10842 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2001 / Proposed Rules

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 aerospace ball

and roller bearings, consists of, but not

limited to, annular ball bearings, ball

bearings, cylindrical ball bearings,

linear ball bearings, linear roller

bearings, needle roller bearings races,

roller bearings, tapered roller bearings

and thrust roller bearings.

SUMMARY: The Small Business

Administration (SBA) is considering

granting a waiver of the

Nonmanufacturer Rule for aerospace

ball and roller bearings, consists of, but

not limited to, annular ball bearings,

ball bearings, cylindrical ball bearings,

linear ball bearings, linear roller

bearings, ball or roller bearing races,

roller bearings, tapered roller bearings

and thrust roller bearings. 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 March 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Edith Butler, Program

Analyst, U.S. Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20416, Tel: (202) 619–

0422.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edith Butler, Program Analyst, (202)

619–0422 FAX (202) 205–6845.

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 at 13 CFR 121.406(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 North

American Industry Classification

System (NAICS). The second is the

Product and Service Code (PSC)

established by the Federal Procurement

Data System.

The Small Business Administration is

currently processing a request for a

waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for

Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing

(SIC 3562, NAICS 332991), roller

bearings consists of, but not limited to,

annular ball bearings, ball bearings,

cylindrical ball bearings, linear ball

bearings, linear roller bearings, needle

roller bearings, ball or roller bearings

races, roller bearings, tapered roller

bearings and thrust roller bearings, and

invites the public to comment or

provide information on potential small

business manufacturers for these

products.

In an effort to identify potential small

business manufacturers, the SBA has

searched Procurement Marketing &

Access Network (PRO–Net) 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 these classes

of products.

Dated: January 26, 2001.

Luz A. Hopewell,

Associate Administrator for Government

Contracting.

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BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 2000–NM–193–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell

Douglas Model MD–11 Series

Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This document proposes the

supersedure of an existing airworthiness

directive (AD), applicable to certain

McDonnell Douglas Model MD–11

series airplanes, that currently requires

replacement of the air driven generator

(ADG) wire assembly with a new,

increased length wire assembly. This

action would require, among other

actions, replacement of the existing

ADG wire assembly in the right air

conditioning compartment with a

certain new wire assembly. This action

also would expand the applicability of

the existing AD to include additional

airplanes. This proposal is prompted by

an investigation that revealed the length

of the new wire assembly is too long

and causes the assembly to chafe against

the left emergency alternating current

bus of the ADG. The actions specified

by the proposed AD are intended to

prevent loss of the charging capability of

the airplane battery due to chafing. Loss

of the charging capability of the airplane

battery, coupled with a loss of all

normal electrical power, could prevent

continued safe flight and landing of the

airplane.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in

triplicate to the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, ANM–114,

Attention: Rules Docket No. 2000–NM–

193–AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

Comments may be inspected at this

location between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. Comments may be submitted

via fax to (425) 227–1232. Comments

may also be sent via the Internet using

the following address: 9-anmnprmcomment@faa.gov. Comments sent

via fax or the Internet must contain

‘‘Docket No. 2000–NM–193–AD’’ in the

subject line and need not be submitted

in triplicate. Comments sent via the

Internet as attached electronic files must

be formatted in Microsoft Word 97 for

Windows or ASCII text.

The service information referenced in

the proposed rule may be obtained from

Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group,

Long Beach Division, 3855 Lakewood

Boulevard, Long Beach, California

90846, Attention: Technical

Publications Business Administration,

Dept. C1–L51 (2–60). This information

may be examined at the FAA, Transport

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at

the the FAA, Los Angeles Aircraft