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RIN: 3245-AG25

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Small Business Size Standards for Utilities
Abstract: SBA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 19, 2012 to revise small business size standards for nine industries in North American Industry Classification System Sector 22, Utilities. After evaluating comments the Agency received, SBA issued a final rule on December 23, 2013 effective January 22, 2014. The final rule modified 13 size standards in Sector 22 (the increased number being due to the restructuring of various industries in this sector by OMB). SBA increased receipts based size standards for three industries and changed the basis for measuring business size from megawatt hours to number of employees for the 10 electric power generation, transmission, and distribution industries. In addition, SBA removed Footnote 1 from SBA's Table of Size Standards that had applied to all NAICS codes that describe electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
Agency: Small Business Administration(SBA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 121
Legal Authority: 15 USC 632(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/19/2012	77 FR 42441
NPRM Comment Period End	09/17/2012
Final Rule	12/23/2013	78 FR 77343
Final Rule Effective	01/22/2014

Additional Information: Included in SBA's Retrospective Review under Executive Orders 13563 and 13610.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://www.sba.gov/content/what%E2%80%99s-new-with-size-standards	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov (period for comments is closed)
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Dr. Khem Raj Sharma Chief, Office of Size Standards Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW, Washington, DC 20416 Phone:202 205-7189 Fax:202 205-6390 Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov