[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 318-319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33144]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX; and Decatur, IN
Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the designation of the following
organizations to provide official services under the United States
Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): Columbus Grain Inspection,
Inc. (Columbus); Gulf Country Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf
Country); and Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (Northeast
Indiana).
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Karen W. Guagliardo, Branch Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen W. Guagliardo, 202-720-8262 or
[email protected].
Read Applications: All applications and comments will be available
for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours
(7 CFR 1.27(c)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the May 25, 2010, Federal Register (75 FR
29310), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by the
agencies named above. Applications were due by July 1, 2010.
Columbus, Gulf Country and Northeast Indiana were the sole
applicants for designations to provide official services in these
areas. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for additional comments.
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation
criteria in section 7(f)(l) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and
determined that Columbus, Gulf Country and Northeast Indiana are
qualified to provide official services in the geographic areas
specified in the May 25, 2010, Federal Register for which they applied.
These designation actions to provide official services in the specified
areas are effective January 1, 2011. The designation for Columbus and
Northeast Indiana will terminate on December 31, 2013; Gulf Country's
designation will terminate on December 31, 2011.
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Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the
telephone numbers listed below:
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Headquarters location and Designation
Official agency telephone start Designation end
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Columbus.................................... Circleville, OH (740-474-3519) 1/1/2011 12/31/2013
Additional Location: Bucyrus,
OH.
Gulf Country................................ Dallas, TX (214-500-5212)..... 1/1/2011 12/31/2011
Northeast Indiana........................... Decatur, IN (260-341-7497).... 1/1/2011 12/31/2013
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Section 7(f)(1) of the USGSA authorizes GIPSA's 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 (7 U.S.C. 79
(f)(1)).
Under section 7(g)(1) of the USGSA, designations of official
agencies are effective for no longer than 3 years unless terminated by
the Secretary; however, designations may be renewed according to the
criteria and procedures prescribed in section 7(f) of the Act.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
J. Dudley Butler,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33144 Filed 1-3-11; 8:45 am]
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