[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-885]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
[04-CA-A]
Cancellation of California's Delegation and Designation and the
Opportunity for Designation in the California Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),
provides that official agency designations will end not later than
triennially and may be renewed. The California Department of Food and
Agriculture (California) is designated to provide official inspection
and weighing services until December 31, 2005, according to the Act.
California is also delegated to provide export services. California
advised Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
that they will cease providing official services on May 1, 2005.
Accordingly, GIPSA is announcing that California's delegation and
designation will be canceled effective April 30, 2005. GIPSA is asking
for applicants for domestic service in the California area.
DATES: Applications and comments must be postmarked or electronically
dated on or before February 17, 2005.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this
notice. You may submit applications and comments by any of the
following methods:
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Janet M. Hart, Chief,
Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755,
attention: Janet M. Hart.
E-mail: Send via electronic mail to [email protected].
Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review
Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
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(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart at 202-720-8525, e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action has been reviewed and determined
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes GIPSA' Administrator 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. GIPSA designated
California, headquarters in Sacramento, California, to provide official
inspection services under the Act on January 1, 2003.
Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official
agencies will end not later than triennially and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 7(f) of
the Act. The designation of California ends on December 31, 2005,
according to the Act. However, California asked GIPSA for a voluntary
cancellation of their designation effective April 30, 2005.
Accordingly, California's designation will cease effective April 30,
2005, and GIPSA is asking for applicants to provide official service.
Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, the entire State of California, except those export port
locations within the State, is assigned to this official agency. For
export service after April 30, 2005, contact Michael Johnson, Federal
State Manager, telephone number 916-376-1930. Interested persons are
hereby given the opportunity to apply for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas specified above under
provisions of section 7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the
regulations issued thereunder. Persons wishing to apply for designation
should contact the Compliance Division at the address listed above for
forms and information, or obtain applications at the GIPSA Web site,
http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/oversight/parovreg.htm.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
David R. Shipman,
Deputy Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-885 Filed 1-14-05; 8:45 am]
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