[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17960-17961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7015]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Deposting of Stockyards

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are deposting 21 stockyards. These facilities can no longer 
be used as stockyards and, therefore, are no longer required to be 
posted.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers

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and enforces the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and 
supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229) (P&S Act). The P&S Act prohibits 
unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices by livestock market 
agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat packers, swine contractors, 
and live poultry dealers in the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking 
industries.
    Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term 
``stockyard'' as follows:

* * * any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as 
stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit 
as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market 
agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and 
their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, 
mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in 
commerce.

    Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary to determine 
which stockyards meet this definition, and to notify the owner of the 
stockyard and the public of that determination by posting a notice in 
each designated stockyard. After giving notice to the stockyard owner 
and to the public, the stockyard is subject to the provisions of Title 
III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 and 205-217a) until the Secretary 
deposts the stockyard by public notice.
    We depost a stockyard when the facility can no longer be used as a 
stockyard. Some of the reasons a facility can no longer be used as a 
stockyard include: the facility has been moved and the posted facility 
is abandoned, the facility has been torn down or otherwise destroyed, 
such as by fire, the facility is dilapidated beyond repair, or the 
facility has been converted and its function changed.
    This document notifies the public that the following 21 stockyards 
no longer meet the definition of stockyard and that we are deposting 
the facilities.

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                                  Stockyard name and
         Facility No.                  location            Date posted
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CA-102........................  Atwater Livestock       October 1, 1959.
                                 Auction, Atwater,
                                 California.
IL-107........................  Kankakee Livestock      November 17,
                                 Company, Bourbonnais,   1959.
                                 Illinois.
IL-134........................  St. Louis National      November 1,
                                 Stock Yards, National   1921.
                                 Stockyards, Illinois.
IL-146........................  Pittsfield Community    November 17,
                                 Sale, Pittsfield,       1959.
                                 Illinois.
IL-172........................  Vienna Livestock,       April 6, 1990.
                                 Vienna, Illinois.
KY-100........................  Twin Lakes Livestock    December 9,
                                 Auction,                1959.
                                 Incorporated, Albany,
                                 Kentucky.
KY-101........................  Jolley's Feeder Pig     May 8, 1968.
                                 Auction, Albany,
                                 Kentucky.
KY-154........................  Tompkinsville           December 10,
                                 Livestock Auction,      1959.
                                 Inc., Tompkinsville,
                                 Kentucky.
KY-164........................  Walton Stockyards,      August 22, 1979.
                                 Inc., Walton,
                                 Kentucky.
MI-130........................  Owosso Livestock Sales  April 22, 1959.
                                 Company, Owosso,
                                 Michigan.
MN-107........................  Canby Livestock         March 17,1960.
                                 Auction, Canby,
                                 Minnesota.
MN-116........................  Fergus Falls Livestock  November 12,
                                 Exchange, Inc.,         1959.
                                 Fergus Falls,
                                 Minnesota.
MN-146........................  Northern States Cattle  September 15,
                                 and Hay Exchange,       1959.
                                 Inc., Sauk Centre,
                                 Minnesota.
MN-162........................  Southwestern Minnesota  September 15,
                                 Livestock Sales         1959.
                                 Pavilion,
                                 Worthington,
                                 Minnesota.
MT-111........................  Kalispell Livestock     December 13,
                                 Auction, Kalispell,     1965.
                                 Montana.
OH-106........................  Western Ohio Livestock  June 10, 1959.
                                 Exchange, Celina,
                                 Ohio.
SC-135........................  Martin & Martin         October 17,
                                 Cattle, Inc.,           1983.
                                 Anderson, South
                                 Carolina.
WI-106........................  Equity Livestock        October 24,
                                 Auction Market,         1961.
                                 Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
WI-107........................  Equity Livestock        April 14, 1971.
                                 Auction Market,
                                 Ettrick, Wisconsin.
WI-122........................  Equity Livestock        May 15, 1959.
                                 Auction Market,
                                 Ripon, Wisconsin.
WI-133........................  Equity Livestock        February 4,
                                 Auction Market,         1976.
                                 Beetown, Wisconsin.
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Effective Date

    This notice is effective upon publication in the Federal Register 
because it relieves a restriction and, therefore, may be made effective 
in less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register without 
prior notice or other public procedure.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.

David Orr,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-7015 Filed 4-7-05; 8:45 am]
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