Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule, 60220-60221 [E6-16845]

Download as PDF 60220 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 197 / Thursday, October 12, 2006 / Notices SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration # 10634] obligation with regard to proprietary trading.29 B. Accelerated Approval of the Pilot Proposal V. Conclusion It is therefor ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, that the proposed rule change (SR–NYSE–2006– 82) is hereby approved on an accelerated basis until October 31, 2006. For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, by delegated authority.31 Nancy M. Morris, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–16897 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 29 See also Hybrid Market Order for a discussion of the negative obligation, supra note 3. 30 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 31 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 16:21 Oct 11, 2006 Jkt 211001 (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59002). Disaster # ZZ-00002; The Entire United States and U.S. Territories The Commission finds good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,30 for approving the proposed rule change prior to the thirtieth day after the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register. The Pilot, which as discussed above is limited in scope and duration, will allow the NYSE to remain on schedule for compliance with Regulation NMS, comply with the NMS Linkage Plan and to conduct real-time system and user testing of certain features of the Hybrid Market. According to NYSE, such testing should be beneficial from both a technology and a training perspective. Although preliminary steps have been taken—in the form of NYSE-provided training for both Floor brokers and specialists, training by member organizations for their employees, and training by proprietary system vendors in the NYSE trading environment for their training sessions—the Pilot should give the Exchange the opportunity to identify and address any system problems with these particular rules under the Hybrid Market. Further, the Pilot should allow users to gain essential practical experience with the new systems and processes. Therefore, the Commission finds that immediate implementation of the Pilot, which is limited in both scope and duration, should permit NYSE to remain on schedule to meet the Regulation NMS compliance dates, comply with the NMS Linkage Plan and continue to implement its Hybrid Market changes in an orderly manner. VerDate Aug<31>2005 The number assigned for economic injury is 10634 0. U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Herbert L. Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–16869 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P This is a notice of the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (MREIDL), dated 10/1/2006. DATES: Effective Date: 10/1/2006. MREIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 90 days after the essential employee is discharged or released from active duty. ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that as a result of Public Law 106–50, the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999, this notice establishes the application filing period for the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. Effective 10/1/2006, small businesses employing military reservists may apply for economic injury disaster loans if those employees are called up to active duty during a period of military conflict existing on or after March 24, 1999 and those employees are essential to the success of the small business daily operations. The purpose of the Military Reservist economic injury disaster loan program (MREIDL) is to provide funds to eligible small businesses to meet its ordinary and necessary operating expenses that it could have met, but is unable to meet, because an essential employee was called-up to active duty in their role as a military reservist. These loans are intended only to provide the amount of working capital needed by a small business to pay its necessary obligations as they mature until operations return to normal after the essential employee is released from active duty. For information/applications contact 1– 800–659–2955 or visit https:// www.sba.gov. Applications for the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program may be filed at the above address. The Interest Rate for eligible small businesses is 4.000. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Personal Computers. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Personal Computers Manufacturing. According to the request, no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Federal government. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses; servicedisabled veteran-owned small business or SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program. DATES: Comments and source information must be submitted October 27, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and source information to Edith Butler, Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Government Contracting, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 8800, Washington, DC 20416. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith Butler, Program Analyst, by telephone at (202) 619–0422; by FAX at (202) 481–1788; or by e-mail at edith.butler@sba.gov. Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), requires that recipients of Federal contracts set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, or SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program provide the product of a small business manufacturer or processor, if the recipient is other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the product. This requirement is commonly referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing this requirement are found at 13 CFR 121.406(b). Section 8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 197 / Thursday, October 12, 2006 / Notices Act authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for any ‘‘class of products’’ for which there are no small business manufacturers or processors available to participate in the Federal market. As implemented in SBA’s regulations at 13 CFR 121.1202(c), in order to be considered available to participate in the Federal market for a class of products, a small business manufacturer must have submitted a proposal for a contract solicitation or received a contract from the Federal government within the last 24 months. The SBA defines ‘‘class of products’’ based on a six digit coding system. The coding system is the Office of Management and Budget North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The SBA is currently processing a request to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Personal Computers, Manufacturing, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 334111. The public is invited to comment or provide source information to SBA on the proposed waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this class of NAICS code within 15 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that an additional object to be included in the exhibition ‘‘Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World,’’ imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of cultural significance. The additional object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, from on or about November 2, 2006, until on or about January 21, 2007, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr Sulzynsky, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/453–8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 44, 301 4th Street, SW. Room 700, Washington, DC 20547–0001. Dated: October 3, 2006. Karen C. Hontz, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting. [FR Doc. E6–16845 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] Dated: October 4, 2006. C. Miller Crouch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. E6–16937 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P BILLING CODE 4710–05–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 5580] [Public Notice 5576] Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World’’ Meetings of the United States-Chile Environment Affairs Council and the United States-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES ACTION: Notice, correction. SUMMARY: On September 15, 2006, Notice was published on page 54548 of the Federal Register (volume 71, number 179) of the determinations made by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibit, ‘‘Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World.’’ The referenced notice is corrected as to an additional object to be included in the exhibition. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:21 Oct 11, 2006 Notice and request for comments. ACTION: Jkt 211001 SUMMARY: The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) are providing notice that, as set forth in Chapter 19 (Environment) of the United StatesChile Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the United States and Chile intend to hold the third meeting of the Environment Affairs Council (the ‘‘Council’’) and the second meeting of the United StatesChile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation (the ‘‘Commission’’) in Santiago, Chile on October 23–24, 2006. A public information session will be held for members of the public on October 23, at 3:30 p.m., in the Ministry of Foreign PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60221 Relations, Teatinos 180, Conference Room, 17th floor. The purpose of the Council and Commission meetings is detailed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The meeting agendas will include an evaluation of the eight cooperative projects outlined in the FTA’s Environment Chapter and the 2005– 2006 Work Program and a proposed 2007–2008 Work Program pursuant to the United States-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (‘‘the ECA’’). The Department of State and USTR invite interested agencies, organizations, and members of the public to submit written comments or suggestions regarding agenda items. In preparing comments, we encourage submitters to refer to: • The FTA’s Environment Chapter including Annex 19.3, and the Final Environment Review of the FTA, available at: https://www.ustr.gov/ Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Chile_FTA/ Section_Index.html. • The ECA, available at: https:// www.state.gov/g/oes/env/tr/. • Joint Declaration and Project Reports from the 2005 Council meeting at: https://www.state.gov/g/oes/env/tr/ 2005/index.htm. DATES: To be assured of timely consideration, comments are requested no later than October 20, 2006. ADDRESSES: Written comments or suggestions should be submitted to both: (1) Lawrence Sperling, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science, Office of Policy Coordination Initiatives by electronic mail at SperlingLI@state.gov with the subject line ‘‘US-Chile EAC and JCEC Meetings’’ or by fax to (202) 647–5947 or (202) 647–1052; and (2) Mara M. Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources, Office of the United States Trade Representative by electronic mail at mburr@ustr.eop.gov with the subject line ‘‘US-Chile EAC and JCEC Meetings’’ or by fax to or (202) 395–6865. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Sperling, Telephone (202) 647–2061 or Mara M. Burr, Telephone (202) 395–7320. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on January 4, 2004. Article 3 of Chapter 19 (Environment) of the FTA establishes an Environment Affairs Council (the ‘‘Council’’), which is required to meet at least once a year to discuss the implementation of, and progress under, Chapter 19. Chapter 19 requires that E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60220-60221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16845]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Personal 
Computers.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering 
granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for 
Personal Computers Manufacturing. According to the request, no small 
business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the 
Federal government. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise 
qualified regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic 
manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses; 
service-disabled veteran-owned small business or SBA's 8(a) Business 
Development Program.

DATES: Comments and source information must be submitted October 27, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and source information to Edith 
Butler, Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of 
Government Contracting, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 8800, Washington, DC 
20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith Butler, Program Analyst, by 
telephone at (202) 619-0422; by FAX at (202) 481-1788; or by e-mail at 
edith.butler@sba.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act 
(Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), requires that recipients of Federal 
contracts set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-
owned small businesses, or SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program 
provide the product of a small business manufacturer or processor, if 
the recipient is other than the actual manufacturer or processor of the 
product. This requirement is commonly referred to as the 
Nonmanufacturer Rule. The SBA regulations imposing this requirement are 
found at 13 CFR 121.406(b). Section 8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the

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Act authorizes SBA to waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for any ``class of 
products'' for which there are no small business manufacturers or 
processors available to participate in the Federal market.
    As implemented in SBA's regulations at 13 CFR 121.1202(c), in order 
to be considered available to participate in the Federal market for a 
class of products, a small business manufacturer must have submitted a 
proposal for a contract solicitation or received a contract from the 
Federal government within the last 24 months. The SBA defines ``class 
of products'' based on a six digit coding system.
    The coding system is the Office of Management and Budget North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
    The SBA is currently processing a request to waive the 
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Personal Computers, Manufacturing, North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 334111. The public is 
invited to comment or provide source information to SBA on the proposed 
waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this class of NAICS code within 
15 days after date of publication in the Federal Register.

    Dated: October 3, 2006.
Karen C. Hontz,
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. E6-16845 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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