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6. Assistance provided to private and

voluntary agencies, non-profit

organizations, educational institutions

and other qualifieid organizations for

programs or activities in the United

States to promote the economic and

social development of developing

countries.

7. Assistance provided to private and

voluntary agencies, non-profit

organizations, educational institutions

and other qualified organizations for

programs or activities in the United

States to promote the use of lessons

learned from USAID economic and

social development programs in

developing countries.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Jessalyn L. Pendarvis,

Director, Office of Equal Opportunity

Programs, USAID.

[FR Doc. 00–31257 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Oregon

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Oregon for review

and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Oregon to issue revisions to

Conservation Practice Standards 327,

Conservation Cover, and 328,

Conservation Crop Rotation, in section

IV of the State Technical Guide in

Oregon. These practices may be used in

conservation systems that treat highly

erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received until

on or before January 8, 2001. Once the

review and comment period is over and

the standards are finalized, they will be

placed in the individual Field Office

Technical Guide in each field office.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and

comments to Roy M. Carlson, Jr., Leader

for Technology, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), 101 SW

Main Street, Suite 1300, Portland,

Oregon 97204. Copies of these standards

will be made available upon written

request. You may submit electronic

requests and comments to

roy.carlson@or.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

M. Carlson, Jr., 503–414–3231.

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 Oregon will receive comments

relative to the proposed changes.

Following that period, a determination

will be made by the NRCS in Oregon

regarding disposition of those comments

and a final determination of changes

will be made. In Oregon, ‘‘technical

guides’’ refers to the Field Office

Technical Guide maintained at each

NRCS Field Office in Oregon.

Dated: December 4, 2000.

Roy M. Carlson, Jr.,

Acting State Conservationist, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 00–31338 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of the Release of the

Comprehensive Nutrient Management

Planning Technical Guidance

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Release of final Comprehensive

Nutrient Management Planning

Technical Guidance.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) released

the draft Technical Guidance For

Developing Comprehensive Nutrient

Management Plans (CNMPs) for public

review and comment in December 1999.

Based on the comments received, the

document has been revised and is now

being released in final form as the

Comprehensive Nutrient Management

Planning Technical Guidance. This

guidance document is intended for use

by Natural Resources Conservation

Service (NRCS) and conservation

partner State and local field staffs,

private consultants, landowners/

operators, and others that either will be

developing or assisting in the

development of Comprehensive

Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs).

Availability: The Comprehensive

Nutrient Management Planning

Technical Guidance is available on the

NRCS’’ website at: http://

www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/PROGRAMS/

ahcwpd/ahCNMP.html. A paper copy of

the CNMP Technical Guidance can be

obtained by submitting a request in

writing to: Director, Animal Husbandry

and Clean Water Programs Division,

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop

5473, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705; or by

calling (301) 504–2196.

DATES: This document becomes effective

on December 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas W. Christensen, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, (301)

504–2196; fax (301) 504–2264, e-mail

thomas.christensen@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Comprehensive Nutrient Management

Planning Technical Guidance is a

document intended for use by those

individuals (both public and private)

who will be developing or assisting in

the development of CNMPs. The

purpose of this document is to provide

technical guidance for the development

of CNMPs, whether they are developed

through USDA’s voluntary programs or

as a means to help satisfy the United

States Environmental Protection

Agency’s (USEPA) National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permit requirements.

The technical guidance is not

intended as a sole source reference for

developing CNMPs. Rather, it is to be

used as a tool in support of the USDA,

NRCS conservation planning process, as

contained in the NRCS National

Planning Procedures Handbook (NPPH)

and various other agency technical

references, handbooks, and policy

directives. This technical guidance

provides specific criteria that needs to

be addressed in developing and

implementing a CNMP. USDA prohibits

discrimination in its programs and

activities on the basis of race, color,

national origin, gender, religion, age,

sexual orientation, or disability.

Additionally, discrimination on the

basis of political beliefs and marital or

family status also is prohibited by

statutes enforced by USDA. (All

prohibited bases do not apply to all

programs). Persons with disabilities

who require alternative means for

communication of program information

(braille, large print, audio tape, etc.)

should contact the USDA’s Target

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and

TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimination

to USDA, write USDA Director, Office of

Civil Rights, Room 326–W, Whitten

Building, 14th and Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

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9410, or call (202) 720–5964 (voice and

TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity

provider and employer.

Signed in Washington, D.C., on December

1, 2000

Danny D. Sells,

Associate Chief, Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

[FR Doc. 00–31264 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–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: January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 4, April 14, July 28, October 13

and October 20, 2000 the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notices

(65 FR 5492, 20135, 46425, 60903,

63057) of proposed additions to the

Procurement List.

Additions

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

Line, Multi-Loop

1670–01–062–6304

Line, Multi-Loop

1670–01–062–6305

Services

Administrative Services

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Greenbelt, Maryland

Distribution/Logistics Service

Defense Supply Center—Philadelphia,

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania North Central Region

Lansing, Michigan

Laundry Service

Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama

Management Services

Department of Housing & Urban

Development, 909 1st Avenue, Suite 200,

Seattle, Washington

Recycling Service

Naval Weapons Station, NAWS Recycling

Center, China Lake, California

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.

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

[FR Doc. 00–31320 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–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 is proposing

to add to the Procurement List a

commodity 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: January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis R. Bartalot (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 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

commodity and services to the

Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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 commodity 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 commodity and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodity

Holder, Label w/Slit

9905–01–365–2125

50% of the Government Requirement

NPA: Occupational Development Center,

Inc., Thief River Falls, Minnesota