[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51268-51269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19539]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Aberdeen, (SD), Decatur (IL), Hastings (NE), 
Fulton (IL), Missouri, and South Carolina 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): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); 
Decatur Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); Hastings Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea); Missouri 
Department of Agriculture (Missouri); and South Carolina Department of 
Agriculture (South Carolina).

DATES: Effective October 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 and comments will be available 
for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours 
(7 CFR 1.27(b)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the March 3, 2008, Federal Register (73 
FR 11387), we requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas assigned to the official 
agencies named above. Applications were due by April 2, 2008.
    Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina 
were the sole applicants for designation to provide official services 
in the entire area currently assigned to them, so

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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 Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina 
are able to provide official services in the geographic areas specified 
in the March 3, 2008, Federal Register, for which they applied. These 
designation actions to provide official services are effective October 
1, 2008, and terminate September 30, 2011, for Aberdeen, Decatur, 
Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina. 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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Aberdeen...............................  Aberdeen, SD, 605-225-8432;      10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
                                          Additional Location: Mitchell,
                                          SD.
Decatur................................  Decatur, IL, 217-429-2466......  10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Hastings...............................  Hastings, NE, 402-462-4254;      10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
                                          Additional Location: Grand
                                          Island, NE.
McCrea.................................  Fulton, IL, 815-589-9955.......  10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
Missouri...............................  Jefferson City, MO, 573-751-     10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
                                          5515; Additional Locations:
                                          Vandalia, Kansas City, St.
                                          Joseph, Marshall and New
                                          Madrid, MO.
South Carolina.........................  Columbia, SC, 843-296-7522.....  10/1/2008-9/30/2011.
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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. E8-19539 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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