[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9910-9911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3844]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[04-03-S]


Designation for the Owensboro (KY), Bloomington (IL), Iowa Falls 
(IA), Minnesota, Fargo (ND), Grand Forks (ND), and Plainview (TX) 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): J. W. Barton Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton); 
Central Illinois Grain Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois); Central 
Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Central Iowa); Minnesota 
Department of Agriculture (Minnesota); North Dakota Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (North Dakota); Northern Plains Grain Inspection Service, 
Inc. (Northern Plains); and Plainview Grain Inspection and Weighing 
Service, Inc. (Plainview).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2005.

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 September 1, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 53404), 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 October 
1, 2004.
    Barton, Central Illinois, Central Iowa, North Dakota, Northern 
Plains, and Plainview 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.
    There were three applicants for the Minnesota area: Minnesota, and 
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 (Southern 
Minnesota). 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 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 asked for comments on the applicants for providing service in 
the Minnesota area in the December 1, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 
69884). Comments were due by January 3, 2005. GIPSA received one 
favorable comment supporting Sioux City from a customer in Minnesota.

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    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 that Barton, Central Illinois, Central Iowa, 
North Dakota, Northern Plains, and Plainview are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified in the September 1, 
2004, Federal Register, for which they applied; and that Minnesota is 
better able to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified in the September 1, 2004, Federal Register, for which they 
applied. These designation actions to provide official inspection 
services are effective April 1, 2005, and terminate March 31, 2008, for 
Barton, Central Illinois, Central Iowa, North Dakota, Northern Plains, 
and Plainview. Minnesota is designated for 18 months only, effective 
April 1, 2005, and terminating September 30, 2006, to allow GIPSA to 
further evaluate their program. Interested 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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Barton....................................  Owensboro, KY 270-683-0616; Additional            4/1/2005-3/31/2008
                                             location: Jeffersonville, IN.
Central Illinois..........................  Bloomington, IN 309-827-7121; Additional          4/1/2005-3/31/2008
                                             location: Pekin, IL.
Central Iowa..............................  Iowa Falls, IA 641-648-3467; Additional           4/1/2005-3/31/2008
                                             location: Des Moines.
Minnesota.................................  St. Paul, MN 612-341-7190; Additional             4/1/2005-9/30/2006
                                             locations: Breckenridge, Duluth, Granite
                                             Falls, Mankato, Morris, Windom.
North Dakota..............................  Fargo, ND 701-293-7420; Additional                4/1/2005-3/31/2008
                                             locations: Ayr, Cahokia, Enderlin,
                                             Hillsboro, Taylor, Teutopolis, Wayne City.
Northern Plains...........................  Grand Forks, ND 701-772-2414; Additional          4/1/2005-3/31/2008
                                             location: Devils Lake.
Plainview.................................  Plainview, TX 806-293-1364.................       4/1/2005-3/31/2008
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

David R. Shipman,
Deputy Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-3844 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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