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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions should be e-mailed to

michael.g.schechtman@usda.gov, faxed

to 202–690–4265, or telephoned to

Michael Schechtman, 202–720–3817; all

mailed correspondence should be sent

to Michael Schechtman, Designated

Federal Official, Office of the Deputy

Secretary, USDA, 202B Jamie L. Whitten

Federal Building, 14th and

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250.

Dated: January 21, 2000.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Reserach, Education, and

Economics.

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and

Deletions from 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, and to

delete commodities and services

previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leon A. Wilson, Jr. (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 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 will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and 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 commodities and

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 commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Line, Multi-Loop

1670–01–062–6305

NPA: Industrial Opportunities, Inc.,

Marble, North Carolina

Thumbtacks, Maptacks and Pushpins

7510–00–272–6886 (Thumbtacks)

7510–00–272–6887 (Thumbtacks)

7510–00–272–3099 (Maptacks)

7510–00–285–5844 (Maptacks)

7510–00–940–0935 (Pushpins)

NPA: Delaware County Chapter, NYSARC,

Walton, New York

Services

Base Supply Center, Operation of Individual

Equipment Element Store and

HAZMART, McConnell Air Force Base,

Kansas

NPA: Envision, Inc.,Wichita, Kansas

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Custodial and

Warehousing, Fort Hamilton

Commissary, Brooklyn, New York

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Greater New

York, Astoria, New York

Food Service Attendant, Air National Guard

Base, 50 Sabre Street, Battle Creek,

Michigan

NPA: Calhoun County Community Mental

Health Services Board, Battle Creek,

Michigan

Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

NPA: Seven Hills Occupational &

Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Worcester,

Massachusetts

Janitorial/Custodial, 126th Air Refueling

Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

NPA: St. Clair Associated Vocational

Enterprises, Inc., Belleville, Illinois

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, OMS, Kittanning, Kittanning,

Pennsylvania

NPA: ICW Vocational Services, Inc.,

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Office Supply Store, Main Interior Building,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of

Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

NPA: Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind,

Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Youngstown Air Reserve Station,

910th Air Lift Wing, Vienna, Ohio

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc.,

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Telephone Switchboard Operations, Dyess

Air Force Base, Texas

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San

Antonio, Texas

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 will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and 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 commodities and

services proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

deletion from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Amplifier Subassembly

5831–00–087–3408

Kit, Shaving, Surgical Preparation

6530–00–676–7372

Specimen Kit, Urine

6530–00–075–6636

Pillowcase, Disposable

6532–01–125–3269

Aerosol Paint, Lacquer

8010–00–721–9483

Enamel, Lacquer

8010–00–852–9034

8010–00–616–9144

8010–00–878–5761

8010–00–764–8434

8010–00–782–9356

Enamel, Aerosol, Waterbase

8010–01–363–1632

Services

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Naval Training

Center, San Diego, California

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Commissary Shelf Stocking & Custodial,

Oakland Army Base, Oakland, California

Food Service, McClellan Air Force Base,

California

Grounds Maintenance, Oakland Fleet

Industrial Supply Center, Oakland,

California

Grounds Maintenance, Naval Station,

Treasure Island, California

Grounds Maintenance, Mare Island Naval

Complex and Roosevelt Terrence,

(except the Combat Systems Technical

School Command), Mare Island Naval

Shipyard, Vallejo, California

Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Supply Center, for

the following locations in Alameda,

California: DRMO Bldgs 4 & 5 (Floor 1),

Defense Subsistence Region Pacific,

Warehouse 1, Building 6 (Floors 1 & 2),

Building 7

Naval Regional Contracting Center, Building

6 (Floor 2)

Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Air Reserve,

Moffett Field, California

Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Federal

Building, 823 Marin Street, Vallejo,

California

Painting Service, McClellan Air Force Base,

California

Vehicle Maintenance, McClellan Air Force

Base, California

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Additions and

Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and Deletions

from the Procurement List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and

deletes from the Procurement List

commodities and a service previously

furnished by such agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 2000.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leon A. Wilson, Jr. (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 29, November 5, and December

10, 17, and 27, 1999, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notices

(64 F.R. 58378, 60407, 69225, 70694 and

72312) of proposed additions to and

deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the services and impact of the additions

on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the 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

services to the Government.

2. The action will not 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.

Accordingly, the following services

are hereby added to the Procurement

List:

Base Supply Center and Operation of

Individual Equipment Element

StoreLangley Air Force Base, Virginia

Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Dept. of the

Interior, National Park Service, Golden

Gate National Recreation Area, Fort

Mason, San Francisco, California

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Coast Guard, Vessel

Traffic Service San Francisco, Yerba

Buena Island, Building 278, San

Francisco, California

Janitorial/Custodial for the following

locations in Washington, DC:U.S.

Customs Service, 1301 Constitution

Avenue, NW; Interstate Commerce

Commission, 12th & Constitution

Avenue, NW; Departmental Auditorium

& Connecting Wing, 1201 Constitution

Avenue, NW

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy, Kings Point, New York

Mailing Services, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, National Center for

Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas

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.

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 may not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on future contractors

for the commodities and service.

3. The action may 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 deleted from the Procurement

List.

After consideration of the relevant

matter presented, the Committee has

determined that the commodities and

service listed below are no longer

suitable for procurement by the

FederalGovernment under 41 U.S.C. 46–

48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and service are hereby

deleted from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Penetrating Fluid 6850–00–985–7180

6850–00–508–0076

Water-Displacing Compound

6850–00–142–9389

6850–00–142–9409

Cleaning Compound, Rug and Upholstery

7930–01–393–6760

Detergent, General Purpose

7930–00–531–9715

7930–00–531–9716

Dishwashing Compound, Hand

7930–01–055–6136

Service

Base Supply Center, Fort McClellan,

Alabama

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

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