8002 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 35 / Friday, February 21, 1997 / Notices

Dated: February 14, 1997.

David G. Marwell,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–4226 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6118–01–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: March 24, 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

October 4, 25 and December 30, 1996,

the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notices (61 FR

51881, 55268 and 68706) 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.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Stakes/Lath, Survey, Wood

5510–00–NSH–0044 thru –0097

(Requirements for the USDA Forest Service,

Fort Jones, CA)

Xerographic Paper

7530–01–156–9775

7530–01–157–1015

Services

Administrative Services, General Services

Administration, PBS, Northwest/Arctic

Region

Commissary Shelf Stocking and Custodial,

Fort Monroe, Virginia

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. 97–4341 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

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 to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 1997.

ADDRESS: 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

December 30, 1996, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(61 F.R. 30223) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List. Comments were

received from one current contractor for

patient examining gloves. The

contractor took issue with the statement

concerning impact on small entities that

appeared in the notice of proposed

rulemaking and with the idea of

nonprofit agencies employing people

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities having preference over other

contractors.

The statement in the notice of

proposed rulemaking to which the first

contractor objected was a conclusion by

the Committee, required by the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, that it did

not appear that the proposed addition to

the Procurement List would have a

severe impact on a significant number of

small entities. Because the addition will

only affect a small number of

contractors, the Committee believes this

statement was correct. As for the

contractor’s objection to the JWOD

Program, it should be noted that the

Program was created by statute to help

the large number of people who are

blind or have other severe disabilities

and who cannot obtain or have

difficulty obtaining other employment.

By creating the JWOD Program, the

Congress recognized that some other

Government contractors would lose

business opportunities.

The Committee is only adding a

portion of the Government requirement

covered by this MAS to the Procurement

List. Other contractors will continue to

be able to supply gloves using the MAS,

under which no contractor has any

guarantee of receiving a specific level of

sales. The Committee will monitor the

number of gloves sold by the nonprofit

agency to assure the maximum annual

amount set aside for the JWOD Program

is not exceeded. If that point is reached,

the nonprofit agency will be instructed

to discontinue marketing its gloves

under the JWOD name. Under these

circumstances, the Committee does not

believe that this addition will have a

severe adverse impact on any current

contractor.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodity and impact of the

addition on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the commodities 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 to the Government.
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2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodities.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities 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

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodities are hereby added to the

Procurement List:

Gloves, Patient Examining

6515–01–373–8306

6515–01–411–4796

6515–01–441–6103

(25% of VA purchases of powdered gloves

inspected to the highest standard (e.g.,

Aladan’s ‘‘Classic’’ glove))

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. 97–4342 Filed 2–20–97; 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

a commodity 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: March 24, 1997.

ADDRESS: 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 commodity 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

commodity and service to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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 commodity 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 commodity

and service have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Service

Janitorial/Custodial

Naval Reserve Center

Kearny, New Jersey

NPA: The First Occupational Center of

New Jersey, Orange, New Jersey

Commodity

Strap, Webbing

5340–01–114–7712

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the

Blind, Jackson, Mississippi.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–4343 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket No. 970212029–7029–01]

RIN 0607–XX27

Annual Surveys in Manufacturing Area

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination.

SUMMARY: In conformity with Title 13,

United States Code (Sections 182, 224,

and 225), I have determined that annual

data to be derived from the surveys

listed below are needed to aid the

efficient performance of essential

governmental functions and have

significant application to the needs of

the public and industry. The data

derived from these surveys, most of

which have been conducted for many

years, are not publicly available from

nongovernmental or other governmental

sources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David W. Cartwright, Chief,

Manufacturing and Construction

Division on (301) 457–4593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Census Bureau is authorized to take

surveys necessary to furnish current

data on the subjects covered by the

major censuses authorized by Title 13,

United States Code. These surveys will

provide continuing and timely national

statistical data on manufacturing for the

period between economic censuses. The

next economic censuses will be

conducted for 1997. The data collected

in these surveys will be within the

general scope and nature of those

inquiries covered in the economic

censuses.

Annual Current Industrial Reports

Most of the following commodity or

product surveys provide data on

shipments or production; some provide

data on stocks, unfilled orders, orders

booked, consumption, and so forth.

Reports will be required of all or a

sample of establishments engaged in the

production of the items covered by the

following list of surveys.

In accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act, Public Law 104–13,

these surveys have been approved by

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under OMB control numbers

0607–0392, 0607–0395, 0607–0476, and

0607–0625.

MA22F—Yarn Production

MA22K—Knit Fabric Production

MA22Q—Carpets and Rugs

MA23D—Gloves and Mittens

MA24T—Lumber Production and Mill

Stocks

MA28A—Inorganic Chemicals

MA28B—Inorganic Fertilizer Materials

and Related Products

MA28C—Industrial Gases

MA28F—Paint and Allied Products

MA28G—Pharmaceutical Preparations,

except Biologicals

MA31A—Footwear

MA32C—Refractories