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Done at Washington, DC, on May 23, 2007. 

David P. Goldman, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–10469 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Opportunity for Designation in the 

Columbus (OH), Farwell (TX), and 

Northeast Indiana (IN) Areas and 

Request for Comments on the Official 

Agencies Serving These Areas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The designations of the 

official agencies listed below will end 

on December 31, 2007. We are asking 

persons interested in providing official 

services in the areas served by these 

agencies to submit an application for 

designation. We are also asking for 

comments on the quality of services 

provided by these currently designated 

agencies: Columbus Grain Inspection, 

Inc. (Columbus); Farwell Commodity 

and Grain Services, Inc. (Farwell); and 

Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(Northeast Indiana). 

DATES: Applications and comments 

must be received on or before July 2, 

2007. 

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 

Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission 

to (202) 690–2755, attention: Karen 

Guagliardo. 

• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 

Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

• Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen 

Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

STOP 3604, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

3604. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

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: 

Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

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

Standards Act, as amended (USGSA), 

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 (7 

U.S.C. 79(f)(1)). 

Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides 

that designations of official agencies 

will terminate not later than three years 

and may be renewed according to the 

criteria and procedures prescribed in 

Section 7(f) of USGSA. 

CURRENT DESIGNATIONS BEING ANNOUNCED FOR RENEWAL

Official agency Main office Designation 

start 

Designation 

end 

Columbus ...................................................................... Circleville, OH ............................................................... 1/01/2005 12/31/2007 

Farwell .......................................................................... Casa Grande, AZ ......................................................... 1/01/2005 12/31/2007 

Northeast Indiana ......................................................... Decatur, IN ................................................................... 1/01/2005 12/31/2007 

Columbus 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) the following 

geographic area, in the States of 

Michigan and Ohio, is assigned to 

Columbus: 

In Michigan: 

• Bounded on the West by State 

Route 127 at the Michigan-Ohio State 

line north to State Route 50; 

• Bounded on the north by State 

Route 50 at State Route 127 east to the 

Michigan State line; the Michigan state 

line south to the Michigan-Ohio State 

line. 

In Ohio: 

• The northern Ohio State line east to 

the to the Ohio Pennsylvania State line; 

• Bounded on the East by the OhioPennsylvania State line south to the 

Ohio River; 


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• Bounded on the South by the Ohio 

River south-southwest to the western 

Scioto County line; and 

• Bounded on the West by the 

western Scioto County line north to 

State Route 73; State Route 73 northwest 

to U.S. Route 22; U.S. Route 22 west to 

U.S. Route 68; U.S. Route 68 north to 

Clark County; the northern Clark County 

line west to State Route 560; State Route 

560 north to State Route 296; State 

Route 296 west to Interstate 75; 

Interstate 75 north to State Route 47; 

State Route 47 northeast to U.S. Route 

68 (including all of Sidney, Ohio); U.S. 

Route 68 north to the southern Hancock 

County line; the southern Hancock 

County line west to the western 

Hancock, Wood and Lucus County lines 

north to the Michigan-Ohio State line; 

the Michigan-Ohio State line west to 

State Route 127. 

Columbus’ assigned geographic area 

does not include the export port 

locations inside Columbus’ area which 

are serviced by GIPSA. 

Farwell 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, in the States New 

Mexico and Texas, is assigned to 

Farwell: 

In New Mexico: 

• Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, 

Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt, 

San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance, and 

Union Counties, New Mexico. 

In Texas: 

• Bailey, Cochran, Deaf Smith (west 

of State Route 214), Hockley, Lamb 

(south of a line bounded by U.S. Route 

70, FM 303, U.S. Route 84, and FM 37), 

and Parmer Counties, Texas. 

Northeast Indiana 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, in the State of Indiana, 

is assigned to Northeast Indiana: 

• Bounded on the North by the 

northern Lagrange and Steuben County 

lines; 

• Bounded on the East by the eastern 

Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, and Adams 

County lines; 

• Bounded on the South by the 

southern Adams and Wells County 

lines; and 

• Bounded on the West by the 

western Wells County line; the southern 

Huntington and Wabash County lines; 

the western Wabash County line north 

to State Route 114; State Route 114 

northwest to State Route 19; State Route 

19 north to Kosciusko County; the 

western and northern Kosciusko County 

lines; the western Noble and Lagrange 

County lines. 

The following grain elevator, located 

outside of the above contiguous 

geographic area, is part of this 

geographic area assignment: E.M.P. 

Coop, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio 

(located inside Michigan Grain 

Inspection Services, Inc.’s, area). 

Opportunity for designation 

Interested persons, including 

Columbus, Farwell and Northeast 

Indiana, may apply for designation to 

provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified above under 

the provisions of section 7(f) of USGSA 

(7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR 800.196(d) 

regulations. Designation in the specified 

geographic areas is for the period 

beginning January 1, 2008, and ending 

December 31, 2010. To apply for 

designation, contact the Compliance 

Division at the address listed above for 

forms and information, or obtain 

applications at the GIPSA Web site, 

http://www.gipsa.usda.gov. 

Request for Comments 

We are also publishing this notice to 

provide interested persons the 

opportunity to present comments on the 

quality of services provided by the 

Columbus, Farwell and Northeast 

Indiana official agencies. In the 

designation process, we will consider 

substantive comments citing reasons 

and pertinent data for support or 

objection to the designation of the 

applicants. Submit all comments to the 

Compliance Division at the above 

address. 

In determining which applicant will 

be designated, we will consider 

applications, comments, and other 

available information. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–2719 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–U 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Designation for the Muncie (IN), 

Fremont (NE), Savage (MN), and West 

Lafayette (IN) Areas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing 

designation of the following 

organizations to provide official services 

under the United States Grain Standards 

Act, as amended (USGSA): East Indiana 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana); 

Fremont Grain Inspection Department, 

Inc. (Fremont); State Grain Inspection, 

Inc. (State Grain); and Titus Grain 

Inspection, Inc. (Titus). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, 

e-mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register (71 

FR 71122–71124), we requested 

applications for designation to provide 

official services in the geographic areas 

assigned to the official agencies named 

above. Applications were due by 

January 8, 2007. 

There were two applicants for the 

Savage area: State Grain and Mid-Iowa 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa); both 

currently designated official agencies. 

State Grain and Mid-Iowa applied for all 

or part of the counties announced in the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register. 

GIPSA asked for comments on State 

Grain and Mid-Iowa in the March 2, 

2007, Federal Register (72 FR 9502). 

Comments were due by April 2, 2007. 

GIPSA received a total of 8 comments 

by the closing date. We received 3 

comments supporting Mid-Iowa for 

designation: 1 of which were from grain 

companies in the area and 2 from other 

official agencies. GIPSA received 5 

comments supporting State Grain for 

designation; 2 of which were from grain 

companies, 2 from grain industry in the 

area, and 1 from an exporter. 

East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus 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)(l)(A) of USGSA (7 

U.S.C. 79 (f)) and Section 7(f)(l)(B), 

determined that East Indiana, Fremont, 

and Titus are able to provide official 

services and that State Grain is better 

able to provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register, for 

which they applied. These designation 

actions to provide official services are 

effective July 1, 2007, and terminate 

June 30, 2010, for East Indiana, 

Fremont, and Titus. State Grain is 

designated for only 18 months, effective 

July 1, 2007, and terminating December 

31, 2008. Interested persons may obtain 

official services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below. 


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