49968 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 164 / Thursday, August 25, 2005 / Notices 

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 Commercial 

Cooking Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The U. S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is considering 

granting a waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Commercial 

Cooking Equipment. 

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, 

service disabled veteran-owned small 

businesses or SBA’s 8(a) Business 

Development Program. The purpose of 

this notice is to solicit comments and 

potential source information from 

interested parties.

DATES: Comments and sources must be 

submitted on or before September 9, 

2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edith Butler, Program Analyst, by 

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

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, service-disabled 

veteran-owned 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. 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 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 is currently processing a 

request to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Commercial Cooking 

Equipment, North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) 333319. 

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).

Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Dean Koppel, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and 

Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5174] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Assorted Egyptian Treasures for 

Public Exhibition’’

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice, correction.

SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005, notice was 

published on page 32392 of the Federal 

Register (volume 70, number 105) of 

determinations made by the Department 

of State pertaining to the exhibitions 

‘‘Mummy: the inside story’’ and 

‘‘Treasures of Ancient Art from the 

British Museum.’’ The referenced notice 

is corrected as to additional objects to be 

included in the the exhibition 

‘‘Mummy: the inside story.’’ Notice is 

hereby given of the following 

determinations: Pursuant to the 

authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the additional 

objects to be included in the exhibition 

‘‘Mummy: the inside story’’, imported 

from abroad for temporary exhibition 

within the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The additional objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the additional exhibit objects at the 

Houston Museum of Natural Science, 

Houston, TX, from on or about 

September 30, 2005, until on or about 

February 12, 2006 (with one object 

remaining for longer-term exhibit), at 

the Gulf Coast Exploreum, Mobile, AL, 

from on or about March 8, 2006, until 

on or about August 4, 2006, and at 

possible additional venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

Public Notice of these Determinations is 

ordered to be published in the Federal 

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Richard 

Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8058). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 

DC 20547–0001.

Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Travis Horel, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Department of State.

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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Requirements Submitted to OMB for 

Review

AGENCY: United States Trade and 

Development Agency.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: USTDA invites general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following proposed information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information