[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22841-22842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8814]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
[05-CA-S]
Designation for the California 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 California Agri Inspection Co., Ltd.
(California Agri); and Farwell Commodity and Grain Services, Inc.
(Farwell Southwest), to provide official services under the United
States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
DATES: Effective Dates: May 16, 2005, for Farwell Southwest, and June
1, 2005, for California Agri.
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 January 18, 2005, Federal Register (70 FR 2844), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the State of
California to submit an application for designation. Applications were
due by February 17, 2005.
There were four applicants for the State of California: Farwell
Commodity and Grain Services, Inc. (Farwell Southwest) an official
agency designated effective April 1, 2005; a company proposing to do
business as California Agri Inspection Co., Ltd. (California Agri) with
the parent company of Overseas Merchandise Inspection Co., Ltd.;
California Grain Inspection Services (California Grain), a partnership
owned by Robert Chavez and Tim A. Walters; and Imperial Grain
Inspection Service (Imperial) a partnership owned by Tim A. Walters and
Debra J. Walters. Each applied for designation to provide official
services in all or part of the entire area named in the January 18,
2005, Federal Register.
GIPSA asked for comments on Farwell Southwest, California Agri,
California Grain, and Imperial, in the March 10, 2005, Federal Register
(70 FR 11933) and specified the geographic areas for which they had
applied for designation. Imperial subsequently withdrew their
application for designation.
Comments were due by April 11, 2005. GIPSA received six comments
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supporting the designation of California Grain, three comments
supporting the designation of California Agri, and two comments
supporting the designation of Imperial 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 and California Agri are
better able to provide official services in the portions of the
geographic area specified below. The geographic area specified in this
document includes additional area for which Farwell Southwest and
California Agri applied, as both applicants indicated they would be
willing to accept more or less area in order to provide needed services
to all requestors, and it was GIPSA's desire to designate the entire
State.
Effective May 16, 2005, and terminating March 31, 2008, concurrent
with their present designation, Farwell Southwest is designated,
pursuant to section (7)(2) of the Act, for the following geographic
area:
Bounded on the north by the northern San Luis Obispo, Kings,
Fresno, Merced, Madera, and Inyo County lines east to the California
State line;
Bounded on the east by the eastern California State line south to
the southern California State line;
Bounded on the south by the southern California State line west to
the western California State line;
Bounded on the west by the western California State line north to
the northern San Luis Obispo County line, excluding those export port
locations served by GIPSA.
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling Farwell
Southwest's headquarters in Casa Grande, Arizona, at telephone number
520-421-1027.
Effective June 1, 2005, and terminating December 31, 2006,
California Agri is designated, pursuant to section (7)(2) of the Act,
in the following geographic area:
Bounded on the north by the California State line east to the
eastern California State line;
Bounded on the east by the eastern California State line south to
the southern Mono County line;
Bounded on the south by the southern Mono, Tuolumne, Mariposa,
Stanislaus, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey County lines west to
the western California State line;
Bounded on the west by the western California State line north to
the northern California State line, excluding those export port
locations served by GIPSA.
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling
California Agri's headquarters in West Sacramento, California, at
telephone number 916-375-5809.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
David Orr,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-8814 Filed 5-2-05; 8:45 am]
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