[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51268-51269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19539]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Aberdeen, (SD), Decatur (IL), Hastings (NE),
Fulton (IL), Missouri, and South Carolina 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): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen);
Decatur Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); Hastings Grain Inspection,
Inc. (Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea); Missouri
Department of Agriculture (Missouri); and South Carolina Department of
Agriculture (South Carolina).
DATES: Effective October 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 and comments will be available
for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours
(7 CFR 1.27(b)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the March 3, 2008, Federal Register (73
FR 11387), we requested applications for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas assigned to the official
agencies named above. Applications were due by April 2, 2008.
Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina
were the sole applicants for designation to provide official services
in the entire area currently assigned to them, so
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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 Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina
are able to provide official services in the geographic areas specified
in the March 3, 2008, Federal Register, for which they applied. These
designation actions to provide official services are effective October
1, 2008, and terminate September 30, 2011, for Aberdeen, Decatur,
Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina. Interested persons may
obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.
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Headquarters location and
Official agency telephone Designation start-end
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Aberdeen............................... Aberdeen, SD, 605-225-8432; 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Additional Location: Mitchell,
SD.
Decatur................................ Decatur, IL, 217-429-2466...... 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Hastings............................... Hastings, NE, 402-462-4254; 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Additional Location: Grand
Island, NE.
McCrea................................. Fulton, IL, 815-589-9955....... 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Missouri............................... Jefferson City, MO, 573-751- 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
5515; Additional Locations:
Vandalia, Kansas City, St.
Joseph, Marshall and New
Madrid, MO.
South Carolina......................... Columbia, SC, 843-296-7522..... 10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
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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.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-19539 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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