[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72311-72312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33490]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
PROCUREMENT LIST


Proposed Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and Deletions from Procurement List.

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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, and to delete 
commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: January 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4302.

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.

Additions

    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 will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the services to the Government.
    3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish

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the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'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:

Base Supply Center

Various locations throughout the Mississippi National Guard
NPA: Signature Works, Inc.; Hazlehurst, Mississippi

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Coast Guard
    Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, 
Building 278, San Francisco, California

NPA: Toolworks, Inc., San Francisco, California
U.S. Coast Guard
    Southwest Harbor Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine
NPA: DEH Operating Company, Bar Harbor, Maine

Telephone Switchboard Operations

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, 
Washington, DC
NPA: Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Washington, DC

Deletions

    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.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the services to the Government.
    3. 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 commodities proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Penetrating Fluid
    6850-00-985-7180
    6850-00-508-0076
Water-Displacing Compound
    6850-00-142-9389
    6850-00-142-9409
Cleaning Compound, Rug and Upholstery 7930-01-393-6760
Detergent, General Purpose
    7930-00-531-9715
    7930-00-531-9716
Dishwashing Compound, Hand
    7930-01-055-6136
Pad, Parachutists' Helmet
    8470-01-092-8494
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-33490 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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