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6. For further information contact.

Devoanna R. Reels, General Services

Administration, Travel and

Transportation Management Policy

Division (MTT), Washington, DC 20405,

telephone 202–501–1538.

[FR Doc. 96–13902 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–24–M

Change in Solicitation Procedures

Under the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Title VII of the ‘‘Business

Opportunity Development Reform Act

of 1988’’ (Public Law 100–656)

established the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program and designated nine (9)

agencies, including GSA, to conduct the

program over a four (4) year period from

January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1992.

The Small Business Opportunity

Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law

102–366) extended the demonstration

program until September 1996 and

made certain changes in the procedures

for operation of the demonstration

program. The law designated four (4)

industry groups for testing whether the

competitive capabilities of the specified

industry groups will enable them to

successfully compete on an unrestricted

basis. The four (4) industry groups are:

construction (except dredging);

architectural and engineering (A&E)

services (including surveying and

mapping); refuse systems and related

services (limited to trash/garbage

collection); and non-nuclear ship repair.

Under the program, when a

participating agency misses its small

business participation goal, restricted

competition is reinstituted only for

those contracting activities that failed to

attain the goal. The small business goal

is 40 percent of the total contract dollars

awarded for construction, trash/garbage

collection services, and non-nuclear

ship repair and 35 percent of the total

contract dollars awarded for architectengineer services. This notice

announces modifications to GSA’s

solicitation practices under the

demonstration program based on a

review of the agency’s performance

during the period from April 1, 1995 to

March 31, 1996. Modifications to

solicitation practices are outlined in the

Supplementary Information section

below and apply to solicitations issued

on or after July 1, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Wisnowski, Office of GSA Acquisition

Policy, (202) 501–1224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Procurements of construction or trash/

garbage collection with an estimated

value of $25,000 or less will be reserved

for emerging small business concerns in

accordance with the procedures

outlined in the interim policy directive

issued by the Office of Federal

Procurement Policy (58 FR 13513,

March 11, 1993).

Procurement of construction or trash/

garbage collection with an estimated

value that exceeds $25,000 by GSA

contracting activities will be made in

accordance with the following

procedures;

Construction Services in Groups 15, 16,

and 17:

Procurement for all construction

services (except solicitations issued by

GSA contracting activities in Regions 1,

3, 5, 6, and 9 in SIC Group 15) shall be

conducted on an unrestricted basis.

Procurements for construction

services in SIC Group 15 issued by GSA

contracting activities in Regions 1, 3, 5,

6, and 9 shall be set aside for small

business when there is a reasonable

expectation of obtaining competition

from two or more small businesses. If no

expectation exists, the procurements

will be conducted on an unrestricted

basis.

Region 1 encompasses the states of

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island and

Vermont.

Region 3 encompasses the states of

Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,

Maryland (except Montgomery and

Prince Georges counties), and Virginia

(except the city of Alexandria and the

counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,

and Prince William).

Region 5 encompasses the states of

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,

Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Region 6 encompasses the states of

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

Region 9 encompasses the states of

Arizona, California, Hawaii, and

Nevada.

Trash/garbage collection services in PSC

S205:

Procurement for trash/garbage

collection services in PSC S205 will be

conducted on an unrestricted basis.

Architect-Engineer services (all PSC

codes under the Demonstration

Program):

Procurements for all architectengineer services (except procurements

issued by contracting activities in GSA

Regions 3, 4, 5, 9, and the National

Capital Region) shall be conducted on

an unrestricted basis.

Procurements for architect-engineer

services issued by contracting activities

in Regions 3, 4, 5, 9, and the National

Capital Region shall be set aside for

small business when there is a

reasonable expectation of obtaining

competition from two or more small

businesses. If no expectation exists, the

procurements may be conducted on an

unrestricted basis.

Region 3 encompasses the states of

Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,

Maryland (except Montgomery and

Prince Georges counties), and Virginia

(except the city of Alexandria and the

counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,

and Prince William).

Region 4 encompasses the states of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

North Carolina, South Carolina,

Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Region 5 encompasses the states of

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,

Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Region 9 encompasses the states of

Arizona, California, Hawaii, and

Nevada.

The National Capital Region

encompasses the District of Columbia,

Montgomery and Prince Georges

counties in Maryland, and the city of

Alexandria and the counties of

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince

William in Virginia.

Non-nuclear ship repair:

GSA does not procure non-nuclear

ship repairs.

Dated: May 24, 1996.

Ida M. Ustad,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Acquisition Policy.

[FR Doc. 96–13896 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–61–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: Job Opportunity Basic Skills

(JOBS) Participation Rate Quarterly

Report.

OMB No.: 0970–0112.

Description: Jobs participants data

collection form ACF–108. States are

required to report participants’

characteristics on a monthly basis. The

information received from this

collection will provide the data base to

analyze and evaluate the JOBS program

relevant to the degree in which States
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are assisting participants to achieve selfsufficiency and reduce welfare

dependency, and provide ACF with

sufficient information to adequately

respond to inquires from Congress and

other interested parties.

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal

governments.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

ACF–108 ........................................................................................................................... 54 21 2 1,296

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,296.

Additional Information: Copies of the

proposed collection may be obtained by

writing to The Administration for

Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade SW., Washington, D.C.

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to

make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms.

Wendy Taylor.

Dated: May 29, 1996.

Larry Guerrero,

Director, Office of Information Services.

[FR Doc. 96–13876 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 94C–0312]

ProMedica International; Withdrawal of

Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

withdrawal, without prejudice to future

filing, of a color additive petition (CAP

4C0244) proposing that the color

additive regulations be amended to

provide for the safe use of

[phthalocyaninato(2-)] copper as a color

additive in nonabsorbable

polyvinylidene fluoride sutures

intended for use in general and

ophthalmic surgery.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mitchell A. Cheeseman, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–

217), Food and Drug Administration,

200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204,

202–418–3083.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published in the Federal Register of

September 26, 1994 (59 FR 49074), FDA

announced that a color additive petition

(CAP 4C0244) had been filed by

ProMedica International, 620 Newport

Center Dr., suite 575, Newport Beach,

CA 92660. The petition proposed to

amend the color additive regulations in

§ 74.3045 [Phthalocyaninato (2-)] copper

(21 CFR 74.3045) to provide for the safe

use of [phthalocyaninato(-2)] copper as

a color additive in nonabsorbable

polyvinylidene fluoride sutures

intended for use in general and

opthalmic surgery. ProMedica

International has now withdrawn the

petition without prejudice to a future

filing (21 CFR 71.6(c)(2)).

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Alan M. Rulis,

Director, Office of Premarket Approval,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 96–13981 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources

and Services Administration (HRSA)

publishes abstracts of information

collection requests under review by the

Office of Management and Budget, in

compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of the

clearance requests submitted to OMB for

review, call the HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301)–443–1129.

The following request has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for review under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

Evaluation of the Effectiveness and

Impact of Community Health Centers—

New—A mail survey will be conducted

of fifty community health centers

(CHCs) to collect information on

characteristics of health centers (e.g.,

patients, services, staffing, financing

and participation in managed care)

during 1992. The survey is one

component of an evaluation of

community health centers that examines

utilization and expenditures among

Medicaid CHC users and non-users,

using a sample of 50 health centers in

10 states. The survey will collect data

that supplement information already

available from health center annual

reports, reviews and grant applications.

Together with the secondary data, the

survey results provide the basis for

characterizing attributes of the CHC

delivery system and examining whether

features of the CHC delivery model

assist in explaining observed

differentials in use and expenditures

among CHC users. The survey will be

mailed to CHC Executive Directors, who

are expected to delegate portions of the

questionnaire to staff for completion.

Burden estimates are as follows:

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Average

burden per

response

(hours)

Total burden hours

Community Health Centers .............................................................................................. 50 1 7 350