[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5538]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Cedar Rapids, IA 
Area Consisting of Northeast Iowa, Southeast Minnesota, and East Texas

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 the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area that was open 
for designation.
     Gulf Country Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf Country) 
applied for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.
     South Texas Grain Inspection, LLC (South Texas) applied 
for part of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, the east Texas region.
     Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) applied for 
their current designation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
April 25, 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 3, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 67885), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa area to submit an application for designation.
    There were three applicants for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area 
comprised of northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and east Texas open 
for designation: Mid-Iowa, currently designated for the entire area and 
doing business as InterContinental Grain Inspections in east Texas 
region, applied for the entire area. Gulf Country, a corporation not 
currently designated, owned by Tyrone Robichaux, John Shropshire, 
Eurvin Williams, Pat LaCour, and Dan Williams, applied for the entire 
area, but stated they would accept no less than the east Texas region. 
South Texas, a limited liability company not currently designated, 
owned by Corpus Christi Grain Exchange, Inc., applied for a portion of 
the east Texas region bounded on the north and east by Maverick, 
Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Jackson 
Counties; and bounded on the south and west by the Texas state line.
    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. E8-5538 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]
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