[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28442-28443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13630]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to procurement list.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement 
List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: June 23, 1997.

ADDRESS: 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 commodity and 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 commodity and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on 
current contractors for the commodity and services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the

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commodity and services to the Government.
    4. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the commodity and 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 commodity and services have been proposed for 
addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies 
listed:

Commodity

Head Lantern, 6230-01-387-1399, NPA: The Greater Hartford Easter Seal 
Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Windsor, Connecticut

Services

Grounds Maintenance, Wheeler Army Airfield (improved grounds and 
landscaped areas), Oahu, Hawaii, NPA: Lanakila Rehabilitation Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii

Grounds Maintenance, Anthony F. Eafrati USARC, Weirton, West Virginia, 
NPA: Hancock County Sheltered Workshop Weirton, West Virginia

Library Services, Basewide, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, NPA: 
Oklahoma County Council for Mentally Retarded Citizens, Inc. Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-13630 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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