[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31986]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from the procurement list.

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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 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 commodity 
previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: January 15, 2001.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 3, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis R. Bartalot (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 addition, 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 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:

Services

Janitorial/Custodial
Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois
NPA: Community Workshop & Training Center, Peoria, Illinois
Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
NPA: Via of the Lehigh Valley, Inc., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Mailroom Operation, McCoy Federal Building, Jackson, Mississippi
NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, Jackson, Mississippi
Uniform Rental Service, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, 
Maryland
NPA: Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia

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 commodity 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 commodity proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodity has been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Commodity

    Floorboard, Wood, 2510-01-067-2630.

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-31986 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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