[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18348-18349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7831]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
9 CFR Part 201
RIN 0580-AB10
Required Scale Tests
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
published a document in the Federal Register on January 20, 2011 (76 FR
3485), defining required scale tests. That document incorrectly defined
limited seasonal basis in Sec. 201.72(a) (9 CFR 201.72(a)). This
document corrects the final regulation by revising this section.
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DATES: Effective on April 4, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Brett Offutt, Director, Policy and
Litigation Division, P&SP, GIPSA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720-7363, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 201
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Measurement standards,
Trade practices.
Accordingly, 9 CFR part 201 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 201--REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT
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1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 181-229c.
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2. In Sec. 201.72, revise the last sentence of paragraph (a) to read
as follows:
Sec. 201.72 Scales; testing of.
(a) * * * Except that if scales are used on a limited seasonal
basis (during any continuous 6-month period) for purposes of purchase,
sale, acquisition, payment or settlement, the stockyard owner, swine
contractor, market agency, dealer, live poultry dealer, or packer using
such scales may use the scales within a 6-month period following each
test.
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Alan R. Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-7831 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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