[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16067-16068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7120]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Champaign, IL; Emmett, MI; Davenport, IA; 
Enid, OK; Keokuk, IA; Marshall, MI; and Omaha, NE Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of the following 
organizations to provide official services under the United States 
Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): Champaign-Danville Grain 
Inspection Departments, Inc. (Champaign); Detroit Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Detroit); Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing 
Service, Inc. (Eastern Iowa); Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. 
(Enid); Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk); Michigan Grain 
Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan); and Omaha Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Omaha).

DATES:  Effective Date: April 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: William A. Ashley, Acting Branch Chief, Review Branch, 
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William A. Ashley, 202-720-8262 or 
[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(c)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the September 4, 2009, Federal Register 
(74 FR 45803), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by the 
agencies named above. Applications were due by October 1, 2009.
    Champaign, Detroit, Eastern Iowa, Enid, Keokuk, Michigan, and Omaha 
were the sole applicants for

[[Page 16068]]

designations to provide official services in these areas. As a result, 
GIPSA did not ask for additional comments.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in section 7(f)(1) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and 
determined that Champaign, Detroit, Eastern Iowa, Enid, Keokuk, 
Michigan, and Omaha are able to provide official services in the 
geographic areas specified in the September 4, 2009 Federal Register 
for which they applied. These designation actions to provide official 
services in the specified areas are effective April 1, 2010 and 
terminate on March 31, 2013.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed below:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                    Designation     Designation
              Official agency                Headquarters location and telephone       start            end
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Champaign..................................  Champaign, IL (217-398-0723).              4/1/2010       3/31/2013
                                              Additional Locations: Hoopeston,
                                              IL; Lake Village, IN; and Terre
                                              Haute, IN.
Detroit....................................  Emmett, MI (810-395-2105)..........        4/1/2010       3/31/2013
Eastern Iowa...............................  Davenport, IA (563-322-7149).              4/1/2010       3/31/2013
                                              Additional Locations: Dubuque, IA;
                                              Muscatine, IA; Gladstone, IL; and
                                              Rochelle, IL.
Enid.......................................  Enid, OK (916-374-9700). Additional        4/1/2010       3/31/2013
                                              Location: Catoosa, OK.
Keokuk.....................................  Keokuk, IA (319-524-6482).                 4/1/2010       3/31/2013
                                              Additional Location: Havana, IL.
Michigan...................................  Marshall, MI (269-781-2711).               4/1/2010       3/31/2013
                                              Additional Locations: Cairo, OH
                                              and Carrollton, MI.
Omaha......................................  Omaha, NE (402-341-6739)...........        4/1/2010       3/31/2013
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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; 
however, designations 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 Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-7120 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P