14884 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices

Accordingly, the following

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Potpourri

M.R. 400

M.R. 401

M.R. 403

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Fort Stewart, Georgia)

Tape, Computer

7045–01–119–6357

Services

Administrative Services, Naval Training

Center, Great Lakes, Illinois

Duplicating/Copying of Court Documents,

GPO Program C414–S)

Grounds Maintenance, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, Criminal Justice

Information Services Complex,

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Janitorial/Custodial, Major Bias USARC,

Huntington, West Virginia

Library Services, Beale Air Force Base,

California

Military Dining Facility Attendants, U.S.

Coast Guard Station, Miami Beach,

Florida

Military Dining Facility Attendants, West

Virginia Air National Guard, Charleston,

West 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.

E.R. Alley, Jr,

Deputy Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–7929 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

Procurement List Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a commodity to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 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 1, 1995, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(60 FR 45704) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List. Comments were

received from the current contractor for

the ear plugs and from two offices in

one of the using Government agencies.

All commenters questioned the ability

of the nonprofit agency to produce ear

plugs which meet the Government’s

specifications. The current contractor

also questioned the nonprofit agency’s

ability to meet Government delivery

requirements. Initial testing of the

nonprofit agency’s prototype ear plugs

indicated that they did not consistently

meet all Government specifications. The

nonprofit agency has corrected the

deficiencies, and subsequent testing by

an independent laboratory has shown

that the ear plugs now meet all

specification requirements. The

Government agency which procures the

ear plugs has inspected the nonprofit

agency’s facility and concluded that it is

capable of producing the ear plugs.

The commenting contractor also

claimed that if the nonprofit agency

produced the earplugs manually they

would be contaminated and pose a

health risk for users, while if an

automated process is used the nonprofit

agency would fail to meet the

Committee’s statutory 75 percent

disabled direct labor requirement. The

contractor stated that it would not be

safe for persons with severe disabilities

to use the required automated

equipment.

The nonprofit agency will be using an

automated process which will avoid

direct human contact with the plugs

before they are placed in individual

packages. This approach will not violate

the Committee’s statutory requirement,

as the 75 percent figure applies only to

total direct labor done by a nonprofit

agency on all its production activities.

The requirement does not apply to

direct labor involved in the production

of a single commodity for a Government

agency. The nonprofit agency has

adapted other pieces of industrial

equipment, such as stamping presses,

for safe use by persons with severe

disabilities, and is making similar

adaptations to the automated equipment

to be used in producing the ear plugs.

The contractor claims that it is the

only company which has been able to

produce foam which will meet the

specification requirements for the ear

plugs. The contractor will not sell this

foam to the nonprofit agency. However,

the nonprofit agency has located a

company which can produce foam

which conforms to the specifications.

The Committee’s industrial engineer has

visited that company’s plant and

reviewed the most recent laboratory

testing of the ear plugs the nonprofit

agency has produced from that foam,

and has confirmed that the ear plugs

meet all specification requirements. The

nonprofit agency has also tested the ear

plugs after they have been stored for a

period of time and demonstrated that

they continue to meet the specification

requirements after storage.

The commenting contractor contends

the nonprofit agency will not be able to

meet the Government’s total annual

requirements for the ear plugs because

it has not made the capital investment

necessary to acquire adequate

manufacturing equipment and train

personnel. The nonprofit agency has

arranged the financing needed to

acquire equipment and train personnel.

The contractor also contends that the

nonprofit agency will not be able to

meet Government delivery requirements

because the contractor has in the past

handled large Government orders with

short turnarounds by using stock in its

warehouse that was intended for

commercial sales, and the nonprofit

agency does not have similar

commercial sales to create an inventory

it can draw upon. The procuring

Government agency’s finding of

nonprofit agency capability, however,

includes an allowance for excess orders

to meet emergency requirements.

Consequently, the Committee believes

the nonprofit agency will be able to

handle all Government orders for the ear

plugs.

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 commodity listed

below is 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

commodity to the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodity.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity to the Government.
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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

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodity is hereby added to the

Procurement List:

Plug, Ear, Hearing Protection

6515–00–137–6345

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.

E.R. Alley, Jr.,

Deputy Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–7930 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Nevada Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Nevada Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 10:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 12:00 p.m. on April 18,

1997, at the Office of Margo Piscevich,

350 South Center Street, Suite 300,

Reno, Nevada 89509. The purpose of the

meeting is to discuss civil rights issues.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Margo

Piscevich, 702–329–0958, or Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, March 20, 1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–7896 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Washington Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Washington Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:30 a.m.

and adjourn at 12:00 p.m., on April 23,

1997, at the Westin Hotel, 1900 Fifth

Street, Seattle, Washington 98101. The

purpose of the meeting is to discuss ongoing civil rights concerns and welfare

reform monitoring.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson William

Wassmuth, 206–233–0611, or Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, March 20, 1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–7897 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–427–812]

Calcium Aluminate Flux From France;

Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review.

SUMMARY: On February 4, 1997, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the final results

of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on calcium

aluminate flux (CA flux) from France

(62 FR 5200). The period of review is

June 15, 1994 through May 31, 1995. On

February 18, 1997, the sole respondent,

Lafarge Aluminates, and its U.S.

subsidiary, Lafarge Calcium Aluminates,

Inc. (collectively, Lafarge) filed a timely

request that the Department correct a

ministerial error in these final results.

We are publishing this amendment to

the final results of review in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.28(c).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maureen McPhillips or Linda Ludwig,

AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Office

8, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3019 or

(202) 482–3833, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unles otherwise stated, all citations to

the Tariff Act are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the current regulations, as amended by

the interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of CA Flux, other than white,

high purity CA flux. This product

contains by weight more than 32

percent but less than 65 percent

alumina and more than one percent

each of iron and silica.

CA flux is currently classified under

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS) subheading

2523.10.0000. The HTSUS is provided

for convenience and U.S. Customs’

purposes only. The written description

of the scope of this order remains

dispositive. This review covers the

period June 15, 1994 through May 31,

1995.

Ministerial Error in Final Results of

Review

After reviewing Lafarge’s allegation of

a ministerial error in the Department’s

final results of CA flux from France, we

agree that misplaced parentheses in the

computer program resulted in the

failure to multiply the per-unit U.S. cost

of manufacture (COM) by the quantity

when calculating the U.S. cost of goods

sold (COGS) to derive profit based on

the total costs, total revenues, and total

expenses for all subject merchandise

during the period of review. The intent

of the Department was clearly to include

total, not per-unit, revenue, costs and

expenses in the profit calculation as we

did for revenue, and all components of

selling expenses and movement charges.

For these amended final results we have

multiplied all components of the COGS,

including the COM, by the quantity in

order to correctly include the total

COGS in the calculation of profit.