[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 318-319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33144]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX; and Decatur, IN 
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): Columbus Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Columbus); Gulf Country Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf 
Country); and Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (Northeast 
Indiana).

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Karen W. Guagliardo, 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: Karen W. Guagliardo, 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 May 25, 2010, Federal Register (75 FR 
29310), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by the 
agencies named above. Applications were due by July 1, 2010.
    Columbus, Gulf Country and Northeast Indiana were the sole 
applicants for 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)(l) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and 
determined that Columbus, Gulf Country and Northeast Indiana are 
qualified to provide official services in the geographic areas 
specified in the May 25, 2010, Federal Register for which they applied. 
These designation actions to provide official services in the specified 
areas are effective January 1, 2011. The designation for Columbus and 
Northeast Indiana will terminate on December 31, 2013; Gulf Country's 
designation will terminate on December 31, 2011.

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    Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed below:

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                                                 Headquarters location and       Designation
               Official agency                           telephone                  start        Designation end
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Columbus....................................  Circleville, OH (740-474-3519)          1/1/2011        12/31/2013
                                              Additional Location: Bucyrus,
                                               OH.
Gulf Country................................  Dallas, TX (214-500-5212).....          1/1/2011        12/31/2011
Northeast Indiana...........................  Decatur, IN (260-341-7497)....          1/1/2011        12/31/2013
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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 no longer than 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. 2010-33144 Filed 1-3-11; 8:45 am]
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