[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3845]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[05-A-W]


Designation of Eastern Iowa To Provide Class X or Class Y 
Weighing Services

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Eastern Iowa Grain 
Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc., (Eastern Iowa) to provide Class 
X or Class Y weighing services under the United States Grain Standards 
Act, as amended (Act).

DATES: Effective Date: January 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 March 1, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 9572), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Eastern Iowa to provide official 
inspection services under the Act, effective April 1, 2004, and ending 
March 31, 2007. Subsequently, Eastern Iowa asked GIPSA to amend their 
designation to include official weighing services. Section 7A(c)(2) of 
the Act authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate authority to 
perform official weighing to an agency providing official inspection 
services within a specified geographic area, if such agency is 
qualified under section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all 
available information regarding the designation criteria in Section 
7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and determined that Eastern Iowa is qualified to 
provide official weighing services in their currently assigned 
geographic area.
    Effective January 1, 2005, and terminating March 31, 2007 (the end 
of Eastern Iowa's designation to provide official inspection services), 
Eastern Iowa's present designation is amended to include Class X or 
Class Y weighing within their assigned geographic area, as specified in 
the September 2, 2003, Federal Register (68 FR 52178). Official 
services may be obtained by contacting Eastern Iowa at 563-322-7149.

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

David R. Shipman,
Deputy Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-3845 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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