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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 159 / Friday, August 15, 2008 / Notices
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
05/01/2009.
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: M.
Mitravich, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Texas, dated
07/31/2008 is hereby amended to
establish the incident period for this
disaster as beginning 07/22/2008 and
continuing through 08/01/2008.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–18916 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration # 11288 and # 11289]
Wisconsin Disaster Number WI–00013
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 8.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Wisconsin
(FEMA–1768–DR), dated 06/14/2008.
Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes,
and Flooding.
Incident Period: 06/05/2008 through
07/25/2008.
Effective Date: 07/29/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 09/15/2008.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
03/13/2009.
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: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Wisconsin,
dated 06/14/2008 is hereby amended to
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extend the deadline for filing
applications for physical damages as a
result of this disaster to 09/15/2008.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–18797 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025–01–M
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
RIN 3245–AF61
Small Business Innovation Research
Program Policy Directive
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of proposed amendments
to Policy Directive.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) proposes to adjust
the Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) Program award threshold
amounts to offset the effect of inflation
that has occurred since the amounts
were last set in 1992. Current threshold
amounts were set by Congress in 1992
at $100,000 for Phase I awards and
$750,000 for Phase II awards. SBA is
authorized by statute to adjust the
award amounts once every 5 years to
reflect economic adjustments and
programmatic considerations. SBA
proposes to increase the award amounts
to $150,000 and $1,000,000,
respectively, to account for increases in
the costs of performing research and
development.
Comments must be received on
or before September 15, 2008. SBA
intends to make these comments
available to the public.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 3245–AF61 by any of
the following methods: (1) Federal
Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov, follow the
instructions for submitting comments;
(2) Mail: Office of Technology, 409
Third Street, SW., Washington, DC
20416; or (3) Hand Delivery/Courier:
Edsel Brown, Assistant Director, Office
of Technology, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edsel Brown, Assistant Director, Office
of Technology, at (202) 205–7343. You
may also e-mail questions to
technology@sba.gov.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Background
The statutory purpose of the SBIR
program is to stimulate innovation in
the economy through a stronger role for
innovative small business concerns in
Federally-funded research and research
and development (R/R&D). The SBIR
program is a competitive program
wherein agencies offer solicitations for
proposals and award-phased funding
agreements for R/R&D to meet stated
agency needs or missions. Phase I and
Phase II agreements are funded through
the portion of agency budgets reserved
by statute for the program. Phase III
funding comes from other Federal or
non-federal sources.
At the inception of the SBIR program
in 1982, award guideline, or threshold,
amounts were established at $50,000 for
Phase I and $500,000 for Phase II. SBA’s
first SBIR policy directive required
agencies to notify SBA within 30 days
after award of any funding agreement
exceeding these amounts, and to justify
the award. 48 FR 38794, 38802 (Aug. 26,
1983). In the program’s 1992
reauthorization legislation, Congress
established award thresholds of up to
$100,000 for Phase I and up to $750,000
for Phase II. SBA has statutory authority
to increase these award amounts to
adjust for inflation or other economic or
programmatic considerations once every
five years. 15 U.S.C. 638(j)(2)(D).
The regulatory guideline for the SBIR
award amounts can be found in § 7(h)(1)
of the SBIR Policy Directive. 67 FR
60072, 60088 (Sept. 24, 2002).
Participating agencies are to keep the
majority of their awards close to these
amounts; however, they may exceed
them occasionally, provided they
submit to SBA a written justification for
doing so. SBIR Policy Directive,
§ 7(h)(2), 67 FR 60088. In addition,
agencies have the flexibility to make
awards at levels below these amounts.
As the costs of conducting R&D have
increased over time, along with general
price level increases and increases in
wages and salaries, the real value of a
typical, guideline amount, SBIR award
has declined. Since 1992, the general
price level has increased by almost 39
percent. SBA has determined that to
restore the average economic value of
the SBIR awards, the award threshold
amounts should be increased at this
time. SBA’s analysis is explained in
further detail below.
B. Proposed Amendments
SBA proposes to amend Sections 7(h)
and 10(b) of the current SBIR Policy
Directive to raise SBIR Phase I award
threshold amounts from $100,000 to
$150,000, and Phase II award threshold
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration 11288 and 11289]
Wisconsin Disaster Number WI-00013
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 8.
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SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a
major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1768-DR), dated 06/14/
2008.
Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding.
Incident Period: 06/05/2008 through 07/25/2008.
Effective Date: 07/29/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/15/2008.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/13/2009.
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: The notice of the President's major disaster
declaration for the State of Wisconsin, dated 06/14/2008 is hereby
amended to extend the deadline for filing applications for physical
damages as a result of this disaster to 09/15/2008.
All other information in the original declaration remains
unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-18797 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025-01-M
