61428 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2004 / Notices 

In addition, applications for economic 

injury loans from small businesses 

located in the following contiguous 

counties may be filed until the specified 

date at the above location: Abbeville, 

Aiken, Anderson, Berkeley, 

Georgetown, Greenwood, Laurens, 

Orangeburg, Saluda and Union in the 

State of South Carolina; Franklin, 

Habersham, Hart, Rabun, and Stephens 

Counties in the State of Georgia; Anson, 

Brunswick, Cleveland, Columbus, 

Gaston, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, 

Mecklenburg, Polk, Richmond, Robeson, 

Rutherford, Scotland, Transylvania, and 

Union Counties in the State of North 

Carolina. 

The interest rates are:

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with credit available elsewhere ...................... 6.375 

Homeowners without credit 

available elsewhere ............... 3.187 

Businesses with credit available 

elsewhere .............................. 5.800 

Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere ...................... 2.900 

Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit available elsewhere ...................... 4.875 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without 

credit available elsewhere ..... 2.900 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 363808. For 

economic injury the number is 9AE500 

for South Carolina; 9AE600 for Georgia; 

and 9AE700 for North Carolina.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Herbert L. Mitchell, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 04–23276 Filed 10–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Small Business Size Standards: 

Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Small Arms 

Ammunition Manufacturing. 

SUMMARY: The Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is considering 

granting a waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Small Arms 

Ammunition Manufacturing. The basis 

for waivers is that no small business 

manufacturers are supplying these 

classes of products to the Federal 

government. The effect of a waiver 

would be to allow otherwise qualified 

regular dealers to supply the products of 

any domestic manufacturer on a Federal 

contract set aside for small businesses or 

awarded through the SBA’s 8(a) 

Business Development Program.

DATES: Comments and sources must be 

submitted on or before November 5, 

2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATI0N 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 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 

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 121.1204, 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 six 

digit coding systems. The first coding 

system is the Office of Management and 

Budget North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). The 

second is the Product and Service Code 

established by the Federal Procurement 

Data System. 

The SBA received a request on 

September 7, 2004 to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Small Arms 

Ammunition Manufacturing. In 

response, SBA is currently processing a 

request to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Small Arms Ammunition 

Manufacturing, North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

332992. The public is invited to 

comment or provide source information 

to SBA on the proposed waiver of the 

nonmanufacturer rule for this NAICS 

code.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17).

Emily Murphy, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Government Contracting.

[FR Doc. 04–23270 Filed 10–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

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 General 

Aviation Turboprop Aircraft With Six 

Or More Passenger Seats. 

SUMMARY: The U. S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is considering 

granting a waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for General 

Aviation Turboprop Aircraft With Six 

Or More Passenger Seats. The basis for 

waivers is that no small business 

manufacturers are supplying these 

classes of products to the Federal 

government. The effect of a waiver 

would be to allow otherwise qualified 

regular dealers to supply the products of 

any domestic manufacturer on a Federal 

contract set aside for small businesses or 

awarded through the SBA’s 8(a) 

Business Development Program.

DATES: Comments and sources must be 

submitted on or before November 5, 

2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edith Butler, Program Analyst, by 

telephone at (202) 619–0422; by FAX at 

(202) 481–1788; or by email 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 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 

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.