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U.S. Small Business Administration.
Extension of comment periods.
On August 20, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) published a notice of proposed rulemaking and a notice of availability of Revised Size Standards Methodology in the Federal Register to solicit public comments on the revised methodology and proposed Small Business Size Standards. Effective as of filing on September 21, 2026, SBA is extending the comment period for an additional 60 days until November 20, 2026.
The comment periods for the notice of proposed rulemaking published on August 20, 2026 (91 FR 53741) and the Revised Size Standards Methodology published on August 20, 2026 (91 FR 54096) are extended for an additional 60 days from September 21, ( printed page 60525) 2026. Comments must be received on or before November 20, 2026.
For the Small Business Size Standards notice of proposed rulemaking, you may submit comments identified by RIN 3245-AI67 or Docket No. SBA-2026-0199 by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments; or
(2) Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Ryan Lambert, Associate Administrator Office of Industrial Base Resilience & Contracting, 409 Third Street SW, Mail Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416.
SBA will post all comments on this proposed rule on www.regulations.gov. If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User Notice at www.regulations.gov, you must submit such information to GCBDregs@sba.gov with “RIN 3245-AI67” in the subject heading. Highlight the information that you consider to be CBI, and explain why you believe SBA should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review your information and determine whether it will make the information public. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may be found on www.regulations.gov.
For the Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology, you may submit comments identified by Docket No. SBA-2026-0265 by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments; or
(2) Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Ryan Lambert, Associate Administrator, Office of Industrial Base Resilience & Contracting, 409 Third Street SW, Mail Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416.
SBA will post all comments on this Revised Methodology on www.regulations.gov. If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User Notice at www.regulations.gov, you must submit such information to GCBDregs@sba.gov with “2026 Revised Methodology” in the subject heading. Highlight the information that you consider to be CBI, and explain why you believe SBA should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review your information and determine whether it will make the information public.
Ryan Lambert, Associate Administrator, Office of Industrial Base Resilience & Contracting, GCBDregs@sba.gov.
On August 20, 2026, SBA published a notice of availability of Revised Size Standards Methodology for comments at 91 FR 54096 and a notice of proposed rulemaking for Small Business Size Standards at 91 FR 53741. In the Revised Size Standards Methodology, SBA advised the public that it has revised its white paper explaining how it establishes, reviews, and modifies small business size standards. The revised white paper provided a detailed description of SBA's size standards methodology, including changes from SBA's 2024 Revised Size Standards Methodology. In the Small Business Size Standards notice of proposed rulemaking, SBA proposed new size standards for 338 industry groups and industries.
The Agency requested comments on its size standards notice of proposed rulemaking and methodology. Initially, SBA established a 30-day comment period for the proposed rulemaking and methodology, with closing dates of September 21, 2026. In response to requests for additional time to comment and following the SBA's clarification of the impacts of SBA's proposed changes, the Agency is extending the comment periods for an additional 60 days after September 21, 2026, the date the initial comment periods were scheduled to close. Comments must now be received on or before November 20, 2026.
Ryan Lambert,
Associate Administrator, Office of Industrial Base Resilience & Contracting.
[FR Doc. 2026-19546 Filed 9-21-26; 6:00 pm]
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