Federal Register: March 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 44)

DOCID: fr07mr07-33 FR Doc E7-4091

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCID: fr07mr07-33

ACTION: Agency designation actions:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Designation for the Champaign (IL), Detroit (MI), Davenport (IA), Enid (OK), Keokuk (IA), Michigan (MI), Memphis (TN), and Omaha (NE) Areas

EFFECTIVE DATES: April 1, 2007.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

We are announcing designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA):
ChampaignDanville Grain Inspection Departments, Inc. (Champaign); Detroit Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Detroit);
Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Eastern Iowa);
Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid);
Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk);
Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan);
Midsouth Grain Inspection Service (Midsouth); and
Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha).

SUMMARY:

Various States,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

In the September 7, 2006 Federal Register (71 FR 5276152764), we requested applications for designation to provide official services in the geographic areas assigned to the official agencies named above. Applications were due by October 10, 2006.

Champaign, Detroit, Eastern Iowa, Enid, Keokuk, Michigan, Midsouth and Omaha were the sole applicants for designation to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional comments on them.

We evaluated all available information regarding the designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and Section 7(f)(1)(B), determined that Champaign, Detroit, Eastern Iowa, Enid, Keokuk, Michigan and Omaha are able to provide official services in the geographic areas specified in the September 7, 2006 Federal Register, for which they applied. These designation actions to provide official services are effective April 1, 2007, and terminate March 31, 2010, for Champaign, Detroit, Eastern Iowa, Enid, Keokuk, Michigan and Omaha. Midsouth is designated for 2 years only, effective April 1, 2007, and terminating March 31, 2009. Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.
Headquarters
Official agency location and Designation start telephone end Champaign................... Champaign, IL, 217 4/01/20073/31/2010 3980723;
Additional
locations:
Hoopeston, IL, and
Terre Haute, IN.
Detroit..................... Emmett, MI, 810395 4/01/20073/31/2010 2105.
Eastern Iowa................ Davenport, IA, 563 4/01/20073/31/2010 3227140;
Additional
locations: Dubuque
and Muscatine, IA;
Gulfport, IL;
Milwaukee, WI.
Enid........................ Enid, OK, 580233 4/01/20073/31/2010 1121; Additional
location: Catoosa,
OK.
Keokuk...................... Keokuk, IA, 319524 4/01/20073/31/2010 6482; Additional
location: Havana,
IL.
Michigan.................... Marshall, MI, 269 4/01/20073/31/2010 7812711;
Additional
locations: Cairo,
OH, and Carrollton,
MI.
Midsouth.................... Memphis, TN, 901942 4/01/20073/31/2009 3216; Additional
locations:
Stoneville, MS;
North Little Rock,
AK.
Omaha....................... Omaha, NE, 402341 4/01/20073/31/2010 6739.

Authority: Pub. L. 94582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. E74091 Filed 3607; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e- mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.