[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25562-25563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6464]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Amendment to Certification of Minnesota's Central Filing System

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request from Minnesota's Secretary of State 
we are approving the amendments to the signature and property 
description requirements of the certified central filing system for 
Minnesota and the addition of two farm products to Minnesota's 
certified central filing system for notification of liens on farm 
products.

DATES: Effective Date: April 25, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers the Clear Title program for the 
Secretary of Agriculture. The Clear Title program is authorized by 
Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985 and requires that States 
implementing central filing system for notification of liens on farm 
products must have such systems certified by the Secretary of 
Agriculture.
    A listing of the states with certified central filing systems is 
available through the Internet on the GIPSA Web site (http://www.gipsa.usda.gov). Farm products covered by a State's central filing 
system are also identified through the GIPSA Web site. The Minnesota 
central filing system covers specified products.
    We originally certified the central filing system for Minnesota on 
July 7, 1993. On September 5, 2005, Mary Kiffmyer, Minnesota Secretary 
of State, requested the certification be amended to make changes 
related to on-line searching and central filing system procedures 
necessitated or made possible by amendments to Section 1324 of the Food 
Security Act, which, among other things, permit effective financing 
statements to be signed, authorized, or otherwise authenticated. 
Specifically, the following changes were requested:
    (1) Provide for alternative filing of effective financing 
statements, continuations, and terminations that are signed, 
authorized, or otherwise authenticated, by internet and
    (2) Provide for online searching of master lists by farm product; 
and within each farm product, alphabetically by debtor name; 
numerically by debtor identification number; by county; and by crop 
year.
    In addition, she requested the certification be amended to add the 
following two farm products produced in Minnesota: Wild Rice, Bison.
    This notice announces our approval of the amended certification for 
Minnesota's central filing system in accordance with the request to 
amend signature and filing requirements, add online searching, and add 
additional farm products.

Effective Date

    This notice is effective upon signature for good cause because it 
allows Minnesota to provide information about additional farm products 
through its central filing system. In addition, it increases the 
flexibility in which effective filing statements may be authorized and 
authenticated, and it allows various methods to search online for 
information about farm products. Approving additional farm products for 
approved central filing systems and changes to the certification of 
approved central filing systems do not require public notice. 
Therefore, this notice may be made effective in less than 30 days after 
publication in the Federal Register without prior notice or other 
public procedure.


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    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1631, 7 CFR 2.22(a)(3)(v) and 2.81(a)(5), 
and 9 CFR 205.101(e).

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-6464 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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