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ACTION: Proposed additions to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

a commodity and a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: June 12, 1995.

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 service

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 service to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity and service 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

service 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 service

have been proposed for addition to

Procurement List for production by the

nonprofit agencies listed:

Commodity

Shower Pail, Collapsible

8465–00–935–6649

NPA: North Bay Rehabilitation Services, Inc.,

San Rafael, California

Service

Janitorial/Custodial, IRS Service Center

Complex, Memphis, Tennessee

NPA: Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc.,

Memphis, Tennessee

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 95–11762 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Establishment of the United States

Navy Mine Warfare Center of

Excellence in the Corpus Christi Bay

Area, Texas

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for establishment of the United

States Navy Mine Warfare Center of

Excellence (the ‘‘Center’’) in the Corpus

Christi Bay Area, Texas.

The Navy proposes to collocate the

majority of its mine warfare and mine

counter measures assets in proximity to

each other at the Ingleside/Corpus

Christi Naval Complex. This will allow

for comprehensive air and surface mine

warfare training and joint operations.

Congress directed the Navy to establish

the ‘‘Center’’ at Naval Station Ingleside,

Texas, in the FY 1994 Defense

Appropriations Act. The DEIS evaluates

the reasonable alternatives to

implementing the proposed action in

the Corpus Christi Bay area. In addition

to the various facility location

alternatives, a ‘‘no action’’ alternative

was evaluated which the ‘‘Center’’

would not be established.

The proposed action includes new

construction and/or modification of

existing facilities at Naval Station

Ingleside and Naval Air Station Corpus

Christi, and proposes the establishment

of training and operating areas in the

Gulf of Mexico. Construction would

consist of a magnetic silencing facility,

an aviation mine counter measures sled

facility, a small craft pier, and the

construction and/or modification of

facilities needed to support two MH–

53E Sea Dragon helicopter squadrons

and one explosive ordnance disposal

mobil unit. The training and operating

areas would be located off North Padre

Island and within Mineral Management

Service Lease Blocks 732, 733, 734, 793,

799, and 816. This would include an

ordnance detonation area required for

the detonation of practice mines using

a maximum of 10 pounds of C–4

explosive. Surface restrictions in these

areas would be established to allow for

both daily training and quarterly

integrated training. The establishment of

the ‘‘Center’’ involves the transfer of

approximately 4,820 military personnel

and their families (approximately 4,877

dependents) to the Corpus Christi Bay

Area.

Dredging activities associated with

the project involve new work dredging

and subsequent maintenance dredging

of the magnetic silencing facility.

Dredging for the magnetic silencing

facility would require removal of

between 250,000 and 410,000 cubic

yards of material to obtain the depth of

water required for facility and turning

basin operations. The total 50-year

dredging maintenance requirement

could range between 400,000 to 650,000

cubic yards, depending upon the initial

area dredged. The existing Navy

disposal area near Ingleside would be

used for dredge material disposal.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state, and local

agencies, elected officials, special

interest groups, and interest individuals.

It is also on file and available for review

at the Corpus Christi Public Library

(Main branch and Flour Bluff branch)

and at the Ingleside Public Library. A

limited number of single copies are

available at the address listed at the end

of this notice.

The Navy will conduct two public

hearings to inform the public of the

DEIS findings and to solicit comments:

The first hearing will be on Tuesday,

June 6, 1995, beginning at 7 p.m. at the

Flour Bluff ISD Auditorium, 2505

Waldron Road, Flour Bluff, Texas; and

the second hearing will be on

Wednesday, June 7, 1995, beginning at

7 p.m. at the Ingleside High School

Cafeteria, 640 Mustang Drive, Ingleside,

Texas. Federal, state, and local agencies,

and interested parties are invited to be

present or represented at the hearing.

Oral comments will be heard and

transcribed by a stenographer. To assure

accuracy of the record, all comments

should be submitted in writing. All

comments, both oral and written, will

become part of the public record in the

study. In the interest of available time,

each speaker will be asked to limit oral
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comments to five (5) minutes. Longer

comments should be summarized at the

public hearing and submitted in writing

either at the hearing or mailed to the

address listed at the end of this

announcement. All written comments

must be postmarked by June 19, 1995,

to become part of the official record.

The public hearing will be conducted in

English, but the Navy will make every

reasonable effort to accommodate

requests for language interpreters or

other special communication needs.

Such requests must be made to the

person listed below at least two days

prior to the public hearings.

Additional information concerning

this notice may be obtained by

contacting: Mr. Will Sloger (Code

064WS), Southern Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, P.O.

Box 190010, North Charleston, South

Carolina 29419–9010, telephone (803)

743–0797.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–11757 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

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Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement for the Proposed

Master Land Withdrawal Naval Air

Station Fallon, Nevada

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy announces

its intent to prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the

withdrawal of federally-owned lands

around Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon

training ranges in Churchill County,

Nevada.

The purpose of this action, termed

Master Land Withdrawal, is to provide

noise, safety, and off-range ordnance

hazard buffers around training ranges.

The need is based on the increased

technological complexity of aerial

training and the development and

expansion of populated areas in the

Fallon region over the last 50 years. The

withdrawal footprint is based on the

Department of Defense Range Air

Installation Compatibility Use Zone

(RAICUZ) study of 1982 and the NAS

Fallon Range Hazard Analysis

Mitigation Report of 1994. These reports

define noise, safety, and land use

compatibility zones to protect the public

and the military users of the training

ranges.

Located in the Lahontan Valley of

Churchill County in the west central

Nevada, NAS Fallon was transferred

from the Army to the Navy in 1942. In

1953, NAS Fallon withdrew public

lands for training ranges Bravo-16,

Bravo-17, and Bravo-19. Due to

technological advances in aircraft,

weaponry, and training, public safety

has become a concern around the

training ranges. The proposed action

would withdraw up to approximately

189,000 acres of additional land around

the existing training ranges to provide

safety and noise buffer zones. The

Department of the Interior currently

administers the lands proposed for

withdrawal through the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) and Bureau of

Reclamation (BUREC).

The mission of NAS Fallon is to

provide realistic training and practice

opportunities in the use of modern

military equipment and tactics for

military aircrews, primarily those of

high performance jet fighters, strikefighters, and electronic warfare support

aircraft. The withdrawn lands are a

critical resource for NAS Fallon in

upholding its mission. The objectives of

the proposed action are fourfold:

1. Meet training requirements for

national defense.

2. Fulfill established operation and

RAICUZ safety guidelines.

3. Facilitate protection of the public

from off-range ordnance, and

4. Provide for continued public access

to and safety on public lands adjacent

to military withdrawals.

The proposed action would be

consistent with the provisions of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), which defines

withdrawal as ‘‘an area of Federal land

withheld from settlement, sale, location,

or entry, under some or all of the

general land laws for the purpose of

limiting activities under these laws in

order to maintain public values in the

area; or reserving the area for a

particular public purpose or program; or

transferring jurisdiction over an area of

Federal land * * * from one

department, bureau, or agency to

another * * * ’’ (43 U.S.C. 1701 section

103). The lands would be managed for

military purposes, subject to valid

existing rights, for a proposed term of 20

years. A Resource Management Plan

will be developed for the withdrawn

lands to provide for public safety by

defining compatible public uses with

military training operations.

Federal, state and local agencies, and

interested individuals are encouraged to

participate in a scoping process for the

EIS. The purpose of the scoping process

is to determine public issues and

concerns that need to be addressed in

the document and to assess what

additional information is available. Two

public scoping meetings will be held to

receive oral and written comments.

The first will be held in Reno, Nevada

on June 6, 1995 at 7 p.m. at the Airport

Plaza Hotel, 1981 Terminal Way. The

second will be held in Fallon, Nevada

on June 7, 1995 at 7 p.m. at the Fallon

Convention Center, 100 Campus Way. In

the interest of available time, each

speaker will be asked to limit oral

comments to five (5) minutes. In

addition, written comments may be

submitted by June 14, 1995, to

Commanding Officer, Engineering Field

Activity West, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 900 Commodore

Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066–5006

(Attention: Mr. Sam Dennis, Code

185SD); telephone (415) 244–3007, fax

(415) 244–3737.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–11756 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

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Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Development of Facilities in San Diego

to Support the Homeporting of One

Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) to comply with the 1993 Base

Realignment and Closure (BRAC III)

directive from Congress to relocate ships

currently homeported at Naval Air

Station Alameda to fleet concentrations

in San Deigo and the Pacific Northwest.

Affected ships include two NIMITZ

class aircraft carriers, (CVNs), one of

which will be realigned to San Diego

and is the subject of the EIS.

A Notice of Intent (NOI) for this EIS

was published in the Federal Register

on July 27, 1993. A public scooping

meeting for the proposed project was

held on August 17, 1993, in Coronado,

California. Due to revisions in the

proposed action and new technical

information, an NOI, which superseded

all previous notices, was published in

the Federal Register on December 28,

1994.

Pursuant to BRAC, the EIS will assess

the potential environmental impacts