[Federal Register: July 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 141)]
[Notices]
[Page 42532-42533]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Proposed Posting and Posting of Stockyards
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We propose to post 16 stockyards. We have received information
that the stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard under the
Packers and Stockyards Act and, therefore, need to be posted. Posted
stockyards are subject to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards
Act. We have posted 2 stockyards. We determined that the stockyards
meet the definition of a stockyard under the Packers and Stockyards Act
and, therefore, needed to be posted.
DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider
comments that we receive by August 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-Mail: Send comments via electronic mail to
comments.gipsa@usda.gov.
Mail: Send hardcopy written comments to Tess Butler,
GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC
20250-3604.
Fax: Send comments by facsimile transmission to: (202)
690-2755.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: Tess
Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1647-S,
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the Packers and
Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229)
(P&S Act). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent
practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat
packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock,
poultry, and meatpacking industries.
Section 302(a) of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202(a)) defines the term
``stockyard'' as follows:
* * * any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as
stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit
as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market
agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and
their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses,
mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in
commerce.
Section 302(b) of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202(b)) requires the
Secretary to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to
notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination
by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. After giving notice
to the stockyard owner and to the public, the stockyard will be subject
to the provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 and
205-217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public notice.
This document notifies the stockyard owners and the public that the
following 16 stockyards meet the definition of stockyard and that we
propose to designate the stockyards as posted stockyards.
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Facility No. Stockyard name and location
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AR-177....................... Morrilton Horse Sale, Morrilton,
Arkansas.
GA-226....................... G. R. Sales Co. at Southeastern Arena,
Unadilla, Georgia.
IN-167....................... Northern Indiana Collection Point, LLC,
Shipshewana, Indiana.
IN-168....................... Hardinsburg Horse Sales, Hardinsburg,
Indiana.
KS-208....................... Wakarusa Sale Barn, Wakarusa, Kansas.
LA-147....................... Hays Brothers Livestock Market, LLC,
Arcadia, Louisiana.
NY-175....................... Welch Livestock Market, Inc., West
Edmeston, New York.
NC-176....................... Triad Livestock Arena, Archdale, North
Carolina.
SC-161....................... Highway 34 Auction Barn, Lugoff, South
Carolina.
TN-195....................... Wilson Horse and Mule Sale, Inc.
Cookeville, Tennessee.
TN-196....................... Country Horse Sales, LLC., Westmoreland,
Tennessee.
TX-348....................... Grimes County Stockyards, L.L.C.,
Navasota, Texas.
VA-162....................... Virginia Cattle Company, Radiant,
Virginia.
WV-120....................... Meadow View Farm, Thornton, West
Virginia.
WI-148....................... Milwaukee Stockyards, LLC, Reeseville,
Wisconsin.
WI-149....................... Horst Stables, LLC, Thorp, Wisconsin.
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This document also notifies the public that the following two
stockyards meet the definition of stockyard and that we have posted the
stockyards. We published notices proposing to post the two stockyards
on November 7, 2003 (68 FR 63055-63056). We received no comments in
response to the proposed posting notice. To post stockyards, we assign
the stockyard a facility number, notify the owner of the stockyard
facility, and send notices to the owner of the stockyard to post on
display in public areas of the stockyard. The date of posting is the
date on which the posting notices are physically displayed.
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Facility No. Stockyard name and location Date of posting
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AR-176.................... 101 Livestock Auction, Blackwell, Arkansas........ March 18, 2004.
TN-193.................... Lewisburg Livestock, Columbia, Tennessee.......... April 5, 2004.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-14593 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]
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