[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9502-9503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3647]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Savage (MN) 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 Minnesota.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
April 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA, Karen 
Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 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: 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.
    In the December 8, 2006, Federal Register (71 FR 71122), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the Savage, 
Minnesota, area to submit an application for designation.
    There were three applicants for the Savage area: Mid-Iowa Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) and State Grain Inspection, Inc. (State 
Grain) both

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currently designated official agencies. North Dakota Grain Inspection 
(North Dakota) also applied but subsequently withdrew its application. 
State Grain applied for designation to provide official services in the 
entire area currently assigned to them. Mid-Iowa applied for all or 
part of the area currently assigned to State Grain. 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: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

Pat Donohue-Galvin,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-3647 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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