United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-02-10 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f69260 D09002ee1c7f69341 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending regulations pertaining to administrative and operational procedures for the classification of foreign-growth cotton. In anticipation that cotton merchants may want to use AMS cotton quality determinations to establish foreign-growth cotton as tenderable against the World Cotton futures contract offered by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), representatives of the U.S. cotton industry and ICE formally requested that AMS make any regulatory amendments necessary to better accommodate the classification of foreign-growth cotton. Consequently, AMS seeks to clarify the existing language, update the terms and practices described to comply with today's industry norms and current cotton classification technologies, and establish procedural safeguards to the classification process for foreign-growth cotton that promote accuracy. 81 FR 7025 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10/2016-02461 2016-02461 fr10fe16-1 3410-02-P AMS-CN-15-0051 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10/2016-02461 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/html/2016-02461.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/pdf/2016-02461.pdf Commodity Futures Cotton 7 p. 7025 7031 81 FR 7025 Title 7 Part 28 7 CFR Part 28 Classification of Foreign-Growth Cotton; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-02461 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2016-04-11 2016-03-11 AMS-CN-15-0051 3410-02-P 2016-02461 Direct final rule.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending regulations pertaining to administrative and operational procedures for the classification of foreign-growth cotton. In anticipation that cotton merchants may want to use AMS cotton quality determinations to establish foreign-growth cotton as tenderable against the World Cotton futures contract offered by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), representatives of the U.S. cotton industry and ICE formally requested that AMS make any regulatory amendments necessary to better accommodate the classification of foreign-growth cotton. Consequently, AMS seeks to clarify the existing language, update the terms and practices described to comply with today's industry norms and current cotton classification technologies, and establish procedural safeguards to the classification process for foreign-growth cotton that promote accuracy.

This direct final rule is effective April 11, 2016, without further action or notice, unless significant adverse comment is received by March 11, 2016. If significant adverse comment is received, AMS will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register. Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, Cotton & Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 3275 Appling Road, Room 11, Memphis, TN 38133. Telephone (901) 384-3060, facsimile (901) 384-3021, or email at darryl.earnest@ams.usda.gov. Commodity Futures Cotton Classification of Foreign-Growth Cotton , darryl.earnest@ams.usda.gov http://www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 27 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-02-10 continuing daily deposited born digital 179 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10 P0b002ee18e783a31 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr10fe16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/pdf/FR-2016-02-10.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/xml/FR-2016-02-10.xml fdlp 7025 7193 DGPO 2016-02-10 2024-06-02 FR-2016-02-10 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-02-10 81 27