Part 28 — Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards
Subpart A — Requirements Under the United States Cotton Standards Act
- § 28.1— Meaning of words.
- § 28.2— Terms defined.
- § 28.3— Director.
- § 28.4— Classing offices.
- § 28.7— Area Director, Classing Office; responsibility.
- § 28.8— Classification of cotton; determination.
- § 28.9— Inspection; sampling; classification.
- § 28.15— Classification and comparison; requests.
- § 28.16— Request for return of samples.
- § 28.17— Filing of requests for classification or comparison.
- § 28.18— One request only for classification.
- § 28.19— Withdrawal or rejection of classification request.
- § 28.20— When license is required.
- § 28.21— Eligibility and application.
- § 28.22— Authority granted by license.
- § 28.23— Suspension or revocation of license.
- § 28.24— Surrender of license certificate.
- § 28.25— Samples for Form A determination.
- § 28.26— Samples for Form C determination.
- § 28.27— Samples for Form D determination.
- § 28.28— Lost or damaged samples.
- § 28.29— Return of samples.
- § 28.30— Samples not returned are property of Department.
- § 28.31— Denial of service.
- § 28.32— Misrepresentation; deceptive or fraudulent acts or practices; violations.
- § 28.35— Method of classification.
- § 28.36— Order of classification.
- § 28.37— Exposing of samples for classification.
- § 28.38— Lower class (of two samples) to determine classification.
- § 28.40— Terms defined; cotton classification.
- § 28.45— Scope of comparison; requests.
- § 28.46— Method of submitting samples and types.
- § 28.47— Statement of finding for comparisons.
- § 28.55— Issuance of memoranda and certificates.
- § 28.56— Form A and Form D memorandum.
- § 28.57— Form C certificate.
- § 28.58— New memorandum or certificate; issuance.
- § 28.59— Lost memorandum or certificate may be replaced by duplicate.
- § 28.60— Surrender of memoranda or certificates.
- § 28.65— Provisions for reviews.
- § 28.66— Review procedure.
- § 28.68— Withdrawal of application for review.
- § 28.105— Practical forms of cotton standards.
- § 28.106— Universal cotton standards.
- § 28.107— Original cotton standards and reserve sets.
- § 28.115— Fees and costs; payment.
- § 28.116— Amounts of fees for classification; exemption.
- § 28.117— Fee for new memorandum or certificate.
- § 28.118— When no fee collected for new certificate or memorandum.
- § 28.119— Fee when request for classification is withdrawn.
- § 28.120— Expenses to be borne by party requesting classification.
- § 28.121— Advance deposits.
- § 28.122— Fee for practical classing examination.
- § 28.123— Costs of practical forms of cotton standards.
- § 28.124— Payments; procedure.
- § 28.125— No voiding or modifying claims for payment.
- § 28.126— Loaning of forms and exhibits.
- § 28.160— Cotton examiners on foreign exchanges.
- § 28.161— Disputes involving contracts for shipment of cotton from United States.
- § 28.162— Procedure.
- § 28.165— OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Subpart B — Classification for Foreign-Growth Cotton
- § 28.175— Administrative and general.
- § 28.176— Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, other identifications, and devices for purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act.
- § 28.177— Request for classification and comparison of cotton.
- § 28.178— Submission of cotton samples.
- § 28.179— Lost or damaged samples.
- § 28.180— No return of samples.
- § 28.181— Withdrawal of classification request.
- § 28.182— Denial of service.
- § 28.183— Methods of cotton classification and comparison.
- § 28.184— Availability of electronic cotton classification data.
- § 28.185— Issuance of cotton classification memoranda.
- § 28.186— Review of cotton classification or comparison.
- § 28.187— Surrender of memoranda.
- § 28.188— Fee amounts.
- § 28.189— Expenses to be borne by party requesting classification.
- § 28.190— Advance deposits.
- § 28.191— Payments methods.
- § 28.192— No voiding or modifying claims for payment.
Subpart C — Standards
- § 28.301— Measurement: humidity; temperature.
- § 28.302— Terms of designation.
- § 28.303— Standards for length of staple for American upland cotton.
- § 28.304— Original representation of American Pima cotton staple lengths.
- § 28.306— Over <span class="fraction"><span class="numerator">13</span>⁄<span class="denominator">16</span></span> inch staple.
- § 28.307— Bale of different staple lengths.
- § 28.401— Good Middling Color.
- § 28.402— Strict Middling Color.
- § 28.403— Middling Color.
- § 28.404— Strict Low Middling Color.
- § 28.405— Low Middling Color.
- § 28.406— Strict Good Ordinary Color.
- § 28.407— Good Ordinary Color.
- § 28.411— Good Middling Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.412— Strict Middling Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.413— Middling Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.414— Strict Low Middling Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.415— Low Middling Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.416— Strict Good Ordinary Light Spotted Color.
- § 28.421— Good Middling Spotted Color.
- § 28.422— Strict Middling Spotted Color.
- § 28.423— Middling Spotted Color.
- § 28.424— Strict Low Middling Spotted Color.
- § 28.425— Low Middling Spotted Color.
- § 28.426— Strict Good Ordinary Spotted Color.
- § 28.431— Strict Middling Tinged Color.
- § 28.432— Middling Tinged Color.
- § 28.433— Strict Low Middling Tinged Color.
- § 28.434— Low Middling Tinged Color.
- § 28.441— Strict Middling Yellow Stained Color.
- § 28.442— Middling Yellow Stained Color.
- § 28.451— Below Color Grade Cotton.
- § 28.461— Leaf Grade 1.
- § 28.462— Leaf Grade 2.
- § 28.463— Leaf Grade 3.
- § 28.464— Leaf Grade 4.
- § 28.465— Leaf Grade 5.
- § 28.466— Leaf Grade 6.
- § 28.467— Leaf Grade 7.
- § 28.471— Below Leaf Grade Cotton.
- § 28.480— General.
- § 28.481— Alternate title for standards.
- § 28.482— United States Cotton Futures Act.
- § 28.501— Color Grade No. 1.
- § 28.502— Color Grade No. 2.
- § 28.503— Color Grade No. 3.
- § 28.504— Color Grade No. 4.
- § 28.505— Color Grade No. 5.
- § 28.506— Color Grade No. 6.
- § 28.507— Color Grade No. 7.
- § 28.511— Leaf Grade No. 1.
- § 28.512— Leaf Grade No. 2.
- § 28.513— Leaf Grade No. 3.
- § 28.514— Leaf Grade No. 4.
- § 28.515— Leaf Grade No. 5.
- § 28.516— Leaf Grade No. 6.
- § 28.517— Leaf Grade No. 7.
- § 28.521— Application of color and leaf grade standards.
- § 28.522— Explanatory terms.
- § 28.525— Symbols and code numbers.
- § 28.601— Official cotton standards for fiber fineness and maturity.
- § 28.602— Terms of designations.
- § 28.603— Procedures for air flow tests of micronaire reading.
Subpart D — Cotton Classification and Market News Service for Producers
- § 28.901— Definitions.
- § 28.902— Director.
- § 28.903— Classification of samples.
- § 28.904— Market news.
- § 28.906— Sampling arrangements.
- § 28.907— Responsibilities of licensed gins or warehouses.
- § 28.908— Samples.
- § 28.909— Costs.
- § 28.910— Classification of samples and issuances of classification data.
- § 28.911— Review classification.
- § 28.917— Limitations of Services.
Subpart E — Cotton Fiber and Processing Tests
- § 28.950— Terms defined.
- § 28.951— Director.
- § 28.952— Testing of samples.
- § 28.953— Requirements as to samples.
- § 28.954— Costs of submitting samples.
- § 28.955— Disposition of samples.
- § 28.956— Prescribed fees.
- § 28.957— Special tests and fees.
- § 28.958— Payment of fees.
- § 28.959— Limitation of testing services.
- § 28.960— Confidential information.
- § 28.961— False and misleading information.