[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34160-34161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11905]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-FGIS-20-0010]


Designation for the South Carolina Area

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the 
designations of D.R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal) and the North 
Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA) to 
provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act 
(USGSA), as amended.

DATES: January 1, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Thein, (816) 866-2223 or 
[email protected].
    Read Applications: If you would like to view the applications, 
please contact us at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the June 25, 2019, Federal Register (84 
FR 29839), AMS requested applications for designation to provide 
official services in the South Carolina area. Applications were due by 
July 25, 2019.
    The official agencies, South Carolina Department of Agriculture 
(SCDA), Schaal, and NCDA, applied for designation to provide official 
services in the South Carolina area. SCDA applied for the entire state 
of South Carolina; however, withdrew its application on December 11, 
2019. Schaal applied for Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, 
Charleston, Colleton, Edgefield, Hampton, and Jasper Counties. NCDA 
applied for Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Kershaw, 
Lancaster, Lee, Marion, and Marlboro Counties.
    AMS evaluated each application against the designation criteria in 
section 7(f) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that Schaal 
and NCDA are qualified to provide official services in the geographic 
area specified in the Federal Register on June 25, 2019. As such, the 
Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) has designated Schaal and NCDA 
to provide official services in the specified areas of South Carolina, 
effective January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Because Schaal and 
NCDA only requested, in their application, to service a total of twenty 
counties in South Carolina, twenty-six counties remained unassigned. In 
order to provide official services to customers throughout the entire 
state of South Carolina, FGIS has arranged for Schaal and NCDA to 
provide official services for those counties. Because SCDA withdrew its 
application to provide official services, this designation has a 
retroactive effective date as of January 1, 2020.
    Schaal's geographic area is amended effective January 1, 2020, as 
follows:
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the states of Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, 
and South Carolina, is assigned to this official agency:

In Georgia

    The entire State.

In Iowa

    Bound on the north by the northern Kossuth County line from U.S. 
Route 169; the northern Winnebago, Worth, and Mitchell County lines; 
bound on the east by the eastern Mitchell County line; the eastern 
Floyd County line south to B60; B60 west to T64; T64 south to State 
Route 188; State Route 188 south to C33; bound on the south by C33 west 
to T47; T47 north to C23; C23 west to S56; S56 south to C25; C25 west 
to U.S. Route 65; U.S. Route 65 south to State Route 3; State Route 3 
west to S41; S41 south to C55; C55 west to Interstate 35; Interstate 35 
southwest to the southern Wright County line; the southern Wright 
County line west to U.S. Route 69; U.S. Route 69 north to C54; C54 west 
to State Route 17; and bound on the west by State Route 17 north to the 
southern Kossuth County line; the Kossuth County line west to U.S. 
Route 169; U.S. Route 169 north to the northern Kossuth County line.

In Minnesota

    Faribault, Freeborn, and Mower Counties.

In New Jersey

    The entire State.

In New York

    The entire State, except those export port locations, which are 
serviced by FGIS.

In South Carolina

    Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, 
Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, 
Edgefield, Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenwood, Hampton, Jasper, Laurens, 
Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, 
Sumter, and Williamsburg Counties.
    The following grain elevators are not part of this geographic area 
assignment and are assigned to Sioux City Inspection and Weighing 
Service Company: Agvantage F.S., Chapin, Franklin County and Five Star 
Coop, Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; Maxyield Coop, Algona, 
Kossuth County; Stateline Coop, Burt, Kossuth County; Gold-Eagle, 
Goldfield, Wright County; and North Central Coop, Holmes, Wright 
County, Iowa.
    The designation to provide official services in the specified area 
by Schaal remains effective from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 
2021.
    NCDA's geographic area is amended effective January 1, 2020, as 
follows:
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina, is assigned 
to this official agency.

In North Carolina

    The entire State.

In South Carolina

    Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, 
Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Pickens, 
Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties.
    The designation to provide official services in the specified area 
by NCDA remains effective from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2021.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting these 
agencies at the following telephone numbers:

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                          Headquarters
   Official agency        location and      Designation     Designation
                           telephone           start            end
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Schaal...............  Belmond, IA,            10/1/2016       9/30/2021
                        (641) 444-3122.
NCDA.................  Raleigh, NC,            10/1/2016       9/30/2021
                        (919) 707-3000.
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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)).

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

Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-11905 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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