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Done at Washington, DC, on January 17, 

2007. 

Barbara J. Masters, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–949 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Proposed Posting, Posting, and 

Deposting of Stockyards 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces several 

actions related to posting of stockyards; 

when required we physically post a sign 

providing public notice that the 

stockyard is subject to provisions of the 

Packers and Stockyards Act. We 

propose to post 10 stockyards. We have 

received information that these 

stockyards meet the definition of a 

stockyard under the Packers and 

Stockyards Act and, therefore, need to 

be posted. Posted stockyards are subject 

to the provisions of the Packers and 

Stockyards Act. In addition, we have 

posted 12 stockyards that were 

previously announced as proposed 

postings. We determined that the 

stockyards meet the definition of a 

stockyard under the Packers and 

Stockyards Act and, therefore, have 

been posted. Three other facilities, for 

which notices of proposed posting were 

announced, were not posted because 

they no longer meet the definition of a 

stockyard. These facilities were either 

abandoned or underwent a change so 

they no longer function as a stockyard. 

We are also deposting two stockyards. 

These facilities can no longer be used as 

stockyards and, therefore, are no longer 

required to be posted. 

DATES: For the proposed posting of 

stockyards, we will consider comments 

that we receive by February 7, 2007. 

For the deposted stockyards, the 

deposting is effective on January 23, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-Mail: Send comments via 

electronic mail to 

comments.gipsa@usda.gov. 

• Mail: Send hardcopy written 

comments to H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 1647–S, Washington, DC 

20250–3604. 

• Fax: Send comments by facsimile 

transmission to: (202) 690–2755. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 1647–S, Washington, DC 

20250–3604. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration (GIPSA) administers 

and enforces the Packers and Stockyards 

Act of 1921, (7 U.S.C. 181–229) (P&S 

Act). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, 

deceptive, and fraudulent practices by 

livestock market agencies, dealers, 

stockyard owners, meat packers, swine 

contractors, and live poultry dealers in 

the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking 

industries. 

Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 

202) defines the term ‘‘stockyard’’ as 

follows: 

* * * any place, establishment, or facility 

commonly known as stockyards, conducted, 

operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit 

as a public market for livestock producers, 

feeders, market agencies, and buyers, 

consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and 

their appurtenances, in which live cattle, 

sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are 

received, held, or kept for sale or shipment 

in commerce. 

Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act 

requires the Secretary to determine 

which stockyards meet this definition, 

and to notify the owner of the stockyard 

and the public of that determination by 

posting a notice in each designated 

stockyard. After giving notice to the 

stockyard owner and to the public, the 

stockyard will be subject to the 

provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 

U.S.C. 201–203 and 205–217a) until the 

Secretary deposts the stockyard by 

public notice. 

This document notifies the stockyard 

owners and the public that the 

following 10 stockyards meet the 

definition of a stockyard and that we 

propose to designate these stockyards as 

posted stockyards. 

Facility number Stockyard name and location 

AL–193 ........... Tim White d.b.a. 4/W Horse 

Sales, Huntsville, Alabama. 

AL–194 ........... Coffee County Stockyard, 

LLC, New Brockton, Alabama. 

AR–178 .......... B–B Livestock Auction & 

Sales, Inc., Beebe, Arkansas. 

AR–179 .......... Buddy Guyot d.b.a. Beebe 

Livestock Auction, Beebe, 

Arkansas. 

GA–230 .......... Frank Ray Harris d.b.a. Harris Goat ’N Sheep Auction, 

Taylorsville, Georgia. 

KY–180 .......... Southern Kentucky Livestock 

Market, Inc., Rockfield, 

Kentucky. 

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Facility number Stockyard name and location 

KY–181 .......... Wigwam Livestock Market, 

Inc., Horse Cave, Kentucky. 

MO–287 ......... Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, LLC, 

Springfield, Missouri. 

PA–162 .......... John H. Wetmore, 

Honesdale, Pennsylvania. 

SD–171 .......... SFRL, Inc., d.b.a. Sioux 

Falls Regional Livestock, 

Worthing, South Dakota. 

This document also notifies the 

public that the following stockyards 

meet the definition of a stockyard and 

that we have posted the stockyards. We 

published notices proposing to post 

these 12 stockyards on August 25, 2003, 

July 6, 2004, July 25, 2005, and April 5, 

2006 (68 FR 51005, 69 FR 40597–40598, 

70 FR 42532–42533, and 71 FR 17071–

17072, respectively). We received no 

comments in response to these proposed 

posting notices. To post a stockyard, we 

assign the stockyard a facility number, 

notify the owner of the stockyard 

facility, and send notices to the owner 

of the stockyard to post on display in 

public areas of the stockyard. The date 

of posting is the date on which the 

posting notices are physically 

displayed. 

Facility number Stockyard name and location Date of posting 

FL–139 ............................................ Arcadia Stockyard, Arcadia, Florida ...................................................... May 3, 2006. 

GA–228 ........................................... Triple R Ranch, Lavonia, Georgia ......................................................... June 27, 2006. 

GA–229 ........................................... Red Barn Livestock Auction, Inc., Sylvester, Georgia .......................... August 22, 2006. 

LA–147 ............................................ Hays Brothers Livestock Market, LLC, Arcadia, Louisiana ................... May 11, 2006 

MO–286 ........................................... Miller County Regional Stockyards, Eldon, Missouri ............................ May 23, 2006. 

NC–177 ........................................... Cliffside Horse Auction, Mooresboro, North Carolina ........................... October 6, 2006. 

NY–174 ........................................... Woods Auction Service, Cincinnatus, New York .................................. May 4, 2006. 

PA–160 ............................................ Beach’s Dairy Auction, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania ............................... May 30, 2006. 

PA–161 ............................................ Jonas Lee Fisher & Jacob B. Fisher d.b.a. Fisher’s Quality Dairy 

Sales, Ronks, Pennsylvania.

October 19, 2006. 

TX–348 ............................................ Grimes County Stockyards, LLC, Navasota, Texas .............................. May 8, 2006. 

WI–148 ............................................ Milwaukee Stockyards, LLC, Reeseville, Wisconsin ............................. July 24, 2006. 

WI–149 ............................................ Horst Stables, LLC, Thorp, Wisconsin .................................................. July 15, 2006. 

This document also notifies the 

public that the following facilities, 

which previously met the definition of 

a stockyard, were not posted. We 

published notices proposing to post 

these three stockyards on July 25, 2005, 

and April 5, 2006 (70 FR 42532–42533 

and 71 FR 17071–17072, respectively). 

The facilities were not posted because 

they no longer meet the definition of a 

stockyard. The facilities were either 

abandoned or underwent a change so 

that they no longer function as a 

stockyard. 

Facility number Stockyard name and location 

AR–177 .......... Morrilton Horse Sale, 

Morrilton, Arkansas. 

GA–227 .......... Friendship Farm Livestock 

Auction, Bartow, Georgia. 

IN–168 ........... Hardinsburg Horse Sales, 

Hardinsburg, Indiana. 

Additionally, this document notifies 

the public that the following two 

stockyards no longer meet the definition 

of a stockyard and that we are deposting 

them. We depost stockyards when the 

facility can no longer be used as a 

stockyard. Some of the reasons a facility 

can no longer be used as a stockyard 

include: the market agency has moved 

and the posted facility is abandoned, the 

facility has been torn down or otherwise 

destroyed, such as by fire, the facility is 

dilapidated beyond repair, or the facility 

has been converted and its function 

changed. 

Facility number Stockyard name and location Date posted 

ID–118 ............................................. Rexburg Livestock Company, Rexburg, Idaho ...................................... April 3, 1950. 

WA–112 ........................................... Marysville Livestock Auction, Inc., Marysville, Washington .................. February 27, 1962. 

Effective Date 

These depostings are effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register 

because they relieve a restriction and, 

therefore, may be made effective in less 

than 30 days after publication in the 

Federal Register without prior notice or 

other public procedure. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–257 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Data Sharing Activity 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) proposes to provide to 

the Bureau of the Census (Census 

Bureau) data collected from several 

surveys that it conducts on U.S. direct 

investment abroad, foreign direct 

investment in the United States, and 

U.S. international services transactions 

for statistical purposes exclusively. In 

accordance with the requirement of 

Section 524(d) of the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), we are 

providing the opportunity for public 

comment on this data-sharing action. 

The data provided to the Census 

Bureau will be used for two purposes: 

(1) Data from BEA surveys of U.S 

direct investment abroad and foreign 

direct investment in the United States 

will be linked with data from the Survey 

of Industrial Research and Development 

conducted by the Census Bureau under 

a joint partnership agreement with the 

National Science Foundation (NSF). The 

linked data will be used to produce 

aggregate tabulations for the NSF, which 

will provide an integrated data set on 

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