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federal regulatory guidelines, and (3) to

install air and water pipelines on

existing ski terrain to increase

snowmaking coverage from 527 to 635

acres. No new ski terrain is proposed.

Management Direction

The proposed action is consistent

with the long-range goals for this area as

defined in the Land and Resource

Management Plan for the Green

Mountain National Forest. That Forest

Plan was approved on January 15, 1987.

Under that Forest Plan, the area

encompassed by the Mount Snow Ski

Area is assigned to management under

prescription 7.1A. This management

prescription emphasizes highly

developed recreation, including

downhill ski areas. The purpose of

prescription 7.1A is to provide

opportunities for recreation requiring

highly developed structures and

facilities, maintain a visually appealing

landscape, and manage for other

resource uses in a compatible way. The

Forest Service does not anticipate the

need for any amendments to the Land

and Resource Management Plan as a

result of this snowmaking proposal

since all new snowmaking will be

located within the boundary of the

existing SUP or on private land.

The Forest Service will consider a

range of alternatives to meet the

objectives of this proposal. One of these

will be the ‘‘no action’’ alternative, in

which none of the proposed activities

would be implemented. Additional

alternatives will examine varying levels

and locations for the proposed activities

to achieve the proposal’s purposes, as

well as to respond to the issues and

other resource values. Proposed

alternatives have been determined by

the proponent based on a preliminary

Snowmaking Water Supply Needs and

Alternatives Analysis, which is

currently being finalized, in which

twelve water sources have been studied.

Various screening factors were analyzed

including water availability, on-site

development costs, pond volume, and

environmental impacts.

The EIS will analyze the direct,

indirect, and cumulative environmental

effects of the alternatives. Past, present,

and projected activities on both private

and National Forest lands will be

considered. The EIS will disclose the

analysis of site-specific mitigation

measures and their effectiveness.

Public participation is an important

part of the analysis, commencing with

the initial scoping process (40 CFR

1501.7), which will occur upon

publication of this notification. In

addition, the public is encouraged to

visit with Forest Service officials at any

time during the analysis and prior to the

decision. The Forest Service will be

seeking information, comments, and

assistance from Federal, State, and local

agencies and other individuals or

organizations who may be interested in

or affected by the proposed action. The

proposed project will be presented at an

Open House in the local area, where

representatives from the Green

Mountain National Forest will be

available to discuss the proposed project

and provide additional information.

Comments from the public and other

agencies will be used in preparation of

the Draft EIS. Please note that comments

will be regarded as public information.

The scoping process will be used to:

1. Identify potential issues.

2. Identify major issues to be analyzed

in depth.

3. Eliminate minor issues or those

which have been covered by a relevant

previous environmental analysis, such

as the Green Mountain Forest Plan EIS.

4. Identify alternatives to the

proposed action.

5. Identify potential environmental

effects of the proposed action and

alternatives (i.e. direct, indirect, and

cumulative effects).

6. Determine potential cooperating

agencies and task assignments.

Preliminary issues identified to date

include:

• Is the project consistent with the

Deerfield River Settlement?

• Potential effects of increased snow

deposition on stream runoff.

• Potential effects on aquatic habitat.

• Potential effects on Mount Snow’s

ability to compete in the marketplace.

Other issues commonly associated

with ski area development include:

effects on cultural resources, water

quality, soils, sensitive species, and

scenery values. This list may be

verified, expanded, or modified based

on public scoping for this proposal.

The Draft EIS is expected to be filed

with the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and available for public

review in March, 1998. At that time, the

EPA will publish a notice of availability

of the Draft EIS in the Federal Register.

The comment period on the Draft EIS

will be 45 days from the date the EPA’s

notice of availability appears in the

Federal Register. It is very important

that those interested in management of

the Mount Snow Ski Area participate at

that time. To be most helpful, comments

on the Draft EIS should be as sitespecific as possible. The Final EIS is

scheduled to be completed by June

1998.

The Forest Service believes, at this

early stage, it is important to give

reviewers notice of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. First,

reviewers of draft environmental impact

statements must structure their

participation in the environmental

review of the proposal so that it is

meaningful and alerts an agency to the

reviewer’s position and contentions.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.

NRDC, 435 US 519.553 (1978). Also,

environmental objections that could be

raised at the draft environmental impact

stage but that are not raised until after

completion of the final environmental

impact statement may be waived or

dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon

v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir.

1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v.

Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.

Wis. 1980). Because of these court

rulings, it is very important that those

interested in this proposed action

participate by the close of the 45-day

scoping comment period so that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

developing issues and alternatives.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues on

the proposed action, comments should

be as specific as possible. Reviewers

may wish to refer to the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations for

implementing the procedural provisions

of the National Environmental Policy

Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing

these points.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

James W. Bartelme,

Forest Supervisor.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and

deletions from procurement list

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the procurement list

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities,

and to delete services previously

furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: September 22, 1997.
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ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the services listed below from

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

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

services to the Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

4. 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 services proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following services have been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agencies listed:

Janitorial/Custodial

West Los Angeles USARC

Los Angeles, California

NPA: Lincoln Training Center &

Rehabilitation Workshop, South El

Monte, California

Laundry Service

Puget Sound Health Care System

Veterans Administration Medical Center

American Lake/Seattle, Washington

NPA: Northwest Center for the

Retarded, Seattle, Washington

Deletions

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.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on future

contractors for the services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

4. 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 services proposed

for deletion from the Procurement List.

The following services have been

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List:

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Naval Air

Station, Alameda, California

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Naval Air

Station, Long Beach, California

Commissary Shelf Stocking & Custodial,

Naval Station, Treasure Island,

California

Administrative Services, Federal Supply

Service, Tool Acquisition Division I,

Arlington, Virginia

Food Service, White Sands Missile

Range, Consolidated Dining Facility,

White Sands, New Mexico

Janitorial/Custodial, Social Security

Administration, 4377 Mission Street,

San Francisco, California

Janitorial/Custodial, Weather Bureau

Building 2400 M Street, NW,

Washington, DC

Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Air Warfare

Center, Aircraft Division, 6000 E. 21st

Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

Janitorial/Custodial, Nuclear Regulatory

Commission Warehouse, 5000–5010

Boiling Brook Parkway, Rockville,

Maryland

Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building,

35 Ryerson Street, Brooklyn, New

York

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, Moore Hall, Salt Lake City,

Utah

Photocopying, National Agricultural

Library Building, Beltsville, Maryland

Repair & Maintenance of Electric

Typewriters, General Services

Administration, Syracuse, New York.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–22339 Filed 8–21–97; 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 the procurement

list.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

procurement list commodities and

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

28, June 20, 27 and July 7, 1997, the

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

published notices (62 F.R. 14883, 33585,

34686 and 36256) of proposed additions

to the Procurement List.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodities and services and

impact of the additions on the current

or most recent contractors, the

Committee has determined that the

commodities 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.

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

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodities and services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. 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 commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.