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The Federal Government has established a web site site,
REGULATIONS.GOV, where you can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government’s legal newspaper. As a member of the public, you can submit comments about these regulations, and have the Government take your views into account. The web site makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rulemaking - an essential part of the American democratic process. SBA Revises Size Standard for Heating Oil Dealers and Liquified Petroleum Gas Dealers
Final Rule
The Small Business Administration has revised the small business size standards for Heating Oil Dealers and Liquified Petroleum Gas Dealers. The final rule revises the standard for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 454311, Heating Oil Dealers, from $11.5 million in average annual receipts to 50 employees; and it revises the size standard for NAICS code 454312, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Bottled Gas) Dealers, from $6.5 million in average annual receipts to 50 employees. The revised size standards stabilize the definition of the size of a small business in these industries based on a review of the latest available data on industry characteristics and other relevant information.
The revised size standards are effective August 21, 2008.
You may read and/or download the final rule from http://www.regulations.gov or here. PDF
You may download and/or read the originally proposed rule. PDF SBA Further Increases Small Business Size Standards Due to Inflation
Final rule
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective on August 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Jordan, Office of Size Standards, (202) 205-6618 or sizestandards@sba.gov.
You may read and/or download the final rule published in the July 18, 2008 Federal Register. TXT PDF
You may read and/or download the interim final rule published in the December 5, 2005 Federal Register. TXT PDF Affiliation A Brief Overview of Some Basic Principles of Affiliation as set forth in SBA’s Regulations and the Office of Hearings and Appeals Rulings
SBA has prepared a brief discussion paper of affiliation for interested parties. The overview provides some guidance on how affilation affects a small business concern's eligibility for Federal government programs, such as SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The discussion also provides some examples.
The discussion is not nor is it meant to be inclusive of each and every situation that could arise where affiliation might arise between two or more entities or persons.
The reader should review SBA's Small Business Size Regulations as well as SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals decisions on affiliation.
Please see affiliation_discussion.pdf.
For further information about small busines size standards, please see SBA's Guide to Size Standards, Frequently Asked Questions and Glossary about Small Business Size Standards. The Guide explains in general terms many issues. You may also contact an SBA Size Specialist, listed at the end of the discussion. All Contractors with the Federal Government Must Use the E-Verify System to Verify Employment Eligibility of all Persons Hired During the Terms of their Contracts
Executive Order 12989, as amended by the Executive Order entitled "Amended Executive Order 12989, as Amended" of June 6, 2008, instructs Federal departments and agencies that enter into contracts to require, as a condition of each contract, that the contractor agree to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to verify the employment
This is effective immediately.
You may read a copy of this Executive Order in PDF format.
Public Meetings
SBA had previously published a notice of the upcoming meeting in the Federal Register. You may read the text of the notice in PDF or HTML format.
SBA is also providing the public with a copy of the presenter's comments (in PDF format) and the Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation from the meetings. For those without PowerPoint®, Microsoft® makes available a free download of the PowerPoint® viewer.
NAICS 2007
On August 29, 2007 the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has amended its Small Business Size Regulations by incorporating the Office of Management and Budget's 2007 modifications of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in its table of small business size standards. These modifications are few in number and result in revisions to size standards for three industries and four activities within other industries. SBA believes that this rule is routine and non-controversial, and the Agency anticipates no significant adverse comment. If SBA receives a significant adverse comment, it will withdraw the rule. SBA published concurrently in August 29, 2007 the Federal Register a proposed rule to achieve the same result, that is, to modify its Small Business Size Regulations as contemplated in this direct final rule.
The rule is effective October 1, 2007, without further action, unless SBA receives a significant adverse comment by September 28, 2007. If SBA receives any significant adverse comments, the Agency will publish a timely withdrawal of this rule in the Federal Register.
To submit comments, please go to regulations.gov and use “RIN 3245-AF66” (no quotes) as your search term to locate the proposed rule.
You may download and/or read the direct final rule. TXT PDF
Size for Purposes of Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts,
Final rule
The U.S. Small Business Administration has amended its regulations to address the time at which size is determined for the purposes of long-term Federal contracts including Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts, the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts and multi-agency contracts. SBA also amended its 8(a) Business Development regulations to address when a business concern may receive orders as an 8(a) program participant under GSA's MAS Program and other multiple award contracts. This final action is necessary to ensure that small business size status is accurately represented and reported over the life of these long-term Federal contracts.
This rule will take effect June 30, 2007, and will apply to solicitations and contracts issued after the effect date, as well as contracts and solicitations in existence at the time of the effective date.
Please read the final rule. TXT PDF
Also available are SBA's press release and questions and answers about this rule.
You may read and/or download the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on April 25, 2003. TXT PDF
Air Traffic Control, Other Airport Operations
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase the size standard for the Air Traffic Control (North American Classification Systems (NAICS) 488111), Other Airport Operations (NAICS 488119), and Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (NAICS 488190) industries. SBA has proposed increasing the size standards from $6.5 million in average annual receipts to $21 million in average annual receipts. SBA has proposed these revisions to define the size of a small business in these industries better, based on its review of the industries' characteristics.
DATES: Comments must be received by SBA on or before June 16, 2006.
Please see the Federal government's eRulemaking Portal: regulations.gov.
You may read and/or download the proposedl rule published in the May 17, 2006 Federal Register. TXT PDF |