[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17432-17433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06987]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Pocatello, ID; Evansville, IN; Salt Lake 
City, UT; and Columbia, SC Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of Idaho Grain Inspection 
Service (Idaho); Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley); Utah 
Department of Agriculture and Food (Utah); and South Carolina 
Department of Agriculture (South Carolina) to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.

DATES: Effective October 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Eric J. Jabs, Deputy Director, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 
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 are available for 
public inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 
CFR 1.27(c)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the July 1, 2015, Federal Register (80 FR 
37581), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by Idaho, 
Ohio Valley, Utah, and South Carolina. Applications were due by July 
31, 2015.
    The current official agencies, Idaho, Ohio Valley, Utah, and South 
Carolina, were the only applicants for designation to provide official 
services in these areas. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for additional 
comments.

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    GIPSA evaluated the designation criteria in section 79(f) of the 
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that Idaho, Ohio Valley, Utah, 
and South Carolina are qualified to provide official services in the 
geographic area specified in the Federal Register on July 1, 2015. This 
designation to provide official services in the specified areas of 
Idaho, Ohio Valley, and Utah is effective October 1, 2015, to September 
30, 2018. This designation to provide official services in the 
specified area of South Carolina is effective October 1, 2015, to 
September 30, 2017.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting these 
agencies at the following telephone numbers:

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                                                                                    Designation     Designation
              Official agency                Headquarters location and telephone       start            end
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Idaho......................................  Pocatello, ID, 208-233-8303........       10/1/2015       9/30/2018
Ohio Valley................................  Evansville, IN, 812-423-9010.......       10/1/2015       9/30/2018
Utah.......................................  Salt Lake City, UT, 801-538-7100...       10/1/2015       9/30/2018
South Carolina.............................  Columbia, SC, 803-737-4597.........       10/1/2015       9/30/2017
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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)).

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-06987 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am]
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