[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53403-53404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19932]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[04-01-S]

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Amarillo (TX), Cairo (IL), Louisiana, North 
Carolina, Belmond (IA), and Wisconsin Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) announces designation of the following organizations to provide 
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act): Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo); Cairo Grain 
Inspection Agency, Inc. (Cairo); Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. 
(Enid); Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana); 
North Carolina Department of Agriculture (North Carolina); D. R. Schaal 
Agency, Inc. (Schaal); and Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade 
and Consumer Protection (Wisconsin).

DATES: Effective date: October 1, 2004.

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 1, 2004 Federal Register (69 FR 9573), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to the official agencies named above to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by April 1, 2004.
    There were two applicants for the Amarillo area. Amarillo applied 
for designation to provide official services in the area currently 
assigned to them, except for Beckham, Ellis, Harper, and Roger Mills 
Counties in Oklahoma. Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid), a 
currently designated official agency, applied for designation in the 
part of Amarillo's area that Amarillo did not apply for, Beckham, 
Ellis, Harper, and Roger Mills Counties in Oklahoma.
    There were two applicants for the Louisiana area. Louisiana applied 
for designation to provide official services in the entire area 
currently assigned to them. BSI Inspectorate Services, Inc. (BSI), an 
unofficial inspection company, applied for designation to provide 
official services in the entire area currently assigned to Louisiana.
    GIPSA asked for comments on the applicants for providing service in 
the Amarillo and Louisiana areas in the June 1, 2004, Federal Register 
(69 FR 30868). Comments were due by July 1, 2004. There were no 
comments on the Amarillo area. For the Louisiana area, we received two 
positive comments supporting Louisiana, one from a Louisiana Manager 
and one from a customer.
    Cairo, North Carolina, Schaal, and Wisconsin were the sole 
applicants for designation to provide official services in the entire 
area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional 
comments on them.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act and, according to section 
7(f)(l)(B), determined the following. Amarillo, Cairo, North Carolina, 
Schaal, and Wisconsin are able to provide official services in the 
geographic areas specified in the March 1, 2004, Federal Register, for 
which they applied. Enid is able to provide official services in the 
geographic areas specified in the March 1, 2004, Federal Register, for 
which they applied, in addition to the area they already serve. 
Louisiana is better able to provide services in the Louisiana area for 
which they applied.
    These designation actions to provide official inspection services 
are effective October 1, 2004, and terminate September 30, 2007 for 
Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Schaal. For Enid, the 
designation term runs concurrently with their present designation, in 
the geographic area specified above, in addition to any areas they are 
already designated to serve, and terminates March 31, 2007. Wisconsin 
is designated for one year only, terminating September 30, 2005, to 
allow GIPSA time to evaluate Wisconsin's programs. Interested

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persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers 
listed below.

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                Official agency                  Headquarters location and telephone     Designation start-end
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Amarillo......................................  Amarillo, TX, 806-372-8511...........       10/01/2004-9/30/2007
                                                Additional location: Guymon, OK
Cairo.........................................  Cairo, IL, 618-734-0689..............       10/01/2004-9/30/2007
Enid..........................................  Enid, OK, 580-233-1121...............        4/01/2004-3/31/2007
                                                Additional location: Catoosa, OK
Louisiana.....................................  Baton Rouge, LA, 337-948-0230........       10/01/2004-9/30/2007
                                                Additional locations: Jonesville, Oak
                                                 Grove, Opelousas, Pineville, LA
North Carolina................................  Raleigh, NC, 919-733-4491............       10/01/2004-9/30/2007
                                                Additional location: Fayetteville, NC
Schaal........................................  Belmond, IA, 641-444-3122............       10/01/2004-9/30/2007
Wisconsin.....................................  Madison, WI, 608-224-4922............       10/01/2004-9/30/2005
                                                Additional locations: Milwaukee,
                                                 Superior, WI
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-19932 Filed 8-31-04; 8:45 am]
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