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Vol. 75, No. 167 

Monday, August 30, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Designation for the Amarillo, TX; Cairo, 

IL; State of Louisiana; State of North 

Carolina; Belmond, IA; State of New 

Jersey; and State of New York Areas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the 

designation of the following 

organizations to provide official services 

under the United States Grain Standards 

Act, as amended (USGSA): Amarillo 

Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo); Cairo 

Grain Inspection Agency, Inc. (Cairo); 

Louisiana Department of Agriculture 

and Forestry (Louisiana); North Carolina 

Department of Agriculture (North 

Carolina); and D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. 

(Schaal). 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Karen W. Guagliardo, 

Branch Chief, Review Branch, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

STOP 3604, Room 1647–S, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen W. Guagliardo, 202–720–8262 or 

Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

Read Applications: All applications 

and comments will be available for 

public inspection at the office above 

during regular business hours (7 CFR 

1.27(c)). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

March 31, 2010, Federal Register (75 FR 

16068), GIPSA requested applications 

for designation to provide official 

services in the geographic areas 

presently serviced by the agencies 

named above. Applications were due by 

April 30, 2010. GIPSA received no 

applications for the areas presently 

serviced by Amarillo, Cairo, and North 

Carolina and subsequently requested 

applications for these areas in the June 

25, 2010, Federal Register (75 FR 

36348). Applications for this 

announcement were due by July 26, 

2010. 

Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North 

Carolina, and Schaal were the sole 

applicants for designations to provide 

official services in these areas. As a 

result, GIPSA did not ask for additional 

comments. 

GIPSA evaluated all available 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in section 7(f)(l) of the USGSA 

(7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that 

Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North 

Carolina, and Schaal are qualified to 

provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the March 

31, 2010, and June 25, 2010, Federal 

Register for which they applied. These 

designation actions to provide official 

services in the specified areas are 

effective October 1, 2010, and terminate 

on September 30, 2013. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below: 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation 

start 

Designation 

end 

Amarillo ..................... Amarillo, TX (806–372–2152) ........................................................................................ 10/1/2010 9/30/2013 

Additional Location: Guymon, OK.

Cairo ......................... Cairo, IL (618–734–1316) .............................................................................................. 10/1/2010 9/30/2013 

Louisiana .................. Baton Rouge, LA (318–428–5453) ................................................................................ 10/1/2010 9/30/2013 

Additional Locations: Jonesville, Oak Grove, Opelousas, LA.

North Carolina .......... Raleigh, NC (919–733–4491) ........................................................................................

Additional Location: Elizabeth City, NC. 

10/1/2010 9/30/2013 

Schaal ....................... Belmond, IA (641–444–7292) ........................................................................................ 10/1/2010 9/30/2013 

Section 7(f)(1) of the 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)). 

Under section 7(g)(1) of the USGSA, 

designations of official agencies are 

effective for 3 years unless terminated 

by the Secretary; however, designations 

may be renewed according to the 

criteria and procedures prescribed in 

section 7(f) of the Act. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

Marianne Plaus, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21456 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to Horticultural Research 

Institute, Inc. of Washington, DC, an 

exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 

7,066,995, ‘‘Compositions and Films 

Comprised of Avian Feather Keratin,’’ 

issued on June 27, 2006. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 


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