[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 14642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5713]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[05-AZ-S]


Designation for the Southwest Arizona Area

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 Farwell Commodity and Grain Services, 
Inc. (Farwell Southwest) to provide official services under the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

DATES: 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 December 8, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 70993) GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in Maricopa, Pinal, 
Santa Cruz, and Yuma Counties, Arizona, to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by January 7, 2005.
    There was one applicant for the Southwest Arizona area. Richard Dan 
Prince, proposing to do business as Farwell Commodity and Grain 
Services, Inc., applied for designation in the entire area named in the 
December 8, 2004, Federal Register.
    GIPSA asked for comments on Farwell Southwest in the February 8, 
2005, Federal Register (70 FR 6612). Comments were due by March 10, 
2005. GIPSA received no comments by the closing date.
    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 Farwell Southwest is able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified in the December 8, 
2004, Federal Register, for which they applied, effective April 1, 
2005, and terminating March 31, 2008. Interested persons may obtain 
official services by calling Farwell Southwest headquarters in Casa 
Grande, Arizona at (520) 421-1027.

    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. 05-5713 Filed 3-22-05; 8:45 am]
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