[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52069-52070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17270]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[05-01-S]


Designation for Aberdeen (SD), Decatur (IL), Hastings (NE), 
Clinton (IA), Missouri, South Carolina, and Wisconsin Areas, and 
Amendment to the Eastern Iowa (IA) 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 the following organizations to provide 
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); Decatur 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea); Missouri Department 
of Agriculture (Missouri); South Carolina Department of Agriculture 
(South Carolina); and Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing 
Service, Inc. (Eastern Iowa). The designation of Eastern Iowa has been 
amended to include the area formerly designated to Wisconsin Department 
of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, excluding the export 
locations delegated to Wisconsin.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 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 March 1, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 9911), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to the official agencies named above to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by April 1, 2005.
    Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina, 
were the sole applicants for designation to provide official services 
in the entire area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for 
additional comments on them.
    There were two applicants for the Wisconsin area: Wisconsin 
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (Wisconsin) 
and Eastern Iowa. Wisconsin applied for designation to provide official 
services in the entire state of Wisconsin which was currently assigned 
to them. Eastern Iowa also applied for designation in all or part of 
the area currently assigned to Wisconsin.
    GIPSA asked for comments on the applicants for providing service in 
the Wisconsin area in the June 1, 2005, Federal Register (70 FR 31417). 
Comments were due by July 1, 2005. GIPSA received one favorable comment 
supporting Eastern Iowa from a customer in Wisconsin. Wisconsin

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subsequently withdrew their application for designation.
    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 Aberdeen, Decatur, Eastern Iowa, Hastings, 
McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina, are able to provide official 
services in the geographic areas specified in the March 1, 2005, 
Federal Register, for which they applied. These designation actions to 
provide official inspection services are effective October 1, 2005, and 
terminate September 30, 2008, for Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, 
Missouri and South Carolina. For Eastern Iowa, the designation term is 
concurrent with their present designation, which began April 1, 2004, 
and terminates March 31, 2007. Interested persons may obtain official 
services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.

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               Official agency                   Headquarters location and telephone         Designation term
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Aberdeen....................................  Aberdeen, SD; (605) 225-8432; Additional       10/1/2005-9/30/2008
                                               location: Mitchell, SD.
Decatur.....................................  Decatur, IL; (217) 429-2466..............      10/1/2005-9/30/2008
Eastern Iowa................................  Davenport, IA; (563) 322-7149; Additional       4/1/2004-3/31/2007
                                               locations: Dubuque and Muscatine, IA,
                                               Gulfport, IL, Beloit, WI.
Hastings....................................  Hastings, NE; (402) 462-4254; Additional       10/1/2005-9/30/2008
                                               location: Grand Island, NE.
McCrea......................................  Clinton, IA; (563) 242-2073..............      10/1/2005-9/30/2008
Missouri....................................  Jefferson City, MO; (573) 751-5515;            10/1/2005-9/30/2008
                                               Additional locations: Kansas City,
                                               Laddonia, Marshall, New Madrid, and St.
                                               Joseph, MO.
South Carolina..............................  Columbia, SC; (843) 296-7522.............      10/1/2005-9/30/2008
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    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. 05-17270 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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