[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60342-60343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25991]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 121


Small Business Size Standards; Arrangement of Transportation of 
Freight and Cargo

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Final rule; clarification.

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SUMMARY: This document clarifies SBA's final rule revising the small 
business size standard for Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 
Code 4731, Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo. On May 
15, 2000, SBA established a new table of size standards based on the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which replaces 
the SIC code table on October 1, 2000. Because SBA issued the final 
rule concerning SIC 4731 after adopting the new NAICS table of size 
standards, this action updates the NAICS size standards table to 
reflect the changes for the Freight Transportation Arrangement 
industry. This action also inserts into the NAICS table a Subsector for 
Mining Support Activities which was inadvertently excluded from the May 
15, 2000 publication.

DATES: This rule is effective on October 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Heal, Office of Size Standards, 
(202) 205-6618.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Freight Transportation Arrangements

    On August 9, 2000, SBA issued a final rule in the Federal Register, 
(65 FR 48601) that revised the small business size standard for SIC 
Code 4731, Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo. SBA 
revised the standard from $18.5 million to $5.0 million in average 
annual receipts effective September 8, 2000. However, SBA retained the 
$18.5 million size standard for Non-Vessel Owning Common Carriers and 
Household Goods Forwarders. SBA, in that same rule, also changed how it 
calculates the average annuals receipts of freight forwarders and 
custom brokers for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal 
small business programs.
    In that final rule, SBA referred to the effect that changing the 
size standard for SIC 4731 would have on the NAICS codes. The 
industries covered under SIC Code 4731 relate to industries covered 
under NAICS Code 488510 (Freight Transportation Arrangement) and NAICS 
Code 541614 (Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting 
Services). SBA detailed the change at 65 FR 48603, ``Reclassification 
of Activities Under the North American Industry Classification 
System.'' The table below summarizes how SIC 4731 corresponds to the 
NAICS.

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                 SIC 4731                      NAICS description     NAICS code           Size standard
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Arrangement of Transportation of Freight    Freight Arrangement          488510  $5.0 million*
 and Cargo (Except Freight Rate Auditors     Transportation.                     Except: Non-Vessel Owning
 and (Tariff Consultants).                                                        Common Carriers and Household
                                                                                  Goods
                                                                                  Forwarders...................$
                                                                                  18.5 million
Freight Rate Auditors and Tariff            Process, Physical            541614  $5.0 million
 Consultants.                                Distribution, and
                                             Logistics Consulting.
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*As measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received in trust for an unaffiliated third party.

Support Activities for Mining

    When SBA published the NAICS table in the May 15, 2000, Federal 
Register, Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining, was 
inadvertently left out of the published table. SBA is now correcting 
this oversight by adding the Subsector to the NAICS table.

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List of Subjects in 13 CFR Part 121

    Administrative practice and procedure, Government procurement, 
Government property, Grant programs--business, Loan programs--business, 
Report and record keeping requirement, Small business.

    For reasons stated in the preamble, SBA is amending 13 CFR part 121 
as follows:

PART 121--SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 121 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a), 634(b)(6), 637(a), 644(c), and 
662(5); and Sec. 304, Pub. L. 103-403,108 Stat. 4175, 4188.

    2. In Sec. 121.201, amend the table ``Small Business Size Standards 
by NAICS Industry'' as follows:
    a. Under the heading Sector 21--Mining, a new heading is added 
reading ``Subsector 213--Support Activities for Mining'' below the 
entry for 212399, All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and above the 
entry for 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;
    b. Under the heading Sectors 48-49--Transportation, Subsector 488--
Support Activities for Transportation, revise the entry for 488510.
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec. 121.201  What size standards has SBA identified by North American 
Industry Classification System codes?

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                                         Size Standard by NAICS Industry
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                                                                                            Size standards in
              NAICS codes                     Description  (N.E.C. = Not Elsewhere        number of employees or
                                                           Classified)                      million of dollars
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                                                Sector 21--Mining
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212399.................................  All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining..........         .............500
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                                  Subsector 213--Support Activities for Mining
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                                          Sector 48-49--Transportation
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*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
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                              Subsector 488--Support Activities for Transportation
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*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
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488510.................................  Freight Transportation Arrangement............  ....................\10
                                                                                                          \ $5.0
    EXCEPT.............................  Non-Vessel Owning Common Carriers and           ......................$
                                          Household Goods Forwarders.                                       18.5
 
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    c. Revise footnote 10 to read as follows:

Footnotes:

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    10. NAICS codes 488510 (part), 531210, 541810, 561510 and 
561920--As measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received 
in trust for an unaffiliated third party, such as bookings or sales 
subject to commissions. The commissions received are included as 
revenue.
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    Dated: October 3, 2000.
Gary Jackson,
Assistant Administrator for Size Standards.
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