Removal of a veterans county service officer who does not meet the requisite statutory qualifications (RQ-0076-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-152 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-152

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a municipality may designate an area as a reinvestment zone under chapter 311 of the Tax Code if the area is not “unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted” within the meaning of article VIII, section 1-g(b) of the Texas Constitution, and related questions (RQ-0081-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-153 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-153

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect of certain protest words written beneath a person’s signature on a state document (RQ-0090-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-154 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-154

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of the mayor and city manager of a home-rule city to a lease agreement, and related questions (RQ-0092-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-155 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-155

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether individual whose property is subject as member of the city council that granted the abatement, and related questions (RQ-0102-JC)
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-087 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-087

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether purchases by Smith County of culverts and road sign components would run afoul of the prohibitions on separating purchases in order to avoid competitive bidding requirements (ID# 28291)
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-088 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-088

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county may levy a special tax pursuant to section 62.001 of the Human Resources Code for the operation of a juvenile detention facility within the county and related question (RQ-733)
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO92-082 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO92-082

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a municipality with a transit system created pursuant to article 1118x, V.T.C.S., may extend the system into another municipality (RQ-323)
Date: December 8, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History