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VOLUME 22

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Washington, Tuesday, February 5, 1957

TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter I Agricultural Marketing Service Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices, Department of Agriculture P art 62 I n t e r n a t io n a l C o t t o n C a l ib r a
t i o n S ta n d a r d s P r o g r a m
Pursuant to authority contained in the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended 60 Stat. 1087, as amended; 7
U. S. C. 1621 et seq., the regulations enumerated below are hereby promul gated to be effective upon publication in the F ederal R e g is t e r .
The purpose of these regulations is to explain briefly the organization and pur pose of the International Cotton Cali bration Standards Program and to set forth the availability and purchase prices of calibration cottons prepared pursuant to the program.
The regulations are as follows:
Sec.
62.1 Organization of program.
62.2 Objectives o f program.
62.3 Calibration cottons; availability; costs.
Authority : 62.1 to 62.3 issued under iec. 205, 60 Stat. 1090; 7 U. S. C. 1624.

62.1 Organization of program. The International Cotton Calibration Stand ards Program is conducted under the auspices of the American Society for Testing Materials and sponsored by the following organizations: American Cot ton Manufacturers Institute, American Cotton Shippers Association, Interna tional Federation of Cotton and Allied Textile Industries, National Cotton Council of America, and United States Department of Agriculture.
62.2 Objectives of program. The Program has for its principal objective the providing of the mechanism by means of which any laboratory doing cotton fiber testing may calibrate its instruments or otherwise adjust its level of test results to a standard level, thereby facilitating the use of more precise methods for evaluating quality in con nection with domestic as well as inter national trade in cotton. A secondary objective is to provide data as a basis for establishing practical tolerances for routine test results.

62.3 Calibration cottons; availabil ity; costs. , a International Standard Calibration Cottons with standard test results for fiber strength by the Pressley flat-bundle method at zero gauge and for fiber fineness and maturity in combina tion by the Micronaire method, as de termined in accordance with standard procedures of the American Sociéty for Testing Materials by laboratories desig nated by the sponsoring organizations of the International Cotton Calibration Standards Program, are available as fol lows: Calibration Cotton A weak and coarse fiber; Calibration Cotton B aver age fiber strength and fineness; and Calibration. Cotton C strong and fine fiber.
b The cost of Calibration Cotton A, Calibration Cotton B, or Calibration Cotton C shall be as follows: $5.00 per one-half pound sample, delivered by sur face transportation, for shipments within or outside the United States; or $5.50
per one-half pound sample, delivered by air parcel post, for shipments within the United States; or $6.00 per one-half pound sample, delivered by air parcel post, for shipments outside the United States. A check sample of ginned cotton lint with no value indicated will be fu r nished with each order for calibration cotton. Detailed instructions for the use of these calibration cottons and check samples will be furnished with each order filled.
c Each order for International Standard Calibration Cottons should be addressed to the Cotton Division, Agri cultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, W ash ington 25, D. C., and should be accom panied by a check, draft, or money order payable to Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, in an amount to cover the cost of the cottons requested.
These regulations briefly explain the International Cotton Calibration Stand ards Program and the calibration cottons available under this program. The reg ulations require no preparation on the part of any members of the public.
Therefore, under section 4 of the A d ministrative Procedure Act 5 U. S. C.
1003 it is found upon good cause that notice of rule making and other public procedure are impracticable, unneces sary, and contrary to the public interest, Continued on p. 717

CONTENTS
Agricultural Marketing Service Proposed rule making:
Butter, cheese and other manu factured or processed dairy products; grading, inspection, sampling, grade labeling and supervision of packaging____
Cotton classification under cot ton futures legislation; mis cellaneous amendments_____
Rules and regulations:
International Cotton Calibra tion Standards Program ; pro gram for standard calibration cottons________________________

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Agricultural Research Service Rules and regulations:
Khapra beetle; administrative instructions d e s i g n a t i n g premises as regulated areas__

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Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice ; Agricultural Research Serv ice.

Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Rules and regulations:
Restricted areas____ __________ _
Technical standard orders for aircraft materials, parts, and appliances; propeller feather ing hose assemblies________ _

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Commerce Department See also Civil Aeronautics Admin istration;
Federal Maritime Board; Foreign Commerce B u
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National Bureau of Standards.
Notices:
Merchant Partners Home &
Overseas Ltd., etal.; Appeals Board decision___________U__

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Committee for Reciprocity In formation Notices:
Negotiations resulting from Ca nadian desire to renegotiate tariff concession on potatoes in General Agreement on T a r iffs and Trade; submission of inform ation ____________ _

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Customs Bureau Rules and regulations:
Disposition of unclaimed and abandoned merchandise_____
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