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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

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examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

63025

Vol. 60, No. 236

Friday, December 8, 1995

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Denial of Participation in the Special

Access Program

December 4, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs denying the

right to participate in the Special Access

Program.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA) has determined that Knight

Industries is in violation of the

requirements set forth for participation

in the Special Access Program.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs, effective on

December 4, 1995, to deny Knight

Industries the right to participate in the

Special Access Program, for a period of

one year, from December 4, 1995

through December 3, 1996.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR

26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54

FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989; and 58 FR 41245, published on

August 3, 1993.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 4, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this

directive is to notify you that the Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

has determined that Knight Industries is in

violation of the requirements for

participation in the Special Access Program.

Effective on December 4, 1995, you are

directed to prohibit Knight Industries from

further participation in the Special Access

Program, for a period of one year, from

December 4, 1995 through December 3, 1996.

For the period December 4, 1995 through

December 3, 1996, goods accompanied by

Form ITA–370P which are presented to U.S.

Customs for entry under the Special Access

Program will not be accepted. In addition, for

the period December 4, 1995 through

December 3, 1996, you are directed not to

sign ITA–370P forms for export of U.S.-

formed and cut fabric for Knight Industries.

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–29996 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

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 services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1996.

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 June

16 and October 6, 1995, the Committee

for Purchase From People Who Are

Blind or Severely Disabled published

notices (60 F.R. 31706 and 52388) of

proposed additions to the Procurement

List.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the services, fair market price, and

impact of the addition 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

services to the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

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 service proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following services

are hereby added to the Procurement

List:

Grounds Maintenance, Nogales Border

Station (West), Nogales, Arizona

Mailroom Operation, Internal Revenue

Service, 300 North Los Angeles Street,

Los Angeles, California.

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options

exercised under those contracts.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 95–29959 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–33–P

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.
63026 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 1995 / Notices

ACTION: Proposed additions to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: January 8, 1996.

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 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

services to the Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

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 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 services have been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agencies listed:

Administrative Services, Social Security

Administration, Great Lakes Program

Service Center, Chicago, Illinois,

NPA: Lester & Rosalie ANIXTER

CENTER, Chicago, Illinois

Grounds Maintenance, Base Command,

Building 2750, Burger King, Building

6006, Edwards Air Force Base,

California, NPA: Desert Haven

Enterprises, Inc., Lancaster,

California.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 95–29958 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–33–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 service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1996.

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 29, 1995, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(60 F.R. 50558) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List.

Comments were received from the

current contractor for this service before

the notice of proposed rulemaking was

published in the Federal Register. Some

of these comments were transmitted to

the Committee by a Member of

Congress. The Committee initially was

asked to add janitorial services at a

group of buildings to the Procurement

List, but the request was revised to

include only the Ariel Rios Building to

minimize the impact on the current

contractor.

Despite the limitation, the contractor

continued to claim that the proposed

addition would have a severe impact on

the company. The contractor claimed

that the percentage of contract revenues

it would lose on its award for the

remaining buildings exceeds a ‘‘rule of

thumb’’ percentage beyond which the

Committee will consider impact to be

severe. The contractor also indicated

that it has been a continuous supplier of

building maintenance at various

Government sites and is thus more

dependent on such sales to the

Government. The contractor claimed

that the remaining buildings in the

group would soon be closing for

extensive renovations, so the limitation

of the Procurement List addition to the

one building would not lessen the

impact on the contractor.

The Committee’s criteria on

permissible impact on a current

contractor for a Procurement List

addition, at 41 CFR 51–2.4(a)(4), look at

the impact on the total sales of a

company, not the percentage of revenue

for a particular contract. The Committee

has no ‘‘rule of thumb’’ for total sales

percentage, as impact determinations

are made on the facts of each situation.

In this situation, the percentage of sales

which the contractor will lose is well

below the percentage cited as the ‘‘rule

of thumb’’ level and, even when

consideration is given to the contractor’s

dependence on Government sales, does

not reach a level which would be

considered severe adverse impact. In

addition, the contracting activity has

informed the Committee that the other

two buildings in the group will not

close for renovation until April and

December 1997, respectively, later than

the contractor contended, which should

give the contractor ample time to

develop other business to replace

business temporarily lost to the

renovations.

The contractor also claimed that

addition of the services at the Ariel Rios

Building does not meet the legislative

intent of the Committee’s statute, the

Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act, 41

U.S.C. 46–48c, in regard to the labor

operations to be performed. According

to the contractor, the JWOD Act requires

that 75 percent of the total labor

operations to be performed in providing

these services must be done by people

with a severe disability.

The contractor has misconstrued the

labor requirement in the JWOD Act. In

order to qualify for participation in the

JWOD Program, a nonprofit agency

employing people with severe

disabilities must employ such people

for not less than 75 percent of the

overall total of direct labor performed

on commodities and services which the

nonprofit agency provides, whether or

not these commodities or services are

provided to the Government under the

JWOD Program. 41 U.S.C. 48b(4)(C).

There is no statutory requirement for a

specific percentage of direct labor on a

JWOD contract, although it is

anticipated that the designated

nonprofit agency performing the

services at the Ariel Rios Building will

reach a 75 percent disabled direct labor

level on that contract. Addition of these

services to the Procurement List will

thus create substantial work for people

with disabilities, and is not a ‘‘front’’ for