29770 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Notices

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 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: July 2, 2001.

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:

Patrick T. Mooney (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 13, 2000, April 13 and 20, 2001,

the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notices (65 FR

60903, 66 FR 19136, 19137 and 20234)

of proposed additions to the

Procurement List.

The following comments pertain to

Vegetable Oil, 8945–00–NSH–0001,

additional 5% of the Governments

requirement.

Comments were received from a

current contractor for the vegetable oil.

The commenter raised several points in

opposing the Committee’s proposal.

First, the commenter questioned the

scope of the proposed addition to the

Procurement List. Second, the

commenter claimed that the proposed

addition would have a severe impact on

that company. Third, the commenter

claimed that the amount of vegetable oil

being added to the Procurement List

exceeded the share being provided by

small businesses. Fourth, the

commenter questioned the Committee’s

oversight of the fair market price

determinations being made for vegetable

oil. Fifth, the commenter claimed that

the price determinations must be based

on statutory and regulatory principles

contained in the law governing overseas

food assistance programs.

In 1999, the Committee added 15

percent of the total Government

requirement for this vegetable oil

purchased for overseas food assistance

to the Procurement List. By notice

published in the August 25, 2000

Federal Register (65 FR 51794), the

Committee proposed the addition to the

Procurement List of an additional 5

percent of the Government requirement,

or a monthly amount not to exceed

3,500 metric tons. Because of confusion

over the scope of this proposed

addition, the Committee on October 13,

2000 republished the proposal in the

Federal Register (65 FR 60903), stating

that its scope was only an additional 5

percent of the Government requirement.

The Committee further clarified this

correction in a Federal Register notice

of October 27, 2000 (65 FR 64420).

The Committee has traditionally

considered its Procurement List

additions to apply to annual

Government requirements for

commodities. Accordingly, this addition

will raise from 15 percent to 20 percent

the portion of the total annual

Government requirement for this

commodity which must be purchased

from the designated nonprofit agency.

However, this commodity has

traditionally been purchased on a

monthly basis, and the procuring

Government agency, the U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has

informed the Committee that it will

apply the percentage reservation for the

nonprofit agency to its monthly

purchases.

USDA purchases vegetable oil in three

sizes of containers: 6/4 liter, 20 liter,

and 50 gallon. The nonprofit agency

designated by the Committee produces

the oil in only the first two of these

three containers. The commenter has

therefore argued that the scope of the

Procurement List additions should be

limited to a percentage of the vegetable

oil purchases which are in those two

container sizes. However, the intent of

the Committee and USDA is that the

Procurement List addition applies to the

designated percentage of the total

Government requirement, regardless of

the size of containers involved.

The commenter claimed in opposing

the 1999 addition of 15 percent of the

vegetable oil requirement to the

Procurement List that it would be

severely impacted by the addition. At

that time, it was one of two suppliers of

the oil to USDA. Since then, the

commenter has purchased the oil

facilities of the other supplier. While

two other small businesses now also

supply the oil to USDA, the commenter

retains the great majority of the sales to

USDA. Consequently, the Committee

does not believe that the current

addition of an additional 5 percent of

the supply requirement to the

Procurement List will have a severe

adverse impact on the commenter, even

when the 1999 addition is taken into

account.

Except as provided by the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. Chap. 6, the

Committee is not required to assess the

impact of its Procurement List additions

on small businesses. Consequently, the

commenter’s claims in this area are not

relevant to a Procurement List addition

decision.

Committee fair market price

determinations on USDA bulk food item

procurements subject to the

Procurement List are governed by a

1993 pricing procedure that establishes

an annual fair market price under

standard Committee procedures and

permits monthly changes to that price

based on negotiations between USDA

and the nonprofit agency which take

into account changing market

conditions. Since 1993, the Committee

has changed its general commodities

pricing procedures to reflect a

preference for negotiations generally as

a means of assuring that its fair market

prices reflect market conditions.

Consequently, the pricing procedure

used for vegetable oil is consistent with

the Committee’s general fair market

pricing procedures for commodities and

do not indicate a lack of Committee

oversight as the commenter claimed.

USDA’s purchases of commodities such

as vegetable oil are governed by a law

commonly known as Public Law 480

and its implementing regulations. One

of the principles of the regulations is

that commodities purchased under the

Public Law 480 program must be at the

‘‘lowest landed cost,’’ which, the

commenter claimed, is not consistent

with the Committee’s pricing

procedures. The commenter further

claimed that the Committee’s prices,

which allegedly do not reflect the

lowest landed cost, result in USDA

having less money to achieve its

objectives under Public Law 480.

USDA has informed the Committee

that Public Law 480 is not inconsistent

with the Committee’s program.

Furthermore, USDA is authorized to

take into account factors other than

lowest landed cost when buying such

commodities as vegetable oil,

particularly in connection with

socioeconomic programs such as the

Committee’s program. USDA also

indicated that its costs to buy vegetable

oil through the Committee’s program are

not significantly increased over

purchases from commercial suppliers,

as any additional cost of dealing with

the nonprofit agency is offset by not

having to pay for replacement

quantities, storage and transportation

due to leakage and damaged containers,

as USDA has done when dealing with

commercial suppliers of vegetable oil.

The following material pertains to all

of the items being added to the

Procurement List. After consideration of

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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 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

Hose, Fire, 4210–00–542–3480,

Vegetable Oil, 8945–00–NSH–0001.

Services

Administrative Services, Building 8–

1078, 1–3571, C–7417, 8–6643, Fort

Bragg, North Carolina.

Call Center Services, Department of

State, Bureau of Consular Affairs

(Various location throughout USA),

Washington, DC.

Food Service Attendant, Main Dining

Facility—Building 3650, Expanded

Flight Kitchen—Building 4507,

Seymour Johnson AFB, North

Carolina.

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Air Force

Recruiting Station, Wasilla, Alaska.

Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs,

Greater Los Angeles Healthcare

System, East Los Angeles Out

Patient Clinic, East Los Angeles,

California.

Janitorial/Custodial, Social Security

Administration, Western Program

Center, 1221 Nevin Avenue,

Richmond, California.

Janitorial/Custodial, Chateaugay Border

Station, Chateaugay, New York.

Janitorial/Custodial, Defense Enterprise

Computing Center (DECC),

Buildings 308 and 309, Naval

Supply Activity (NSA),

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Janitorial/Custodial, Veteran Affairs

Building, 5000 Wissahickon

Avenue, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs

Medical Center, Huntington, West

Virginia.

Janitorial/Custodial, ATF Building,

Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Ophthalmic Support Services,

Yorktown Naval Weapons Station,

Yorktown, 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.

Louis R. Bartalot,

Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation.

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Maryland 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

Maryland Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:30 a.m.

and adjourn at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June

23, 2001, at the Government Office

Building, Room 301, 125 N. Division

Street, Salisbury, Maryland 21803. The

purpose of the meeting is to: (1) Plan

future activities, and (2) the Committee

will hold a community forum to gather

information on civil rights

developments from representatives of

minority groups and local government

in Eastern Shore Maryland counties as

part of its project entitled, ‘‘Civil Rights

Issues in Maryland Small Towns and

Rural Areas: Forums in Southern,

Eastern Shore, and Western Counties.’’

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Chairperson K. Patrick Okura, 301–530–

0945, or Ki-Taek Chun, Director of the

Eastern Regional Office, 202–376–7533

(TDD 202–376–8116). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) 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, May 29, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes Jr.,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–13827 Filed 5–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, June 8, 2001,

9:30 a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 540,

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS: 

Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of May 4, 2001

Meeting

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Director’s Report

V. Staff Advisory Committee Report

• Delaware Citizens Guide to Civil

Rights and Supporting Services

(Delaware)

VI. Discussion of Report on Voting

Irregularities Occurring in Florida

During the 2000 Presidential

Election

VII. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: David Aronson, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

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BILLING CODE 6335–00–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year

(Sunset) Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Five-Year

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is

automatically initiating five-year

(‘‘sunset’’) reviews of the antidumping

and countervailing duty orders listed

below. The International Trade