[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22307]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[03-A-W]


Designation of Keokuk (IA) To Provide Class X or Class Y Weighing 
Services

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Keokuk Grain Inspection 
Service (Keokuk) to provide Class X or Class Y weighing services under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.

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 8, 2001, Federal Register (66 FR 13875), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Keokuk to provide official inspection 
services under the Act, effective May 1, 2001, and ending March 31, 
2004. Subsequently, Keokuk asked GIPSA to amend their designation to 
include official weighing services. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act 
authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate authority to perform 
official weighing to an agency providing official inspection services 
within a specified geographic area, if such agency is qualified under 
section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all available 
information regarding the designation criteria in section 7(f)(1)(A) of 
the Act, and determined that Keokuk is qualified to provide official 
weighing services in their currently assigned geographic area.
    Effective August 6, 2003, and terminating March 31, 2004 (the end 
of Keokuk's designation to provide official inspection services), 
Keokuk's present designation is amended to include Class X or Class Y 
weighing within their assigned geographic area, as specified in the 
September 1, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR 53263). Official services 
may be obtained by contacting Keokuk at 319-524-6482.

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

Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-22307 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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