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Requirement form. This form is for SSS 

employees requesting a medical 

exception to the vaccine requirements. 

The current form is only valid for six 

months. In anticipation of future 

requests from its employees, the SSS is 

seeking an extension of this currently 

approved collection. 

Respondents: SSS employees and 

their personal medical providers. 

Frequency: Completion is a one-time 

occurrence. 

Burden: A burden of 30 minutes or 

less on the individual respondent. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the above identified form can be 

obtained upon written request to the 

Selective Service System, IT Directorate, 

1515 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, 

Virginia 22209–2425. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

extension of clearance without change 

of the form should be sent within 30 

days of the publication of this notice to 

the Selective Service System, Mr. Daniel 

Mira, Senior Agency Official for 

Privacy, 1515 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209–2425. A copy 

of the comments should be sent to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer, 

Selective Service System, Office of DC 

20503. 

Daniel Mira, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Senior 

Agency Official for Privacy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10349 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8015–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No.: SBA–2020–0048] 

Termination of Nonmanufacturer Rule 

Class Waiver 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Notification of termination of 

the class waiver to the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for radiology equipment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is terminating a 

class waiver of the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule (NMR) for irradiation apparatus 

manufacturing, computerized axial 

tomography (CT/CAT) scanners 

manufacturing; CT/CAT (computerized 

axial tomography) scanners 

manufacturing; fluoroscopes 

manufacturing; fluoroscopic X-ray 

apparatus and tubes manufacturing; 

generators, X-ray, manufacturing; 

irradiation equipment manufacturing; 

X-ray generators manufacturing; and Xray irradiation equipment 

manufacturing under manufacturing 

categorized under North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

code 334517 and Product Service Code 

(PSC) 6525. As the above-identified 

class waiver is terminated, small 

businesses will no longer be authorized 

to provide the product of any 

manufacturer regardless of size on the 

identified items, unless a Federal 

contracting officer obtains an individual 

waiver to the NMR. 

DATES: Termination of the class waiver 

is effective immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Hulme, Attorney Advisor, by 

telephone at 202–205–6347 or by email 

at Carol-Ann.Hulme@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

8(a)(17) and 46 of the Small Business 

Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17) and 657s, 

and SBA’s implementing regulations, 

found at 13 CFR 121.406(b), require that 

recipients of Federal supply contracts 

issued as a small business set-aside 

(except as stated below), servicedisabled veteran-owned small business 

set-aside or sole source contract, 

Historically Underutilized Business 

Zone set-aside or sole source contract, 

women-owned small business or 

economically disadvantaged womenowned small business set-aside or sole 

source contract, 8(a) set-aside or sole 

source contract, partial set-aside, or set 

aside of an order against a multiple 

award contract 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 (NMR). Note that 

the NMR does not apply to small 

business set-aside acquisitions with an 

estimated value between the micropurchase threshold and the simplified 

acquisition threshold but continues to 

apply to socioeconomic set-aside and 

sole source acquisitions over the micropurchase threshold. 

Sections 8(a)(17)(B)(iv)(II) and 

46(a)(4)(B) of the Act authorize SBA to 

waive the NMR for a ‘‘class of products’’ 

for which there are no small business 

manufacturers or processors available to 

participate in the Federal market. SBA 

identifies a ‘‘class of products’’ based on 

a combination of the six-digit NAICS 

code and a description of the class of 

products. As implemented in SBA’s 

regulations at 13 CFR 121.1202(c), 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 been awarded a 

contract to supply the class of products 

within the last 24 months. 

In accordance with the SBA’s 

regulations at 13 CFR 121.1204(a)(7), 

SBA will periodically review existing 

class waivers to the NMR to determine 

whether small business manufacturers 

or processors have become available to 

participate in the Federal market. Upon 

receipt of information that such a small 

business manufacturer or processor 

exists, SBA will announce its intent to 

terminate the NMR waiver for a class of 

products. 13 CFR 121.1204(a)(7)(ii). 

Unless public comment reveals no small 

business exists for the class of products 

in question, SBA will publish a Final 

Notice of Termination in the Federal 

Register. 

On October 31, 2007, SBA published 

in the Federal Register a notice of intent 

to waive the NMR for Irradiation 

Apparatus Manufacturing (X-Ray 

Equipment and Supplies) with NAICS 

code 334517 and PSC 6525. The 

comments submitted in response failed 

to establish the existence of a small 

business manufacturer of these 

products. As such, on December 26, 

2007, after the comment and notice 

period passed, SBA issued a class 

waiver for those products effective 

January 10, 2008. That notice can be 

found at 77 FR 73057. Effective January 

5, 2022, SBA ceased using PSCs to 

classify products covered by class 

waivers. 

On April 20, 2020, SBA received a 

request to terminate the previously 

issued waiver under NAICS code 

334517 for Irradiation Apparatus 

Manufacturing. The requester provided 

information that established the 

existence of a small business 

manufacturer of the identified products. 

On February 15, 2022, SBA published 

notice of its intent to terminate the class 

waiver with the public comment period 

closing on March 9, 2022. That notice 

can be found at 87 FR 8630. However, 

there were no comments submitted. 

Thus, SBA is terminating the class 

waiver for irradiation apparatus 

manufacturing, computerized axial 

tomography (CT/CAT) scanners 

manufacturing; CT/CAT (computerized 

axial tomography) scanners 

manufacturing; fluoroscopes 

manufacturing; fluoroscopic X-ray 

apparatus and tubes manufacturing; 

generators, X-ray, manufacturing; 

irradiation equipment manufacturing; 

X-ray generators manufacturing; and Xray irradiation equipment 

manufacturing under NAICS code 

334517. As the above-identified class 

waiver is terminated, small businesses 

will need to comply with the NMR 

where applicable, unless a Federal 

Contracting Officer obtains an 

individual waiver to the NMR. 


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More information on the NMR and 

class waivers can be found at https://

www.sba.gov/partners/contractingofficials/small-business-procurement/ 

nonmanufacturer-rule. 

Wallace D. Sermons II, 

Acting Director, Office of Government 

Contracting. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10329 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11726] 

Annual Determination and Certification 

of Shrimp-Harvesting Nations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of annual determination 

and certification. 

SUMMARY: On May 3rd, 2022, the 

Department of State determined and 

certified that wild-caught shrimp 

harvested in the following nations, 

particular fisheries of certain nations, 

and Hong Kong are eligible to enter the 

United States: Argentina, Australia 

(Northern Prawn Fishery, the 

Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, 

the Spencer Gulf, and the Torres Strait 

Prawn Fishery), the Bahamas, Belgium, 

Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa 

Rica, Denmark, the Dominican 

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, 

Fiji, France (French Guiana), Gabon, 

Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (giant 

red shrimp) Jamaica, Japan (shrimp 

baskets in Hokkaido), Republic of Korea 

(mosquito nets), Malaysia (Kelantan, 

Terengganu, Pahang, and Johor), 

Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, 

Panama, Peru, Russia, Spain 

(Mediterranean red shrimp), Sri Lanka, 

Suriname, Sweden, the United 

Kingdom, and Uruguay. For nations, 

economies, and fisheries not listed 

above, only shrimp harvested from 

aquaculture is eligible to enter the 

United States. All shrimp imports into 

the United States must be accompanied 

by the DS–2031 Shrimp Exporter’s/ 

Importer’s Declaration. 

DATES: This determination and 

certification notice is effective on May 

13, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Milton, Section 609 Program 

Manager, Office of Marine Conservation, 

Bureau of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 

Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20520–2758; telephone: 

(202) 647–3263; email: DS2031@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Sec. 609’’) 

prohibits imports of wild-caught shrimp 

or products from shrimp harvested with 

commercial fishing technology unless 

the President certifies to the Congress by 

May 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, 

that either: (1) The harvesting nation has 

adopted a regulatory program governing 

the incidental taking of relevant species 

of sea turtles in the course of 

commercial shrimp harvesting that is 

comparable to that of the United States 

and that the average rate of that 

incidental taking by the vessels of the 

harvesting nation is comparable to the 

average rate of incidental taking of sea 

turtles by United States vessels in the 

course of such harvesting; or (2) the 

particular fishing environment of the 

harvesting nation does not pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles in 

the course of shrimp harvesting. The 

President has delegated the authority to 

make this certification to the Secretary 

of State (‘‘Secretary’’) who further 

delegated the authority within the 

Department of State (‘‘Department’’). 

The Revised Guidelines for the 

Implementation of Sec. 609 were 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 8, 1999, at 64 FR 36946. 

On May 3rd, 2022, the Department 

certified the following nations pursuant 

to section 609(b)(2)(A) and (B) on the 

basis that they have adopted a 

regulatory program governing the 

incidental taking of relevant species of 

sea turtles in the course of commercial 

shrimp harvesting that is comparable to 

that of the United States and that the 

average rate of that incidental taking by 

the vessels of the harvesting nation is 

comparable to the average rate of 

incidental taking of such sea turtles by 

United States vessels in the course of 

such harvesting: Colombia, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 

Panama, and Suriname. The Department 

also certified pursuant to section 

609(b)(2)(C) several shrimp-harvesting 

nations and one economy as having 

fishing environments that do not pose a 

threat to sea turtles, including the 

following nations with shrimping 

grounds only in cold waters where the 

risk of taking sea turtles is negligible: 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 

Denmark, Estonia (effective for Estonia 

with Date of Export June 1st and after), 

Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the 

Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, 

Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, 

and Uruguay. Additionally, the 

Department certified pursuant to section 

609(b)(2)(C) that the following nations 

and Hong Kong only harvest shrimp 

using small boats with crews of less 

than five that use manual rather than 

mechanical means to retrieve nets or 

catch shrimp using other methods that 

do not pose a threat of incidental taking 

of sea turtles: The Bahamas, Belize, 

Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, 

Fiji, Jamaica, Oman, Peru, and Sri 

Lanka. 

The Department has certified the 

above listed nations and Hong Kong 

pursuant to Sec. 609, and shrimp and 

products from shrimp are eligible for 

importation into the United States 

utilizing the Shrimp Exporter’s/ 

Importer’s Declaration (‘‘DS–2031’’) Box 

7(B) provision for shrimp ‘‘harvested in 

the waters of a nation currently certified 

pursuant to Section 609 of P.L. 101– 

162.’’ 

Shrimp and products of shrimp 

harvested with turtle excluder devices 

(‘‘TEDs’’) in an uncertified nation may, 

under specific circumstances, be eligible 

for importation into the United States 

under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(2) 

provision for shrimp harvested by 

commercial shrimp trawl vessels using 

TEDs comparable in effectiveness to 

those required in the United States. Use 

of this provision requires that the 

Secretary or his or her delegate 

determine in advance that the 

government of the harvesting nation has 

put in place adequate procedures to 

monitor the use of TEDs in the specific 

fishery in question and to ensure the 

accurate completion of the DS–2031 

forms. At this time, the Department has 

determined that only shrimp and 

products from shrimp harvested in the 

Northern Prawn Fishery, the 

Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, 

and the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery in 

Australia, in the French Guiana 

domestic trawl fishery, and in the 

fisheries of Kelantan, Terengganu, 

Pahang, and Johor in Malaysia, are 

eligible for entry under this provision. A 

responsible government official of 

Australia, France, or Malaysia must sign 

in Block 8 of the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

In addition, shrimp and products of 

shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles 

may, under specific circumstances, be 

eligible for importation into the United 

States under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(4) 

provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested in a 

manner or under circumstances 

determined by the Department of State 

not to pose a threat of the incidental 


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