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Vol. 73, No. 194 

Monday, October 6, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Eastern Washington Cascades 

Provincial Advisory Committee and the 

Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington 

Cascades Provincial Advisory 

Committee and the Yakima Provincial 

Advisory Committee will meet on 

Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the 

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest 

Headquarters office, 215 Melody Lane, 

Wenatchee, WA. This meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. 

During this meeting Provincial Advisory 

Committee members will share 

information on new developments 

relating to the Northwest Forest Plan, 

receive an update on the Access Travel 

Management Plan and the Recreation 

Facilities Analysis Master Plan, and 

offer input on the future role of the 

Provincial Advisory Committee. All 

Eastern Washington Cascades and 

Yakima Province Advisory Committee 

meetings are open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions regarding this meeting 

to Becki Heath, Designated Federal 

Official, USDA, Okanogan-Wenatchee 

National Forest, 215 Melody Lane, 

Wenatchee, Washington 98801, 509– 

664–9200. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Rebecca Lockett Heath, 

Designated Federal Official, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E8–23406 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

Notice of Proposed Small Business 

Set-Aside Program 

AGENCY: Architect of the Capitol. 

SUMMARY: The Architect of the Capitol 

invites comments on the proposed small 

business set-aside program for use with 

small purchases awarded by the 

Architect of the Capitol. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 5, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Russell (Procurement Division), 202– 

226–1407, e-mail: 

smallbusiness@aoc.gov. 

Authority: 2 U.S.C. 1821 and 41 U.S.C. 5, 

41 U.S.C. 6a-1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AOC 

is interested in adopting a small 

business set-aside program that includes 

many of the procedural principles 

contained inthe Small Business Act and 

as implemented in 13 CFR Part 121, 13 

CFR Part 124, 13 CFR Part 125, 13 CFR 

Part 126, and 13 CFR Part 134. This 

program is proposed for use in 

conjunction with the AOC’s existing 

procurement authority for small 

purchases. 

The AOC is not subject to the 

Administrative Procedure Act, however, 

the AOC Procurement Division seeks to 

solicit public comment on the new 

proposed program. 

The AOC’s threshold for small 

purchases is $100,000. The AOC is 

considering whether to limit each 

acquisition of supplies or services that 

has an anticipated dollar value greater 

than $5,000 but not exceeding $100,000 

to small business concerns. Purchases 

less than $100,000 is one of the 

exceptions to the AOC’s full and open 

competition requirement as noted under 

its procurement statute 41 U.S.C. 5 and 

as revised by 41 U.S.C. 6a–1 and 2 

U.S.C. 1821. The AOC’s policy for 

purchases of $5,000 and less is to treat 

them in the same manner as micropurchases in accordance with FAR Part 

13.2. We believe this contemplated 

policy to limit each acquisition of 

supplies or services that has an 

anticipated dollar value greater than 

$5,000 but not exceeding $100,000 to 

small business concerns is also 

consistent with the policies and 

procedures of FAR Part 13, and this 

policy may adopt or incorporate those 

FAR Part 13 policies and procedures as 

appropriate. We also will apply this 

policy only when there is reasonable 

expectation that offers will be received 

from a least two responsible small 

business concerns. 

Adoption of any existing procedure 

should not infer application of the 

Small Business Act, Administrative 

Procedure Act, nor any of its 

implementing regulations upon the 

AOC. The draft policies are available on 

http://www.aoc.gov/osdbu.cfm. 

Comments on the policies should be 

directed to Lisa Russell at facsimile 

202–225–3221 or e-mail 

smallbusiness@aoc.gov. 

Stephen T. Ayers, 

Acting Architect of the Capitol. 

[FR Doc. E8–23496 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1182–00–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for 

Public Comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the 

Economic Development Administration 

(EDA) has received petitions for 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

Trade Adjustment Assistance from the 

firms listed below. EDA has initiated 

separate investigations to determine 

whether increased imports into the 

United States of articles like or directly 

competitive with those produced by 

each firm contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 


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