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program license amounts and provide 

greater flexibility to offset exports and 

transfers with raw sugar imports. 

(1) USDA will temporarily permit 

licensed refiners to transfer program 

sugar from their license to another 

licensed refiner’s license. This waiver 

shall be effective on the date of 

publication of this notice, and expire on 

September 30, 2013. 

(2) USDA is temporarily increasing 

the license limit for raw cane sugar 

refiners from 50,000 metric tons raw 

value of credits to 100,000 metric tons 

raw value of credits. This waiver will 

expire on December 31, 2014. Beginning 

on January 1, 2015, the credit limit will 

again be 50,000 metric tons raw value. 

No change is being made to the 50,000 

metric ton raw value limit for debits. 

Dated: April 25, 2013. 

Michael T. Scuse, 

Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign 

Agricultural Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10246 Filed 4–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. Number AMS–FV–11–0054] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Okra 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS), of the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

proposes to revise the voluntary United 

States Standards for Grades of Okra by 

removing the ‘‘Unclassified’’ section 

from the standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

May 31, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the Standardization Branch, Specialty 

Crops Inspection Division, Fruit and 

Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 

National Training and Development 

Center, Riverside Business Park, 100 

Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, VA 22406; Fax (540) 

361–1199, or on the Web at: 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

make reference to the dates and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and will be made available for 

public inspection in the above office 

during regular business hours. 

Comments can also be viewed as 

submitted, including any personal 

information you provide, on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Horner, Standardization Branch, 

Specialty Crops Inspection Division, 

(540) 361–1128 or 1150. The United 

States Standards for Grades of Okra are 

available through the Specialty Crops 

Inspection Division Web site at http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/freshinspection. 

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.’’ 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 United 

States Standards for Grades of Fruits 

and Vegetables not connected with 

Federal Marketing Orders or U.S. Import 

Requirements, no longer appear in the 

Code of Federal Regulations, but are 

maintained by USDA, AMS, Fruit and 

Vegetable Program, and are available on 

the internet at www.ams.usda.gov/ 

freshinspection. 

AMS proposes to revise the voluntary 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Okra using the procedures that appear 

in Part 36, Title 7 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (7 CFR part 36). These 

standards were last revised December 

18, 1928. 

Background and Response to 

Comments 

On February 9, 2012, AMS published 

a notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 

6772), soliciting comments regarding 

removing the unclassified section and 

any other possible revision to the 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Okra. The public comment period 

closed on April 9, 2012, with no 

responses. 

Based on the information gathered, 

AMS proposes to remove and reserve 

Section ‘‘51.3946 Unclassified.’’ AMS 

believes the revision will bring the okra 

standards in line with current marketing 

practices and other commodity 

standards. This section is being 

removed in standards for all 

commodities as they are revised. It is no 

longer considered necessary, since it is 

not a grade and only serves to show that 

no grade has been applied to the lot. 

This notice provides for a 30 day 

comment period for interested parties to 

comment on the proposed revision in 

the standards. This period is deemed 

appropriate in order to implement this 

change, if it is adopted, as soon as 

possible to reflect current marketing 

practices. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: April 25, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10330 Filed 4–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection Request: WebBased Supply Chain Management 

Commodity Offer Forms 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

are seeking comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on an extension, with a revision, of a 

currently approved information 

collection request. This information 

collection is necessary to support the 

procurement of agricultural 

commodities for domestic and export 

food donation programs. FSA and CCC 

issue invitations to purchase or sell 

commodities for food donation 

programs on monthly, multiple 

monthly, quarterly, and yearly bases. 

Special invitations, however, are issued 

throughout the month. Web-Based 

Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) 

allows respondents to submit 

information electronically. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before July 1, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comment, include the date and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Penny Carlson, Chief, 

Business Operations Support Division, 

Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), 

P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, Missouri 

64141–6205. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 


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