20322 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 78 / Tuesday April 24, 2007 / Notices 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 1647–S, Washington, DC 

20250–3604. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All comments should 

make reference to the date and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Background Documents: Information 

collection package and other documents 

relating to this action will be available 

for public inspection in the above office 

during regular business hours. 

Read Comments: All comments will 

be available for public inspection in the 

above office during regular business 

hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the collection of 

information activities and the use of the 

information, contact Tess Butler (202) 

720–7486, or at the address listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress 

enacted the United States Grain 

Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71 et 

seq.) and the Agricultural Marketing Act 

(AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) 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. The Federal Grain Inspection 

Service (FGIS) of USDA’s Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration establishes policies, 

guidelines, and regulations to carry out 

the objectives of the USGSA and the 

AMA. Regulations appear at 7 CFR parts 

800, 801, and 802 for the USGSA and 

7 CFR part 868 for the AMA. 

The USGSA, with few exceptions, 

requires official certification 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 

promulgating the USGSA and AMA 

require specific information collection 

and recordkeeping necessary to carry 

out requests for official services. 

Applicants for service must specify the 

kind and level of service desired, 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 Act 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 Act to provide either 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 

performance of these agencies and 

provide technical guidance as needed. 

Official services under the AMA are 

performed, upon request, on a fee basis 

for domestic and export shipments 

either by FGIS employees, individual 

contractors, or cooperators. Contractors 

are persons who enter into a contract 

with FGIS to perform specified 

inspection services. Cooperators are 

agencies or departments of the Federal 

Government which have an interagency 

agreement, State agencies, or other 

entities which have a reimbursable 

agreement with FGIS. 

Title: Regulations Governing the 

National Inspection and Weighing 

System Under the USGSA and AMA of 

1946. 

OMB Number: 0580–0013. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The United States Grain 

Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.) and 

the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) provide that 

USDA inspect, certify and identify the 

class, quality, quantity and condition of 

agricultural products shipped or 

received in interstate and foreign 

commerce. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

and record keeping burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average .13 hours per response. 

Respondents: Grain producers, 

buyers, and sellers, elevator operators, 

grain merchandisers, and official grain 

inspection agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,617 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 142.12 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 159,151 hours 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the 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 forms of information 

technology. All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–7750 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Kentucky Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting with 

briefing of the Kentucky Advisory 

Committee to the Commission will 

convene at 1 p.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. 

on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at the 

University Club, University of 

Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. The 

purpose of the meeting is to receive a 

briefing on religious freedom for 

prisoners and a briefing on school 

desegregation in Kentucky and discuss 

plans for a project for the fiscal year. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

Southern Regional Office by June 8, 

2007. The address is 61 Forsyth Street, 

SW., Suite 18T40, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303. Persons wishing to e-mail their 

comments, or to present their comments 

verbally at the meeting, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

Peter Minarik, Ph.D., Regional Director, 


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Southern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights at (404) 

562–7000 [TDY 202–376–8116], or by email at pminarik@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Southern Regional Office at the 

above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, April 18, 2007. 

Ivy Davis, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E7–7698 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 14–2007) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 124 -- Gramercy, 

Louisiana, Application for Subzone, M–

I L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), 

Amelia, Louisiana 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Port of South Louisiana, 

grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone (FTZ) 

124, requesting special–purpose 

subzone status for the barite grinding 

and milling facilities of M–I L.L.C. (M–

I), located in Amelia, Louisiana. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign–Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed 

on April 16, 2007. 

The M–I facilities (40 acres, 58 

employees) are located at 2150 Highway 

662 N, in Amelia, adjacent to the 

Gramercy Customs and Border 

Protection port of entry. The M–I 

facilities are used for manufacturing, 

warehousing and distribution activities 

related to the grinding and milling of 

raw barite into ground barite (up to 

483,840 tons annually). Ground barite is 

used in the production of drilling fluids 

(drilling mud) and various specialty 

chemicals for use by the oil and gas 

exploration industry. M–I sources the 

majority of its raw barite from abroad. 

The duty rate on the imported raw 

barite is $1.25 per ton. 

This application requests authority for 

M–I to conduct the activity under FTZ 

procedures, which would exempt M–I 

from Customs duty payments on the 

barite used in export production. Less 

than 3 percent of production is 

exported. On domestic sales, the 

company could choose the lower duty 

rate (duty–free) that applies to the 

ground barite. M–I also anticipates 

realizing additional savings on materials 

that become scrap/waste during 

production. The application indicates 

that the FTZ–related savings would 

improve the plant’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed below. The closing period 

for their receipt is June 25, 2007. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period (to July 9, 

2007). 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

at each of the following addresses: Port 

of South Louisiana, 171 Belle Terre 

Blvd., P.O. Box 909, LaPlace, LA 70069; 

and, Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 

2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. For further 

information contact Christopher Kemp 

at christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or 

(202) 482–0862. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7784 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 15–2007) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 36 -- Galveston, 

Texas, Application for Subzone, M–I 

L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), 

Galveston, Texas 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Board of Trustees of the 

Galveston Wharves, grantee of Foreign–

Trade Zone (FTZ) 36, requesting 

special–purpose subzone status for the 

barite grinding and milling facilities of 

M–I L.L.C. (M–I), located in Galveston, 

Texas. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was 

formally filed on April 16, 2007. 

The M–I facilities (14 acres, 3 parcels, 

26 employees) are located at 4105 Old 

Port Industrial Boulevard, in Galveston, 

adjacent to the Houston Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. The M–

I facilities are used for manufacturing, 

warehousing and distribution activities 

related to the grinding and milling of 

raw barite into ground barite (currently 

approximately 280,000 tons annually, 

with future capacity of up to 

approximately 780,000 tons annually). 

Ground barite is used in the production 

of drilling fluids (drilling mud) and 

various specialty chemicals for use by 

the oil and gas exploration industry. M–

I sources the majority of its raw barite 

from abroad. The duty rate on the 

imported raw barite is $1.25 per ton. 

This application requests authority for 

M–I to conduct the activity under FTZ 

procedures, which would exempt M–I 

from Customs duty payments on the 

barite used in export production. Less 

than 3 percent of production is 

exported. On domestic sales, the 

company could choose the lower duty 

rate (duty–free) that applies to the 

ground barite. M–I also anticipates 

realizing additional savings on materials 

that become scrap/waste during 

production. The application indicates 

that the FTZ–related savings would 

improve the plant’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed below. The closing period 

for their receipt is June 25, 2007. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period (to July 9, 

2007). 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

at each of the following addresses: U.S. 

Department of Commerce Export 

Assistance Center, 15600 John F. 

Kennedy Blvd, Suite 530, Houston, TX 


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