§ 93. — Establishment of official naval stores standards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC93]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 4--NAVAL STORES
Sec. 93. Establishment of official naval stores standards
For the purposes of this chapter the kinds of spirits of turpentine
defined in subdivisions (c), (e), and (f) of section 92 of this title
and the rosin types heretofore prepared and recommended under existing
laws, by or under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, are made
the standards for naval stores until otherwise prescribed as hereinafter
provided. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish and
promulgate standards for naval stores for which no standards are herein
provided, after at least three months' notice of the proposed standard
shall have been given to the trade, so far as practicable, and due
hearings or reasonable opportunities to be heard shall have been
afforded those favoring or opposing the same. No such standard shall
become effective until after three months from the date of the
promulgation thereof. Any standard made by this chapter or established
and promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance therewith
may be modified by said Secretary whenever, for reasons and causes
deemed by him sufficient, the interests of the trade shall so require,
after at least six months' notice of the proposed modifications shall
have been given to the trade, so far as practicable, and due hearings or
reasonable opportunities to be heard shall have been afforded those
favoring or opposing the same; and no such modification so made shall
become effective until after six months from the date when made.
The various grades of rosin, from highest to lowest, shall be
designated, unless and until changed, as hereinbefore provided, by the
following letters, respectively: X, WW, WG, N, M, K, I, H, G, F, E, D,
and B, together with the designation ``gum rosin'' or ``wood rosin'', as
the case may be.
The standards herein made and authorized to be made shall be known
as the ``Official Naval Stores Standards of the United States,'' and may
be referred to by the abbreviated expression ``United States
Standards'', and shall be the standards by which all naval stores in
commerce shall be graded and described.
(Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 217, Sec. 3, 42 Stat. 1435.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 98 of this title.
