Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 58883

7530–01–349–4464—White label size—

31⁄3′′ × 4′′

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 

Contract Activity: Office Supplies & Paper 

Products Acquisition Center, New York, 

New York.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

[FR Doc. 04–22090 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to procurement list.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List products and a service 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheryl D. Kennerly, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

14, and August 6, 2004, the Committee 

for Purchase From People Who Are 

Blind or Severely Disabled published 

notice (69 FR 32975, and 47863) of 

proposed additions to the Procurement 

List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products and 

service listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4. 

The following comments pertain to 

Tabs, Index. 

Comments were received from the 

current contractor, from one of its 

subcontractors which is the actual 

manufacturer of the index tabs, from a 

trade association representing these 

companies, and from a Member of 

Congress. All of these comments 

addressed the impact of this 

Procurement List addition on the 

subcontractor. 

Sales of these index tabs to the 

current contractor account for nearly the 

entire production of the index tabs by 

the subcontractor. If these sales are lost, 

the subcontractor claims it would be 

forced to cease production of the index 

tabs and terminate the employees 

producing them. The subcontractor 

would also lose a portion of its total 

sales. The commenters noted that other 

producers of index tabs are large 

businesses that have already impacted 

the subcontractor’s sales and its ability 

to succeed in the office products market 

as a domestic producer. 

The contractor to which the index 

tabs manufacturer sells the tabs is not 

limited to re-selling them to the Federal 

Government. Accordingly, the 

Committee is not convinced that this 

addition to the Procurement List will 

destroy the manufacturer’s market and 

force a cessation of production of the 

index tabs. However, even if a cessation 

were to occur, the percentage of sales 

the manufacturer would lose does not 

rise to the level which the Committee 

normally considers to be a severe 

adverse impact on a contractor. In 

addition, addition of the index tabs to 

the Procurement List will create jobs for 

workers with severe disabilities, a group 

which has an unemployment rate far 

above that of the workers who may be 

displaced. Therefore, the Committee 

believes the addition of these index tabs 

to the Procurement List is justified, as 

it will not have a severe adverse impact 

on either the current contractor or the 

subcontractor, and it will create jobs for 

people with severe disabilities who 

would be less likely to find other 

employment than the subcontractor’s 

workers. 

The following material pertains to all 

of the items being added to the 

Procurement List. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

service proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and service are added to the 

Procurement List:

Products 

Product/NSN: Tabs, Index 

7530–01–368–3489 (Assorted Colors—Tabs 

1 through 10) 

7530–01–368–3490 (Assorted Colors—Tabs 

January through December) 

7530–01–368–3491 (Clear—Tabs January 

through December) 

7530–01–368–3492 (Assorted Colors—Tabs 

A through Z) 

7530–01–368–3493 (Assorted Colors—

Index Sheets 1 through 31) 

NPA: South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, 

Corpus Christi, Texas. 

Contract Activity: Office Supplies & Paper 

Products Acquisition Center, New York, 

New York. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Classified Technical 

Order Distribution, 

Tinker Air Force Base, Building 3, Door 57, 

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. 

NPA: The Oklahoma League for the Blind, 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Contract Activity: Directorate of Contracting 

(OC–ALC/PKOSF), Tinker AFB, 

Oklahoma. 

This action does not affect current 

contracts awarded prior to the effective date 

of this addition or options that may be 

exercised under those contracts.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

[FR Doc. 04–22091 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 23–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 176: Application 

for Expansion/Reorganization, 

Rockford, IL; Amendment of 

Application 

Notice is hereby given that the 

application of the Greater Rockford 

Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 176, 

for authority to reorganize and expand 

FTZ 176 in the Rockford, Illinois, area 

(Doc. 23–2004, 69 FR 30871, 6/1/04), 

has been amended to include an 

additional site (Proposed Site 6) at the 

Rolling Hills Industrial Park (74 acres), 

located in Woodstock, Illinois. The 

public comment period is being 

extended to October 22, 2004, to allow 

interested parties additional time in 

which to comment. Rebuttal comments 

may be submitted until November 5, 

2004. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s