[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 50654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17279]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Amarillo (TX), Cairo (IL), Louisiana, North 
Carolina, and Belmond (IA) Areas, and Opportunity for Designation To 
Provide Official Services in the North Central Texas Region

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are announcing designation of the following organizations 
to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards 
Act, as amended (USGSA): Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo); 
Cairo Grain Inspection Agency, Inc. (Cairo); Louisiana Department of 
Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana); North Carolina Department of 
Agriculture (North Carolina); and D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal). 
Amarillo has asked GIPSA to amend its designation to remove the north 
central Texas region from their assigned geographic area. GIPSA is 
asking for persons interested in providing official services in north 
central Texas, currently served by Amarillo, to submit an application 
for designation.

DATES: October 1, 2007 is the effective date for the designations. 
Applications for the north central Texas area must be received on or 
before October 4, 2007.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications for designation to 
provide official services in the North Central Texas Region. You may 
submit applications 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: All applications will be 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: In the March 7, 2007, Federal Register (72 
FR 10138-10139), we requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas assigned to the official 
agencies named above. Applications were due by April 6, 2007.
    Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Schaal were the 
sole applicants for designation to provide official services in the 
entire area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for 
additional comments on them.
    We evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79 (f)) and Section 
7(f)(l)(B), determined that Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North Carolina, 
and Schaal are able to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in March 7, 2007, Federal Register, for which they 
applied. These designation actions to provide official services are 
effective October 1, 2007, and terminate September 30, 2010, for 
Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Schaal. Interested 
persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers 
listed below.

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                                             Headquarters location and
             Official agency                         telephone                    Designation start-end
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Amarillo.................................  Amarillo, TX, 806-372-8511..  10/01/2007-9/30/2010
                                           Additional Location: Guymon,
                                            OK.
Cairo....................................  Cairo, IL, 618-734-0689.....  10/01/2007-9/30/2010
Louisiana................................  Baton Rouge, LA, 337-948-     10/01/2007-9/30/2010
                                            0230.
North Carolina...........................  Raleigh, NC, 919-733-4491...  10/01/2007-9/30/2010
Schaal...................................  Belmond, IA, 641-444-3122...  10/01/2007-9/30/2010
                                           Additional Location: Albert
                                            Lea, MN.
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    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 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)).
    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.
    Amarillo is currently designated for October 1, 2004 through 
September 30, 2007, and this notice announces their designation 
effective October 1, 2007. Amarillo has asked GIPSA to remove the north 
central Texas region from its assigned geographical area. The north 
central Texas region is comprised of the following nineteen counties: 
Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Cottle, Fisher, Foard, Hardeman, 
Haskell, Jones, King, Knox, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor, 
Throckmorton, Wichita, and Wilbarger.

Opportunity for Designation

    Interested persons may apply for designation to provide official 
services in the geographic area specified above under the provisions of 
Section 7(f) of the USGSA 97 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR 800.196(d) 
regulations. To apply for designation, 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.

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

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-17279 Filed 8-31-07; 8:45 am]
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