[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21665]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Proposed Posting of Stockyards

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We propose to post 10 stockyards. We have received information 
that the stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard under the 
Packers and Stockyards Act and, therefore, need to be posted. Posted 
stockyards are subject to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards 
Act.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by September 9, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments via electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Send hardcopy written comments to Tess Butler, 
GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC 
20250-3604, or fax to (202) 690-2755. All comments should make 
reference to the date and page number of this issue of the Federal 
Register, and will be available for public inspection in the above 
office during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the Packers and 
Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229) 
(P&S Act). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent 
practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat 
packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock, 
poultry, and meatpacking industries.
    Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term 
``stockyard'' as follows:

    * * * any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as 
stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit 
as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market 
agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and 
their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, 
mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in 
commerce.

    Section 302(b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary to determine 
which stockyards meet this definition, and to notify the owner of the 
stockyard and the public of that determination by posting a notice in 
each designated stockyard. After giving notice to the stockyard owner 
and to the public, the stockyard will be subject to the provisions of 
Title III of the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 and 205-
217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public notice.
    This document notifies the stockyard owners and the public that the 
following 10 stockyards meet the definition of stockyard and that we 
propose to designate the stockyards as posted stockyards.

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        Facility No.                                      Stockyard name and location
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CA-190......................  Tulare Sales Yard, Inc., Tulare, California.
CA-191......................  B and B Livestock Auction, Madera, California.
MN-193......................  Fergus Falls Livestock Auction Market, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
MO-283......................  Cameron Livestock Sales, Warrensburg, Missouri.
MO-284......................  Southwest City Livestock Auction, L.L.C., Southwest City, Missouri.
MS-174......................  Solomon's Horse Sale, Belmont, Mississippi.
NY-174......................  Woods Auction Service, Cincinnatus, New York.
OK-213......................  Bakers Auction, Butler, Oklahoma.
TX-346......................  Shamrock Livestock Commission, Shamrock, Texas.
VA-161......................  Wythe County Livestock Exchange, L.L.C., Wytheville, Virginia.
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    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.

    Dated: August 20, 2003.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-21665 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]
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