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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’’
and Grade Requirements
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.
Additionally, the stakeholders endorsed
the following definition: Contrasting
chickpeas are chickpeas that differ
substantially in shape or color.
Comment Review
GIPSA published a Notice in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2017 (82
FR 22306), inviting interested parties to
comment on the proposed revisions to
the U.S. Standards for Beans. One
comment was received, which was
supportive of proposed revisions.
GIPSA did not receive adverse
comments. Accordingly, the bean
standards are revised as published in
this final notice, with a technical
correction in the table in new Section
135.
Section 135 is corrected to remove
footnote 3 that appeared in the May 15,
2017, Notice for Comment inviting
public comment. The footnote stated
‘‘3 Beans with more than 5.0 percent
contrasting chickpeas are graded mixed
beans.’’ The footnote was errantly
included in the table. Contrasting
chickpeas are not counted toward mixed
beans, thus the footnote should not have
appeared in the table.
GIPSA believes these revisions will
facilitate the use of the standards and
better reflect current marketing
practices. The revisions to the standards
are effective August 1, 2017. The Bean
Handbook will be revised to incorporate
the revisions to the standards.
Final Action
GIPSA is revising the bean standards
to (1) establish a class and grade
requirement chart for chickpeas, and (2)
establish a new grade determining
factor, definition, factor limits, and
visual reference image for contrasting
chickpeas.
Under Terms Defined:
Section 102, Classes, is amended to
include Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans).
A new Section 122 is added.
Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas
that differ substantially in shape or
color.
Under Principles Governing
Application of the Standards:
Current Sections 122, 123, and 124
are 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, 133 are 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) is added.
Current Sections 134 and 135 are
renumbered to 136 and 137,
respectively, with no change to the text.
135 GRADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS CHICKPEA
[Garbanzo bean]
Percent maximum limits of—
Total defects
(total damaged,
total foreign
material, contrasting classes, & splits)
Grade
Moisture 1
U.S. No. 1 ....................
U.S. No. 2 ....................
U.S. No. 3 ....................
18.0
18.0
18.0
Foreign material
Total
damaged
2.0
4.0
6.0
Total
(including
stones)
2.0
4.0
6.0
Contrasting
classes 2
Contrasting
chickpeas
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
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; 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
2 Beans
with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture.
with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
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This
business meeting is open to the public.
There will also be a call-in line for
individuals who desire to listen to the
presentations: (888) 504–7958;
Conference ID 790–7062. Hearingimpaired persons who will attend the
briefing and require the services of a
sign language interpreter should contact
Pamela Dunston at (202) 376–8105 or at
signlanguage@usccr.gov at least three
business days before the scheduled date
of the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Business Meeting
A. Discussion and Vote on 2018
Business Meeting Dates
B. State Advisory Committees
• Presentation by Ms. Diane Citrino,
Chair of the Ohio Advisory
Committee, on its report on Human
Trafficking in Ohio
• Presentation by Mr. Wendell
Blaylock, Chair of the Nevada
Advisory Committee, on its
Advisory Memorandum on
Municipal Fines and Fees in
Nevada
C. Management and Operations
• Staff Director’s Report
D. Presentation on the Americans
with Disabilities Act by Rebecca
Cokley, Executive Director, the
National Council on Disability
III. Adjourn Meeting
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Brian Walch,
Director, Communications and Public
Engagement.
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Comment Request; Correction
This is a correction to FR 2017–13778,
which should have listed Census as the
submitting agency instead of the
Department of Commerce. The
remainder of the document as published
on June 30, 2017 (82 FR 29843) is
republished in its entirety below.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C.
Section 9, the U.S. Census Bureau is
seeking comments on revisions to the
confidentiality pledge it provides to its
respondents under Title 13, United
States Code, Section 9. These revisions
are required by the passage and
implementation of provisions of the
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501 note), which
require the Secretary of Homeland
Security to provide Federal civilian
agencies’ information technology
systems with cybersecurity protection
for their Internet traffic. More details on
this announcement are presented in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. The previous notice for public
comment, titled ‘‘Agency Information
Collection Activities; Request for
Comments; Revision of the
Confidentiality Pledge under Title 13
United States Code, Section 9’’ was
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published in the Federal Register on
December 23, 2016 (Vol. 81, No. 247,
pp. 94321–94324), allowing for a 60 day
comment period. The Census Bureau
received two comments, which are
addressed within this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On December 18, 2015, Congress
passed the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015 (the Act) (6
U.S.C. 1501 note). The Act requires the
Department of Homeland Security to
deploy for use by other agencies a
program with the ‘‘capability to detect
cybersecurity risks in network traffic
transiting or traveling to or from an
agency information system.’’ 1 The Act
requires each agency to ‘‘apply and
continue to utilize the capabilities to all
information traveling between an
agency information system and any
information system other than an
agency information system.’’ 2 The DHS
program is known as EINSTEIN, and
DHS currently operates version 3A
(E3A).
Importantly, the Act provides that
DHS may use the information collected
through EINSTEIN ‘‘only to protect
information and information systems
from cybersecurity risks.’’ 3 The Act
does not authorize DHS to use
information collected through
EINSTEIN for any other purposes,
including law enforcement purposes.
In response to the passage of the Act,
the Census Bureau considered whether
it should revise its confidentially
pledge. The Census Bureau’s Center for
Survey Measurement (CSM) joined the
interagency Statistical Community of
Practice and Engagement (SCOPE)
Confidentiality Pledge Revision
Subcommittee, which developed and
evaluated the revision to the
confidentiality pledge language. SCOPE
and CSM conducted remote and inperson cognitive testing of the potential
revised confidentiality pledge. The
Census Bureau based its revised
confidentiality pledge on the results of
these tests. The revised confidentiality
pledge utilizes the language the Census
Bureau determined would best
communicate the essential information
to respondents while not negatively
affecting response rates. The following
1 Sec. 230(b)(1)(A) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 151(b)(1)(A)), as added by section
223((a)(6) of the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015.
2 Section 223(b)(1)(A) (6 U.S.C. 151 note) of the
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
3 Section 230(c)(3) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 151(c)(3)), as added by section
223(a)(6) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement
Act of 2015.
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is the revised statistical confidentiality
pledge for the Census Bureau’s data
collections:
The U.S. Census Bureau is required by
law to protect your information. The
Census Bureau is not permitted to
publicly release your responses in a way
that could identify you. Per the Federal
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015,
your data are protected from
cybersecurity risks through screening of
the systems that transmit your data.
On December 23, 2016, the Census
Bureau requested comments on the
revised confidentiality pledge. During
the public comment period, the Census
Bureau received two comments from the
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
(AAJC) and American-Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee (ADC).
II. Comments and Responses
In response to the Census Bureau’s
revised confidentiality pledge, AAJC
and the ADC provided comments and
suggestions to the Census Bureau. These
comments and suggestions, along with
the Census Bureau’s responses are
below.
1. The AAJC and the ADC both
expressed concerns about the effect of
the revised confidentiality pledge on the
accuracy of the results of the Census
Bureau’s survey.
Response: The Census Bureau is
committed to collecting the most
complete and accurate data. The Census
Bureau takes the collection and
protection of respondent information
very seriously and has since the first
Decennial Census in 1790. As a
statistical agency committed to ensuring
the collection and publication of
accurate data, the Census Bureau
continually conducts extensive research
and testing to inform census and survey
design. This research and testing
confirms key technologies, outreach and
promotional strategies, data collection
methods, and management and response
processes to allow the Census Bureau to
maximize response rates and ensure the
accuracy of the data collected. We also
uphold a strong data stewardship
culture to ensure that any decisions we
make will fulfill our legal and ethical
obligations to respect your privacy and
protect the confidentiality of your
information. The revised confidentiality
pledge utilizes language that the Census
Bureau determined, after cognitive
testing, would not negatively affect
response rates, and hence the accuracy
of the survey results.
2. The ‘‘ADC has serious concerns on
the ability of [DHS] to . . . access . . .
people’s personal information on the
server.’’
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[FR Doc No: 2017-14386]
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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of Commission Business Meeting.
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DATES: Friday, July 14, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 11th
Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street NW).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Walch, phone: (202) 376-8371;
TTY: (202) 376-8116; publicaffairs@usccr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This business meeting is open to the public.
There will also be a call-in line for individuals who desire to listen
to the presentations: (888) 504-7958; Conference ID 790-7062. Hearing-
impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require the services
of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela Dunston at (202)
376-8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov at least three business days
before the scheduled date of the meeting.
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Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Business Meeting
A. Discussion and Vote on 2018 Business Meeting Dates
B. State Advisory Committees
Presentation by Ms. Diane Citrino, Chair of the Ohio
Advisory Committee, on its report on Human Trafficking in Ohio
Presentation by Mr. Wendell Blaylock, Chair of the Nevada
Advisory Committee, on its Advisory Memorandum on Municipal Fines and
Fees in Nevada
C. Management and Operations
Staff Director's Report
D. Presentation on the Americans with Disabilities Act by Rebecca
Cokley, Executive Director, the National Council on Disability
III. Adjourn Meeting
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Brian Walch,
Director, Communications and Public Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2017-14386 Filed 7-5-17; 4:15 pm]
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