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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Advisory Committee Meeting
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee
meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, this
constitutes notice of the upcoming
meeting of the Grain Inspection
Advisory Committee (‘‘the Committee’’).
DATES: May 3, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;
and May 4, 2005, 7:30 a.m. to Noon.
ADDRESSES: The Advisory Committee
meeting will take place at the Embassy
Suites Hotel, Kansas City Plaza, 220
West 43rd Street, Kansas City, MO.
Requests to address the Committee at
the meeting or written comments may
be sent to: Deputy Administrator,
GIPSA, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
3614, Washington, DC 20250–3614.
Requests and comments may also be
Faxed to (202) 690–2755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Terri Henry, (202) 205–8281
(telephone); (202) 690–2755 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the Committee is to provide
advice to the Administrator of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration with respect to the
implementation of the U.S. Grain
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
The agenda will include a status
report on the reauthorization of the U.S.
Grain Standards Act, financial update of
grain inspection user fee programs, next
steps concerning the potential
outsourcing of rice inspection,
restructuring the oversight of the official
agencies, preliminary review of revised
quality assurance procedures, status of
designating private companies in South
Texas and California to provide
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inspection services, new requirements
for inspecting grain exported in
containers, review of pros and cons to
using a single instruction to measure
both moisture and test weight per
bushel, and other general Agency issues.
For a copy of the agenda please
contact Terri Henry, (202) 205–8281
(telephone); (202) 690–2755 (facsimile)
or by e-mail Terri.L.Henry@usda.gov.
Public participation will be limited to
written statements, unless permission is
received from the Committee Chairman
to orally address the Committee. The
meeting will be open to the public.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication of
program information or related
accommodations should contact Terri
Henry, at the telephone number listed
above.
David Orr,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of Inspector General
Succession and Delegations of
Authority
Office of Inspector General,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On July 19, 2004, USDA
Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong,
pursuant to authority vested in her by
the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5
U.S.C. 3345–3349d) and the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3),
issued IG–1313, Change 6, Succession
and Delegations of Authority. This
directive is a revised Succession and
Delegations of Authority for the Office
of Inspector General. This directive has
been revised to show the lines of
succession and delegation and clarifies
procedures to be followed in the event
the Office of Inspector General (OIG)
headquarters must be relocated. This
directive provides guidance on the
transfer of functions and duties of the
Inspector General (IG), as well as other
OIG central management functions,
regardless of what events necessitate
such transfer.
DATES: This notice is effective June 6,
2005.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David R. Gray, Counsel to the Inspector
General, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 41–W, Washington,
DC 20250–2308, Telephone: (202) 720–
9110, Facsimile: (202) 690–1528, e-mail:
drgray@oig.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OIG
proposes revising the Succession and
Delegations of Authority for the Office
of Inspector General by publishing a
detailed sequence of succession within
the Washington, DC headquarters,
followed by a detailed sequence of
succession by Region and position, i.e.,
Regional Inspector General (RIG) and
Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC), for each
OIG Region outside the Washington, DC
area. This action is taken pursuant to
authority vested in the Inspector
General by the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 3345–3349d) and
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App. 3).
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, Succession and Delegations
of Authority IG–1313, Change 5, is
hereby revised to effect a delegation of
authority and provide a line of
succession from the Inspector General
as follows:
I. Pursuant to authority vested in me
by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5
U.S.C. 3345–3349d) and the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3),
in the event of the resignation, death, or
reasons that make the Inspector General
(IG), United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) otherwise unable to
perform the duties of the position, the
officials designated below, in the order
indicated, and in the absence of the
specific designation of another official
in writing by the Inspector General or
the Acting Inspector General, are hereby
authorized to and shall serve as Acting
Inspector General. The designated
officials shall perform the duties and are
delegated the full authority and power
ascribed to the Inspector General by law
and regulation as well as those
authorities delegated to the Inspector
General by the Secretary, United States
Department of Agriculture:
1. Deputy Inspector General;
2. Assistant Inspector General for
Audit (AIG/A);
3. Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations (AIG/I);
4. Counsel to the Inspector General;
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
constitutes notice of the upcoming meeting of the Grain Inspection
Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').
DATES: May 3, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and May 4, 2005, 7:30 a.m. to
Noon.
ADDRESSES: The Advisory Committee meeting will take place at the
Embassy Suites Hotel, Kansas City Plaza, 220 West 43rd Street, Kansas
City, MO.
Requests to address the Committee at the meeting or written
comments may be sent to: Deputy Administrator, GIPSA, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 3614, Washington,
DC 20250-3614. Requests and comments may also be Faxed to (202) 690-
2755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Terri Henry, (202) 205-8281
(telephone); (202) 690-2755 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Committee is to provide
advice to the Administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration with respect to the implementation of the
U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
The agenda will include a status report on the reauthorization of
the U.S. Grain Standards Act, financial update of grain inspection user
fee programs, next steps concerning the potential outsourcing of rice
inspection, restructuring the oversight of the official agencies,
preliminary review of revised quality assurance procedures, status of
designating private companies in South Texas and California to provide
inspection services, new requirements for inspecting grain exported in
containers, review of pros and cons to using a single instruction to
measure both moisture and test weight per bushel, and other general
Agency issues.
For a copy of the agenda please contact Terri Henry, (202) 205-8281
(telephone); (202) 690-2755 (facsimile) or by e-mail
Terri.L.Henry@usda.gov.
Public participation will be limited to written statements, unless
permission is received from the Committee Chairman to orally address
the Committee. The meeting will be open to the public.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of
communication of program information or related accommodations should
contact Terri Henry, at the telephone number listed above.
David Orr,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-6706 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]
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