[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 39103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17358]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the South Carolina 
Area Consisting of the Entire State of South Carolina, Except Those 
Export Port Locations Within the State, Which Are Serviced by the South 
Carolina Department of Agriculture

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 services in the South Carolina Area that was open for 
designation. South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) applied 
for the entire State of South Carolina. D.R. Schaal Agency, Inc. 
(Schaal) applied for all or part of the State of South Carolina.

DATES: GIPSA will consider comments received by September 18, 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 May 22, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR 
23175), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services 
in the South Carolina Area to submit an application for designation.
    There were two applicants for the South Carolina Area, comprised of 
the entire State of South Carolina, except those export port locations 
which are serviced by SCDA, which was open for designation: SCDA 
applied for the entire area currently assigned to them. Schaal applied 
for the entire State or the following nine counties within the State of 
South Carolina: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, 
Colleton, Georgetown, Hampton, and Jasper.

Request for Comments

    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 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 GIPSA will send the applicants written notification of 
the decision.

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

Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-17358 Filed 8-16-17; 8:45 am]
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