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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 82, No. 170 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017 

1The PPQ Treatment Manual is available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/ 

manuals/index.shtml or by contacting the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant 

Protection and Quarantine, Manuals Unit, 92 

Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200, Frederick, MD 

21702. 

2To view the notice, the treatment evaluation 

document, and the comments we received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0049. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0049] 

Notice of Decision; Cold Treatment of 

Grapefruit From Australia 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to amend cold treatment 

schedule T107–d–3 in the Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Treatment 

Manual to include grapefruit from 

Australia. In a previous notice, we made 

available to the public for review and 

comment a treatment evaluation 

document that described the treatment 

schedule and explained why we have 

determined that it is effective at 

neutralizing certain target pests on 

grapefruit from Australia. 

DATES: The cold treatment schedule 

T107–d–3 will be authorized for use on 

grapefruit from Australia beginning 

September 5, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Imports, Regulations 

and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 7 CFR chapter III are 

intended to prevent the introduction or 

dissemination of plant pests and 

noxious weeds into or within the United 

States. Under the regulations, certain 

plants, fruits, vegetables, and other 

articles must be treated before they may 

be moved into the United States or 

interstate. The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in 7 CFR part 305 

(referred to below as the regulations) set 

out standards for treatments required in 

7 CFR parts 301, 318, and 319 for fruits, 

vegetables, and other articles. 

In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that 

approved treatment schedules are set 

out in the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1

Section 305.3 sets out the processes for 

adding, revising, or removing treatment 

schedules in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. In that section, paragraph (a) 

sets out the normal process for adding, 

revising, or removing treatment 

schedules. 

In accordance with § 305.3(a)(1), we 

published a notice 2 in the Federal 

Register on September 16, 2016 (81 FR 

63735–63736, Docket No. APHIS–2016– 

0049), in which we announced the 

availability of a treatment evaluation 

document (TED). The TED 

recommended amending treatment 

schedule T107–d–3 to extend its 

applicability to grapefruit from 

Australia. The treatment would 

effectively mitigate the pest risk from 

Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni 

(Froggatt)) and provide exporters with 

the option to have grapefruit from 

Australia cold-treated at 3 °C or below 

for 14 days to meet U.S. entry 

requirements. 

We solicited comments on the notice 

for 60 days ending on November 15, 

2016. We received two comments by 

that date. They were from a State plant 

protection agency and a foreign 

agriculture department. 

Both commenters were in favor of 

amending treatment schedule T107–d–3 

to include grapefruit from Australia. 

One commenter stated that it should be 

emphasized that the treatment is 

applicable only to fruit coming from 

areas free of Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Medfly, Ceratitis capitata 

(Weidemann)). 

We agree with the commenter and 

note that treatment schedule T107–d–3 

is approved for mitigation of 

Queensland fruit fly only. As treatment 

for Medfly requires a longer cold 

treatment to ensure mortality of all 

immature stages, T107–d–3 will apply 

only to fruit coming from Medfly-free 

areas of Australia. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 305.3(a)(2), we are 

amending the PPQ Treatment Manual 

and making available a new version of 

the manual that reflects this addition to 

T107–d–3. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 

2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

August 2017. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18703 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Proposed Posting, Posting, and 

Deposting of Stockyards 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: GIPSA is taking several 

actions to post and depost stockyards 

under the Packers and Stockyards Act 

(P&S Act). Specifically, we are 

proposing that 11 stockyards now 

operating subject to the P&S Act be 

posted. We are also posting seven 

stockyards that were identified 

previously as operating subject to the 

P&S Act and deposting two stockyards 

that no longer meet the definition of a 

stockyard. 

DATES: GIPSA will consider comments 

received by October 5, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: 

Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

2530–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

• Submit Comments using the 

Internet: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All comments should 

refer to the date and page number of this 

issue of the Federal Register. The 

comments and other documents relating 

to this action will be available for public 

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inspection during regular business 

hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Ash, Program Analyst, Litigation 

and Economic Analysis Division at 

(202) 720–0222 or Donna.A.Ash@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 P&S 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 11 stockyards meet the 

definition of a stockyard, and that we 

propose to designate these stockyards as 

posted stockyards. 

Proposed facility number Stockyard name and location 

FL–141 ............................................ Gulf Coast Livestock, Madison, Florida. 

KY–190 ........................................... Franklin Livestock Market, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky. 

LA–148 ............................................ Southwest Horse Sale, LLC, Bush, Louisiana. 

MS–182 ........................................... Trade Day Auction, LLC, Philadelphia, Mississippi. 

OK–219 ........................................... Watson’s Auction Service, Maud, Oklahoma. 

OK–220 ........................................... Daniel’s Hog and Goat Sale, Howe, Oklahoma. 

OK–221 ........................................... Glover Auction & Livestock, LLC, Lawton, Oklahoma. 

SC–165 ........................................... Willie Hester, d/b/a Willietakeit Auctions, Pelzer, South Carolina. 

TN–216 ........................................... Ricky Kepley, d/b/a Cumberland City Stockyards, Cumberland City, Tennessee. 

TN–217 ........................................... Dickson Horse Sale, Dickson, Tennessee. 

WV–119 .......................................... Parkersburg Livestock Market, Mineral Wells, West 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 October 17, 2016, we 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (81 FR, 71477–71479) of our 

proposal to post these seven stockyards. 

Since we received no comments to our 

proposal, we assigned the stockyards a 

facility number and notified the owner 

of the stockyard facilities. Posting 

notices were sent to the owner of the 

stockyard to display in public areas of 

the stockyard. The table below reflects 

the date of posting for each stockyard. 

Facility number Stockyard name and location Date of 

posting 

KY–189 ..................................... Blue Grass Stockyards of Albany, LLC, Albany, Kentucky ......................................................... 11/07/2016 

MS–181 .................................... Cattlemens Stockyard, LLC, West Point, Mississippi .................................................................. 11/07/2016 

NC–182 ..................................... Walton L. Standridge d/b/a Standridge Auction, Hamlet, North Carolina ................................... 11/07/2016 

NC–183 ..................................... Vale Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange, Shelby, 

North Carolina.

11/07/2016 

PA–164 ..................................... Nicholson Livestock Market, Factoryville, Pennsylvania ............................................................. 11/08/2016 

SD–173 ..................................... Kramer’s Auction, LLC, Colman, South Dakota .......................................................................... 11/14/2016 

TN–215 ..................................... Alexandria Stockyard, Inc., Alexandria, Tennesse ...................................................................... 11/08/2016 

Finally, we are notifying the public 

that the following stockyards no longer 

meet the definition of a stockyard and 

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 number Stockyard name and location Date posted 

MA–104 .................................... Crowley’s Commission Sales, Inc., Agawam, Massachusetts .................................................... 03/14/1972 

NB–146 ..................................... Kearney Livestock Market, Inc., Kearney, Nebraska ................................................................... 02/22/1938 

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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202. 

Randall D. Jones, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18637 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Designation for the Montana Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of designation. 

SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing the 

designation of the Montana Department 

of Agriculture (Montana) to provide 

official services under the United States 

Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as 

amended. 

DATES: July 1, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Jacob Thein, Compliance 

Officer, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 

10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas 

City, MO 64153. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Thein, 816–866–2223, 

Jacob.D.Thein@usda.gov or 

FGIS.QACD@usda.gov. 

Read Applications: All applications 

and comments are available for public 

inspection at the office above during 

regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(c)). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

April 17, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR 

18100), GIPSA requested applications 

for designation to provide official 

services in the geographic areas 

presently serviced by Montana. 

Applications were due by May 17, 2017. 

The current official agency, Montana, 

was the only applicant for designation 

to provide official services in these 

areas. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for 

additional comments. 

GIPSA evaluated the designation 

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

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

Montana is qualified to provide official 

services in the geographic area specified 

in the Federal Register on April 17, 

2017. This designation to provide 

official services in the specified area of 

Montana is effective July 1, 2017, to 

June 30, 2022. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by contacting this agency at the 

following telephone number: 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation 

start 

Designation 

end 

Montana ...................................................... Great Falls, MT, 406–444–3144 .................................................... 7/1/2017 6/30/2022 

Section 7(f) of the USGSA authorizes 

the Secretary 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)). 

Randall D. Jones, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18634 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Opportunity for Designation in the 

Memphis, Tennessee, Area; Request 

for Comments on the Official Agency 

Servicing This Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for 

designation. 

SUMMARY: The designation of the official 

agency listed below will end on March 

31, 2018. We are asking persons or 

governmental agencies interested in 

providing official services in the areas 

presently served by this agency to 

submit an application for designation. 

In addition, we are asking for comments 

on the quality of services provided by 

the following designated agency: 

Midsouth Grain Inspection Service 

(Midsouth). 

DATES: Applications and comments 

must be received by October 5, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications and 

comments concerning this notice using 

any of the following methods: 

• Applying for Designation on the 

Internet: Use FGISonline (https://

fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_

FGIS.aspx) and then click on the 

Delegations/Designations and Export 

Registrations (DDR) link. You will need 

to obtain an FGISonline customer 

number and USDA eAuthentication 

username and password prior to 

applying. 

• Submit Comments Using the 

Internet: Go to Regulations.gov (http://

www.regulations.gov). Instructions for 

submitting and reading comments are 

detailed on the site. 

• Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: 

Mark Wooden, Compliance Officer, 

USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 10383 

North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, 

MO 64153. 

• Fax: Mark Wooden, 816–872–1257. 

• Email: FGIS.QACD@usda.gov. 

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(c)). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Wooden, 816–659–8413 or 

FGIS.QACD@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

7(f) of the United States Grain Standards 

Act (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary 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)). Under section 7(g) of the 

USGSA, designations of official agencies 

are effective for no longer than five 

years, unless terminated by the 

Secretary, and may be renewed 

according to the criteria and procedures 

prescribed in section 7(f) of the USGSA. 

Areas Open for Designation 

Midsouth 

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

United States Grain Standards Act, the 

following geographic area in the States 

of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, 

and Texas is assigned to this official 

agency. 

In Arkansas 

The entire State of Arkansas. 

In Mississippi 

The entire State of Mississippi, except 

export port locations within the State, 

which are serviced by GIPSA. 

In Tennessee 

Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, 

Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, 

Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, 

McNairy, Shelby, and Tipton Counties. 

In Texas 

Bowie and Cass Counties. 

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