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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 52
[Document Number AMS–FV–14–0088, SC–
18–328]
United States Standards for Grades of
Processed Vegetables
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) of the Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise
the U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned
Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades
of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. Standards
for Grades of Pickles, and U.S.
Standards for Grades of Green Olives.
AMS is proposing to replace the term
‘‘midget’’ with ‘‘petite’’ in the canned
lima bean, canned mushroom, and
pickle standards, and to remove
‘‘midget’’ completely from the green
olive standards as there is an alternative
term. AMS is also proposing to replace
the two-term grading system (dual
nomenclature) with a single term to
describe each quality level in the
canned lima bean, canned mushroom,
and green olive standards. Editorial
changes would also be made to the
grade standards that conform to recent
changes made in other grade standards.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
the USDA, Specialty Crops Inspection
Division, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite
101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax:
(540) 361–1199; or at
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the dates and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register.
Comments will be posted without
change, including any personal
information provided. All comments
received within the comment period
will become part of the public record
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maintained by the Agency and will be
made available to the public via
www.regulations.gov. Comments will be
made available for public inspection at
the above address during regular
business hours or can be viewed at:
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsay H. Mitchell at the address
above, by phone (540) 361–1120; fax
(540) 361–1199; or, email
lindsay.mitchell@ams.usda.gov. Copies
of the proposed U.S. Standards for
Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Canned
Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for Grades
of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for
Grades of Green Olives are available at
https://www.regulations.gov. Copies of
the current U.S. Standards for Grades of
Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for
Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Pickles, and
U.S. Standards for Grades of Green
Olives are available on the Specialty
Crops Inspection Division website at
www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/
vegetables.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) as
amended, 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.’’
The Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) is committed to carrying out this
authority in a manner that facilitates the
marketing of agricultural commodities
and makes copies of official standards
available upon request. The U.S.
Standards for Grades of Fruits and
Vegetables that no longer appear in the
Code of Federal Regulations are
maintained by AMS at: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards.
AMS is proposing revisions to these
U.S. Standards for Grades using the
procedures that appear in part 36 of
Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (7 CFR part 36).
Background
AMS continually reviews all fruit and
vegetable grade standards to ensure
their usefulness to the industry,
modernize language, and remove
duplicative terminology. On May 13,
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2013, AMS received a petition from the
Little People of America stating they
‘‘are trying to raise awareness around
and eliminate the use of the word
midget.’’ The petition further stated,
‘‘Though the use of the word midget by
the USDA when classifying certain food
products is benign, Little People of
America, and the dwarfism community,
hopes that the USDA would consider
phasing out the term midget.’’
AMS determined that six grade
standards contained the term
‘‘midget’’—U.S. Standards for Grades of
Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for
Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Pickles, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Green Olives,
U.S. Standards for Grades of Processed
Raisins, and U.S. Standards for Grades
of Shelled Pecans. The shelled pecans
and processed raisins were separated
out and are covered in two rules due to
additional changes being made.
Before developing these proposed
revisions, AMS solicited comments and
suggestions about the grade standards
from the Grocery Manufacturers
Association, U.S. Dry Bean Council,
American Mushroom Institute, Pickle
Packers International, Inc., and the
California Olive Committee. The
consensus from the U.S. Dry Bean
Council, American Mushroom Institute,
and Pickle Packers International, Inc.
was to proceed with replacing ‘‘midget’’
with ‘‘petite’’ in each of the three
standards. The California Olive
Committee stated there would be no
issue with removing the term ‘‘midget’’
completely from the standards as that
would leave ‘‘petite’’ for the size
designation.
In addition to replacing ‘‘midget’’
with ‘‘petite’’ or removing ‘‘midget,’’
AMS is also proposing to remove dual
nomenclature in U.S. Standards for
Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Canned
Mushrooms, and U.S. Standards for
Grades of Green Olives. More recently
developed standards use a single term,
such as ‘‘U.S. Grade A’’ or ‘‘U.S. Grade
B,’’ to describe each level of quality
within a grade standard. Older grade
standards used dual nomenclature, such
as ‘‘U.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy,’’ ‘‘U.S.
Grade B or U.S. Extra Standard,’’ or
‘‘U.S. Grade B or U.S. Choice,’’ and
‘‘U.S. Grade C or U.S. Standard,’’ to
describe the same level of quality. The
terms ‘‘U.S. Fancy,’’ ‘‘U.S. Extra
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address for viewing or obtaining color
standards, updating a grade designation
in a scoresheet to align with language
used throughout standard, and updating
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
references where applicable.
Information on obtaining color
standards is available in the Fresh and
Processed Equipment Catalog on the
Standard’’ or ‘‘U.S. Choice,’’ and ‘‘U.S.
Standard’’ would be removed and the
terms ‘‘U.S. Grade A,’’ ‘‘U.S. Grade B,’’
and ‘‘U.S. Grade C’’ would be used
exclusively.
Finally, AMS is proposing editorial
changes to these grade standards, i.e.,
updating the name of a table to better
reflect content, removing specific
U.S. standards for grades
of
Remove or replace
‘‘midget’’
Effective date
Other proposed revisions
Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of
canned lima beans and Color sections.
Correct CFR citation for standard of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in the
Identity section.
Replace Processed Products information and address with ‘‘USDA
Headquarters in Washington, DC’’ in the General section.
Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of
canned mushrooms section.
Correct CFR citation for standard of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in the
Product description section.
Canned Lima Beans ........
3/20/60
Replace with ‘‘Petite’’ in
Table II in Sizes of
canned lima beans
section.
Canned Mushrooms ........
4/7/62
Green Olives ...................
9/8/67
Pickles .............................
4/22/91
Replace with ‘‘petite’’ in
the Sizes of canned
mushrooms in the
styles of whole and
buttons section.
Remove from Table I in
the Sizes of whole
style green olives
section.
Replace with ‘‘Petite’’ in
Table II in the Sizes
of whole pickles section and Table VI in
the Requirements for
grade section.
The proposed revisions to these grade
standards would provide a common
language for trade and better reflect the
current marketing of fruits and
vegetables.
A 60-day comment period is provided
for interested persons to submit
comments on the proposed revised
grade standards. Copies of the proposed
revised standards are available at https://
www.regulations.gov. After the 60-day
comment period, AMS will move
forward in accordance with 7 CFR
36.3(a)(1 through 3).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Dated: August 8, 2018.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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AMS website at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/
how-purchase-equipment-and-visualaids. These revisions will provide a
format that is consistent with those of
other grade standards (75 FR 43141).
The following table summarizes the
changes currently under consideration
by AMS.
Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of
green olives and Uniformity of size sections and Tables IV and V in
the Absence of defects section.
Change ‘‘D’’ to ‘‘Sstd’’ in the Score sheet for green olives section.
Change the title of Table III from ‘‘Recommended Pickle Ingredients All
Styles Except Relish’’ to ‘‘Recommended Minimum Quantity of Pickle
Ingredients All Styles Except Relish.’’
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2018–0707; Product
Identifier 2018–NM–067–AD]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Fokker
Services B.V. Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
We propose to adopt a new
airworthiness directive (AD) for all
Fokker Services B.V. Model F28
airplanes. This proposed AD was
prompted by reports that certain Tunions with an integral filter in the
landing gear hydraulic control system
disconnected from their housing and, in
some cases, migrated. This proposed AD
would require replacing certain Tunions with an integral filter with Tunions without an integral filter. We are
proposing this AD to address the unsafe
condition on these products.
DATES: We must receive comments on
this proposed AD by September 27,
2018.
SUMMARY:
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You may send comments,
using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations,
M–30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
For service information identified in
this NPRM, contact Fokker Services
B.V., Technical Services Dept., P.O. Box
1357, 2130 EL Hoofddorp, the
Netherlands; telephone +31 (0)88–6280–
350; fax +31 (0)88–6280–111; email
technicalservices@fokker.com; internet
https://www.myfokkerfleet.com. You may
view this service information at the
FAA, Transport Standards Branch, 2200
South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For
information on the availability of this
material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195.
ADDRESSES:
Examining the AD Docket
You may examine the AD docket on
the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching for
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[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39917-39918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17283]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 52
[Document Number AMS-FV-14-0088, SC-18-328]
United States Standards for Grades of Processed Vegetables
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of
Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for Grades of Green
Olives. AMS is proposing to replace the term ``midget'' with ``petite''
in the canned lima bean, canned mushroom, and pickle standards, and to
remove ``midget'' completely from the green olive standards as there is
an alternative term. AMS is also proposing to replace the two-term
grading system (dual nomenclature) with a single term to describe each
quality level in the canned lima bean, canned mushroom, and green olive
standards. Editorial changes would also be made to the grade standards
that conform to recent changes made in other grade standards.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
the USDA, Specialty Crops Inspection Division, 100 Riverside Parkway,
Suite 101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax: (540) 361-1199; or at
www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the dates and page
number of this issue of the Federal Register. Comments will be posted
without change, including any personal information provided. All
comments received within the comment period will become part of the
public record maintained by the Agency and will be made available to
the public via www.regulations.gov. Comments will be made available for
public inspection at the above address during regular business hours or
can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsay H. Mitchell at the address
above, by phone (540) 361-1120; fax (540) 361-1199; or, email
[email protected]. Copies of the proposed U.S. Standards
for Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned
Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for Grades of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for
Grades of Green Olives are available at https://www.regulations.gov.
Copies of the current U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Lima Beans,
U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for
Grades of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for Grades of Green Olives are
available on the Specialty Crops Inspection Division website at
www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/vegetables.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) as amended, 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.''
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is committed to carrying
out this authority in a manner that facilitates the marketing of
agricultural commodities and makes copies of official standards
available upon request. The U.S. Standards for Grades of Fruits and
Vegetables that no longer appear in the Code of Federal Regulations are
maintained by AMS at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards. AMS is
proposing revisions to these U.S. Standards for Grades using the
procedures that appear in part 36 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (7 CFR part 36).
Background
AMS continually reviews all fruit and vegetable grade standards to
ensure their usefulness to the industry, modernize language, and remove
duplicative terminology. On May 13, 2013, AMS received a petition from
the Little People of America stating they ``are trying to raise
awareness around and eliminate the use of the word midget.'' The
petition further stated, ``Though the use of the word midget by the
USDA when classifying certain food products is benign, Little People of
America, and the dwarfism community, hopes that the USDA would consider
phasing out the term midget.''
AMS determined that six grade standards contained the term
``midget''--U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S.
Standards for Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for Grades of
Pickles, U.S. Standards for Grades of Green Olives, U.S. Standards for
Grades of Processed Raisins, and U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled
Pecans. The shelled pecans and processed raisins were separated out and
are covered in two rules due to additional changes being made.
Before developing these proposed revisions, AMS solicited comments
and suggestions about the grade standards from the Grocery
Manufacturers Association, U.S. Dry Bean Council, American Mushroom
Institute, Pickle Packers International, Inc., and the California Olive
Committee. The consensus from the U.S. Dry Bean Council, American
Mushroom Institute, and Pickle Packers International, Inc. was to
proceed with replacing ``midget'' with ``petite'' in each of the three
standards. The California Olive Committee stated there would be no
issue with removing the term ``midget'' completely from the standards
as that would leave ``petite'' for the size designation.
In addition to replacing ``midget'' with ``petite'' or removing
``midget,'' AMS is also proposing to remove dual nomenclature in U.S.
Standards for Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades of
Canned Mushrooms, and U.S. Standards for Grades of Green Olives. More
recently developed standards use a single term, such as ``U.S. Grade
A'' or ``U.S. Grade B,'' to describe each level of quality within a
grade standard. Older grade standards used dual nomenclature, such as
``U.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy,'' ``U.S. Grade B or U.S. Extra
Standard,'' or ``U.S. Grade B or U.S. Choice,'' and ``U.S. Grade C or
U.S. Standard,'' to describe the same level of quality. The terms
``U.S. Fancy,'' ``U.S. Extra
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Standard'' or ``U.S. Choice,'' and ``U.S. Standard'' would be removed
and the terms ``U.S. Grade A,'' ``U.S. Grade B,'' and ``U.S. Grade C''
would be used exclusively.
Finally, AMS is proposing editorial changes to these grade
standards, i.e., updating the name of a table to better reflect
content, removing specific address for viewing or obtaining color
standards, updating a grade designation in a scoresheet to align with
language used throughout standard, and updating the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) references where applicable. Information on obtaining
color standards is available in the Fresh and Processed Equipment
Catalog on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/how-purchase-equipment-and-visual-aids. These revisions will
provide a format that is consistent with those of other grade standards
(75 FR 43141). The following table summarizes the changes currently
under consideration by AMS.
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Remove or replace
U.S. standards for grades of Effective date ``midget'' Other proposed revisions
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Canned Lima Beans................... 3/20/60 Replace with Change level of quality
``Petite'' in Table designations to single terms in
II in Sizes of the Grades of canned lima beans
canned lima beans and Color sections.
section. Correct CFR citation for standard
of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in
the Identity section.
Replace Processed Products
information and address with
``USDA Headquarters in Washington,
DC'' in the General section.
Canned Mushrooms.................... 4/7/62 Replace with Change level of quality
``petite'' in the designations to single terms in
Sizes of canned the Grades of canned mushrooms
mushrooms in the section.
styles of whole and Correct CFR citation for standard
buttons section. of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in
the Product description section.
Green Olives........................ 9/8/67 Remove from Table I Change level of quality
in the Sizes of designations to single terms in
whole style green the Grades of green olives and
olives section. Uniformity of size sections and
Tables IV and V in the Absence of
defects section.
Change ``D'' to ``Sstd'' in the
Score sheet for green olives
section.
Pickles............................. 4/22/91 Replace with Change the title of Table III from
``Petite'' in Table ``Recommended Pickle Ingredients
II in the Sizes of All Styles Except Relish'' to
whole pickles ``Recommended Minimum Quantity of
section and Table VI Pickle Ingredients All Styles
in the Requirements Except Relish.''
for grade section.
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The proposed revisions to these grade standards would provide a
common language for trade and better reflect the current marketing of
fruits and vegetables.
A 60-day comment period is provided for interested persons to
submit comments on the proposed revised grade standards. Copies of the
proposed revised standards are available at https://www.regulations.gov.
After the 60-day comment period, AMS will move forward in accordance
with 7 CFR 36.3(a)(1 through 3).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
Dated: August 8, 2018.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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