[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4039-4040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1498]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Proposed Posting, Posting, and Deposting of Stockyards

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is taking several actions to post and depost stockyards under 
the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). Specifically, we are 
proposing that eight stockyards now operating subject to the P&S Act be 
posted. We are posting 20 stockyards that were identified previously as 
operating subject to the P&S Act. Finally, we are deposting 34 
stockyards that can no longer be used as stockyards.

DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider 
comments that we receive by February 10, 2010.
    For the deposted stockyards, the deposting is effective on January 
26, 2010.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments by any of the following methods:
     E-Mail: [email protected].
     Mail: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Room 1654-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
     Fax: (202) 690-2173.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1643-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
     Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Brett Offutt, Director, Policy and 
Litigation Division, e-mail: [email protected] or fax: (202) 690-
3207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the P&S Act, (7 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent 
practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat 
packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock, 
poultry, and meatpacking industries.
    Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term 
``stockyard'' as follows: ``* * * any place, establishment, or facility 
commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for 
profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, 
feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other 
enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, 
swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or 
shipment in commerce.''
    Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary of 
Agriculture to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to 
notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination 
by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. Once the Secretary 
provides notice to the stockyard owner and the public, the stockyard is 
subject to the provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 
and 205-217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public 
notice. To post a stockyard, we assign the stockyard a facility number, 
notify the stockyard owner, and send an official posting notice to the 
stockyard owner to display in a public area of the stockyard. This 
process is referred to as ``posting.'' The date of posting is the date 
that the posting notices are physically displayed at the stockyard. A 
facility that does not meet the definition of a stockyard is not 
subject to the P&S Act, and therefore cannot be posted. A posted 
stockyard can be deposted, which occurs when the facility is no longer 
used as a stockyard.
    We are hereby notifying stockyard owners and the public that the 
following eight stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard, and that 
we propose to designate these stockyards as posted stockyards.

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         Proposed facility No.             Stockyard name and location
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CA-193.................................  Westside Auction Yard, Newman,
                                          California.
AZ-117.................................  Robertson Horse Sales, Benson,
                                          Arizona.
IA-263.................................  Clarke's Auctioneering,
                                          Chariton, Iowa.
KY-185.................................  Bluegrass Sales Stables, LLC,
                                          Elkton, Kentucky.
ME-106.................................  Clark's Auction Company,
                                          Skowhegan, Maine.
OK-216.................................  Alva Livestock Market, Alva
                                          Oklahoma.
TX-356.................................  Corsicana Livestock Auction,
                                          Inc., Corsicana, Texas.
WI-151.................................  Turenne Livestock Market,
                                          Thorpe, Wisconsin.
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    We are also notifying the public that the stockyards listed in the 
following table meet the P& S Act's definition of a stockyard and that 
we have posted the stockyards. On April 20, 2009, we published a notice 
in the Federal Register (74 FR 17945-17947) of our proposal to post 
these 20 stockyards. Since we received no comments to our proposal, we 
assigned the stockyards a facility number and notified the owner of the 
stockyard facilities. Posting notices were sent to the owner of the 
stockyard to display in public areas of the stockyard. The table below 
reflects the date of posting for each stockyard.

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                               Stockyard name and
        Facility No.                location           Date of posting
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AL-197......................  Screamer 5L Auction,  June 1, 2009.
                               Abberville, Alabama.
KS-209......................  Lyon County           June 3, 2009.
                               Livestock Sales &
                               Services, LLC, dba
                               Admire Livestock
                               Auction, Admire,
                               Kansas.
KY-182......................  Cattlemen's           June 2, 2009.
                               Livestock Market,
                               LLC, Rockfield,
                               Kentucky.
KY-183......................  Mill's 31-E Auction   June 10, 2009.
                               Center,
                               Scottsville,
                               Kentucky.
KY-184......................  Blue Grass South      ....................
                               Livestock Market,
                               LLC, Stanford,
                               Kentucky.
MI-151......................  Tom Moore Sales,      May 30, 2009.
                               Onsted, Michigan.

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MI-152......................  United Producers,     June 1, 2009.
                               Inc., St. Louis,
                               Michigan.
MI-153......................  United Producers,     June 2, 2009.
                               Inc., Manchester,
                               Michigan.
MI-154......................  United Producers,     June 2, 2009.
                               Inc., Cass City,
                               Michigan.
NC-179......................  Edward Johnson        June 6, 2009.
                               Auctioneers, Inc.,
                               dba Johnson's
                               Cattle Auction,
                               Canton, North
                               Carolina.
NM-124......................  Cow House Auction,    June 10, 2009.
                               Kirtland, New
                               Mexico.
OH-153......................  Larue Horse Sale,     May 29, 2009.
                               LLC, LaRue, Ohio.
OK-215......................  Old Goat              June 9, 2009.
                               Enterprises, LLC,
                               dba Countryside
                               Auction, Chandler,
                               Oklahoma.
TN-200......................  Longhorn Auction      June 10, 2009.
                               Company and
                               Livestock Sales,
                               Mountain City,
                               Tennessee.
TN-201......................  James Linville, dba   June 1, 2009.
                               Scotts Hill
                               Stockyard, Scotts
                               Hill, Tennessee.
TN-202......................  Tennessee Livestock   June 10, 2009.
                               Producers, Inc.,
                               Columbia, Tennessee.
TX-352......................  Texas Cattle          June 1, 2009.
                               Exchange, Inc.,
                               Eastland, Texas.
TX-353......................  Elkhart Horse         June 5, 2009.
                               Center, Elkhart,
                               Texas.
TX-354......................  Marion County         June 10, 2009.
                               Stockyards,
                               Jefferson, Texas.
VA-164......................  Victoria Livestock    June 10, 2009.
                               Market, Victoria,
                               Virginia.
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    Finally, we are notifying the public that the following 34 
stockyards no longer meet the definition of a stockyard and that they 
are being deposted. We depost stockyards when the facility can no 
longer be used as a stockyard. The reasons a facility can no longer be 
used as a stockyard may include the following: (1) The market agency 
has moved and the posted facility is abandoned; (2) the facility has 
been torn down or otherwise destroyed, such as by fire; (3) the 
facility is dilapidated beyond repair; or (4) the facility has been 
converted and its function has changed.

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                                  Stockyard name and
         Facility No.                  location           Date posted
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AR-103........................  Batesville             June 28, 1957.
                                 Stockyards, Inc.,
                                 Batesville, Arkansas.
AR-177........................  Morrilton Horse Sale,  April 17, 2006.
                                 Morrilton, Arkansas.
CO-148........................  Valley Livestock       June 1, 1978.
                                 Auction Co., Inc.,
                                 Fruita, Colorado.
CO-152........................  Mountain States        February 25,
                                 Livestock Marketing,   1986.
                                 Inc., Silt, Colorado.
FL-100........................  Arcadia State          February 26,
                                 Livestock Market,      1960.
                                 Inc..
FL-102........................  Neel Cattle, Inc.....  March 7, 1960.
FL-112........................  Northwest Florida      March 1, 1960.
                                 Livestock Market,
                                 Inc..
FL-120........................  Cattlemen's Livestock  February 25,
                                 Auction Market.        1960.
KS-105........................  Beloit Livestock       March 29, 1950.
                                 Auction, Beloit,
                                 Kansas.
KS-106........................  Coffey County          June 16, 1959.
                                 Livestock Market,
                                 Inc., Burlington,
                                 Kansas.
KS-109........................  Chanute Regional       May 26, 1959.
                                 Stockyards, Inc.,
                                 Chanute, Kansas.
KS-144........................  Hoxie Livestock        March 22, 1965.
                                 Market, Hoxie,
                                 Kansas.
LA-111........................  Livestock Producers,   January 20, 1959.
                                 Inc., Bossier City,
                                 Louisiana.
LA-118........................  Livestock Producers,   March 9, 1957.
                                 Inc., Homer,
                                 Louisiana.
LA-145........................  Stanley Brothers       August 22, 1994.
                                 Livestock, Inc.,
                                 Bastrop, Louisiana.
MO-196........................  United Producers,      June 8, 1959.
                                 Inc., Sedalia,
                                 Missouri.
MO-242........................  United Producers,      December 15,
                                 Inc., Buffalo,         1977.
                                 Missouri.
NM-103........................  Twin Heart Ranch,      March 28, 1966.
                                 Inc., dba San Juan
                                 Livestock, Aztec,
                                 New Mexico.
OK-135........................  Hennessey Livestock    March 25, 1969.
                                 Auction, LLC,
                                 Hennessey, Oklahoma.
OR-123........................  Bever Livestock        September 20,
                                 Auction, Bever,        1960.
                                 Oregon.
PA-106........................  Chambersburg           December 3, 1959.
                                 Livestock Sales,
                                 Inc., Chambersburg,
                                 Pennsylvania.
PA-125........................  Lancaster Stockyards,  November 1, 1921.
                                 Inc., Lancaster,
                                 Pennsylvania.
PA-137........................  Quakertown Livestock   November 18,
                                 Sales, Inc.,           1959.
                                 Quakertown,
                                 Pennsylvania.
PA-140........................  Isennock Auction       October 14, 1964.
                                 Services, Inc., New
                                 Park, Pennsylvania.
PA-146........................  Thomasville Livestock  December 2, 1959.
                                 Market, Inc., York,
                                 Pennsylvania.
PA-150........................  Sarah E. Fisher's      November 21,
                                 Sale, York Springs,    1975.
                                 Pennsylvania.
PA-153........................  Green Acres            March 29, 1986.
                                 Enterprise, Inc.,
                                 Rossiter,
                                 Pennsylvania.
TN-110........................  Southern Livestock &   August 30, 1961.
                                 Auction Company,
                                 Columbia, Tennessee.
TN-152........................  Paris Livestock        May 26, 1959.
                                 Sales, Paris,
                                 Tennessee.
TX-114........................  Belton Livestock       September 10,
                                 Auction, Belton,       1963.
                                 Texas.
TX-116........................  Blanco Livestock       August 18, 1961.
                                 Commission Company,
                                 Blanco, Texas.
TX-157........................  Eastland Auction Co.,  November 30,
                                 Eastland, Texas.       1956.
TX-242........................  Paris Livestock        November 20,
                                 Commission Company,    1956.
                                 Inc., Paris, Texas.
TX-253........................  Union Stock Yards,     November 1, 1921.
                                 San Antonio, Texas.
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Effective Date

    These depostings are effective upon publication in the Federal 
Register because they relieve a restriction and, therefore, may be made 
effective in less than 30 days after publication in the Federal 
Register without prior notice or other public procedure.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.

J. Dudley Butler,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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