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Notices Federal Register

78988 

Vol. 85, No. 236 

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Designation of Amarillo Grain 

Exchange, Inc. To provide Class X or 

Class Y Weighing Services 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is announcing the 

designation of Amarillo Grain Exchange, 

Inc. (Amarillo) to provide Class X or 

Class Y weighing services under the 

United States Grain Standards Act 

(USGSA), as amended. 

DATES: Effective July 1, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Austyn Hughes, (816) 891–0456 or 

FGISQACD@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

December 12, 2016, Federal Register (81 

FR 89428), AMS announced the 

designation of Amarillo to provide 

official services under the USGSA, 

effective October 1, 2016, to September 

30, 2021. Subsequently, Amarillo asked 

AMS to amend their designation to 

include official weighing services. The 

USGSA authorizes the Secretary 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 7 U.S.C. 79. Under 7 

U.S.C. 79(a), AMS evaluated 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in section 7 U.S.C. 79 and 

determined that Amarillo is qualified to 

provide official weighing services in 

their currently assigned geographic area. 

Therefore, Amarillo’s designation is 

amended to include Class X or Class Y 

weighing within their assigned 

geographic area, effective July 1, 2020, 

to September 30, 2021. Interested 

persons may obtain official services by 

contacting Amarillo at (806) 372–8511. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26881 Filed 12–7–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–20–0080] 

Request for Extension and Revision of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) 

intention to request that the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approve a 3-year extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection for the ‘‘Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements under the 

United States Grain Standards Act 

(USGSA) and under the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).’’ This 

approval is required under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 8, 2021 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice by using the electronic 

process available at www.regulations 

gov. All comments should reference the 

docket number (same number as above 

assigned by Originating Program), the 

date, and the page number of this issue 

of the Federal Register. All comments 

received will be posted without change, 

including any personal information 

provided, at www.regulations.gov and 

will be included in the record and made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Gregory J. Giese USDA AMS; 

Telephone: (816) 867–2451; Email: 

Gregory.J.Giese@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress 

enacted the United States Grain 

Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71– 

87k) and the Agricultural Marketing Act 

(AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) to facilitate 

the marketing of grain, oilseeds, pulses, 

rice, and related commodities. These 

statutes provide for the establishment of 

standards and terms which accurately 

and consistently measure the quality of 

grain and related products, provide for 

uniform official inspection and 

weighing, provide regulatory and 

service responsibilities, and furnish the 

framework for commodity quality 

improvement incentives to both 

domestic and foreign buyers. AMS’s 

Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) 

establishes policies, guidelines, and 

regulations to carry out the objectives of 

the USGSA and the AMA. Regulations 

appear at 7 CFR 800, 801, and 802 for 

the USGSA and 7 CFR 868 for the AMA. 

The USGSA, with few exceptions, 

requires official inspection of export 

grain sold by grade. Official services are 

provided, upon request, for grain in 

domestic commerce. The AMA 

authorizes similar inspection and 

weighing services, upon request, for 

rice, pulses, flour, corn meal, and 

certain other agricultural products. 

Conversely, the regulations promulgated 

under the USGSA and the AMA require 

specific information collection and 

recordkeeping necessary to carry out 

requests for official services. Applicants 

for official services must specify the 

kind and level of service, the 

identification of the product, the 

location, the amount, and other 

pertinent information in order that 

official personnel can efficiently 

respond to their needs. 

Official services under the USGSA are 

provided through FGIS field offices and 

delegated and/or designated State and 

private agencies. Delegated agencies are 

State agencies delegated authority under 

the USGSA to provide official 

inspection service, Class X or Class Y 

weighing services, or both, at one or 

more export port locations in the State. 

Designated agencies are State or local 

governmental agencies or persons 

designated under the USGSA to provide 

official inspection services, Class X or 

Class Y weighing services, or both, at 

locations other than export port 

locations. State and private agencies, as 

a requirement for delegation and/or 

designation, must comply with all 

regulations, procedures, and 

instructions in accordance with 

provisions established under the 

USGSA. FGIS field offices oversee the 


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