[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63159-63160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24737]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Amendment to Certification of Nebraska's Central Filing System

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request from Nebraska's Secretary of State we 
are approving amendments to the debtor identification and signature 
requirements of the certified central filing system for Nebraska to 
permit the conversion of all debtor social security and taxpayer 
identification numbers into approved unique identifiers. The proposed 
specific procedure whereby Nebraska will automatically convert social 
security numbers and taxpayer identification numbers into ten number 
unique identifiers has been reviewed and determined to permit the 
numerical searching of master lists while providing protection against 
identity theft.

DATES: Effective Date: October 23, 2013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers the Clear Title program for the 
Secretary of Agriculture. The Clear Title program is authorized by 
Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, which requires that 
States implementing central filing systems for notification of liens on 
farm products have such systems certified by the Secretary.
    A listing of the States with certified central filing systems is 
available through the Internet on the GIPSA Web site (http://www.gipsa.usda.gov). Farm products covered by a State's central filing 
system are also identified through the GIPSA Web site. The Nebraska 
central filing system covers specified farm products.
    We originally certified the central filing system for Nebraska on 
December 19, 1986. On August 30, 2012, John A. Gale, Nebraska's 
Secretary of State, requested the certification be amended to 
incorporate the use of an approved unique identifier other than a 
Social Security Number or Tax Payer Identification Number, in 
accordance with the 2004 amendments to Section 1324 of the Food 
Security Act.
    This notice announces our approval of the amended certification for 
Nebraska's central filing system. Details of the specific procedures by 
which Nebraska will create approved unique identifiers are being 
provided by GIPSA to the Secretaries of State of other states

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with certified central filing systems. The statewide central filing 
system of Nebraska is certified for all specific farm productions 
produced in the state. Examples of farm productions and possible 
entries for lien identification include:
    Apples, Artichokes, Asparagus, Barley, Bees, Buffalo, Bull semen, 
Cantaloupe, Carrots, Cattle and calves, Chickens, Corn, Cucumbers, Dry 
beans, Eggs, Embryos/Genetic Products, Emu, Fish, Flax Seed, Grapes, 
Hay, Hogs, Honey, Honey Dew Melon, Horses, Llamas, Milk, Muskmelon, 
Oats, Onions, Ostrich, Popcorn, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Rye, 
Seed crops, Sheep & Lambs, Silage, Sorghum Grain, Soybeans, Squash, 
Strawberries, Sugar Beets, Sunflower Seeds, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, 
Trees, Triticale, Turkeys, Vetch, Walnuts, Watermelon, Wheat and Wool.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1631, 7 CFR 2.22(a)(3)(v) and 2.81(a)(5), 
and 9 CFR 205.101(e).

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-24737 Filed 10-22-13; 8:45 am]
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