[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10471-10472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2801]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-01-A]


Opportunity for Designation in the Idaho, Lewiston (ID), Ohio 
Valley (IN), and Utah Areas, and Request for Comments on the Official 
Agencies Serving These Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The designations of the official agencies listed below will 
end in September 2006. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) is asking persons interested in providing 
official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an 
application for designation. GIPSA is also asking for comments on the 
quality of services provided by these currently designated agencies: 
Idaho Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Idaho); Lewiston Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Lewiston); Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio 
Valley); and Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (Utah).

DATES: Applications and comments must be received on or before March 
31, 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 United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (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.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall terminate not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act.
    1. Current Designations being Announced for Renewal. For Idaho, 
main office in Pocatello, Idaho; Lewiston, main office in Lewiston, 
Idaho; Ohio Valley, main office in Evansville, Indiana; and Utah, main 
office in Salt Lake City; the current designations started July 1, 
2003, and will end June 30, 2006.

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                                                                                    Designation     Designation
              Official agency                            Main office                   start            end
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Idaho......................................  Pocatello, ID......................      07/01/2003      09/30/2006
Lewiston...................................  Lewiston, ID.......................      07/01/2003      09/30/2006
Ohio Valley................................  Evansville, IN.....................      07/01/2003      09/30/2006
Utah.......................................  Salt Lake City, UT.................      07/01/2003      09/30/2006
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    a. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Idaho, is assigned to Idaho.
    The southern half of the State of Idaho up to the northern 
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
    b. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Idaho and Oregon, is assigned to Lewiston.
    The northern half of the State of Idaho down to the northern 
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
    The entire State of Oregon, except those export port locations 
within the State which are serviced by GIPSA.
    c. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is assigned to 
Ohio Valley.
    Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox (except the area west of U.S. Route 
41 (150) from Sullivan County south to U.S. Route 50), Pike, Posey, 
Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties, Indiana.
    Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins (west of State 
Route 109 south of the Western Kentucky Parkway), Logan, Todd, Union, 
and Webster (west of Alternate U.S. Route 41 and State Route 814) 
Counties, Kentucky.
    Cheatham, Davidson, and Robertson Counties, Tennessee.
    d. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of Utah, is assigned to Utah.
    2. Opportunity for designation. Interested persons, including 
Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah, are hereby given the 
opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in 
the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of Section 
7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the regulations issued 
thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic areas is for the 
period beginning October 1, 2006, and ending September 30, 2009. 
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.gipsa.usda.gov/GIPSA/webapp?area=home&subject=osp&topic=bsp topic=bsp.
    3. Request for Comments. GIPSA also is publishing this notice to 
provide interested persons the opportunity to present comments on the 
quality of services for the Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah 
official agencies. Substantive comments citing reasons and pertinent 
data for support or objection to the designation of the applicants will 
be considered in the designation process. All comments must

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be submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address.
    Applications, comments, and other available information will be 
considered in determining which applicant will be designated.

    Authority: Public Law 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. E6-2801 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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