1.   One new provision would prevent the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from entering into consent Decrees with employers in job-discrimination lawsuits.

2.   The draft version for comment incorporates practices and interpretations that have become established over the years and includes some new provisions.

3.   The new provisions hit hardest at the exploration stages of minerals projects, where there is the greatest risk.

4.   Throughout the new Sciences provision the emphasis is on the development of scientific attitudes and the vocational applications of science.

5.   The aim of this guidance document is to provide users with information that will enable them to use the new Sciences provision effectively.

6.   This section will be particularly useful for those wishing to gain a general impression of the new provision together with the concept of articulation and progression.

7.   The matrix assigns the modules in the new Sciences provision to three stages.