[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10469-10470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1935]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[05-03-S]


Designation for Jamestown (ND), Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), Omaha 
(NE), and Sioux City (IA) Areas

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): Grain Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown); Lincoln Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Lincoln); Midsouth Grain Inspection Service (Midsouth); 
Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha); and Sioux City Inspection 
and Weighing Service Company (Sioux City).

DATES: Effective Date:
    April 1, 2006.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Deputy Director, 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 September 1, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 52070), GIPSA 
asked

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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 October 3, 2005.
    Jamestown, Lincoln, Midsouth, Omaha, and Sioux City 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.
    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 Jamestown, Lincoln, Midsouth, Omaha, and 
Sioux City are able to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in the September 1, 2005, Federal Register, for which 
they applied. These designation actions to provide official services 
are effective April 1, 2006, and terminate March 31, 2009, for 
Jamestown, Lincoln, and Sioux City. Midsouth and Omaha are designated 
for 12 months only, effective April 1, 2006, and terminating 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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Jamestown..........................  Jamestown, ND; 701-252-1290..........  04/01/06-03/31/09
Lincoln............................  Lincoln, NE; 402-435-4386............  04/01/06-03/31/09
Midsouth...........................  Memphis, TN; 901-942-3216; Additional  04/01/06-03/31/07
                                      location: Stoneville, MS, North
                                      Little Rock, AR.
Omaha..............................  Omaha, NE; 402-341-6739..............  04/01/06-03/31/07
Sioux City.........................  Sioux City, IA; 712-255-8073.........  04/01/06-03/31/09
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-1935 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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