56204 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 185 / Monday, September 26, 2005 / Notices 

this notice is to solicit comments and 

potential source information from 

interested parties. 

DATES: Comments and sources must be 

submitted on or before October 7, 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 

required as a data entry field by the 

Federal Procurement Data System. 

The SBA is currently processing a 

request to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Household Refrigerator 

Equipment, North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) 423620. 

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: September 15, 2005. 

Karen C. Hontz, 

Associate Administrator for Government 

Contracting. 

[FR Doc. 05–19102 Filed 9–23–05; 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 Commercial 

Refrigerator Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is considering 

granting a waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Commercial 

Refrigerator 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 October 7, 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 

required as a data entry field by the 

Federal Procurement Data System. 

The SBA is currently processing a 

request to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Commercial Refrigerator 

Equipment, North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) 423740. 

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: September 15, 2005. 

Karen C. Hontz, 

Associate Administrator for Government 

Contracting. 

[FR Doc. 05–19103 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Modifications to the Disability 

Determination Procedures; Extension 

of Testing of Some Disability Redesign 

Features 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of the extension of tests 

involving modifications to the disability 

determination procedures. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing the 

extension of tests involving 

modifications to our disability 

determination procedures that we are 

conducting under the authority of 

current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906 

and 416.1406. These rules provide 

authority to test several modifications to 

the disability determination procedures 

that we normally follow in adjudicating 

claims for disability insurance benefits 

under title II of the Social Security Act 

(the Act) and for supplemental security 

income payments based on disability 

under title XVI of the Act. On July 27, 

2005, we published a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking that described an 

approach to improve the disability 

determination process. We have decided 

to extend the testing of two redesign 

features of the disability prototype for 

12 months to ensure a smooth transition 

while these changes to the disability 

determination process are being 

finalized and implemented. 

DATES: We are extending our selection 

of cases to be included in these tests 

from September 30, 2005 until no later 

than September 30, 2006. If we decide