PROPOSED RULE TO CHANGE SIZE STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION (MAJOR GROUPS 15, 16 & 17), DREDGING & CLEANUP ACTIVITIES (PART OF SIC 1629), GARBAGE & REFUSE COLLECTION W/O DISPOSAL (PART OF SIC 4212), REFUSE SYSTEMS (SIC 4953) The Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed size standards of $25.0 million in average annual receipts for all industries in General Building Contractors (Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Major Group 15) and for all industries except Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities in Heavy Construction Other Than Building Construction (SIC Major Group 16); $20.0 million for Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities (part of SIC 1629, Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)); $10.5 million for all Special Trade Contractors industries (SIC Major Group 17); and $9.0 million for Garbage and Refuse Collection, Without Disposal (part of SIC 4212, Local Trucking Without Storage), and Refuse Systems (SIC 4953). The proposed revisions are being made to adjust these industries' size standards for the effects of inflation since the time they were established in the mid-1980s. The entire text of the Proposed Rule is in the Federal Register of July 26, 1999 (64 FR 40311). The Proposed Rule can also be found on SBA's web site at http://www.sba.gov/library/lawroom.html. Comments on the Proposed Rule are due to SBA by September 24, 1999. WEB: SBA's Online Library Reading Room, http://www.sba.gov/library/lawroom.html. E-MAIL: SBA's Office of Size Standards, sizestandards@sba.gov. Posted 07/30/99 (W-SN361147).

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