[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 229 (Friday, November 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 76004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25808]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc No. AMS-FGIS-20-0067]


United States Standards for Split Peas

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the comment period for a notice 
for comment published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020 is 
reopened. The publication invited comments on the revision to the 
method of interpretation for determining ``whole peas'' under the 
authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA).

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published September 29, 
2020 at 85 FR 60955 is reopened. Comments are due by December 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit written comments via the internet at 
http://www.regulations.gov. All comments should refer to the date and 
page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments 
submitted in response to the notice, including the identity of 
individuals or entities submitting comments, will be made available to 
the public on the internet via http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loren Almond, USDA AMS; Telephone: 
(816) 891-0422; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice seeking comment on a proposal to 
amend the Pea and Lentil Inspection Handbook to revise the definition 
of whole peas, by increasing the percent needed to consider a split pea 
to be a whole pea from 55 percent or more to 60 percent or more, under 
the authority of the AMA (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), was published in the 
Federal Register on September 29, 2020 (85 FR 60955). The original 30-
day comment period provided in the proposed rule closed on October 29, 
2020. A stakeholder submitted a comment requesting an extension of the 
comment period. The Agricultural Marketing Service is reopening the 
public comment period for an additional 30 days to ensure that 
interested persons have sufficient time to review and comment on the 
notice for comment. The comment period is reopened for 30 days from the 
date of publication of this notice.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-25808 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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