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ServiceSource, Alexandria, VA (Prime 

Contractor) at the following location for 

the Nonprofit Agencies identified: 

Internal Revenue Service Mailroom, 

4050 Alpha Road, Dallas, Texas. 

NPA: Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc., 

Dallas, Texas. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Treasury, IRS 

Headquarters, Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Deletion 

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. If approved, the action may result 

in additional reporting, recordkeeping 

or other compliance requirements for 

small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the 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 service proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

deletion from the Procurement List:

Service 

Service Type/Location: Food Service 

Attendant, Mississippi Air National 

Guard, Building 129, Dining Facility, 

Jackson, Mississippi. 

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, 

Inc., Ridgeland, Mississippi. 

Contracting Activity: Mississippi Air 

National Guard, Jackson, Mississippi.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

[FR Doc. 04–27155 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from 

procurement list. 

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List products and services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes from the Procurement List 

services previously furnished by such 

agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 2005.

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: 

Additions 

On October 8, and October 15, 2004, 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice (69 FR 60351 

and 61202) of proposed additions to the 

Procurement List. 

The following comments pertain to 

Battery, Nonrechargeable, Lithium. 

Comments were received from the 

current contractor for this lithium 

battery. The contractor asked that the 

current contract be allowed to run its 

term before the Committee’s nonprofit 

agency begins performance. The 

contractor noted that the lithium battery 

accounts for nearly all sales under the 

contract and a sizeable part of the 

contractor’s battery sales to the 

Government, which is the largest 

consumer of the battery. The contractor 

noted that sales of the battery have 

skyrocketed due to the current 

hostilities, so losing the contract would 

cause the contractor to lose its revenue 

expectations for this battery. 

Addition of this battery to the 

Procurement List will not cause a 

premature termination of the current 

contract, as Procurement List additions 

do not affect contracts awarded prior to 

the effective date of the addition or 

options exercised under those contracts. 

41 CFR 51–5.3(c). In assessing impact of 

a Procurement List addition on a current 

contractor, the Committee looks at the 

total sales of that contractor, including 

related corporations, as well as previous 

impacts on the contractor and the 

contractor’s history of providing the 

product in question. 41 CFR 51–

2.4(a)(4). The current contractor is a 

very large business, and the loss of the 

contract for this lithium battery 

represents a very small part of the 

contractor’s total sales. Because the 

competitive procurement system does 

not guarantee that any contractor will 

receive subsequent contracts for a 

product, the Committee does not 

consider a loss of revenue expectations 

alone to constitute severe adverse 

impact on a contractor. Because this 

contractor has provided this battery to 

the Government for almost a decade, the 

Committee has given some weight to 

this sales history, but in light of the very 

small percentage of the contractor’s 

sales which this battery and other recent 

impacts represent, the Committee does 

not believe this addition to the 

Procurement List will have a severe 

adverse impact on the contractor. 

The following material pertains to all 

of the items being added 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 

services listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4. 

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 services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and services 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 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List:

Products 

Product/NSN: Battery Nonrechargeable, 

Lithium, 

6135–01–351–1131. 

NPA: Eastern Carolina Vocational Center, 

Inc., Greenville, North Carolina. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center 

Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.

Product/NSN: Cups, Hot and Cold Drink, 

7350–00–281–3211 (Cold Drink), 7350–00–

641–4517 (Hot Drink), 7350–00–641–

4519 (Hot Drink), 7350–00–641–4523 

(Cold Drink), 7350–00–641–4576 (Hot 

Drink), 7350–00–641–4587 (Cold Drink), 

7350–00–641–4589 (Cold Drink), 7350–

00–641–4590 (Cold Drink), 7350–00–

641–4591 (Cold Drink), 7350–00–641–

4592 (Cold Drink), 7350–00–641–4593 

(Cold Drink). 

NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind in New 

Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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Contract Activity: GSA, Southwest Supply 

Center, Fort Worth, Texas.

Product/NSN: Gloves, Chemical Protective, 

8415–01–509–2898, 8415–01–509–2902, 

8415–01–509–2904, 8415–01–509–2905, 

8415–01–509–2916.

Product/NSN: Socks, Chemical Protective, 

8415–01–509–2875, 8415–01–509–2877, 

8415–01–509–2879, 8415–01–509–2882, 

8415–01–509–2883. 

NPA: Industrial Opportunities, Inc., Marble, 

North Carolina. 

Contract Activity: Defense Supply Center 

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania. 

Services

Service Type/Location: Base Supply Center, 

Fort Eustis, Virginia. 

NPA: Virginia Industries for the Blind, 

Charlottesville, Virginia. 

Contracting Activity: Army Contracting 

Agency/NRCC Installation Division, Fort 

Eustis, VA. 

Service Type/Location: Food Service and 

Food Service Attendant, 131st Fighter 

Wing, Air National Guard Unit—Lambert 

Air Base, St. Louis, Missouri.

NPA: Challenge Unlimited, Inc., Alton, 

Illinois. 

Contracting Activity: Missouri Air National 

Guard, Bridgeton, Missouri. 

Service Type/Location: Housekeeping 

Services, Camp Edwards Billeting, Camp 

Edwards, Massachusetts.

NPA: Nauset, Inc., Hyannis, Massachusetts. 

Contracting Activity: Massachusetts Army 

National Guard, Camp Edwards, 

Massachusetts.

Deletion 

On March 26, 2004, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice 

(69 FR 15787) of proposed deletion to 

the Procurement List. After 

consideration of the relevant matter 

presented, the Committee has 

determined that the service listed below 

is no longer suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

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 may result in additional 

reporting, recordkeeping or other 

compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

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 service deleted 

from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following service is 

deleted from the Procurement List:

Service 

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, 

U.S. Army Reserve Center (Midland), 

Midland, Texas. 

NPA: None currently authorized. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the 

Army.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 56–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 259—International 

Falls, MN; Application for Subzone 

Status, Arctic Cat, Inc. (All-Terrain 

Vehicle Engines and Snowmobiles) 

Thief River Falls, MN 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Koochiching Economic 

Development Authority, grantee of FTZ 

259, requesting special-purpose subzone 

status for the all-terrain vehicle engine 

and snowmobile manufacturing 

facilities of Arctic Cat, Inc. (ACI), 

located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. 

The application was submitted pursuant 

to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on December 3, 2004. 

The proposed subzone would be 

comprised of four separate sites: Site 1

(77 acres/517,000 sq.ft., manufacturing 

plant)—601 Brooks Avenue, Thief River 

Falls (Pennington County), Minnesota; 

Site 2 (3 acres/60,000 sq. ft., 

manufacturing plant)—817 Lowell 

Drive, Thief River Falls, located 

immediately to the south of Site 1; Site 

3 (60 acres, company test track)—

Greenwood Street West between County 

Route 75 and State Route 32, located 

across Greenwood Street to the south of 

Site 2; and, Site 4 (20,000 sq.ft., 

warehouse)—‘‘Hartz Warehouse’’, 120 

Arnold Avenue South, located about 

1,000 feet to the east of Site 1. The 

facilities (1,200 employees) are used to 

manufacture all-terrain vehicles (ATV) 

and snowmobiles, assemble ATV 

engines, and to distribute U.S. and 

foreign-made ATVs, snowmobiles, 

related parts and branded accessories 

for export and the U.S. market. The 

manufacturing process at the facilities 

involves machining, painting, assembly, 

and testing. ACI proposes to assemble 

ATV engines and snowmobiles under 

FTZ procedures. The facilities can 

produce between 30,000 to 65,000 

snowmobiles and 20,000 to 55,000 ATV 

engines annually, which are assembled 

from domestic and foreign-origin 

components. Components purchased 

from abroad (representing 

approximately 65% of total material 

cost) include: spark-ignition engines, 

articles of rubber (o-rings, seals, drive/

V-belts, hoses, dampers/plugs/covers), 

strips, roller chain, fasteners (screws, 

nuts, washers, bolts, clips, studs, pins), 

clamps, oil strainers, crankshafts, 

balancers, pistons, camshafts, cylinder 

heads, starter motors, remote starters, 

water pumps, oil pumps, valves, shafts 

(drive, counter, secondary), bushings, 

pulleys, universal joints, sprockets, 

transmissions, gears, gear drives, axles, 

hubs, flywheels, rotors, idlers, 

electronic control units, ignition coils, 

spark plugs, voltage regulators, resistors, 

fuses, capacitors, relays, circuit boards, 

circuit protectors/breakers, stators, 

diodes, generators, transformers, wiring 

harnesses, magnets, solenoids, sensors, 

A/C condensers, electrical terminals/

junction boxes/sockets, drive sheaves, 

parts of transmissions, clutches, CDI 

(capacitive discharge) units, bearings 

(ball, spherical, needle, tapered roller 

shaft; subject to ADD/CVD-must be 

admitted under privileged foreign 

status), articles of plastic (fittings, caps, 

decals, strips, sheets, knobs, seals, 

washer, o-rings, v-belts), tires, steel and 

alloy tube/pipe/wire/coil hooks, springs 

(leaf, helical), aluminum stampings, 

titanium tubes/bars/rods, locks, keys, 

hinges, castors, mountings, 

turbochargers, aluminum heat 

exchangers and parts, winches, 

batteries, lighting equipment, horns, 

alarms, block heaters, LCD screens, 

body stampings, bumpers, brake parts, 

shock absorbers, wheels, radiators, 

mufflers, steering parts, trailers, gauges, 

oxygen sensors, odometers, 

speedometers, meters, and thermostats 

(duty rate range: free—15.0%). FTZ 

procedures would exempt ACI from 

Customs duty payments on the foreign 

components used in export production. 

On its domestic sales and exports to 

NAFTA markets, the company would be 

able to choose the duty rates that apply 

to ATV engines and snowmobiles (duty 

free, 2.5%) for the foreign-sourced 

components noted above. The 

application indicates that subzone 

status would help improve the facilities’

international competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff