[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7239]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[05-TX-S]


Designation for the South Texas 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 Global Grain Inspection Services, Inc. 
(Global), to provide official services under the United States Grain 
Standards Act, as amended (Act).

DATES: Effective date: May 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 70994), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the South 
Texas area to submit an application for designation. Applications were 
due by January 7, 2005.
    There were four applicants for the South Texas area: Plainview 
Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Plainview), and D. R. 
Schaal Agency, Inc., (Schaal) both currently designated official 
agencies; a company proposing to do business as Global Grain Inspection 
Services, Inc., (Global) (as a subsidiary of BSI Inspectorate America 
Corporation), and Tyrone Martin, Sr., proposing to do business as Gulf 
South Regional Grain Service, LLC, (Gulf South). Plainview, Schaal, 
Global, and Gulf South applied for designation to provide official 
services in the entire area named in the December 8, 2004, Federal 
Register.
    GIPSA asked for comments on Plainview, Schaal, Global, and Gulf 
South 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 Global is better able to provide official 
services in the geographic area specified in the December 8, 2004, 
Federal Register, for which it applied, effective May 1, 2005, and 
terminating November 30, 2006. Interested persons may obtain official 
services by calling Global headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas at 817-
714-5269.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-7239 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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