[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28033]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 248 / Thursday, December 28, 2017 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Designation for the Essex, Illinois; Savage, Minnesota; Alabama;
and Washington Areas
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of designation.
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SUMMARY: AMS is announcing the designations of Kankakee Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee); State Grain Inspection, Inc. (State
Grain); Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama); and
the Washington Department of Agriculture (Washington) to provide
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA),
as amended. The realignment of offices within the U.S. Department of
Agriculture authorized by the Secretary's Memorandum dated November 14,
2017, eliminates the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) as a standalone agency. The grain inspection
activities formerly part of GIPSA are now organized under the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
DATES: Applicable Date: January 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Jacob Thein, Compliance Officer, USDA, AMS, FGIS, QACD,
10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Thein, 816-866-2223,
[email protected] or [email protected].
Read Applications: All applications and comments are available for
public inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7
CFR 1.27(c)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the July 3, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR
30817-30820), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by
Kankakee, State Grain, Alabama, and Washington. Applications were due
by August 2, 2017.
Because the current official agencies, Kankakee, State Grain,
Alabama, and Washington, were the only applicants for designation to
provide official services in these areas, GIPSA did not ask for
additional comments.
GIPSA evaluated the designation criteria in section 7(f) of the
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that Kankakee, State Grain,
Alabama, and Washington are qualified to provide official services in
the geographic areas specified in the Federal Register on July 3, 2017.
These designations to provide official services in the specified areas
of Kankakee, Alabama, and Washington are effective January 1, 2018, to
December 31, 2022. The designation to provide official services in the
specified area of State Grain is effective January 1, 2018, to December
31, 2018.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this
agency at the following telephone number:
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Designation Designation
Official agency Headquarters location and telephone start end
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Kankakee................................... Essex, IL, 815-365-2268............ 1/1/2018 12/31/2022
State Grain................................ Savage, MN, 952-808-8566........... 1/1/2018 12/31/2018
Alabama.................................... Montgomery, AL, 251-438-2549....... 1/1/2018 12/31/2022
Washington................................. Olympia, WA, 253-820-3756.......... 1/1/2018 12/31/2022
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Section 7(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)).
Dated: December 21, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-28033 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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