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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2002-05-24.xml --- 67 101 Friday, May 24, 2002 Contents Agency Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 36606-36607 02-13152 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Cotton classing, testing, and standards: Classification services to growers; 2002 user fees, 36501-36502 02-13230 NOTICES Meetings:

Universal Cotton Standards Advisory Committee, 36560 02-13123 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Forest Service See Rural Utilities Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Clementines from Spain; risk management analysis, 36560-36561 02-13067 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Meetings: Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 36576-36577 02-13041 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

(ROTC)Program Subcommittee, 36577 02-13047 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Lateral visual field testing device, 36577 02-13046 Type A Botulinum neurotoxin, 36577 02-13045 Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Census Census Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36569 02-13085 Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36607 02-13040 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect National Task Force, 36607 02-13071 Meetings: Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, 36610-36611 02-13073 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health— Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, 36611 02-13072 Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department RULES Medicare and Medicaid: Peer review organizations; name and other changes; technical amendments, 36539-36540 02-12242 NOTICES Medicare and medicaid: Ambulatory surgical centers program— American Osteopathic Association; accreditation recognition, 36611-36613 02-12929 Children Children and Families Administration See Refugee Resettlement Office Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Ports and waterways safety: Captain of the Port Detroit Zone, MI; safety zone, 36522-36523 02-13136 Kanawha River, Charleston, WV; safety zone, 36521-36522 02-13138 Ohio River, Portsmouth, OH; safety zone, 36519-36521 02-13140 Ohio River, WV; safety zone, 36523-36524 02-13141 Regattas and marine parades: Portsmouth 250th Birthday Party Fireworks, 36519 02-13135 U.S. Naval Academy Crew Races; Annapolis, MD, 36518-36519 02-13139 PROPOSED RULES Ports and waterways safety: Lake Erie, Perry, OH; security zone, 36554-36556 02-13137 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Coast Guard National Distress and Response System, 36663-36664 02-13130 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 02-13083 36568-36569 02-13084 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, 02-13125 36567-36568 02-13126 CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements NOTICES Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles: Bangladesh, 36575-36576 02-13079 Cambodia, 36576 02-13080 Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Security futures products: Cash settlement and regulatory halt requirements, 36739-36763 02-12979 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 36576 02-13194 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps Education Education Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Mentoring programs, 36580-36583 02-13161 Postsecondary education— Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, 36583-36586 02-13160 Special education and rehabilitative services— Training and information for parents of children with disabilities, 36773-36778 02-13159 Meetings: Institutional Quality and Integrity National Advisory Committee, 36586-36587 02-13068 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 36647-36648 02-12811 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, 36587 02-13104 Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Oak Ridge, TN, 36587 02-13103 Engineers Engineers Corps RULES Danger zones and restricted areas: Port Gardner and East Waterway, WA; Everett Naval Base, 36524-36525 02-13061 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: ACME Basin B Discharge Project, FL, 36577-36578 02-13043 Montauk Point Storm Damage Reduction Project, NY, 36578-36579 02-13042 Port of Baltimore, MD; dredged material management plan, 36579 02-13048 Southern Golden Gate Estates Hydrologic Restoration, FL, 36579-36580 02-13044 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air programs: Fuels and fuel additives— Gasoline containing lead or lead additives; prohibition for highway use; motorcycle fuel inlet restrictor exemption, 36765-36771 02-12846 Motorcycle fuel inlet restrictor exemption; gasoline containing lead or lead additives; prohibition for highway use; correction, 36676 C1-31797 Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities: Asien, etc., 36534-36539 02-12973 Polymers, 36525-36534 02-12974 NOTICES Air pollution control: State operating permits programs— Georgia, 36590-36591 02-13119 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Agency statements— Comment availability, 36591-36592 02-13154 Weekly receipts, 36592-36593 02-13155 Meetings: Science Advisory Board, 36593-36595 02-13120 Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions, 36596-36598 02-13122 Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.: Pesticide registrants on false or misleading pesticide product brand names, 36595-36596 02-13109 Superfund program: Prospective purchaser agreements— Utah Transit Authority Site, UT, 36598 02-13121 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives: Raytheon, 36509-36511 02-12885 Airworthiness standards: Special conditions— Avidyne Corp., 36502-36504 02-13131 Israel Aircraft Industries Model 1124 airplane, 36507-36509 02-13132 Mirage PA-46-350P airplane, 36505-36507 02-13133 Standard instrument approach procedures, 36511-36512 02-12286 NOTICES Meetings: Satellite Operations Implementation Team Forum, 36664 02-13134 FCC Federal Communications Commission PROPOSED RULES Common carrier services: Wireless telecommunications services— Multipoint distribution service and instructional television fixed service; rulemaking petition; correction, 36676 C2-12429 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Trans-Elect, Inc., et al., 36588-36589 02-13052 Hydroelectric applications, 36589-36590 02-13090 Meetings: Viking Gas Transmission Co.; settlement conference, 36590 02-13091 02-13092 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Kiowa Power Partners, LLC; Oncor Electric Delivery Co., 36587-36588 02-13093 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board NOTICES Meetings: Federal Home Loan Banks; capital plans; hearing, 36598 02-13281 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks (Regulation A), 36544-36551 02-12781 NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 36598-36599 02-13031 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 36599 02-13032 FTC Federal Trade Commission PROPOSED RULES Textile Fiber Products Identification Act; implementation: Lastol, 36551-36554 02-13151 Financial Financial Management Service See Fiscal Service Fiscal Fiscal Service RULES Practice and procedure: Checks drawn on United States Treasury; endorsement and payment, 36517-36518 02-13033 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 36643 02-13077 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Fort St. Philip Project; Plaquemines Parish, LA; draft environmental assessment, 36643-36644 02-13078 Incidental take permits— Dahle Property; Colorado Springs, CO; Preble's meadow jumping mouse, 36644-36645 02-13076 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Animal drugs, feeds, and related products: Lincomycin, 36512-36514 02-13164 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36613-36615 02-13163 Meetings: Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, 36615 02-13106 Pharmaceutical Science Advisory Committee, 36615-36616 02-13107 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Appealable decisions; legal notice: Intermountain Region, 36561-36562 02-13070 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Bankhead National Forest, AL, 36562-36566 02-13069 Meetings: Resource Advisory Committees— Hood/Willamette, 36566-36567 02-13039 Health Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health See Public Health Service See Refugee Resettlement Office See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RULES Medicare and Medicaid: Peer review organizations; name and other changes; technical amendments, 36539-36540 02-12242 NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: State Innovation Grants, 36599-36606 02-13034 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages Advisory Committee, 36616 02-13165 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 36642 02-12886 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service PROPOSED RULES Nonimmigrant classes: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System; F, J, and M nonimmigrants; information retention and reporting Correction, 36676 C2-12022 Indian Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Natural resource damage assessments; availability, etc.: Leviathan Mine, Alpine County, CA; natural resources injured by hazardous substances releases; assessment plan, 36645-36646 02-13060 Inspector Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department NOTICES Program exclusions; list, 36616-36619 02-13051 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See National Park Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act FY 2001; information guidelines, 36642-36643 02-13158 IRS Internal Revenue Service RULES Income taxes: Retirement plans; required distributions Correction, 36676 C2-8963 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from— Brazil; correction, 36570 02-13150 Circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from— China, 36570-36572 02-13147 Glycine from— China, 36572-36573 02-13149 Synthetic indigo from— China, 36573-36574 02-13148 Justice Justice Department See Immigration and Naturalization Service Labor Labor Department See Employment Standards Administration See Labor Statistics Bureau MISSING FOR: Labor Statistics Bureau Labor Statistics Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36648 02-13094 National National Council on Disability NOTICES Meetings: Youth Advisory Committee, 36648-36649 02-13050 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Motor vehicle safety standards: Nonconforming vehicles— Importation eligibility; determinations, 36664-36665 02-13143 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Electron ionization mass spectral library; notice of intent to update, 36574 02-13167 Meetings: Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board, 36574-36575 02-13168 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Recombinant DNA Research: Notice Under NIH Guidelines, 36619-36620 02-13057 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Yellowfin sole, 36541 02-13118 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management: Northeastern United States fisheries— Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 36556-36559 02-13240 NOTICES Meetings: International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. Section Advisory Committee, 36575 02-13146 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Native American human remains and associated funerary objects: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, MA— Cultural items, 36646 02-13162 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* AmerenUe, 36649-36650 02-13081 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* National Maritime Day (Proc. 7565), 36495-36496 02-13267 National Missing Children's Day (Proc. 7566), 36497-36498 02-13268 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 7567), 36499-36500 02-13269 Public Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service Public Public Health Service See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: National Toxicology Program— Study protocols for cancer bioassays of hexavalent chromium in rats and mice, 36620-36621 02-13059 National Toxicology Program: Carcinogens Report, Tenth Edition— Substances, mixtures, and exposure circumstances for listing or delisting, 36621-36622 02-13058 Refugee Refugee Resettlement Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Recently arrived refugees; support services, 36622-36632 02-13089 Refugee Microenterprise Development Program, 36632-36637 02-13035 Research Research and Special Programs Administration NOTICES Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 36665-36666 02-13129 Pipeline safety: Hazardous liquid transportation— Natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines operators; safe excavation practices; implementation, 36666-36667 02-13142 RUS Rural Utilities Service PROPOSED RULES Electric loans: RUS operational controls; exceptions under Section 306E of the RE Act, 36542-36544 02-13102 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR): Mandated EDGAR filing for foreign issuers, 36677-36709 02-12566 Security futures products: Cash settlement and regulatory halt requirements, 36739-36763 02-12979 PROPOSED RULES Investment companies: Advertising rules; amendments, 36711-36737 02-12893 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36650-36651 02-13100 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 36651-36653 02-12987 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 36653-36661 02-13055 02-13056 02-13101 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 36661-36662 02-13086 Disaster loan areas: New York, 36662 02-13087 State State Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36662 02-13144 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Targeted Capacity Expansion Initiatives for Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention in Minority Communities Program, 36637-36640 02-13209 02-13210 Meetings: Special Emphasis Panels, 36640-36642 02-13108 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Oklahoma, 36514-36516 02-13105 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad services abandonment: BHP Nevada Railroad Co., 36667-36668 02-12819 Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Co., 36668 02-13157 Union Pacific Railroad Co., 36668-36669 02-13156 Textile Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Thrift Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 36671 02-13066 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Fiscal Service See Internal Revenue Service See Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 36669-36671 02-13053 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance rate, 36671-36674 02-13095 Meetings: Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Review and Evaluation Board, 36674 02-13099 National Research Advisory Council, 36674 02-13098 President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 36674-36675 02-13096 Veterans Affairs Department Facilities Structural Safety Advisory Committee, 36675 02-13097 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Securities and Exchange Commission, 36677-36709 02-12566 Part III Securities and Exchange Commission, 36711-36737 02-12893 Part IV Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 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To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 67 101 Friday, May 24, 2002 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 28 [Doc. # CN-02-001] RIN 0581-AC04 Revision of User Fees for 2002 Crop Cotton Classification Services to Growers AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service

(AMS)is raising user fees for cotton producers for 2002 crop cotton classification services under the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act in accordance with the formula provided in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987. The 2001 user fee for this classification service was $1.35 per bale. This final rule would raise the fee for the 2002 crop to $1.45 per bale. The fee and the existing reserve are sufficient to cover the costs of providing classification services, including costs for administration and supervision. Also because of insufficient demand, computer punch cards would be eliminated as an optional method of disseminating classing data to producers. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma McDill, Deputy Administrator, Cotton Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2641-S, STOP 0224, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0224. telephone

(202)720-2145, facsimile

(202)690-1718, or e-mail *norma.mcdill@usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule detailing the revisions was published in the **Federal Register** on April 19, 2002. (67 FR 19357). A 15-day comment period was provided for interested persons to respond to the proposed rule. No comments were received, and no changes have been made in the provisions of the final rule. Executive Order 12866 This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866; and, therefore has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Executive Order 12988 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 that 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 entities. The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of businesses subject to such actions so that small businesses will not be disproportionately burdened. There are an estimated 35,000 cotton growers in the U.S. who voluntarily use the AMS cotton classing services annually, and the majority of these cotton growers are small businesses under the criteria established by the Small Business Administration (13 CFR § 121.201). The increase above the 2001 crop level as stated will not significantly affect small businesses as defined in the RFA because:

(1)The fee increase represents a very small portion of the cost-per-unit currently borne by those entities utilizing the services. (The 2001 user fee for classification services was $1.35 per bale; the fee for the 2002 crop is increased to $1.45 per bale; the 2002 crop is estimated at 16,504,065 bales).

(2)The fee for services will not affect competition in the marketplace; and

(3)The use of classification services is voluntary. For the 2001 crop, 20,100,000 bales were produced; and, virtually all of these bales were voluntarily submitted by growers for the classification service.

(4)Based on the average price paid to growers for cotton from the 2000 crop of 49.8 cents per pound, 500 pound bales of cotton are worth an average of $249 each. The user fee for classification services, $1.45 per bale, is less than one percent of the value of an average bale of cotton.

(5)Due to insufficient demand, computer punch cards would be eliminated as an optional method of disseminating classing data to producers. 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 to be 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.* ). Fees for Classification Under the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 1927 The user fee charged to cotton producers for High Volume Instrument

(HVI)classification services under the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act (7 U.S.C. 473a) was $1.35 per bale during the 2001 harvest season as determined by using the formula provided in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987, as amended by Public Law 102-237. The fees cover salaries, costs of equipment and supplies, and other overhead costs, including costs for administration, and supervision. These changes will be made effective July 1, 2002, as provided by the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act. This final rule establishes the user fee charged to producers for HVI classification at $1.45 per bale during the 2002 harvest season. Public Law 102-237 amended the formula in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987 for establishing the producer's classification fee so that the producer's fee is based on the prevailing method of classification requested by producers during the previous year. HVI classing was the prevailing method of cotton classification requested by producers in 2001. Therefore, the 2002 producer's user fee for classification service is based on the 2001 base fee for HVI classification. The fee was calculated by applying the formula specified in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987, as amended by Public Law 102-237. The 2001 base fee for HVI classification exclusive of adjustments, as provided by the Act, was $2.22 per bale. An increase of 2.51 percent, or 6 cents per bale increase due to the implicit price deflator of the gross domestic product added to the $2.22 would result in a 2002 base fee of $2.28 per bale. The formula in the Act provides for the use of the percentage change in the implicit price deflator of the gross national product (as indexed for the most recent 12-month period for which statistics are available). However, gross *national* product has been replaced by gross *domestic* product by the Department of Commerce as a more appropriate measure for the short-term monitoring and analysis of the U.S. economy. The number of bales to be classed by the United States Department of Agriculture from the 2002 crop is estimated at 16,504,065 bales. The 2002 base fee was decreased 15 percent based on the estimated number of bales to be classed (1 percent for every 100,000 bales or portion thereof above the base of 12,500,000, limited to a maximum adjustment of 15 percent). This percentage factor amounts to a 35 cents per bale reduction and was subtracted from the 2002 base fee of $2.28 per bale, resulting in a fee of $1.93 per bale. With a fee of $1.93 per bale, the projected operating reserve would be 51.3 percent. The Act specifies that the Secretary shall not establish a fee which, when combined with other sources of revenue, will result in a projected operating reserve of more than 25 percent. Accordingly, the fee of $1.93 must be reduced by 48 cents per bale, to $1.45 per bale, to provide an ending accumulated operating reserve for the fiscal year of 25 percent of the projected cost of operating the program. This would establish the 2002 season fee at $1.45 per bale. Accordingly, § 28.909, paragraph

(b)would be revised to reflect the increase of the HVI classification fee from $1.35 to $1.45 per bale. As provided for in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987, as amended, a 5 cent per bale discount would continue to be applied to voluntary centralized billing and collecting agents as specified in § 28.909 (c). Growers or their designated agents receiving classification data would continue to incur no additional fees if only one method of receiving classification data was requested. The fee for each additional method of receiving classification data in § 28.910 would remain at 5 cents per bale. Computer punched cards would be eliminated as an optional method of disseminating classing data to producers for the 2002 and subsequent crops because there is an insufficient demand for the use of this method. Accordingly, this change would be reflected in § 28.910 (a). The fee in § 28.910

(b)for an owner receiving classification data from the central database would remain at 5 cents per bale, and the minimum charge of $5.00 for services provided per monthly billing period would remain the same. The provisions of § 28.910

(c)concerning the fee for new classification memoranda issued from the central database for the business convenience of an owner without reclassification of the cotton will remain the same. The fee for review classification in § 28.911 would be increased from $1.35 to $1.45 per bale. The fee for returning samples after classification in § 28.911 would remain at 40 cents per sample. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 28 Administrative practice and procedure, Cotton, Cotton samples, Grades, Market news, Reporting and record keeping requirements, Standards, Staples, Testing, Warehouses. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR Part 28 is amended as follows: PART 28—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR Part 28, Subpart D, continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 471-476. 2. In § 28.909, paragraph

(b)is revised to read as follows: § 28.909 Costs.

(b)The cost of High Volume Instrument

(HVI)cotton classification service to producers is $1.45 per bale. 3. In § 28.910, paragraph

(3)is removed: 4. In § 28.911, the last sentence of paragraph

(a)is revised to read as follows: § 28.911 Review classification.

(a)* * * The fee for review classification is $1.45 per bale. Dated: May 21, 2002. Kenneth C. Clayton, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 02-13230 Filed 5-22-02; 2:06 pm]

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