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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: The Grain Inspection, Packers 

and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 

is taking several actions to post and 

depost stockyards under the Packers 

and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). 

Specifically, we are proposing that 23 

stockyards now operating subject to the 

P&S Act be posted. We are posting 12 

stockyards that were identified 

previously as operating subject to the 

Act. Eleven other facilities, however, 

were not posted because they were 

found to be abandoned or no longer 

functioning as a stockyard and no longer 

operating subject to the P&S Act. 

Finally, we are deposting 19 stockyards 

that can no longer be used as 

stockyards. 

DATES: For the proposed posting of 

stockyards, we will consider comments 

that we receive by May 5, 2009. 

For the deposted stockyards, the 

deposting is effective on April 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• E–Mail: comments.gipsa@usda.gov. 

• Mail: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

1654–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

• Fax: (202) 690–2755. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: H. Tess 

Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

1654–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

• Internet: 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 P&S Act of 1921 (7 

U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 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 enclosures, 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 of Agriculture 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. Once the 

Secretary provides notice to the 

stockyard owner and the public, the 

stockyard is 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. 

To post a stockyard, we assign the 

stockyard a facility number, notify the 

stockyard owner, and send an official 

posting notice to the stockyard owner to 

display in a public area of the stockyard. 

This process is referred to as ‘‘posting.’’ 

The date of posting is the date that the 

posting notices are physically displayed 

at the stockyard. A facility that does not 

meet the definition of a stockyard is not 

subject to the Act, and therefore cannot 

be posted. A posted stockyard can be 

deposted, which occurs when the 

facility is no longer used as a stockyard. 

We are hereby notifying stockyard 

owners and the public that the 

following 23 stockyards meet the 

definition of a stockyard, and that we 

propose to designate these stockyards as 

posted stockyards. 

Proposed facility no. Stockyard name and location 

AL–197 ........................................................................................ Screamer 5L Auction, Abberville, Alabama. 

AR–182 ........................................................................................ R. Tucker, LLC, dba Madison County Livestock Auction, Inc., Huntsville, Arkansas. 

KS–209 ........................................................................................ Lyon County Livestock Sales & Services, LLC, dba Admire Livestock Auction, 

Admire, Kansas. 

KY–182 ........................................................................................ Cattlemen’s Livestock Market, LLC, Rockfield, Kentucky. 

KY–183 ........................................................................................ Mill’s 31–E Auction Center, Scottsville, Kentucky. 

KY–184 ........................................................................................ Blue Grass South Livestock Market, LLC, Stanford, Kentucky. 

MI–151 ......................................................................................... Tom Moore Sales, Onsted, Michigan. 

MI–152 ......................................................................................... United Producers, Inc., St. Louis, Michigan. 

MI–153 ......................................................................................... United Producers, Inc., Manchester, Michigan. 

MI–154 ......................................................................................... United Producers, Inc., Cass City, Michigan. 

NC–178 ........................................................................................ Taylorsville Lions Club Alexander County Fair, Taylorsville, North Carolina. 

NC–179 ........................................................................................ Edward Johnson Auctioneers, Inc., dba Johnson’s Cattle Auction, Canton, 

North Carolina. 

NM–124 ....................................................................................... Cow House Auction, Kirtland, New Mexico. 

OH–153 ....................................................................................... Larue Horse Sale, LLC, LaRue, Ohio. 

OK–215 ........................................................................................ Old Goat Enterprises, LLC, dba Countryside Auction, Chandler, Oklahoma. 

TN–200 ........................................................................................ Longhorn Auction Company and Livestock Sales, Mountain City, Tennessee. 

TN–201 ........................................................................................ James Linville, dba Scotts Hill Stockyard, Scotts Hill, Tennessee. 

TN–202 ........................................................................................ Tennessee Livestock Producers, Inc., Columbia, Tennessee. 

TX–351 ........................................................................................ Great Western Auctions, LLC, Magnolia, Texas. 

TX–352 ........................................................................................ Texas Cattle Exchange, Inc., Eastland, Texas. 

TX–353 ........................................................................................ Elkhart Horse Center, Elkhart, Texas. 

TX–354 ........................................................................................ Marion County Stockyards, Jefferson, Texas. 

VA–164 ........................................................................................ Victoria Livestock Market, Victoria, Virginia. 

We are also notifying the public that 

the stockyards listed in the following 

table meet the P&S Act’s definition of a 

stockyard and that we have posted the 

stockyards. On March 26, 2008, we 

published a notice in the Federal 


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Register (70 FR 15969–15970) of our 

proposal to post these 12 stockyards. 

Since we received no comments to our 

proposal, we have now assigned the 

stockyards a facility number, notified 

the owner of the stockyard facilities, 

and sent notices to the owner of the 

stockyard to be displayed in public 

areas of the stockyard. The table below 

reflects the date of posting for each 

stockyard. 

Facility No. Stockyard name and location Date of posting 

AL–196 ..................................................... Clay County Goat & Poultry Auction, Goodwater, Alabama ..................................... July 11, 2008. 

AR–172 ..................................................... G.P. Rivers, dba Rivers Horse Center, Lewisville, Arkansas .................................... July 21, 2008. 

AR–180 ..................................................... King Livestock Goat and Sheep Auction, North Lonoke, Arkansas .......................... July 16, 2008. 

CO–156 .................................................... Western Slope Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, LLC, Loma, Colorado ..................... July 11, 2008. 

GA–231 ..................................................... Thomas County Stockyards, Inc., Thomasville, Georgia ........................................... July 7, 2008. 

MS–176 .................................................... Cuevas Auction, Picayune, Mississippi ...................................................................... July 10, 2008. 

NY–176 ..................................................... Howard W. Visscher, Hilltop Dairy Auction, Savannah, New York ........................... July 16, 2008. 

SC–162 ..................................................... Claxton’s Auction Co., LLC, Ruffin, South Carolina .................................................. July 16, 2008. 

TN–197 ..................................................... Jimmy Brown, dba JB Livestock Auction, Gleason, Tennessee ............................... July 16, 2008. 

TN–198 ..................................................... Wallace P. Mitchell, dba Mitchell’s Trade Center & Auctions, Inc., Castalian 

Springs, Tennessee.

July 21, 2008. 

TX–350 ..................................................... Hereford Livestock Exchange, Hereford, Texas ........................................................ July 11, 2008. 

VA–148 ..................................................... Blythe Livestock, LLC, Courtland, Virginia ................................................................. July 15, 2008. 

We are further notifying the public 

that the following facilities, which met 

the definition of a stockyard previously, 

were not posted. We published notices 

proposing to post these 11 stockyards in 

the Federal Register on July 25, 2005, 

(70 FR 42532–42533); April 5, 2006 (71 

FR 17071–17072); and March 26, 2008, 

(73 FR 15969–15970) respectively, 

however, the facilities were not posted 

because they no longer meet the 

definition of a stockyard. The facilities 

were either abandoned or underwent a 

change such that they no longer 

function as stockyards. 

Proposed facility No. Facility name and location 

AL–195 ........................................................................................................ R&S Auctions, Clayton, Alabama. 

AR–178 ........................................................................................................ B–B Livestock Auction & Sales, Inc., Beebe, Arkansas. 

FL–138 ........................................................................................................ Col. Jerry Colvin, dba C.J. Auctions, Lamont, Florida. 

IN–167 ......................................................................................................... Northern Indiana Collection Point, LLC, Shipshewana, Indiana. 

KY–180 ........................................................................................................ Southern Kentucky Livestock Market, Inc., Rockfield, Kentucky. 

KY–181 ........................................................................................................ Wigwam Livestock Market, Inc., Horse Cave, Kentucky. 

MO–288 ....................................................................................................... CRS Sales, LLC, Highlandville, Missouri. 

TN–196 ........................................................................................................ Country Horse Sales, LLC, Westmoreland, Tennessee. 

TN–199 ........................................................................................................ Middle Tennessee Sheep and Goat Sale, LLC, Dickson, Tennessee. 

WI–150 ........................................................................................................ Turenne Livestock Market, Thorp, Wisconsin. 

WV–120 ....................................................................................................... Meadow View Farm, Thornton, West, Virginia. 

Finally, we are notifying the public 

that the following 19 stockyards no 

longer meet the definition of a stockyard 

and they are being deposted. We depost 

stockyards when the facility can no 

longer be used as a stockyard. The 

reasons a facility can no longer be used 

as a stockyard may include the 

following: (1) The market agency has 

moved and the posted facility is 

abandoned; (2) the facility has been torn 

down or otherwise destroyed, such as 

by fire; (3) the facility is dilapidated 

beyond repair; or (4) the facility has 

been converted and its function has 

changed. 

Facility No. Stockyard name and location Date posted 

AR–105 .................................................. B–B Livestock Sales, Incorporated ....................................................................... February 16, 1959. 

AR–131 .................................................. Morrilton Livestock Auction, Morrilton, Arkansas ................................................. September 30, 1959. 

AZ–116 .................................................. Arizona Livestock Auction, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona ............................................... May 13, 1997. 

CO–152 ................................................. Garfield Livestock Market, Inc., Silt, Colorado ..................................................... February 25, 1986. 

ID–114 ................................................... Custer County Livestock Marketing Association, Inc., MacKay, Idaho ................ August 22, 1961. 

KS–108 .................................................. Cedar Vale Sale Barn, Inc., Cedar Vale, Kansas ................................................ May 26, 1959. 

KS–113 .................................................. Coldwater Livestock Sales Co., Inc., Coldwater, Kansas .................................... April 12, 1950. 

KS–137 .................................................. Great Bend Livestock Sales, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas ...................................... April 18, 1950. 

KS–145 .................................................. Hutchinson Livestock Commission Co., Inc., Hutchinson, Kansas ...................... April 10, 1950. 

KS–169 .................................................. Onaga Livestock Auction, Inc., Wheaton, Kansas ............................................... May 27, 1959. 

KS–172 .................................................. Franklin County Livestock Commission Co., Ottawa, Kansas ............................. February 12, 1963. 

KS–186 .................................................. Smith Center Livestock Auction, Smith Center, Kansas ...................................... October 23, 1957. 

MO–100 ................................................. South Central Stockyards, LLC, Alton, Missouri .................................................. April 21, 1960. 

MO–152 ................................................. Licking Livestock Auction, Licking, Missouri ......................................................... May 15, 1959. 

TX–280 .................................................. Weatherford Stockyards Company, Mineral Wells, Texas ................................... August 12, 1960. 

UT–112 .................................................. Spanish Fork Livestock Auction, Co., Spanish Fork, Utah .................................. October 24, 1959. 

VA–133 .................................................. Smithfield Livestock, Inc., Smithfield, Virginia ...................................................... March 9, 1959. 

VA–144 .................................................. Abingdon Stockyard Exchange, Inc., dba Wytheville Stockyard, Wytheville, Virginia.March 4, 1959. 

VA–149 .................................................. Central Virginia Livestock Market, Inc., Amherst, Virginia ................................... April 13, 1976. 


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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. 

Alan R. Christian, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–9012 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plan; Kaibab National 

Forest; Arizona 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Initiation to revise the 

Kaibab National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service is revising 

the Kaibab National Forest’s Land and 

Resource Management Plan (hereafter 

referred to as the forest plan). This 

notice describes the documents 

available for review and how to obtain 

them; summarizes the need to change 

the forest plan; provides information 

concerning public participation and 

collaboration, including the process for 

submitting comments; provides an 

estimated schedule for the planning 

process, including the time available for 

comments; and includes names and 

addresses for agency officials who can 

provide additional information. 

DATES: Revision formally begins with 

the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Many public 

comments regarding forest plan revision 

have already been received at public 

meetings and through e-mail, phone 

calls, and letters. Comments on the need 

for change and Comprehensive 

Evaluation Report (CER) will be of most 

value to the Forest Service if received by 

June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Kaibab National Forest, Attention: 

Forest Plan Revision Team, 800 S. 6th 

St., Williams, Arizona 86046; via e-mail 

to comments-southwesternkaibab@fs.fed.us; or via facsimile to 

(928) 635–8208, with ‘‘Forest Plan 

Revision’’ in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ariel Leonard, Assistant Forest Planner 

at (928) 635–8283 or e-mail: 

aleonard@fs.fed.us. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Documents Available for Review 

The Comprehensive Evaluation 

Report (CER) evaluated how 

management under the current forest 

plan is affecting the current conditions 

and trends related to sustainability. It 

was developed by integrating 

information from the Ecological and the 

Socio-Economic Sustainability Reports. 

The CER considered the key findings 

from these two reports and used them 

to identify where the conditions and 

trends indicated a need for change in 

the current forest plan. These 

documents are available for review and 

are located on the forest’s Web site at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/kai/planrevision/or by request. 

Need for Change 

The CER and subsequent Management 

Review identified four priority topics 

that will serve to focus the scope of this 

plan revision. These topics reflect the 

priority needs and potential changes in 

program direction that will be 

emphasized in the development of 

forest plan components: 

1. Modify stand structure and density 

towards reference conditions and 

restore historic fire regimes. The 

multiple ecological, social, and 

economic benefits of reducing the risk 

of uncharacteristic fires made this a 

primary area of focus. Specific tasks 

include identifying desired conditions 

for forested ecosystems on the Kaibab 

National Forest (KNF) consistent with 

the regionally-developed desired 

conditions and setting treatment 

objectives for wildland-urban interface 

(WUI) and non-WUI areas. 

2. Protect and regenerate aspen. The 

important role that aspen plays in 

providing local habitat diversity and 

scenery, combined with the widespread 

aspen decline in the Southwest, made 

the protection and regeneration of aspen 

a priority. Aspen will be addressed 

within the context of the desired 

conditions where it occurs. 

3. Protect seeps, springs, ephemeral 

wetlands, and North Canyon Creek. The 

current forest plan offers little guidance 

for managing these rare and ecologically 

important resources. Actions to protect 

these natural waters are relatively 

inexpensive, easy to accomplish, and 

provide important ecological and social 

benefits. 

4. Restore grasslands by reducing tree 

encroachment in grasslands and 

meadows. Grasslands are much less 

abundant than they were historically, 

which reduces the amount of available 

habitat for grassland-associated species. 

The subalpine/montane grasslands on 

the North Kaibab Ranger District are 

linear and as a result are at a higher risk 

of loss because trees encroach more 

quickly. There is a need to develop 

desired conditions and set objectives for 

all grassland ecosystems on the KNF. 

Currently, these are lacking in the 

existing forest plan. 

There are other topics that need to be 

addressed with this plan revision. In 

addition to the priority needs for change 

topics above, the plan revision process 

will develop consistent, efficient, and 

scientifically-based plan components to 

provide direction for: 

• Management response in the years 

immediately following large disturbance 

events. 

• Managing energy corridors, 

renewable energy development requests, 

mining exploration and development, 

travel management implementation, 

special-use management, and special 

forest products collection. 

• Managing for a balanced range of 

recreation opportunities, within the 

limits of the administrative and resource 

capacity. 

Additionally, the Forest Service will 

review the results of the Wilderness 

Needs Assessment and the eligibility of 

Kanab Creek as a Wild and Scenic River. 

Where necessary, further evaluation will 

be conducted to consider and 

recommend potential wilderness, and to 

develop plan components in support of 

Wilderness management. Other needs 

for change have been and will continue 

to be identified. These may be 

addressed in the proposed plan, or 

incorporated into the plan in the future 

as amendments. Forest plans are 

intended to be adaptive, and an update 

to the CER will be prepared at least 

every five years. This iterative process 

facilitates the incorporation of new 

information and needs for change into 

the forest plan. 

Public Participation and Opportunity to 

Comment 

The revision process is designed to 

provide continued opportunities for 

public collaboration and open 

participation in the development of the 

revised forest plan. Additional 

information on the process, documents 

being produced, and public 

participation opportunities can be found 

on the Kaibab National Forest plan 

revision Web site at: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r3/kai/planrevision/. The 

Forest Service is seeking public 

comments on the need for change 


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