Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 198 / Friday, October 10, 2008 / Notices 60393 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA– 

1791–DR), dated 09/13/2008. 

Incident: Hurricane Ike. 

Incident Period: 09/07/2008 and 

continuing through 10/02/2008. 

Effective Date: 10/03/2008. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/12/2008. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

06/15/2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of Texas, dated 

09/13/2008 is hereby amended to 

establish the incident period for this 

disaster as beginning 09/07/2008 and 

continuing through 10/02/2008. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–24106 Filed 10–9–08; 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 Control Cable 

and Conductors; Trailers and Heavy 

Duty Truck Tractors; and Line Hardware 

(Insulator Strings) Manufacturing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is considering 

granting a waiver of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Control Cable 

and Conductors, Trailers and Heavy 

Duty Truck Tractors, and Line Hardware 

(Insulator Strings) Manufacturing. 

According to a request, no small 

business manufacturers supply these 

classes of product to the Federal 

government. If granted, the waiver 

would allow otherwise qualified regular 

dealers to supply the products of any 

manufacturer on a Federal contract set 

aside for small businesses, servicedisabled veteran-owned small 

businesses, or participants in the SBA’s 

8(a) Business Development Program. 

DATES: Comments and source 

information must be submitted by 

October 27, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

and source information to Edith G. 

Butler, Program Analyst, Small Business 

Administration, Office of Government 

Contracting, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 

8800, Washington, DC 20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Edith G. Butler, by telephone at (202) 

619–0422; by FAX at (202) 481–1788; or 

by e-mail at edith.butler@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act (Act), 

and 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), require SBA’s 

implementing regulations that 

recipients of Federal contracts set aside 

for small businesses, service-disabled 

veteran-owned small businesses, or 

participants in the 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 of the 

product. This requirement is commonly 

referred to as the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule. The SBA’s regulations imposing 

this requirement are found at 13 CFR 

121.406(b), 125.15(c). 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 available to participate in the 

Federal market. 

As implemented in SBA’s regulations 

at 13 CFR 21.1202(c), 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 a 

six digit coding system. The coding 

system is the Office of Management and 

Budget North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). In 

addition, SBA uses product service 

codes to identify particular products 

within the NAICS code to which a 

waiver would apply. 

The SBA is currently processing a 

request to waive the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule for Control Cable and Conductors, 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) code 335931 product 

service code 6145; Trailers and Heavy 

Duty Truck Tractors, NAICS code 

333924 product service code 2330; and 

Line Hardware (Insulator Strings), 

NAICS code 335932 product service 

code 5975. 

The public is invited to comment or 

provide source information to SBA on 

the proposed waivers of the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for these classes 

of products codes within 15 days after 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

Karen C. Hontz, 

Director for Government Contracting. 

[FR Doc. E8–24103 Filed 10–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6391] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition; Determinations: ‘‘From 

Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A 

Century of Italian Drawings in the 

Prado’’ 

SUMMARY: 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 objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘From 

Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A 

Century of Italian Drawings in the 

Prado,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to a loan 

agreement with the foreign owner or 

custodian. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Frick Art and Historical 

Center, Pittsburgh, PA, from on or about 

October 25, 2008, until on or about 

January 4, 2009; Mary and Leigh Block 

Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, from on 

or about January 24, 2009, until on or 

about April 5, 2009; and Philbrook 

Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, from on or 

about April 25, 2009, until on or about 

July 5, 2009, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or 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 Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

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