[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 2950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00676]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Indianapolis, 
Indiana Area

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the Indianapolis, Indiana area.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
February 14, 2013.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants. You 
may submit comments by using any of the following methods:
     Submit Comments Using the Internet: Go to Regulations.gov 
(http://www.regulations.gov). Instructions for submitting and reading 
comments are detailed on the site.
     Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: Eric J. Jabs, Chief, USDA, 
GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, QADB, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 
64153.
     Fax: Eric J. Jabs, 816-872-1257.
     Email: [email protected].
    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(c)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric J. Jabs, 816-659-8408 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the October 31, 2012, Federal Register 
(77 FR 65855), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official 
services in the Indianapolis, Indiana area to submit an application for 
designation.
    There were two applicants for the Indianapolis, Indiana area: Mid-
Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) and East Indiana Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana). Both applicants are currently 
designated official agencies and applied for designation to provide 
official services the entire area formerly assigned to Indianapolis 
Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. The area, in the State of 
Indiana, includes Bartholomew; Brown; Hamilton, south of State Route 
32; Hancock; Hendricks; Johnson; Madison, west of State Route 13 and 
south of State Route 132; Marion; Monroe; Morgan; and Shelby Counties.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be 
submitted to the Quality Assurance and Compliance Division at the above 
address. Comments and other available information will be considered in 
making a final decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final 
decision in the Federal Register.

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

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-00676 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
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