[Federal Register: December 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 231)]
[Notices]
[Page 67886-67887]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Columbus (OH), Farwell (TX), and Decatur (IN)
Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are announcing designation of the following organizations
to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards
Act, as amended (USGSA): Columbus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Columbus);
Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell); and Northeast Indiana Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Northeast Indiana).
DATES: Effective January 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Karen Guagliardo, Chief, Review Branch,
Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
Read Applications: All applications will be available for public
inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 CFR
1.27(b)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the May 31, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR
30335), we requested applications for designation to provide official
services in the geographic areas assigned to the official agencies
named above. Applications were due by July 2, 2007.
Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana were the sole applicants
for designation to provide official services in the entire area
currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional
comments on them.
We evaluated all available information regarding the designation
criteria in Section 7(f)(l) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined
that Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana are able to provide
official services in the geographic areas specified in May 31, 2007,
Federal Register, for which they applied. These designation actions to
provide official services are effective January 1, 2008, and terminate
December 31, 2010, for Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana.
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the
telephone numbers listed below.
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Official Agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation start-end
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Columbus......................... Circleville, OH--740-474-3519................ 1/01/2008-12/31/2010
Additional Location: Bucyrus, OH.............
Farwell.......................... Farwell, TX--806-481-9052.................... 1/01/2008-12/31/2010
Northeast Indiana................ Decatur, IN--337-948-0230.................... 1/01/2008-12/31/2010
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Section 7(f)(1) of the USGSA, authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to
designate a qualified applicant to provide official services in a
specified area after determining that the applicant is better able than
any other applicant to provide such official services (7 U.S.C.
79(f)(1)).
Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides that designations of official
agencies will terminate not later than three years and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of
USGSA.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23243 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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