[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 189 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56546-56547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22870]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in Texas

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

ACTION: Notice and Request for Applications.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is providing services in east Texas on an interim basis. GIPSA 
is asking persons interested in providing official services in all or 
part of the unassigned areas of Texas to submit an application for 
designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or electronically dated on or 
before October 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this 
notice. You may submit applications and comments by any of the 
following methods:
     To apply for designation, go to ``FGIS online'' at https://fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_FGIS.aspx then select Delegations/
Designations and Export Registrations (DDR). You will need an E-
authentication username, password, and a customer number prior to 
applying.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch 
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
     Fax: (202) 690-2755, to the attention of Karen Guagliardo.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, Compliance 
Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
     Internet: 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)).

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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.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act (Act) (7 
U.S.C. 71-87k) 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.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act.
    GIPSA is asking for applicants to provide official services in 
unassigned areas of Texas. Pursuant to Section (7)(2) of the Act, the 
area being considered for assignment to the applicant or applicants 
selected for designation in Texas is as follows:
    Bounded on the north by the northern Young, Jack, Montague, Cooke, 
Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Morris, and Marion County lines east 
to the Texas State line;
    Bounded on the east by the eastern Texas State line south to the 
southern Shelby County line;
    Bounded on the south by the southern Shelby, Rusk, Smith, 
Henderson, Navarro, Hill, Bosque, Hamilton, and Mills County lines west 
to the western Mills county line;
    Bounded on the west by the western Mills, Comanche, Eastland, 
Stephens, and Young County lines north to the northern Young County 
line.
    Opportunity for designation. Interested persons are hereby given 
the opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services 
in the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of Section 
7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) (7 CFR 800.196(d)) of the 
regulations. Designation in the specified geographic areas is for a 
period of no more than 3 years. To apply for designation, contact the 
Compliance Division at the address listed above for forms and 
information, or obtain applications at the GIPSA Web site, http://www.gipsa.usda.gov. Applications, comments, and other available 
information will be considered in determining which applicant will be 
designated.

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

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-22870 Filed 9-26-08; 8:45 am]
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