[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10753]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[03-01-C]


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Grand Forks (ND) 
and Minnesota Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the geographic area currently assigned to 
Grand Forks Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Grand Forks) and the 
Minnesota Department of Agriculture (Minnesota).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
May 30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA, Janet 
M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 
1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604. FAX 
202-690-2755; e-mail [email protected]. All comments received will 
be made available for public inspection at the above address located at 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart at 202-720-8525, e-mail 
[email protected].

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, 2003, Federal Register (68 FR 9971), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the Grand Forks 
and Minnesota areas to submit an application for designation.
    There were five applicants for the Grand Forks Area: Grand Forks, 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown), Minot Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Minot), North Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (North Dakota), 
all currently designated official agencies; and Paul B. Bethke, Terry 
D. Pladson, and Ryan M. Kuhl proposing to do business as Northern 
Plains Grain Inspection Service, Inc. Grand Forks applied for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them. Jamestown, Minot, North Dakota, and Northern Plains 
Grain Inspection Service, Inc., applied for all or part of the area 
currently assigned to Grand Forks.
    There were six applicants for the Minnesota area: Minnesota, North 
Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (North Dakota), D. R. Schaal 
Agency, Inc. (Schaal), Sioux City Inspection and Weighing Service 
Company (Sioux City), all currently designated official agencies; Paul 
B. Bethke, Terry D. Pladson, and Ryan M. Kuhl proposing to do business 
as Northern Plains Grain Inspection Service, Inc., and Kathleen Duea, 
Kyle Duea, Ben Duea, and Nicole Youel proposing to do business as 
Southern Minnesota Grain Inspection. Minnesota applied for designation 
to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them. North Dakota and Northern Plains Grain Inspection Service, Inc., 
applied for all or part of the area currently assigned to Minnesota. 
Schaal applied for all or part of the following Minnesota Counties: 
Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Steele, and Waseca. Sioux City 
applied for all or part of the following Minnesota Counties: Brown, 
Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, 
Redwood, Renville, Rock, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine. Southern 
Minnesota Grain Inspection applied for all or part of the area 
currently assigned to Minnesota, and specified all or part of the 
following Minnesota Counties: Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, 
Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, and Watonwan.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the 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.

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

    Dated: April 28, 2003.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-10753 Filed 4-30-03; 8:45 am]
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