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Vol. 77, No. 125 

Thursday, June 28, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 205 

[Document Number AMS–NOP–12–0034; 

NOP–12–11] 

Implementation of National Organic 

Program (NOP); Sunset Review (2012) 

Amendments to Pectin on the National 

List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; notice of 

implementation period. 

SUMMARY: On June 6, 2012, AMS 

published a final rule to address 

substances due to sunset from the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s National 

List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances (National List) in 2012. This 

final rule amended two listings for 

pectin on the National List effective 

June 27, 2012. 

DATES: Based upon new information 

from the organic industry, AMS is 

informing operations certified to the 

USDA organic regulations that AMS 

will allow operations to reformulate 

their products until October 21, 2012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 

(OFPA) (7 U.S.C. 6501–6522) authorizes 

the establishment of the National List of 

Allowed and Prohibited Substances 

(National List). The National List 

identifies synthetic substances that may 

be used in organic production and 

nonsynthetic (natural) substances that 

are prohibited in organic crop and 

livestock production. The National List 

also identifies nonagricultural 

nonsynthetic, nonagricultural synthetic 

and nonorganic agricultural substances 

that may be used in organic handling. 

On June 6, 2012, AMS published a 

final rule (77 FR 33290) addressing 

multiple exemptions due to sunset from 

the National List in 2012. Based on the 

comments received, AMS finalized the 

amendments to pectin as proposed. In 

an effort to streamline the sunset dates 

for over 200 listings for substances on 

the National List and in consideration of 

the comments on the proposed rule that 

supported the proposed changes to 

pectin, AMS determined that the 

changes to pectin should be included 

among the amendments and renewals 

effective on the earliest sunset date, 

June 27, 2012, for all substances due to 

expire in 2012. 

After publication of the final rule on 

June 6, 2012, AMS received new 

information from industry that some 

organic processors are currently using 

amidated, non-organic pectin in their 

products. The industry indicated that 

these processors would need time to 

reformulate these products using either 

non-amidated, non-organic pectin (if 

organic pectin is not commercially 

available), or organic pectin in 

accordance with the changes codified 

through the final rule. In response to 

this information, AMS now understands 

that some product reformulation is 

necessary. 

The amendments to pectin are 

effective on June 27, 2012. However, 

AMS considers a period until October 

21, 2012, the original sunset date in 

2012 for the pectin listings, to be 

reasonable and appropriate for the 

industry to reformulate products in 

order to ensure that the amendments are 

effectively and rationally implemented. 

AMS will conduct outreach to the 

industry and training for certifying 

agents as appropriate. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501–6522. 

Dated: June 22, 2012. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15904 Filed 6–26–12; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 21 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0408] 

Issuance of Special Airworthiness 

Certificates for Light-Sport Category 

Aircraft 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of policy; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Based upon its assessment of 

the special light-sport aircraft (SLSA) 

manufacturing industry, the FAA is 

issuing this notice of policy to inform 

the public of its policy for assessing the 

accuracy of declarations made in 

Statements of Compliance issued for 

aircraft intended for airworthiness 

certification as SLSA and to ensure that 

SLSA conform to identified consensus 

standards. Additionally, in response to 

findings noted in its assessment of the 

SLSA manufacturing industry, the FAA 

is reiterating its policy regarding the 

airworthiness certification of SLSA 

manufactured outside the United States. 

DATES: Effective Date: This policy 

becomes effective September 26, 2012. 

Comment Date: Comments must be 

received on or before July 30, 2012 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0408 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send Comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, West Building 

Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Take comments to 

Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of 

the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

policy statement, contact Richard Posey, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 


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