[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28033]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)


Designation for the Essex, Illinois; Savage, Minnesota; Alabama; 
and Washington Areas

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

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SUMMARY: AMS is announcing the designations of Kankakee Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee); State Grain Inspection, Inc. (State 
Grain); Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama); and 
the Washington Department of Agriculture (Washington) to provide 
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), 
as amended. The realignment of offices within the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture authorized by the Secretary's Memorandum dated November 14, 
2017, eliminates the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) as a standalone agency. The grain inspection 
activities formerly part of GIPSA are now organized under the 
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

DATES: Applicable Date: January 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Jacob Thein, Compliance Officer, USDA, AMS, FGIS, QACD, 
10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Thein, 816-866-2223, 
[email protected] 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 3, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR 
30817-30820), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by 
Kankakee, State Grain, Alabama, and Washington. Applications were due 
by August 2, 2017.
    Because the current official agencies, Kankakee, State Grain, 
Alabama, and Washington, were the only applicants for designation to 
provide official services in these areas, GIPSA did not ask for 
additional comments.
    GIPSA evaluated the designation criteria in section 7(f) of the 
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that Kankakee, State Grain, 
Alabama, and Washington are qualified to provide official services in 
the geographic areas specified in the Federal Register on July 3, 2017. 
These designations to provide official services in the specified areas 
of Kankakee, Alabama, and Washington are effective January 1, 2018, to 
December 31, 2022. The designation to provide official services in the 
specified area of State Grain is effective January 1, 2018, to December 
31, 2018.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this 
agency at the following telephone number:

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                                                                                    Designation     Designation
              Official agency                Headquarters location and telephone       start            end
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Kankakee...................................  Essex, IL, 815-365-2268............        1/1/2018      12/31/2022
State Grain................................  Savage, MN, 952-808-8566...........        1/1/2018      12/31/2018
Alabama....................................  Montgomery, AL, 251-438-2549.......        1/1/2018      12/31/2022
Washington.................................  Olympia, WA, 253-820-3756..........        1/1/2018      12/31/2022
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    Section 7(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)).

    Dated: December 21, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-28033 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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