[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70993-70994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26859]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[04-AZ-A]


Opportunity for Designation To Provide Official Services in the 
Southwest Arizona Region

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell), has asked GIPSA to 
amend its designation to remove Maricopa, Pinal and Yuma Counties, 
Arizona, from their assigned geographic area. GIPSA has also identified 
the need for service in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. GIPSA is asking 
persons interested in providing official services in these Arizona 
counties to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (fax) on 
or before January 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this 
notice. You may submit applications and 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 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 Applications and Comments: All applications and 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.
    Farwell has asked GIPSA to remove the southwest Arizona region from 
its assigned geographic area. The southwest Arizona region consists of 
the following geographic area, in the State of Arizona: Maricopa, 
Pinal, and Yuma Counties, Arizona. These counties, along with Santa 
Cruz County, Arizona, where GIPSA has determined a need for service, 
are open for designation.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (USGSA), authorizes GIPSA Administrator, after determining that 
there is sufficient need for official services, to designate a 
qualified applicant to provide official services in a specified area 
after determining that the applicant is qualified and is better able 
than any other applicant to provide such official services. GIPSA is 
asking persons interested in providing official services in the 
Southwest Arizona region to submit an application for designation. The 
applicant selected for designation in the Southwest Arizona region will 
be assigned by GIPSA Administrator according to Section 7(f)(1) of the 
Act.
    Interested persons are hereby given an opportunity to apply for 
designation to provide official services in the Southwest Arizona 
region under the provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and section 
800.196(d) of the regulations issued thereunder. Applications and other 
available information will be considered in determining which applicant 
will be designated.
    Designation in the Southwest Arizona region is for the period 
beginning about April 1, 2005, and not to exceed 3 years

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as prescribed in section 7(g)(1) of the Act. Persons wishing to apply 
for designation should contact the Compliance Division at the address 
listed above for forms and information.

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

    Dated: December 2, 2004.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-26859 Filed 12-7-04; 8:45 am]
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