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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 July 

15, 2004 to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Sporting and Athletic Goods 

Manufacturing. In response, on July 30, 

2004, SBA published in the Federal 

Register a notice of intent to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Sporting and 

Athletic Goods Manufacturing. 

SBA explained in the notice that it 

was soliciting comments and sources of 

small business manufacturers of this 

class of products. In response to this 

notice, comments were received from 

interested parties. SBA has determined 

from these sources that there are no 

small business manufacturers of this 

class of products, and is therefore 

granting the waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Sporting and 

Athletic Goods Manufacturing, NAICS 

339920.

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

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Arthur Collins, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Government Contracting.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), 

as Amended: Notice Regarding the 

2003 and 2004 Annual Reviews

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

received petitions in September 2004 to 

review certain practices in certain 

beneficiary developing countries to 

determine whether such countries are in 

compliance with the ATPA eligibility 

criteria. This notice publishes a list of 

the September 2004 petitions that were 

filed in response to the announcement 

of the annual review. In addition, this 

notice specifies the status of those 

petitions filed in 2003 that have 

remained under review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bennett M. Harman, Deputy Assistant 

U.S. Trade Representative for Latin 

America, at (202) 395–9446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ATPA 

(19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), as renewed and 

amended by the Andean Trade 

Promotion and Drug Eradication Act of 

2002 (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–210), provides trade 

benefits for eligible Andean countries. 

Pursuant to section 3103(d) of the 

ATPDEA, USTR promulgated 

regulations (15 CFR part 2016) (68 FR 

43922) regarding the review of 

eligibility of countries for the benefits of 

the ATPA, as amended. 

In a Federal Register notice dated 

August 14, 2003, USTR initiated the 

2003 ATPA Annual Review and 

announced a deadline of September 15, 

2003, for the filing of petitions (68 FR 

48657). Several of these petitions 

requested the review of certain practices 

in certain beneficiary developing 

countries regarding compliance with the 

eligibility criteria set forth in sections 

203(c) and (d) and section 204(b)(6)(B) 

of the ATPA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

3203 (c) and (d); 19 U.S.C. 

3203(b)(6)(B)). 

In a Federal Register notice dated 

November 13, 2003, USTR published a 

list of the responsive petitions filed 

pursuant to the announcement of the 

annual review. The Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) has conducted a 

preliminary review of these petitions. 15 

CFR 2016.2(b) provides for 

announcement of the results of the 

preliminary review on or about 

December 1. 15 CFR 2016.2(b) also 

provides for modification of the 

schedule if specified by Federal 

Register notice. In a Federal Register

notice dated December 30, 2003, USTR 

modified the schedule for this review, 

specifying that the results would be 

announced on or about March 31, 2004. 

In a Federal Register notice dated April 

5, 2004, USTR modified the schedule 

for this review. In a Federal Register

notice dated July 21, 2004, USTR 

announced that the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee had determined that certain 

of the petitions do not require action 

and terminated their review. The TPSC 

also decided to modify the date of the 

announcement of the results of 

preliminary review for the remaining 

2003 petitions to coincide with the 2004 

review: Engelhard—Peru; Princeton 

Dover—Peru; LeTourneau—Peru; Duke 

Energy—Peru; AFL–CIO—Ecuador; 

Human Rights Watch—Ecuador; and 

US/LEAP—Ecuador. 

In a Federal Register notice dated 

August 17, 2004, USTR initiated the 

2004 ATPA Annual Review and 

announced a deadline of September 15, 

2004 for the filing of petitions (69 FR 

51138). Following is the list of 

responsive petitions that were filed for 

the 2004 review:

Ecuador—American Cast Iron Pipe 

Company 

Ecuador—Chevron Texaco 

Ecuador—Electrolux Home Products, 

Inc. 

Peru—Parsons Corporation

USTR also received updated 

information regarding certain matters 

under consideration from the 2003 

ATPA review:

Ecuador—Human Rights Watch 

Ecuador—U.S./Labor Education in the 

Americas Project 

Peru—LeTourneau of Peru

USTR will announce the results of the 

preliminary review of the 2004 petitions 

and the remaining 2003 petitions on or 

about December 1, 2004.

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Extension of Deadline for 

Submission of Petitions for the 2004 

Annual GSP Product and Country 

Eligibility Practices Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice extends the 

deadline for the submission of petitions