Subpart A. Subpart A—Requirements Under the United States Cotton Standards Act

• definitions

  • SECTION § 28.1 - Meaning of words.
  • SECTION § 28.2 - Terms defined.

• administrative and general

  • SECTION § 28.3 - Director.
  • SECTION § 28.4 - Classing offices.
  • SECTION §§ 28.5-28.6 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 28.7 - Area Director, Classing Office; responsibility.
  • SECTION § 28.8 - Classification of cotton; determination.
  • SECTION § 28.9 - Inspection; sampling; classification.

• requests for classification and comparison

  • SECTION § 28.15 - Classification and comparison; requests.
  • SECTION § 28.16 - Request for return of samples.
  • SECTION § 28.17 - Filing of requests for classification or comparison.
  • SECTION § 28.18 - One request only for classification.
  • SECTION § 28.19 - Withdrawal or rejection of classification request.

• licensing of warehouses and gins for sampling

  • SECTION § 28.20 - When license is required.
  • SECTION § 28.21 - Eligibility and application.
  • SECTION § 28.22 - Authority granted by license.
  • SECTION § 28.23 - Suspension or revocation of license.
  • SECTION § 28.24 - Surrender of license certificate.

• drawing, submission and disposition of samples

  • SECTION § 28.25 - Samples for Form A determination.
  • SECTION § 28.26 - Samples for Form C determination.
  • SECTION § 28.27 - Samples for Form D determination.
  • SECTION § 28.28 - Lost or damaged samples.
  • SECTION § 28.29 - Return of samples.
  • SECTION § 28.30 - Samples not returned are property of Department.

• violations

  • SECTION § 28.31 - Denial of service.
  • SECTION § 28.32 - Misrepresentation; deceptive or fraudulent acts or practices; violations.

• classification

  • SECTION § 28.35 - Method of classification.
  • SECTION § 28.36 - Order of classification.
  • SECTION § 28.37 - Exposing of samples for classification.
  • SECTION § 28.38 - Lower class (of two samples) to determine classification.
  • SECTION § 28.39 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 28.40 - Terms defined; cotton classification.

• sample or type comparison

  • SECTION § 28.45 - Scope of comparison; requests.
  • SECTION § 28.46 - Method of submitting samples and types.
  • SECTION § 28.47 - Statement of finding for comparisons.

• certificates and memoranda

  • SECTION § 28.55 - Issuance of memoranda and certificates.
  • SECTION § 28.56 - Form A and Form D memorandum.
  • SECTION § 28.57 - Form C certificate.
  • SECTION § 28.58 - New memorandum or certificate; issuance.
  • SECTION § 28.59 - Lost memorandum or certificate may be replaced by duplicate.
  • SECTION § 28.60 - Surrender of memoranda or certificates.

• reviews

  • SECTION § 28.65 - Provisions for reviews.
  • SECTION § 28.66 - Review procedure.
  • SECTION § 28.68 - Withdrawal of application for review.

• practical forms of cotton standards

  • SECTION § 28.105 - Practical forms of cotton standards.
  • SECTION § 28.106 - Universal cotton standards.
  • SECTION § 28.107 - Original cotton standards and reserve sets.

• fees and costs

  • SECTION § 28.115 - Fees and costs; payment.
  • SECTION § 28.116 - Amounts of fees for classification; exemption.
  • SECTION § 28.117 - Fee for new memorandum or certificate.
  • SECTION § 28.118 - When no fee collected for new certificate or memorandum.
  • SECTION § 28.119 - Fee when request for classification is withdrawn.
  • SECTION § 28.120 - Expenses to be borne by party requesting classification.
  • SECTION § 28.121 - Advance deposits.
  • SECTION § 28.122 - Fee for practical classing examination.
  • SECTION § 28.123 - Costs of practical forms of cotton standards.
  • SECTION § 28.124 - Payments; procedure.
  • SECTION § 28.125 - No voiding or modifying claims for payment.
  • SECTION § 28.126 - Loaning of forms and exhibits.

• adjustment of contract disputes

  • SECTION § 28.160 - Cotton examiners on foreign exchanges.
  • SECTION § 28.161 - Disputes involving contracts for shipment of cotton from United States.
  • SECTION § 28.162 - Procedure.

• publications media

  • SECTION § 28.165 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.