[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR800.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 800--GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 800.2  Administrator.

    The Administrator is delegated, from the Secretary, responsibility 
for administration of the United States Grain Standards Act and 
responsibilities under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1621 et seq.). The Administrator is responsible for the establishment of 
policies, guidelines, and regulations by which the Service is to carry 
out the provisions of the Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946. The regulations promulgated under the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 appear at part 68 of this title (7 CFR part 68). The 
Administrator is authorized by the Secretary to take any action required 
by law or considered to be necessary and proper to the discharge of

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the functions and services under the Act. The Administrator may delegate 
authority to the Deputy Administrator and other appropriate officers and 
employees. The Administrator may, in emergencies or other circumstances 
which would not impair the objectives of the Act, suspend for period 
determined by the Administrator any provision of the regulations or 
official grain standards. The Administrator may authorize research; 
experimentation; and testing of new procedures, equipment, and handling 
techniques to improve the inspection and weighing of grain. The 
Administrator may waive the official inspection and official weighing 
requirements pursuant to Section 5 of the Act.

[60 FR 5835, Jan. 31, 1995]