[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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