81_FR_2785 81 FR 2774 - United States Standards for Sunflower Seed

81 FR 2774 - United States Standards for Sunflower Seed

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

Page Range2774-2775
FR Document2016-00958

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is seeking comment from the public regarding the United States (U.S.) Standards for Sunflower Seed under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA). To ensure that standards and official grading practices remain relevant, GIPSA invites interested parties to comment on whether the current sunflower seed standards and grading practices need to be changed.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2774-2775]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00958]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

7 CFR Part 810


United States Standards for Sunflower Seed

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain 
Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is seeking 
comment from the public regarding the United States (U.S.) Standards 
for Sunflower Seed under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA). 
To ensure that standards and official grading practices remain 
relevant, GIPSA invites interested parties to comment on whether the 
current sunflower seed standards and grading practices need to be 
changed.

DATES: We will consider comments we receive by April 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written or electronic comments on this 
proposed rule to:
     Mail: Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3642, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-B, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
     Fax: (202) 690-2173
     Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the 
on-line instruction for submitting comments.
    All comments will become a matter of public record and should be 
identified as ``U.S. Standards for Sunflower Seed request for 
information comments,'' making reference to the date and page number of 
this issue of the Federal Register. All comments received become the 
property of the Federal government, are a part of the public record, 
and will generally be posted to www.regulations.gov without change. If 
you send an email comment directly to GIPSA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, or you submit a comment to GIPSA via fax, the 
originating email address or telephone number will be automatically 
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 
public docket and made available on the Internet. Also, all personal 
identifying information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily 
submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit 
confidential business information or otherwise sensitive or protected 
information.
    Electronic submissions should avoid the use of special characters, 
avoid any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses, 
since these may prevent GIPSA from being able to read and understand, 
and thus consider your comment.
    GIPSA will post a transcript or report summarizing each substantive 
oral comment that we receive. This would include comments made at any 
public meetings hosted by GIPSA during the comment period, unless GIPSA 
publically announces otherwise.
    All comments will also be available for public inspection at the 
above address during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). Please 
call the GIPSA Management and Budget Services support staff (202) 720-
8479 for an appointment to view the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Greenfield at GIPSA, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington. DC 20250; Telephone (202) 720-
0277; Fax Number (202) 720-1015; email [email protected]..

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 
76), GIPSA establishes standards for sunflower seed and other grains 
regarding kind, class, quality and condition. The sunflower seed 
standards, established by USDA on September 1, 1984, were last revised 
in 1988 and appear in the USGSA regulations at 7 CFR 810.1801 through 
810.1804. The standards facilitate sunflower seed marketing and define 
U.S. sunflower seed quality in the domestic and global marketplace. The 
standards define commonly used industry terms; contain basic principles 
governing the application of standards, such as the type of sample used 
for a particular quality analysis; the basis of determination; and 
specify grades and grade requirements. Official procedures for 
determining grading factors are provided in GIPSA's Grain Inspection 
Handbook, Book II, Chapter 11, ``Sunflower Seed'' which also includes 
standardized procedures for additional quality attributes not used to 
determine grade, such as moisture content and official criteria. 
Together, the grading standards and testing procedures allow buyers and 
sellers to communicate quality requirements, compare sunflower seed 
quality using equivalent forms of measurement and assist in price 
discovery.
    GIPSA's grading and inspection services are provided through a 
network of federal, state, and private laboratories that conduct tests 
to determine the quality and condition of sunflower seed. These tests 
are conducted in accordance with applicable standards using approved 
methodologies and can be applied at any point in the marketing chain. 
Furthermore, the tests yield rapid, reliable and consistent results. In 
addition, GIPSA-issued certificates describing the quality and 
condition of graded sunflower seed are accepted as prima facie evidence 
in all Federal courts. U.S. Standards for Sunflower Seed and the 
affiliated grading and testing services offered by GIPSA verify that a 
seller's sunflower seed meets specified requirements, and ensure that 
customers receive the quality of sunflower seed they purchased.
    In order for U.S. standards and grading procedures for sunflower 
seed to remain relevant, GIPSA is issuing this request for information 
to invite interested parties to submit comments, ideas, and suggestions 
on all aspects of the U.S. Standards for Sunflower Seed and inspection 
procedures.


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    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87K.

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-00958 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                      any inactivation process failures and the               DATES:   We will consider comments we                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Under the
                                                      corrective actions taken;                               receive by April 18, 2016.                             authority of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 76),
                                                        (iii) The name of each individual                     ADDRESSES: You may submit written or                   GIPSA establishes standards for
                                                      performing the inactivation method and                  electronic comments on this proposed                   sunflower seed and other grains
                                                      sterility testing protocols;                            rule to:                                               regarding kind, class, quality and
                                                        (iv) The date(s) the inactivation                        • Mail: Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA,                   condition. The sunflower seed
                                                      method and sterility testing protocols                  STOP 3642, 1400 Independence Avenue                    standards, established by USDA on
                                                      were completed;                                         SW., Room 2530–B, Washington, DC                       September 1, 1984, were last revised in
                                                        (v) The location where the inactivated                20250–3604.                                            1988 and appear in the USGSA
                                                      method and sterility testing protocols                     • Fax: (202) 690–2173                               regulations at 7 CFR 810.1801 through
                                                      were performed; and                                        • Internet: Go to http://                           810.1804. The standards facilitate
                                                        (vi) An inactivation certificate that                 www.regulations.gov and follow the on-                 sunflower seed marketing and define
                                                      includes the date of inactivation,                      line instruction for submitting                        U.S. sunflower seed quality in the
                                                      method of inactivation, date of final                   comments.                                              domestic and global marketplace. The
                                                      sterility testing protocol result, and the                 All comments will become a matter of
                                                                                                                                                                     standards define commonly used
                                                      Principal Investigator. A copy of the                   public record and should be identified
                                                                                                                                                                     industry terms; contain basic principles
                                                      inactivation certificate must accompany                 as ‘‘U.S. Standards for Sunflower Seed
                                                                                                              request for information comments,’’                    governing the application of standards,
                                                      any transfer of inactivated material.                                                                          such as the type of sample used for a
                                                        (b) * * * All written records created                 making reference to the date and page
                                                                                                              number of this issue of the Federal                    particular quality analysis; the basis of
                                                      under this part are legible.                                                                                   determination; and specify grades and
                                                        (c) Any records that contain                          Register. All comments received
                                                                                                              become the property of the Federal                     grade requirements. Official procedures
                                                      information related to the requirements                                                                        for determining grading factors are
                                                      of the regulations. Such records may                    government, are a part of the public
                                                                                                              record, and will generally be posted to                provided in GIPSA’s Grain Inspection
                                                      include, but are not limited to,                                                                               Handbook, Book II, Chapter 11,
                                                      certifications, laboratory notebooks,                   www.regulations.gov without change. If
                                                                                                              you send an email comment directly to                  ‘‘Sunflower Seed’’ which also includes
                                                      institutional biosafety and/or animal use
                                                                                                              GIPSA without going through                            standardized procedures for additional
                                                      committee minutes and approved
                                                      protocols, and records associated with                  www.regulations.gov, or you submit a                   quality attributes not used to determine
                                                      occupational health and suitability                     comment to GIPSA via fax, the                          grade, such as moisture content and
                                                      programs. All records created under this                originating email address or telephone                 official criteria. Together, the grading
                                                      part must be maintained for 3 years.                    number will be automatically captured                  standards and testing procedures allow
                                                                                                              and included as part of the comment                    buyers and sellers to communicate
                                                        Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of               that is placed in the public docket and
                                                      January 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                     quality requirements, compare
                                                                                                              made available on the Internet. Also, all              sunflower seed quality using equivalent
                                                      Kevin Shea,                                             personal identifying information (for                  forms of measurement and assist in
                                                      Administrator, Animal and Plant Health                  example, name, address, etc.)
                                                      Inspection Service.
                                                                                                                                                                     price discovery.
                                                                                                              voluntarily submitted by the commenter
                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–00681 Filed 1–14–16; 4:15 pm]             may be publicly accessible. Do not                        GIPSA’s grading and inspection
                                                      BILLING CODE 3410–34–P                                  submit confidential business                           services are provided through a network
                                                                                                              information or otherwise sensitive or                  of federal, state, and private laboratories
                                                                                                              protected information.                                 that conduct tests to determine the
                                                      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                  Electronic submissions should avoid                 quality and condition of sunflower seed.
                                                                                                              the use of special characters, avoid any               These tests are conducted in accordance
                                                      Grain Inspection, Packers and                           form of encryption, and be free of any                 with applicable standards using
                                                      Stockyards Administration                               defects or viruses, since these may                    approved methodologies and can be
                                                                                                              prevent GIPSA from being able to read                  applied at any point in the marketing
                                                      7 CFR Part 810                                          and understand, and thus consider your                 chain. Furthermore, the tests yield
                                                      United States Standards for Sunflower                   comment.                                               rapid, reliable and consistent results. In
                                                      Seed                                                       GIPSA will post a transcript or report              addition, GIPSA-issued certificates
                                                                                                              summarizing each substantive oral                      describing the quality and condition of
                                                      AGENCY:  Grain Inspection, Packers and                  comment that we receive. This would                    graded sunflower seed are accepted as
                                                      Stockyards Administration, USDA.                        include comments made at any public                    prima facie evidence in all Federal
                                                      ACTION: Request for information.                        meetings hosted by GIPSA during the                    courts. U.S. Standards for Sunflower
                                                                                                              comment period, unless GIPSA                           Seed and the affiliated grading and
                                                      SUMMARY:   The United States Department                 publically announces otherwise.                        testing services offered by GIPSA verify
                                                      of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain                              All comments will also be available                 that a seller’s sunflower seed meets
                                                      Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards                     for public inspection at the above                     specified requirements, and ensure that
                                                      Administration (GIPSA) is seeking                       address during regular business hours (7
                                                                                                                                                                     customers receive the quality of
                                                      comment from the public regarding the                   CFR 1.27(b)). Please call the GIPSA
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                                                                                                                                                                     sunflower seed they purchased.
                                                      United States (U.S.) Standards for                      Management and Budget Services
                                                      Sunflower Seed under the United States                  support staff (202) 720–8479 for an                       In order for U.S. standards and
                                                      Grain Standards Act (USGSA). To                         appointment to view the comments.                      grading procedures for sunflower seed
                                                      ensure that standards and official                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       to remain relevant, GIPSA is issuing this
                                                      grading practices remain relevant,                      Andrew Greenfield at GIPSA, USDA,                      request for information to invite
                                                      GIPSA invites interested parties to                     1400 Independence Avenue SW.,                          interested parties to submit comments,
                                                      comment on whether the current                          Washington. DC 20250; Telephone (202)                  ideas, and suggestions on all aspects of
                                                      sunflower seed standards and grading                    720–0277; Fax Number (202) 720–1015;                   the U.S. Standards for Sunflower Seed
                                                      practices need to be changed.                           email Andrew.S.Greenfield@usda.gov..                   and inspection procedures.


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                                                                             Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2016 / Proposed Rules                                                  2775

                                                         Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87K.                          voluntarily submitted by the commenter                 quality and condition of oats. These
                                                      Larry Mitchell,                                         may be publicly accessible. Do not                     tests are conducted in accordance with
                                                                                                              submit confidential business                           applicable standards using approved
                                                      Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
                                                      Stockyards Administration.                              information or otherwise sensitive or                  methodologies and can be applied at
                                                                                                              protected information.                                 any point in the marketing chain.
                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–00958 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                 Electronic submissions should avoid                 Furthermore, the tests yield rapid,
                                                      BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P
                                                                                                              the use of special characters, avoid any               reliable and consistent results. In
                                                                                                              form of encryption, and be free of any                 addition, GIPSA-issued certificates
                                                      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                               defects or viruses, since these may                    describing the quality and condition of
                                                                                                              prevent GIPSA from being able to read                  graded oats are accepted as prima facie
                                                      Grain Inspection, Packers and                           and understand, and thus consider your                 evidence in all Federal courts. U.S.
                                                      Stockyards Administration                               comment.                                               Standards for Oats and the affiliated
                                                                                                                 GIPSA will post a transcript or report              grading and testing services offered by
                                                      7 CFR Part 810                                          summarizing each substantive oral                      GIPSA verify that a seller’s oats meets
                                                                                                              comment that we receive. This would                    specified requirements, and ensure that
                                                      United States Standards for Oats                        include comments made at any public                    customers receive the quality of oats
                                                                                                              meetings hosted by GIPSA during the                    they purchased.
                                                      AGENCY:  Grain Inspection, Packers and                  comment period, unless GIPSA                             In order for U.S. standards and
                                                      Stockyards Administration, USDA.                        publically announces otherwise.                        grading procedures for oats to remain
                                                      ACTION: Request for information.                           All comments will also be available                 relevant, GIPSA is issuing this request
                                                      SUMMARY:    The United States Department                for public inspection at the above                     for information to invite interested
                                                      of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain                           address during regular business hours (7               parties to submit comments, ideas, and
                                                      Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards                     CFR 1.27(b)). Please call the GIPSA                    suggestions on all aspects of the U.S.
                                                      Administration (GIPSA) is seeking                       Management and Budget Services                         Standards for Oats and inspection
                                                      comment from the public regarding the                   support staff (202) 720–8479 for an                    procedures.
                                                      United States (U.S.) Standards for Oats                 appointment to view the comments.                        Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87K
                                                      under the United States Grain Standards                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
                                                                                                              Giese at GIPSA, USDA, 10383 N.                         Larry Mitchell,
                                                      Act (USGSA). To ensure that standards
                                                                                                              Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO                      Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
                                                      and official grading practices remain
                                                                                                              64153; Telephone (816) 891–0460; Fax                   Stockyards Administration.
                                                      relevant, GIPSA invites interested
                                                                                                              Number (816) 872–1258; email                           [FR Doc. 2016–00848 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am]
                                                      parties to comment on whether the
                                                      current oats standards and grading                      Gregory.J.Giese@usda.gov.                              BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P

                                                      practices need to be changed.                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
                                                      DATES: We will consider comments we                     authority of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 76),
                                                                                                              GIPSA establishes standards for oats                   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                      receive by April 18, 2016.
                                                      ADDRESSES: You may submit written or                    and other grains regarding kind, class,                Agricultural Marketing Service
                                                      electronic comments on this proposed                    quality and condition. The oats
                                                      rule to:                                                standards, established by USDA on June                 7 CFR Part 996
                                                         • Mail: Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA,                    16, 1919, were last revised in 1988 and
                                                      STOP 3642, 1400 Independence Avenue                     appear in the USGSA regulations at 7                   [Doc. No. AMS–FV–15–0066; FV16–996–1
                                                                                                              CFR 810.1001 through 810.1005. The                     PR]
                                                      SW., Room 2530–B, Washington, DC
                                                      20250–3604.                                             standards facilitate oats marketing and
                                                                                                                                                                     Minimum Quality and Handling
                                                         • Fax: (202) 690–2173                                define U.S. oats quality in the domestic
                                                                                                                                                                     Standards for Domestic and Imported
                                                         • Internet: Go to http://                            and global marketplace. The standards
                                                                                                                                                                     Peanuts Marketed in the United States;
                                                      www.regulations.gov and follow the on-                  define commonly used industry terms;
                                                                                                                                                                     Change to the Quality and Handling
                                                      line instruction for submitting                         contain basic principles governing the
                                                                                                                                                                     Requirements
                                                      comments.                                               application of standards, such as the
                                                         All comments will become a matter of                 type of sample used for a particular                   AGENCY:  Agricultural Marketing Service,
                                                      public record and should be identified                  quality analysis; the basis of                         USDA.
                                                      as ‘‘U.S. Standards for Oats request for                determination; and specify grades and                  ACTION: Proposed rule.
                                                      information comments,’’ making                          grade requirements. Official procedures
                                                      reference to the date and page number                   for determining grading factors are                    SUMMARY:   This proposed rule would
                                                      of this issue of the Federal Register. All              provided in GIPSA’s Grain Inspection                   implement a recommendation from the
                                                      comments received become the property                   Handbook, Book II, Chapter 7, ‘‘Oats’’                 Peanut Standards Board (Board) to
                                                      of the Federal government, are a part of                which also includes standardized                       revise the minimum quality and
                                                      the public record, and will generally be                procedures for additional quality                      handling standards for domestic and
                                                      posted to www.regulations.gov without                   attributes not used to determine grade,                imported peanuts marketed in the
                                                      change. If you send an email comment                    such as dockage and moisture content.                  United States (Standards). The Board
                                                      directly to GIPSA without going through                 Together, the grading standards and                    advises the Secretary of Agriculture
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                                                      www.regulations.gov, or you submit a                    testing procedures allow buyers and                    regarding potential changes to the
                                                      comment to GIPSA via fax, the                           sellers to communicate quality                         Standards and is comprised of
                                                      originating email address or telephone                  requirements, compare oats quality                     producers and industry representatives.
                                                      number will be automatically captured                   using equivalent forms of measurement                  This proposed rule would revise the
                                                      and included as part of the comment                     and assist in price discovery.                         minimum quality, positive lot
                                                      that is placed in the public docket and                    GIPSA’s grading and inspection                      identification, and reporting and
                                                      made available on the Internet. Also, all               services are provided through a network                recordkeeping requirements under the
                                                      personal identifying information (for                   of federal, state, and private laboratories            Standards. It would also make
                                                      example, name, address, etc.)                           that conduct tests to determine the                    numerous other changes to better reflect


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Document Created: 2016-01-16 01:10:39
Document Modified: 2016-01-16 01:10:39
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionRequest for information.
DatesWe will consider comments we receive by April 18, 2016.
ContactAndrew Greenfield at GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington. DC 20250; Telephone (202) 720- 0277; Fax Number (202) 720-1015; email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 2774 

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