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Vol. 79, No. 141 

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The US African Development 

Foundation (USADF) will hold its 

quarterly meeting of the Board of 

Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. 

DATES: The meeting date is Thursday, 

August 7th, 2014, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

via teleconference, with staff 

congregating at 1400 I Street Northwest, 

Suite #1000 (Main Conference Room), 

Washington, DC 2005–2246. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rabayah Akhter, 202–233–8811. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 U.S.C. 

290h). 

Dated: July 16, 2014. 

Doris Mason Martin, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–17367 Filed 7–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

United States Standards for Whole Dry 

Peas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Final Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration 

(GIPSA) is revising the United States 

Standards for Whole Dry Peas to 

establish an additional color grading 

factor requirement for the Whole Dry 

Peas class ‘‘Smooth Yellow Dry Peas’’ 

and establish a definition for ‘‘fair color 

yellow peas.’’ These changes will help 

facilitate the marketing of the class, 

Smooth Yellow Dry Peas and help 

ensure the purity of classes for Whole 

Dry Peas. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 15, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, 

FGIS, Policies, Procedures, and Market 

Analysis Branch, Field Management 

Division, National Grain Center, 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: 

Background 

Section 203(c) of the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, as amended 

(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. 

GIPSA establishes and maintains a 

variety of quality and grade standards 

for agricultural commodities that serve 

as the fundamental starting point to 

define commodity quality in the 

domestic and global marketplace. 

GIPSA provides official procedures 

for how inspectors determine the 

various grading factors in supporting 

handbooks, such as the Pea and Lentil 

Handbook, which is available on 

GIPSA’s public Web site at: http://

www.gipsa.usda.gov/Publications/fgis/

handbooks/pealentil_insphb.html. 

The AMA standards and supporting 

procedures are voluntary and used 

widely in private contracts, government 

procurement and marketing 

communication. Standards developed 

under the AMA include those for rice, 

whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, 

lentils and beans. The U.S. standards for 

whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, 

lentils and beans no longer appear in 

the Code of Federal Regulations, but are 

now maintained by USDA–GIPSA. The 

process for developing or reviewing 

these standards is specified in the AMA 

regulations (7 CFR 868.102, Procedures 

for establishing and revising grade 

standards.) The U.S. Standards for 

Whole Dry Peas are available from the 

GIPSA Web site at http://

www.gipsa.usda.gov, or by phone, fax, 

or email from the contact listed above. 

GIPSA representatives maintain an 

ongoing working relationship with 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 

US Dry Pea and Lentil Trade 

Association (USPLTA), a national 

association representing processors, 

traders, and transporters in the pea and 

lentil industry; as well as handlers and 

merchandisers, to ensure the 

effectiveness of the U.S. Standards for 

whole dry peas, split peas, and lentils 

in today’s marketing environment. 

USADPLC and USPLTA maintain that 

some currently popular smooth yellow 

dry pea varieties do not have a true 

yellow color which necessitates changes 

to the whole dry pea grade standards. 

As a result, GIPSA is revising the whole 

dry pea standard to establish an 

additional color grading factor 

requirement for the Whole Dry Peas 

class ‘‘Smooth Yellow Dry Peas’’ and 

establish a definition for ‘‘fair color 

yellow peas.’’ The addition to the grade 

standards will enable the class of 

smooth yellow dry peas to be marketed 

on the basis of acceptable appearance. 

Whole Dry Pea Color Requirement and 

Definition Changes 

GIPSA is changing the way in which 

the color standard is applied to the U.S. 

No. 2 Whole Dry Peas ‘‘Smooth Yellow 

Dry Pea’’ classification only. Doing so 

will improve the effectiveness of the 

standards so they may better facilitate 

product marketing. 

The current U.S. Standards for Whole 

Dry Peas characterize the minimum 

color requirement for U.S. Nos. 1 and 2 

as being ‘‘good color peas’’ and the 

minimum color requirement for U.S. 

No. 3 as ‘‘poor color peas.’’ The existing 

dry pea color characterizations ‘‘good’’ 

and ‘‘poor’’ do not sufficiently address 

all possible degrees of color in some 

Smooth Yellow Dry Pea varieties. 

Samples that are marginally discolored 

and those which are significantly 

discolored are both considered to be 

‘‘poor color peas.’’ Due to the economic 

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