[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR204.2]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 

       (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS),DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 204_ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 204.2  Organization.



    (a) The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 

(Packers and Stockyards Programs) consists of a headquarters office 

located in the South Building of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 

Washington, DC, and 12 regional offices. The Washington headquarters 

office is organized to include the Office of the Administrator and two 

Divisions, the Packer and Poultry Division and the Livestock Marketing 

Division.

    (b) Office of the Administrator. This office has overall 

responsibility for administering the provisions of the Packers and 

Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181 et 

seq.), for enforcement of the Truth-in-Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601-1665) 

with respect to any activities subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act 

and for executing assigned civil defense and defense mobilization 

activities. These responsibilities include formulation of current and 

long-range programs relating to assigned functions; execution of the 

policies and programs administered by the Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs); review and 

evaluation of program operations for uniform, effective, and efficient 

administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act; and maintenance of 

relations and communications with producer and industry groups.

    (1) Administrator. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated 

responsibility for administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act to 

the Administrator who is responsible for the general direction and 

supervision of programs and activities assigned to the Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs) 

except such activities as are reserved to the Judicial Officer (32 FR 

7468). The Administrator reports to the Assistant Secretary for 

Marketing and Inspection Services.

    (2) Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator assists the 

Administrator in the overall responsibility for the general direction 

and supervision of programs and activities assigned to the Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and 

Stockyards Programs).

    (3) Assistant to the Administrator. The Assistant to the 

Administrator participates with the Administrator and Deputy 

Administrator in the development and analysis of policies and programs, 

and directs the management support services and related activities of 

the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and 

Stockyards Programs).

    (4) Director, Industry Analysis Staff. The Director of the Industry 

Analysis Staff participates with the Administrator and Deputy 

Administrator in the development and analysis of policies and programs 

and directs economic studies of structure and performance of the 

livestock, meat, and poultry marketing, processing, and wholesaling 

industries. The results of these studies are used to provide economic 

advice to the Administrator in developing overall policy on antitrust 

matters and effects of practices or impediments in the marketing system. 

The Director works closely with the Directors of the Packer and Poultry 

and the Livestock Marketing Divisions in connection with investigations 

to provide economic advice and expert testimony in trials and 

administrative hearings. The Director also coordinates activities and 

works closely with the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department 

in studying the effects of



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mergers and antitrust matters in the livestock, meat packing and poultry 

industries.

    (c) Packer and Poultry Division. This Division carries out the 

enforcement of the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act relating 

to packers and live poultry dealers and handlers. The responsibilities 

and functions include: Determination of applicability of the provisions 

of the Act to individual packer and poultry operations; surveillance of 

these operations; investigation of complaints; initiation of formal 

proceedings, when warranted, to correct illegal practices; and 

maintenance of working relationships with the meat packer and poultry 

industries. These responsibilities and functions are accomplished with 

programs and activities directed through the Livestock Procurement 

Branch, Meat Merchandising Branch, and Poultry Branch. The Division 

Director participates with the Administrator and Deputy Administrator in 

the development and evaluation of policies and programs to fulfill the 

Agency's responsibilities and functions. The Director implements and 

directs the policies and programs pertaining to the Packer and Poultry 

Division through the three branches.

    (d) Livestock Marketing Division. This Division enforces those 

provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act relating to stockyard 

owners, market agencies, and dealers. The responsibilities and functions 

include: determination of the applicability of the jurisdiction, 

bonding, financial and trade practice provisions of the Act to 

individual operations; supervision of the installation, maintenance, and 

testing of scales; surveillance and investigations of stockyards, market 

agencies, and dealers; initiation of formal proceedings, when warranted, 

to correct illegal practices; and maintenance of working relationships 

with producer and industry groups. These responsibilities and functions 

are accomplished with programs and activities directed through the 

Financial Protection Branch, Marketing Practices Branch, and Scales and 

Weighing Branch. The Division Director participates with the 

Administrator and Deputy Administrator in the development and evaluation 

of policies and programs to fulfill the Agency's responsibilities and 

functions. The Director implements and directs the policies and programs 

pertaining to the Livestock Marketing Division through the three 

branches.

    (e) Field Services. (1) The field services of the Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs) 

is divided into 12 regional offices. These offices are responsible for 

supervision of operations of stockyard companies, market agencies, 

dealers, packers and live poultry dealers and handlers to assure 

compliance with the Act. They formulate recommendations relating to the 

enforcement of the Act; receive and investigate complaints, including 

reparation complaints; audit books, records, and reports of persons 

subject to the Act; conduct investigations to determine the existence of 

and develop evidence of unfair, deceptive, and discriminatory trade 

practices; prepare investigative reports and recommend corrective 

action; assist in the prosecution of cases; review applications for 

registration and rate changes for accuracy and compliance; and maintain 

relationships with producers, the trade, States and other groups 

interested in the welfare of the livestock, meat packing, and poultry 

industries concerning enforcement of the Act.

    (2) The addresses and the States covered by these offices, which are 

under regional supervisors, are as follows:



Atlanta--Room 338, 1720 Peachtree Street, NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 

(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)

Bedford--Turnpike Road, Box 101E, Bedford, Virginia 25423 (District of 

Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)

Denver--208 Livestock Exchange Building, Denver, Colorado 80216 

(Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Fort Worth--Room 8A36, Federal Building, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76102 (Oklahoma, Texas)

Indianapolis--Room 434 Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 46 E. Ohio 

Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, 

Michigan, Ohio)

Kansas City--828 Livestock Exchange Building, Kansas City, Missouri 

64102 (Kansas, Missouri)

Lawndale--15000 Aviation Boulevard, Room 2W6, P.O. Box 6102, Lawndale, 

California 90261 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada)

Memphis--Room 459, Federal Building, 167 Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee 

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(Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee)

North Brunswick--825 Georges Road, Room 303, North Brunswick, New Jersey 

08902 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 

York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)

Omaha--909 Livestock Exchange Building, Omaha, Nebraska 68107 (Iowa, 

Nebraska)

Portland--9370 S.W. Greenburg Road, Suite E, Portland, Oregon 97223 

(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)

South St. Paul--208 Post Office Building, Box 8, South St. Paul, 

Minnesota 55075 (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)