[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26288]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Minnesota Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. 
(04-03-C)

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 
the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (Minnesota).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice 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 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 September 1, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 53404), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
Minnesota areas to submit an application for designation.
    There were three applicants for the Minnesota area: Minnesota, 
Sioux City Inspection and Weighing Service Company (Sioux City), both 
currently designated official agencies; and Kathleen Duea 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. 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.).

Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-26288 Filed 11-30-04; 8:45 am]
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