[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60342-60343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25991]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Part 121
Small Business Size Standards; Arrangement of Transportation of
Freight and Cargo
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Final rule; clarification.
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SUMMARY: This document clarifies SBA's final rule revising the small
business size standard for Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Code 4731, Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo. On May
15, 2000, SBA established a new table of size standards based on the
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which replaces
the SIC code table on October 1, 2000. Because SBA issued the final
rule concerning SIC 4731 after adopting the new NAICS table of size
standards, this action updates the NAICS size standards table to
reflect the changes for the Freight Transportation Arrangement
industry. This action also inserts into the NAICS table a Subsector for
Mining Support Activities which was inadvertently excluded from the May
15, 2000 publication.
DATES: This rule is effective on October 1, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Heal, Office of Size Standards,
(202) 205-6618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Freight Transportation Arrangements
On August 9, 2000, SBA issued a final rule in the Federal Register,
(65 FR 48601) that revised the small business size standard for SIC
Code 4731, Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo. SBA
revised the standard from $18.5 million to $5.0 million in average
annual receipts effective September 8, 2000. However, SBA retained the
$18.5 million size standard for Non-Vessel Owning Common Carriers and
Household Goods Forwarders. SBA, in that same rule, also changed how it
calculates the average annuals receipts of freight forwarders and
custom brokers for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal
small business programs.
In that final rule, SBA referred to the effect that changing the
size standard for SIC 4731 would have on the NAICS codes. The
industries covered under SIC Code 4731 relate to industries covered
under NAICS Code 488510 (Freight Transportation Arrangement) and NAICS
Code 541614 (Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting
Services). SBA detailed the change at 65 FR 48603, ``Reclassification
of Activities Under the North American Industry Classification
System.'' The table below summarizes how SIC 4731 corresponds to the
NAICS.
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SIC 4731 NAICS description NAICS code Size standard
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Arrangement of Transportation of Freight Freight Arrangement 488510 $5.0 million*
and Cargo (Except Freight Rate Auditors Transportation. Except: Non-Vessel Owning
and (Tariff Consultants). Common Carriers and Household
Goods
Forwarders...................$
18.5 million
Freight Rate Auditors and Tariff Process, Physical 541614 $5.0 million
Consultants. Distribution, and
Logistics Consulting.
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*As measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received in trust for an unaffiliated third party.
Support Activities for Mining
When SBA published the NAICS table in the May 15, 2000, Federal
Register, Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining, was
inadvertently left out of the published table. SBA is now correcting
this oversight by adding the Subsector to the NAICS table.
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List of Subjects in 13 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and procedure, Government procurement,
Government property, Grant programs--business, Loan programs--business,
Report and record keeping requirement, Small business.
For reasons stated in the preamble, SBA is amending 13 CFR part 121
as follows:
PART 121--SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 121 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a), 634(b)(6), 637(a), 644(c), and
662(5); and Sec. 304, Pub. L. 103-403,108 Stat. 4175, 4188.
2. In Sec. 121.201, amend the table ``Small Business Size Standards
by NAICS Industry'' as follows:
a. Under the heading Sector 21--Mining, a new heading is added
reading ``Subsector 213--Support Activities for Mining'' below the
entry for 212399, All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and above the
entry for 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;
b. Under the heading Sectors 48-49--Transportation, Subsector 488--
Support Activities for Transportation, revise the entry for 488510.
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 121.201 What size standards has SBA identified by North American
Industry Classification System codes?
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Size Standard by NAICS Industry
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Size standards in
NAICS codes Description (N.E.C. = Not Elsewhere number of employees or
Classified) million of dollars
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Sector 21--Mining
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212399................................. All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining.......... .............500
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Subsector 213--Support Activities for Mining
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Sector 48-49--Transportation
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Subsector 488--Support Activities for Transportation
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488510................................. Freight Transportation Arrangement............ ....................\10
\ $5.0
EXCEPT............................. Non-Vessel Owning Common Carriers and ......................$
Household Goods Forwarders. 18.5
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c. Revise footnote 10 to read as follows:
Footnotes:
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10. NAICS codes 488510 (part), 531210, 541810, 561510 and
561920--As measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received
in trust for an unaffiliated third party, such as bookings or sales
subject to commissions. The commissions received are included as
revenue.
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Dated: October 3, 2000.
Gary Jackson,
Assistant Administrator for Size Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-25991 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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