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have been raised at the draft stage may

be waived if not raised until after

completion of the Final EIS. City of

Angonn versus Hodel, (9th Circuit,

1986) and Wisconsin Hertage’s, Inc.

versus Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338

(E.D. Wis. 1980). The reason for this is

to ensure 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 the Final EIS.

Comments received in response to

this solicitation, including names and

addresses of those who comment, will

be considered part of the public record

on this proposed action and will be

available for public inspection.

Comments submitted anonymously will

be accepted and considered; however,

those who submit anonymous

comments will not have standing to

appeal the subsequent decision under

36 CFR Parts 215 and 217. Additionally,

pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person

may request the agency to withhold a

submission from the public record by

showing how the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) permits such

confidentiality. Persons requesting such

confidentiality should be aware that,

under FOIA, confidentiality may be

granted in only very limited

circumstances, such as to protect trade

secrets. The Forest Service will inform

the requester of the agency’s decision

regarding the request for confidentiality,

and where the request is denied, the

agency will return the submission and

notify the requester that the comments

may be resubmitted with or without

name and address.

The responsible official for the

decision in Patricia A. Grantham, Acting

Forest Supervisor, Stikine Area, Tongass

National Forest, Alaska Region,

Petersburg, Alaska.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Patricia A. Grantham,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–23000 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of proposed change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the NRCS in MS

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Mississippi, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Mississippi for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: NRCS in Mississippi is

issuing the following new conservation

practice standards: Agrichemical Mixing

Center (Code 702), Conservation Crop

Rotation (Code 3289), Cross Slope

Farming (Code 733), Fence (Code 382),

Filter Strip (Code 393), Forage Harvest

Management (Code 511), Forest Harvest

Trials and Landings (Code 655), Forest

Site Preparation (Code 490), Forest

Stand Improvement (Code 666), Heavy

Use Protection Area (Code 561),

Prescribed Grazing (Code 528A),

Residue Management No-Till & StripTill (Code 329A), Residue Management,

Mulch Till (Code 329B), Residue

Management, Ridge Till (Code 329C),

Residue Management, Seasonal (Code

344), Stream Crossing (Code 733), Tree/

Shrub Establishment (Code 612), Use

Exclusion (Code 472), Vegetative Barrier

(Code 734), Waste Storage Facility (Code

313), Waste Treatment Lagoon (Code

359), Well Decommissioning (Code 351)

in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before September 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Homer L. Wilkes,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Suite 1321

Federal Bldg., 100 West Capitol St.,

Jackson, MS 39269. Copies of the

practice standards will be made

available upon written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS State

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days the

NRCS in Mississippi will receive

comments relative to the stated

summary. Following that period a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Mississippi regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of change will be

made.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Homer L. Wilkes,

State Conservationist, NRCS, Jackson, MS.

[FR Doc. 97–23077 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–21–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: September 29, 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: 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.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and 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

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to 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
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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 commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Magnetic Shopping List

M.R. 822

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the

Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Luke Air Force Base,

Arizona)

NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind,

Phoenix, Arizona

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Naval Support

Activity, New Orleans, Louisiana)

NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind in New

Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the White Sands Missile

Range, New Mexico)

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San

Antonio, Texas

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Randolph Air Force Base,

Texas)

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San

Antonio, Texas

Services

Access Control

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center,

Oakland, California

NPA: Pacific Coast Community Services,

Alameda, California

Grounds Maintenance

U.S. Post Office, Rancho Bernardo Station,

16960 Bernardo Center Drive, San Diego,

California

NPA: Job Options, Inc., San Diego,

California

Janitorial/Custodial

Department of Energy, Forrestal Building,

Washington, DC

NPA: Didlake, Inc., Manassas, Virginia

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–23062 Filed 8–28–97; 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 commodity and

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 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 June

27 and July 11, 1997, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notices

(62 F.R. 34686 and 37192) of proposed

additions to the Procurement List.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodity and services and impact

of the additions on the current or most

recent contractors, the Committee has

determined that the commodity 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

commodity and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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 commodity and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodity and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodity

Bag, Vacuum Cleaner, Disposable

M.R. 1000 thru 1008

Services

Food Service

HQ, U.S. Marine Corps Henderson Hall,

Arlington, VA

Janitorial/Custodial

Picatinny Arsenal Buildings 1, 2, 3, 6, 9,

10, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 178 and 183,

Picatinny, New Jersey

Mailing Service

USDA, Farm Service Agency, Phoenix,

Arizona

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. 97–23063 Filed 8–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Survey of Income and Program

Participation Wave 7 of the 1996 Panel

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before October 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Michael McMahon,

Bureau of the Census, FOB 3, Room

3387, Washington, DC 20233–8400,

(301) 457–3819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau conducts the

Survey of Income and Program

Participation (SIPP) which is a

household-based survey designed as a

continuous series of national panels,

each lasting four years. Respondents are

interviewed once every four months, in

monthly rotations. Approximately