[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67884-67885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23248]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the North Central 
Texas Region, and the South Central California Region

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in north central Texas, and the applicant for 
south central California. Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid) 
and Plainview Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Plainview) 
applied for counties in Texas, and California Agri Inspection Company, 
Ltd. (California Agri) applied for counties in California that were 
open for designation.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
January 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants. You 
may submit 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.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments and reading any comments posted online.

Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments 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: 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.
    Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc., currently designated October 1, 2007 
through September 30, 2010, 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.
    In the September 4, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 50654), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the north 
central Texas

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region to submit an application for designation. GIPSA also asked 
persons interested in providing official services for the area 
currently designated to Farwell Commodity and Grain Services, Inc. 
(Farwell Southwest) to submit an application for designation.
    There were two applicants for the north central Texas area: 
Plainview and Enid; both currently designated official agencies. 
Plainview applied for part of the area open for designation: Cottle, 
Hardeman, King, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Stonewall, Haskell, Throckmorton, 
Fisher, Jones, Shackelford, Nolan, Taylor, Foard, and Callahan counties 
in Texas. Enid applied for part of the area open for designation: Clay, 
Wichita, and Wilbarger counties in Texas.
    California Agri, a currently designated official agency, applied 
for designation in specific counties currently designated to Farwell 
Southwest. California Agri provides service in these California 
counties through an agreement with Farwell Southwest: Merced, Madera, 
Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Inyo, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Orange, Los 
Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino. Farwell Southwest 
applied for the remaining counties that are currently part of their 
designated area. GIPSA is not soliciting comments on the quality of 
service provided by Farwell Southwest through this notice as such 
comments were already requested through a previous notice published in 
the Federal Register on September 4, 2007 (72 FR 50654).
    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 or at http://www.regulations.gov. 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. 71-87k.

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23248 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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