This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

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1The PRA also identified Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Medfly) as a pest that could be introduced into the 

United States, but Chile has recently been 

recognized as free of Medfly. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0024] 

RIN 0579–AD38 

Importation of Figs and Pomegranates 

From Chile Under a Systems Approach 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend 

the fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation into the 

continental United States of figs and 

pomegranates from Chile, subject to a 

systems approach. Under this systems 

approach, the fruit would have to be 

grown in a place of production that is 

registered with the Government of Chile 

and certified as having a low prevalence 

of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit 

would have to undergo pre-harvest 

sampling at the registered production 

site. Following post-harvest processing, 

the fruit would have to be inspected in 

Chile at an approved inspection site. 

Each consignment of fruit would have to 

be accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate with an additional 

declaration stating that the fruit had 

been found free of Brevipalpus chilensis 

based on field and packinghouse 

inspections. This proposed rule would 

allow for the safe importation of fresh 

figs and pomegranates from Chile using 

mitigation measures other than 

fumigation with methyl bromide. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 16, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0024 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2010–0024, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2010–0024. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 734–0754. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–50, referred to below as 

the regulations) prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. 

Currently, the importation into the 

United States of fresh figs (Ficus carica) 

from Chile is not allowed. Importation 

of pomegranates (Punica granatum) 

from Chile is allowed if the fruit is 

fumigated with methyl bromide. The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) also received a request 

from the national plant protection 

organization (NPPO) of Chile to allow 

fresh figs and pomegranates from Chile 

to be imported into the continental 

United States (the lower 48 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Alaska) 

without methyl bromide fumigation, but 

subject instead to a systems approach. 

As part of our evaluation of Chile’s 

request, we prepared a pest risk 

assessment (PRA) and a risk 

management document. Copies of the 

PRA and the risk management 

document may be obtained from the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

The PRA, titled ‘‘Pest Risk Assessment 

for Fresh Fruits of Pomegranate (Punica 

granatum) and Fig (Ficus carica) from 

Chile Imported into the Continental 

United States’’ (August 2009), evaluates 

the risks associated with the 

importation of figs and pomegranates 

into the continental United States from 

Chile. The risk management document 

lists the phytosanitary measures 

necessary to ensure the safe importation 

into the United States of figs and 

pomegranates from Chile. 

The PRA identifies one quarantine 

pest that could be introduced into the 

United States in consignments of fresh 

figs and pomegranates from Chile: 

Brevipalpus chilensis (false red mite).1

A quarantine pest is defined in 

§ 319.56–2 as ‘‘a pest of potential 

economic importance to the area 

endangered thereby and not yet present 

there, or present but not widely 

distributed and being officially 

controlled.’’ In the PRA, the likelihood 

and consequences of introducing this 

pest to the United States are considered, 

and B. chilensis is rated as having a high 

pest risk potential. Pests receiving a 

rating within the high range generally 

necessitate specific phytosanitary 

measures in addition to standard portof-entry inspection of the commodity 

being imported into the United States. 

Based on the findings of our PRA and 

risk management document, we are 

proposing to allow the importation of 

fresh figs and pomegranates from Chile 

into the continental United States, 

subject to a systems approach. Under a 

systems approach, a set of phytosanitary 

conditions, at least two of which have 

an independent effect in mitigating the 

pest risk associated with the movement 

of commodities, is specified, whereby 

fruits and vegetables may be imported 

into the United States from countries 


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that are not free of certain plant pests. 

The systems approach for fresh figs and 

pomegranates from Chile would require 

the fruit to be grown in a place of 

production that is registered with the 

NPPO of Chile and its identity 

maintained for traceback to the 

production site. The fruit would have to 

undergo pre-harvest sampling at the 

registered production site under the 

direction of the NPPO of Chile. The 

NPPO of Chile would present a list of 

production sites certified as having a 

low prevalence of B. chilensis to APHIS. 

Following post-harvest processing, the 

fruit would have to be inspected in 

Chile at an APHIS-approved inspection 

site under the direction of APHIS 

inspectors in coordination with the 

NPPO of Chile. Each consignment of the 

fruit would have to be accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate with an 

additional declaration stating that the 

fruit had been found free of B. chilensis 

based on field and packinghouse 

inspections. 

The mitigation measures in the 

proposed systems approach are 

discussed in greater detail below, as 

well as in the risk management 

document. 

Production Site Registration 

The production site where the fruit is 

grown would have to be registered with 

the NPPO of Chile. Harvested figs and 

pomegranates would have to be placed 

in field cartons or containers that are 

marked to show the official registration 

number of the production site. 

Registration would have to be renewed 

annually. 

Registration of production sites with 

the NPPO of Chile and marking of field 

cartons or containers with the 

registration numbers would allow 

traceback to the production site if pest 

problems were found on fruit shipped to 

the United States. Problem production 

sites could then be removed from the 

program until further mitigation 

measures were taken to reduce pest 

populations. 

Low-Prevalence Production Site 

Certification 

Between 1 and 30 days prior to 

harvest, random samples of fruit would 

have to be collected from each 

registered production site under the 

direction of the NPPO of Chile. These 

samples would have to undergo a pest 

detection and evaluation method as 

follows: The fruit would have to be 

washed using a flushing method, placed 

in a 20-mesh sieve on top of a 200-mesh 

sieve, sprinkled with a liquid soap and 

water solution, washed with water at 

high pressure, and washed with water at 

low pressure. The process would then 

be repeated. The contents of the 200- 

mesh sieve would then be placed on a 

petri dish and analyzed for the presence 

of live B. chilensis mites. If a single live 

B. chilensis mite were found, the 

production site would not qualify for 

certification as a low-prevalence 

production site. Each production site 

would have only one opportunity per 

season to qualify as a low-prevalence 

production site, and certification of low 

prevalence would be valid for one 

harvest season only. The NPPO of Chile 

would be required to present a list of 

certified production sites to APHIS. 

Production site low-prevalence 

certification would identify problem 

production sites and prevent the 

shipment of fruit with B. chilensis mites 

from such sites. This mite sampling 

method has been tested in Chile and 

found to be successful in identifying 

grape and citrus production areas with 

high and low populations of mites. 

Post-Harvest Processing 

After harvest, all damaged or diseased 

fruits would have to be culled at the 

packinghouse and the remaining fruit 

would have to be packed into new, 

clean boxes, crates, or other APHISapproved packing container. Each 

container in which the fruit is packed 

would have to have a label identifying 

the registered production site where the 

fruit originated and the packing shed 

where it was packed. 

Post-harvest processing procedures, 

such as culling damaged fruit and 

sampling for mites, would remove fruit 

that could contain pests from 

consignments being shipped to the 

United States. Culling is a standard 

procedure to produce quality fruit 

without pests. 

Phytosanitary Inspection 

The fruit would have to be inspected 

in Chile at an APHIS-approved 

inspection site under the direction of 

APHIS inspectors in coordination with 

the NPPO of Chile following any postharvest processing. A biometric sample 

would have to be drawn from each 

consignment. In order to be eligible for 

shipment to the continental United 

States, the fruit in the consignment 

would have to pass inspection by 

meeting the following requirements: 

• Fruit presented for inspection 

would have to be identified in the 

shipping documents accompanying 

each lot of fruit to specify the 

production site(s) where the fruit was 

produced and the packing shed(s) where 

the fruit was processed. This 

identification would have to be 

maintained until the fruit is released for 

entry into the United States. 

• The biometric sample, referred to 

above, of the boxes, crates, or other 

APHIS-approved packing containers 

from each consignment would be 

selected by the NPPO of Chile, and the 

fruit from these boxes, crates, or other 

APHIS-approved packing containers 

would be visually inspected for 

quarantine pests. A portion of the fruit 

would have to be washed with soapy 

water and the collected filtrate 

microscopically examined for B. 

chilensis. If a single live B. chilensis 

mite were found during the inspection 

process, the certified low-prevalence 

production site where the fruit was 

grown would lose its certification. 

The proposed requirements for the 

identification of the figs and 

pomegranates to their production sites 

and packing sheds would aid in 

traceback if pests were found. The 

proposed requirements for visual 

inspection and biometric sampling of 

the fruit would provide additional 

layers of protection against the 

possibility of figs and pomegranates 

infested with quarantine pests being 

shipped from Chile to the United States. 

These methods have proved effective 

when employed to inspect 

consignments of citrus from Chile. 

Phytosanitary Certificate 

Each consignment of fruit would have 

to be accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of Chile 

that contains an additional declaration 

stating that the fruit in the consignment 

was inspected and found free of B. 

chilensis based on field and 

packinghouse inspections. 

Requiring a phytosanitary certificate 

would ensure that the NPPO of Chile 

has inspected the fruit and certified that 

the fruit meets the conditions for export 

to the United States. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been 

determined to be not significant for the 

purposes of Executive Order 12866 and, 

therefore, has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

In accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, we have analyzed the 

potential economic effects of this action 

on small entities. The analysis is 

summarized below. Copies of the full 

analysis are available by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 


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This proposed rule would allow the 

importation of fresh fig and 

pomegranate fruit from Chile under a 

systems approach. Entities potentially 

affected by the proposed rule are fig and 

pomegranate fruit growers. They are 

classified within the industry, Other 

Non-citrus Fruit Farming, for which the 

Small Business Administration smallentity standard is annual sales of not 

more than $750,000. Annual receipts for 

this industry averaged about $112,000 

in 2007, well below the small-entity 

standard. 

While most U.S. fig and pomegranate 

operations are small, they are not 

expected to be significantly affected by 

the proposed rule. For both fruits, 

relatively small quantities are expected 

to be imported from Chile during the 

U.S. off-season: Less than 1 percent and 

less than 4 percent of U.S. consumption 

of figs and pomegranates in recent years, 

respectively. The counter-seasonality of 

the imports from Chile will preclude 

negative price impacts for U.S. 

producers and may help accelerate the 

general demand for these fruits as 

consumers further develop the taste for 

these fruits, thereby benefiting domestic 

producers also over time. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12988 

This proposed rule would allow fresh 

figs and pomegranates to be imported 

into the continental United States from 

Chile. If this proposed rule is adopted, 

State and local laws and regulations 

regarding fresh figs and pomegranates 

imported under this rule would be 

preempted while the fruit is in foreign 

commerce. Fresh figs and pomegranates 

are generally imported for immediate 

distribution and sale to the consuming 

public and would remain in foreign 

commerce until sold to the ultimate 

consumer. The question of when foreign 

commerce ceases in other cases must be 

addressed on a case-by-case basis. If this 

proposed rule is adopted, no retroactive 

effect will be given to this rule, and this 

rule will not require administrative 

proceedings before parties may file suit 

in court challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with section 3507(d) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information 

collection or recordkeeping 

requirements included in this proposed 

rule have been submitted for approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Please send written comments 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC 

20503. Please state that your comments 

refer to Docket No. APHIS–2010–0024. 

Please send a copy of your comments to: 

(1) Docket No. APHIS–2010–0024, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238, and (2) Clearance Officer, 

OCIO, USDA, room 404–W, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. A comment to 

OMB is best assured of having its full 

effect if OMB receives it within 30 days 

of publication of this proposed rule. 

Under the Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C.7701 et seq.) the Secretary of 

Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or 

restrict the importation, entry, or 

movement of plants and plant pests to 

prevent the introduction of plant pests 

into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United Sates. 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319–56.50, referred to below as 

the regulations) prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. 

APHIS is proposing to amend the 

fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation into the 

continental United Sates of figs and 

pomegranates from Chile, subject to a 

systems approach. Under this systems 

approach, the fruit would have to be 

grown in a place of production that is 

registered with the Government of Chile 

and certified as having a low prevalence 

of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit 

would have to undergo pre-harvest 

sampling sampling at the registered 

production site. Following the postharvest processing, the fruit would have 

to be inspected in Chile at an approved 

inspection site. Each consignment of 

fruit would have to be accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate with an 

additional declaration stating that the 

fruit had been found free of Brevipalpus 

chilensis based on field and 

packinghouse inspections. This 

proposed rule would allow for the safe 

importation of fresh figs and 

pomegranates from Chile using 

mitigation measures other than 

fumigation with methyl bromide. 

Implementation of this rule will 

require respondents to complete 

documents such as a phytosanitary 

certificate, marking of cartons, 

production site registration, and to 

provide a list of certified production 

sites. 

We are soliciting comments from the 

public (as well as affected agencies) 

concerning our proposed information 

collection and recordkeeping 

requirements. These comments will 

help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our agency s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond (such as through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.5468 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Importers of figs and 

pomegranates; NPPO of Chile. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 31. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 50.6774. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,571. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 859 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Mrs. Celeste 

Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the Internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this proposed rule, please contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 


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List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 

CFR part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

2. A new § 319.56–51 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 319.56–51 Fresh figs and pomegranates 

from Chile. 

Fresh figs (Ficus carica) and fresh 

pomegranates (Punica granatum) may 

be imported into the continental United 

States from Chile under the following 

conditions: 

(a) Production site registration. The 

production site where the fruit is grown 

must be registered with the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

Chile. Harvested figs and pomegranates 

must be placed in field cartons or 

containers that are marked to show the 

official registration number of the 

production site. Registration must be 

renewed annually. 

(b) Low-prevalence production site 

certification. The fruit must originate 

from a low-prevalence production site 

to be imported under the conditions in 

this section. Between 1 and 30 days 

prior to harvest, random samples of fruit 

must be collected from each registered 

production site under the direction of 

the NPPO of Chile. These samples must 

undergo a pest detection and evaluation 

method as follows: The fruit must be 

washed using a flushing method, placed 

in a 20-mesh sieve on top of a 200-mesh 

sieve, sprinkled with a liquid soap and 

water solution, washed with water at 

high pressure, and washed with water at 

low pressure. The process must then be 

repeated. The contents of the 200-mesh 

sieve must then be placed on a petri 

dish and analyzed for the presence of 

live Brevipalpus chilensis mites. If a 

single live B. chilensis mite is found, the 

production site will not qualify for 

certification as a low-prevalence 

production site. Each production site 

may have only one opportunity per 

season to qualify as a low-prevalence 

production site, and certification of low 

prevalence will be valid for one harvest 

season only. The NPPO of Chile will 

present a list of certified production 

sites to APHIS. 

(c) Post-harvest processing. After 

harvest, all damaged or diseased fruits 

must be culled at the packinghouse and 

must be packed into new, clean boxes, 

crates, or other APHIS-approved 

packing containers. Each container in 

which the fruit is packed must have a 

label identifying the registered 

production site where the fruit 

originated and the packing shed where 

it was packed. 

(d) Phytosanitary inspection. Fruit 

must be inspected in Chile at an APHISapproved inspection site under the 

direction of APHIS inspectors in 

coordination with the NPPO of Chile 

following any post-harvest processing. 

A biometric sample must be drawn and 

examined from each consignment. Figs 

and pomegranates in any consignment 

may be shipped to the continental 

United States under the conditions of 

this section only if the consignment 

passes inspection as follows: 

(1) Fruit presented for inspection 

must be identified in the shipping 

documents accompanying each lot of 

fruit to specify the production site or 

sites in which the fruit was produced 

and the packing shed or sheds in which 

the fruit was processed. This 

identification must be maintained until 

the fruit is released for entry into the 

United States. 

(2) A biometric sample of the boxes, 

crates, or other APHIS-approved 

packing containers from each 

consignment will be selected by the 

NPPO of Chile, and the fruit from these 

boxes, crates, or other APHIS-approved 

packing containers will be visually 

inspected for quarantine pests. A 

portion of the fruit must be washed with 

soapy water and the collected filtrate 

must be microscopically examined for 

B. chilensis. If a single live B. chilensis 

mite is found during the inspection 

process, the certified low-prevalence 

production site where the fruit was 

grown will lose its certification. 

(e) Phytosanitary certificate. Each 

consignment of fresh figs or 

pomegranates must be accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Chile that contains an 

additional declaration stating that the 

fruit in the consignment was inspected 

and found free of Brevipalpus chilensis 

based on field and packinghouse 

inspections. 

Done in Washington, DC this 9th day of 

March 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6040 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

13 CFR Part 121 

RIN 3245–AG07 

Small Business Size Standards: 

Professional, Scientific and Technical 

Services 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) proposes to 

increase small business size standards 

for 35 industries and one sub-industry 

in North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) Sector 

54, Professional, Scientific and 

Technical Services and one industry in 

NAICS Sector 81, Other Services. As 

part of its ongoing comprehensive 

review of all size standards, SBA has 

evaluated 45 industries and three subindustries in NAICS Sector 54 and one 

industry in NAICS Sector 81 to 

determine whether the existing size 

standards should be retained or revised. 

This proposed rule is one of a series of 

proposals that will examine size 

standards of industries grouped by an 

NAICS Sector. SBA has issued a White 

Paper entitled ‘‘Size Standards 

Methodology’’ and published in the 

October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal 

Register a notice that ‘‘Size Standards 

Methodology’’ is available on its Web 

site at http://www.sba.gov/size for 

public review and comments. The ‘‘Size 

Standards Methodology’’ White Paper 

explains how SBA establishes, reviews 

and modifies its receipts based and 

employee based small business size 

standards. In this proposed rule, SBA 

has applied its methodology that 

pertains to establishing, reviewing and 

modifying a receipts based size 

standard. 

DATES: SBA must receive comments to 

this proposed rule on or before May 16, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 3245–AG07 by one of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments; 

or 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Khem 

R. Sharma, PhD, Chief, Size Standards 

Division, 409 Third Street, SW., Mail 

Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416. 

SBA will post all comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. If you wish 

to submit confidential business 

information (CBI) as defined in the User 

Notice at http://www.regulations.gov, 


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