Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices 44637

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.
44638 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

1There are no CDPs in American Samoa because

incorporated villages cover its entire territory and

population.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Redstone Arsenal

Support Activity, Alabama)

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Anniston Army

Depot, Alabama)

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Seymour-Johnson

Air Force Base, North Carolina)

Business Cards

7510–00–NIB–0240 (250 per box)

7510–00–NIB–0265 (500 per box)

7510–00–NIB–0266 (1000 per box)

Dropcloth

8340–01–444–3652

8340–01–444–3653

Services

Commissary Shelf Stocking & Custodial

Redstone Arsenal

Huntsville, Alabama

Food Service

Randolph Air Force Base, Texas

Mailroom Operation

for the following Washington, DC

locations:

U.S. Department of Transportation

Headquarters

Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW

Federal Aviation Administration

Buildings FOB 10A & 10B, 800

Independence Avenue, SW

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

Transpoint Building, 2100 2nd Street,

SW

Switchboard Operation

Department of Veterans’ Affairs Medical

Center

800 Zorn Avenue

Louisville, Kentucky

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.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–22340 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket No. 970728183–7183–01]

Census Designated Place (CDP)

Program for Census 2000—Final

Criteria

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final program.

SUMMARY: Census designated places

(CDPs) are statistical geographic entities,

defined for each decennial census,

consisting of a closely settled, locally

recognized concentration of population

that is identified by name. The Census

Bureau uses CDPs to tabulate and

publish data for localities that otherwise

would not be identified as places in the

decennial census data products.

Although not as numerous as

incorporated places, CDPs have been

important geographic entities since the

Census Bureau first introduced them for

the 1950 census. In 1990, more than 29

million people in the United States

lived in CDPs. To determine the

inventory of CDPs, the Census Bureau

offers a program to local participants,

such as American Indian tribal officials

and locally identified agencies, whereby

they can review and update the

geographic definition of CDPs defined

during the previous census and suggest

new CDPs according to criteria

developed and promulgated by the

Census Bureau. The Census Bureau then

reviews the resulting CDP delineations

for conformance to these criteria. The

Census Bureau does not take into

account nor attempt to anticipate any

nonstatistical uses that may be made of

CDPs, nor will the Census Bureau

modify the definition of CDPs to meet

the requirements of any nonstatistical

program.

The Census Bureau is publishing final

criteria for the delineation of CDPs for

Census 2000. These criteria will apply

to the 50 states, American Indian and

Alaska Native areas, Puerto Rico, and all

other Island Areas in Census 2000

except American Samoa.1 The Census

Bureau may modify, or, if necessary,

reject any CDP that does not meet the

criteria announced in this notice. The

Census Bureau also may define CDPs in

instances where clear evidence of a

place exists, but for which local officials

did not submit boundaries.

In addition to the criteria, this notice

includes a description of the changes

from the previous criteria and a list of

definitions of key terms used in the

criteria.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The CDP criteria for

Census 2000 become effective

September 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Joel Morrison, Chief, Geography

Division, Bureau of the Census,

Washington, DC 20233–7400, telephone

(301) 457–1132, or e-mail

(jmorrison@geo.census.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDP

delineation criteria have evolved over

the decades in response to census

practices and the preferences of data

users. After each decennial census, the

Census Bureau, in consultation with

data users, reviews and revises these

criteria. Then, before the next decennial

census, the Census Bureau offers state,

tribal, and local officials an opportunity

to correct, update, and otherwise

improve the universe of CDPs.

In July and August 1995, the Census

Bureau issued invitations to local

groups and agencies to participate in the

delineation of statistical geographic

entities for Census 2000. These included

regional planning agencies, councils of

governments, county planning agencies,

officials of American Indian tribes, and

officials of the 12 nonprofit Alaska

Native Regional Corporations.

By early 1998, the Census Bureau will

provide program participants with maps

and detailed guidelines for delineating

CDPs for Census 2000.

Response To Comments

The Census Bureau issued a Notice of

Proposed Program and Request for

Comments in the Federal Register (61

FR 29524) on Tuesday, June 11, 1996.

That notice solicited comments on the

proposed criteria changes for

delineating CDPs for Census 2000. The

Census Bureau received comments from

eight individuals, including academic

geographers; representatives of

governmental agencies at the Federal,

state, and local levels; a private

consultant; and a representative of a

public interest group. All comments

pertained to the minimum population

threshold for qualification as a CDP.

Specific recommendations for minimum

thresholds varied from 100 to 500

residents, but all agreed that the

proposed minimum threshold of 1,000

residents for CDPs located outside

urbanized areas (UAs) was too high for

most rural communities to qualify for

recognition.

Upon further analysis, the Census

Bureau determined that it could no

longer conceptually support the

maintenance of specific population

thresholds for CDP qualification and,

accordingly, has eliminated population

as a criterion for qualification. This

change will enhance the Census

Bureau’s ability to provide data relating

to a wide variety of unincorporated

places, especially in small rural

communities, throughout the United

States, about which previous censuses

are mute.