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607 G RADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCKAGE -FREELENTILS  
Grading factors Grades U.S. Nos. 
1 2 3 
Defective Lentils 
Total1............................................................................................................................... ..... 2.0 3.5 5.0 
Weevil-Damaged Lentils ....................................................................................................... 0.3 0.8 0.8 
Heat-Damaged Lentils .......................................................................................................... 0.2 0.5 1.0 
Foreign Material 
Total2............................................................................................................................... ..... 0.2 0.5 0.5 
Stones ......................................................................................................................... .......... 0.1 0.2 0.2 
Skinned Lentils ................................................................................................................ ............ 4.0 7.0 10.0 
Wrinkled Lentils3......................................................................................................................... 5.0 10 .0 >10.0 
Contrasting Lentils4..................................................................................................................... 2.0 4.0 <4 .0 
Inconspicuous Admixture ........................................................................................................ ..... 0.5 0.8 1.0 
Minimum Requirements for Color ................................................................................................ Good Fair Poor 
U.S. Sample grade are lentils that: 
(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. 
1Defective lentils total is weevil-damaged, heat-damaged, damaged, and split lentils combined. 
2Foreign material total includes stones. 
3Lentils with more than 10.0 percent wrinkled lentils shall grade no higher than U.S. No. 3. 
4Lentils with more than 4.0 percent contrasting lentils shall grade no higher than U.S. No. 3. 
Section 609, Special grades and 
requirements, is amended to include the 
following definition: 
Green lentils are clear seeded (non- 
mottled) lentils possessing a natural, uniformly green color. 
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 
Randall D. Jones, 
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 
Packers and Stockyards Administration. 
[FR Doc. 2017–14308 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 am] 
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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 : Final notice. 
SUMMARY : This action is being taken 
under the authority of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, (AMA). The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is revising the United States Standards for Beans to (1) establish a class and grade requirement chart for ‘‘chickpea,’’ also known as ‘‘garbanzo bean,’’ and (2) establish a new grade determining factor, definition, factor limits, and visual reference image for ‘‘contrasting chickpeas.’’ GIPSA believes these revisions will help facilitate the marketing of chickpeas and improve the 
application of the standards. 
DATES : Effective Date: August 1, 2017. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153; Telephone (816) 659–8410; Fax Number (816) 872– 1258; email Beverly.A.Whalen@usda.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Section 
203(c) of the AMA (7 U.S.C. 1622(c)), 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 
and maintains 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 U.S. Dry Pea and Lentil Trade Association (USPLTA), a national association representing processors, traders, handlers and merchandisers, 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, and local and regional trade associations. 
The United States Standards for Beans 
are available on GIPSA’s public Web site at: http://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. 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, industry stakeholders 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 
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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’’ 
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 ‘‘
3Beans 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 G RADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS CHICKPEA  
[Garbanzo bean] 
Grade Percent maximum limits of— 
Moisture1 Total defects 
(total dam-
aged, 
total foreign 
material, con-
trasting class-
es, & splits) Total 
damaged Foreign material 
Contrasting 
classes2 Contrasting 
chickpeas Total 
(including 
stones) Stones 
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 
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; con-
tain insect webbing or filth, animal filth, any unknown foreign substance, broken glass, or metal fragments; or are otherwise of distinctly low 
quality. 
1Beans with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture. 
2Beans with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans. 
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 
Randall D. Jones, 
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 
Packers and Stockyards Administration. 
[FR Doc. 2017–14309 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 a.m.] 
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