[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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