0560-AI18 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0560 Farm Service Agency FSA 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Clarification of Bales Made Available for Shipment by Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Approved Warehouses

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the CCC-approved Cotton Warehouse Program for CCC.  FSA is amending the regulations that specify the requirements for CCC approved cotton warehouses. The amendment clarifies the definition of Bales Made Available for Shipment (BMAS). CCC-approved cotton warehouses are required to report BMAS, among other data, to CCC every week. The amendment clarifies that bales made available, but not picked up (BNPU), cannot be "counted" as BMAS for longer than two weeks. There is no such time limit in the current regulation. A conforming change will be made to the CCC Cotton Storage Agreement.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 1423.11 15 USC 714b and 714c No NPRM 09/26/2013 78 FR 59289 NPRM Comment Period End 11/25/2013 Final Rule 02/00/2015 No None No No No No Deirdre Holder Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA 202 205-5851 deirdre.holder@usda.gov Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-0572