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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-06-09.xml --- 65 112 Friday, June 9, 2000 Contents AID Agency for International Development RULES Acquisition regulations: Contractor performance evaluation system, 36642 00-13486 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Cotton classing, testing, and standards: American pima cotton, 36598-36601 00-14694 Upland cotton; official color grade determination, 36597-36598 00-14693 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Commodity Credit Corporation See Forest Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Genetically engineered organisms; field test permits— Kenya; rinderpest vaccine, vaccinia-vectored, 36661 00-14615 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Military traffic management: Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 1A reissued as Publication No. 1B, including PowerTrack requirements, 36672-36674 00-14677 Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36700-36702 00-14583 00-14584 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36702 00-14531 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge operations: South Carolina, 36632 00-14653 Ports and waterways safety: Safety zones and security zones, etc.; list of temporary rules, 36631-36632 00-14654 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, 36662-36664 00-14683 00-14684 Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36662 00-14573 Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Contract market proposals: BrokerTec Futures Exchange, L.L.C.— U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, 36667-36670 00-14523 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Settlement agreements: Red Rock Trading Co., Inc., et al., 36670-36672 00-14543 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps See Navy Department Education Education Department RULES Special education and rehabilitative services:

Projects with Industry Program Correction, 36632-36633 00-14073 PROPOSED RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 36759-36765 00-14484 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36675-36676 00-14578 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36676 00-14579 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36726-36727 00-14682 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 36727-36728 00-14284 Energy Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Dominion Resources, 36676-36677 00-14593 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Advanced Natural Gas Reciprocating Engines Program, 36677-36679 00-14591 Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36679-36680 00-14592 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Ohio River Ecosystem Restoration Program (main stem system study), 36674-36675 00-14676 Meetings:

Future water resources challenges; regional listening sessions; correction, 36675 00-14675 EPA Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Air programs: State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation conformity purposes— New Jersey, 36689-36690 00-14637 New York, 36690 00-14638 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Agency statements— Comment availability, 36691 00-14669 Weekly receipts, 36690-36691 00-14668 Meetings: Science Advisory Board, 36691-36692 00-14636 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Air carrier certification and operations:

Smoking prohibition on scheduled passenger flights, 36775-36780 00-14603 Class E airspace; correction, 36602 00-14047 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Common carrier services: Truth-in-billing and billing format; common sense principles; correction, 36637 00-14537 Radio stations; table of assignments: Florida, 36638-36639 00-14608 New Hampshire, 36638 00-14606 Texas, 36637-36638 00-14542 West Virginia, 36638 00-14605 Television broadcasting: Improved model for predicting broadcast television field strength received at individual locations; establishment, 36639-36641 00-14536 PROPOSED RULES Common carrier services:

Carrier identification codes; “soft slamming” and carrier identification problems arising from shared use, and resellers requirement to obtain own codes, 36651-36652 00-14519 Radio stations; table of assignments: California, 36652 00-14607 Montana, 36652 00-14541 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36692-36693 00-14539 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 36693 00-14609 Common carrier services: Revenue threshold; annual adjustment, 36693 00-14540 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction, 36757 C0-13428 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 36693-36694 00-14736 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 36694 00-14670 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Flood elevation determinations: Various States, 36634-36637 00-14662 Flood insurance program: Write-your-own program— Private sector property insurers assistance, 36633-36634 00-14656 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36694 00-14661 Disaster and emergency areas: Maine, 36695 00-14659 New Mexico, 00-14657 00-14658 36695-36696 00-14660 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES National Register of Historic Places: Programmatic agreement for managing properties; restricted service list— New York Power Authority, 36689 00-14552 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* ANR Pipeline Co., 36680 00-14564 36680 00-14569 36680-36681 00-14572 Baconton Power LLC, 36681 00-14630 Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 36681 00-14571 Discovery Gas Transmission LLC, 36681 00-14570 El Paso Natural Gas Co., 36682 00-14558 Horsehead Industries, Inc., 36682 00-14629 Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 36682-36683 00-14563 Mississippi River Transmission Corp., 36683 00-14566 Northwest Pipeline Corp., 00-14556 36683 00-14562 PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp., 36684 00-14565 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 36684 00-14553 Questar Pipeline Co., 36684 00-14561 Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co., 36685 00-14555 Southern California Edison Co., 36685 00-14551 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 00-14554 36685-36686 00-14567 TransColorado Gas Transmission Co., 36686 00-14557 TransEnergie U.S., Ltd., 36686 00-14632 Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co., 36687 00-14633 U-T Offshore System, L.L.C., 36687-36688 00-14568 Viking Gas Transmisson Co., 36688 00-14559 Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 36688 00-14560 Worthington Generation L.L.C., 36688-36689 00-14631 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Bexar County, TX, 36754-36755 00-14651 Vancouver, WA, 36755 00-14652 Federal Procurement Federal Procurement Policy Office RULES Acquisition regulations: Cost Accounting Standards Board— Cost accounting standards coverage; applicability, thresholds, and waivers, 36767-36770 00-14242 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36696-36697 00-14577 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 36697-36698 00-14546 Banks and bank holding companies:

Change in bank control, 36698 00-14545 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 36698 00-14544 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 36699 00-14742 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES National Wildlife Refuge System: Hunting and fishing— Refuge-specific regulations; correction, 36642-36643 00-14202 PROPOSED RULES Fish and wildlife restoration; Federal aid to States: Sport fish program; participation by District of Columbia and U.S. insular territories and commonwealths, 36653-36656 00-14586 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Incidental take permits— Clark County, NV; multiple species habitat conservation plan, 36709-36711 00-14099 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge, OH; establishment, 36711-36712 00-14101 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Animal drugs, feeds, and related products: Moxidectin, 36616-36617 00-14463 Sponsor name and address changes— Medicis Dermatologics, Inc., 36615-36616 00-14464 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Fruitland Coalbed Methane Gas Development, CO; meetings, 36713 00-14639 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36699 00-14688 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Association of Schools of Public Health, 36699-36700 00-14532 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36702-36704 00-14521 00-14522 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 36704-36707 00-14223 Public and Indian housing— Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program, 36707-36708 00-14604 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 36708-36709 00-14576 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Temporary protected status program determinations: Honduras, 36719-36721 00-14534 Nicaragua, 36721-36722 00-14533 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36755-36756 00-14689 International International Trade Administration NOTICES North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews: Bovine carcassess and half carcasses, fresh or chilled, from— United States, 36664-36665 00-14678 Justice Justice Department See Immigration and Naturalization Service See Justice Programs Office See National Institute of Corrections NOTICES Newspaper Preservation Act: Denver Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post; joint newpaper operating arrangement approval, 36716 00-14692 Pollution control; consent judgments:

Dyer, Bruce S., et al., 36716 00-14617 Johnson, William, et al., 36715-36716 00-14618 Morgan-Skinner, Elsa, et al., 36716-36717 00-14624 Riverside Plating Co., Inc., et al., 36717 00-14623 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 36718-36719 00-14616 Justice Justice Programs Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Latin America; criminal justice system profiles in selected countries, 36722-36723 00-14486 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, 36723-36724 00-14530 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Employment Standards Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Closure of public lands:

Oregon, 36712-36713 00-14641 Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.: Oklahoma, 36713 00-14642 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Fruitland Coalbed Methane Gas Development, CO; meetings, 36713 00-14639 Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.: Nevada, 36713-36714 00-14643 00-14645 Recreation management restrictions, etc.: Muddy Mountain Interpretive Nature Trail, WY; trail use restrictions, 36714-36715 00-14646 Survey plat filings: Oregon and Washington, 36715 00-14644 Management Management and Budget Office See Federal Procurement Policy Office Merit Merit Systems Protection Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 36728 00-14690 National Communications National Communications System NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36728-36729 00-14647 National National Institute for Literacy NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Content Development Partners (Special Collections), 36729-36733 00-14547 Regional Technology Centers Project, 36733-36740 00-14548 National Institute National Institute of Corrections NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders, 36724-36726 00-14671 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries— Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 36643-36646 00-14529 Northeastern United States fisheries— Black sea bass, 36646 00-14518 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries— Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 36656-36660 00-14525 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-14526 00-14527 36665-36666 00-14672 Permits: Endangered and threatened species:, 36666-36667 00-14673 Marine mammals, 36667 00-14674 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Lower Sheenjek Wild and Scenic River, AK; study and legislative environmental impact statement, 36715 00-14680 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36740 00-14590 Meetings:

Advanced Networking Infrastructure Research Special Emphasis Panel, 36740 00-14587 Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 36740-36741 00-14588 Public Affairs Advisory Group, 36741 00-14589 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 36675 00-14640 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Plants and materials, physical protection: Power reactor physical protection regulations re-evaluation; radiological sabotage definition, 36649-36651 00-14685 Rulemaking petitions:

Nuclear Energy Institute, 36647-36649 00-14686 NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Quivira Mining Co., 36741 00-14687 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: Postal Service coverage issues; Federal enforcement level changes in various States, 36617-36630 00-14150 Patent Patent and Trademark Office RULES Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act; implementation; correction, 36633 00-14634 Peace Peace Corps NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36741-36742 00-14602 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-14626 00-14627 36742-36743 00-14628 Pay under General Schedule: Basic and locality pay for certain Federal employees; adjustments, 36743-36744 00-14625 Postal Postal Service NOTICES Domestic Mail Manual: Discounted letters (presorted/automation rate mail); quality control reviews, 36744-36746 00-14681 Presidio Presidio Trust NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Presidio Theatre Building 99; rehabilitation and expansion, 36746 00-14585 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36746-36747 00-14649 Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate of excise tax, 36747 00-14648 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Securities: Revised transfer agent form and related rule, 36602-36615 00-14594 NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 36747-36749 00-14596 National Securities Clearing Corp., 36749-36750 00-14574 Options Clearing Corp., 36750-36751 00-14595 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster loan areas: Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 36751 00-14549 Texas, 36751 00-14550 State State Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36751-36752 00-14665 Arms Export Control Act: Export licenses;

Congressional notifications, 36752-36753 00-14667 Meetings: International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 36753-36754 00-14664 TVA Tennessee Valley Authority NOTICES Meetings: Regional Resource Stewardship Council, 36754 00-14650 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration RULES Smoking aboard aircraft, 36771-36775 00-14480 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Education, 36759-36765 00-14484 Part III Office of Management and Budget, 36767-36770 00-14242 Part IV Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 36771-36780 00-14480 00-14603 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. 65 112 Friday, June 9, 2000 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Parts 27 and 28 [Docket No.

CN-00-001] RIN 0581-AB67 Revision of Cotton Classification Procedures for Determining Upland Cotton Color Grade AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service

(AMS)is revising the procedure for determining the official color grade for Upland cotton. The color grade for Upland cotton is a part of the official classification which denotes cotton fiber quality used in the marketing and manufacturing of cotton. Previously, the color grade was determined by visual examination and comparison to the Official Cotton Standards by qualified cotton classers. The revision replaces the classer's color determination with the instrument color measurement made by the High Volume Instrument

(HVI)system used for official cotton classification for Upland Cotton since 1991. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Cliburn, 202-720-2145. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule detailing the revision was published in the **Federal Register** on March 1, 2000 (65 FR 10979). A 30-day comment period was provided for interested persons to respond to the proposed rule. No comments were received. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866, therefore, it has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. It is not intended to have retroactive effect. This rule would not preempt any state or local laws, regulations, or policies unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this rule. There are no administrative procedures which must be exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this rule. Regulatory Flexibility Act Pursuant to requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(RFA)(5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.* ), AMS has considered the economic impact of this action on small entities and has determined that its implementation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses. The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will not be disproportionately burdened. There are an estimated 35,150 cotton growers, merchants, and textile manufacturers in the U.S. who voluntarily use the AMS cotton classing services annually under the United States Cotton Standards Act, the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, and the Cotton Futures Act. The majority of these entities are small businesses under the criteria established by the Small Business Administration (13 CFR § 121.601). The change in procedure will not significantly affect small businesses as defined in the RFA because:

(1)Classification will continue to be based upon the Official Standards for Upland Cotton Color Grade established and maintained by the Department;

(2)The High Volume Instrument color measurement has been a part of the official classification record since 1991. Implementation of the revision for all cotton classification will not affect competition in the marketplace or adversely impact on cotton classification fees; and

(3)The use of cotton classification services is voluntary. For the 1999 crop, 15,825,000 running bales were produced by growers, and virtually all of them were voluntarily submitted for USDA classification. Classification services provided for merchants and manufacturers during the same period totaled approximately 404,000 bales. Paperwork Reduction Act In compliance with OMB regulations (5 CFR part 1320) which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), the information collection requirements contained in the provisions amended by this final rule have been previously approved by OMB and were assigned OMB control number 0581-0009 under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ). Background Pursuant to the authority contained in the United States Cotton Standards Act, the Secretary of Agriculture maintains official cotton standards of the United States and provides classification and testing services to cotton producers, textile manufacturers, merchants, and others in the domestic and international cotton industry. The standards are used for the classification of American upland cotton and provide a basis for the determination of value for commercial purposes. Classification services provide information on quality of cotton. The National Cotton Council represents the interests of all seven segments of the U.S. cotton industry: growers, ginners, warehousers, merchants, cooperatives, manufacturers, and cottonseed oil crushers. Need for Revisions High Volume Instrument classification was adopted for all USDA classification of American upland cotton in 1991. The color grade is a component of the official USDA classification. Although High Volume Instrument colormeter readings have been reported since 1991, at the request of the industry, USDA continued the procedure of determining the official color grade by human cotton classers because of the historical importance of color in determining the quality of cotton. With the passage of time, confidence in USDA High Volume Instrument measurements of fiber quality characteristics for classification of cotton grew to the extent that industry representatives requested that High Volume Instrument colormeter readings be used for the official determination of color grade. AMS conducted a pilot project during the 1998 and 1999 cotton classing seasons to implement an adjustment to the existing High Volume Instrument color measurement so that it would more closely match the Official Cotton Standards used by classers for official color grade determination. Data from the project, which the AMS Cotton Program conducted in cooperation with the National Cotton Council's Quality Task Force, showed that the HVI color measurement closely matched the Official Cotton Grade Standards for color. Results from the 1998 and 1999 crops showed that the HVI colormeter determines Official color grades as accurately as cotton classers. In December of 1999, the National Cotton Council Quality Task Force recommended that AMS replace the cotton classer determination with the HVI colormeter determination for color grade. AMS will now use the HVI colormeter determination as the official component of classification of American Upland cotton for color grade. For the reasons set forth above, this proposal amends the sections in Parts 28—Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards, Subpart A—Regulations Under the United States Cotton Standards Act, which establish the procedures for determining official cotton classification based on the Official Cotton Grade Standards. Since cotton classification services under the United States Cotton Futures Act must conform to the requirements of the Cotton Standards Act, this final rule also amends the sections in Part 27—Cotton Classification Under Cotton Futures Legislation which establish the procedures for determining cotton classification for cotton submitted for futures certification. Accordingly, under Part 27, in § 27.2 (n), the definition of the term “classification” is revised to reflect the changes in procedures made under Part 28. Also under Part 27, § 27.31 is revised to reflect the deletion of the requirement for cotton classers to determine color grade. The revised heading and section reflect the changes made in procedures for determination of cotton quality in accordance with the official standards. In Part 28, § 28.8 is revised to reflect the change in cotton classification procedures which replaces classer visual examinations to fix color with instrument color measurement by High Volume Instruments. Miscellaneous other changes are made to the sections to better reflect current procedures in view of color determination change. For example, those determinations made by cotton classers or by authorized Cotton Program employees will be specified. These changes will be made effective on July 1, 2000, when classification of newly harvested 2000 crop cotton will begin. List of Subjects 7 CFR Part 27 Commodity Futures, Cotton. 7 CFR Part 28 Administrative practice and procedure, Cotton, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Warehouses. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR parts 27 and 28 is revised to read as follows: PART 27—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 27 continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 15b, 7 U.S.C. 4736, 7 U.S.C. 1622(g). 2. In § 27.2, paragraph

(n)is revised to read as follows: § 27.2 Terms defined.

(n)Classification. The classification of any cotton shall be determined by the quality of a sample in accordance with Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the color grade and the leaf grade of American upland cotton, the length of staple, and fiber property measurements such as micronaire. High Volume Instruments will determine all fiber property measurements except leaf grade and extraneous matter. High Volume Instrument colormeter measurements will be used for determining the official color grade. Cotton classers, designated as such by the Director, will determine the official leaf grade and extraneous matter, and authorized Cotton Program employees will determine all fiber property measurements using High Volume Instruments. 3. Section 27.31 is revised to read as follows: § 27.31 Classification of Cotton. For the purposes of subsection 15b

(f)of the Act, classification of cotton is the determination of the quality of a sample in accordance with the Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the color grade and the leaf grade of American upland cotton, the length of staple, and fiber property measurements such as micronaire. High Volume Instruments will determine all fiber property measurements except leaf grade and extraneous matter. High Volume Instrument colormeter measurements will be used for determining the official color grade. Cotton classers, designated as such by the Director, will determine the official leaf grade and extraneous matter, and authorized Cotton Program employees will determine all fiber property measurements using High Volume Instruments. PART 28—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 28, Subpart A is revised to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 55 and 61. 2. Section 28.8 is revised to read as follows: § 28.8 Classification of cotton; determination. For the purposes of the Act, the classification of any cotton shall be determined by the quality of a sample in accordance with Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the color grade and the leaf grade of American upland cotton, the length of staple, and fiber property measurements such as micronaire. High Volume Instruments will determine all fiber property measurements except leaf grade and extraneous matter. High Volume Instrument colormeter measurements will be used for determining the official color grade. Cotton classers will determine the official leaf grade and extraneous matter, and authorized Cotton Program employees will determine all fiber property measurements using High Volume Instruments. The classification record of a classing office or the Quality Assurance Unit with respect to any cotton shall be deemed to be the classification record of the Department. Dated: June 6, 2000. Kathleen A. Merrigan, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 00-14693 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]

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