[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5232-5233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1337]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-GL-A]


Voluntary Cancellation of Global's Designation

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
provides that official agency designations will end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. Global Grain Inspection Services, Inc. 
(Global) (as a subsidiary of BSI Inspectorate America Corporation), is 
designated to provide domestic official inspection services until 
November 30, 2006, according to the Act. Global advised the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) that they 
will cease providing official services on April 9, 2006. Accordingly, 
GIPSA is announcing that Global's designation will be canceled 
effective April 9, 2006. GIPSA is asking for applicants to provide 
domestic official inspection services in all or part of the specified 
geographic area in Texas.

DATES: Applications and comments must be received on or before March 3, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this 
notice. You may submit applications and comments by any of the 
following methods:
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Janet M. Hart, Deputy 
Director, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
     Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755, 
attention: Janet M. Hart.
     E-mail: Send via electronic mail to [email protected].
     Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. Hart, Deputy Director, 
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
    Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will 
be available for public inspection at the office above during regular 
business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

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.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to 
designate a qualified applicant to provide official services in a 
specified area after determining that the applicant is better able than 
any other applicant to provide such official services. GIPSA designated 
Global, headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act effective May 1, 2005, and 
terminating November 30, 2006.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies will end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. Global's designation ends November 30, 2006, according to the 
Act. However, Global asked GIPSA for a voluntary cancellation of their 
designation effective April 9, 2006. Accordingly, Global's designation 
will cease effective April 9, 2006, and GIPSA is asking for applicants 
to provide domestic official inspection services.
    Pursuant to Section (7)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Texas, is assigned to Global.
    Bounded on the north by the northern Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, 
Hunt, Delta, Franklin, Titus, Morris, and Marion County line east to 
the Texas State line; Bounded on the east by the eastern Texas State 
line south to the southern Texas State line; Bounded on the south by 
the southern Texas State line west to the western Val Verde County 
line; Bounded on the west by the western Val Verde, Edwards, Kimble, 
Mason, San Saba, Mills, Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto, and Jack County 
lines north to the northern Jack County line.
    Global's assigned geographic area does not include the export port 
locations inside Global's area which are serviced by GIPSA. Interested 
persons are hereby given the opportunity to apply for designation to 
provide official services in the geographic areas specified above under 
provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the 
regulations issued thereunder. Persons wishing to apply for designation 
should contact the Compliance Division at the address listed above for 
forms and information, or obtain applications at the GIPSA Web site, 
http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/oversight/parovreg.htm.


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    Authority: Pub.L. 94-582, 90Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 
et seq.).

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-1337 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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