Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices 52967

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Northwest Sacramento Provincial

Advisory Committee (PAC)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Northwest Sacramento

Provincial Advisory Committee will

meet on October 22 and 23, 1997 at the

conference room in the United Way

Building, 2280 Benton Drive, Redding,

CA. On October 22, the meeting will

begin at 10:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00

p.m. The meeting on October 23 will

resume at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 3:00

p.m. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) Northwest Forest Plan

Implementation; (2) Evaluation of the

Watershed Analysis Process; (3) Upper

Clear Creek Watershed Analysis Status;

and (4) public comment periods. All

PAC meetings are open to the public.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Hammond, USDA, Klamath

National Forest, at 1312 Fairlane Road,

Yreka, CA 96097; telephone 916–842–

6131, (FTS) 700–467–1360.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

Kathy L. Hammond,

PAC Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 97–26986 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

United States Standards for Beans

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

The Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is

revising the voluntary United States

Standards for Beans by changing the

name of the class Black Turtle Soup

beans to Black beans and establishing a

separate grade chart for Cranberry

beans. These changes were requested by

the industry in order to improve the

usability of the United States Standards

for Beans.

Section 203(c) of the Agricultural

Marketing Act of 1946, 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 Grain

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards

Administration (GIPSA) 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 Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)

published a notice in the Federal

Register on August 1, 1997 (62 FR

41335), that it was proposing to change

the name of the class Black Turtle Soup

beans to Black beans and to establish a

separate grade chart for Cranberry

beans.

GIPSA received only one comment in

response to that notice. The Michigan

Bean Shippers Association asked that

GIPSA proceed with implementing the

changes and stated ‘‘The changes * * *

will definitely be beneficial to U.S.

world bean commerce.’’ GIPSA has

determined that establishing a separate

grade chart for Cranberry beans and

renaming the class Black Turtle Soup

beans as Black beans will improve the

usability of U.S. Standards for Beans.

Since these changes to the standards

were recommended and reviewed by the

affected trade and are consistent with

current practices in the trade, they will

become effective on November 10, 1997.

The United States Standards for Beans

do not appear in the Code of Federal

Regulations but are maintained by the

U.S. Department of Agriculture. The

revised United States Standards for

Beans are available either by accessing

GIPSA’s Home Page on the Internet at:

www.usda.gov/gipsa/strulreg/standard/

beans or by contacting the Audiovisual,

Regulatory and Training Staff, GIPSA,

USDA, STOP 3649, 1400 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250–

3649; telephone (202) 720–1734; FAX

(202) 720–4628.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

James R. Baker,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–26897 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration Pilot

Program for Barge Inspection Services

on Selected Rivers

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing its

intent to conduct a pilot program

allowing more than one official agency

to provide barge inspection services

within a single geographic area on the

Mississippi River and/or other selected

rivers. GIPSA is requesting comments

on the specific pilot programs described

below, and GIPSA also is announcing

that it will consider suggestions for

other possible pilot programs in lieu of

those listed below.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked,

or sent by telecopier (FAX) or electronic

mail by November 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to

Neil E. Porter, Director, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604 (Room 1647–S),

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–3604.

Telecopier (FAX) users may send

comments to the automatic telecopier

machine at 202–690–2755, attention:

Neil E. Porter.

All comments received will be made

available for public inspection during

regular business hours at the above

address located at Room 1647–S, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil

E. Porter, telephone 202–720–8262.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections

7(f) and 7A of the United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act), were

amended by the U.S. Grain Standards

Act Amendments of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–

156) on November 24, 1993, to authorize

GIPSA’s Administrator to conduct pilot

programs allowing more than one

official agency to provide official

services within a single geographic area

without undermining the declared

policy of the Act. The purpose of pilot

programs is to evaluate the impact of

allowing more than one official agency

to provide official services within a

single geographic area.

GIPSA considered several possible

pilot programs as announced in the

March 14, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR

11759) and the March 10, 1995, Federal

Register (60 FR 13113). In the

September 27, 1995, Federal Register

(60 FR 49828) GIPSA announced two

pilot programs, Timely Service and

Open Season, starting on November 1,

1995, and ending on October 31, 1996.

These two pilot programs were

extended to October 31, 1999, as

announced in the October 3, 1996,

Federal Register (61 FR 51674).

The March 14, 1994, Federal Register

Notice requested comments on a

possible pilot program for barges on

selected rivers or portions of rivers as

defined by GIPSA. This was one of five

potential pilots being considered.

GIPSA received 41 comments. Seven