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facilities for horses imported into the

United States.

DATES: Consideration will be given only

to comments received on or before June

5, 1996. We will also consider

comments made at a public meeting to

be held in Riverdale, MD, on Friday,

May 17, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and

three copies of your comments to

Docket No. 95–084–1, Regulatory

Analysis and Development, PPD,

APHIS, Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.

Please state that your comments refer to

Docket 95–095–1. Comments received

may be inspected at USDA, room 1141,

South Building, 14th Street and

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

The public meeting will be held at the

USDA Center, 4700 River Road,

Riverdale, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Joyce Bowling, Staff Veterinarian,

National Center for Import and Export,

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, (301) 734–

6479; or e-mail:

Jbowling@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulations in 9 CFR part 92 (referred to

below as the regulations) govern the

importation into the United States of

specified animals and animal products

in order to prevent the introduction into

the United States of various

communicable diseases. The regulations

require that certain animals be

quarantined upon arrival in the United

States as a condition of importation.

There are two types of quarantine

facilities for animals being imported

into the United States: government

operated facilities and privately

operated facilities. The regulations

contain requirements for the approval of

temporary private quarantine facilities

for horses; however, the regulations do

not provide for the approval of

permanent private quarantine facilities

for horses.

In an advance notice of proposed

rulemaking published in the Federal

Register on February 26, 1996 (61 FR

7079, Docket No. 95–084–1), we

requested public comment on the need

for and appropriate standards for the

establishment of permanent private

quarantine facilities for horses imported

into the United States.

To provide additional opportunity for

public comment, we will hold a public

meeting on Friday, May 17, 1996. The

meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the offices of the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS), 4700 River Road, Riverdale,

MD. We are seeking recommendations

concerning the need for permanent,

private quarantine facilities, locations

where such additional facilities may be

needed, potential standards for building

the facilities, and regulatory oversight.

Copies of a risk assessment related to

the establishment of permanent, private

horse quarantine facilities will be

available at the meeting, or may be

obtained from Dr. Joyce Bowling (see

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

The meeting will be divided into

three sessions dealing with the

following issues:

1. Equine diseases of concern to the

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

2. Requirements for building USDA

owned and operated facilities and the

costs involved.

3. The risk assessment.

Each session will start with a short

presentation by an APHIS

representative. Afterward, members of

the public will be provided an

opportunity to ask questions and make

comments concerning that session. It is

anticipated that 90 minutes will be

alotted for each session.

A representative of APHIS will

preside at the public meeting. The

presiding officer may limit the time for

each presentation so that everyone is

accommodated and all interested

persons have an opportunity to

participate. Any written statements

submitted will be made part of the

record. A transcript will be made of the

public meeting and will be placed in the

rulemaking record and will be available

for public inspection.

Any persons wishing to make

presentations longer than 5 minutes, or

presentations that will require

audiovisual equipment, should contact

Dr. Bowling in advance of the meeting.

APHIS will consider the comments

and recommendations from the meeting

in making a decision about whether to

propose approval of permanent, private

horse quarantine facilities and, if so, the

standards to be proposed. Any such

proposal would be published in the

Federal Register for public comment.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306;

21 U.S.C. 102–105, 111, 114a, 134a, 134b,

134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31

U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, 371.2(d).

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of

May 1996.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11212 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

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9 CFR Parts 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, and 98

[Docket No. 94–106–2]

Importation of Animals and Animal

Products; Public Hearings

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service is hosting a public

hearing on the proposed rule on the

importation of animals and animal

products that was published in the

Federal Register on April 18, 1996. The

hearing will provide an additional

opportunity for the public to comment

on the proposal, which would establish

criteria for foreign ‘‘regions’’ based on

risk class levels. The criteria would be

used to establish importation

requirements for particular animals and

animal products from different regions

outside the United States.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

in Riverdale, MD, on May 22 and, if

there are more registered speakers than

can be heard in one day, on May 23,

1996. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m.

and is scheduled to end at 5 p.m each

day.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be

held at the USDA Center at Riverside,

Conference Center, 4700 River Road,

Riverdale, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Gary Colgrove, Chief Staff Veterinarian,

National Center for Import and Export,

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, (301) 734–

8590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

A public hearing will be held on the

notice of proposed rulemaking on the

importation of animals and animal

products, published by the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

in the Federal Register on April 18,

1996 (61 FR 16977–17105, Docket No.

94–106–1). The public hearing will be

held in Riverdale, MD, on May 22 and,

if there are more registered speakers

than can be heard in one day, on May

23, 1996.
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A representative of APHIS will

preside at the public hearing. Any

interested party may appear and be

heard in person, or through an attorney

or other representative. We are

interested in obtaining the views of the

public on all aspects of the proposed

rule.

Persons who wish to speak at the

hearing will be asked to provide their

names and affiliations. Parties wishing

to make oral presentations may register

in advance by either: (1) Calling the

Regulatory Analysis and Development

voice mail at (301) 734–4346 and

leaving a message stating their name,

telephone number, and organization,

and the approximate time necessary for

their presentation; or (2) providing the

above information by electronic mail to

dkaczmarski@aphis.usda.gov. Parties

responding by e-mail may wish to use

the electronic response registration form

available at the APHIS Regionalization

Proposal Web Page. A list of persons

registered to speak at the hearing will

also be posted to the Web page shortly

before the hearing. The Web page URL

is http://www.aphis.usda.gov/PPD/

region. Registration will also be held at

the hearing site on May 22, 1996,

between 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Speakers

will be scheduled in the order their

registration is received. Advance

registrations must be transmitted to

APHIS no later than 9 a.m., d.s.t., May

20, 1996.

The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. on

May 22, 1996. The hearing on the

second day, May 23, 1996, will be held

only if speakers who have registered for

the first day have not yet had a chance

to speak. The hearing is scheduled to

end at 5 p.m. each day that it is held,

but may conclude at any time if all

persons desiring to speak have been

heard. The hearing officer may limit the

time for each presentation so that all

interested persons have an opportunity

to participate. Attendees who wish to

speak but who did not register will be

provided time to speak only after all

registered speakers have been heard.

We ask that anyone who reads a

written statement provide two copies to

the presiding officer at the hearing. A

transcript will be made of the public

hearing and the transcript will be placed

in the rulemaking record and will be

available for public inspection.

The purpose of the public hearing is

to give all interested parties an

opportunity to present data, views, and

information to the Department

concerning this proposed rule.

Questions about the content of the

proposal may be part of a commenter’s

oral presentation. However, neither the

presiding officer nor any other

representative of the Department will

respond to the comments at the hearing,

except to clarify or explain the proposed

rule.

APHIS intends to schedule additional

hearings on the proposed rule at various

locations around the country over the

next several months. We will give notice

of these additional hearings in the

Federal Register.

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of

May 1996.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11238 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 121

Small Business Size Standards;

Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the

nonmanufacturer rule for purified

terephthalic acid ground (PTAG) and

un-ground (PTAU).

SUMMARY: The Small Business

Administration (SBA) is considering

granting a waiver of the

Nonmanufacturer Rule for PTAG and

PTAU. The basis for a waiver of the

Nonmanufacturer Rule for these

products is that there are no small

business manufacturers or processors

available to supply these products to the

Federal Government. The effect of a

waiver would be to allow an otherwise

qualified Nonmanufacturer to supply

other than the product of a domestic

small business manufacturer or

processor on a Federal contract set aside

for small businesses or awarded through

the SBA 8(a) 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 May 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: David Wm. Loines,

Procurement Analyst, U.S. Small

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street

SW., Washington, DC 20416, Tel:(202)

205–6475.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public law

100–656, enacted on November 15,

1988, incorporated into the Small

Business Act the previously existing

regulation that recipients of Federal

contracts set-aside for small businesses

or the SBA 8(a) Program procurement

must 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 a 13 CFR 121.906(b) and

121.1106(b). Section 303(h) of the law

provides for waiver of this requirement

by SBA for any ‘‘class of products’’ for

which there are no small business

manufacturers or processors in the

Federal market. To be considered

available to participate in the Federal

market on these classes 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 two coding systems.

The first is the Office of Management

and Budget Standard Industrial

Classification Manual. The second is the

Product and Service Code established

by the Federal Procurement Data

System.

The Small Business Administration is

currently processing a request for a

waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for

Purified Terephthalic Acid Ground

(PTAG) and Un-Ground (PTAU) (SIC

2869, PSC 6810) and invites the public

to comment or provide information on

potential small business manufacturers

for this product.

In an effort to identify potential small

business manufacturers, the SBA has

searched the Procurement Automated

Source System (PASS) and Thomas

Register, and the SBA will publish a

notice in the Commerce Business Daily.

The public is invited to comment or

provide source information to SBA on

the proposed waiver of the

Nonmanufacturer Rule for this class of

products.

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Judith A. Roussel,

Associate Administrator for Government

Contracting.

[FR Doc. 96–11240 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

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13 CFR Part 121

Small Business Size Standards;

Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to waive the

nonmanufacturer rule for tabulating

paper (computer forms, manifold or

continuous).

SUMMARY: The Small Business

Administration (SBA) is considering

granting a waiver of the

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Tabulating