[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12675-12676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3501]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-TX-A]


Opportunity for Designation to Provide Official Services in Texas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) has identified a need for domestic official inspection service 
in Clay, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Young, 
Stephen, and Eastland Counties. GIPSA is asking persons interested in 
providing official services in these unassigned counties in Texas to 
submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be received on or before April 12, 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 202-720-8262, 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.
    GIPSA has determined that there is a need for domestic official 
inspection service in Clay, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, 
Red River, Young, Stephen, and Eastland counties. These counties are 
open for designation.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (USGSA), authorizes GIPSA's Administrator, after determining 
that there is sufficient need for official services, to designate a 
qualified applicant to provide official services in a specified area 
after determining that the applicant is qualified and is better able 
than any other applicant to provide such official services. GIPSA is 
asking persons interested in providing official services in Texas to 
submit an application for designation. The applicant selected for 
designation in Texas will be assigned by GIPSA's Administrator 
according to Section 7(f)(1) of the Act.
    Interested persons are hereby given an opportunity to apply for 
designation to provide official services in the Texas area under the 
provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the 
regulations issued thereunder. Applications and other available 
information will be considered in determining which applicant will be 
designated.
    Designation in the Texas area will be for a period not to exceed 3 
years as prescribed in section 7(g)(1) of the Act. Persons wishing to 
apply for designation should contact the Compliance Division at the 
address listed above for forms and information.


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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. E6-3501 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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