| Law Enforcement |
| If you have questions about Federal wildlife laws or need assistance
in complying with wildlife laws and regulations, visit the Office of Law
Enforcement website: http://www.le.fws.gov
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| Also Law Enforcement Regional Office Addresses
and Phone Numbers: http://www.le.fws.gov/le_chart.htm
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| Native Americans and Alaskan Natives |
| Customs Guide to Alaska Native Arts--laws
for artists and shopkeepers who want to develop sales to international
visitors: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/cbd/nag/nativearts.htm
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| FWS
Nonretaliation Policy
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| FWS has a strict nonretaliation policy for small businesses that comment on FWS activities. Under that policy, small businesses cannot be penalized in any way for sharing their views with FWS. To read our Nonretaliation Policy, go to: http://policy.fws.gov/do142.html |
If you think you have been
the victim of retaliation for stating your views on FWS enforcement activities
related to small businesses, please e-mail the FWS designated compliance
assistance employee, Susan Wilkinson, at: Susan_Wilkinson@fws.gov |
| How
do I know if I am classified as a small business or small entity?
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| Business Classification--- How is a small business defined? |
| The SBA has established
a size standard for most industries in the economy. To see the most common
size standards, go to: http://www.ccr.gov/sizestandard.cfm |
| See also the Guide to SBA's Definitions of Small Business: http://www.sba.gov/size/indexguide.html |
| To qualify as small business or a business concern eligible for assistance from SBA, see http://www.sba.gov/certifications |
| SBA Size standard FAQs: http://www.sba.gov/size/indexfaqs.html |
| The Small Business Administration (SBA) has established an SBA Ombudsman
and SBA Regional Fairness Boards. If you wish to comment directly to SBA
on the enforcement actions of a federal agency, call 1-888-734-3247 to
have a form sent to you or to speak to an attendant. Or download the form by going to http://sba.gov/ombudsman and clicking on "Report Unfair or Excessive Federal Regulatory Enforcement (Click here)." This takes you to a Federal Agency Appraisal Form that you can fill out and submit online. To go directly to this form: http://web.sba.gov/ombudsman/comments/docs/appraise.pdf See also Ombudsman FAQs: http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman/dsp_faq.html
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| The SBA established the SBA Ombudsman and SBA Regional Fairness Boards
under SBREFA, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., P.L. 104-121): http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/sbrefa.html |
| Links to laws and regulations affecting small businesses: http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/ |
| See also the SBA Small Business Size Regulations at 13 CFR 121: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfrhtml_00/Title_13/13cfr121_00.html |
| How is a small government entity defined? |
See the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 USC §601 et seq.): http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/public_laws/regulatory_flexibility_act/601.html or http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/601.html |
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