[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34665-34666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12095]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Purchase of Mid-Iowa (IA) and Amendment to Its Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) designated Intercontinental Grain Inspection Inc. 
(Intercontinental), a subsidiary of Societe Generale de Surveillance 
(SGS) North America Inc., to provide domestic official inspection 
services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended 
(USGSA). Intercontinental's designation terminates September 30, 2007, 
therefore; GIPSA asked interested persons to submit an application for 
designation in the March 7, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 10138). 
However, SGS North America Inc. purchased Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Mid-Iowa), a currently designated agency providing official 
inspection services. Intercontinental will be merged into Mid-Iowa. 
Accordingly, GIPSA is not proceeding further with the request for 
applications for designation in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area, which 
is currently designated to Intercontinental. The designation of Mid-
Iowa has been amended to include this geographic area.

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain 
Standards Act, as amended (USGSA), authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to 
designate a qualified applicant to provide official services in a 
specified

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area after determining that the applicant is better able than any other 
applicant to provide such official services (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(1)). GIPSA 
designated Intercontinental, headquarters in Corpus Christi, Texas, to 
provide official inspection services under the Act effective July 20, 
2006, and terminating September 30, 2007.
    Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides that designations of official 
agencies will terminate not later than three years and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
USGSA. Intercontinental's designation ends September 30, 2007, 
according to USGSA. In the March 7, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 
10138), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services 
in the area served by Intercontinental to submit an application for 
designation. However, SGS North America Inc., the company that 
currently owns Intercontinental, advised GIPSA that they purchased Mid-
Iowa, a currently designated official agency, and that Intercontinental 
will be merged into Mid-Iowa. Accordingly, GIPSA is not proceeding 
further with the request for applications for designation published in 
the March 7, 2007, Federal Register. GIPSA is amending Mid-Iowa's 
designation due to the ownership change of Intercontinental.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Texas will now be assigned to Mid-Iowa.
     Bounded on the north by the northern Young, Jack, 
Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Morris, and Marion 
County line east to the Texas State line;
     Bounded on the east by the eastern Texas State line south 
to the southern Texas State line;
     Bounded on the south by the southern Texas State line west 
to the western Val Verde County line;
     Bounded on the west by the western Val Verde, Edwards, 
Kimble, Mason, San Saba, Mills, Comanche, Eastland, Stephens, and Young 
County lines north to the northern Young County line.
    Mid-Iowa's assigned geographic area does not include the export 
port locations inside Mid-Iowa's area which are serviced by GIPSA.
    Effective July 1, 2007, Mid-Iowa's present geographic area is 
amended to include the state of Texas. Mid-Iowa's current designation 
to provide official inspection services terminates June 30, 2008. 
Official services may be obtained by contacting Mid-Iowa at 319-363-
0239.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-12095 Filed 6-22-07; 8:45 am]
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