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Notices Federal Register

963

Vol. 62, No. 4

Tuesday, January 7, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–097–1]

General Conference Committee of the

National Poultry Improvement Plan

Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a

meeting of the General Conference

Committee of the National Poultry

Improvement Plan.

PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF MEETING: The

meeting will be held at the World

Congress Center, Room 204 Red East,

Atlanta, GA; (404) 223–4300. The

General Conference Committee will

meet on January 22, 1997 from 1:30 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Andrew Rhorer, Senior Coordinator,

NPIP, VS, APHIS, 1500 Klondike Road,

Suite A 102, Conyers, GA 30207, (770)

922–3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

General Conference Committee (the

Committee) of the National Poultry

Improvement Plan (NPIP), representing

cooperating State agencies and poultry

industry members, serves an essential

function by acting as liaison between

the poultry industry and the Department

in matters pertaining to poultry health.

Tentative topics for discussion at the

upcoming meeting include:

1. The Georgia pullorum-typhoid

study of susceptibility in the ostrich.

2. Technical evaluation of the current

pollorum-typhoid serological assays as

they apply to the ostrich.

3. Technical review of alternative

testing for pullorum-typhoid at the

hatchery for the ostrich.

4. California’s ostrich health program.

5. Ratite diseases.

6. USDA import requirements for the

ostrich.

7. Export requirements for the ostrich

(China and Taiwan).

8. Proposed changes to the provisions

of the NPIP.

The meeting will be open to the

public. However, due to time

constraints, the public will not be

allowed to participate in the

committee’s discussions. Written

statements on the meeting topics may be

filed with the committee before or after

the meeting by sending them to the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Written

statements may also be filed at the

meeting. Please refer to Docket No. 96–

097–1 when submitting your statements.

This notice of meeting is given

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act.

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of

January 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–427 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

Rural Housing Service

Housing Preservation Grants

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service

(RHS) announces that it is soliciting

competitive applications under its

Housing Preservation Grant (HPG)

program. The HPG program is a grant

program which provides qualified

public agencies, private nonprofit

organizations, and other eligible entities

grant funds to assist very low- and lowincome homeowners repair and

rehabilitate their homes in rural areas,

and to assist rental property owners and

cooperative housing complexes to repair

and rehabilitate their units if they agree

to make such units available to low- and

very low-income persons. This action is

taken to comply with Agency

regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944,

subpart N, which requires the Agency to

announce the opening and closing dates

for receipt of preapplications for HPG

funds from eligible applicants. The

intended effect of this Notice is to

provide eligible organizations notice of

these dates.

DATES: RHS hereby announces that it

will begin receiving preapplications on

January 7, 1997. The closing date for

acceptance by RHS of preapplications is

April 7, 1997. This period will be the

only time during the current fiscal year

that RHS accepts preapplications.

Preapplications must be received by or

postmarked on or before the closing

date.

ADDRESSES: Submit preapplications to

Rural Development servicing offices for

the HPG program; applicants must

contact their Rural Development State

Office for this information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

M. Harris-Green, Senior Loan Officer,

Multi-Family Housing Processing

Division, RHS, USDA, Room 5337,

South Building, Washington, DC 20250,

telephone (202) 720–1606. (This is not

a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 7 CFR part

1944, subpart N provides details on

what information must be contained in

the preapplication package. Entities

wishing to apply for assistance should

contact the Rural Development State

Office to receive further information and

copies of the preapplication package.

Eligible entities for these competitively

awarded grants include State and local

governments, nonprofit corporations,

Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and

consortia of eligible entities.

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

No. 10.433, Housing Preservation

Grants. This program is subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V).

Applicants are also referred to 7 CFR

1944.674 and 1944.676 (d) and (e) for

specific guidance on these requirements

relative to the HPG program.

The funding instrument for the HPG

program will be a grant agreement. The

term of the grant can vary from 1 to 2

years, depending on available funds and

demand. No maximum or minimum

grant levels have been established,

although based on fiscal year (FY) 1997

funding availability, the Agency

anticipates that the average grant will be

$50,000 for a 1-year proposal. For FY

97, $7,063,000 is available and has been

distributed under a formula allocation

to States pursuant to 7 CFR part 1940,

subpart L, ‘‘Methodology and Formulas

for Allocation of Loan and Grant
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Program Funds.’’ Decisions on funding

will be based on the preapplications,

and notices of action on the

preapplications should be made no

earlier than 66 days prior to the closing

date.

Dated: December 30, 1996.

Eileen M. Fitzgerald,

Acting Associate Administrator, Rural

Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 97–275 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

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 a

service to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 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

September 27 and October 25, 1996, the

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

published notices (61 F.R. 50804 and

55268) 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 service and impact

of the additions on the current or most

recent contractors, the Committee has

determined that the commodities and

service 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 service to the

Government.

2. The action will not 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.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and service are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Cap, Garrison, Men’s, Army Enlisted

8405–01–334–1493 thru –1505

(20% of the Government’s requirement)

Service

Janitorial/Custodial, Naval and Marine Corps

Reserve Center, Broken Arrow,

Oklahoma

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.

G. John Heyer,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–200 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

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

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: February 5, 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 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 will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

3. 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:

Library Services, Basewide, Beale Air Force

Base, California

NPA: Yolo Employment Services, Woodland,

California

Publication Distribution Services, Beale Air

Force Base, California

NPA: Yolo Employment Services, Woodland,

California

Temporary Administrative/General Support

Services for GSA Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

8, 9, 10 and the National Capitol Region

(Up to 50% of the Government’s

requirement)

NPA: (the following is not a complete list)

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind,

Washington, DC

The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are

Blind or Visually Impaired, Chicago,

Illinois

Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind, Seattle,

Washington

Alabama Industries for the Blind,

Talladega, Alabama

Arizona Industries for the Blind, Phoenix,

Arizona

Fedcap Rehabilitation Service, Inc., New

York, New York

Brevard Achievement Center, Inc.,

Rockledge, Florida

Challenge Unlimited, Inc., Alton, Illinois

Minot Vocational Adjustment Workshop,

Inc., Minot, North Dakota

Yuma Work Center, Inc., Yuma, Arizona