[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34882-34883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9457]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-02-A]


Opportunity for Designation in the Sacramento (CA), Frankfort 
(IN), Indianapolis (IN), and Virginia 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 December 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: 
California Agri Inspection Company, Ltd. (California Agri); Frankfort 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Frankfort); Indianapolis Grain Inspection & 
Weighing Service, Inc. (Indianapolis); and Virginia Department of 
Agriculture and Consumer Services (Virginia).

DATES: Applications and comments must be received on or before July 14, 
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 Karen Guagliardo, 
Review Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
     Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755, 
attention: Karen Guagliardo.
     E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 
[email protected].
     Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch 
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
    Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will 
be

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available for public inspection at the office above during regular 
business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, 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.

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                                                                                  Designation      Designation
               Official agency                           Main office                 start             end
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California Agri..............................  West Sacremento, CA............       06/01/2005       12/31/2006
Frankfort....................................  Frankfort, IN..................       01/01/2004       12/31/2006
Indianapolis.................................  Indianapolis, IN...............       01/01/2004       12/31/2006
Virginia.....................................  Richmond, VA...................       01/01/2004       12/31/2006
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     a. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following 
geographic area, in the State of California, is assigned to California 
Agri.
    Bounded on the North by the northern California State line east to 
the eastern California State line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern California State line south to 
the southern Mono County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Mono, Tuolumne, Mariposa, 
Stanistaus, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey County lines west to 
the western California State line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western California State line north to 
the northern California State line.
    California Agri's assigned geographic area does not include the 
export port locations inside California Agri's area which are serviced 
by GIPSA.
    b. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Indiana, is assigned to Frankfort.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Fulton County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Fulton County line south to 
State Route 19; State Route 19 south to State Route 114; State Route 
114 southeast to the eastern Fulton and Miami County lines; the 
northern Grant County line east to County Highway 900E; County Highway 
900E south to State Route 18; State Route 18 east to the Grant County 
line; the eastern and southern Grant County lines; the eastern Tipton 
County line; the eastern Hamilton County line south to State Route 32;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 32 west to the Boone County 
line; the eastern and southern Boone County lines; the southern 
Montgomery County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western and northern Montgomery County 
lines; the western Clinton County line; the western Carroll County line 
north to State Route 25; State Route 25 northeast to Cass County; the 
western Cass and Fulton County lines.
    Frankfort's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Frankfort's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Titus Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: The Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Frick 
Services, Inc., Leiters Ford, Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc., Linden, 
Montgomery County.
    c. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Indiana, is assigned to Indianapolis.
    Bartholomew; Brown; Hamilton, south of State Route 32; Hancock; 
Hendricks; Johnson; Madison, west of State Route 13 and south of State 
Route 132; Marion; Monroe; Morgan; and Shelby Counties.
    d. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of Virginia, is assigned to Virginia.
    2. Opportunity for designation. Interested persons, including 
California Agri, Frankfort, Indianapolis, and Virginia, 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 7 CFR 800.196(d) of the regulations 
issued thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic areas is for 
the period beginning January 1, 2007, and ending December 31, 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.
    3. Request for Comments. GIPSA also is publishing this notice to 
provide interested persons the opportunity to present comments on the 
quality of services provided by the California Agri, Frankfort, 
Indianapolis, and Virginia 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 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.).

Gary McBryde,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
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