82 FR 24672 - Opportunity for Designation in the Hastings Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 102 (May 30, 2017)

The designation of the official agency listed below will end on September 30, 2017. 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: Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. (Hastings).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24672-24673]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10988]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Hastings Area; Request for 
Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The designation of the official agency listed below will end 
on September 30, 2017. 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: Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Hastings).

DATES: Applications and comments must be received by June 29, 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: Jacob Thein, Compliance 
Officer, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas 
City, MO 64153.
     Fax: Jacob Thein, 816-872-1257.
     Email: [email protected].
    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: Jacob Thein, 816-866-2223 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 79(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 79(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 
79(f) of the USGSA.

Areas Open for Designation

Hastings

    Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area in the State of Nebraska is assigned to this official agency.
In Nebraska
    Bounded on the north by the northern Nebraska State line from the 
western Sioux County line east to the eastern Knox County line; bounded 
on the east by the eastern and southern Knox County lines; the eastern 
Antelope County line; the northern Madison County line east to U.S. 
Route 81; U.S. Route 81 south to the southern Madison County line; the 
southern Madison County line; the eastern Boone, Nance, and Merrick 
County lines; the Platte River southwest; the eastern Hamilton County 
line; the northern and eastern Fillmore County lines; the southern 
Fillmore County line west to U.S. Route 81; U.S. Route 81 south to 
State Highway 8; State Highway 8 west to the County Road 1 mile west of 
U.S. Route 81; the County Road south to the southern Nebraska State 
line; bounded on the south by the southern Nebraska State line, from 
the County Road 1 mile west of U.S. Route 81, west to the western Dundy 
County line; and bounded on the west by the western Dundy, Chase, 
Perkins, and Keith County lines; the southern and western Garden County 
lines; the southern Morrill County line west to U.S. Route 385; U.S. 
Route 385 north to the southern Box Butte County line; the southern and 
western Sioux County lines north to the northern Nebraska State line.
    The following grain elevators are part of this geographic area 
assignment. In Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc.'s area: Farmers 
Coop, Big Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska; and Big Springs Elevator, 
Big Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska. In Fremont Grain Inspection 
Department, Inc.'s area: Huskers Cooperative Grain Company, Columbus, 
Platte County, Nebraska.

Opportunity for Designation

    Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for 
designation to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified above under

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the provisions of section 79(f) of the USGSA and 7 CFR 800.196. 
Designation in the specified geographic area in Nebraska is for the 
period beginning October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2022. To apply for 
designation or to request more information, contact Jacob Thein at the 
address listed above or visit GIPSA's Web site at (https://fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_FGIS.aspx).

Request for Comments

    We are publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to comment on the quality of services provided by the 
Hastings official agency. In the designation process, we are 
particularly interested in receiving comments citing reasons and 
pertinent data supporting or objecting to the designation of the 
applicant. Submit all comments to Jacob Thein at the above address or 
at http://www.regulations.gov.
    We consider applications, comments, and other available information 
when determining which applicants will be designated.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-10988 Filed 5-26-17; 8:45 am]
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