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Notices Federal Register

63158 

Vol. 78, No. 205 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. Number AMS–FV–11–0054; FV–13– 

331] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Okra 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is revising the 

voluntary United States Standards for 

Grades of Okra by removing the 

‘‘Unclassified’’ category from the 

standards. 

DATES: Effective: November 22, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Horner, Standardization Branch, 

Specialty Crops Inspection Division, 

telephone: (540) 361–1128 or 1150. The 

revised United States Standards for 

Grades of Okra are available on the 

Specialty Crops Inspection Division 

Web site at www.ams.usda.gov/scihome. 

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. Because the 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Fruits and Vegetables are not connected 

with Federal marketing orders or U.S. 

import requirements, they no longer 

appear in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. They are, however, 

maintained by the AMS Fruit and 

Vegetable Program and are available on 

the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov/ 

scihome. 

AMS is revising the voluntary United 

States Standards for Grades of Okra 

using the procedures 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 about 

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. 

On May 1, 2013, AMS published a 

second notice in the Federal Register 

(78 FR 25416) soliciting comments 

about removing the ‘‘unclassified’’ 

section from the United States 

Standards for Grades of Okra. The 

public comment period closed on May 

31, 2013, with no responses. 

Based on the information gathered, 

AMS will remove and reserve ‘‘Section 

51.3946 Unclassified.’’ 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. 

The official grade of a lot of okra 

covered by these standards will be 

determined by the procedures set forth 

in the Regulations Governing 

Inspection, Certification, and Standards 

of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Other 

Products (Sec. 51.1 to 51.61). 

The revisions to the United States 

Standards for Grades of Okra will be 

effective 30 days after publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: October 17, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24818 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Guaranteed 

Farm Loan Program 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of re-opening of a public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is reopening and extending the 

comment period for 60 days to allow 

interested individuals and organizations 

to comment on the extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

the Guaranteed Farm Loan Program. The 

amended estimate adds the merger of 

the information collection for the Land 

Contract Guarantee Program (0560– 

0279) into the Guaranteed Farm Loan 

Program. This information collection is 

used to make and service loans 

guaranteed by FSA to eligible farmers 

and ranchers by commercial lenders and 

to provide guarantees to the seller of a 

farm through the use of land contracts. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, 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: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Trent Rogers, Senior Loan 

Specialist, USDA, FSA, Stop 0522, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Trent Rogers at the above 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trent Rogers, Senior Loan Specialist, 

(202) 720–3889. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Guaranteed Farm Loans. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0155. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 01/31/

2014. 


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