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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register
Vol. 78, No. 140
Monday, July 22, 2013
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1201
Administrative practice and
procedure.
William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board.
Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without
Change
Accordingly, the interim rule
amending 5 CFR 1201.21(c), which was
published at 78 FR 21517, on April 11,
2013, is adopted as a final rule without
change.
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5 CFR Part 1201
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Practices and Procedures
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
ACTION:
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Final rule.
The Merit Systems Protection
Board (MSPB or the Board) is adopting
as final an interim rule that amended
the requirement that agencies provide a
copy of the MSPB appeal form when the
agency issues a decision notice to an
employee on a matter that is appealable
to MSPB.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective July 22, 2013.
William D. Spencer, Clerk of the Board,
Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M
Street NW., Washington, DC 20419;
phone: (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653–
7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov.
On April
11, 2013, the Board published an
interim final rule amending 5 CFR
1201.21(c). 78 FR 21517. Prior to
publication of this interim rule, this
regulation required that, when a federal
agency issues a decision notice to an
employee on a matter that is appealable
to MSPB, the federal agency must
provide the employee with ‘‘[a] copy of
the MSPB appeal form . . . .’’ The
interim rule amended this regulation to
allow federal agencies to provide
employees ‘‘[a] copy, or access to a
copy, of the MSPB appeal form . . . .’’
The Board received no comments in
response to the interim rule. Therefore,
the Board has determined to adopt the
interim rule as final without change.
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Inspection and Weighing of Grain in
Combined and Single Lots
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) is amending the regulations
that cover the official grain inspection
and weighing service procedures that
GIPSA’s Federal Grain Inspection
Service (FGIS) performs under the
authority of the United States Grain
Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.
Specifically, GIPSA is amending the
regulations issued under the USGSA
pertaining to grain exported in large
reusable containers typically loaded
onto export ships. In this final rule,
GIPSA will add new definitions for
‘‘composite’’ and ‘‘average’’ grades, limit
the number of containers that may be
averaged or combined to form a single
lot, restrict the inspection and weighing
of container lots to the official service
provider’s area of responsibility, specify
a 60-day retention period for file
samples representing such container
lots, make consistent the weighing
certification procedures for container
lots with those for inspection
certification procedures, and make other
miscellaneous changes. GIPSA believes
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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that these revisions will help facilitate
the marketing of U.S. grain shipped for
export.
DATES: Effective September 20, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Lijewski, Director, USDA,
GIPSA, Field Management Division,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room
2409–S, Washington, DC 20250–3630,
phone (202) 720–0224.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The United States Grain Standards
Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71–87k), as
amended, provides an official
inspection system that facilitates the
marketing of grain in domestic and
international markets. The Secretary of
Agriculture (Secretary) is authorized by
the USGSA to establish standards of
kind, class, quality, and condition for
various grains and to establish standards
or procedures for accurate weighing and
weight certification and controls,
including safeguards over equipment
calibration and maintenance, for grain
shipped in interstate or foreign
commerce. Additionally, the Secretary
can amend or revoke these standards or
procedures as needed in order to adjust
to current industry needs and practices.
Under authority delegated by the
Secretary, GIPSA is authorized to
establish and maintain regulations that
cover the inspection and weighing of
grain under the USGSA.
Grain exported in large reusable
containers has grown considerably in
the past 5 years to levels that GIPSA
believes have far exceeded grain
industry expectations. Increased exports
of containerized grain have, in turn,
increased the demand for USDA grain
inspection services provided by FGIS
and its official grain export service
providers. While the overall market
share for U.S. export grain shipped in
large reusable containers has grown
rapidly, USGSA regulations (7 CFR part
800) for export grain shipments have
focused primarily on the inspection and
grading of grain exported in shiplots,
unit trains, and lash barges—not on
grain exported in multiple large
reusable containers that are considered
collectively as a single lot.
The last amendments to these sections
of the USGSA regulations occurred in
1980 (45 FR 15810) when grain was not
typically exported in large reusable
containers but was exported in ships,
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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each
week.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
5 CFR Part 1201
Practices and Procedures
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is
adopting as final an interim rule that amended the requirement that
agencies provide a copy of the MSPB appeal form when the agency issues
a decision notice to an employee on a matter that is appealable to
MSPB.
DATES: Effective July 22, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William D. Spencer, Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW., Washington,
DC 20419; phone: (202) 653-7200; fax: (202) 653-7130; or email:
mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 11, 2013, the Board published an
interim final rule amending 5 CFR 1201.21(c). 78 FR 21517. Prior to
publication of this interim rule, this regulation required that, when a
federal agency issues a decision notice to an employee on a matter that
is appealable to MSPB, the federal agency must provide the employee
with ``[a] copy of the MSPB appeal form . . . .'' The interim rule
amended this regulation to allow federal agencies to provide employees
``[a] copy, or access to a copy, of the MSPB appeal form . . . .''
The Board received no comments in response to the interim rule.
Therefore, the Board has determined to adopt the interim rule as final
without change.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1201
Administrative practice and procedure.
William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board.
Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Change
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Accordingly, the interim rule amending 5 CFR 1201.21(c), which was
published at 78 FR 21517, on April 11, 2013, is adopted as a final rule
without change.
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