[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3171-3172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00897]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Amended Designation for Sioux City Inspection and Weighing 
Service Company

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of Sioux City Inspection 
and Weighing Service Company (Sioux City) to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended. Sioux 
City's geographical territory is amended to include the part of the 
area previously designated to Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc. 
(Fremont).

DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Eric J. Jabs, Chief, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, QADB, 10383 
North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric J. Jabs, 816-659-8408 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 August 20, 2013 Federal Register 
Notice (78 FR 51138), GIPSA requested applications for designation to 
provide official services in a geographic area formerly serviced by 
Fremont. Applications were due by September 19, 2013.
    Sioux City was the sole applicant for designation to provide 
official services in this area. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for 
additional comments.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation

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criteria in section 79(f) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined 
that Sioux City is qualified to provide official services in the 
geographic area specified in the Federal Register Notice published on 
August 20, 2013.
    Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the United States Grain Standards 
Act, the following amended geographic area, is assigned to Sioux City:

In Iowa

    Bounded on the North by the northern Iowa State line from the Big 
Sioux River east to U. S. Route 169; Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 
169 south to State Route 9; State Route 9 west to U.S. Route 169; U.S. 
Route 169 south to the northern Humboldt County line; the Humboldt 
County line east to State Route 17; State Route 17 south to C54; C54 
east to U.S. Route 69; U.S. Route 69 south to the northern Hamilton 
County line; the Hamilton County line west to R38; R38 south to U.S. 
Route 20; U.S. Route 20 west to the eastern and southern Webster County 
lines to U.S. Route 169; U.S. Route 169 south to E18; E18 west to the 
eastern Greene County line; the Greene County line south to U.S. Route 
30; Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 30 west to E53; E53 west to N44; 
N44 north to U.S. Route 30; U.S. Route 30 west to U.S. Route 71;U.S. 
Route 71 north to the southern Sac and Ida County lines; the eastern 
Monona County line south to State Route 37; State Route 37 west to 
State Route 175; State Route 175 west to the Missouri River; and 
Bounded on the West by the Missouri River north to the Big Sioux River; 
the Big Sioux River north to the northern Iowa State line.

In Minnesota

    Yellow Medicine, Renville, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Pipestone, 
Murray, Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, and Martin Counties.

In Nebraska

    Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce (north of U.S. Route 20), and Thurston 
Counties.

In South Dakota

    Bounded on the North by State Route 44 (U.S. 18) east to State 
Route 11; State Route 11 south to A54B; A54B east to the Big Sioux 
River; Bounded on the East by the Big Sioux River; and Bounded on the 
South and West by the Missouri River.
    The following grain elevators are part of this geographic area 
assignment. In Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area: 
West Central Coop, Boxholm, Boone County, Iowa. In D. R. Schaal 
Agency's area: Maxyield Coop, Algona, Kossuth County; Stateline Coop, 
Burt, Kossuth County; Gold-Eagle, Goldfield, Wright County; and North 
Central Coop, Holmes, Wright County, Iowa.
    This designation action to provide official services in these 
specified areas, as amended, is effective December 1, 2013 and 
terminates on March 31, 2015.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this 
agency at the following telephone number:

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                Official agency                     Headquarters location and       designation     designation
                                                            telephone                  start            end
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Sioux City....................................  Sioux City, IA (712) 255-8073...       12/1/2013       3/31/2015
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    Section 79(f) of the USGSA authorizes the Secretary 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)).
    Under section 79(g) of the USGSA, designations of official agencies 
are effective for no longer than three years unless terminated by the 
Secretary; however, designations may be renewed according to the 
criteria and procedures prescribed in section 79(f) of the USGSA.

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

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-00897 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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