[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15417]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Georgia Area 
Consisting of the Entire State of Georgia

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA), USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official weighing and official inspection services under the 
United States Grain Standards Act in the Georgia Area that was open for 
designation. Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) applied for the 
entire State of Georgia. D.R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal) applied for 
all or part of the State of Georgia.

DATES: GIPSA will consider comments received by August 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants. You 
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: Sharon Lathrop, Compliance 
Officer, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas 
City, MO 64153.
     Fax: Sharon Lathrop, 816-872-1257.
     Email: [email protected].
     Submit Comments using the Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Instructions for submitting and reading comments 
are detailed on the site.
    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: Sharon Lathrop, 816-891-0415 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the April 17, 2017, Federal Register (82 
FR 18101), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official 
services in the Georgia Area to submit an application for designation.
    There were two applicants for the Georgia Area, comprised of the 
entire State of Georgia that was open for designation: GDA applied for 
the entire area currently assigned to them. Schaal applied for the 
entire State or the following 13 counties within the State of Georgia: 
Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, 
Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Screven, and Washington.

Request for Comments

    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to submit comments about 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 QACD at the above address or at http://www.regulations.gov. GIPSA will consider all comments received timely 
along with other available information when making a final decision. 
GIPSA will then publish a notice of the final decision in the Federal 
Register, and will send the applicants written notification of its 
decision.

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

Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-15417 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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