1600.2—Definitions.
Spirits of turpentine, also commonly known as turpentine, is the colorless or faintly colored volatile oil consisting principally of terpene hydrocarbons of the general empirical formula C10 H16 and having a characteristic odor and taste. It occurs naturally in and may be recovered by distillation from the oleoresinous secretions obtained from living trees of the family Pinaceae, or present in the cellular structure, or wood, of species thereof.
When a sample from the bottom of a barrel or drum shows not more than one grade lower than that of a top sample taken in accordance with § 160.19, the grade of the rosin shall be that of such top sample: Provided, That if such “bottom head” sample shows more than one grade lower than the top sample, the grade assigned to the rosin shall be that of the darkest or lowest grade of rosin in the container.
An article consisting of rosin with an excessive amount of trash or other visible extraneous foreign material, or an article that is of such color or appearance as not to permit its accurate classification and grading in accordance with the standards provided for rosin, shall not be classified, graded, marked, sold, or offered for sale in commerce as rosin.
The collection of official samples for the purpose of putting into effect any of the provisions of the act, and the issuance of certificates reporting the results of any analysis, classification, or grading shall be limited to official inspectors and to such other personnel of the Department as may be authorized.
All samples taken by an official inspector or submitted by an interested person shall become and remain the property of the Department, to be disposed of as the Administrator may determine.
Insofar as it may be practicable, official inspectors shall sample, analyze, classify, or grade any naval stores at the request of any interested person, as provided for by the act and in accordance with the provisions in this part.
An interested person desiring the analysis, classification, or grading of any naval stores, or of samples thereof, shall submit to the nearest official inspector a written request, in which he shall state the number and kind of containers of rosin, or the number and kind of containers and the number of gallons of turpentine, as the case may be, together with the name of the interested person for whose account such service is requested, his interest in the naval stores, and other information by which the identity of the naval stores in question and the propriety of its examination may be determined. Requests for seasonal or recurrent services shall so indicate, and the approximate quantity of naval stores to be graded and the duration of the desired service shall be stated. Fees for such service shall be paid in accordance with the provisions in this part.
A request for service under the provisions in this part may be withdrawn at any time before the service has been completed, on notice to the official inspector: Provided, however, That the interested person shall reimburse the United States for the time spent and any expenses incurred prior to receipt of such withdrawal notice.
The interested person shall cause the naval stores to be made available, and shall provide any held required to remove the bungs or heads, or otherwise open the containers for sampling, to spike the rosin or extract the sampler devices from the barrels or drums, to rebung or otherwise close the containers, to handle the commodity for weighing, and to mark the containers at the direction of the official inspector.
A tank car loaded for shipment with spirits of turpentine shall, after the same has been sampled for analysis, classification, and certification, be sealed by the official inspector. Any certificate issued thereon prior to shipment shall be valid only for a reasonable time to permit arrival at destination, and only so long as the seals placed thereon by the inspector remain unbroken.
The results of any analysis, classification, or grading of naval stores will be certifiable only if the containers holding such naval stores remain intact as sampled until the analysis, classification, or grading has been completed and the results reported, except when the container is a tank car subject to demurrage.
As used in this part:
Board means Board of Directors of the Rural Telephone Bank (Bank).
Director means an individual who is a member of the Board.
Legal Counsel means the legal counsel of the Bank.
Meeting means the deliberations (including those conducted by conference telephone call or by any other method) among a quorum of the Directors, where such deliberations determine or result in joint conduct of official business of the Board. For purposes of this part, each item on the agenda of a meeting is considered a meeting or a portion of a meeting. To the extent that the discussions do not result in the beginning of deliberations or achieve a consensus on a matter of official agency business or effectively predetermine official actions, the term Meeting does not include:
(1)
Deliberations to determine whether a meeting or portions of a meeting will be open or closed or whether information pertaining to closed meetings will be disclosed;
(6)
Informal background discussions among Board members and staff which clarify issues and expose varying views; or
(7)
Sessions with individuals from outside the Bank where Board members listen to a presentation and may elicit additional information.
Open to public observation means the right of any member of the public to attend and observe, but not participate or interfere in any way in an open meeting of the Board.