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Northwest, Eastern and Southern 

Regions. The Forest Service is using an 

existing advisory board for the Black 

Hills National Forest in South Dakota. 

In addition, the Governors of three 

states—Alaska, Nebraska and 

Wyoming—requested that their State be 

exempt from the REA–R/RAC 

requirement, and the two Departments 

concurred with the exemptions. 

Members were appointed to the 

Southern Recreation RAC in February 

2007 for either two-year or three-year 

terms. The terms for the three-year 

members will expire February 2010. 

The Recreation RACs provide 

recreation fee recommendations to both 

the Forest Service and the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM). These 

committees make recreation fee program 

recommendations on implementing or 

eliminating standard amenity fees; 

expanded amenity fees; and 

noncommercial, individual special 

recreation permit fees; expanding or 

limiting the recreation fee program; and 

fee-level changes. 

Recreation RAC Composition 

Each Recreation RAC consists of 11 

members appointed by the Secretary. 

REA provided flexibility to modify the 

specified membership of the RAC ‘‘as 

appropriate’’ to ensure a fair and 

balanced representation of recreation 

interests. Due to climate conditions in 

the Southern Region, the Region does 

not have a winter sports program. 

Therefore, the categories of winter 

motorized recreation and winter nonmotorized recreation were replaced with 

(1) camping and (2) wildlife viewing/ 

visiting interpretive sites. In addition, as 

the region has very few motorized 

outfitters and guides, they have two 

positions representing non-motorized 

outfitters and guides. The positions are 

as follows: 

(1) Five persons who represent 

recreation users and that include, as 

appropriate, the following: 

a. Camping interests; 

b. Day-use interests, such as wildlife 

viewing and interpretive centers; 

c. Summer motorized recreation, such 

as motorcycles, boats, and off-highway 

vehicles; 

d. Summer non-motorized recreation, 

such as backpacking, horseback riding, 

mountain biking, canoeing, and rafting; 

and 

e. Hunting and fishing; 

(2) Three persons who represent 

interest groups that include, as 

appropriate, the following: 

a. Non-motorized outfitters and 

guides—position one; 

b. Non-motorized outfitters and 

guides—position two; and 

c. Local environmental groups. 

(3) Three persons, as follows: 

a. State tourism official to represent 

the state; 

b. A person who represents affected 

Indian tribes; and 

c. A person who represents affected 

local government interests. 

Nomination Information 

Any individual or organization may 

nominate one or more qualified persons 

to represent the interests listed above to 

serve on the Recreation RAC. To be 

considered for membership, nominees 

must: 

• Identify what interest group they 

would represent and how they are 

qualified to represent that group; 

• State why they want to serve on the 

committee and what they can 

contribute; 

• Show their past experience in 

working successfully as part of a 

collaborative group; and 

• Complete Form AD–755, Advisory 

Committee or Research and Promotion 

Background Information. 

Letters of recommendation are 

welcome, but not required. Individuals 

may also nominate themselves. 

Nominees do not need to live in a state 

within a particular Recreation RAC’s 

area of jurisdiction nor live in a state in 

which Forest Service-managed lands are 

located. 

Application packets, including 

evaluation criteria and the AD–755 

form, are available at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/rracapplication.shtml or by contacting the 

Southern Region as identified in this 

notice. Nominees must submit all 

documents to the appropriate regional 

contact. Additional information about 

recreation fees and REA is available at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/ 

about-rec-fees.shtml. 

The Forest Service will also work 

with Governors and county officials to 

identify potential nominees. The Forest 

Service will review the applications and 

prepare a list of qualified applicants 

from which the Secretary shall appoint 

both members and alternates. An 

alternate will become a participating 

member of the Recreation RACs only if 

the member for whom the alternate is 

appointed to replace leaves the 

committee permanently. 

Recreation RAC members serve 

without pay but are reimbursed for 

travel and per diem expenses for 

regularly scheduled committee 

meetings. All Recreation RAC meetings 

are open to the public and an open 

public forum is part of each meeting. 

Meeting dates and times will be 

determined by agency officials in 

consultation with the Recreation RAC 

members. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Cheryl Chatham, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E9–14434 Filed 6–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

United States Standards for Whole Dry 

Peas and Split Peas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration 

(GIPSA) is revising the US Standards for 

Whole Dry Peas and Split Peas to amend 

the general definitions, ‘‘Whole Dry 

Peas’’ and ‘‘Split Peas,’’ and the 

following specific definitions: ‘‘Smooth 

Green Dry Peas,’’ ‘‘Smooth Yellow Dry 

Peas,’’ ‘‘Wrinkled Dry Peas,’’ ‘‘Green 

Split Peas’’ and ‘‘Yellow Split Peas.’’ In 

addition, GIPSA is modifying the 

classification term and associated 

definitions, ‘‘Winter Dry Peas’’ and 

‘‘Winter Split Peas.’’ These changes will 

help facilitate the marketing of new 

winter pea variety releases and help 

ensure the purity of class for ‘‘Whole 

Dry Peas’’ and ‘‘Split Peas.’’ 

DATES: Effective Date: July 15, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, 

FGIS, Market and Program Analysis 

Staff, Beacon Facility, STOP 1404, P.O. 

Box 419205, Kansas City, Missouri, 

64141; Telephone (816) 823–4648; Fax 

Number (816) 823–4644; e-mail 

Beverly.A.Whalen@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 203(c) of the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, 

(AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1622(c)), 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.’’ GIPSA is 

committed to carrying out this authority 

in a manner that facilitates the 

marketing of agricultural commodities. 

GIPSA establishes and maintains a 

variety of quality and grade standards 

for agricultural commodities that serve 


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as the fundamental starting point to 

define commodity quality in the 

domestic and global marketplace. 

GIPSA provides official procedures for 

how inspectors determine the various 

grading factors in supporting 

handbooks, such as the Pea and Lentil 

Handbook, which is available on the 

GIPSA Web site at http://

www.gipsa.usda.gov/GIPSA/

webapp?area=home&subject

=lr&topic=hb-pl. 

The AMA standards and supporting 

procedures are voluntary and used 

widely in private contracts, government 

procurement and marketing 

communication. Standards developed 

under the AMA include those for rice, 

whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, 

lentils and beans. The U.S. standards for 

whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, 

lentils and beans no longer appear in 

the Code of Federal Regulations, but are 

now maintained by USDA–GIPSA. The 

process for developing or reviewing 

these standards is specified in the AMA 

regulations (7 CFR 868.102, Procedures 

for establishing and revising grade 

standards). The U.S. Standards for 

Whole Dry Peas and Split Peas are 

available from the GIPSA Web site at 

http://www.gipsa.usda.gov, or by phone, 

fax or e-mail from the contact listed 

above. 

GIPSA representatives maintain an 

ongoing working relationship with the 

USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council 

(USADPLC), a national organization of 

producers, processors, and exporters of 

U.S. dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas; the 

US Dry Pea and Lentil Trade 

Association (USPLTA), a national 

association representing processors, 

traders, and transporters in the pea and 

lentil industry, as well as handlers and 

merchandisers to ensure the 

effectiveness of the U.S. Standards for 

whole dry peas, split peas, and lentils 

in today’s marketing environment. 

USADPLC and USPLTA maintain that 

the release of and the market’s 

acceptance of new winter pea varieties 

necessitate several changes in the 

grading standards for winter dry peas 

and split peas. As a result, GIPSA is 

revising the whole dry and split pea 

standards to enable new and future 

winter pea variety releases to be 

classified and marketed on the basis of 

cotyledon color and desired usage, not 

on the basis of growth habit. GIPSA is 

also modifying classification terms and 

broadening associated working 

definitions that permit physically and 

visually similar peas to be included in 

a common class to help ensure purity. 

Comment Review 

GIPSA published a notice in the 

Federal Register on April 20, 2009 (74 

FR 17948), inviting interested parties to 

comment on the proposed revisions to 

the U.S. Standards for Whole Dry Peas 

and Split Peas. GIPSA received one 

comment that supported the proposed 

changes from a company that markets 

both spring and winter planted types of 

dry peas. 

Final Action 

GIPSA is revising select descriptive 

classification terms and definitions to 

allow new and future winter dry pea 

releases to be marketed as smooth green 

or smooth yellow dry peas and preserve 

purity of class by grouping colored or 

distinctively mottled peas (e.g., 

traditional winter dry and maple peas), 

regardless of planting date. The 

definitions are revised as follows: 

1. ‘‘Whole Dry Peas.’’ Threshed seeds 

of the garden type pea plant (Pisum 

sativum L. and Pisum sativum var. 

arvense (L.) Poir.), which after the 

removal of dockage, contain 50.0 

percent or more of whole peas and not 

more than 10.0 percent of foreign 

material. 

2. ‘‘Smooth Yellow Dry Peas.’’ Dry 

peas which have smooth seed coats and 

yellow cotyledons and contain not more 

than 1.5 percent of other classes. 

3. ‘‘Smooth Green Dry Peas.’’ Dry peas 

which have smooth seed coats and 

green cotyledons and contain not more 

than 1.5 percent of other classes. 

4. ‘‘Wrinkled Dry Peas.’’ Dry peas 

which have wrinkled seed coats and 

contain not more than 1.5 percent of 

other classes. 

5. ‘‘Split Peas.’’ Threshed seeds of the 

garden type pea plant (Pisum sativum L. 

and Pisum sativum var. arvense (L.) 

Poir.), which have 50.0 percent or more 

of the peas split into halves or smaller 

pieces and contain not more than 10.0 

percent of foreign material. 

6. ‘‘Green Split Peas.’’ Split peas from 

smooth green dry pea varieties. 

7. ‘‘Yellow Split Peas.’’ Split peas 

from smooth yellow dry pea varieties. 

In addition, GIPSA is replacing the 

classification terms and definitions of 

‘‘Winter Dry Peas’’ and ‘‘Winter Split 

Peas’’ with ‘‘Mottled Dry Peas’’ and 

‘‘Miscellaneous Split Peas,’’ 

respectively. The changes are as follows: 

1. ‘‘Mottled Dry Peas.’’ Dry peas of the 

Austrian winter pea type and other peas 

which have colored or distinctively 

mottled seed coats which contain not 

more than 1.5 percent of other classes. 

2. ‘‘Miscellaneous Split Peas.’’ Split 

peas from classes of whole peas other 

than smooth green or smooth yellow dry 

pea varieties. 

These changes will facilitate use of 

the standards and better reflect current 

marketing practices. 

The changes to the standards are 

effective July 15, 2009, the beginning of 

the harvest season. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

J. Dudley Butler, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–14565 Filed 6–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Cancellation of Electronic Visa 

Information System (ELVIS) and Quota 

Reporting Requirements for Textiles 

and Textile Products Produced or 

Manufactured in the People’s Republic 

of China and Exported prior to 

January 1, 2009 

June 16, 2009. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the 

Commissioner, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection canceling all previous 

directives concerning ELVIS and quota 

reporting requirements for China. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria D’Andrea, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 

3, 1972, as amended; Section 204 of the 

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 1854). 

Effective on July 1, 2009, the United 

States is terminating the ELVIS 

transmission requirement and quota 

reporting requirements for goods 

exported from China prior to January 1, 

2009. In a notice and letter published in 

the Federal Register on December 10, 

2008 (see 73 FR 75085), the United 

States canceled all previous directives 

concerning requirements for ELVIS 

transmissions effective for goods 

exported from China prior to January 1, 

2009. This action is consistent with the 

terms of the bilateral agreement on 

textiles and apparel between the 

Governments of the United States of 

America and the People’s Republic of 

China that was signed on November 8, 

2005 (see 70 FR 74777). 

In the letter below, CITA instructs 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 


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