[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43664-43665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20711]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Pocatello, ID; Lewiston, ID; Evansville, IN; 
and Utah Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of the following 
organizations to provide official services under the United States 
Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): Idaho Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Idaho); Lewiston Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 
(Lewiston); Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley); and Utah 
Department of Agriculture and Food (Utah).

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009.

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 
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public inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 
CFR 1.27(b)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the March 19, 2009, Federal Register (74 
FR 11711), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic area named above. Applications were 
due by April 1, 2009.
    Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah were the sole applicants for 
designation to provide official services in the areas currently 
assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional comments on them.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in section 7(f)(l) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and 
determined Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified in the March 19, 
2009, Federal Register, for which they applied. This designation action 
to provide official services in the specified area is effective October 
1, 2009 and terminates on September 30, 2012.
    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    Designation end
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Idaho..................................  Pocatello, ID (208-233-8303)              10/1/2009           9/30/2012
                                         Additional Location: Blackfoot,
                                          ID.
Lewiston...............................  Lewiston, ID (208-746-0451)....           10/1/2009           9/30/2012
Ohio Valley............................  Evansville, IN (812-423-9010)             10/1/2009           9/30/2012
                                         Additional Location:
                                          Hopkinsville, KY.
Utah...................................  Salt Lake City, UT (801-392-              10/1/2009           9/30/2012
                                          2292).
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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)).
    Under section 7(g)(1) of the USGSA, designations of official 
agencies are effective for 3 years unless terminated by the Secretary 
but may be renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed 
in section 7(f) of the Act.

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

J. Dudley Butler,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-20711 Filed 8-26-09; 8:45 am]
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