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Agenda Items 

The Risk Policy Working Group will 

continue work on the Council’s Risk 

Policy—discuss implementation and 

application of policy across all Councilmanaged species; discuss baseline 

conditions for Council-managed species, 

i.e., how risk is currently addressed; 

review available information and plan 

2015 work and address other business 

as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during the meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 14, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24706 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to delete products previously furnished 

by the nonprofit agency employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received On Or 

Before: 11/17/2014. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 USC 

8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following products are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Clamp, Loop/Cushion Type AMS3839 

NSN: 5340–00–410–6441 

NSN: 5340–00–411–2953 

NPA: Provail, Seattle, WA 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, PA 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24710 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds a service to 

the Procurement List that will be 

provided by a nonprofit agency 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 11/17/2014 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Addition 

On 3/28/2014 (79 FR 17509–17510), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

addition to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agency to provide 

the service and impact of the addition 

on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the service listed below 

is suitable for procurement by the 

Federal Government under 41 USC 

8501–8506 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 

organization that will provide the 

service to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing a small entity to provide the 

service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 USC 8501–8506) in 

connection with the service proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following service is 

added to the Procurement List: 

SERVICE 

Service Type/Location: 3d Party Logistics 

Service Product Manager Force 

Sustainment Systems, 15 Kansas Street, 

Natick, MA 

NPA: ReadyOne Industries, Inc., El Paso, TX 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, 

W6QK ACC–APG Natick, Natick, MA 

Comments were received from two 

commercial contractors. The contractors 

assert that the Committee’s notice of 

proposed addition was vague and 

lacked specificity; therefore, the 

Committee could not have properly 

assessed the impact on the contractors’ 

firms. One contractor questioned 

whether the project would create 

employment for people with significant 

disabilities. 

The notice of proposed addition listed 

the service type as ‘‘3d Party Logistics 

Service’’ and was further described as: 

‘‘Provide contract management services 

and Warehousing and Supply Chain 

Management (Integration, Warehousing, 

and Refurbishment).’’ The Department 

of the Army, Army Contracting 

Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground 

(Natick Contracting Division), often 

referred to as Natick or NCD, is the 

contracting activity in support of the 

requirements of Product Manager Force 

Sustainment System (PMFSS). 

‘‘3d Party Logistics’’ (3PL) is a 

common, well-defined commercial 

service provided by multiple 

commercial companies to many 

Government agencies, including the 

Department of Defense (DOD). While 

3PL is a recognized service, the 

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1NFA is the only registered futures association. 

2See section 237 of the Futures Trading Act of 

1982, 7 U.S.C. 16a, and 31 U.S.C. 9701. For a 

broader discussion of the history of Commission 

fees, see 52 FR 46070 (Dec. 4, 1987). 

3 58 FR 42643 (Aug. 11, 1993) and 17 CFR part 

1, app. B. 

Committee’s notice of proposed 

addition included substantial additional 

explanation and description of the 

specific service requirements. 

Consequently, the Committee disagrees 

that the notice is vague and lacks 

specificity, and finds that the notice 

effectively describes the requirements 

the AbilityOne nonprofit agency will 

perform. 

In accordance with Committee 

regulations, Federal contracting 

activities assist the Committee to 

identify necessary products and services 

that are suitable for procurement by the 

Government and may be furnished by 

AbilityOne nonprofit agencies. In doing 

so, contracting activities define their 

specific contract requirements and 

inform the Committee if there is a 

contractor providing the product or 

service. When deliberating on a 

proposed PL addition, the Committee 

then considers whether a proposed 

addition would likely have a severe 

adverse financial impact on the current 

contractor for the project. 

Both contractors that submitted 

comments are awardees of the Defense 

Logistics Agency (DLA) Special 

Operational Equipment Tailored 

Logistics Support (SOE TLS) contract to 

provide a range of commercial products 

and equipment to military customers. 

They claim the addition of the proposed 

3PL service to the Procurement List 

could result in severe adverse financial 

impact to their sales under the DLA SOE 

TLS contract. 

In response to the comments, the 

Committee sought additional 

information from the contracting 

activity and the contactors, to ensure 

that appropriate information was fully 

considered. In its response, the Army 

contracting activity clearly stated it does 

not currently contract for the 3PL 

services as described in the statement of 

work (SOW). The contracting activity 

stated that through the SOW, it is 

seeking a complete one-stop 

standardized and centralized solution to 

address reduced budget and personnel 

capacity within PM FSS. DLA’s 

solicitation for the SOE TLS states it is 

an indefinite delivery-indefinite 

quantity (IDIQ) contract for equipment 

and ancillary services. This 

Procurement List addition of the 3PL 

requirement is a firm-fixed price 

contract for services explicitly identified 

in the SOW, including direct labor 

services, as is appropriate for a 3PL 

requirement; it is not an IDIQ contract 

for products and equipment. Based on 

these facts, the Army and the 

Commission concluded that the DLA 

prime vendor contract and the Natick 

contract requirements for 3PL services 

in this proposed PL addition are not the 

same. For these reasons, the contracting 

activity confirmed in writing and the 

Commission concluded that there is no 

current contractor providing the specific 

services included in the proposed PL 

addition. 

The commercial contractors are 

experienced DOD vendors. One 

contractor’s annual revenues exceed the 

range of revenues that the Committee 

determines could result in severe 

adverse financial impact on that 

contractor if the service is added to the 

PL. Although the Committee requested 

information from the contractors, they 

were unable to provide any contract 

data demonstrating they were the 

current contractor to the Army 

contracting activity (or another 

contracting activity) for the 3PL services 

required in this addition. The 

Committee reviews the level of impact 

on the ‘‘current contractor for the 

specific commodity or services’’ [41 

CFR 51–2.4(a)(4)(i)]. The contractors in 

question are not current contractors for 

the specific service requirement; 

therefore, under Committee regulations, 

the Committee finds there is no severe 

adverse impact on the contractors. 

Further, the contractors continue to 

have the opportunity to sell products 

and equipment under the DLA SOE TLS 

prime vendor program. 

One contractor also questioned 

whether the project would create 

employment for people with severe 

disabilities by referring to a prior project 

that was deleted from the PL. The 

Committee conducts a deliberative 

review of specific proposed addition 

projects. To qualify for addition to the 

PL, the Committee must determine that 

the record for this project demonstrates 

that it has the potential to generate 

employment for people who are blind or 

significantly disabled [41 CFR 51– 

2.4(a)(1)]. In their review, the 

Committee determined that the record 

supports that the 3PL services will 

create employment for people with 

significant disabilities. The record 

specifies the amount of direct labor 

hours to be provided by people with 

significant disabilities and discusses 

referral sources for these individuals, 

including current or previous nonprofit 

agency employees with the skills to 

perform the proposed new positions. 

Accordingly, after full consideration, 

the Committee concluded that the 3PL 

Service is suitable for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24720 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Fees for Reviews of the Rule 

Enforcement Programs of Designated 

Contract Markets and Registered 

Futures Associations 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of 2014 Schedule of Fees. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC or 

Commission) charges fees to designated 

contract markets and registered futures 

associations to recover the costs 

incurred by the Commission in the 

operation of its program of oversight of 

self-regulatory organization (SRO) rule 

enforcement programs, specifically 

National Futures Association (NFA), a 

registered futures association, and the 

designated contract markets. The 

calculation of the fee amounts charged 

for 2014 by this notice is based upon an 

average of actual program costs incurred 

during fiscal year (FY) 2011, FY 2012, 

and FY 2013. 

DATES: Effective date: Each SRO is 

required to remit electronically the 

applicable fee on or before December 16, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Jean Buhler, Chief Financial 

Officer, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission; (202) 418–5089; Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. For information 

on electronic payment, contact Jennifer 

Fleming; (202) 418–5034; Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information 

A. General 

This notice relates to fees for the 

Commission’s review of the rule 

enforcement programs at the registered 

futures associations 1 and designated 

contract markets (DCM), each of which 

is an SRO regulated by the Commission. 

The Commission recalculates the fees 

charged each year to cover the costs of 

operating this Commission program.2

The fees are set each year based on 

direct program costs, plus an overhead 

factor. The Commission calculates 

actual costs, then calculates an alternate 

fee taking volume into account, and 

then charges the lower of the two.3

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