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BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Opportunity for Designation in the Owensboro, Kentucky, Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The designation of the official agency listed below will end on March 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: J.W. Barton Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton). DATES: Applications and comments must be received by April 21, 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* . 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 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 Barton Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the United States Grain Standards Act, the following geographic area in the States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee is assigned to this official agency. In Indiana Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jennings, Jefferson, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Scott, Spencer, and Washington Counties. In Kentucky Bounded on the north by the northern Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, Meade, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble, and Carroll County lines; bounded on the east by the eastern Carroll, Henry, Franklin, Scott, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford, Anderson, Nelson, Larue, Hart, Barren, and Allen County lines; bounded on the south by the southern Allen and Simpson County lines; and bounded on the west by the western Simpson and Warren County lines; the southern Butler and Muhlenberg County lines; the Muhlenberg County line west to the Western Kentucky Parkway; the Western Kentucky Parkway west to State Route 109; State Route 109 north to State Route 814; State Route 814 north to U.S. Route Alternate 41; U.S. Route Alternate 41 north to the Webster County line; the northern Webster County line; the western McLean and Daviess County lines. In Tennessee Bounded on the north by the northern Tennessee State line from Sumner County east; bounded on the east by the eastern Tennessee State line southwest; bounded on the south by the southern Tennessee State line west to the western Giles County line; and bounded on the west by the western Giles, Maury, and Williamson County lines North; the northern Williamson County line east; the western Rutherford, Wilson, and Sumner County lines north. Opportunity for Designation Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for designation to provide official services in the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of section 79(f) of the USGSA and 7 CFR 800.196. Designation in the specified geographic areas in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee is for the period beginning April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022. To apply for designation or to request more information, contact Mark Wooden 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 Barton 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 Mark Wooden 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. 2017-05616 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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- 7 CFR 1.27(c)
- 7 CFR 800.196
- 7 USC 71-87k
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