[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 50371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20864]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-FGIS-19-0027 E]


Opportunity for Designation in the South Carolina Area

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is temporarily 
extending the South Carolina Department of Agriculture's (SCDA) 
designation as provider of Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) 
official services for the State of South Carolina, until December 31, 
2019. AMS administers FGIS programs.

DATES: This designation is effective September 25, 2019. Interim 
designation is extended through December 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Thein, Compliance Officer, FGIS, 
AMS, USDA, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153; phone: 
(816) 866-2223; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7(f) of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.) (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary to 
designate a qualified applicant to provide official grain inspection 
services in a specified area after determining, among other things, 
that the applicant is better able than any other applicant to provide 
such official services (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(1)(B)). Under section 7(g) of 
the USGSA, designations of official agencies are effective for no 
longer than five years, unless terminated by the Secretary, and may be 
renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 
7(f) of the USGSA.
    SCDA is currently designated as interim official inspection service 
provider for the South Carolina area, pending an AMS designation 
decision for an official service provider. As announced in the Federal 
Register on June 25, 2019 (84 FR 29839), SCDA's interim designation was 
scheduled to expire on September 30, 2019. The June 25, 2019, Federal 
Register notice also invited interested persons or governmental 
agencies to apply for designation as official inspection service 
provider for the geographic area currently served by SCDA. The 
application period closed July 25, 2019. AMS received three 
applications, two from state agencies (SCDA and North Carolina 
Department of Agriculture), and one from a private agency (D.R. Schaal 
Agency, Inc.).
    AMS has not completed its review of the three applications. AMS, 
accordingly, requires additional time to complete the review and 
evaluation of information submitted by the applicants. Therefore, AMS 
is temporarily extending SCDA's interim designation until December 31, 
2019.

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

    Dated: September 20, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-20864 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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