Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2004 / Notices 70993

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Patricia N. 

Daniels, Director, Supplemental Food 

Programs Division, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval, and will become a 

matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

form and instructions should be 

directed to: Patricia N. Daniels, (703) 

305–2749.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: WIC Local Agency Directory 

Report. 

OMB Number: 0584–0431. 

Expiration Date: 02–28–2005. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection Form. 

Abstract: FNS administers the Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) by 

awarding cash grants to State agencies 

(generally State health departments). 

The State agencies award subgrants to 

local agencies (generally local health 

departments and nonprofit 

organizations) to deliver program 

benefits and services to eligible 

participants. FNS maintains a WIC 

Local Agency Directory which lists the 

names and addresses of all WIC local 

agencies. WIC State and local agencies 

and FNS use the directory to refer 

individuals to the nearest source of WIC 

Program services and to maintain 

continuity of program services to 

migrant and other transient participants. 

It is also used as a mailing list to 

provide local agencies with technical 

assistance manuals and other 

information. State agencies complete the 

WIC Local Agency Directory Report 

Form to inform FNS when a local 

agency is newly established, closed or 

changes its address. This data is needed 

to keep the directory current. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.17 hours per 

response, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

Respondents: Directors or 

Administrators of WIC State agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 88 

respondents. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: One. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 14.96 hours.

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Jerome A. Lindsay, 

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service.

[FR Doc. 04–26864 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[04–AZ–A] 

Opportunity for Designation To 

Provide Official Services in the 

Southwest Arizona Region

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (USDA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(Farwell), has asked GIPSA to amend its 

designation to remove Maricopa, Pinal 

and Yuma Counties, Arizona, from their 

assigned geographic area. GIPSA has 

also identified the need for service in 

Santa Cruz County, Arizona. GIPSA is 

asking persons interested in providing 

official services in these Arizona 

counties to submit an application for 

designation.

DATES: Applications must be 

postmarked or sent by telecopier (fax) 

on or before January 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

applications and comments on this 

notice. You may submit applications 

and comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to 

Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission 

to (202) 690–2755, attention: Janet M. 

Hart. 

• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.

• Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

Read Applications and Comments:

All applications and comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

office above during regular business 

hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, at (202) 720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

Farwell has asked GIPSA to remove 

the southwest Arizona region from its 

assigned geographic area. The southwest 

Arizona region consists of the following 

geographic area, in the State of Arizona: 

Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties, 

Arizona. These counties, along with 

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, where 

GIPSA has determined a need for 

service, are open for designation. 

Section 7(f)(1) of the United States 

Grain Standards Act, as amended 

(USGSA), authorizes GIPSA 

Administrator, after determining that 

there is sufficient need for official 

services, to designate a qualified 

applicant to provide official services in 

a specified area after determining that 

the applicant is qualified and is better 

able than any other applicant to provide 

such official services. GIPSA is asking 

persons interested in providing official 

services in the Southwest Arizona 

region to submit an application for 

designation. The applicant selected for 

designation in the Southwest Arizona 

region will be assigned by GIPSA 

Administrator according to Section 

7(f)(1) of the Act. 

Interested persons are hereby given an 

opportunity to apply for designation to 

provide official services in the 

Southwest Arizona region under the 

provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and 

section 800.196(d) of the regulations 

issued thereunder. Applications and 

other available information will be 

considered in determining which 

applicant will be designated. 

Designation in the Southwest Arizona 

region is for the period beginning about 

April 1, 2005, and not to exceed 3 years

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as prescribed in section 7(g)(1) of the 

Act. Persons wishing to apply for 

designation should contact the 

Compliance Division at the address 

listed above for forms and information.

Authority: Pub. L 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Donna Reifschneider, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–26859 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[04–A–W] 

Designation of Kansas to Provide 

Class X or Class Y Weighing Services

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (USDA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the 

designation of Kansas Grain Inspection 

Service, Inc., (Kansas) to provide Class 

X or Class Y weighing services under 

the United States Grain Standards Act, 

as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, at 202–720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

In the May 22, 2003, Federal Register

(68 FR 27983), GIPSA announced the 

designation of Kansas to provide official 

inspection services under the Act, 

effective July 1, 2003, and ending June 

30, 2006. Subsequently, Kansas asked 

GIPSA to amend their designation to 

include official weighing services. 

Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes 

GIPSA’s Administrator to designate 

authority to perform official weighing to 

an agency providing official inspection 

services within a specified geographic 

area, if such agency is qualified under 

Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA 

evaluated all available information 

regarding the designation criteria in 

Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and 

determined that Kansas is qualified to 

provide official weighing services in 

their currently assigned geographic area. 

Effective June 25, 2004, and 

terminating June 30, 2006 (the end of 

Kansas’ designation to provide official 

inspection services), Kansas’ present 

designation is amended to include Class 

X or Class Y weighing within their 

assigned geographic area, as specified in 

the November 22, 2002, Federal 

Register (67 FR 70397). Official services 

may be obtained by contacting Kansas at 

785–233–7063.

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867, 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Donna Reifschneider, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–26858 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[04–TX–A] 

Opportunity for Designation in South 

Texas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has 

received inquiries, and several letters 

from the grain industry in Texas 

indicating a need for designating an 

organization to provide official services 

in South Texas. GIPSA is asking persons 

interested in providing official services 

in unassigned areas of South Texas to 

submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications and comments 

must be postmarked or electronically 

dated on or before January 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

applications and comments on this 

notice. You may submit applications 

and comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to 

Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission 

to (202) 690–2755, attention: Janet M. 

Hart. 

• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.

• Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

Read Applications and Comments:

All applications and comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

office above during regular business 

hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this Action. 

Section 7(f)(1) of the United States 

Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 

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. 

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides 

that designations of official agencies 

shall end not later than triennially and 

may be renewed according to the 

criteria and procedures prescribed in 

Section 7(f) of the Act. 

GIPSA is asking for applicants to 

provide official services in South Texas. 

The South Texas area being considered 

for assignment to the applicant or 

applicants selected for designation, 

pursuant to Section (7)(2) of the Act, is 

as follows: 

Bounded on the north by the northern 

Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Delta, 

Franklin, Titus, Morris, and Marion 

County line east to the Texas State line; 

Bounded on the east by the eastern 

Texas State line south to the southern 

Texas State line; 

Bounded on the south by the southern 

Texas State line west to the western Val 

Verde County line; 

Bounded on the west by the western 

Val Verde, Edwards, Kimble, Mason, 

San Saba, Mills, Comanche, Erath, Palo 

Pinto, and Jack County lines north to the 

northern Jack County line, excluding 

those export port locations served by 

GIPSA. 

Opportunity for designation.

Interested persons are hereby given the 

opportunity to apply for designation to 

provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified above under 

the provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act 

and section 800.196(d) of the 

regulations issued thereunder. 

Designation in the specified geographic 

areas is for a period of no more than 3 

years. Persons wishing to apply for