37096 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 131 /Thursday, July 9, 1998 / Notices

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98–18234 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Reinstatement of Small Business SetAsides for Certain Acquisitions Under

the Small Business Competitiveness

Demonstration Program

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of reinstatement of small

business set-asides under the Small

Business Competitiveness

Demonstration Program.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement has reinstated the use of

small business set-aside procedures for

certain construction acquisitions issued

by the Departments of the Army and

Navy. Included in the reinstatement are

solicitations issued under Standard

Industrial Category Major Group 15 and

Standard Industrial Category Code 1629

(Navy only).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael Sipple, OUSD (A&T),

Director of Defense Procurement,

Contract Policy Administration, Room

3C838, 3060 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3060, telephone

(703) 695–8567.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)

implemented Title VII of Pub. L. 100–

656 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) by issuance of

the ‘‘Small Business Competitiveness

Demonstration Program Test Plan’’ on

August 31, 1989, amended April 16,

1993. The program was further

implemented in Subpart 19.10 of the

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

and Subpart 219.10 of the Defense FAR

Supplement (DFARS).

Under the program, small business

set-asides were initially suspended for

certain designated industry groups

(DIGs). Agencies are required by

paragraphs III.D.2.a and IV.A.4. of the

OFPP test plan to reinstate the use of

small business set-asides whenever the

small business awards under any

designated industry group falls below

40 percent or whenever small business

awards under an Individual Standard

Industrial Classification (SIC) Code

within the designated industry group

falls below 35 percent. Reinstatement is

to be limited to the organizational

elements (in the case of DoD, the

individual military departments or other

components) that failed to meet the

small business participation goals.

For the 12 months ending March

1998, DoD awards in the industries

shown below fell below the 40 percent

(SIC Major Group 15) or 35 percent (SIC

Code 1629) thresholds. Accordingly,

pursuant to DFARS 219.1006(b)(2), the

Director of Defense Procurement has

directed reinstatement of small business

set aside procedures for solicitations

that involve the industry categories

shown below. The reinstatement applies

to solicitations issued by the applicable

buying activities on or after June 17,

1998, or as soon thereafter as

practicable:

Industry Applicable to

Construction:.

Major Group 15 (including SIC 1521, 1522, 1531, 1541, and 1542) All Army and Navy Activities.

Major Group 16—SIC, Code 1629 only ............................................. All Navy Activities.

Consistent with the OFPP test plan,

this reinstatement of set-asides will be

periodically reviewed for continuation.

Small business set-asides were

reinstated DoD-wide for the DIG titled

‘‘Architectural and Engineering

Services,’’ by memorandum of

September 30, 1991. That reinstatement

remains in effect.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

[FR Doc. 98–18097 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–105–A–CN, EA–168–A and

EA–187]

Applications To Export Electric

Energy; NorAm Energy Services,

PG&E Energy, Merchant Energy Group

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of applications.

SUMMARY: NorAm Energy Services, Inc.

(NES) has applied for renewal of its

authority to transmit electric energy

from the United States to Canada

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal

Power Act. PG&E Energy TradingPower, L.P. (PG&E) has applied to

amend its authorization to export

electric energy to Canada by adding

additional transmission facilities, and

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA) has applied for

authority to transmit electric energy to

Canada.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada:

Applicant Application

date Docket No.

NorAm Energy Services Inc ...................................................................................................................... 6/18/98 EA–105–A–CN

PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L.P ............................................................................................................ 6/23/98 EA–168–A

Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc ........................................................................................... 6/25/98 EA–187