Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 169 / Thursday, September 1, 2005 / Notices 52069 

Import Quota Manager, Import Policies 

and Programs Division, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs 

Service. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) 

provides that a fee will be charged for 

each license issued to a person or firm 

by the Licensing Authority in order to 

reimburse the Department of 

Agriculture for the costs of 

administering the licensing system 

under this regulation. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also 

provides that the Licensing Authority 

will announce the annual fee for each 

license and that such fee will be set out 

in a notice to be published in the 

Federal Register. Accordingly, this 

notice sets out the fee for the licenses to 

be issued for the 2006 calendar year. 

Notice 

The total cost to the Department of 

Agriculture of administering the 

licensing system during 2005 has been 

determined to be $383,000 and the 

estimated number of licenses expected 

to be issued is 2,550. Of the total cost, 

$210,000 represents staff and 

supervisory costs directly released to 

administering the licensing system for 

2005; $50,000 represents the total 

computer costs to monitor and issue 

import licenses for 2005; and $123,000 

represents other miscellaneous costs, 

including travel, postage, publications, 

forms, Internet software development, 

and ADP system contractors. 

Accordingly, notice is hereby given 

that the fee for each license issued to a 

person or firm for the 2006 calendar 

year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33, 

will be $150.00 per license. 

Issued at Washington, DC the 23rd day of 

August, 2005. 

Michael Hankin, 

Licensing Authority. 

[FR Doc. 05–17414 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold a 

meeting on September 20, 2005, at the 

North Tahoe Conference Center, 8318 N. 

Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, CA. This 

Committee, established by the Secretary 

of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 20, 2005, beginning at 1 p.m. 

and ending at 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the North Tahoe Conference Center, 

8318 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Trahey, Lake Tahoe Basin 

Management Unit, Forest Service, 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150, (530) 543–2643. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will meet jointly with the 

Lake Tahoe Basin Executives 

Committee. Items to be covered on the 

agenda include: (1) A Public Workshop 

co-hosted by the Tahoe Regional 

Planning Agency; and (2) and an update 

on the Southern Nevada Public Land 

Management Act Process. All Lake 

Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 

any written comments to the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the 

contact address stated above. 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Tyrone Kelley, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 05–17407 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[05–01–S] 

Designation for Aberdeen (SD), 

Decatur (IL), Hastings (NE), Clinton 

(IA), Missouri, South Carolina, and 

Wisconsin Areas, and Amendment to 

the Eastern Iowa (IA) Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 

announces designation of the following 

organizations to provide official services 

under the United States Grain Standards 

Act, as amended (Act): Aberdeen Grain 

Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); Decatur 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); 

Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. 

(McCrea); Missouri Department of 

Agriculture (Missouri); South Carolina 

Department of Agriculture (South 

Carolina); and Eastern Iowa Grain 

Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. 

(Eastern Iowa). The designation of 

Eastern Iowa has been amended to 

include the area formerly designated to 

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 

Trade and Consumer Protection, 

excluding the export locations delegated 

to Wisconsin. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet M. Hart at (202) 720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

In the March 1, 2005 Federal Register 

(70 FR 9911), GIPSA asked persons 

interested in providing official services 

in the geographic areas assigned to the 

official agencies named above to submit 

an application for designation. 

Applications were due by April 1, 2005. 

Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, 

Missouri, and South Carolina, 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. 

There were two applicants for the 

Wisconsin area: Wisconsin Department 

of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer 

Protection (Wisconsin) and Eastern 

Iowa. Wisconsin applied for designation 

to provide official services in the entire 

state of Wisconsin which was currently 

assigned to them. Eastern Iowa also 

applied for designation in all or part of 

the area currently assigned to 

Wisconsin. 

GIPSA asked for comments on the 

applicants for providing service in the 

Wisconsin area in the June 1, 2005, 

Federal Register (70 FR 31417). 

Comments were due by July 1, 2005. 

GIPSA received one favorable comment 

supporting Eastern Iowa from a 

customer in Wisconsin. Wisconsin 

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subsequently withdrew their 

application for designation. 

GIPSA evaluated all available 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act 

and, according to Section 7(f)(l)(B), 

determined that Aberdeen, Decatur, 

Eastern Iowa, Hastings, McCrea, 

Missouri, and South Carolina, are able 

to provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the March 

1, 2005, Federal Register, for which 

they applied. These designation actions 

to provide official inspection services 

are effective October 1, 2005, and 

terminate September 30, 2008, for 

Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, 

Missouri and South Carolina. For 

Eastern Iowa, the designation term is 

concurrent with their present 

designation, which began April 1, 2004, 

and terminates March 31, 2007. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below. 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation term 

Aberdeen ..................................... Aberdeen, SD; (605) 225–8432; Additional location: Mitchell, SD ........................... 10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

Decatur ........................................ Decatur, IL; (217) 429–2466 ...................................................................................... 10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

Eastern Iowa ............................... Davenport, IA; (563) 322–7149; Additional locations: Dubuque and Muscatine, IA, 

Gulfport, IL, Beloit, WI.

4/1/2004–3/31/2007 

Hastings ...................................... Hastings, NE; (402) 462–4254; Additional location: Grand Island, NE .................... 10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

McCrea ........................................ Clinton, IA; (563) 242–2073 ....................................................................................... 10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

Missouri ....................................... Jefferson City, MO; (573) 751–5515; Additional locations: Kansas City, Laddonia,

Marshall, New Madrid, and St. Joseph, MO.

10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

South Carolina ............................ Columbia, SC; (843) 296–7522 ................................................................................. 10/1/2005–9/30/2008 

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867, 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.). 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–17270 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[05–03–A] 

Opportunity for Designation in the 

Jamestown (ND), Lincoln (NE), 

Memphis (TN), Omaha (NE), and Sioux 

City (IA), Areas, Request for 

Comments on the Official Agencies 

Serving These Areas, and Amendment 

to the Sioux City (IA) Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The designations of the 

official agencies listed below will end in 

March 2006. Grain Inspection, Packers 

and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 

is asking persons interested in providing 

official services in the areas served by 

these agencies to submit an application 

for designation. GIPSA is also asking for 

comments on the quality of services 

provided by these currently designated 

agencies: Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(Jamestown); Lincoln Inspection 

Service, Inc. (Lincoln); Midsouth Grain 

Inspection Service (Midsouth); Omaha 

Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha); 

and Sioux City Inspection and Weighing 

Service Company (Sioux City). The 

designation of Sioux City has been 

amended to include the former Fort 

Dodge, Iowa, area. 

DATES: Applications and comments 

must be postmarked or electronically 

dated on or before October 3, 2005. 

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 

Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission 

to (202) 690–2755, attention: Janet M. 

Hart. 

• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov. 

• Mail: Send hardcopy to Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

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: 

Janet M. Hart at (202) 720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512π1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this Action. 

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

Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 

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. 

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides 

that designations of official agencies 

shall terminate not later than triennially 

and may be renewed according to the 

criteria and procedures prescribed in 

Section 7(f) of the Act. 

1. Current Designations Being 

Announced for Renewal 

For Jamestown, main office in 

Jamestown, North Dakota; Lincoln, main 

office in Lincoln, Nebraska; Midsouth, 

main office in Memphis, Tennessee; 

Omaha, main office in Omaha, 

Nebraska; and Sioux City, main office in 

Sioux City, Iowa; the current 

designations started April 1, 2003 and 

will end March 31, 2006. Sioux City 

amended their designation due to the 

purchase of the formerly designated 

corporation, A.V. Tischer and Son, Inc., 

main office in Fort Dodge, Iowa, 

effective September 1, 2005. 

a. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the 

Act, the following geographic area, in 

the State of North Dakota, is assigned to 

Jamestown. 

Bounded on the North by Interstate 94 

east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85 

north to State Route 200; State Route 

200 east to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83 

southeast to State Route 41; State Route 

41 north to State Route 200; State Route 

200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3 

north to the northern Wells County line, 

the northern Wells and Eddy County 

lines east; the eastern Eddy County line 

south to the northern Griggs County 

line; the northern Griggs county line 

east to State Route 32; 

Bounded on the East by State Route 

32 south to State Route 45; State Route 

45 south to State Route 200; State Route 

200 west to State Route 1; State Route