26188 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 103 / Monday, June 1, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers, and 

Stockyards Administration 

Designation for Topeka, KS; Cedar 

Rapids, IA; Minot, ND; and Cincinnati, 

OH 

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): Kansas Grain 

Inspection Service, Inc. (Kansas); MidIowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa); 

Minot Grain Inspection, Inc. (Minot); 

and Tri-State Grain Inspection Service, 

Inc. (Tri-State). 

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Karen 

Guagliardo, Chief, Review Branch, 

Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 

1647–S, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email 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(b)). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

December 1, 2008, Federal Register (73 

FR 72762), GIPSA requested 

applications for designation to provide 

official services in the geographic area 

named above. Applications were due by 

January 2, 2009. 

Kansas, Mid-Iowa, Minot, and TriState were the sole applicants for 

designation to provide official services 

in the areas currently assigned to them, 

so GIPSA did not ask for additional 

comments on them. 

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 Kansas, 

Mid-Iowa, Minot, and Tri-State are able 

to provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the 

December 1, 2008, Federal Register, for 

which they applied. This designation 

action to provide official services in the 

specified area is effective July 1, 2009 

and terminates on June 30, 2012. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below. 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation 

start 

Designation 

end 

Kansas .............. Topeka, KS (785–233–7063); Additional Location(s): Colby, CO; Dodge City, KS; Hutchinson, KS; Kansas City, KS; Salina, KS; Wichita, KS; and Sidney, NE.7/1/2009 6/30/2012 

Mid-Iowa ........... Cedar Rapids, IA (319–363–0239); Additional Location(s): Clayton, IA and Clinton, IA ........ 7/1/2009 6/30/2012 

Minot ................. Minot, ND (701–838–1734) ...................................................................................................... 7/1/2009 6/30/2012 

Tri-State ............ Cincinnati, OH (513–251–6571) ............................................................................................... 7/1/2009 6/30/2012 

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 but may be renewed 

according to the criteria and procedures 

prescribed in section 7(f) of the Act. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

J. Dudley Butler, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers, and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–12634 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[FDMS Docket No. FSIS–2009–0005] 

International Standard-Setting 

Activities 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

of the sanitary and phytosanitary 

standard-setting activities of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in 

accordance with section 491 of the 

Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 

amended, and the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act, Public Law 103–465, 

108 Stat. 4809. This notice also provides 

a list of other standard-setting activities 

of Codex, including commodity 

standards, guidelines, codes of practice, 

and revised texts. This notice, which 

covers the time periods from June 1, 

2008, to May 31, 2009, and June 1, 2009, 

to May 31, 2010, seeks comments on 

standards under consideration and 

recommendations for new standards. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

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

the online instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

2534, South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2009–0005. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to comments 

received, go to the FSIS Docket Room at 

the address listed above between 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. 

Please state that your comments refer 

to Codex and, if your comments relate 

to specific Codex committees, please 

identify those committees in your 

comments and submit a copy of your 

comments to the delegate from that 

particular committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Stuck, United States Manager for 

Codex, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Office of the Under Secretary for Food 

Safety, Room 4861, South Agriculture 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700; 

Phone: (202) 205–7760; Fax: (202) 720– 

3157. 

USCodex@fsis.usda.gov. For 

information pertaining to particular 

committees, the delegate of that 

committee may be contacted. (A 

complete list of U.S. delegates and 

alternate delegates can be found in