[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30868-30869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12262]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[04-01-C]


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Amarillo (TX) 
and Louisiana Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas assigned to Amarillo Grain 
Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo) and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and 
Forestry (Louisiana).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or electronically dated by July 1, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Janet M. Hart, Chief, 
Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
     Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755, 
attention: Janet M. Hart.
     E-mail: Send comments via electronic mail to 
[email protected].
     Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review 
Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
    Read Comments: All comments will be available for public inspection 
at the office above during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

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 1, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 9573), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the Amarillo and 
Louisiana areas to submit an application for designation. There were 
two applicants for the Amarillo area: Amarillo and Enid Grain 
Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid).

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Amarillo applied for designation to provide official services in the 
entire area currently assigned to them, except for Beckham, Ellis, 
Harper, and Roger Mills Counties in Oklahoma. Enid, a designated 
official agency operating in Oklahoma, applied for designation to 
provide official services in Beckham, Ellis, Harper, and Roger Mills 
Counties in Oklahoma.
    There were two applications for the Louisiana area: Louisiana 
Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana) and BSI Inspectorate 
Services, Inc. (BSI). Louisiana applied for designation to provide 
official services in the entire area currently assigned to them. BSI, 
an unofficial grain inspection agency, applied for the entire state of 
Louisiana, except those export port locations served by GIPSA.
    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.).

Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-12262 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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