Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 65 / Friday, April 4, 1997 / Notices 16135

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals 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.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 5, 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: 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 does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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 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:

Commodities

Master Baster

M.R. 802

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the

Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Services

Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia

NPA: SW Resources, Inc., Parkersburg, West

Virginia

Janitorial/Custodial, VA Outpatient Clinic,

Pensacola, Florida

NPA: Lakeview Center, Inc., Pensacola,

Florida

Janitorial/Custodial, Beltsville Agricultural

Research Center, Building 001,

Beltsville, Maryland

NPA: Melwood Horticultural Training

Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Center,

Roanoke, Virginia

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Tinker

Mountain, Inc., Salem, Virginia

Medical Transcription, Veterans Affairs

Medical Center, Alexandria, Louisiana

NPA: The Lighthouse of Houston, Houston,

Texas

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

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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: May 5, 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

December 6, 1996, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(61 F.R. 64666) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List. Comments were

received from a foam fabricator which

made the helmet liner when it was

procured for developmental purposes.

The commenter alleged that it would be

severely impacted by the Committee’s

action, taking into account other items

the Committee has added to the

Procurement List which the commenter

considered lost business opportunities.

The commenter also noted that it

purchased a special machine to print

the helmet liners, made expenditures for

tooling, and entered into a long-term

agreement for raw materials which

required helmet liner production to

keep prices low.

The Government’s estimated quantity

of helmet liners to be procured has been

reduced to less than 5% of the initial

quantity expected to be procured by the

Government when the item was under

development. Given the substantial

decrease in the quantity being procured,

the loss of sales by the contractor is not

in the range the Committee considers

severe, even when the impact of the one

other Procurement List addition where

the commenter was the current

contractor is taken into account. That

addition involved fuel tank inserts for

military aircraft. The Committee does

not agree with the commenter’s

contention that it was the contractor for

a foam item for the U.S. Mint because

it did not receive the award for that

item.

Under the Government’s competitive

bidding system, no contractor is

guaranteed a contract. Consequently, a

firm assumes the risk of loss for new

equipment purchases or commitments

for raw materials in anticipation of

receiving a new contract when the

contract is awarded to another firm.

Because this could occur regardless of

the Committee decision to add the item

involved to the Procurement List, the

Committee does not consider losses that

may be experienced related to

equipment, tooling, and raw materials to

constitute severe adverse impact on a

particular 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 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.
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3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodity is hereby added to the

Procurement List:

Liner, Foam Impact

8465–01–420–4920

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.

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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: May 5, 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

December 20, 1996, January 17, 31, and

February 14, 1997 the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notices

(61 FR 67306, 62 FR 2644, 4722 and

6946) 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

Bucket, Plastic

M.R. 997

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Naval Air Station,

Corpus Christi, Texas)

Services

Janitorial/Custodial, for the following Blaine,

Washington locations:

Pacific Highway Border Station

Pacific Highway Border Station, Building #1

Pacific Highway Border Station, USDA

Building

Border Patrol Sector Headquarters and Annex

Peace Arch Border Station

Storage/Distribution of Badges, Insignia

Patches and Other Accouterments,

Defense Personnel Support Center,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(25% of the Government’s requirement)

Switchboard Operation, Cannon Air Force

Base, New Mexico

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export

Trade Certificate of Review, Application

No. 96–00007.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has issued an Export Trade Certificate of

Review to the Committee for the Fair

Allocation of Rice Quotas

(‘‘Committee’’). This notice summarizes

the conduct for which certification has

been granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, 202–482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. The

regulations implementing Title III are

found at 15 CFR Part 325 (1996).

The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’) is issuing

this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b),

which requires the Department of

Commerce to publish a summary of a

Certificate in the Federal Register.

Under Section 305 (a) of the Act and 15

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by

the Secretary’s determination may,

within 30 days of the date of this notice,

bring an action in any appropriate

district court of the United States to set

aside the determination on the ground

that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

Export Trade

Products

Semi-milled and wholly milled rice,

whether or not polished or glazed

(Harmonized Tariff Schedule 1006.30)

(referred to as ‘‘milled rice’’) and husked

(brown) rice (Harmonized Tariff

Schedule 1006.20).

Export Markets

For purposes of administering the

European Union’s tariff rate quota: The

countries of the European Union.

For purposes of Export Trade Activity

and Method of Operation 3: All parts of

the world except the United States (the

fifty states of the United States, the

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory

of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of

Operation

1. The Committee will administer a

system for allocating the U.S. share of

the European Union (‘‘EU’’) tariff rate

quotas (‘‘TRQs’’) for milled rice and

brown rice (roughly 38,000 tons of

milled rice and 8,000 tons of brown

rice) agreed to as compensation to the