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607 GRADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCKAGE-FREE LENTILS
Grades U.S. Nos.
Grading factors
1
Defective Lentils
Total 1 ....................................................................................................................................
Weevil-Damaged Lentils .......................................................................................................
Heat-Damaged Lentils ..........................................................................................................
Foreign Material
Total 2 ....................................................................................................................................
Stones ...................................................................................................................................
Skinned Lentils ............................................................................................................................
Wrinkled Lentils 3 .........................................................................................................................
Contrasting Lentils 4 .....................................................................................................................
Inconspicuous Admixture .............................................................................................................
Minimum Requirements for Color ................................................................................................
2
3
2.0
0.3
0.2
3.5
0.8
0.5
5.0
0.8
1.0
0.2
0.1
4.0
5.0
2.0
0.5
Good
0.5
0.2
7.0
10.0
4.0
0.8
Fair
0.5
0.2
10.0
>10.0
>4.0
1.0
Poor
U.S. Sample grade lentils:
(a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, or 3; or
(b) Contain more than 14.0 percent moisture, live weevils, or other live insects, metal fragments, broken glass, or a commercially objectionable
odor; or
(c) Are materially weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality.
1 Defective
lentils total is weevil-damaged, heat-damaged, damaged, and split lentils combined.
material total includes stones.
3 Lentils with more than 10.0 percent wrinkled lentils must grade no higher than U.S. No. 3.
4 Lentils with more than 4.0 percent contrasting lentils must grade no higher than U.S. No. 3.
2 Foreign
Establishment of Special Grade ‘‘Green
Lentils’’
The USPLTA Grades Committee
members recommended that GIPSA
establish a special grade, ‘‘green
lentils.’’ Lentil stakeholders concurred
on the need for a special grade to
distinguish a desirable aesthetic feature.
GIPSA and these stakeholders
collaborated to develop a visual
reference image that best reflects the
‘‘green lentils’’ condition. Stakeholder
endorsed the following definition:
Green lentils are clear seeded (nonmottled) and possess a natural,
uniformly green color.
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Proposed GIPSA Action
Based on input from stakeholder
organizations in the lentil industry that
concurred on the need for revisions to
the United States Standards for Lentils,
GIPSA proposes to revise the lentil
standards to (1) establish a new grade
determining factor, definition, factor
limits, and visual reference image for
‘‘wrinkled lentils,’’ and (2) establish a
special grade, definition, designation,
and visual reference image for ‘‘green
lentils.’’ Accordingly, GIPSA proposes
the following revisions:
Section 601, Definitions, would be
amended to include the definition of
‘‘Wrinkled lentils.’’
Section 607, Grades and grade
requirements for dockage-free lentils,
would be amended to include grade
limits for ‘‘Wrinkled lentils.’’
Section 609, Special grades and
requirements, would be amended to
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include the definition of ‘‘Green
lentils.’’
GIPSA will solicit comments for 30
days. All comments received within the
comment period will be made part of
the public record maintained by GIPSA,
will be available to the public for
review, and will be considered by
GIPSA before final action is taken on the
proposal.
The Pea and Lentil Handbook would
be revised to incorporate any revision to
the standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
United States Standards for Beans
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) is proposing a
revision to the United States Standards
for Beans to (1) establish a class and
grade requirement chart for
‘‘chickpeas,’’ also known as ‘‘garbanzo
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beans,’’ and (2) establish a new grade
determining factor, definition, factor
limits, and visual reference image for
‘‘contrasting chickpeas.’’ These
revisions are being proposed at the
request of the pea and lentil industry,
and are supported by the bean industry.
GIPSA believes that this proposed
revision of the United States Standards
for Beans would facilitate the marketing
of chickpeas and improve the
application of the standards.
DATES: GIPSA will consider comments
received by June 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: GIPSA invites all interested
parties submit comments on this Notice.
You may submit comments by any of
the following methods:
• Mail: M. Irene Omade, GIPSA,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Room 2530–S, Washington, DC
20250–3613.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: M. Irene
Omade, GIPSA, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room
2530–S, Washington, DC 20250–3613.
• Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments should
make reference to the date and page
number of this issue of the Federal
Register. All documents and comments
relating to this Notice are available for
public inspection in Room 2530–S, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3613 during
regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).
All comments received will be included
in the public docket without change,
including any personal information
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provided. Please call the GIPSA
Management and Budget Services
support staff (202) 720–8479 for an
appointment to view the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly A. Whalen at GIPSA, USDA,
10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas
City, MO 64153; Telephone: (816) 659–
8410; Fax: (816) 872–1258;
Beverly.A.Whalen@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946, as amended, (AMA), directs
and authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture ‘‘To develop and improve
standards of quality, condition,
quantity, grade, and packaging and
recommend and demonstrate such
standards in order to encourage
uniformity and consistency in
commercial practices.’’ GIPSA is
committed to carrying out this authority
in a manner that facilitates the
marketing of agricultural commodities.
Under the AMA, GIPSA establishes
standards for graded commodities
including rice, whole dry peas, split
peas, feed peas, lentils, and beans. The
AMA standards are voluntary and
widely used in private contracts,
government procurement, marketing
communication, and/or consumer
information. The standards serve as a
common trading language to define
commodity quality in the domestic and
global marketplace.
Background
GIPSA engages in regular outreach
with stakeholders to ensure commodity
standards maintain relevance with the
modern market. Chickpea industry
stakeholders include the USA Dry Pea
and Lentil Council (USADPLC), a
national organization of producers,
processors, and exporters of U.S. dry
peas, lentils, and chickpeas; the US Dry
Pea and Lentil Trade Association
(USPLTA), a national association
representing processors, traders, and
transporters in the pea, lentil and
chickpea industry; and the US Dry Bean
Council (USDBC), representing the U.S.
dry bean industry, including growers,
shippers, dealers, canners, state, and
regional trade associations.
The United States Standards for Beans
are found on GIPSA’s public Web site
at: https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/
standards/Bean-Standards.pdf.
USDPLC and USPLTA reviewed the
United States Standards for Beans,
which were last revised in 2008.
According to information received by
GIPSA from these stakeholders,
chickpea acreage has expanded in the
U.S. rapidly over the last several years
and is expected to increase in 2017.
Consequently, the stakeholders
communicated the need to establish
‘‘chickpeas’’ as a specific class in order
to better define them in the marketplace.
Currently, chickpeas are graded under
the Miscellaneous Bean standard. This
is confusing to the market because
GIPSA issues an ‘‘AMA Commodity
Inspection Certificate’’ providing the
commonly accepted commercial name,
‘‘chickpea’’ or ‘‘garbanzo’’ as the class
on the certificate grade line.
Specifically, these groups asked GIPSA
to (1) establish a class and grade
requirement chart for ‘‘chickpeas,’’ (2)
use the terms ‘‘chickpeas’’ and
‘‘garbanzo beans’’ interchangeably, and
(3) establish a new grade determining
factor, definition, factor limits, and
visual reference image for ‘‘contrasting
chickpeas.’’
GIPSA provides official inspection
procedures for beans in the Bean
Handbook, found on GIPSA’s public
Web site at: https://
www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/handbook/
BeanHB/BeanHandbook_2016-0223.pdf.
Establishment of Class ‘‘Chickpeas’’
The stakeholders jointly
recommended that GIPSA establish a
new class and grade requirement chart
for ‘‘chickpea,’’ and also recommended
a new grade determining factor,
definition, and factor limits for grades
No’s 1, 2, and 3 for ‘‘contrasting
chickpeas.’’ GIPSA and these
stakeholders collaborated to develop a
visual reference image that best reflects
the ‘‘contrasting chickpeas’’ condition.
The stakeholder endorsed the following
definition:
Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas
that differ substantially in shape or
color.
The table of grade and grade
requirements for Chickpeas (Garbanzo
Beans) would be:
135 GRADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS CHICKPEA
[Garbanzo Bean]
Percent maximum limits of—
Grade
Moisture 1
U.S. No. 1 ....................
U.S. No. 2 ....................
U.S. No. 3 ....................
Total defects
(total damaged, total foreign material,
contrasting
classes, &
Splits)
Total damaged
2.0
4.0
6.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
18.0
18.0
18.0
Foreign material
Total
(including
stones)
Contrasting
classes 2
Contrasting
chickpeas 3
Stones
0.5
1.0
1.5
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.5
1.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
5.0
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U.S. Substandard are beans that do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. No. 1 through U.S. No. 3 or U.S. Sample grade. Beans that
are not well screened must also be U.S. Substandard, except for beans that meet the requirements for U.S. Sample grade.
U.S. Sample grade are beans that are musty, sour, heating, materially weathered, or weevily; have any commercially objectionable odor that
contain insect webbing or filth, animal filth, any unknown foreign substance, broken glass, or metal fragments; or are otherwise of distinctly
low quality.
1 Beans
with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture.
with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans.
3 Beans with more than 5.0 percent contrasting chickpeas are graded mixed beans.
2 Beans
Proposed GIPSA Action
Based on input from stakeholder
organizations in the pea and bean
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industry who concurred on the need for
revisions to the United States Standards
for Beans, GIPSA proposes to revise the
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bean standards to (1) establish a class
and grade requirement chart for
chickpeas and (2) establish a new grade
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determining factor, definition, factor
limits, and visual reference image for
contrasting chickpeas.
Under Terms Defined:
Section 102, Classes, would be
amended to include Chickpeas
(Garbanzo Beans). A new Section 122,
Contrasting Chickpeas would be added.
Under Principles Governing
Application of the Standards:
Current Sections 122, 123, and 124
would be renumbered to 123, 124, and
125 with no change to the text.
Under Grades, Grade Requirements,
Grade Designations, Special Grades,
and Special Grade Requirements:
Current Sections 125, 126, 127, 128,
129, 130, 131, 132, and 133 would be
renumbered to 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
131, 132, 133, 134, with no change to
the text.
A new Section 135, Grade and grade
requirements for the class Chickpeas
(Garbanzo Beans) would be added.
Current Sections 134 and 135 would
be renumbered to 136 and 137,
respectively, with no change to the text.
GIPSA will solicit comments for 30
days. All comments received within the
comment period will be made part of
the public record maintained by GIPSA,
will be available to the public for
review, and will be considered by
GIPSA before a final action is taken on
this proposal.
The Bean Handbook would be revised
to incorporate any revision to the
standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
Contact Person for Further Information
June 8, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
EDT
U.S. Chemical Safety Board,
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 910,
Washington, DC 20006.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB) will convene
a public meeting on June 8, 2017,
starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT in Washington,
DC, at the CSB offices located at 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 910.
The Board will vote to change the status
of three recommendations that were
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The meeting is free and open to the
public. If you require a translator or
interpreter, please notify the individual
listed below as the ‘‘Contact Person for
Further Information,’’ at least three
business days prior to the meeting.
A conference call line will be
provided for those who cannot attend in
person. Please use the following dial-in
number to join the conference: (888)
862–6557 Confirmation Number
44851150#.
The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency charged with
investigating accidents and hazards that
result, or may result, in the catastrophic
release of extremely hazardous
substances. The agency’s Board
Members are appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. CSB
investigations look into all aspects of
chemical accidents and hazards,
including physical causes such as
equipment failure as well as
inadequacies in regulations, industry
standards, and safety management
systems.
The time provided for public
statements will depend upon the
number of people who wish to speak.
Speakers should assume that their
presentations will be limited to three
minutes or less, but commenters may
submit written statements for the
record.
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TIME AND DATE:
calendared for public consideration.
The recommendations are related to the
2012 Chevron Richmond Refinery
investigation (2012–03–I–CA–R28) and
the 2013 Williams Olefins investigation
(2013–03–I–LA–R1 and R3). The Board
will also provide an overview of its
participation in Safe and Sound Week.
An opportunity for public comment will
be provided.
Hillary Cohen, Communication
Manager, at public@csb.gov or (202)
446–8094. Further information about
this public meeting can be found on the
CSB Web site at: www.csb.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2017.
Kara A. Wenzel,
Acting General Counsel, Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board.
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Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: American Community Survey
Methods Panel Tests, 2017 Adaptive
Strategy Test.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0936.
Form Number(s): ACS–1, ACS CATI,
ACS CAPI, ACS Internet.
Type of Request: Non-substantive
Change Request.
Number of Respondents: 288,000.
Average Hours per Response: 40
minutes.
Burden Hours: No additional burden
hours are requested under this nonsubstantive change request.
Needs and Uses: The American
Community Survey (ACS) collects
detailed socioeconomic data from about
3.5 million households in the United
States and 36,000 in Puerto Rico each
year. The ACS also collects detailed
socioeconomic data from about 195,000
residents living in Group Quarter (GQ)
facilities. An ongoing data collection
effort with an annual sample of this
magnitude requires that the ACS
continue research, testing, and
evaluations aimed at reducing
respondent burden, improving data
quality, achieving survey cost
efficiencies, and improving ACS
questionnaire content and related data
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Panel is a research program that is
designed to address and respond to
issues and survey needs.
Residents of sampled housing units
are initially invited to self-respond to
the survey through a series of mailings.
Mail materials are sent to sampled
housing units using an internet push
strategy. This method encourages
households to respond via Internet in
the first two mailings and then provides
a paper questionnaire in the third (sent
about two weeks after the first mailing),
followed by additional reminders. The
internet was added as a mode of data
collection to the ACS in 2013. The
addition of this mode helped lower the
data collection costs for the ACS and
provided a convenient way for
respondents to complete the survey.
However, this frustrates some
respondents who do not have Internet
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
United States Standards for Beans
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing
a revision to the United States Standards for Beans to (1) establish a
class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpeas,'' also known as
``garbanzo beans,'' and (2) establish a new grade determining factor,
definition, factor limits, and visual reference image for ``contrasting
chickpeas.'' These revisions are being proposed at the request of the
pea and lentil industry, and are supported by the bean industry. GIPSA
believes that this proposed revision of the United States Standards for
Beans would facilitate the marketing of chickpeas and improve the
application of the standards.
DATES: GIPSA will consider comments received by June 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: GIPSA invites all interested parties submit comments on this
Notice. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Mail: M. Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 2530-S, Washington, DC 20250-3613.
Hand Delivery or Courier: M. Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-S, Washington, DC 20250-3613.
Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments should make reference to the date and
page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All documents and
comments relating to this Notice are available for public inspection in
Room 2530-S, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3613
during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). All comments received
will be included in the public docket without change, including any
personal information
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provided. Please call the GIPSA Management and Budget Services support
staff (202) 720-8479 for an appointment to view the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly A. Whalen at GIPSA, USDA,
10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153; Telephone: (816) 659-
8410; Fax: (816) 872-1258; Beverly.A.Whalen@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946, as amended, (AMA), directs and authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture ``To develop and improve standards of quality, condition,
quantity, grade, and packaging and recommend and demonstrate such
standards in order to encourage uniformity and consistency in
commercial practices.'' GIPSA is committed to carrying out this
authority in a manner that facilitates the marketing of agricultural
commodities.
Under the AMA, GIPSA establishes standards for graded commodities
including rice, whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, lentils, and
beans. The AMA standards are voluntary and widely used in private
contracts, government procurement, marketing communication, and/or
consumer information. The standards serve as a common trading language
to define commodity quality in the domestic and global marketplace.
Background
GIPSA engages in regular outreach with stakeholders to ensure
commodity standards maintain relevance with the modern market. Chickpea
industry stakeholders include the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council
(USADPLC), a national organization of producers, processors, and
exporters of U.S. dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas; the US Dry Pea and
Lentil Trade Association (USPLTA), a national association representing
processors, traders, and transporters in the pea, lentil and chickpea
industry; and the US Dry Bean Council (USDBC), representing the U.S.
dry bean industry, including growers, shippers, dealers, canners,
state, and regional trade associations.
The United States Standards for Beans are found on GIPSA's public
Web site at: https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/standards/Bean-Standards.pdf. USDPLC and USPLTA reviewed the United States Standards
for Beans, which were last revised in 2008. According to information
received by GIPSA from these stakeholders, chickpea acreage has
expanded in the U.S. rapidly over the last several years and is
expected to increase in 2017. Consequently, the stakeholders
communicated the need to establish ``chickpeas'' as a specific class in
order to better define them in the marketplace.
Currently, chickpeas are graded under the Miscellaneous Bean
standard. This is confusing to the market because GIPSA issues an ``AMA
Commodity Inspection Certificate'' providing the commonly accepted
commercial name, ``chickpea'' or ``garbanzo'' as the class on the
certificate grade line. Specifically, these groups asked GIPSA to (1)
establish a class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpeas,'' (2)
use the terms ``chickpeas'' and ``garbanzo beans'' interchangeably, and
(3) establish a new grade determining factor, definition, factor
limits, and visual reference image for ``contrasting chickpeas.''
GIPSA provides official inspection procedures for beans in the Bean
Handbook, found on GIPSA's public Web site at: https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/handbook/BeanHB/BeanHandbook_2016-02-23.pdf.
Establishment of Class ``Chickpeas''
The stakeholders jointly recommended that GIPSA establish a new
class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpea,'' and also
recommended a new grade determining factor, definition, and factor
limits for grades No's 1, 2, and 3 for ``contrasting chickpeas.'' GIPSA
and these stakeholders collaborated to develop a visual reference image
that best reflects the ``contrasting chickpeas'' condition. The
stakeholder endorsed the following definition:
Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas that differ substantially in
shape or color.
The table of grade and grade requirements for Chickpeas (Garbanzo
Beans) would be:
135 Grades and Grade Requirements for the Class Chickpea
[Garbanzo Bean]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Percent maximum limits of--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total defects Foreign material
(total --------------------------------
damaged, total
Grade foreign Contrasting Contrasting
Moisture \1\ material, Total damaged Total classes \2\ chickpeas \3\
contrasting (including Stones
classes, & stones)
Splits)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. No. 1.............................. 18.0 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.0
U.S. No. 2.............................. 18.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.0
U.S. No. 3.............................. 18.0 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.6 2.0 5.0
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U.S. Substandard are beans that do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. No. 1 through U.S. No. 3 or U.S. Sample grade. Beans that are not well
screened must also be U.S. Substandard, except for beans that meet the requirements for U.S. Sample grade.
U.S. Sample grade are beans that are musty, sour, heating, materially weathered, or weevily; have any commercially objectionable odor that contain
insect webbing or filth, animal filth, any unknown foreign substance, broken glass, or metal fragments; or are otherwise of distinctly low quality.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Beans with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture.
\2\ Beans with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans.
\3\ Beans with more than 5.0 percent contrasting chickpeas are graded mixed beans.
Proposed GIPSA Action
Based on input from stakeholder organizations in the pea and bean
industry who concurred on the need for revisions to the United States
Standards for Beans, GIPSA proposes to revise the bean standards to (1)
establish a class and grade requirement chart for chickpeas and (2)
establish a new grade
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determining factor, definition, factor limits, and visual reference
image for contrasting chickpeas.
Under Terms Defined:
Section 102, Classes, would be amended to include Chickpeas
(Garbanzo Beans). A new Section 122, Contrasting Chickpeas would be
added.
Under Principles Governing Application of the Standards:
Current Sections 122, 123, and 124 would be renumbered to 123, 124,
and 125 with no change to the text.
Under Grades, Grade Requirements, Grade Designations, Special
Grades, and Special Grade Requirements:
Current Sections 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, and 133
would be renumbered to 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134,
with no change to the text.
A new Section 135, Grade and grade requirements for the class
Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) would be added.
Current Sections 134 and 135 would be renumbered to 136 and 137,
respectively, with no change to the text.
GIPSA will solicit comments for 30 days. All comments received
within the comment period will be made part of the public record
maintained by GIPSA, will be available to the public for review, and
will be considered by GIPSA before a final action is taken on this
proposal.
The Bean Handbook would be revised to incorporate any revision to
the standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
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