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Standards for Grades of Frozen Onions 

are voluntary standards for grades of 

quality and condition, and are not 

Government mandated for general use. 

The remaining 16 comments received 

were in agreement with the proposed 

standard. Comments may be viewed at 

www.regulations.gov. 

These standards establish the grade 

levels ‘‘A,’’ ‘‘B,’’ and ‘‘Substandard,’’ as 

well as Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL) 

tolerances and acceptance numbers for 

each quality factor as defined for each 

grade level. 

AMS used the standard format for 

U.S. standards for grades using 

‘‘individual attributes.’’ Specifically, the 

grade standards provide tolerance limits 

for defects; acceptance numbers of 

allowable defects with single letter 

grade designation based on a specified 

number or weight of sample units; a 

product description for frozen onions; 

and, style designations for ‘‘whole,’’ 

‘‘strips,’’ ‘‘diced,’’ and ‘‘other’’ styles. 

The standard also defines quality 

factors, AQLs, and tolerances for defects 

in frozen onions, and determines 

sample unit sizes for this commodity. 

The grade of a sample unit of frozen 

onions will be ascertained considering 

the factors of varietal characteristics, 

color, flavor and odor, appearance, 

absence of grit or dirt, defects, and 

character. 

The official grade of a lot of frozen 

onions covered by these standards will 

be determined by the procedures set 

forth in the Regulations Governing 

Inspection and Certification of 

Processed Products Thereof, and Certain 

Other Processed Food Products (7 CFR 

part 52 through 52.83). 

The new U.S. Standards for Grades of 

Frozen Onions provide a common 

language for trade and reflect the 

current marketing of frozen onions. The 

standards will be effective 30 days after 

the date of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Bruce Summers, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17642 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

9 CFR Parts 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 

537, 539, 540, 541, 544, 548, 550, 552, 

555, 557, 559, 560, and 561 

[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0039] 

Educational Meeting on the Mandatory 

Inspection of Fish of the Order 

Siluriformes and Products Derived 

From Such Fish Final Rule 

Implementation 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notification of educational 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

an educational meeting to discuss the 

enforcement and implementation of the 

Final Rule, ‘‘Mandatory Inspection of 

Fish of the Order Siluriformes and 

Products Derived from Such Fish.’’ Fish 

of the order Siluriformes include fish of 

several families, including catfish (fish 

of the family Ictaluridae), basa, tra, and 

swai (fish of the family Pangasiidae), 

and clarias (fish of the Clariidae family). 

FSIS will present information on the 

upcoming full implementation of the 

regulatory requirements at official 

domestic establishments that process 

Siluriformes fish and fish products, as 

well as information on entry procedures 

and reinspection at official import 

inspection establishments. FSIS is 

particularly interested in soliciting 

participation from representatives from 

domestic wild-caught operations that 

process Siluriformes fish and fish 

products. 

The primary objectives of the meeting 

are to provide updated information to 

stakeholders and to encourage dialogue 

between FSIS and the Siluriformes fish 

industry. Affected industry and 

interested individuals, organizations, 

and other stakeholders are invited to 

participate in the meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held in 

Webster, FL on Friday, August 25, 2017; 

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET, at the Florida 

Bass Conservation Center, 3583 CR 788, 

in Webster, FL. For directions and 

parking instructions, please visit: http:// 

myfwc.com/media/244914/FBCC_rack_

card08.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Arce, Outreach and Partnership 

Division, Office of Outreach, Employee 

Education and Training, FSIS, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop 

3778, Washington, DC 20250; 

Telephone: (202) 418–8903; Fax: (202) 

690–6519; Email: Evelyn.Arce@

fsis.usda.gov, regarding additional 

information about this meeting or to 

arrange for special accommodations. 

Questions regarding the mandatory 

inspection of fish of the order 

Siluriformes and products derived from 

such fish may be directed to AskFish@

fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Further 

information on these meetings will be 

posted on FSIS Web site at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

newsroom/meetings and through the 

FSIS Constituent Update. 

The final rule may be accessed from 

the FSIS Web site at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

topics/regulations/federal-register/ 

interim-and-final-rules. Registration: To 

pre-register for the meeting, please go to 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/ 

fsis/newsroom/meetings. 

Background 

On December 2, 2015, FSIS published 

the final rule to establish a mandatory 

inspection program for fish of the order 

Siluriformes and products derived from 

these fish (80 FR 75590). The final rule 

and other resources and information on 

Siluriformes fish can be found on the 

FSIS ‘‘Inspection Program for 

Siluriformes Fish, Including Catfish’’ 

Web page: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

wps/portal/fsis/topics/inspection/ 

siluriformes. 

The final rule was effective March 1, 

2016; however, the Agency provided an 

18-month transitional period until 

September 1, 2017, to give domestic 

establishments time to prepare and 

comply with the final regulations. The 

transitional period also provided foreign 

countries with time to submit the 

documentation necessary to continue 

exporting Siluriformes fish and fish 

products to the United States and to 

show that they have equivalent 

inspection systems. 

FSIS began inspecting domestic 

establishments on March 1, 2016, and 

began selecting imported Siluriformes 

fish shipments for reinspection on April 

15, 2016. During the transitional period, 

FSIS inspection personnel have 

exercised broad discretion in enforcing 

the regulatory requirements, focusing 

primarily on preventing adulterated or 

misbranded Siluriformes fish and fish 

products from entering commerce. 

On August 2, 2017, to abide with 

direction from Congress, FSIS began 

reinspecting all imported Siluriformes 

fish and fish products. Specifically, the 

explanatory statement accompanying 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2017, Public Law 115–31 Stat. 135, 

enacted May 5, 2017, directed FSIS to 


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immediately begin reinspecting all 

imported Siluriformes fish and fish 

product shipments https://

www.congress.gov/crec/2017/05/03/ 

CREC-2017-05-03-bk2.pdf). FSIS 

announced its intention to begin this 

reinspection in a Federal Register 

notice on July 3, 2017 (‘‘Import 

Reinspection of Fish of the Order 

Siluriformes’’ (82 FR 30721)). 

FSIS held a series of domestic and 

import educational meetings when the 

final rule initially published in 

December 2015. More recently, in June 

and July 2017, FSIS held additional 

educational meetings in Richmond, VA, 

and Baltimore, MD. Another 

educational meeting is scheduled for 

August 24, 2017, in Memphis, TN. FSIS 

has gained significant insight into the 

domestic and importing Siluriformes 

fish industries during the transitional 

period. 

FSIS is announcing this educational 

meeting to provide updates regarding 

full implementation of the regulatory 

requirements and to exchange 

information with operations that 

process wild-caught Siluriformes fish 

and fish products, and thus encourages 

representatives and parties involved in 

this industry to attend the educational 

meetings. The Agency is particularly 

interested in gaining additional insight 

into how the wild-caught Siluriformes 

fish arrive at processing facilities, where 

the wild-caught Siluriformes fish are 

sourced, daily production volume 

information for these facilities, and 

where the final Siluriformes fish and 

fish products are being sold or 

distributed after processing. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

Web page located at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to our constituents and stakeholders. 

The Update is available on the FSIS 

Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS 

is able to provide information to a much 

broader, more diverse audience. In 

addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) 

690–7442, Email: program.intake@

usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Done at Washington, DC, on: August 17, 

2017. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17757 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 91 

[Docket No.: FAA–2016–9154; Amdt. No. 

91–348] 

RIN 2120–AK88 

Incorporation by Reference of ICAO 

Annex 2; Removal of Outdated North 

Atlantic Minimum Navigation 

Performance Specifications 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule better aligns FAA 

regulations regarding the North Atlantic 

(NAT) Minimum Navigation 

Performance Specifications (MNPS) 

with the relevant International Civil 

Aviation Organization (ICAO) 

standards. The ICAO NAT Region is 

transitioning from the decades-old 

MNPS navigation specification to a 

more modern, Performance-Based 

Navigation (PBN) specification. This 

rule also incorporates by reference the 

current version of Annex 2 (‘‘Rules of 

the Air’’) to the Convention on 

International Civil Aviation (the 

‘‘Chicago Convention’’), hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘ICAO Annex 2,’’ in the 

FAA’s regulations. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

October 23, 2017. The incorporation by 

reference of the publication listed in the 

rule is approved by the Director of the 

Federal Register as of October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: For information on where to 

obtain copies of rulemaking documents 

and other information related to this 

final rule, see ‘‘How To Obtain 

Additional Information’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin C. Kelley, Flight Technologies 

Division, Flight Standards Service, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–8854; email Kevin.C.Kelley@

faa.gov. For questions about ICAO 

Annex 2, contact the FAA’s Office of 

International Affairs at (202) 267–1000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA is responsible for the safety 

of flight in the U.S. and for the safety 

of U.S. civil operators, U.S.-registered 

civil aircraft, and U.S.-certificated 

airmen throughout the world. The 

FAA’s authority to issue rules on 

aviation safety is found in title 49 

United States Code (U.S.C.). Subtitle I, 


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