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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Thursday, June 26, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1205 

[Doc. No. AMS–CN–13–0101] 

Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: 

Adjusting Supplemental Assessment 

on Imports (2014 Amendment) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule is a 

companion document to the 

Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) 

direct final rule (published today in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of the 

Federal Register), amending the Cotton 

Board Rules and Regulations by 

decreasing the value assigned to 

imported cotton for calculating 

supplemental assessments collected for 

use by the Cotton Research and 

Promotion Program. An amendment is 

required to adjust the value assigned to 

imported cotton and the cotton content 

of imported products so that it is the 

same as those paid on domestically 

produced cotton. 

AMS is publishing this amendment as 

a direct final rule without prior proposal 

because the agency is contemplated by 

statute and required by regulation in 7 

CFR 1205.510 and anticipates no 

significant adverse comment. AMS has 

explained its reasons in the preamble of 

the direct final rule. If AMS receives no 

significant adverse comment during the 

comment period, no further action on 

this proposed rule will be taken. If, 

however, AMS receives significant 

adverse comment, AMS will withdraw 

the direct final rule and it will not take 

effect. In that case, AMS will address all 

public comments in a subsequent final 

rule based on this proposed rule. AMS 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this rule. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so 

during this comment period. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the addresses specified 

below. All comments will be made 

available to the public. Please do not 

include any personally identifiable 

information (such as name, address, or 

other contact information) or 

confidential business information that 

you do not want publically disclosed. 

All comments may be posted on the 

Internet and can be retrieved by most 

Internet search engines. Comments may 

be submitted anonymously. 

Comments, identified by AMS–CN– 

13–0101, may be submitted 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

In addition, comments may be 

submitted by mail or hand delivery to 

Cotton Research and Promotion Staff, 

Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, 

USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 

101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. All comments received will 

be made available for public inspection 

at Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, 

USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 

101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. A 

copy of this notice may be found at: 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir M. Riva, Chief, Research and 

Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco 

Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361– 

2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email 

at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted 

above, in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of today’s Federal Register, the 

direct final rule being published would 

amend the value assigned to imported 

cotton in the Cotton Board Rules and 

Regulations (7 CFR 1205.510(b)(2)) that 

is used to determine the Cotton 

Research and Promotion assessment on 

imported cotton and cotton products. 

The total value of assessment levied 

on cotton imports is the sum of two 

parts. The first part of the assessment is 

based on the weight of cotton 

imported—levied at a rate of $1 per bale 

of cotton, which is equivalent to 500 

pounds, or $1 per 226.8 kilograms of 

cotton. The second part of the import 

assessment (referred to as the 

supplemental assessment) is based on 

the value of imported cotton lint or the 

cotton contained in imported cotton 

products—levied at a rate of five-tenths 

of one percent of the value of 

domestically produced cotton. 

Section 1205.510(b)(2) of the Cotton 

Research and Promotion Rules and 

Regulations provides for assigning the 

calendar year weighted average price 

received by U.S. farmers for Upland 

cotton to represent the value of 

imported cotton. This is so that the 

assessment on domestically produced 

cotton and the assessment on imported 

cotton and the cotton content of 

imported products is the same. The 

source for the average price statistic is 

Agricultural Prices, a publication of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) of the Department of 

Agriculture. Use of the weighted average 

price figure in the calculation of 

supplemental assessments on imported 

cotton and the cotton content of 

imported products will yield an 

assessment that is the same as 

assessments paid on domestically 

produced cotton. 

The current value of imported cotton 

as published in 2013 in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 39551) for the purpose 

of calculating assessments on imported 

cotton is $0.012876 per kilogram. Using 

the Average Weighted Priced received 

by U.S. farmers for Upland cotton for 

the calendar year 2013, the direct final 

rule would amend the new value of 

imported cotton to $0.012728 per 

kilogram to reflect the price paid by U.S. 

farmers for Upland cotton during 2013. 

An example of the complete 

assessment formula and how the figures 

are obtained is as follows: 

One bale is equal to 500 pounds. 

One kilogram equals 2.2046 pounds. 

One pound equals 0.453597 

kilograms. 

One Dollar per Bale Assessment 

Converted to Kilograms 

A 500-pound bale equals 226.8 kg. 

(500 x 0.453597). 

$1 per bale assessment equals 

$0.002000 per pound or $0.2000 cents 

per pound (1/500) or $0.004409 per kg 

or $0.4409 cents per kg. (1/226.8). 

Supplemental Assessment of 5/10 of 

One Percent of the Value of the Cotton 

Converted to Kilograms 

The 2013 calendar year weighted 

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Upland cotton is $0.755 per pound or 

$1.664 per kg. (0.755 x 2.2046). 

Five tenths of one percent of the 

average price equals $0.008319 per kg. 

(1.664 × 0.005). 

Total Assessment 

The total assessment per kilogram of 

raw cotton is obtained by adding the $1 

per bale equivalent assessment of 

$0.004409 per kg. and the supplemental 

assessment $0.008319 per kg., which 

equals $0.012728 per kg. 

The current assessment on imported 

cotton is $0.012876 per kilogram of 

imported cotton. The revised 

assessment in this direct final rule is 

$0.012728, a decrease of $0.000148 per 

kilogram. This decrease reflects the 

decrease in the average weighted price 

of Upland cotton received by U.S. 

Farmers during the period January 

through December 2013. 

Import Assessment Table in section 

1205.510(b)(3) indicates the total 

assessment rate ($ per kilogram) due for 

each Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

number that is subject to assessment. 

This table must be revised each year to 

reflect changes in supplemental 

assessment rates. In this direct final 

rule, AMS is amending the Import 

Assessment Table. 

AMS believes that these amendments 

are necessary to assure that assessments 

collected on imported cotton and the 

cotton content of imported products are 

the same as those paid on domestically 

produced cotton. Accordingly, changes 

reflected in this rule should be adopted 

and implemented as soon as possible 

since it is required by regulation. 

The amendment proposed by this 

notice is the same as the amendment 

contained in the direct final rule. Please 

refer to the preamble and regulatory text 

of the direct final rule for further 

information and the actual text of the 

amendment. Statutory review and 

Executive Orders for this proposed rule 

can be found in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the direct final 

rule. 

A 30-day comment period is provided 

to comment on the changes to the 

Cotton Board Rules and Regulations 

proposed herein. This period is deemed 

appropriate because this rule would 

decrease the assessments paid by 

importers under the Cotton Research 

and Promotion Order. An amendment is 

required to adjust the assessments 

collected on imported cotton and the 

cotton content of imported products to 

be the same as those paid on 

domestically produced cotton. 

Accordingly, the change in this rule, if 

adopted, should be implemented as 

soon as possible. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2101–2118. 

Dated: June 23, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14991 Filed 6–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Parts 429 and 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2011–BT–TP–0071] 

RIN 1904–AC67 

Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Integrated LightEmitting Diode Lamps 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: On June 3, 2014, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking (SNOPR) (hereafter the June 

2014 SNOPR) in which DOE proposed 

test procedures for light-emitting diode 

(LED) lamps. The June 2014 SNOPR 

defined methods for measuring the 

lumen output, input power, and relative 

spectral distribution (to determine 

correlated color temperature, or CCT). 

Further, the June 2014 SNOPR proposed 

a method for calculating the lifetime of 

LED lamps, and defined the lifetime as 

the time required for the LED lamp to 

reach a lumen maintenance of 70 

percent (that is, 70 percent of initial 

light output). Additionally, the June 

2014 SNOPR added calculations for 

lamp efficacy as well as the color 

rendering index (CRI) of LED lamps. 

This SNOPR revises DOE’s proposed 

definition for lifetime in the June 2014 

SNOPR. The definition of lifetime 

contained in this document better aligns 

with the statutory definition of lifetime 

in the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act of 1975, as amended. DOE also 

proposes a new definition for time to 

failure to support the revised definition 

of lifetime. Finally, this SNOPR 

discusses other necessary changes to the 

regulations to support the new and 

revised definitions. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information regarding this SNOPR 

until August 4, 2014. See section V, 

‘‘Public Participation,’’ for details. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the SNOPR for Test 

Procedures for LED lamps, and provide 

docket number EE–2011–BT–TP–0071 

and/or regulatory information number 

(RIN) number 1904–AC67. Comments 

may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: LEDLamps-2011-TP-0071@

ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number 

and/or RIN in the subject line of the 

message. 

3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC,20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

CD. It is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 

(202) 586–2945. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD. It is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see section V of this document (Public 

Participation). 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at regulations.gov, including 

Federal Register notices, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

regulations.gov index. However, not all 

documents listed in the index may be 

publicly available, such as information 

that is exempt from public disclosure. 

A link to the docket Web page can be 

found at: www1.eere.energy.gov/

buildings/appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/18. This Web 

page will contain a link to the docket for 

this notice on the regulations.gov site. 

The regulations.gov Web page contains 

simple instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. See section V for 

information on how to submit 

comments through regulations.gov. 

For further information on how to 

submit a comment, review other public 

comments and the docket, or participate 

in the public meeting, contact Ms. 

Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by 

email: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1604. Email: 

light_emitting_diodes@ee.doe.gov. 


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