[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3375]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Deposting of Stockyards

    Notice is hereby given, that the livestock markets named herein, 
originally posted on the dates specified below as being subject to the 
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), no 
longer come within the definition of a stockyard under the Act and are 
therefore, no longer subject to the provisions of the Act.

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 Facility No., name, and location of                                    
              stockyard                         Date of posting         
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AZ-100, Arizona Livestock Auction,    February 12, 1975.                
 Inc., Phoenix, Arizona.                                                
IA-111, Audubon County Livestock      May 28, 1959.                     
 Exchange, Audubon, Iowa.                                               
IA-127, Coggon Livestock Sales Co.,   May 18, 1959.                     
 Coggon, Iowa.                                                          
IA-163, Independence Livestock Sales  May 23, 1959.                     
 Company, Independence, Iowa.                                           
IA-259, The Auction Farm, Sheldon,    July 21, 1987.                    
 Iowa.                                                                  
NB-177, Spalding Livestock Market,    January 27, 1950.                 
 Spalding, Nebraska.                                                    
NY-157, Bast's Livestock Exchange,    August 2, 1978.                   
 Watertown, New York.                                                   
NC-167, Foothills Livestock Auction,  July 11, 1994.                    
 Inc., Spindale, North Carolina.                                        
PA-115, Green Dragon Livestock        December 10, 1959.                
 Sales, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.                                          
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    This notice is in the nature of a change relieving a restriction 
and, thus, may be made effective in less than 30 days after publication 
in the Federal Register without prior notice or other public procedure. 
This notice is given pursuant to section 302 of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 202) and is effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Done at Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of February 1997.
Daniel L. Van Ackeren,
Director, Livestock Marketing Division, Packers and Stockyards 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-3375 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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