[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13072-13073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3538]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-GL-C]


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Texas Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the Texas geographic area previously 
assigned to Global Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Global).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 29, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA, Janet 
M. Hart, Deputy Director, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604. FAX 202-690-
2755; e-mail [email protected]. All comments received will be made 
available for public inspection at the above address located at 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., during regular business hours.

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.
    Global advised the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) that they will cease providing official services 
on April 9, 2006. GIPSA announced that Global's designation will be 
canceled effective April 9, 2006, in the February 1, 2006, Federal 
Register (71 FR 5233). GIPSA also asked persons interested in providing 
official services in the south Texas area to submit an application for 
designation.
    There were three applicants for the south Texas area: a company 
proposing to do business as Gulf Country Inspection Service, Inc. 
(Gulf); a

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company proposing to do business as InterContinental Grain Inspections, 
Inc. (InterContinental), a subsidiary of Socit Generale de Surveillance 
(SGS) North America, Inc.; and South Texas Grain Inspection LLC (South 
Texas), a proposed organization being formed by the Corpus Christi 
Grain Exchange, Inc., to function under a trust. Gulf and 
InterContinental applied for all or part of the area previously 
assigned to Global. South Texas applied for only the following Counties 
in Texas: Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, 
Comal, Dewitt, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, 
Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, LaSalle, Lavaca, 
Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, 
Starr, Uvalde, Victoria, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala. 
GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be 
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address. Comments and 
other available information will be considered in making a final 
decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the 
Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written 
notification of the decision.

    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. E6-3538 Filed 3-13-06; 8:45 am]
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