Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 187 / Friday, September 26, 1997 / Notices 50555

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from the Barbara

Williams, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, at (202) 720–9734.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of Rural Housing

Service, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of Rural Housing

Service’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to

Barbara Williams, Regulations and

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Rural

Development, STOP 0743, Washington,

DC 20250–0743. All responses to this

notice will be summarized and included

in the request for OMB approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25528 Filed 9–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P

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 a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: October 27, 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 service

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 service to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and service 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

service 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 commodities and

service have been proposed for addition

to Procurement List for production by

the nonprofit agencies listed:

Commodities

Case, Radio Set

5895–00–889–3856

NPA: Border TM Industries, Inc., El Paso,

Texas

Illuminator/Corrector Stx and Refills

7520–01–386–2407

7520–01–386–2441

7510–01–390–0704

7510–01–390–0705

7510–01–390–0708

7510–01–390–0709

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San Antonio,

Texas

Belt Extender, Equipment

8465–00–NIB–0033

8465–00–NIB–0034

(Requirements for the U.S. Army Natick

Research & Development Center, Natick, MA)

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind,

Jackson, Mississippi

Service

Janitorial/Custodial, Eisenhower Library

Complex, 200 S.E. 4th Street, Abilene,

Kansas

NPA: Occupational Center of Central Kansas,

Salina, Kansas

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–25608 Filed 9–25–97; 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: October 27, 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 May

16, June 6, 20, July 7 and August 8,

1997, the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notices (62 F.R.

27011, 31065, 33585, 26256 and 42745)

of proposed additions to the

Procurement List.

The Following Comments Pertain to

Paper, Perforator, Desk

Comments were received from the

current contractor for the perforator.

The contractor claimed that addition of

the perforator to the Procurement List

would have a severe adverse impact on

the company’s sales, as it is part of the

company’s core business, and would

require closing a dedicated production

line, with consequent layoffs and loss of

use of equipment.

The contractor’s Government business

includes two perforators, only one of

which is being added to the

Procurement List. The percentage of the

contractor’s total sales which this