[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31579-31580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13453]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the State of Georgia and State of Montana Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of the Georgia Department
of Agriculture (Georgia) and the Montana Department of Agriculture
(Montana) to provide official services under the United States Grain
Standards Act, as amended (USGSA).
DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: William A. Ashley, Acting Branch Chief, Quality Assurance
and Designation Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604,
Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William A. Ashley, 202-720-8262 or
[email protected].
Read Applications: All applications and comments will be available
for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours
(7 CFR 1.27(c)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the January 4, 2011, Federal Register (76
FR 317), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by the
Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia) and the Montana Department
of Agriculture (Montana). Applications were due by February 3, 2011.
Georgia and Montana were the sole applicants for designation to
provide official services in these areas. As a result, GIPSA did not
ask for additional comments.
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation
criteria in section 7(f)(l) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and
determined that Georgia and Montana are qualified to provide official
services in the geographic area specified in the January 4, 2011,
Federal Register for which they applied. This designation action to
provide official services in these specified areas is effective July 1,
2011 and terminates on June 30, 2014.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this
agency at the following telephone numbers:
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Designation Designation
Official agency Headquarters location and telephone start end
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Georgia.................................... Atlanta, GA (229) 386-3141......... 7/1/2011 6/30/2014.
Additional Location: Tifton, GA....
Montana.................................... Helena, MT (406) 761-2141.......... 7/1/2011 6/30/2014.
Additional Locations: Great Falls
and Plentywood, MT.
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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)).
Under section 7(g)(1) of the USGSA, designations of official
agencies are effective for no longer than 3 years unless terminated by
the Secretary; however, designations may be renewed according to the
criteria and procedures prescribed in section 7(f) of the Act.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
J. Dudley Butler,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-13453 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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