SBA issues proposed size standards for NAICS Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed to increase small business size standards for 22 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 48 49, Transportation and Warehousing. As part of its ongoing initiative to review all size standards, SBA has evaluated all industries in NAICS Sector 48 49 that have receipts based size standards to determine whether the size standards should be retained or revised. This rule is one of a series of proposed rules that will examine industries grouped by a NAICS Sector. SBA has issued a White Paper entitled "Size Standards Methodology" and published in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register a notice that "Size Standards Methodology" is available on its website at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The "Size Standards Methodology" White Paper explains how SBA establishes, reviews and modifies its receipts based and employee based small business size standards. In this proposed rule, SBA has applied its methodology that pertains to establishing, reviewing and modifying a receipts based size standard. We invite you to review the proposed rule and submit your comments. The proposed rule explains how to submit your comments to SBA. We recommend that you comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions there for submitting your comments. The deadline for submission of comments is July 12, 2011. You can read/download the proposed rule at www.regulations.gov (RIN-3245-AG08).