[Federal Register: May 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 98)]
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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 commodities and a service 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: June 21, 1999.

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 commodities and service 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

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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 commodities and 
service to the Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities and service 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 and service 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 commodities and service have been proposed for 
addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies 
listed:

Commodities

Gloves, Patient Examining
6515-01-461-3208
6515-01-461-3209
6515-01-455-5293
6515-01-461-8271
6515-01-455-5281
6515-01-455-2778
6515-01-455-2782
6515-01-461-8414
6515-01-455-2578
6515-01-455-2768
6515-01-455-2759
6515-01-461-8507
NPA: Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Hood, Stockinette
8415-LL-S04-8922
NPA: Columbia Industries, Kennewick, Washington

Service

Janitorial/Custodial
Naval and Marine Corps Readiness Reserve Center
Providence, Rhode Island
NPA: Greater Providence Chapter, Rhode Island Association for Retarded 
Citizens, Inc., North Providence, Rhode Island

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 commodities 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:
Basin, Wash
6530-01-075-2723
6530-01-166-9035

Cleaning and Degreasing Compounds
6850-01-383-3038
6850-01-383-3042
6850-01-383-3045
6850-01-383-3046
6850-01-383-3047
6850-01-383-3052
6850-01-383-3053
6850-01-383-3054
6850-01-383-3056
6850-01-383-3058
6850-01-383-3059
6850-01-383-3060
6850-01-430-7134
6850-01-430-7135
6850-01-430-7137
6850-01-430-7138
6850-01-430-7139
6850-01-430-7140

Bedspread
7210-00-728-0175
7210-00-728-0187
Mark J. Benedict,
Operations Analyst.
[FR Doc. 99-12888 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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