[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23181-23182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9324]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Maryland, New Jersey, and New York 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): Maryland Department of Agriculture (Maryland); 
and D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal).

DATES: Effective June 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 December 5, 2007, Federal Register 
(72 FR 68555), we requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the unassigned geographic

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area of Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. Applications were due by 
January 4, 2008.
    There were four applicants for designation to provide official 
services:
     Maryland Department of Agriculture (Maryland) applied for 
Maryland. Maryland is not currently designated.
     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.
    In the February 15, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 8851), we 
requested comments on the applications for designation to provide 
official services in Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. Comments were 
due by March 17, 2008. GIPSA received no comments.
    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 Maryland and Schaal are best able to provide official services in 
the geographic areas specified in the December 5, 2007, Federal 
Register, for which they applied.
    Maryland is designated for the entire State of Maryland, except 
those export port locations served by GIPSA, effective June 1, 2008, 
and terminating June 30, 2010.
    Effective June 1, 2008, Schaal's present geographic area is amended 
to include the entire States of New Jersey and New York, except those 
export port locations served by GIPSA. Schaal's current designation to 
provide official services terminates September 30, 2010.
    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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Maryland.................................  Annapolis, MD 410-841-5769..  6/1/2008-6/30/2010
Schaal...................................  Belmond, IA 641-444-3122....  6/1/2008-9/30/2010
                                           Additional Location: Albert
                                            Lea, MN.
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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.

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

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-9324 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]
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