[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3171-3172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00897]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Amended Designation for Sioux City Inspection and Weighing
Service Company
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of Sioux City Inspection
and Weighing Service Company (Sioux City) to provide official services
under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended. Sioux
City's geographical territory is amended to include the part of the
area previously designated to Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc.
(Fremont).
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Eric J. Jabs, Chief, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, QADB, 10383
North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric J. Jabs, 816-659-8408 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 August 20, 2013 Federal Register
Notice (78 FR 51138), GIPSA requested applications for designation to
provide official services in a geographic area formerly serviced by
Fremont. Applications were due by September 19, 2013.
Sioux City was the sole applicant for designation to provide
official services in this area. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for
additional comments.
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation
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criteria in section 79(f) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined
that Sioux City is qualified to provide official services in the
geographic area specified in the Federal Register Notice published on
August 20, 2013.
Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the United States Grain Standards
Act, the following amended geographic area, is assigned to Sioux City:
In Iowa
Bounded on the North by the northern Iowa State line from the Big
Sioux River east to U. S. Route 169; Bounded on the East by U.S. Route
169 south to State Route 9; State Route 9 west to U.S. Route 169; U.S.
Route 169 south to the northern Humboldt County line; the Humboldt
County line east to State Route 17; State Route 17 south to C54; C54
east to U.S. Route 69; U.S. Route 69 south to the northern Hamilton
County line; the Hamilton County line west to R38; R38 south to U.S.
Route 20; U.S. Route 20 west to the eastern and southern Webster County
lines to U.S. Route 169; U.S. Route 169 south to E18; E18 west to the
eastern Greene County line; the Greene County line south to U.S. Route
30; Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 30 west to E53; E53 west to N44;
N44 north to U.S. Route 30; U.S. Route 30 west to U.S. Route 71;U.S.
Route 71 north to the southern Sac and Ida County lines; the eastern
Monona County line south to State Route 37; State Route 37 west to
State Route 175; State Route 175 west to the Missouri River; and
Bounded on the West by the Missouri River north to the Big Sioux River;
the Big Sioux River north to the northern Iowa State line.
In Minnesota
Yellow Medicine, Renville, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Pipestone,
Murray, Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, and Martin Counties.
In Nebraska
Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce (north of U.S. Route 20), and Thurston
Counties.
In South Dakota
Bounded on the North by State Route 44 (U.S. 18) east to State
Route 11; State Route 11 south to A54B; A54B east to the Big Sioux
River; Bounded on the East by the Big Sioux River; and Bounded on the
South and West by the Missouri River.
The following grain elevators are part of this geographic area
assignment. In Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area:
West Central Coop, Boxholm, Boone County, Iowa. In D. R. Schaal
Agency's area: Maxyield Coop, Algona, Kossuth County; Stateline Coop,
Burt, Kossuth County; Gold-Eagle, Goldfield, Wright County; and North
Central Coop, Holmes, Wright County, Iowa.
This designation action to provide official services in these
specified areas, as amended, is effective December 1, 2013 and
terminates on March 31, 2015.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this
agency at the following telephone number:
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Amended Amended
Official agency Headquarters location and designation designation
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Sioux City.................................... Sioux City, IA (712) 255-8073... 12/1/2013 3/31/2015
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Section 79(f) of the USGSA authorizes the Secretary 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)).
Under section 79(g) of the USGSA, designations of official agencies
are effective for no longer than three years unless terminated by the
Secretary; however, designations may be renewed according to the
criteria and procedures prescribed in section 79(f) of the USGSA.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-00897 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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