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Annex A—Colombian Traditional

Folklore Handicraft Textile Products—Continued

3. Embroidered Blouse: Hand cut and

hand sewn blouse with extensive

hand embroidery on the upper front

and lower portions.

4. Embroidered Skirt: Hand cut and hand

sewn skirt with extensive hand embroidery.

5. Blankets, Hand Woven: These colorful

blankets are hand woven from wool,

cotton or wool and cotton, heavy

yarns to form striped or block patterns. The ends may be finished with

spangles formed by the ends of the

yarn and knotted, or may be

hemmed.

6. Indian Embroidered Cloth: Cloth panels

hand embroidered with various crude

and colorful Indian scenes. Generally

these cloths are used as wall hangings.

7. Typical Colombia Dress: An ankle

length dress with a very wide skirt

trimmed with wide handmade lace.

The entire dress is hand cut and

hand sewn and is a typical dress for

gaiety affairs.

8. Typical Guajira Dress: A traditional

loose fitting women’s garment formed

by a folded rectangular piece of fabric with a hole or slot in the center for

the head, with intricate embroidery

around the neck. This dress is made

similar to a ruana, but has the outer

edges sewn together except for slots

for the hands and arms, and has closures on the front.

9. Typical Mapale Dress: A knee length

dress consisting of very wide skirt

having a row of heavy ruffles around

the blouse portion and two bands of

wide ruffles forming the skirt. A very

gay colored festival dress.

10. Typical Mestiza Dress: A native handmade dress with wide neckline, ruffled collar and wide skirt and with ruffles on the lower part of the skirt.

11. Hammock: Multicolored stripped hammocks made by hand from coarse

fabrics. Ends are formed and

reinfored with strong rope.

12. Jacket, hand knitted: Wholly hand knitted jacket. These jackets are usually

knitted from wool yarns. Patched

pockets, also hand knitted, are hand

sewn to the garment.

13. Jacket of hand loomed fabric: These

jackets are wholly hand made from

hand loomed fabrics. Patched pockets, also of hand loomed fabric, are

hand sewn to the garment.

Annex A—Colombian Traditional

Folklore Handicraft Textile Products—Continued

14. Ruana: A cloak made from a heavy

rectangular piece of fabric or a blanket with hole in the center for the

head to pass through. This is a typical garment worn by men, women

and children throughout the higher

and cooler altitudes of Colombia. The

men’s ruana will generally have no

fringes. Women’s ruanas may have

fringes and are sometimes slit from

the neck opening to the edge to permit the wearer to put it on as a cape.

Children’s ruanas sometimes have a

color around the opening with draw

strings for a close fit. These garments are sometimes known as ponchos.

15. Rugs, hand woven or hand knotted:

These rugs are usually made from

wool yarns and are either wholly

hand woven or hand knotted. They

are generally square or rectangular in

shape and are in colorful designs.

16. Macrame Shawl: Hand made shawls

wholly of macrame lace or with

macrame lace edge. The shawls are

in various colors with the typical long

fringe around the lower edges.

17. Sweaters and Cardigans, hand knitted:

Wholly hand knitted sweaters and

cardigans, generally a bulky knit with

decorative vertical patterns.

18. Table Cloths and Napkins, embroidered: Table cloths and napkins cut

and hemmed by hand and extensively embroidered by hand.

19. Colorful waist band: Hand plaited waist

bands in multicolors. These are

sometimes sewn together to form

wide bands.

20. Wall hangings, rectangular: A colorful

wall hanging made from coarse yarns

connected to decorative crudely

woven bands. These are hand made

and come in various sizes.

21. Wall hanging, tree: Tree shaped wall

hangings formed by connecting together crudely woven bands in graduated sizes with coarse yarns to form

the outline of a tree. The wall hanging is decorated with small balls of

cotton fiber.

22. Indian Color Knapsack: Knapsack

made with belt like woven or plaited

strap and multicolored bag, to be

worn on the shoulder.

23. Pillow Covers, Embroidered by hand:

Covers for throw pillow containing extensive hand embroidery covering 50

percent or more of the outer surface

of the cover.

24. Hand made macrame handbags

Annex A—Colombian Traditional

Folklore Handicraft Textile Products—Continued

25. Molas: Hand appliqued layers of different colors, forming geometric and

abstract designs, made of cotton material.

26. Santa Rosa Tapestries, Bedspreads

and Pillowcases: Tapestries, bedspreads and pillowcases, of vivid colors, with hand appliqued figures

forming landscapes and folk scenes,

made of cotton material.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DOE Request for an Additional 45 Days

to Respond to Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board

Recommendation 95–2, Safety

Management

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 315(b) of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 2286d(b) requires the Department

of Energy to publish its response to

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

recommendations for notice and public

comment. The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board published

Recommendation 95–2 concerning

Safety Management in the Federal

Register on October 19, 1995 (60 FR

54065). The Department of Energy

(DOE) hereby publishes notice of a

request for 45-days additional time to

respond to Recommendation 95–2 as

allowed by the statute cited above.

DATES: Comments, data, views, or

arguments concerning the Secretary’s

request are due on or before January 10,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

Secretary’s response to: Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana

Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington,

DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Peter N. Brush, Principal Deputy,

Assistant Secretary for Environmental,

Safety and Health, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on December

1, 1995.

Mark B. Whitaker,

Departmental Representative to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

The Secretary of Energy
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December 1, 1995.

The Honorable John T. Conway, Chairman,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

Suite 700, 625 Indiana Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20004.

Dear Chairman Conway: This letter

acknowledges receipt of your

Recommendation 95–2 regarding Safety

Management. The issues identified in the

Recommendation are extensive and may have

significant impact on many of our existing

and developing programs and initiatives.

Accordingly, the Department will require

additional time to evaluate fully these crosscutting issues and their impact from both a

headquarters and field perspective.

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2286d, the

Department requests an additional 45 days to

respond to Recommendation 95–2. If a 45

day extension is granted, the Department will

respond to the Board by January 17, 1996.

Sincerely,

Hazel R. O’Leary

[FR Doc. 95–30084 Filed 12–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Privatization of Isotope Activities;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice for Expressions of

Interest.

SUMMARY: Expressions of Interest are

sought concerning the possible

privatization of DOE isotope activities

such as selling or leasing existing DOE

facilities for commercial use; sale of

existing isotope inventory; isotope

marketing, distribution, or technical

services; and other innovative

arrangements for enhanced private

sector involvement in isotope

operations.

DATES: This notice is effective on the

date of publication and will remain

effective until February 23, 1996.

Responses may be submitted at any time

prior to February 23, 1996. An

information meeting addressing this

notice will be held at the DOE facility

in Germantown, Maryland, from 9:00

a.m. until noon on January 10, 1996.

Information packages distributed during

the January 10, 1996, meeting will be

made available to interested parties after

January 11, 1996. Submit requests to the

programmatic information contact listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for programmatic information

should be directed to: Mr. Owen W.

Lowe, U.S. Department of Energy,

Isotope Production and Distribution,

NE–70 (GTN), 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874, (301) 903–

5161.

Expressions of Interest (original plus

five copies), citing this notice, should be

postmarked by February 23, 1996, and

mailed to: U.S. Department of Energy,

Document Control Specialist, HR–562,

Headquarters Procurement Operations,

1615 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

II. Areas of DOE Interest

III. Expressions of Interest Format

I. Purpose

The DOE Isotope Program has a

twofold mission. First, the Isotope

Program produces and distributes

certain radioisotopes and enriched

stable isotopes for research or

development purposes. Prices for these

isotopes are set at a level designed to

balance cost recovery with the national

priority of meeting U.S. research needs

and supporting our health care system.

Second, other radioisotopes and

enriched stable isotopes are produced

and distributed for medical diagnostics

and therapeutics, industrial,

agricultural, and other useful

applications on a cost-recovery basis.

The DOE Isotope Program currently

produces isotopes at six locations in the

United States. The isotope products and

related services from these sites are

provided only where: a) there is no

existing domestic, private sector

capability; b) unique Government

facilities are needed to provide such a

capacity; or c) other productive capacity

is insufficient to meet pressing national

needs. While continuing to assure that

a reliable supply exists, DOE is

encouraging privatization of DOE

Isotope Program activities in order to

fulfill the DOE Isotope Program’s

missions at a reduced cost to isotope

customers and the Nation’s taxpayers by

greater involvement of the private

sector. This notice is not intended to be

a solicitation for proposals. Instead, it is

an attempt to obtain information and to

identify interested private sector

participants in the possible privatization

of some or all DOE isotope activities.

Activities that fall under the scope of

this notice include, but are not limited

to, selling or leasing existing DOE

facilities for commercial use; sale of

existing isotope inventory; isotope

marketing, distribution, or technical

services; and other innovative

arrangements for private sector isotope

operations. Depending on the nature of

the responses and subsequent

determinations by DOE, a formal

solicitation for competitive proposals

may be published in the future, and

awards may be made based upon an

evaluation of proposals received

pursuant to the evaluation criteria as

stated in the solicitation.

II. Areas of DOE Interest

DOE is seeking to encourage

innovative Expressions of Interest for

privatization. Expressions of Interest

should be structured to address:

1. The development or deployment of

isotope production, distribution, and

services in terms of:

a. A significant decrease over the cost

of current methods through a substantial

reduction in the cost of manufacturing

by use of more efficient methods or

technology.

b. Feasibility of approach consistent

with proposed cost. The Expression of

Interest must demonstrate a

knowledgeable approach and an

appreciation of risks.

2. Probability of success: Clarity of

objectives and quality of approach. The

approach should be based on welldefined objectives, milestones, and

deliverables. The approach should

contain a reasonable and practical plan

for providing the maximum private

sector participation on a financial and

managerial basis and at the least cost to

the Government.

3. The appropriateness of the facilities

and techniques. The need for (and

availability of) facilities, equipment,

design and manufacturing tools;

technical, financial, and administrative

resources; and the protection of

intellectual property.

III. Expression of Interest Format

The length of the Expression of

Interest should not be more than 15

pages (double spaced) using a 12-point

type font. It is left to the responder to

determine how best to use the 15 pages,

however, it would facilitate review if

the Expression of Interest was divided

into the following sections:

Section 1—Summary

Section 2—Comments on privatization

of some or all DOE isotope activities

Section 3—Additional comments and

recommendations

Proprietary Information

If the Expression of Interest contains

information that is privileged or

confidential and that the respondent

does not want disclosed to the public or

used by the Government for any

purpose other than this notice, the

respondent should place the following

notice on the Expression of Interest.

Notice: The data contained in pages

llll of this Expression of Interest

has been submitted in confidence and

contains trade secrets or commercial or

financial information that is

confidential or privileged, and such data

should be used or disclosed only for

purposes of consideration of this