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restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kathy Pereira at 

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: September 27, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA629 

Marine Mammals; File No. 15471–01 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

major amendment to Permit No. 15471 

has been issued to Michael Adkesson, 

D.V.M., Chicago Zoological Society, 

3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield, IL 60527. 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281– 

9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Morse or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

11, 2011, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 49736) that a 

request for an amendment to Permit No. 

15471 to import specimens from South 

American fur seals (Arctocephalus 

australis) and South American sea lions 

(Otaria flavescens) for scientific 

research had been submitted by the 

above-named applicant. The requested 

permit amendment has been issued 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The permit has been amended to 

increase the total number of individuals 

to 765 and include samples from up to 

200 male South American fur seals that 

can be received, imported, or exported 

over the duration of the permit. In 

addition, the permit holder is 

authorized to receive, import, or export 

samples from up to 400 adult and pup 

South American sea lions over the 

duration of the permit. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: September 26, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Notice; Adoption of Operational Name 

for Agency 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Final Notice; adoption of 

operational name for agency. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled has deliberated and voted to 

adopt U.S. AbilityOne Commission as 

its operational name. The operational 

name change will not affect the 

statutory name of the agency; however, 

the name change will allow the 

Committee to take advantage of the 

strong and unified AbilityOne® name. 

The Committee has decided to adopt an 

operational name in order to ensure 

greater recognition and transparency as 

a federal agency responsible for 

implementing and administering a 

federal statute. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2011. 

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: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Notice 

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act 

(Pub. L. 92–28), established an agency to 

be known as the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled (Committee). The 

purpose of the JWOD Act is to generate 

employment and training opportunities 

for people who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities in the manufacture 

and delivery of products and services to 

the federal government. The law 

requires federal agencies to procure 

certain products and services that are 

produced and provided by communitybased nonprofit agencies that are 

dedicated to training and employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities. 

The Committee is an independent 

federal agency and consists of fifteen 

members appointed by the President (11 

from specific federal agencies and four 

private citizens). The Committee works 

closely and collaboratively with two 

designated (non-governmental) central 

nonprofit agencies (CNAs): National 

Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH 

(creating employment opportunities for 

people with significant disabilities) to 

operate the program. In addition, the 

JWOD Act authorizes the Committee to 

make rules and regulations necessary to 

carry out the Act. 

In 1938, Congress passed the WagnerO’Day Act so people who are blind 

could manufacture mops and brooms to 

sell the federal government. In 1971, the 

JWOD Act expanded the Wagner-O’Day 

Act to include people who had severe 

disabilities and to authorize the program 

to provide services to the government. 

For decades, the program operated as 

the ‘‘NIB/NISH Program’’ and/or the 

‘‘JWOD Program.’’ In 2006, the program 

changed its name to AbilityOne® in 

order to build a descriptive and 

powerful brand identity, to better 

convey its employment mission, and to 

link participating nonprofit agencies. 

The name change to AbilityOne has 

been a tremendous success and has 

resulted in a stronger, more unified 

program. However, there still exists 

confusion and misunderstanding among 

federal agencies and non-federal 

entities, regarding the status and 

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purpose of the Committee. In addition, 

the name (Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled) does not independently 

identify it as a federal agency, and the 

term ‘‘Committee’’ is commonly 

associated as being in an advisory 

capacity. 

Consequently, in order to enhance the 

ease of identification of the Committee 

as a federal agency responsible for 

administering the JWOD Act, the 

Committee has voted to adopt U.S. 

AbilityOne Commission as an 

operational name. In order to ensure 

that all federal agencies and nongovernmental entities that are familiar 

with the Committee name are able to 

recognize and transfer their support to 

the new operational name, the U.S. 

AbilityOne Commission will continue 

to use the statutory name in appropriate 

circumstances. The dual use will enable 

the Committee to use existing business 

materials that contain the statutory 

name and to begin using the new name 

as materials and supplies are refreshed 

in the normal supply cycle. 

II. Administrative Procedure Act 

Because this notice merely 

implements an operational name change 

of a government agency, it relates only 

to agency organization, procedure or 

practice, and, accordingly, requirements 

for prior notice and public comment do 

not apply. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). The 

Committee for good cause finds, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), that 

notice and public comment thereon are 

unnecessary. In addition, and for the 

same reasons, the Committee finds, for 

good cause, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3), that this notice should take 

effect immediately. 

III. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final notice does not include a 

collection of information as defined in 

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Required 

changes in the references to the agency 

name are not substantive or material 

modifications to the existing collections 

of information. The applicability date 

for this change should further limit any 

associated burden. Accordingly, the 

modifications to this collection of 

information have not been submitted to 

OMB for review. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Because this notice is being 

promulgated without a proposal and an 

opportunity for public comments, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) does not apply. In any event, the 

technical amendments made by this 

notice will not have a significant impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

V. Congressional Review Act 

This notice is a notice of agency 

organization, procedure or practice that 

does not substantially affect the rights or 

obligations of non-agency parties. It is 

therefore not subject to the 

Congressional Review Act pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801 and 804(1). 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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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 products and 

services to the Procurement List that 

will be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 10/31/2011 

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: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 7/1/2011 (76 FR 38641–38642) 

and 8/5/2011 (76 FR 47565–47566), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices of proposed additions 

to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products 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. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

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 

products and services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products 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 products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

NSN: 8940–00–NIB–0094—Soup, ShelfStable, Cream of Mushroom, Low 

Sodium. 

NSN: 8940–00–NIB–0095—Soup, ShelfStable, Cream of Chicken. 

NPA: Cambridge Industries for the Visually 

Impaired, Somerset, NJ. 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, Washington, DC. 

Coverage: C–List for 100% of the requirement 

of the Department of Agriculture, as 

aggregated by the Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, Washington, DC. 

Services 

Service Type/Locations: Grounds 

Maintenance. National Weather Service 

Weather Forecast Office, 587 Aero Drive, 

Buffalo, NY. Radar Data Acquisition Site, 

3 North Airport Drive, Cheektowaga, NY. 

Upper-Air Observatory, Amherst Villa 

Road, Cheektowaga, NY. 

NPA: Suburban Adult Services, Inc., Elma, 

NY. 

Contracting Activity: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk, 

VA. 

Service Type/Location: Transient Aircraft 

Services. Moody AFB, GA. 

NPA: Training, Rehabilitation, & 

Development Institute, Inc., San 

Antonio, TX. 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Air Force, 

FA4830 23 CONS CC, Moody AFB, GA 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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