[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13390]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity to Comment Concerning Applicants for the South Texas 
(TX) Region

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments concerning applicants for designation 
to provide official services in South Texas Under a Pilot Program.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or sent by telecopier (FAX) or 
electronic mail by July 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to Janet M. Hart, 
Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South 
Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. SprintMail users 
may respond to [A:ATTMAIL,O:USDA,ID:A36JHART]. ATTMAIL and FTS2000MAIL 
users may respond to !A36JHART. Telecopier (FAX) users may send 
comments to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-690-2755, 
attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments received will be made available 
for public inspection at the above address located at 1400 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, telephone 202-720-8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action has been reviewed and determined 
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and 
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and 
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
    In the March 3, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 11952), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in South Texas under 
a pilot program allowing more than one official agency to provide 
service in a single geographic area to submit an application for 
designation. There were two applicants. Quanta Lab (Quanta), main 
office located in Selma, Texas, and Saybolt South Texas Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Saybolt), main office located in Galena Park, Texas. 
Quanta applied for the Texas Counties of: Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, 
Duval, Frio, Kinnedy, La Salle, Mavervick, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, 
Val Verda, Webb, and Zavala. Saybolt applied for all counties published 
in the March 3, 1995, Federal Register.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments. Commenters are encouraged to submit 
reasons and pertinent data for support or objection to the designation 
of these applicants. All comments must be submitted to the Compliance 
Division at the above address. Comments and other available information 
will be considered in making a final decision. GIPSA will publish 
notice of the final decision in the Federal Register, and GIPSA will 
send the applicants written notification of the decision.
    GIPSA, in the March 3, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 11952), also 
asked for comments on the need for Official Services in the South Texas 
Region. Comments were due by March 21, 1995. GIPSA received 10 comments 
by the deadline. There were 6 from grain firms, 2 from grain grower 
organizations, 1 from an individual, and 1 from a bank. All but one of 
the comments indicated that there is no need for an official inspection 
service in South Texas because of the good unofficial inspection 
service provided by the Corpus Christi Grain Exchange. The other 
comment expressed concern about competition and the demand for official 
inspection services in the pilot area. The comment expressed concern 
about the size of the pilot area and was of the view that the proposal 
was unworkable.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.)

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Sidney U. Allen,
Acting Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 95-13390 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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