[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8851-8852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2878]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for Maryland, New 
Jersey, and New York

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 Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
     Maryland Department of Agriculture (Maryland) applied for 
Maryland.
     D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal) applied for New Jersey 
and New York.
     Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee) applied for 
Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
     Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) applied for 
Maryland, New Jersey and New York.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
March 17, 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.
    In the December 5, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 68555), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in Maryland, 
New Jersey, and New York to submit an application for designation.
    There were four applicants for the Maryland, New Jersey, and New 
York areas open for designation: Kankakee, Mid-Iowa, and Schaal, all 
currently designated official agencies, and Maryland, a state 
organization not currently designated. Kankakee and Mid-Iowa applied 
for Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. Schaal applied for New Jersey 
and New York. Maryland applied for Maryland.
    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

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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.

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-2878 Filed 2-14-08; 8:45 am]
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