This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 52 

[Document Number AMS–FV–14–0088, SC– 

18–328] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Processed Vegetables 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise 

the U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned 

Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades 

of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. Standards 

for Grades of Pickles, and U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Green Olives. 

AMS is proposing to replace the term 

‘‘midget’’ with ‘‘petite’’ in the canned 

lima bean, canned mushroom, and 

pickle standards, and to remove 

‘‘midget’’ completely from the green 

olive standards as there is an alternative 

term. AMS is also proposing to replace 

the two-term grading system (dual 

nomenclature) with a single term to 

describe each quality level in the 

canned lima bean, canned mushroom, 

and green olive standards. Editorial 

changes would also be made to the 

grade standards that conform to recent 

changes made in other grade standards. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the USDA, Specialty Crops Inspection 

Division, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 

101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax: 

(540) 361–1199; or at 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

reference the dates and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

Comments will be posted without 

change, including any personal 

information provided. All comments 

received within the comment period 

will become part of the public record 

maintained by the Agency and will be 

made available to the public via 

www.regulations.gov. Comments will be 

made available for public inspection at 

the above address during regular 

business hours or can be viewed at: 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lindsay H. Mitchell at the address 

above, by phone (540) 361–1120; fax 

(540) 361–1199; or, email 

lindsay.mitchell@ams.usda.gov. Copies 

of the proposed U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Canned 

Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for Grades 

of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Green Olives are available at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Copies of 

the current U.S. Standards for Grades of 

Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Pickles, and 

U.S. Standards for Grades of Green 

Olives are available on the Specialty 

Crops Inspection Division website at 

www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/ 

vegetables. 

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.’’ 

The Agricultural Marketing Service 

(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 U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Fruits and 

Vegetables that no longer appear in the 

Code of Federal Regulations are 

maintained by AMS at: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards. 

AMS is proposing revisions to these 

U.S. Standards for Grades using the 

procedures that appear in part 36 of 

Title 7 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (7 CFR part 36). 

Background 

AMS continually reviews all fruit and 

vegetable grade standards to ensure 

their usefulness to the industry, 

modernize language, and remove 

duplicative terminology. On May 13, 

2013, AMS received a petition from the 

Little People of America stating they 

‘‘are trying to raise awareness around 

and eliminate the use of the word 

midget.’’ The petition further stated, 

‘‘Though the use of the word midget by 

the USDA when classifying certain food 

products is benign, Little People of 

America, and the dwarfism community, 

hopes that the USDA would consider 

phasing out the term midget.’’ 

AMS determined that six grade 

standards contained the term 

‘‘midget’’—U.S. Standards for Grades of 

Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Pickles, U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Green Olives, 

U.S. Standards for Grades of Processed 

Raisins, and U.S. Standards for Grades 

of Shelled Pecans. The shelled pecans 

and processed raisins were separated 

out and are covered in two rules due to 

additional changes being made. 

Before developing these proposed 

revisions, AMS solicited comments and 

suggestions about the grade standards 

from the Grocery Manufacturers 

Association, U.S. Dry Bean Council, 

American Mushroom Institute, Pickle 

Packers International, Inc., and the 

California Olive Committee. The 

consensus from the U.S. Dry Bean 

Council, American Mushroom Institute, 

and Pickle Packers International, Inc. 

was to proceed with replacing ‘‘midget’’ 

with ‘‘petite’’ in each of the three 

standards. The California Olive 

Committee stated there would be no 

issue with removing the term ‘‘midget’’ 

completely from the standards as that 

would leave ‘‘petite’’ for the size 

designation. 

In addition to replacing ‘‘midget’’ 

with ‘‘petite’’ or removing ‘‘midget,’’ 

AMS is also proposing to remove dual 

nomenclature in U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S. 

Standards for Grades of Canned 

Mushrooms, and U.S. Standards for 

Grades of Green Olives. More recently 

developed standards use a single term, 

such as ‘‘U.S. Grade A’’ or ‘‘U.S. Grade 

B,’’ to describe each level of quality 

within a grade standard. Older grade 

standards used dual nomenclature, such 

as ‘‘U.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy,’’ ‘‘U.S. 

Grade B or U.S. Extra Standard,’’ or 

‘‘U.S. Grade B or U.S. Choice,’’ and 

‘‘U.S. Grade C or U.S. Standard,’’ to 

describe the same level of quality. The 

terms ‘‘U.S. Fancy,’’ ‘‘U.S. Extra 


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Standard’’ or ‘‘U.S. Choice,’’ and ‘‘U.S. 

Standard’’ would be removed and the 

terms ‘‘U.S. Grade A,’’ ‘‘U.S. Grade B,’’ 

and ‘‘U.S. Grade C’’ would be used 

exclusively. 

Finally, AMS is proposing editorial 

changes to these grade standards, i.e., 

updating the name of a table to better 

reflect content, removing specific 

address for viewing or obtaining color 

standards, updating a grade designation 

in a scoresheet to align with language 

used throughout standard, and updating 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

references where applicable. 

Information on obtaining color 

standards is available in the Fresh and 

Processed Equipment Catalog on the 

AMS website at https://

www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/ 

how-purchase-equipment-and-visualaids. These revisions will provide a 

format that is consistent with those of 

other grade standards (75 FR 43141). 

The following table summarizes the 

changes currently under consideration 

by AMS. 

U.S. standards for grades 

of Effective date Remove or replace ‘‘midget’’ Other proposed revisions 

Canned Lima Beans ........ 3/20/60 Replace with ‘‘Petite’’ in 

Table II in Sizes of 

canned lima beans 

section.

Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of 

canned lima beans and Color sections. 

Correct CFR citation for standard of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in the 

Identity section. 

Replace Processed Products information and address with ‘‘USDA 

Headquarters in Washington, DC’’ in the General section. 

Canned Mushrooms ........ 4/7/62 Replace with ‘‘petite’’ in 

the Sizes of canned 

mushrooms in the 

styles of whole and 

buttons section.

Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of 

canned mushrooms section. 

Correct CFR citation for standard of identity to 21 CFR 155.200 in the 

Product description section. 

Green Olives ................... 9/8/67 Remove from Table I in 

the Sizes of whole 

style green olives 

section.

Change level of quality designations to single terms in the Grades of 

green olives and Uniformity of size sections and Tables IV and V in 

the Absence of defects section. 

Change ‘‘D’’ to ‘‘Sstd’’ in the Score sheet for green olives section. 

Pickles ............................. 4/22/91 Replace with ‘‘Petite’’ in 

Table II in the Sizes 

of whole pickles section and Table VI in 

the Requirements for 

grade section.

Change the title of Table III from ‘‘Recommended Pickle Ingredients All 

Styles Except Relish’’ to ‘‘Recommended Minimum Quantity of Pickle 

Ingredients All Styles Except Relish.’’ 

The proposed revisions to these grade 

standards would provide a common 

language for trade and better reflect the 

current marketing of fruits and 

vegetables. 

A 60-day comment period is provided 

for interested persons to submit 

comments on the proposed revised 

grade standards. Copies of the proposed 

revised standards are available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. After the 60-day 

comment period, AMS will move 

forward in accordance with 7 CFR 

36.3(a)(1 through 3). 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17283 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2018–0707; Product 

Identifier 2018–NM–067–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Fokker 

Services B.V. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

Fokker Services B.V. Model F28 

airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by reports that certain Tunions with an integral filter in the 

landing gear hydraulic control system 

disconnected from their housing and, in 

some cases, migrated. This proposed AD 

would require replacing certain Tunions with an integral filter with Tunions without an integral filter. We are 

proposing this AD to address the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by September 27, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact Fokker Services 

B.V., Technical Services Dept., P.O. Box 

1357, 2130 EL Hoofddorp, the 

Netherlands; telephone +31 (0)88–6280– 

350; fax +31 (0)88–6280–111; email 

technicalservices@fokker.com; internet 

http://www.myfokkerfleet.com. You may 

view this service information at the 

FAA, Transport Standards Branch, 2200 

South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 


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