[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67886-67887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23243]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Columbus (OH), Farwell (TX), and Decatur (IN) 
Areas

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): Columbus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Columbus); 
Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell); and Northeast Indiana Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Northeast Indiana).

DATES: Effective January 1, 2008.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Karen Guagliardo, Chief, Review Branch, 
Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail [email protected].
    Read Applications: All applications will be available for public 
inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 CFR 
1.27(b)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the May 31, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 
30335), we requested applications for designation to provide official 
services in the geographic areas assigned to the official agencies 
named above. Applications were due by July 2, 2007.
    Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana 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) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined 
that Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified in May 31, 2007, 
Federal Register, for which they applied. These designation actions to 
provide official services are effective January 1, 2008, and terminate 
December 31, 2010, for Columbus, Farwell, and Northeast Indiana. 
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed below.

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         Official Agency                Headquarters location and telephone            Designation start-end
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Columbus.........................  Circleville, OH--740-474-3519................  1/01/2008-12/31/2010
                                   Additional Location: Bucyrus, OH.............
Farwell..........................  Farwell, TX--806-481-9052....................  1/01/2008-12/31/2010
Northeast Indiana................  Decatur, IN--337-948-0230....................  1/01/2008-12/31/2010
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    Section 7(f)(1) of the 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.


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    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23243 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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