82 FR 30817 - Opportunity for Designation in the Essex, Illinois, 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 126 (July 3, 2017)

Page Range		30817-30817
FR Document		2017-13878

The designation of the official agency listed below will end on December 31, 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: Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee).

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Essex, Illinois, 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 December 31, 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: Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Kankakee).

DATES: Applications and comments must be received by August 2, 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 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

Kankakee

    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the United States Grain Standards 
Act, the following geographic area in the State of Illinois is assigned 
to this official agency.
In Illinois
    Bounded on the north by the northern Bureau County line; the 
northern LaSalle and Grundy County lines; the northern Will County line 
east-southeast to Interstate 57; bounded on the east by Interstate 57 
south to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 south to the Kankakee County 
line; bounded on the south by the southern Kankakee and Grundy County 
lines; the southern LaSalle County line west to State Route 17; State 
Route 17 west to U.S. Route 51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route 18; 
State Route 18 west to State Route 26; State Route 26 south to State 
Route 116; State Route 116 south to Interstate 74; Interstate 74 west 
to the western Peoria County line; and bounded on the west by the 
western Peoria and Stark County lines; the northern Stark County line 
east to State Route 40; State Route 40 north to the Bureau County line.

Opportunity for Designation

    Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for 
designation to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified above under the provisions of section 7(f) of the USGSA and 7 
CFR 800.196. Designation in the specified geographic area in Illinois 
is for the period beginning January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022. To 
apply for designation or to request more information, contact Jacob 
Thein at the address listed above.

Request for Comments

    We are publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to comment on the quality of services provided by the 
Kankakee 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.
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to contribute directly to the for comments on the quality of services to Interstate 57; bounded on the east by
improvement of program management. provided by the following designated Interstate 57 south to U.S. Route 52;
Feedback collected under this generic agency: Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. U.S. Route 52 south to the Kankakee
clearance will provide useful (Kankakee). County line; bounded on the south by
information, but it will not yield data DATES: Applications and comments the southern Kankakee and Grundy
that can be generalized to the overall must be received by August 2, 2017. County lines; the southern LaSalle
population. This type of generic ADDRESSES: Submit applications and County line west to State Route 17; State
clearance for qualitative information comments concerning this notice using Route 17 west to U.S. Route 51; U.S.
will not be used for quantitative any of the following methods: Route 51 north to State Route 18; State
information collections that are • Applying for Designation on the Route 18 west to State Route 26; State
designed to yield reliably actionable Internet: Use FGISonline (https:// Route 26 south to State Route 116; State
results, such as monitoring trends over fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_ Route 116 south to Interstate 74;
time or documenting program FGIS.aspx) and then click on the Interstate 74 west to the western Peoria
performance. Such data uses require Delegations/Designations and Export
more rigorous designs that address: The County line; and bounded on the west
Registrations (DDR) link. You will need by the western Peoria and Stark County
target population to which to obtain an FGISonline customer
generalizations will be made, the lines; the northern Stark County line
number and USDA eAuthentication
sampling frame, the sample design east to State Route 40; State Route 40
username and password prior to
(including stratification and clustering), north to the Bureau County line.
applying.
the precision requirements or power • Submit Comments Using the Opportunity for Designation
calculations that justify the proposed Internet: Go to Regulations.gov (http://
sample size, the expected response rate, www.regulations.gov). Instructions for Interested persons or governmental
methods for assessing potential non- submitting and reading comments are agencies may apply for designation to
response bias, the protocols for data detailed on the site. provide official services in the
collection, and any testing procedures • Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: geographic area specified above under
that were or will be undertaken prior Jacob Thein, Compliance Officer, USDA, the provisions of section 7(f) of the
fielding the study. Depending on the GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 10383 North USGSA and 7 CFR 800.196. Designation
degree of influence the results are likely Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO in the specified geographic area in
to have, such collections may still be 64153. Illinois is for the period beginning
eligible for submission for other generic • Fax: Jacob Thein, 816–872–1257. January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022.
mechanisms that are designed to yield • Email: FGIS.QACD@usda.gov.
Read Applications and Comments: To apply for designation or to request
quantitative results.
All applications and comments will be more information, contact Jacob Thein
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit; Not-for- available for public inspection at the at the address listed above.
profit Institutions and State, Local or office above during regular business Request for Comments
Tribal Government. hours (7 CFR 1.27(c)).
Number of Respondents: 100,000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We are publishing this notice to
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Jacob Thein, 816–866–2223 or provide interested persons the
On occasion. FGIS.QACD@usda.gov. opportunity to comment on the quality
Total Burden Hours: 50,000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section of services provided by the Kankakee
Charlene Parker, 7(f) of the United States Grain Standards official agency. In the designation
Departmental Information Collection Act (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary to process, we are particularly interested
Clearance Officer. designate a qualified applicant to in receiving comments citing reasons
[FR Doc. 2017–13976 Filed 6–30–17; 8:45 am] provide official services in a specified and pertinent data supporting or
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area after determining that the applicant objecting to the designation of the
is better able than any other applicant applicant. Submit all comments to Jacob
to provide such official services (7 Thein at the above address or at http://
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S.C. 79(f)). Under section 7(g) of the www.regulations.gov.
USGSA, designations of official agencies
We consider applications, comments,
Grain Inspection, Packers and are effective for no longer than five
and other available information when
Stockyards Administration years, unless terminated by the
determining which applicants will be
Secretary, and may be renewed
Opportunity for Designation in the according to the criteria and procedures designated.
Essex, Illinois, Area; Request for prescribed in section 7(f) of the USGSA. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Comments on the Official Agency
Servicing This Area Areas Open for Designation Randall D. Jones,
Kankakee Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Packers and Stockyards Administration.
Stockyards Administration, USDA. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the [FR Doc. 2017–13878 Filed 6–30–17; 8:45 am]
ACTION: Notice. United States Grain Standards Act, the
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Illinois is assigned to this official
agency listed below will end on agency.
December 31, 2017. We are asking
persons or governmental agencies In Illinois
interested in providing official services Bounded on the north by the northern
in the areas presently served by this Bureau County line; the northern
agency to submit an application for LaSalle and Grundy County lines; the
designation. In addition, we are asking northern Will County line east-southeast

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Applications and comments must be received by August 2, 2017.
Contact		Jacob Thein, 816-866-2223 or [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 30817

82 FR 30817 - Opportunity for Designation in the Essex, Illinois, Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREGrain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 126 (July 3, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration