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*An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer 

employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small 

business under SBA regulations (see http://

www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/size

standardstopics/index.html). Parent companies, 

affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when 

determining business size. The dual pricing 

schedule reflects the Commercial Service’s user fee 

schedule that became effective May 1, 2008 (for 

additional information see http://www.export.gov/

newsletter/march2008/initiatives.html). 

**Minimum booth space is 9-sq meters. 

Companies can take larger space for which cost will 

be calculated accordingly. 

the Department of Commerce in the 

form of a participation fee is required. 

The participation fees reflect two 

options: 

Option 1: March 8–13, 2010. 

Participation in the Trade Mission in all 

three cities: New Delhi, Chennai, and 

Mumbai. The participation fee will be 

$4,600 for large firms and $3,900 for a 

small or medium-sized enterprise 

(SME),* this includes one principal 

representative. The fee for each 

additional firm representative (large 

firm or SME) is $500. 

Option 2: March 8–11, 2010 

participate in the Trade Mission in two 

cities: New Delhi and Chennai and 

March 12–14, exhibit at the Medical 

Fair India 2010 in Mumbai. The 

participation fee for New Delhi-Chennai 

and exhibiting in the Fair in Mumbai 

$6,800 ($3,600 Trade Mission fee + 

$3,200 for 9-sq meter booth space**) for 

large firms and $6,100 ($2,900 Trade 

Mission fee + $3,200 for 9-sq meter 

booth space) for an SME,* which 

includes one principal representative. 

The fee for each additional firm 

representative (large firm or SME) is 

$250. 

Expenses for lodging, some meals, 

incidentals, and travel (except for 

transportation to and from meetings) 

will be the responsibility of each 

mission participant. 

Conditions for Participation 

• An applicant must submit a 

completed and signed mission 

application and supplemental 

application materials, including 

adequate information on the company’s 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. 

• Each applicant must also certify 

that the products and services it seeks 

to export through the mission are either 

produced in the United States, or, if not, 

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm 

and have at least fifty-one percent U.S. 

content. 

Selection Criteria for Participation 

Selection will be based on the 

following criteria: 

• Suitability of a company’s products 

or services to the mission’s goals. 

• Applicant’s potential for business 

in India, including likelihood of exports 

resulting from the trade mission. 

• Consistency of the applicant’s goals 

and objectives with the stated scope of 

the trade mission. 

Any partisan political activities 

(including political contributions) of an 

applicant are entirely irrelevant to the 

selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including posting in the 

Federal Register, the Commerce 

Department trade mission calendar 

(http://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/tmcal.

html), and other Internet Web sites; 

press releases to general and trade 

media; direct mail; notices by industry 

trade associations and other multiplier 

groups; and publicity at industry 

meetings, symposia, conferences, and 

trade shows. Recruitment for the 

mission will begin immediately and 

conclude no later than January 8, 2010. 

Contacts 

U.S. Commercial Service; Healthcare 

Team 

Ms. Jetta DeNend, International Trade 

Specialist, U.S. Commercial 

Service, 33 Whitehall St. 22nd 

Floor, New York, NY 10004. Ph: 

212–809–2644/Fax: 212–809–268. 

E-mail: Jetta.DeNend@mail.doc.gov. 

U.S. Commercial Service in India 

Mr. Srimoti Mukherji, U.S. 

Commercial Service, New Delhi. 

Ph: 91–11–23472000, ext 2226. Fax: 

91–11–23315172. 

Srimoti.Mukherji@mail.doc.gov. 

Lisa Huot, 

Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service 

Trade Missions Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19565 Filed 8–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Modifications for the GOES 

Data Collection Platform Radio Set 

(DCPRS) Certification Standards at 300 

bps and 1200 bps 

SUMMARY: NOAA is making a change to 

the certification standards for the 

transmitters that participate in the 

GOES Data Collection System (DCS). 

The primary purpose of this change is 

to enhance the flexibility of the system, 

to provide better messaging capabilities, 

additional system capacity, improve 

timing and frequency stability, and 

conform to the regulations for out-ofband emissions specified by the 

National Telecommunication and 

Information Administration (NTIA). The 

GOES DCS will operate under new 

certification procedures that will allow 

new data collection platforms to use a 

frequency channel with half the current 

bandwidth (.75 Hz), though existing 

platforms will continue to use frequency 

channels with 1.5 Hz bandwidth until 

suitable replacements are ascertained. 

The owners of the existing platforms are 

invited to upgrade their units as soon as 

possible. New data collection platforms 

will be assigned a narrow band channel 

in the restructured GOES DCS. These 

new certification standards may be 

reviewed on the NOAA Web site: http:// 

noaasis.noaa.gov/DCS/docs/DCPR_

CS2final.doc. 

DATES: Start of service [October 1, 2009]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments may be provided to the 

NOAA GOES DCS Program Manager, at 

Kay.Metcalf@noaa.gov or you can 

contact her at 301–817–4558. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the 

advent of the Geostationary Operational 

Environmental Satellites (GOES) and 

the on-board transponder, 

environmental data from remote 

platforms has been collected and 

relayed in real time to federal and 

international environmental managers 

and scientists. Known as the GOES Data 

Collection System (DCS), this satellite 

transmission technology consists of over 

20,000 Data Collection Platforms 

(DCPs), dedicated satellite receive and 

transmit capability, and ground/satellite 

processing and distribution equipment. 

Data collected from DCPs measures or 

monitors such varied parameters as 

rainfall, river stage levels, soil 

conditions, seismic or tsunami 

conditions, aircraft flight environment 

and fire conditions. These data are also 

used to verify and serve as ‘‘ground 

truth’’ for other types of remotely sensed 

data such as NEXRAD and satellitederived precipitation estimates. DCS 

data provides fast, reliable information 

for flood, fire, tsunami and other 

disaster forecasts and warnings 

amounting to incalculable savings in 

lives and property damage. 

This system provides critical support 

to the U.S. Corp of Engineers, U.S. 

Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land 

Management, the National Weather 

Service and other federal and state 

agencies to monitor and forecast the 

flood stages in the upper Mississippi 

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Valley. Starting in 1975, the GOES DCS 

opened a vast new capability to acquire 

the needed data in real or near-real time. 

Many Federal Agencies started their 

own systems for collecting and 

telemetering their data for their own 

use. In the recent two decades and a 

half, these Federal Agencies have come 

together to improve the tools and the 

system for better collection, and to 

modernize the storage and 

dissemination of the in-situ 

observations to all the users who 

desired them. This GOES Data 

Collection System (DCS) has become the 

conduit through which remotely sensed 

observations, the life-blood of the 

Agencies’ operations, must pass. The 

GOES DCS is now a critical 

Infrastructure for most of these 

Agencies, contributing to billions of 

dollars in damages being averted 

through flood control measures. 

As the demand for remotely sensed 

in-situ data has increased, certain 

segments of the system have been 

threatened with saturation. The Federal 

Agencies as users, and the National 

Environmental Satellite, Data, and 

Information Service (NESDIS) as the 

system operator, consistently strive to 

improve the capabilities of the GOES 

DCS. 

Mary E. Kicza, 

Assistant Administrator for Satellite and 

Information Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–19500 Filed 8–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 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 the 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. 

DATES: Effective Date: 9/14/2009. 

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: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 6/15/2009 (74 FR 28221–28222) 

and 6/19/2009 (74 FR 29187–29189), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices 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 

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 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0841—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0898—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0896—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0892—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0893—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0895—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0899—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0900—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

COVERAGE: A-list for the total 

Government requirement as 

aggregated by the General Services 

Administration. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0840—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0894—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

NSN: 7530–00–NIB–0897—Label, 

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. 

COVERAGE: B-list for the broad 

Government requirement as 

aggregated by the General Services 

Administration. 

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, PA. 

Contracting Activity: FEDERAL 

ACQUISITION SERVICE, GSA/FSS 

OFC SUP CTR—PAPER 

PRODUCTS, NEW YORK, NY. 

NSN: 3990–00–NSH–0075—Pallet, 

Demo, 24′′ x 48′′. 

NPA: Bona Vista Programs, Inc., 

Kokomo, IN. 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE 

ARMY, SR W39Z STK REC ACCT– 

CRANE AAP, Crane, IN. 

COVERAGE: C-list for the requirements 

of the Department of the Army— 

Crane Ammunition Activity. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2033—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, 

BIODEGRADABLE. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2034—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, 

BIODEGRADABLE. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2035—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, 

BIODEGRADABLE. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2036—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, 

BIODEGRADABLE. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2037—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE 

with GRIP. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2038—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE 

with GRIP. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2039—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE 

with GRIP. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2040—PEN, 

RETRACTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE 

with GRIP. 

NPA: West Texas Lighthouse for the 

Blind, San Angelo, TX. 

Contracting Activity: FEDERAL 

ACQUISITION SERVICE, GSA/FSS 

OFC SUP CTR —PAPER 

PRODUCTS, NEW YORK, NY. 

COVERAGE: A-list for total Government 

requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2021—Pencil, 

Mechanical, .5 MM HB Lead. 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–2022—Pencil, 

Mechanical, .7 MM HB Lead. 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–0875—Refill, 12 

Lead Cartridge, 0.5 mm HB. 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–0876—Refill, 12 

Lead Cartridge, 0.7 mm HB. 

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